5. What's the   (distant) from Tianjin to Beijing?

4. My father works in Lenovo as a(n)    (電子的) en- gineer.

3. To make the city less   ( pollute) , the government has decided to close the paper factory.

2. A mother is willing to take the  (危險) of her own life to protect her child.

1. All the  (乘客) on the plane were frightened when they heard that a bird had flown into the engine.

               (C) 

   Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If the answer is ‘‘ happier ”，then you are right,based on a study published 5 years ago. It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after fifty.In fact,it found that by the age of eighty-five,people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.

   The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States in 2008.At that time,the people were between the ages of 18 and 85.

   Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress are the highest among adults between the ages of 22 and 25. Stress levels drop sharply after people reach their fifties.

   Levels of happiness are the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.

   The survey also found that men and women have similar enotional patterns as they grow older. However,women at all ages have more sadness,stress and worry than men do.

   So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that,as people get older,they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions.They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

Title ： Relationship 11 age and happiness 

11.   12.   13.   14.   15.  

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

                            (B)

    Is there intelligent (有智力的) life on other planets? For years,scientists said “no”，or “we don't know”. But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers (天文學(xué)家). They believe intelligent life exists (存在) somewhere in the universe.They also think we will soon contact these beings (人;生物) .

   Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? "Fhe first reason is time.Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old.uThis is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life,say Shostak and Barnett.The second reason is size—the universe is huge. “ Tools like the Hubble Telescope (哈勃望遠鏡) have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies,says Shostak.wAnd our galaxy,the Milky Way,has at least 100 billion stars.Some planets going a-round these stars might be similar to Earth.?，

   In the past,it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe.But now,powerful telescopes (高倍望遠鏡) allow scientists to discover smaller planets—the size of Mars or Earth—in other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life.

   Have beings from space already visited Earth? Probably not” says Shostak. “ It's a long way away. However,intelligent beings may contact us in other ways,such as radio signals (信號) .In fact,they may be trying to communicate with us now,but we don't have the right tools to receive their messages. However,this is changing. By 2025,we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other."

6. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are  .

   A. astronomers   B. farmers

   C. singers   D. drivers

7. What is the best title for Paragraph 2 ?

   A. The Age and Size of Earth

   B. Our Galaxy：The Milky Way

   C. Why Intelligent Life Might Exist

   D. Earth;The Only Planet with Intelligent Life

8. Why was it hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe in the past?

   A. There were not any smaller planets.

   B. There were not any powerful telescopes.

   C. The astronomers were not interested in them.

   D. The Milky Way didn't exist at that time.

9. Why haven’t beings from space visited us yet according to Shostak?

   A. They’re afraid of us.

   B. It's a long way away.

   C. They don't want to see us.

   D. They don't know how to use radio signals.

10. What does the underlined phrase “l(fā)ife forms” in the last paragraph mean?

   A. Messages.           B. Tools.

   C. Intelligent beings.    D. Radio signals.

1.  can join the three-day summer program.

   A. A kid of 7 B. A boy of 14

   C. A girl of 17 D. A man of 26

2. If there is a rainstorm on 14th July,program A will start on   .

   A. Sunday   B. Monday   C. Tuesday   D. Wednesday

3. Two members and one non-member should pay  for the program.

   A. $690   B. $710   C. $730   D. $750

4. Free lunches aren’t provided because  .

   A. the lunches cost too much

   B. people have different tastes

   C. there are many restaurants

   D. they may bring lunch-boxes

5. What can we know from the passage?

   A. Youth Explorer is the name of the program.

   B. More than 15 students are in each program.

   C. We can see three kinds of animals in the program.

   D. You need to hand in an application for the program.

  Two little boys were playing one day when a Fairy (仙女) suddenly appeared before them and said ,“Father Time asks me to 1  you New Year presents.She handed each child a package and disappeared immediately.

   Carl and Philip opened the 2  and found two books with clean pages in them.

   Twelve months passed and the 3  came again and said,u I have brought you another two books and will take the first ones back to Father Time."

   “May I keep 4  book a little longer?” asked Philip , “I'd like to paint something on the last page."

   “No,” said the Fairy.

   “ I wish that I could finish reading mine at a time”’ said Carl,441 can only open the book once each day 5  see only one page every time,because when the page turns o-ver,it sticks fast."

   The Fairy said ,“ Well,you can 6  Philip's book." Then she lit (點亮) two little lamps for them. By the light of the 7  they saw the pages as she turned them.

   “Who did this?” they asked in surprise.“Every page was 8  when we first opened it. But now some pages are drawn with beautiful things like birds and 9  and some pages with ugly,black spots and scratches (劃痕) on them!”

   The Fairy,smiling at the two little 10  ,said, “See,Philip,the beautiful birds and flowers appeared when you share toys with your friends,or when you try to be kind to others."

   “But what made the ugly,11   spots and scratches?” asked Philip.

   The Fairy said ,“ That came when you told a lie one day,or when you did not listen to your mum.All these ugly spots and scratches in your books were made when you were naughty (淘氣的) .Each pretty thing in your books came on its page when you were 12 .”

   “ Oh,we wish to read the books 13  ! ”

   “They can't be read once more”. said the Fairy.“See!They are only for this year,and they must now go back into 14  bookcase,but I have brought you each a new one,and perhaps you can make these more beautiful than the first ones."

   With these words,the Fairy 15  . The boys were left alone,but each held in his hand a new book open at the first page.

   And on the back of each book was written in letters of gold,“For the New Year”.

1. A. bring   B. make   C. sell   D. buy

2. A. door   B. window   C. packages   D. cards

3. A. Fairy   B. Queen   C. Witch   D. Princess

4. A. her   B. their   C. his   D. my

5. A. but   B. and   C. or   D. so

6. A. look after   B. look for   C. look at   D. look out

7. A. candles   B. stoves   C. campfires   D. lamps

8. A. dirty   B. untidy   C. clean   D. old

9. A. trees   B. flowers   C. grass   D. houses

10.A. boys   B. girls   C. women   D. men

11.A. red   B. black   C. white   D. blue

12.A. good   B. rude   C. selfish   D. stubborn

13.A. too   B. again   C. though   D. before

14.A. Fairy's   B. Carl's   C. Philip's   D. Father Time's 

15.A. arrived   B. canie

   C. disappeared   D. appeared

10. (2014 江蘇南京中考) 一The documentary A Bite of China Ⅱ is quite popular around China recently. How do you like it?

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   A. I think so        B. Pretty good

   C. It's my pleasure   D. All right