American Idol is a singing competition on TV in America．There is one competition every year. People usually watch the show on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. American Idol is also televised on Fox and CTV in Canada．Its first season was on June 11^th, 2002. Until now, it has altogether 7 seasons. This program is to find the best singer in the country by a series of competition. Audience determines（決定）the result of every competition on the stages through public voting（投票）by telephone. There are also three judges beside the stages. They watch the performances of the contestants. Then they give some suggestions to the contestants. All the contestants must be American citizens. They must have full-time jobs. In the first three seasons, they had to be 16 to 24 years old．Since the fourth season, the upper age limit has been 28 years old．So it attracts different ages of audience. Some TV stations like Human TV also have this kind of program. And we can see Super Girl’s Voice And Super Boys’ Voice on TV.

1. What does the underlined word “contestants” mean?             

   A．參賽者              B．評(píng)委                 C．觀眾                 D．主持人

2. What’s the age limit of American Idol now?           .

   A．13—18        B．16—30        C．15—36       D．16—28

3. Which of the following TV station is not mentioned in the passage?           .

   A．FOX          B．CTV          C．CCTV        D．Hunan TV

4. Which of the following is TRUE?           .  

   A．American Idol is showed only in America．  

   B．American Idol was first shown on July 11^th, 2002.  

   C．American Idol judges beside the stages. 

   D．American Idol is a program similar to Super Girl’s Voice.

Many animals recognize their food because they see it. So do humans. When you see an apple or a piece of chocolate you know that these are things you can eat. You can also use other senses when you choose your food．

You may like it because it smells good or because it tastes good．You may dislike some types of food because they do not look, smell or taste very nice. Different animals use different senses to find and choose their food．A few animals depend on only one of their senses, while most animals use more than one sense.

Although there are many different types of food, some animals spend their lives eating only one type. The giant panda eats only one particular type of bamboo. Other animals eat only one type of food even when given the choice. A kind of white butterfly（蝴蝶）will stay on the leaves of a cabbage, even though there are plenty of other vegetables in the garden. However, most animals have a more varied diet（多樣化飲食）. The bear eats fruits and fish. The fox eats small animals, birds and fruits. The diet of these animals will be different depending on the season.

Humans have a very varied diet. We often eat food because we like it and not because it is good for us. In countries such as France and Britain, people eat foods with too much sugar. This makes them overweight, which is bad for their health. Eating too much red meat （羊肉，牛肉） and animal products, such as butter, can also be bad for the health. Choosing the right food, therefore, has become an area of study in modern life.

1. We can infer from the text that humans and animals _________.

     A．depend on one sense in choosing food  B．a(chǎn)re not satisfied with their food  

     C．choose food in similar ways          D．eat entirely different food

2. Which of the following eats only one type of food?  

     A．The white butterfly. B．The small bird． C．The bear.      D．The fox.

3. Certain animals change their choice of food when ___________. 

     A．the season changes                  B．the food color changes  

     C．they move to different places          D．they are attracted by different smells

4. We can learn from the last paragraph that __________.  

     A．food is chosen for a good reason       B．French and British food is good  

     C．some people have few choices of food      D．some people care little about healthy diet

Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Early in the 1900s, most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in the heart of a town. This street was lined on both sides with many businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all kinds of merchandise（商品）：clothing, furniture, hardware（五金）, groceries（雜貨）. In addition, some shops offered services. These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe-repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. But in the 1950s, a change began to take place. Too many cars and trucks had crowded into Main Street. There were few parking places. Because the streets were crowded, merchants（商人） began to look with interest at the open spaces outside the city limits. Open space is what their car-driving customers needed．And open space is what they got when the first shopping center was built. Shopping centers, or malls, started as collection of small new stores built away from crowded city centers. Attracted by hundreds of free parking spaces, customers were drawn away from downtown areas to the outlying malls.

