You are busy with your job but want to make new friends? You miss your old friends and try to find them? Then try a new website --- Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg，a Harvard student，created Facebook only about eight years ago. At first，it was only for Harvard students. Soon it became popular on the Internet. Now over 25 million people around the world use it to keep in touch with their friends. People like Facebook because it makes them feel comfortable. On Facebook，they share joys or sorrows (悲伤) by posting pictures and videos. What's more，they leave messages and give online presents to their friends. Now Facebook，like eBay，is a place to sell things.
The best part about Facebook is to help find old friends. For people，the only thing to do is to sign their real names. Then it takes a short time to sign their old friends. So have fun with Facebook if you love to be with friends，old or new.
1. Facebook was created_________.
A. twenty years ago
B. thirty years ago
C. by Mark Zuckerberg and his classmates
D. by a Harvard student named Mark Zuckerberg
2.According to the passage，what can you do on Facebook?
①You can give online presents to your friends.
②You can play online games with friends.
③You can share joys or sorrows with friends.
④You can leave messages.
⑤You can sell things.
A.①②④⑤ B.①③④⑤ C.②③④⑤ D.①②③④
3.According to the passage，eBay is a website
A. for shopping B. for making friends
C. for taking pictures D. for listening to music
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. It takes you a long time to find old friends on Facebook.
B. Now Facebook is a website only for students.
C. The best part about Facebook is to make new friends.
D. You have to sign your real name if you want to find your old friends on Facebook.
5. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Something about Facebook.
B. Facebook and eBay.
C. How to make new friends.
D. Have fun chatting online with your friends.
Animals are our friends. We can find different kinds of animals on Earth. Some animals are living in big forests. And some animals are living with man.
Animals are very important to man. For example, people can train the elephants to do some heavy work. And they can also train the dogs to look after the house. A police dog is clever. It can help people in danger. And it can also help the policeman to catch the thieves or murderers. The children like dogs very much.
Everyone knows sheep and pigs very well. Man eats their meat almost every day. People can make coasts and shoes with their skins. From cows, we can get milk. It’s good for our health. And horses can take us to other places. In some places, horses and camels are instead of car and buses. It’s clear that man can’t live comfortably without these animals.
1.What does “train” mean in the passage?
A.锻炼 B.训练 C.火车 D.瞄准
2._______can be used to look after the house.
A. Only sheep and pigs B. Horses and cows
C. Dogs D. All the above
3.We can get milk from______.
A. dogs B. pigs C. hens D. cows
4.Life will be difficult without________.
A. animals
B. sheep and pigs
C. the animals which live in the forest
D. the animals which live with man
5.If you want to go to other places, you can take_______.
A. horses or camels B. buses
C. cars D. all the above
Jack is a twelve-year-old boy. One day, he was playing football. The ball went into the street and Jack ran for it. Unfortunately, a car hit him. Jack’s parents took him to the hospital at once. Jack woke up after a month. When he woke up, he asked, “Who am I? Who are you? Why am I here?” He even didn’t know his parents. The doctor said, “Jack’s head was badly hurt. Maybe he can remember all the things he has lost one day. Maybe he will forget them forever.” Every day Jack’s parents told Jack something about himself, his friends and so on. But Jack still couldn’t think of anything. One day, when his father talked about his dog, Tidy, Jack seemed to think of something. Then Jack’s father had an idea. He took Jack back home. Jack and Tidy played together happily. After a year, with the help of Tidy, Jack’s memory came back.
1. What happened to Jack one day?
A. A car hit him. B. His ball was missing.
C. He was ill. D. He was lost.
2. What was Jack’s problem?
A. He couldn’t get to sleep.
B. He couldn’t wake up.
C. He lost his memory.
D. He couldn’t move.
3.Who helped Jack remember the things?
A. His father. B. The doctor.
C. His mother. D. His dog.
4.How long did it take Jack to remember the things?
A. A year. B. A month.
C. A week. D. We don’t know.
5. Which of the following is Not True?
A. Jack is twelve years old.
B. Jack’s parents took Jack to the hospital immediately.
C. When his father talked about Tidy, Jack thought of something.
D. The doctor was sure that Jack could be cured one day.
完形填空（15分, 1.5分一题）
In western countries, many people buy lots of presents just before Christmas. __ some people think they shouldn’t buy too many things. They have started a ___ day called Buy Nothing Day. They hope that nobody goes __ on that day.
Buy Nothing Day __ on November 29. It is after Thanksgiving Day. Often, in western__ , before Christmas, there are so many advertisements in the newspapers and __ TV to tell people to buy something. The idea for Buy Nothing Day__ in Canada. Now people all over the world celebrate Buy Nothing Day. In California, America, parents and children get together to__ stories, sing songs and draw pictures. The children talk about__ they can’t get many toys.
Can you buy __ just for one day? Have a try!
1.A. But B. And C. So
2.A. bad B. special C. cold
3.A. washing B. fishing C. shopping
4.A. is B. was C. are
5.A. city B. cities C. countries
6.A. at B. for C. on
7.A. got B. thought C. started
8.A. read B. look C. see
9.A. what B. why C. where
10.A. something B. anything C. nothing
短文填空，根据上下文意思填入所缺单词。共10小题，每小题1分。
The word “encyclopaedia” comes from Greek. It 1._____(mean) “general education”. An encyclopaedia is _2.__ kind of reference book(参考书) and it contains the information from either all branches of knowledge ___3.__ a special branch of knowledge.
People ___4.___(begin) to use it about 2,000 years ago. The __5.___(old) one is natural historian. __6._ was written by Pliny the Elder. The modern encyclopaedias developed from dictionaries around the 17th century. Some encyclopaedias are made up __7.__ only one volume(册), but _8.____ may have lots of volumes. There _9.____(be) also some online encyclopaedias, such as Wikipedia. They are often free for people _10.___(look) for information.
My grandmother worked as a doctor when she was young.
A .liked B. was C. had
