Now satellites are helping to forecast（預(yù)報）the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大氣）, because this is where the weather forms（形成）. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists（氣象學(xué)家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.

 Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare（比較）them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.

 So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead（提前）.

Satellites travel _____________.

A. in space               B. in the atmosphere

C. above the ground       D. above space

Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere? Because __________.

A. the weather satellites can do it easily

B. clouds form there

C. the weather forms there

D. the pictures can forecast the weather

Meteorologists forecast the weather __________.

A. when they have received satellite pictures

B. after they have compared new satellite pictures with earlier ones

C. before they received satellite pictures

D. during they study satellite pictures

The main（主要的）idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in _________.

A. taking pictures of the atmosphere

B. receiving pictures of the atmosphere

C. doing other work in many ways

D. weather forecasting

從A、B、C、D四個選項中，找出其劃線部分與所給單詞劃線部分讀音相同的選項。

1.bite        A  swift        B basis          C  arise        D simplify

2.host        A motto         B poster         C  operator     D logical

3.question    A situation       B suggestion      C invitation     D attention

4. character    A charge       B change         C chance       D chemistry

5.magical      A drug        B argue          C change        D bargain

Entering the garden, I found it ____ with ____ leaves.

A. covering; fallen B. covered; falling C. covering; falling  D. covered; fallen

The author of the article believes that it is the test system, ______ teachers, that is responsible for the heavy burden of the middle school students nowadays.

A. other than     B. or rather   C. rather than      D. more than

This passage is most probably ______.

  A. a warning       B. a notice       C. an advertisement     D. an announcement

If you want to fly to Boston soon after you come back from Minneapolis, you have to wait for _____.

  A. thirty minutes    B. one hour      C. one hour and a half   D. three hours and ten

Suppose the price of flight ticket is 300 dollars to Phoenix, as a secondary school student, how much can you save after having chosen over a dozen US air discount fares?

  A. 120            B. 150          C. 180                D. 225

According to this form above, ______.

A. all flights from Newark leave in the morning

B. the flight to Phoenix takes three hours and ten minutes.

C. Flights to and from Boston take the same amount of time

D. It’s impossible to return from Phoenix and fly to Boston on the same day     

The United States is a sports-loving nation. Sports in America take various forms: organized competitive struggles, athletic games, hunting and fishing. Most sports are seasonal, so that what is happening in sports depends upon the time of year.

Baseball is the most popular sport in the US. It is played throughout the spring and summer, and professional baseball teams play well into the fall.

Football is the most popular sport in the fall. The game originated as a college sport more than 75 years ago. It’s not the same as European football or soccer. In American football there are 11 players as well on each team, and they are dressed in padded uniforms and helmets because the game is rough and injuries are likely to occur. It is still played by almost every college and university in the country.

Basketball is the winner sport in American schools and colleges. Like football, basketball originated in the US, many Americans prefer it to football because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game. And the famous NBA games are considered the best of this game.

Other sports attracting a great many people include wrestling, boxing and horse racing. Although horse-racing fans call themselves sportsmen, the exactness of the term is questionable, as only the jockeys who ride the horses in the races can be considered athletes. The so-called sportsmen are the spectators, who do not come primarily to see the horses race, but to bet upon the outcome of each race. Gambling is the attraction of horse racing.

Baseball is so popular in America that some professional teams play it until ___________.

A. spring            B. summer                 C. fall                D. winter

When playing football, American players are dressed in a special uniforms ___________.

A. to avoid unexpected injuries

B. to play it like European football

C. to make the game rough enough

D. to look like professional players

Many Americans prefer basketball to football because______.

A. NBA games are very popular           

B. it is originated in the US

C. it is much faster than football                

D. it is played indoors throughout winter

Horse-racing fans can’t be exactly considered as sportsmen because they ________.

A. mainly stand and watch the races

B. don’t ride horse in the races

C. are only interested in the results

D. don’t care who wins in the races

The underlined word “jockeys” in the last paragraph refers to _______.

A. the person who bets upon the the race

B. the person who cares about horse-racing

C. the rider who enjoys watching the race

D. the rider who competes in horse-racing

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    注意：1.詞數(shù)：120-150詞。?

              2.信的開頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。?

Dear Shirley,

I’m now on holiday at the Bayview Hotel.

________________________________

Yours,  

Li Hua

—How about the result?

—Well, it remains _______whether we’ve got enough support.

A. seen                     B. to be seen         C. seeing              D. to see

As a young man , he'd rather have a room of his own, however small it is, than __ a room with someone else．

       A．to share  B．to have shared  C．share    D．sharing

The examination will begin at 10:30. Those who come late        to the examination room.

       A．have not been admitted   B．don’t admit

       C．will not be admitted       D．didn’t admit