（A）
In the world ,soccer of football is the most popular2 sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.
To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup ,children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese3 schools came4 together and spent three weekends drawing5 a big picture called “Dream(梦幻) World Cups ”in Japan .The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a bule bright sky. They wished each football team good luck7 by drawing the flags8(旗帜)of all the countries that will take part9 in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea10.The picture was11 put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama .Some football teams will have games there.
Are you a football fan(迷)？The World Cup makeds more and more people interested15 in football Teenagers16(青少年)like playing and watching football .Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favourite players18 on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as12 children in Japan.
1. If a country wants to take part in the World Cup ,she must have______.
A. Many football fans19 B. a very good team C. many football player17 D. a big playground
2. The next World Cup will be held in_______.
A. 2006 B. 2007 C. 2005 D. 2004
3. From the passage20 ,in the picture children drew many things except_________.
A. people playing football B. pictures of some football stars C. a sunny sky D. flowers
4. In “Dream World Cup”,the children drew the flags of some countries______.
A. to show their love for their owe6 country
B. to tell the people their stories
C. to show their good wishes for the football teams
D. to show their new ideas about football
5.Many teenagers owe the pictures of some football stars because______.
A. they are interested in football B. they are football fans
C. they think their favourite players are great D. all of A,B and C
（B）
In 1826, a Frenchman21 named Niepce needed pictures for his business22 .But he was not a good artis .So he invented23 a very simple24 camera (照相机).He put it in a window of his house and took25 a picture of hia garden .That was the first photo.
The next important26 date in the history of photography27 (摄影术) was in 1837. That year, Daguere, another Frenchman ,took a picture of his reading28 room .He used29 a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could30 see everything very clearly31 ,even32 the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype33.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers35 brought36 back wonderful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous37 buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, photography was developed38 .Then photographers40 could take picture of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had41 to carry a lot of film and other machines42. But this did43 not stop them ,for example, some in the United44 States45 worked so hard.
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographers. He took many picture of gread people .The picture were unusual46 beause they were very lifelike49(栩栩如生的)
Photographers also became50 one kind of art by the end of the 19th century51 .Some photod were nor52 just cooies of the real53 world .They showed and feelings54,like other kinds of art.
6. The first photo taken by Niepce was a picturte of ____________
A. his business B. his house C. his garden D. his window
7. The Daguerrotype was____________.
A. a Frenchman B. a kind of picture C. a kind of camera D. a photographer39
8. If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840j, he had to__________.
A. watch lots of films B. buy an expensive camera
C. stop in most cities D. take many films and something else with him.
9. Mathew Brady______________.
A. was very lifelike B. was famous for his unusual pictures
C. was quite strong D. took many pictures of moving people
10. This passage tells us_____________.
A. how photography was developed B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures
C. how to take pictures in the world D. how to use different cameras
（C）
Americans with small families own55 a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold56 and they will buy a van(住房汽车)
A small car can hold(容纳)four persons57 and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily58, so a family three children could ask their grandparents59 to go on a holiday travel34 They could all travel together.
Mr.Hagen and his wife60 had a third child last year. This made61 them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth62 and seventh63 seat64 are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases65(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats66 can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans motor67 homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling68 to the mountains or to the seaside69, they can live in their motor home for a few70 days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life48 when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
11. From the passage, a van is also called ____________.
A. a motor car B. a motor home C. a motorbike D. a big truck
12. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.
A. sold their old house B. moved to their grandparents’ house
C. built71 a new place for a van D. sold their second car
13. A motor home is usually owned72 by a family with__________.
A. a baby B. much money C. more than two children D. interest14 in vans
14. Americans usually use motor homer____________.
A. to travel with all the family members of holiday
B. to do some shopping with all the family members
C. to visit their grandparents at weekends
D. to drive their children to school every day
15. Motor homes have become popular because___________.
A. they can take people to another city when people are free73
B. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays
C. some people think motor homes are cheap
D. big families can put more things in motor homes
（D）
Surtsey was born74 in 1963.Scientists76 saw77 the birth78 of this island. It began at 7.30 a.m. on 14th November. A fishing80 boat was near Iceland. The boat moved under the captain81's（船长）feet. He noticed82 a strange83 smell. He saw some black smoke. A volcano84（火山）was breaking out. Red-hot rocks, fire and smoke were rushing85 up from the bottom（底部）of the sea. The island grew quickly. It was 10 meters86 high the next day and 60 meters high on 18th November. Scientists flew87 there to watch. It was exciting. Smoke and fire were still rushing up. Pieces of red-hot rock were flying into the air and falling into the sea. The sea was boiling88 and there was a strange light in the sky. Surtsey grew and grew. Then it stopped in June 1967.It was 175 meters high and 2 kilometers89 long. And life was already90 coming to Surtsey. Plants grew. Birds came. Some scientists built a house. They want to learn about this young island. A new island is like a new world.
16. Surtsey is ______.
A. an island not far from Iceland B. a new volcano
C. a fishing boat D. a place in Iceland
17. Scientists flew there ______.
A. to watch the birth of the island B. to save91 the fishing boat
C. to learn about the island D. to build a house
18. When did scientist75 fly there to watch?
A. Before the volcano broke92 out. B. As soon as the volcano broke out.
C. About four days after the volcano broke out. D. After the volcano stopped rushing up.
19. Put the following93 sentences94 in correct95 order96.
a. The captain found97 the boat was moving. b. A new island appeared98 in the sea.
c. Fire, smoke and rocks were seen99 rushing up. d. A fishing boat was near Iceland.
e1. The island grew quickly.
A. d-a-c-b-e B. a-b-c-d-e C .a-b-e-c-d D. b-e-d-a-c
20. The best title100 of this article101 is ________.
A. A new island B. The birth of an island
C. A new world D. Scientists discovered102 Surtsey
(E)
On Nov.18th,1908,three men went up in a balloon103（气球）.They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.
Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual47 rope（绳子）,and it was hanging104 down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal105 box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able106 to change its weight（重量）.It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.
After the sun rose107, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 metres108, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell109 past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground13. The men tried to throw out some more sand; but it was hard. They tried to break the icy110 sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole111 bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.
At last they pulled112 the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 metres! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided113 to land79. They came down in Poland114 heavily115 but safely116. They had travelled117 1,797 kilometers from London!
21. Three men flew in balloon ________.
A. for nearly118 1,800 kilometers B. to another city
C. to visit Poland D. more than a century ago
22. The metal box was used for ________.
A. carrying the bags of sand‘ ’ B. keeping drinking-water
C. carrying ropes of the basket D. changing weight
23. When the balloon went up higher, ________.
A. the temperature119 of the balloon began to fall B. They saw the sun go down
C. They made a hole in the basket with their knives
D. They could see a black hole on the ground
24. The balloon landed120 ________.
A. in London B. on the sea C. on a lake D. in a foreign121 country
25. Which of the following is NOT true122?________
A. The three men started their journey123 before the sun rose.
B. The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.
C. When they pulled the box into the basket, the balloon began to climb up.
D. The three men had to land because they felt cold.
答案：
1．B 2．A 3．B 4．C 5．D 6． C 7．B 8．D 9．B 10． A 11．B 12．D 13． C 14．A 15． B
16.A 17.A 18.C 19.A 20.B 21.A 22.D 23.A 24.D 25.B
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