Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others
are young people. Some learn at school; others by themselves. A few learn English by hearing the language
over the radio, on TV, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.
     Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls
learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Also, they study their own language and math and
English. Some people learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university some of their
books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.

1. People learn English ______.

A. at school
B. over the radio
C. on TV
D. in various ways

2. Different kinds of people learn English ______.

A. together with other subjects
B. for different reasons
C. for their work
D. for higher studies in colleges

3. From this passage we know that ______.

A. we can learn English easily
B. English is very easy to learn
C. English is learned by a lot of people in the world
D. English is a useful language but one we can't learn it well

4. Which of the following is right?

A. We don't need to learn any foreign language.
B. We can do well in all our work without English.
C. English is the most important subject at schools.
D. We should learn English because we need to face the world.

        Scientist has told us so much about the moon that it's quite easy to tell what it would like to go
there. It's certainly not a friendly place. As there is no air or water, there can be no life of any kind.
Mile after mile there are only plains (平原) of dust (土) with mountains around them above, the sun
and the stars shine in a black sky. If you step out of the mountains shadows (陰影) it will mean moving
from terrible (非常) cold into great heat (熱).      
       The moon is also a very silent (安靜) world, for sound waves (波) can only travel through air.
But from the moon, you can see a friendly sight (景象). Our earth is shining more brightly than the
stars. It looks like a very large ball, coloured blue and green and brown.

1. What kind of place is the moon?

A. It is a friendly place.
B. It is a lively place.
C. It is a nice place for man to live
D. It is a lifeless place.

2. Temperature on the moon _______.

A. are usually the same
B. are always very low
C. can be very different 
D. are usually very high

3. The moon is a silent world because _______.

A. there is no life there
B. there is no air there
C. there is no green tree there
D. there is no water there.

4. When we look from the moon, the sky is _______.

A. blue
B. black
C. green
D. brown

5. "…there are only plains of dust with…", the word "dust" means _______.

A. ground
B. dry earth
C. land
D. field

       In 2009, Shanghai-born Charles K. Kao and two North American scientists got the 2009 Nobel
Prize (諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)) in Physics together. Their work made the Internet come into a new age.
        Kao, 77, was born in Shanghai in 1933. He is famous for finding out how to transmit (傳輸)
light signals (信號(hào)) over long ways through glass fibers (玻璃纖維) as thin as a human hair. His work
makes the Internet information transmit faster around the world. Kao was vice chancellor (副校長(zhǎng)) of
the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1996. He doesn't work, and lives in Hong Kong now.
        The Chinese people were pleased to learn the good news. "The people of Hong Kong and I send our
congratulations to Kao on receiving the prize. Kao is also a true gentleman. We are greatly proud to have
such an excellent person in Hong Kong." Zeng Yinquan once said.
        Willard Boyle, a Canadian American, and George Smith of the Untied States got the other half of
the prize.

1. Charles K. Kao was born in ______.

A. Shanghai
B. Hong Kong
C. Now York

2. How many scientists got the 2009 Noble Prize in Physics together?

A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.

3. Zeng Yinquan thinks Kao is ______.

A. an excellent person in Hong Kong
B. a good student
C. an honest friend

4. Which of the following is not true?

A. Kao's work makes the Internet information transmit faster around the world.
B. Kao is still working in the Chinese University of Hong Kong now.
C. Willard Boyle and George Smith are both scientists.

5. The Chinese people feel ______ at the news that Kao got the Noble Prize.

A. interested
B. surprised
C. happy

         "Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say.
         Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams
are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over
again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to
find an answer. Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about
their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams. Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling
from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams can disappear (消失) quickly from memory.
       Too much dreaming can be harmful (有害的). The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is
hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.

1. It may be less important to sleep than to ______.
2. Dreams and films are usually ______.
3. Some people often dream about their work because ______.
4. If we sleep too long, we will feel ______.
5. It is ______ for our health if we have too many dreams at night.

     As school kids, we have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize,
or they   1 (be) very small, you may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.
     Once you   2  (have) a dream, what do you do with it?      you ever  3  (try) to make your dream  4  
(come) true? In fact, achieving our dreams  5 (be) the biggest challenge in our life.
     You may think you're not very good at some subjects, or that it  6  (be) impossible for you to become
a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from achieving your dream.
     In fact, everyone can realize their dreams. The first thing you must do is  7  (remember) what your
dream is. Keep telling yourself what you want, and you  8 (realize) your dream faster.   9  (do) this step
by step. A dream  10 (not realize) in one day. Many small dreams make up a big dream.
     You  11  (meet) difficulties on the way to realize it. But the most difficulty  12  (come) from you.
You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV  13  (lead) to better exam
results. And you can pay 5 yuan for a new book instead of an ice cream. Never stop  14  (dream). Never
forget your dreams. And never  15   (give up) your dreams.

     Students should dress well at school. This is because schools are places where students study. Students
shouldn't be dressed fashionably or strangely. That is thought of as impolite behavior at school. So many
schools have their own school uniforms. In general, the price is cheaper than that of common clothes in
markets. The colors and styles between boys' and girls' are different. And each uniform has the school name
where the student studies. Many students think they look very nice.
     However, some schools also allow students to choose other clothes they like. But those who wear other
clothes must obey the school rules about clothing at school. The following are rules from Zhongshan Middle
school.
    * Clothing must cover shoulders and backs.
    * No halter tops (三角背心) are allowed.
    * Skirts must be long enough to cover girl's knees. Skirt straps (裙帶) must be as wide as three fingers.
    * Shorts must be at least as long as where your finger tips are when your arms are straight by your side. 
    * Sleeveless (無袖) shirts are only OK for boys.

1. Why can't students wear fashionable clothing at school?

A. Because fashionable clothing looks beautiful.
B. Because fashionable clothing is strange.
C. Because fashionable clothing has a different color from school uniforms.
D. Because students will be thought of impolite.

2. When we see a student's school uniform, we may know ______.

A. where the school is
B. where the student lives
C. what the teacher's name is
D. which school the student studies at

3. According to the passage, we can know that ______.

A. some schools allow students to wear common clothes
B. school uniforms are more expensive than common clothes in markets
C. both boys and girls can wear halter tops at Zhongshan Middle School
D. at Zhongshan Middle School, girls are required to wear sleeveless shirts

4. Which picture shows good manners at Zhongshan Middle School?

       A               B                  C                D

5. The passage mainly talks about ______.

A. sleeveless shirts
B. rules of dressing in schools
C. fashionable clothes
D. different school uniforms