1、He wanted to find out _____ the train had left for Shandong.

A．that          B．whether          C．When           D．where

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、    Some people dream of flying．For a doctor and his wife from Sydney, this dream is becoming true．Glenn Singleman and Heather Swan wear specially designed "wing suits" to jump from great height and fly over the large, dry land．

    They plan to set a record with a flight from a hot-air balloon flying 12,000 meters above the middle of the country．Singleman and Swan would reach a top speed of 400 kilometers per hour．

    The Sydney Morning reports that the couple plan to make even higher jump from an airplane．For jump from great height, they carry extra oxygen as well as a Global Position System unit （全球定位系统）, so they can be found once they've reached the ground．

1．Where are the Singlemans from?

2．How fast would they reach per hour to set a flight recorder?

3．What's the Sydney Morning, do you think?

4．For making higher jump from an airplane, they will carry something．Give an example．

28、Craig Calfee, was the owner of a bicycle shop, who lived in Santa Cruz, California．On a shining morning one year ago．he was watching his dog, Luna, as it chew （撕咬） a piece of bamboo．But it could not break the bamboo with its powerful jaws （双颚）．In other words, this natural material was strong enough for a good new use．Calfee had an idea．He knew what to do．He set to work making a bicycle out of bamboo．

   Today, he describes his invention as “a little rough”．The bike did work, however．The inventor thought that the bamboo bike might be easy to make and sell in developing countries．He showed his bike on the Internet．Then,  he was contacted by David Ho of the Earth University．The two men travel to Ghana （a country in Africa） to try to produce the bike there．"It's just at the very beginning．We might fail, but it might take （奏效）．" Calfee said．

1．When did Mr. Calfee set to work making a bicycle out of bamboo?

2．Why can bamboo be used to make bicycle?

3．With whom did Mr. Calfee travel to Ghana?

4．Is Ghana a developing country ?

27、Goodbye England's rose

may you ever grow in our hearts

．．．

now you belong to heaven

and the stars spell out your name

and it seems to me you lived your life

like a candle in the wind

never fading with the sunset

．．．

and even though we try

the truth brings us to tears

all our words cannot express

．．．

On 29th July, 1981，Diana Spencer a shy girl， married Charles．the Prince of Wales in London．

Everything looked perfect for the happy couple and the public fell in love with Diana．

    However，things were not as they seemed．Charles and Diana divorced（离婚）in 1996．

    Diana became more active in charity work．The public loved her for the Way she cared for

others．Diana's life ended tragically（悲惨地）at the age of 36 in a car crash in France On August

the 3lst．1997．she got into a car with her boyfriend，Fayed，her bodyguard（保镖）and her

driver Although the doctors tried to save her, It was too late and she died．

Millions around the world cried when they saw the card on her coffin （棺材） from her two young sons．It bad only one word on it "Mummy"．She is still remembered as the people's princess．

1．How old was Diana when she married Charles?

2．How many other people with Diana were there in the car when it was crashed?

3．In what way did Diana's two sons show their love to her?

4．Who do the words "England's rose" in the song refer to?

26、My daughter Sari and 1 were in a rental （租来的） car from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon．Suddenly, a deer jumped onto the road．I tried to （A）_______ the car but I hit the deer．From the back seat I heard Sari, ask, "What happened, dad?" Those were her first words 1 had heard during the journey．

   （B） We went to our trip at the end of Sari's winter break．We hadn't gone on a road trip bike this for over two years, and it would （C）possibly be our final vacation together --just （D）_________and daughter．We went on our last trip when Sidney was 9．（E） She spoke without stopping．miles after miles about school, movies and books．Now she was about 12 and almost never talked．However, the accident changed her．

She asked，“（F）你担心哪一个，the deer or the car?” “The deer” I replied，realizing that I had refused the rental company insurance．She were to sit in the front seat and began keeping one eye out of the deer．We began to talk about more than just little things．

It cost （G） a lot of money to fix the car, but Sari spent the half trip home with her hand resting on my shoulder．I'm glad that we went on the trip together．

1．在划线部分（A）和（D）的空白处各填入一个适当的单词。

2．划线部分（B）在文中指代的是

3．写山划线部分（C）和（G）的同义词或近义词。

4．将划线部分（E）改写为she ______________miles after miles about school,movies and books.

5．将划线部分（F）译成英语。