6. There are many strange things in the (地下的) world.

5. He (指) to the child with his pen and asked ,“what's your name?”

4. The wolves were moving (東南方) when the hunters saw them.

3. The Grand Canyon is one of the natural (奇跡) of the world.

2. Even the little child knows that the (形狀)

1. Do you know any famous (日本人的) stars?

(B) Rocxsegaarde,an artist and designer from Dutch,hawS thought of a device (裝置) .He hopes it will make Beijing's sky clear again and help the people with masks breathe fresh air again in Beijing.

This device can pull the dirty particles in the air to the ground,and then they can be easily cleaned.

Roosegaarde says ,“It's like when you have a balloon which has static electricity (靜電) and your hair goes toward it. Smog (煙塵) happens the same way as the hair."

His workplace has reached an agreement with the Beijing government to test the technology in one of the capital's parks. Beijing's skies are regularly covered by grey smog. Red warnings of air pollution are often reported in Beijing. Roosegaarde says an indoor test has already shown it works well and he is confident of the results. With the help of a team of scientists and engineers,he is sure that the device can be worked outside.

Beijing is a very good place to test the device because the smog is quite low and there's not so much wind”’ says Roosegaarde. “We’ll be able to make the air pure but the most difficult is to move the smog away. As a result,you can see the sun again."

Roosegaarde also reminds us that his aim is not only to give a plan to solve Beijing's dirty air pollution but also to make people pay attention to the environment problem. He adds ⁴⁴This is not the real answer for smog. The real answer to do with it is clean cars,different industry and different lifestyles." However,he hopes the project will make the citizens realize the differences between clean air and smog-filled air.

() 6. What does Roosegaarde do?

   A. A scientist. B. A designer.

   C. An artist and designer. D. A scientist and artist.

() 7. What does Roosegaarde use his device for?

   A. To make smog. B. To make the air clean.

   C. To make static electricity. D. To make Beijing's parks beautiful.

() 8. What does the underlined word ^particles" mean in Chinese^

   A. 碎片   B. 霧氣   C. 塵土   D. 粒

() 9. Which of the following is True according to the passage?

   A. The device doesn't work well indoors.

   B. The people with masks can breathe fresh air.

   C. Beijing government agreed to test the device.

   D. Clean cars aren’t helpful to the environment in Beijing.

() 10. What is the writer's purpose to write the passage?

   A. To introduce a special device.

   B. To improve Beijing's environment.

   C. To help us get to know Roosegaarde.

   D. To help people realize the environment problem.

三、 閱讀理解(20分)

(A) English words don't stay the same. People need new words for new ideas and new inventions. Different words come into use,or older words are used in a new way.

English can change by borrowing words from other languages. For example,the word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico and “tea” came from China. New words are formed by putting two words together sometimes. “Countryside” and “earthquake” are made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. As we know,the word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane” was made by cutting off the front part of “airplane”. The names of people and products (產(chǎn)品) can become new words,too. Our “sandwich” was named after a man called Sandwich and “sellotape”(透明膠帶) was a name given by the company that first made the product.

() 1. New English words are needed because .

   A. people use old words in a new way

   B. people need a new way to explain things

   C. the old words are not enough

   D. new ideas and new inventions appear all the time

() 2. Which of the following words was taken to England from another country?

   A. Plane. B. Sandwich. C. Tomato. D. Countryside.

() 3. Which of the following words came from China?

   A. Tea. B. Earthquake. C. Airplane. D. Sellotape.

() 4. How many ways of developing English words does the pa^ssage tell us?

   A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.

() 5. The main idea of this passage is .

   A. that the English language is always changing

   B. that there are new ideas in England today

   C. how people name new products and inventions

   D. how people use old words in a new way

二、 完形填空(10分) Sometimes it is impossible to deliver (投遞) all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an 1 mailing address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just 2 away the mail,so it becomes “dead mail”. Dead mail is 3 to one of the U.S. Post Services in Atlanta,New York,and San Francisco.

There the workers of the dead mail offices have 4 ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all,they look for 5 that can help them deliver the mail;they open packages,expecting that something 6 will show where the package comes from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed on a screen 7 people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there. However,all of this mail cannot simply be 8 forever. Every three months,some people who are 9 are invited to the officevS with objects found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the 10 bidder (出價(jià)者) .

() 1. A. impatient   B. important   C. unclear   D. inactive

() 2. A. stay   B. go   C. get   D. throw

() 3. A. sent   B. returned   C. lent   D. sold

() 4. A. free   B. different   C. interesting   D. expensive

() 5. A. people   B. time   C. clues   D. books

() 6. A. funny   B. inside   C. useless   D. outside

() 7. A. though   B. or   C. but   D. so that

() 8. A. kept   B. put   C. bought   D. borrowed

() 9. A. bored   B. interested   C. worried   D. satisfied

() 10. A. cheapest   B. cleverest   C. highest   D. quickest

() 20. —Betty telephoned to say welcome back. -—Really?

   A. It's OK. B. You are welcome.

   C. Thanks for telling me. D. It doesn’t matter.