Many Chinese teenagers like Andy Lau (劉德華) and Jacky Cheung (張學(xué)友) very much. They wrote about

them.

WriterTopic: Who’s a better singer, Andy Lau or Jacky Cheung?

Li YingSome people say Jacky is the best Chinese singer. I don’t think so! Andy is the best. I went to his concert last year. It was so wonderful, I almost cried! OK, I did cry, but that’s because Andy is so handsome!

Wang LinI disagree with Li Ying. Andy sounds like every other singer. His voice is nothing special. On the other hand, Jacky’s voice is unique, and his songs are so romantic!

Zhang HuaI think they’re about the same. But Andy is a better actor. I’ve seen almost all of his movies. Remember the one where he was an airplane pilot, and his plane crashed near a farm? I love that movie!

Chen Hao I also think Jacky is a better singer. I prefer his Cantonese songs. Maybe they sound better because Cantonese is his first language.

Wang LinI agree. Jacky’s Cantonese songs are better than his Mandarin songs. (Though, I still like all his songs!)

43. What’s Zhang Hua’s opinion?

A. They both sing equally well. B. Jacky is a better singer.

C. Andy is a better singer. D. Jacky is a better actor.

44. Chen Hao thinks Jacky’s Cantonese songs sound the best because _________.

A. Jacky has no experience singing in Mandarin B. it’s his native language

C. his Mandarin pronunciation is bad D. Jacky’s Mandarin songs are boring

45. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Nobody likes Andy’s movies. B. Li Ying has never seen an Andy Lau concert.

C. Wang Lin thinks Andy’s voice is more special than Jacky’s.

D. Wang Lin has the same opinion as Chen Chao.

(D)

The moon travels around the earth. The moon does this because gravity pulls it.

Most nights, the moon is the brightest thing in the sky. This is because it reflects light from the sun. It’s hot during the day on the moon. When the sun is overhead, the temperature is 243℃. At night, the temperature drops. The temperature at night maybe -163℃, A sunny day on the moon could kill you. But then, so could the night.

What we see of the moon changes from night to night. The shapes the moon appears to have are the phases(階段)of the moon. The picture on the left shows the different phases of the moon.

1. New Moon — _________.

2&8. Crescent Moon —You can see less than half of the moon.

3&7. Half Moon —You can see half of the moon.

4&6. Gibbous Moon —You can see more than half of the moon.

5. Full Moon — You can see the whole moon.

46. What’s the Chinese for the underlined word “gravity” in this passage?

A. 離心力 B. 向心力 C. 地心引力 D. 萬有引力

47. When the sun is overhead, the temperature on the moon is _______ on the earth.

A. as high as B. much higher than C. lower than D. the same as

48. Which do you think is the best explanation for “New Moon”?

A. You can see the moon if there are no clouds in the sky.

B. You can’t see the moon even though no clouds cover it.

C. There’s no moon in the sky.

D. We can see the sun, not the moon.

49. On Mid-autumn Day, we can see the moon at the place of _____ in the picture.

A. No. 2 B. No. 3 C. No. 4 D. No. 5

50. Which of the following statements is Not True?

A. The moon is changing its own shapes all the time.

B. The moon travels around the earth because gravity pulls it.

C. If there were no sunlight at all, we couldn’t see different phases of the moon.

D. Without protection, no earth creature can live on the moon, neither in the day nor at night.

(E)

Matt Mason has seen the future — and it’s fun. Mason likes thinking about how machines can make our lives easier by doing the work we hate, such as cleaning. He shows a hard floor cleaning system that’s built into the wall: it will blow dirt to a part of the room where it will be collected by a vacuum(吸塵器). Then the system will drop some cleaner on the floor and an arm will mop it up. “This may trouble you,” says Kara, an expert in Mason’s company. “But you can program it to come on at 3 a. m., and it will just wet-mop the floor for you.”

When it comes to the kitchen, Bruce Beihoff, another expert at Whirlpool, is sure that in a few years, robots will be doing most of the boring work, freeing us to relax. “More than just fun, future kitchens will be environmentally friendly,” he says. “A new system will be built in the house which can recycle energy lost from your kitchen to make the whole home warm.”

“The fridge will be the center of the home,” says Daniel Lee, a market expert. The fridge will have a touch screen where you can watch TV, surf the Internet, check your e-mail, keep a shopping list and order vegetables. “Your fridge is the first place you go in the morning and the last place at night,” says Lee.

Ever wonder why a 1.9-meter man and a 1.6-meter woman have to cook meals on counters(工作臺)of the same height. “The height was decided over 50 years ago, according to the height of ordinary women,” says Jane Langmuir, an expert of cooking machines. “But times have changed. We have made a new counter where you press a button and it moves to whatever height you want.” At the same time, Ted Selker at MIT’s Counter lab has made the Dishmaker which lets you make dishes and bowls out of plastics at home. After each meal, the dishes are changed straight back into plastics.

51. How many inventions are mentioned in the passage?

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

52. In future, if you want to clean your house, you will _________.

A. have a recycling system built in the wall

B. get up early to start your cleaning system

C. use your fridge to give orders to a cleaner

D. leave the work to a kind of cleaning machine

53. What is future kitchen work like?

A. Terrific and relaxing. B. Easy and interesting.

C. Enjoyable and exciting. D. Funny and amazing.

54. Which will be the best place to put the new fridge?

A. In the bedroom. B. In the bathroom. C. In the sitting room. D. In the kitchen.

55. From the passage, we know _________.

A. people will have more and more time enjoying themselves

B. future kitchens can provide all the energy for our life every day

C. the fridge can be found in the center of a future house

D. people must be expert at computers to use these inventions

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A new school term begins. Is anything new at your school? Sichuan students are getting an extra (56)h to sleep in the morning.

This year, Sichuan schools decided that students should (57)s classes later. This should help them feel less (58)t , For Junior high schools, the first classes will begin no (59)e than 8:30 am.

The changes have made students (60)h .

Liu Xian, 15, said his class was excited by the (61)n on the first day of school. “It’s so good that we can get up (62)l !” said Liu.

Liu studies in Chengdu No.4 Middle School. He (63)u to get up at 6:40 am. Now he can get up at 7:40 am because class doesn’t start until 8:40 am.

Wu Hongli, 15, said the new (64) t is good for her health. “I used to drink (65) c every night or I would feel too sleepy to finish my homework,” said Wu. “Now I can do without it.” She used to get up at 6:30 am. Now she can get up at 7:30 am.

Wu Hongli’s mother was happy, too. She thought more sleep would help her daughter (66) g taller.

But some parents (67) w that more sleep would mean less (68) l . There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four.

Many teachers, though, say the (69) c will help students learn better.“Students used to doze (瞌睡) for the first two classes in the morning,” said Wu Zongping, an English teacher at Chengdu No.12 Middle School. “But now they look (70)f and they learn much better than before.”