1. The students at this school always take________active part in volunteer work during the summer vacation．

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．／

2. My dad doesn’t like the sour________in the slightest．

A．sound

B．smell

C．taste

D．sight

3. Potato chips were invented by a chef called________．

A．Martin Robinson

B．Stephen Hawking

C．George Crum

D．James Naismith

4. —What do you think of this football match？
—I’ve no idea．But________is believed that the Spanish team will win．

A．that

B．this

C．which

D．it

5. I won't believe that the five-year-old boy can read magazines I test him myself.

A．if

B．but

C．after

D．until

6. The MP3 is used for________music．

A．listen to

B．listening

C．listening to

D．listen

7. They are made________14 hours a day．

A．work

B．to work

C．worked

D．working

8. The number of teachers in our school 60 and a number of them male teachers.

A．is;are

B．are;is

C．are;are

D．is;is

9. —What kind of potato chips do you like？
—I like________ones because they are hard，dry and easily broken．

A．crispy

B．sweet

C．soft

D．sour

10. Mum added lots of ______ on the food but it still wasn’t______.

A．salt; enough sat

B．salt; salty enough

C．salty; enough salty

D．salt; salt enough

11. The Olympic Games of 2016 will _________ in Brazil.

A．take after

B．take off

C．take place

D．take away

12. The camera ________ in 1827 by Joseph Nicephore Niepce.

A．invented

B．is invented

C．was invented

D．is inventing

13. Tom, you can go out to play football after your homework __________.

A．will finish

B．is finished

C．was finished

D．finishes

14. —Sorry，Tony．I took your school uniform________．
—It doesn’t matter．

A．by mistake

B．by accident

C．on sale

D．on display

15. —It’s kind of you to give me a ride to the station．
—________。．

A．It doesn’t matter

B．Never mind

C．No problem

D．My pleasure

We are now living in the 21^st century. Is your classroom living in the 21^st century, too? Tony is a student in Grade 8 at an American middle school. He was surprised when he saw his modern ____, on the first day of school.

In Tony’s classroom, there are many new electronics, like ipads. This semester, they will ____ the electronics to take notes, watch videos and do projects and homework. “It’s ____,” said Tony. “I prefer using an iPad to work on math or other projects ____ my team members.”

The school uses new technology in classrooms to help students see, hear, touch and sometimes experience their tasks. “ Technology is pretty common in most of our classrooms now,” the head teacher said. “We’re trying to use technology to _____ the world to kids, it can bring the outside world in.”

Science teacher Mr. Miller agrees. “It’s a ____ way for students to know the outside world,” he said. Mr. Miller now regards himself as a guide of learning ____ as a teacher. “If they have a question for me, I will try to teach them ____ to find the answer rather than tell them what the answers are,” he said.

Dale, another student, loves technology. He was not really interested in class before, ____ now he likes the classes very much. “It helps me use what I know about technology at school,” Dale said. “Most importantly, I ____ the classroom. This, of course, will help my study.

16.

A．dormitory

B．playground

C．library

D．classroom

17.

A．allow

B．use

C．want

D．help

18.

A．boring

B．relaxing

C．amazing

D．disappointing

19.

A．on

B．by

C．at

D．with

20.

A．open up

B．look up

C．put up

D．call up

21.

A．wrong

B．slow

C．quick

D．bad

22.

A．because of

B．instead of

C．according to

D．thanks to

23.

A．why

B．what

C．when

D．how

24.

A．but

B．and

C．or

D．so

25.

A．stand

B．hate

C．enjoy

D．dislike

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A
Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes！The programme works because everyone’s eyes are different．So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank．You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are．

The eye-recognition programme is already being tested in shops and banks in the USA，Britain，Spain，Italy and Turkey．Soon，this technology will take the place of all other ways of finding out who people are．
However，scientists are working on other systems．Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell！We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger．
Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older，or get dirty like hands or fingers．And even twins have different eyes，so the programme can be up to 94％ correct，depending on how good the technology is．Some programmes may only be 51％ correct of the time．In Britain，it was found that 91％ people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition．
In the future your computer will be looking you in the eye．So smile！
26. How does the eye-recognition programme work？

