Part II Reading comprehension Directions: There are 6 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage 1 Will you be excited when you finally get to relax? What will the Junior 3 students do to celebrate after the senior high school entrance exams in June? Here, three of them tell us what they plan to do after the big exam. Li Junzhe, 15, Huaihua, Hunan: My friends and I will travel to Beijing and the Shanghai Expo right after the exam. We planned to go by ourselves but were turned down by our parents. They said we were too young to travel alone. Actually I'm okay with it because I've already traveled by myself. Zhu Hangjian, 15, Dexing, Jiangxi: What am I going to do this summer? Of course I'll go to see the Shanghai Expo! But before that, I will watch movies. Because of the big exam, I haven't seen any movies for a long time. I will watch whatever is in the cinema! As for the Expo, I can't wait to see the seeds in the UK Pavilion. Dong Xu, 14, Dalian, Liaoning: I will, no doubt, play computer s for days after the big exam. My mother never let me play during the past few years. I can't imagine how exciting it will be now. Also my friends and I will go to see the Shanghai Expo. The first must-see on my list is the Liaoning Pavilion, our home pavilion. I'm curious ( 好奇的 ) about what we are showing to the world there. 21. The underlined word "Pavilion." means _______ in Chinese. A. 场馆 B. 水族馆 C. 溜冰场 D. 台球馆 22. Who has the experience of travelling alo ne? _______ A. Dong Xu B. Nobody C. Zhu Hangjian D. Li Junzhe 23. Zhu Hangjian will ________ before traveling to Shanghai. A. watch movies at home B. play computer s C. see films in the cinema D. go to Beijing with his friends 24. The three students will be excited about their summer plans because_______. A. they will go to see the Shanghai Expo B. they all want to see movies C. they will play s for days D. they will travel to Beijing 25. What is the best title for this passage? ________ A. A Plan To The Shanghai Expo B. Summer Fun ahead! C. A Trip To Shanghai D. The Big Exam Passage2 Different weather makes people feel different. It influences health, intelce( 智力 ) and feelings. In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some time and very cold at other time. People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March. The weather can also influence intelce. For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ( 智商 ) of a group of students was very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% lower. The wind can help people have more intelce. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and August). Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18 °C , people become stronger. Low air pressure( 气压 ) may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days. People feel best at a temperature of about 18 °C . Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today? It may be the weather’s problem. 26. What can cause problems on health? ______ A. Hot and wet weather B. A strong wind C. Warm weather D. Low air pressure 27. A report shows that people may have more intelce when ______ comes. A. rain B. a strong wind C. very hot weather D. low air pressure 28. According to the writer, fat people may feel bad in ______ weather. A. cold B. cool C. warm D. hot 29. The writer wants to tell us that ______. A. hot and cold weather influences all people in the same way B. weather influences people’s behavior C. IQ changes when weather changes D. people feel good on low pressure days 30.Which is the best title for this passage ? ________ A. Hot Weather Causes Health Problems B. Different Weather Makes People Feel Bad C. Weather Influences Feelings D. Weather Influences Health, Intelce and Feelings Passage 3 Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student, was quite busy over the past winter vacation – and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (“ 光盘行动 ”). The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food. “Excuse me; do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Please don’t waste food.” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day. The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January. It calls on people to reduce food waste. China in these years had serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Chinese people are well known for being hospitable ( 好客的 ) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. Luckily, the campaign has got the support of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner give the guests who have eaten all that they ordered a sticker ( 贴花 ). People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers ( 剩饭剩菜 ) home . To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It’s important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today? 31. What did the 11 students do in the winter vacation? ______ A. T he helped each other with homework. B. They opened a restaurant together. C. They volunteered for a campaign. D. They collected money from customers in restaurants. 32. In this passage the underlined word “call on ” means ______.x k b 1 . c o m A. 打电话 B. 号召 C. 拜访 D. 叫喊 33. The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to _____. A. do volunteer work B. work part time in restaurants C. cut down on food waste D. wash your plates after dinner 34. From Paragraphs 4-5, we learn that _____. A. wasting food is a serious problem in China B. Chinese people waste the most food in the world C. Chinese people want to show off that they are rich D. most Chinese people are afraid of losing face at the table 35. What did the restaurant in Beijing do to support the campaign? ______ A. The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food. B. It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times. C. It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes. D. It encouraged customers to take leftovers home. Passage 4 We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet? Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks ( 网络 ) didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system ( 系统 ) had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all the time. At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software ( 软件 ) that made "surfing" ( 浏览 ) the Internet more convenient ( 方便 ). Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students. The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life. 36. The Internet has a history of more than ___ years. A. thirty B. ten C. more than forty D. twenty 37. A new network system was set up to ___ . A. make computers cheaper B. make itself keep on working all the time C. break down the whole network D. make computers large and expensive 38. At first the Internet was only used by _____. A. the government B. universities C. hospitals and banks D. schools 39. ______ made "surfing" the Internet more convenient. A. Computers B. Scientists C. Software D. Information 40. Which of the following is true? ______ A. In the 1960s, computer networks worked well. B. In the early 1970s, the Internet was easy to use. C. Sending e-mail is now more popular among students than before. D. Today it's still not easy to get on-line. Passage 5 Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram ( 电报 )," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered. He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it. In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going