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AEvery day，it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us．Look at your own bags and clothes，and at the bags and clothes of your classmates．How many different advertisements can you see which use English words?Often bags and clothes show the name of the company that made them．This is a popular form．A special picture or symbol called a logo(标识语)is sometimes used．Logos appear on many different products(产品)．They are popular because when you see a logo，it is hard to forget that product or company．It is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio．Most advertisements are very short．Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence which is easy for people to say and remember．Nike，for example，has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world：“Just do it．”Advertisements often use funny situations as well．It is simple to remember it．All advertisements are designed(设计)to make people buy a product．An advertisement for a soft drink，for example，might show a group of young people who are having fun．The young people are al1 drinking the soft drink．Advertisers are saying to you，“Why don‟t you buy this drink and be like these people?You can be young and modern”You might think that advertisements are not after you，bul the next time you buy a soft drink，ask yourself this question：Why am I buying this particular(特别的)product? 1．From the passage，we know that ．A．all the advertisements around us are written in EnglishB．many bags have the name of the company that made themC．having soft drinks makes a person young and modernD．advertisements are only after young people2．A good logo is ．A．easy to remember B．a useful productC．difficult to understand D．easy to buy3．People are most likely to remember an advertisement that is ．A．in English B．long C．funny D．famous4．All advertisements are designed to ．A．sell you something you don‟t want B．make you young and modernC．make you buy the product D．show you what you need to buy 5．The best title of this passage may be ．A．Advertisements for Bags and Clothes B．Advertisements on TV and Radio C．Advertisements About Sports D．Advertisements Around Us（B）It was the last day of the final examination in a college. On the steps of building, a group of engineering students were waiting for the last exam. On their faces was confidence.They knew the exam would be easy. The professor had said they could bring any books or notes during the test.Right after they came into the classroom. The professor handed out the papers. There were only five questions on it.Three hours passed. Then the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was nervous expression. The professor watched the worried faces before him, and then asked. “How many of you have completed all five questions?” No hand was raised. “How many of you have answered four?” Still no hands. “Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats. “One, then? Certainly somebody has finished one.” But the class kept silent(沉默). The professor said, “That is exactly what I expected. I just want to make you know clearly that even though you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the subject you don‟t know. These questions you could not answer are common in everyday practice.” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all pass this course, your education has just begun.”The years have obscured the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.1. Why did the students think the exam was easy at first?A.Because it was their last exam in the college.B.Because they knew there were only five questions.C.Because they thought they were clever and talented.D.Because they wee allowed to bring any books and notes during the test.2. How many students have finished all the five questions?A.All of them.B. Some of themC. None of them .D. Only one of them.3. What does the underlines word “obscured” mean in the last paragraph?A.模糊B回忆Ｃ提醒Ｄ改变4. What could the students learn from the last exam?A. He laughs best who laughs last.B. A good beginning is half done.C. One is never too old to learn.D. The early bird catches the worm.5. What‟s the best title for the article?A. Some Confident Students.B. An Engineering Professor.C. An interesting Professor.D. An Unforgettable Lesson.(C)Long, long ago people made fires from lightening(闪电). But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn‟t start it again if there was no lightening. Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stone together could make a spark（火花）. The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing（摩擦）. They made a hole on a piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and again. After a few minutes they got a fire.Years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire. Sometimes they used the heat from the sun. They held a piece of glass in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire.About two centuries ago, people began to make matches. Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fires. Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to make fires. One of them is to use an electric fire starter. Of course all electric fire starter is much more expensive than a box of matches. But it is very useful.1. What could the spark do according to the passage?A. Fire any leaves.B. Burn anything.C. Burn dry leavesD. Keep fire burning.2. The underlined word “it” (in paragraph 1) refers to “_________”.A. the lighteningB. a sparkC. the fireD. the match3. How long have matches been used?A. For about two thousand years.B. For about two hundred years.C. Since people began to use fire for cookingD. Since people used the heat from the sun.4. What can we know from the passage?A. Electric fire starter is a very useful way to make fires.B. People haven‟t used matches since they had electric fire starters.C. Today there are only two ways to make fire.D. Some forest fires happen from lightening5. Which of the following is the right order of the ways to make fires that people got to know?a. with a matchb. from the sunc. from lighteningd. by rubbinge. with an electric fire starterA. c, d, a, b, eB. b, c, a, e, dC. c, d, b, a, eD. d, a, c, d, e(D)Are you feeling sleepy in class? I remember that I used to get up at eight when I was young. And we usedn‟t to do homework. But now, everything h as changed.For 12-year-old Liu Xiangjian, the most difficult thing in life is getting up at 5:50 a.m. every school day.“I don‟t want to get up so early, but I used to be afraid of being late,” the six-grade Beijing primary school student said, “I want more sleep.”Liu has breakfast at 6:15 a.m., and after a 30-minute bus ride, arrives at school at 7a.m. Like most of his 28 classmates, Liu arrives at school a full hour before lessons start at8 a.m.In 2007, a survey of 2500 schoolchildren in six cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, it was found that about 77% students were short of sleep.In a recent survey made by the China Daily website, almost 70% of the 1,130 respondents said that they agreed with cutting school hours, while 22% disagreed and 10% had no comment.Although their children spend long hours at school, many parents arrange for them to take more studies.Liu‟s mother, Wang Qunyu, who teaches at a high school in Beijing, thinks her son is still not doing enough to win a place at a good quality high school.“Of course I want my son to have more sleep, more exercise and more fun,‟ she said, “but the common saying is that if you give your child a happy childhood in China, you give him failed future.”Someth ing must be done to change people‟s traditional thought that a college diploma（毕业证）is a ticket to a good job.1. How many people in the survey had no comments?A 1130 B. 149 C. 113 D 9912. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A.Liu Xiangjian likes to get up earlier.B.Liu‟s mother th inks her son is work hard enough.C.Liu goes to school by bike.D.In Liu‟s school, the first lesson starts at 8 a.m.3. What is the passage mainly about?A. Students‟ sleeping timeB. Surveys about schoolchildren.C. Parents‟ idea.D. School life.4. The underlined expression” if you give your child a happy childhood in China, you give him failed future.” means ________.A.If a child plays happily, he will fail the game.B.If a child doesn‟t spend more time on study, he will not have a good job in thefuture.C.If a child has more sleep, he will go to a good college in the future.D.If a child play happily, he will get a college diploma.5. What is the author‟s opinion according to the passage?A. A college diploma doesn‟t mean a good job.B. The students should have less sleeping timeC. The author agrees with Liu‟s mother‟s idea.D. The author disagrees with cutting school hours.以下有五篇文章，共100分(25小题，每小题4分)。