If you go to the Hong Kong History Museum,  you will see a photo taken in 1989 of a man holding a mobile phone. The phone is the size of a small handbag and when the person is speaking into, it,  it covers half of his face! In sixteen years,  people have entered the mobile phone age. Some mobile phones these days are so small that they can fit right into your hand. If these changes have taken place(發(fā)生) in just sixteen years,  what kind of mobile phones will be used in the future?

Today's mobile phones are no longer used just for making and receiving calls. They can even connect us to the Internet and act as personal digital assistants. They can do all the things a computer can do. They can send short messages and e-mails. They can also take and send photos just like a digital camera. Mobile phones of the future may be able to play music in the same way as an MD player. As for size,  the technology will make them small enough to fit on your arm,  just like a watch you wear. Can you imagine what mobile phones will be able to do in another sixteen years?

1. We can learn from the passage that________.

A.mobile phones were widely used in the 1980s

B.people enjoyed mobile phones in Hong Kong

C.it's hard for mobile phones to change any more

D.mobile phones have changed a lot in the past 16 years

2.The underlined (畫線的)sentence shows that the mobile phone is very______.

A.light        B.heavy      C.large        D.small

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A.Mobile phones are used as a digital camera.

B.Mobile phones can be used as a small notebook.

C.Mobile phones will be used for listening to music.

D.Mobile phones can be made even smaller in the future.

Henry:  I find the Internet is very good for shopping. I use it more and more for buying books and CDs,  and I even bought some clothes over the Internet. The other thing I can do is to book holidays over the Internet. I booked a cheap flight once,  it was very easy,  and it was really good.

David:  I use the Internet for games. I play chess with people all round the world. Last night I had a game with someone from Japan. I also download games from the Internet,  so I can have any game I want.

Peter:  I use the Internet for anything I need to help me with my school work. I use the online dictionaries,  encyclopedias (百科全書) and magazines. It' s great because I can download pictures or articles and use them with my homework.  It's very easy to use and it's free,  so I like it.

Tony:  Well,  the main thing I use the Internet for is to e-mail. I usually write to my customers (客戶) by e-mail,  and my customers answer me by e-mail,  too. We probably send and receive four or five hundred e-mails a month. But of course,  I also use e-mail to keep in touch with friends and family. My daughter is in Australia and we send e-mails to each other every day.

1._____  prefers to use 'the Internet to buy things.

A.Henry       B.David       C.Peter       D.Tony

2.David's hobby is to________over the Internet.

A.read books     B.book holidays  

C.play games     D.download pictures

3.Peter can use the Internet to________ easily.

A. play chess     B.  do some shopping  

C.do school work   D.talk with his daughter

4.From the passage we know that______.

A.Peter is a teacher        

B.Tony is a businessman

C.David is an engineer       

D.Henry is a bookseller

5.According to the passages which of the following is NOT true?

A.Henry had an experience of using the Internet to book a cheap flight.

B.David had a game with a Japanese over the Internet last night,

C.Tony often e-mails to his customers,  friends and family.

D.Peter needs to pay for what he gets from the Internet.

Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up,  my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together,  my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me,  "You should have goals ( 目標) like climbing the mountain. " Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed,  we couldn't have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience(耐力).

Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing,  I enjoyed the flowers and trees,  and the birds' singing; but as time passed,  I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact,  I hated it at that moment,  but my father said to me,  "You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain,  but you can't see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top,  can you see all of the nice things,  just like in life. "

At that time,  I was too young to understand his words. But later after that,  I got new hope and confidence. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain. And there,  I could see the whole of the sky,  which was as clear as crystal (水晶).

1. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was________ for Father and Son.

A.hard          B.enjoyable          C.painful     D.comfortable

2.The word "quit" in the passage means "________".

A.carry on            B.put off     C.give up             D.pick up

3.Which of the following is the closest(最接近的) in meaning to the father's words in the second paragraph?

A.You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.

B.The sky is always as clear as crystal.

C.You can find life is full of nice things.

D.Never give up half-way.