By the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the convenience of one-stop shopping, malls were changed into landscaped parks, with beautiful flowers, fountains, and outdoor entertainment. For example, one of the shopping malls is The Galleria in Houston, Texas. Inside the Galleria, more than ten of shops face balconies and there is an indoor ice skating rink（溜冰場(chǎng)）. Some of Houston’s best restaurants are also here. Atop（在……頂上） the whole mammoth（巨大的） structure is a new hotel. The Galleria, and other imaginative shopping centers throughout the United States, have led a magazine to title its recent leading article “The Malling of America”.

1. Which of the following is not correct?

A．During the 1950s, many parking places were available（可用的，有效的） to shoppers who drove to any Main Street.

B．Before the 1950s, a Main Street was a shopping center in most American towns.

C．Main Street was usually in the heart of a town.

D．At the beginning of the 20th century, all kinds of stores were located along Main Street.

2. The Galleria in Houston, Texas is ____________.

  A．a(chǎn) huge and modern restaurant.         B．a(chǎn) beautiful guest house.

  C．a(chǎn) soaring new hotel.                D．a(chǎn) wonderful shopping mall.

3. The best title for this passage would be ____________.

A．The changes of American Shopping Centers.

B．The Malling of America.

C．The Convenience of One-stop Shopping.

D．The Past and Present of the American People

1. If you get into t         , you can ask your teacher for help 

2. W         he sang, the girls would love to listen to.

3. Li Hua was chosen as a v         during the 2008 Olympic Games.

4. I’ve been to many places of interest in Beijing i         the Palace Museum.

5. —Thank you very much for showing us around your company.

—My p         .

Bamboo is one of nature's most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a k  1   of grass.

Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the g  2  , but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1.5 meters （4 feet） in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost e  3   in the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo. 

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters（厘米） wide w  4   others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.  

Bamboo has been used to make many things s  5   as hats and kitchen tools. Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.

Many Asian countries have used bamboo for h  6   of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting （支撐） new buildings and bridges while they are being b  7  . 

In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water b  8   they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes （管子） help poor farmers bring water to their t  9   fields without s  10   a lot of money.

It is reported that many middle school students are just not getting enough sleep, especially during the school week. The problem seems to get worse as they get older. Grade 7 students sleep 8.4 hours a school night, and Grade 9 students only 6.9 hours.

（3） It’s also reported that not getting enough sleep can cause problems in a student’s life. Many students fall asleep in school or while doing their homework, so it is not surprising that they get lower grades than those who get enough sleep.

Scientists suggest nine hours a night for middle school students. Of the students who feel unhappy and nervous, 73% don’t get enough sleep at night. Why aren’t students getting enough sleep? Many students have one of the following things, like telephone, television, or computer in their bedrooms. Using them on a school night not only takes their time away from homework, but also makes it difficult for them to fall asleep. （4） As a result, many students can't fall asleep before 11 pm, yet they must get up early to go to school the next day .    

    Scientists also suggest students should not do exciting activities for an hour before bedtime.

（一）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)要回答問(wèn)題。

1. How many hours of sleep do middle school students need each night according to the scientists?

2.What shouldn’t students do before bedtime?

（二）將短文中劃線的句子譯成漢語(yǔ)。

3.                                                                 

4.                                                                 

（三）請(qǐng)給短文擬一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)臉?biāo)題。

5.                                                                 

1. 你今天買(mǎi)或是不買(mǎi)都沒(méi)有關(guān)系。

It                   whether you buy it today or not.

2. 我們習(xí)慣用筷子吃飯。

We                            eating with chopsticks. 

3. 請(qǐng)你幫我做飯好嗎？

Would you mind                            the cooking? 

4. 他們來(lái)到這兒已經(jīng)兩個(gè)小時(shí)了。

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Have you ever felt tired in        middle of        day, especially after lunch?

A． a, a            B． the, the           C． /, the            D． the, /

His son has changed a lot        he came to study our school．

A． for         B． since             C． when           D． after