29、UK parents hope their kids can grow into successful people so they make their kids learn all kinds of subjects after school．Though some kids are very young，they still take part in a lot of after class activities．

In UK，20% of parents spend yearly 600 p6unds on different classes for their kids．For example，young kids have to learn French，swimming，painting and so on to follow their parents' ideas．75% of parents think that early learning is good for kids．Most kids who go to after-class activities are under 6 years old．

The famous educator Lisa Houghton says，“Although learning different kinds of subjects is important to kids，it's more important to make them have a happy childhood．Parents should spend more time having fun with their kids，not just making them stay in the classrooms．”

1．UK parents make their kids learn a lot because they hope their kids can ________．

A．become successful people                           B．enjoy their life

C．be famous

2．Young kids go to learn a lot after class because they want to ________．

A．enjoy themselves by studying                       B．do what their parents tell them

C．be better than others

3．The idea “Early learning is good for kids．” is supported by ________ of the UK parents．

A．20%                    B．60%                 C．75%

4．The famous educator Lisa Houghton thinks ________ is the most important for parents．

A．spending more time having fun with their kids

B．providing their kids with a happy classroom life

C．helping their kids learn more subjects

5．How old are most of the kids who go to after-class activities?

A．Over 6 years old．                    B．Only 6 years old．

C．Under 6 years old．

28、The British Museum has a 250-year-old history．There are a lot of famous collections of world culture in the museum．Every year，a lot of people go to visit the British Museum．To let more people see the collections of China easily，the museum holds a touring exhibition called “China：Journey to the East”．It is the second touring exhibition after the ancient Greek collection exhibition．

The touring exhibition will help British kids aged between 7 and l 4 know more about Chinese culture，such as Chinese languages，arts，inventions，foods，traditional clothes and so on．

Jessica，an official of the museum，says，“The Chinese history is an important part of the world history．It influences（影響）many other countries，including Britain．Our kids should know more about China，not just chopsticks，pandas and the Beijing Olympics．”

1．The British Museum has collections from all over ________．

A．Europe                                                      B．the western countries

C．the world

2．The ancient Greek collection exhibition is the ________ touring exhibition of the British Museum．

A．first                     B．second                 C．third

3．The purpose of the British Museum’s touring exhibition “China：Journey to the East” is to ________．

A．make the museum more famous

B．let more people see the collection of China easily

C．help every British kid to know more about Chinese culture

4．According to Jessica，Chine，se history is important to the world because ________．

A．it's long and colorful

B．China is becoming stronger and stronger

C．it influences many other countries

5．The things that British kids have known about China are ________．

A．chopsticks，pandas and the Beijing Olympics

B．Chinese languages，arts and inventions

C．Chinese foods and traditional clothes

27、Many people begin to use pencils from an early age．There are many kinds of pencils：some have erasers on top；some are colorful．You may have used many kinds of them for many years，but do you know the history of pencils?

Many years ago，people in Egypt used lead（鉛）to write．Now，pencils are made from graphite（石墨）instead of lead．In l564，people found that graphite could leave black marks．In the beginning，the people used it to make marks on their sheep．Later they used the graphite to write．They thought it was lead．Graphite left a blacker mark than lead，but it was not strong enough so it needed something to hold it．

In 1565，Conrad Gesner first put graphite into something to hold it．Later，in the 1600s，German people mixed graphite with some other things and used them for writing．Later，F(xiàn)rance couldn't get pencils from both the English and the Germans，so Nicholas Jacques Conte began to  make pencils．In  France，there was little graphite，so he mixed graphite with clay（粘土）．

In 1812，William Munroe made the fist American wood pencils．Later，a man put a small eraser on top of a pencil．A new kind of pencil was born．

1．People began to write with lead first in ________．

A．Egypt                  B．England               C．Germany

2．Graphite is ________ than lead．

A．blacker and softer   B．blacker and harder   C．softer and lighter

3．The first people to mix graphite with other materials are ________．

A．English                B．German                 C．French

4．The first person to put graphite into something to hold is ________．

A．William Munroe                                       B．Nicholas Jacques Conte

C．Conrad Gesner

5．The passage is mainly about the ________ of pencils．

A．kinds                   B．history                 C．materials

26、Have you ever felt life is bad? Do you find that life seems to make things difficult for you and everything seems to go wrong? I sometimes felt that way，but a friend changed me．

He told me that although he didn't have enough money，he was happy．I asked why he was happy．Then he told me what he saw in India．

A few years ago，he was really feeling sad and went to India．He saw an Indian mother cut off her child's right hand with a knife．After that he could never forget the sad eyes of the helpless mother and the child．The reason why the mother did that was to beg．The mother did this so that the child could go out on the streets to beg and get some food to eat．

Then he began to think about how happy he was．He had food to eat，a complete body，a job，a family，the chance to say that some food wasn't delicious，and many things that the mother and the child in front of him never dreamed of having．

After hearing his story，I began to think about it，too．Was my life real1y that bad? Perhaps it wasn't．It wasn't bad at all．

What about you? Next time you think that your life is bad，think about the child who lost one hand so that he could beg on the streets．

1．The writer begins the article with two questions in order to _________．

A．show the readers he knows a lot                  B．stress his opinion

C．a(chǎn)ttract the readers' interest

2．The Indian mother was _________ when she was cutting off her child's hand．

A．a(chǎn)ngry                         B．sad                      C．crazy

3．The underlined part “to beg” means _________．

A．to ask others for food                                 B．to tell others he’s sorry

C．to say he's unable to do anything

4．The writer's friend _________ after he saw what the Indian's life was like．

A．felt very sad and angry                                B．came to believe he was lucky

C．started to feel he was helpless

5．The underlined sentence in the end of the passage tells us _________．

A．how to feel good when upset                       B．how to help the poor when possible

C．how to keep a balance between rich and poor

24、John doesn't like vegetables．Every day when he has his meal，he plays with his ___1___ in his bowl．He doesn't eat them，but Just throw ___2___ here and there on the table．

One day at ___3___ John's mother says，“Vegetables are ___4___ for your body and it's not easy ___5___ good vegetables．”After lunch，John and his mother go to visit ___6___．For the whole afternoon，John __7___ Grandma grow vegetables in the garden．They pull wild grass __8___，water the cabbage，dig potatoes out of the earth，and even catch worms on the vegetables．At dinner，John says，“It's ___9___ hard to grow vegetables．I get so ___10___ today! I'll not play with my vegetables any more．” His grandma and mother smile when they hear that．

1．A．rice                       B．vegetables            C．chopsticks

2．A．it                          B．them                    C．those

3．A．1unch                   B．breakfast              C．dinner

4．A．fit                         B．good                    C．better

5．A．to buy                   B．to find                 C．to grow

6．A．his grandma           B．his grandpa          C．his old friend

7．A．taught                   B．watched               C．helped

8．A．down                    B．out                      C．in

9．A．really                     B．strangely              C．usually

10．A．worried               B．upset                 C．tired

23、根據(jù)對話內容將下面方框中的選項填入對話中，使對話內容完整。

--Oh，hi．___1____

--Yes，I am．

--Let me introduce myself．___2____

--Nice to meet you．My name is Harry．I'm studying at Cambridge University．

--___3____

--Three days ago．

--Well，if there's anything I can do for you，please feel free to let me know．

--I will．___4____

--Yes．There’s one small bank down the street．

--OK．Thank you．

--____5____

22、--What would you like to drink?

--_________，please．

A．Rice             B．Water            C．Meat

21、--How many workers are there in your factory?

--There are about two _________．

A．hundreds              B．hundred              C．hundreds of