4.We can infer( 推斷)from the last paragraph that________.

A.the writer was very successful in his life

B.the writer reached the top of the mountain

C.though the writer was young,  he could understand his father

D.the writer used to stop half-way when he chimbed the mountain

5.The best title (題目) for the passage is "________".

A.Reaching the Top of the Mountain

B.Standing at the Top of the Mountain

C.Conversations between Father and Son

D.How to Get to the Top of the Mountain

We've got two children; Jack is seven,  and his little brother Ed is four. They're quite close,  and play a lot together. They quarrel quite a lot too,  but they enjoy each other's company(陪伴).

Unluckily,  we live quite a long way away from the others of the family. It's an eight-hour drive to get to their grandparents,  but we usually visit them during the school holidays.

Jack reads well,  but he hasn't started to read for pleasure yet—he thinks reading is only something you have to do at school. I think the main problem is that he watches far too much television.

He also likes playing cards and computer games. And riding his bike. I don't let him ride it on the streets,  but we often go to the park,  where it's safer.

He doesn't eat too many sweets,  because he's getting his adult teeth(恒牙) now,  and he knows they've got to last him for life. He seems more interested in saving his pocket money and counting it than spending it.

1.How many people are there in Jack's family?    ________________

2.When does Jack usually visit his grandparents? ________________

3.Where does Jack often go to ride a.bike?       ________________

4.Why doesn't Jack eat too many sweets?          ________________

5.What do you know about Jack in reading?        ________________

The Smiths are going to Haikou for a holiday.  Now Mr Smith is booking rooms

in Dalian by telephone.

Woman:  Hello.  The Seaside Hotel.    1

Mr Smith:  Yes,  please.   I'd like to book two rooms for the coming weekend.

Woman:  Next weekend,  you say?      2

Mr Smith- Oh! Just two.

Woman:  OK.  Two nights.  From Friday or Saturday?

Mr Smith.  Friday.           

Woman; Friday,  July 1st. . .   And do you need single rooms or double?

Mr Smith:   3

Woman:  Right.  Two doubles for Friday and Saturday.,  July 1st and 2nd.

Mr Smith.    4

Woman:  Well,  it's 400 yuan per night,  with breakfast.

Mr Smith:  I see.  Can I book the rooms now,  please?

Woman;  Certainly.    5

Mr Smith:  Rick Smith,

Paula was going to a birthday party. The party was at a friend's house from work.

Paula's friend carefully wrote the directions(路線) to the party. She didn't know the  1  where her friend lived; so she left her house 2  . For 20 mi­nutes she followed the directions  3  and got off at Exit 14. Then she began to have ,  4  She couldn't find the street.' She drove around and around,  and soon she was  5  . She stopped and asked people for directions,  6  no one knew that street. Paula didn't have her mobile phone with her. She left 7  at home on the kitchen able. Suddenly she saw a 8 She stopped and asked him for 9  . He looked at the directions and 10 . "You wanted Exit 15,  not Exit 14. " He showed Paula 11 to get back on the highway (公路). She got off at Exit 15 and 12  found the house. She was very 13  ! When she walked in,  everyone was 14  "Happy Birthday" to her friend. After a few mi­nutes,  Paula relaxed and began to enjoy the party.

1.These are just some of the wonderful paintings________in Dalian today.

2.It is said that China will________another spaceship sometime this year.

3.—How far is it from here to the Forest Zoo?

—10 kilometres, ________.

4.Don't worry.  We'll see that new film________.

5.Could you________this report and correct any mistakes?

6.I'd like a cup of coffee,  and a glass of water________.

7.Though Mary is ten,  she is almost________tall________her mother.

8.You are going on holiday________this month,  aren't you?

9.Let's meet at the gate of the park.  You can______go by bus______take a taxi.

10.The doctor told Mrs King to eat more vegetables ______ meat.

The children had________(已經(jīng)) been asleep when their parents got home.

Max is one of the________(成員) of the Swedish rock band,  Yesterday.

The old engineer made a contribution to developing the_____(西部的)part of China.