31、根据短文内容，从方框中选择适当的词，并用其正确形式填空，使短文完整，正确（每个词只能用一次）

At a certain age, children's feet begin 1         very quickly．Their parents have to keep buying new 2         for them．Are your feet still growing? How good 2         our shoes could grow, too．But maybe they can!

 A British company 4         up With shoes that grow with your feet．The INCH worm trainers use a technology called iFit．The shoes can stretch（拉长）by one 5      size．Each pair of shoes has three sizes．Press a button in the 6        of the shoe and pull the toe out to the length you need．

 According to the makers, the shoes don't stretch 7．         accident and they can stand the 8．         playground workouts（测试）．

 But at 47.99（662 yuan）, the~ are not 9         ． Peter Craig from INCHworms said they have already sold five hundred 10．        

He added: "They are also great for kids who have one foot bigger than the other．"

29、Around 32 percent（百分率） of the Internet users in China are students, while last year nearly 94 million citizens（市民）logged on as users, a new survey has shown．Numbers show an overall growth of 18．2 percent this year, according to a report given by the China Internet Network Information Centre last Wednesday．Students were the largest group of Net users．Professionals accounted for 12 percent and 9 percent were working in the business and service sectors, the report said．

It also found that more users are relying on（依靠） the Web to get information． About 6．3 percent of those surveyed said they use it as an educational tool．

  Email services, news sites and search engines were given as the top sites for users．Nearly nine out of ten users say email is the most important function of the Internet． About 65 percent of them believe that reading news is the second most important function the Internet provides．

  Nearly 68 percent of users say they use the Internet at home, while about 40 percent use it in the office, Internet bars and at school．More than half of all Internet users are below the age of 25．And males account for more than 60 percent of them．

However, the number of people using cyberbank（网络银行） services failed to rise by much because of safety．Only 5 percent said they use the service in their daily lives．

But Wang Gang, manager of the Industrial and Commercial Bank（工商银行）of China's Cyberbank Section, is optimistic（乐观的）．He believes the coming 10 years will become a "golden" cyberbank time in China．

1．Which of tile following is the number of Internet users in China this year?

A．94,000,000           B．30,080,000             C．111,108,000     D．35,554,560

2．According to the survey, which was the largest group of Net users last 5ear?

A．professionals                   B．students   

C．businessmen                  D．people in tile service sectors

3．People mainly use the internet for

A．information            B．playing gain            C．music        D．sending emails

4．What does tile underlined phrase "failed to rise" mean?

A．rose greatly           B．rose slowly            C．began to fall    D．didn't rise

5．Which statement is NOT correct as a description of China's net users?

A．There are more male net citizens than female net citizens．

B．People prefer to get on line at home and in the office．

C．Internet is very popular among young people．

D．For safety reasons, few people use cyberbank service．

24、

1．________ isn't mentioned in the news above．

A．The bus               B．The taxi               C．The subway           D．The plane

2．The old man's Fuwa toys were made of ________．

A．glass                     B．paper                   C．cotton                    D．silk

3．The torch has carried the Flame across the word since ________．

A．December 27，2007                                B．January 7，2008

C．March 31，2008                                       D．May 4，2008

4．In the Chinese mainland，the first leg of the torch rely started in ________．

A．Beijing                 B．Chongqing             C．Shanghai                D．Sanya

5．There ________of news about the Olympic torch rely here．

A．is only one piece                                      B．are two pieces

C．are three pieces                                          D．are four pieces

23、Some people say that laughter is the best medicine．Scientists arc studying laughter carefully and finding it really good for us．

What happen when we laugh? We use fifteen different muscles in our face，and laughing is good for our body．When we laugh，we breath quickly and exercise the face，shoulders and chest．Our blood pressure goes down，and our circulation gets better．Our heart beat is lower．Our brain makes a rural painkiller．

Every minute we laugh is the same as forty-five minutes relaxation．Many doctors around the world believe that laughter helps us get better when we are sick．

Of course，there are many kinds of laughters．Different people have different laughters．We may change the way we laugh in different situations，But everyone has his own way to laugh．How do you usually laugh?

1．Laughter is good for us because ________．

A．everybody thinks so                         B．doctors say so

C．scientists are studying                               D．everyone likes laughing

2．When we laugh，we exercise ________．

A．fifteen muscles of the face                     B．fifteen muscles of the chest

C．every place of our body                      D．fifteen organs of our body

3．Laughter makes a natural painkiller ________．

A．in our shoulders      B．in our heart           C．in our brain          D．in our blood

4．One minute laugh equals forty-five minutes ________．

A．exercise            B．rest                C．thinking             D．sports

5．According to the passage，________．

A．people laugh in the same way

B．one should learn different ways of laughing

C．we need to laugh forty-five minutes each day

D．everyone has his own way of laughing

22、Oxfam Trailwalker has been one of Hong Kong's biggest fund raising（资金筹集）events since 1981．It was known as trail walker before．It is organized（组织）by Oxfam Hong Kong to get money to help the poor people in Hong Kong and other part of Asia and Africa．Trailwalker is held in November every year．People over eighteen can group themselves into a team of four people and join the activity．

Oxfam Trail walker is a difficult hike because you have to finish walking a 100-kilometer trail within 48 hours．It means that you may have to walk two days and nights without sleep．The trailwalkers have to walk through eight country parks and over twenty hills and mountains．

It is an excellent chance for people to learn team spirit．All the team members need to plan everything together before the event．They have to walk together to finish the hike because only in this way the team's finishing time will be kept down．It is necessary for them to help each other both before and during the event．You should plan what you are going to carry during the walk．You can not carry everything with you，so it is useful to have your own team bring you food and drinks．Warm and dry clothes are also necessary to keep you comfortable during the walk．Each team must raise at least HK $ 6,000．

1．According to the passage，Oxfam Trailwalker is ________．

A．a man              B．a long walk           C．a building             D．a place

2．Which group is allowed to join Oxfam Trailwalker?

A．Boys of 16 in a team of three．                    B．Girls of 17 in a team of 17．

C．Young men of 18 in a team three 18              D．Young women of 19 in a team of four

3．According to the writer，which of the following is the most important in Oxfam Trailwalker?

A．Teamwork．                                 B．Food and drinks．

C．Warm and dry clothes．                        D．A good plan．

4．Whom does Oxfam Trailwalker raise the money for?

A．Old people in Asia and Africa．                    B．Children only in Asia and Africa

C．Poor people in Asia and Africa．                  D．Women only in Asia and Africa

5．The writer mainly wants to ________．

A．raise money for poor people                         B．introduce Oxfam Trailwalker

C．organize a long walk                                   D．make money for himself