I will never forget the lesson about my window. Four years ago, I moved to a house in a large town. One of my new neighbors’ house was only a few feet away from mine. There lived a woman. Through one of my windows, I could see her reading by her window every afternoon.

    Several months later, I found I couldn’t see the woman clearly. I thought her window was too dirty. I said to myself, “Why doesn’t she clean her window? It looks terrible!”

One afternoon, I decided to clean my house including(包括) the window. I felt tired after three hours of hard work. So I sat down by the window for a rest. What a surprise! I could see the woman reading there clearly again! By that time, I realized that my own window was too dirty, not hers! I really felt ashamed for myself. I had been watching her through my dirty window in the past days!

The experience is very important for me. So I try to clean the window of my heart before judging(评判) others.

45. How long has the writer lived in the house according to the passage?

A. Two years.              B. Three years.           C. Four years.     

46. The writer couldn’t see the woman clearly because ______________.

A. the writer’s window was dirty              

B. the woman’s house was too far

C. the woman didn’t open her window

47. The underlined word “ashamed” means _________________.

A. 高兴的                  B. 放松的                 C. 羞愧的

48. According to the passage, the writer has learnt how to __________________.

A. clean the house         B. judge others           C. help neighbors

Once there was something wrong with a machine in a factory. The workers could do nothing but turn to a German engineer for help, who drew a line on it and then said, “Take off the part where the line is and change it for a new one.” The machine, with a new part on, began running well again. The engineer then asked for $30,000 for what he had done. The following were what he wrote on a bill, “The new part only costs one dollar, and knowing where the problem with the machine is costs $ 29,999.”　

One dollar for changing a new part sounds reasonable, but the $29,999 is exactly the value of wisdom and knowledge.

(46) The workers could do nothing but turn to a German engineer for help because __________.

A. they had nothing to do in the factory　　　　　

B. there were no other people in the factory

C. the workers could not repair the machine　

D. the workers asked for too much money for repairing the machine

(47) The problem of the machine __________.

A. was caused by the German engineer　　　　　　　　 B. was found and solved by the workers

C. took the engineer a long time to find D. was easy for the German engineer

(48) According to the engineer, the finding of the problem cost ________.

A. only one dollar B. $29,999

C. nothing D. less than the new part
(49) The writer wants to tell us that ________.

A. the engineer asked for too much money

B. the workers should pay the money

C. the knowledge is worth more money

D. the new part could cost more

(50) What is worth only one dollar?

A. A line. 　B. A new part.　　 　 C. Wisdom.　　　　　　　　 D. Knowledge.

　　 To write a great news story , you have to make sure it is correct , relevant (相关的) and fresh.
　　 For a start, all the information in a story must be correct. Not only the spelling and grammar, but also the facts.
　　 Any mistakes that appear (出现） in a story can get a newspaper into big trouble.
　　 For example, if a newspaper said that Yang Liwei was the first man to go into space, it would be wrong. He wasn't the first. The newspaper would probably lose lots of readers because of that mistake.
　　 A news story is not only correct ，but also relevant to its readers . People are mostly interested in news that happens near to them . That is why you care more about what happens at your school that at American schools. It is also why newspapers in Beijing don 't talk about much news in Shanghai or Hong Kong.

Finally , news must always be fresh . When you pick up your evening newspaper, you want to read about news that happens that day . You don't want to read about news from last week !

So , now you know what makes a good news story . Have a good look at our newspaper and see if it is full of good news .you can try writing a news story for our
newspaper like a real reporter.

46. The writer mentions __________ main factors (因素 ）to make a news story really great .

　 A. two　　　 B. three　 C. four　　 D. five .

47.According to the second paragraph , the correct information in a story includes__________ .

　 A . translation and facts.

　 B. spelling and pronunciation.

　 C. spelling grammar and facts .

　 D. Listening to English more can help you realize your dream.

48. According to the writer, newspaper in Liaocheng should talk much about news in __________

　 A. Liaocheng　　　　　 B. Hong Kong.

　 C .Shanghai.　　　　　 D. Beijing.

49. Which of the following is true ?

　 A. A small mistake can't get a newspaper into trouble .　　

　 B. A lot of people like reading about news from last week.

　 C. The passage doesn't tell us who was the first man to go into space .　　

　 D. People are mostly interested in news that happens far away from them .

50.The passage mainly talks about _________

　 A.why to be a good reporter.

　　 B.where to find interesting news.

　 C .when to choose a good newspaper .

　 D.how to write a great news story .

“Millions of young people will lose their hearing in five years if they listen to MP3 or MP4 players at a too high voice every day,” scientists say recently.

Do you often listen to MP3 players at a too high voice? Are you frightened to hear this?

The sizes of MP3 players are very small, but small MP3 players make it easy to take hundreds of songs with you. So many young people carry them and listen to music every day. MP3 players are very popular among students. 

The scientists say teenagers should be far from high volume (音量), including mobile phones’ noise. A study says, “High volume and long listening time can cause hearing problems.” They think if young people listen at more than 89 decibels (分贝) every day, they will lose their hearing in five years. A scientist said, “So many young people often use personal music players and mobile phones at a high voice. I am afraid that they may be losing their hearing.

So let’s turn our MP3 players down!

48. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A. Scientists tell young people to turn off their MP3 players.

B. Teenagers will lose their hearing if they listen to hundreds of songs in MP3 players.

C. A person will lose hearing in 5 years if he or she listens to an MP3 player every day.

D. The mobile phone can also cause hearing problems if we don’t use it correctly.

49. The underlined word “they” (Paragraph 4) most probably refers to ______.

A. scientists    B. MP3 players      C. mobile phones           D. teenagers 

50. Which might be the best title for this passage?

A. Turn your MP3 players down!                        B. Never use MP3!       

C. How to protect your hearing.                          D. Young people’s hearing.