Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?
Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren’t many hooks, few people learned to read.
Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.
Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players.
Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don’t think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two metres high!
1. What does the writer do before he goes to sleep’?

A．He reads books.	B．He reads newspapers
C．He looks through magazines	D．He looks at the posters on the wall.

2. When was paper first created?

A．About 2.000 years ago.	B．In the 19th century.
C．About 1.000 years ago.	D．In the 11th century.

3. Why were books expensive and rare before the invention of printing?

A．People could not read.

B．People could not write words on paper.

C．People could not find silk, cotton or bamboo.

D．People could only produce books one at a time by hand

China is a country with a long history. It has great traditional culture, especially Chinese characters. Chinese characters usually have more than one meaning and some of them are very interesting. Here are six ones. We use “pinyin” here because “pinyin” is the Chinese spelling way for the characters. For example, “fu” is the “pinyin” for good luck in Chinese. “pinyin” “fu” is only the phonic part of the character and if you want to know the meaning of good luck “fu”, you must read Chinese character 福 because “fu” also represents(代表) other Chinese characters that sound the same.
“fu” means blessing, good fortune, good luck. Chinese _____“fu” is one of the most popular ones used during Chinese New Year. Chinese people often put up “fu” upside down on the front door of a house or an apartment. The upside down “fu” means good luck comes since the character for upside down in Chinese sounds the same as the character for “come”.
“lu” is used to mean official’s a pay in old China. “shou” means long life, age or birthday. “xi” is happiness, The doubled character “xi” means double happiness. It is usually put up everywhere at Chinese weddings. “cai” is weath or money. Chinese often say “ money can make a ghost turn a millstone”. It is to say money really can do a lot of things. But, money can’t buy everything. “he” is an important part of Chinese culture. It means good relations with other people, when you have “he”, things will be a lot easier for you.
The top six lucky Chinese charaters. “fu” “lu” “shou” “xi” “cai” “he”,are particularly loved by Chinese people.
4. We use ______ to show how to read the Chinese characters.

A．“pinyin”	B．letters
C．words	D．spelling

5. The upside down 福 “fu” means              .

A．coming	B．good luck comes
C．good fortune	D．“fu” is upside down

6. People in China most probably put up the Chinese Characters _______ on the front door at their wedding.

A．upside down “cai”	B．upside down “fu”
C．doubled “xi”	D．doubled “he”

7. Which of the following in Not true according to the passage?

A．“Cai” is wealth or money

B．“lu” is used to mean offical’s pay in old China

C．“shou” means keeping thin

D．Things will be a lot easier if you have “he”

8. The underlined word “character” means _____ in this passage.

A．角色

B．特征

C．性格

D．汉字

As traditional Chinese art, paper cutting has a long history. The first and earliest paper cutting was found in China 1,500 years ago. But this traditional art is at risk of disappearing now. Luckily, Voyo Woo, a Chinese immigrant（移民）in America, is trying to bring this art back to life.
One Saturday in 2014, Ms Woo held a paper cutting show at a shopping center near Washington. She got much fun and peace doing it. She hoped more people would enjoy it.
Ms Woo began to study the art of paper cutting as a 14-year-old girl in her hometown in China. She said all the students at school had to learn paper cutting. But she had a deep love for it. So her teacher spent more time teaching her after class. Later, she won the second prize in a national painting and art competition. Ms Woo went to America after she finished collage in 2008. Soon after that, she took part in an activity to promote（宣传）Chinese paper cutting. And then she was invited to show the art in many important activities.“It is important to promote this art to Americans or anyone who is interested in it.Maybe it will make this art more popular.”Woo said.
From the art of paper cutting, people can know about Chinese cultural values, history and stories of people’s life. Ms Woo uses the art as a tool to show Chinese culture to people who know little about it. Chinese art is not only for Chinese, but also for people all over the world.
9. What did Ms Woo do in 2014?

A．She won the second prize in a national painting and art competition.

B．She was invited to many activities to show paper cutting.

C．She held a paper cutting show at a shopping center near Washington.

D．She took part in an activity to promote Chinese paper cutting.

10. Ms Woo began to study the art of paper cutting         .

A．when she was fourteen

B．after she got to America

C．when she was in college

D．after she finished college

11. In the passage, the writer thinks the art of paper cutting is       now.

A．very popular in America	B．very popular in China
C．for people who know about it	D．in danger of disappearing

Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.
Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.
Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.
"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."
12. What did Nathan put on his desk at college?

A．The Statue of Liberty.	B．Superman.
C．His serf-portrait.	D．A Greenwich Village modal.

13. Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?

A．Because he made little money out of a lawyer.

B．Because he wanted to make toys for the children.

C．Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.

D．Because he was going to work in the museum instead.

14. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Nathan's work.	B．Nathan's exhibition.
C．Nathan's art.	D．Nathan's self-portrait

15. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．The Brick Artist	B．The Brick Exhibition
C．Toy Bricks for Adults	D．The Artist's Childhood

All eyes are looking at Milan, Italy this May for the opening of the 2015 World Expo.
Food takes center stage at the six-month event, as this year's theme（主题）is    16    . Together 148 countries and international organizations are showing new food, energy, science and environmental technology in their pavilions(展馆),     17    .
China's exhibition area has three themes. "The Gift of Nature" shows crop processes according to the Chinese lunar calendar and the five colors of the soil. "Food for Life" shows the production of foods like tofu, China's famous eight schools of cuisine（菜肴）, and its tea culture.    18    follows the progress of science, including Professor Yuan Longping's hybrid rice.
Designed by Tsinghua University and New York-based Studio Link-Are, the pavilion shows the idea of a "Land of Hope". In fact, the pavilion is based on an important Chinese philosophy -- "Man is part of nature". It shows an attitude of thankfulness, repect and cooperation that characterizes its people. The "land" had fed man from its beginnings and the "hope" suggests a future    19    . The event's official website Expo 2015 notes,"The underlying theme is balance between mankind and environment, between humanly and nature, Just as farmers look after and protect the earth,    20    
To see different countries' culture, technology and economy in one place, visit Milan World Expo.

从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白外的最佳选项，补全短文。其中有一项为多余选项

A.so must people care for the planet B.in which food can offer life to everyone C."Technology and the Future" D.which are designed to share their unique food ideas. E.so we must keep the balance of nature F."Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life"

The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old mal stove（火炉）．A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the____and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates got there One morning they ____to find the schoolhouse burning. They dragged（拖）the little boy out of the building more dead than alive. Then he was ____taken to a nearby county hospital.
The doctor told the boy's mother that____the lower part of his body was seriously burnt, he couldn't use his legs anymore. However, the____boy made up his mind that he would walk. Unluckily his thin legs ____hung there, all but lifeless.
Finally he returned home from the ____．Every day his mother would press his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control,____．Yet his determination that he would walk was as ____ as ever.
When he wasn't in bed, he would sit in a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he ____himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass，dragging his____ behind him.
He worked his way to the white fence（栅栏）around the yard. With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence. Then, he began dragging himself along the fence,____ that he would walk. He started to do this every day. There was nothing he ____more than to develop life in those legs.
In the end，through his determination he did____．He began to walk to school，then to run to school，to run____the joy of running. Later in college he made the running team.
Still later in Madison Square Garden this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile!21.

A．fire

B．class

C．game

D．story

22.

A．left

B．waited

C．arrived

D．hid

23.

A．clearly

B．quickly

C．suddenly

D．nearly

24.

A．when

B．unless

C．before

D．because

25.

A．honest

B．brave

C．worried

D．calm

26.

A．just

B．also

C．once

D．ever

27.

A．school

B．yard

C．hospital

D．square

28.

A．everything

B．anything

C．something

D．nothing

29.

A．strong

B．simple

C．strange

D．similar

30.

A．helped

B．threw

C．picked

D．enjoyed

31.

A．arms

B．chair

C．legs

D．mother

32.

A．believing

B．doubting

C．promising

D．suggesting

33.

A．afforded

B．hated

C．forgot

D．wanted

34.

A．set off

B．get back

C．stand up

D．run away

35.

A．to

B．for

C．from

D．without

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将
答案填写在答题纸的相应位置。
“Do you like my dress?" A little girl asked a passing stranger. "My mommy made it just for me." She said with tears     36     her eyes. "Well, I think it's very pretty. So tell me , little one, why are you crying?"   With a quiver(颤动) in her voice the little girl answered，"After Mommy made me this dress, she had to go away .Daddy said she's up in heaven now with Grandfather. "Finally the woman   realized what the child     37     (mean), and why she was crying. She held the child in her arms .
Then    38     (sudden) the little girl did something strange .She stopped     39     (cry) and began to   sing .It was the       40     (sweet) sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small   bird. After the child stopped singing , she explained     41     the lady, "My mommy used to sing that song to me     42    she went away, and she made me promise     43     (sing) it whenever I started crying and it would make me stop ." "See," she exclaimed, "it did, and now my eyes are dry!" As the woman turned to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve, "Madam, can you wait a minute? I want to show you something." "Of course," she answered, "what do you want me to see?" Pointing     44    a spot on her dress, she said, "Right here is where my mommy   kissed   my dress, and here, "pointing to another spot, "and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mommy said that she put all those kisses on my   dress   so that I would have her love with me." Then the lady realized that she wasn't just looking at a simple dress . She saw a child wrapped in her     45     (mother) love.

46. My uncle works in a factory that p_______ toy cars.

47. Chinese people like using c_________when having meals.

48. Paper cutting is cut with s_________.

49. Please c_______ this table with this piece of cloth.

50. English is w______ spoken all over the world.

51. The I________ Kite Festival is held in Weifang every year.

52. Beijing is a l_______ city in China.

53. We were late because of the heavy t_______.

54. We should a________ being hurt in these sports.

55. The quilt is made of c________. It’s very comfortable.

56. 话题作文：近来网络上流行一句话：“世界上最远的距离是我在你对面，你却在看手机。”这句话真实反映了当前的社会现象，“手机控”，“低头族”越来越多且呈年轻化趋势。请你以“My opinion on using the mobile phone"为题针对这一现象发表个人观点，并提出改进建议。
提示词：a mobile phone freak 手机控
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