A．You write your number．

B．You show your ID card．

C．You look at the machine．

D．You say your name．

27. The recognition programme of remembering________is already in use．

A．eyes and smell

B．fingers and voices

C．faces and voices

D．hands and faces

28. Why can the programme be up to 94％ correct？

A．Because eyes never change．

B．Because hands or fingers may get dirty．

C．Because people like the idea of the programme．

D．Because the programme is widely used around the world．

29. Which of the following is true？

A．The programme is being tested in Japan．

B．Machines with other systems will also be able to tell who you are．

C．91％ people like the idea of the programme in Britain．

D．Computers can remember you by looking at your clothes．

30. What does Paragraph 4 talk about？

A．Introduction to other kinds of programmes．

B．Advantages of the programme．

C．The places where the programme is tested．

D．The way that the programme works．

阅读理解。
Perhaps the most famous clothing brand name(服装品牌名称) in the world，Levi Strauss ＆ Co．is the inventor of blue denim jeans．Here’s how it happened．
In the mid-1800s many people went to California to look for gold．A young German named Levi Strauss traveled to San Francisco to help his brother on business．He sold canvas(帆布) to the workers for tents．But the workers said they needed pants more，because their pants were easy to wear out．Instead of selling his canvas for tent-making，he turned them into pants．These kinds of pants were very popular with workers．He was very happy and named the kind of pants“denims”．And in 1853 he founded Levi Strauss & Co．
Twenty years later the company began using a design with pockets．During the working，Strauss _____the process for putting metal rivets(铆钉) in the jeans for strength．
On May 20，1873，they received the U. S. Patent No. 139，121 for the process and that date is now considered the official birthday of“blue jeans”．
Today the company still has its factories in San Francisco，California．Over 11，000 people work in them and bring in over $4 billion a year．
31. Levi Strauss went to San，Francisco _______．

A．to look for gold

B．to sell canvas

C．to visit his brother

D．to help his brother on business

32. The workers often complained _______．

A．the canvas were not good

B．the work was too hard

C．they couldn’t get enough food

D．their pants were not strong enough

33. The underlined word“developed” may mean “______” in Chinese．

A．研制	B．想象
C．了解	D．确定

34. The blue denim jeans have about _______ years of history．

A．100	B．130
C．140	D．200

35. The passage mainly tells us _______．

A．who invented jeans

B．how jeans were invented

C．when jeans were invented

D．why jeans are so popular

The Chinese first made paper about 2, 000 years ago. China still has pieces of paper which were made as long ago as that. But Chinese paper was not made from the wood of trees. It was made from the hairlike parts of certain plants.

Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. Scandinavia(斯堪的纳维亚半岛), which now makes a great deal of the world’s paper, did not begin to make it until l, 500. It was a German named Schaeffer who found out that one could make the best paper from trees. After that, the forest countries of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States became the largest paper producers. Today in Finland, which makes the best paper in the world, the paper industry is the biggest in the land. New paper-making machines are very big, and they make paper very fast. The biggest machines can make a piece of paper 300 meters long and 6 meters wide in one minute.

When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes and writing paper. But there are many other uses. Only half of the paper that is made is used for books and newspapers, etc.

36. Which of the following is the first to make paper?

A．China.

B．Scandinavia.

C．Germany.

D．Finland.

37. Schaeffer found out that ________.

A．the best paper was in the forest

B．a German made the best paper

C．wood could be made into the best paper

D．the oldest paper was made 1, 500 years ago

38. What does the underlined word “industry” mean in Chinese?

A．国防

B．教育

C．农业

D．工业

39. According to the passage, paper is not used for ________.

A．newspapers

B．envelops

C．writing paper

D．food and drinks

40. The second paragraph mainly talks about paper making ________.

A．in the United States

B．in Scandinavia

C．in Europe

D．in all forest countries

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(2012黑龙江齐齐哈尔)阅读下面5段语言材料，从A～F中找出与它们相对应的标题。
No one knows when the first house was built and who was the first one to build the house．But the houses are changing all the time．

41. What will the house of the future look like？Could it have gardens on its walls，or a pool with fish for dinner？Architects(建筑学家)believe that they may come true one day．The only thing for sure is that the houses will be as green as possible in the future．
42. Many architects in the world would like to build a house like a leaf—the surface of the house collects sunlight during the day．The energy can be used to heat water，produce electricity，and even make fresh air for the room．The“root”(根)of the house is deep under the ground．It uses the soil to control the room’s temperature．
43. Like a lizard(蜥蜴)，changing color with the weather is the most important design of a lizard house．When it’s in the brisht sun，the cover of the house will turn white to protect it from strong heat．During dark days，it turns dark and takes in as much light and heat as possible to produce energy．
44. This design is perhaps for the future of food．It has a garden on the outside wall of the house．People can plant tomatoes，carrots and green tea on them．So every morning，you just need to walk outside and collect your meals．
45. Looking to the future isn’t the only way to be green．Sometimes，the old ways of building houses can also help cut down energy use．For example，a chimney(烟囱)can be a useful air conditioner because it is easier for hot air to run out of the chimney．

A．Learning from the past B．Meals at home C．The lizard house D．Houses in the future E．The tree house F．The history of the houses