—I think English is becoming more and more important.

—I _______.

A. do B. agree C. am D. think

I visited many places including the History Museum last Saturday. When I _______ at the hotel, it was very late.

A. got B. reached C. arrived D. went

—It’s too hot. Would you mind _______ the door?

—_______, please do it now.

A. to open; OK B. opening; Certainly not

C. opening; Of course D. to open; Good idea

—Would you like to go and see a film?

—Sure, the TV programmes are too _______．

A. surprising B. interesting C. exciting D. boring

Every morning, Mrs. Smith listens to the latest news _______ the radio.

A. on B. with C. on D. at

No one knows how the huge rocks _______ and _______ without our modern machines eight hundred years ago.

A. were cut; moved B. were cut; move C. are cut; moving D. are cut; moved

—_______ do you have an English party?

—Once a month.

A. How old B. How far C. How often D. How long

Try to buy one before all the tickets _______.

A. will be sold out B. will be sold C. are sold D. are sold out

People all over the world eat rice. ______ people in Asia (亚洲), Africa (非洲) and South America ______ it every day of their lives. Some people almost don’t eat ____ except rice.

Rice is a kind of ______. There are more than 7, 000 kinds of rice. Most kinds are water plants. Farmers ______ rice in many countries even in the southern part of Russia and in eastern Australia.

No one really knows where rice ______. Someone in China wrote about it almost 5,000 years ago. Some scientists (科学家) think that rice ______ in West Africa first, but ______ think it ______ from India and then was ______ to other parts of the world.

1.A. Thousands of B. Hundreds of C. Millions of D. A million of

2.A. eat B. eats C. eaten D. is eaten

3.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing

4.A. grass B. fruit C. flower D. vegetable

5.A. make B. run C. keep D. grow

6.A. came from B. came to C. went from D. went to

7.A. grew B. grow C. is grown D. was grown

8.A. another B. other C. the other D. others

9.A. came B. come C. was come D. was coming

10.A. planted B. taken C. kept D. grown

Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.

Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope that computers can help them to improve their studies at school. But many of their children use computers to play games and watch videos. For most students, computers can not help them to study better but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.

In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves!

1.Why do we say the computer is a useful machine?

A. Because our country asks us to learn to use it.

B. Because it can help us a lot.

C. Because we can use it to play games.

D. Because it can help us to find jobs.

2.What do many parents complain about?

A. They complain that their children use computers to play games.

B. They complain that computers let them lose their jobs.

C. They complain that computers bring them a lot of trouble.

D. They complain that computers can’t bring them happiness.

3.In this passage we know computers ______.

A. also bring us trouble B. bring us happiness only

C. are hated by people D. are bad for people’s health

4.Can computers really help children to study better?

A. Yes, they can. B. It’s hard to say.

C. No, they can’t. D. Of course not.

5.How do you understand the last sentence of this passage?

A. It means computers are used by people.

B. It means people can live well without computers.

C. It means one must decide how to use computers.

D. It means computers are strange machines.