19、Mrs. King is a woman about forty-five．Her husband has a factory in the town and gets much money．Her three children are all intelligent and they work in their factory．She has nothing to do at home and lives a happy life．

Mrs. King likes meat and cakes very much．Her husband and children often buy some for her．And she doesn't like sports and often gets up at eleven o'clock in the morning．So she gets fatter and fatter and now it's difficult for her to walk．Sometimes she thinks something is wrong with her heart．She went to see a doctor one day．The doctor looked her over (检查) carefully and said,   "You have got a heart disease (心脏病 ), Mrs. King．It's bad for your heart to eat much sugar and meat．You'd better eat a piece of bread for each meal．"

"That's easy, doctor," said the woman．"But when do I have to eat the bread, before a meal or after a meal?"

1．There are            people in Mrs. King's family．

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

2．              , so she lives a happy life．

A．Mrs. King has nothing to do                   B．Her husband has a loft of money

C．Her children are all smart                     D．A, B and C

3．Mrs. King gets fatter and fatter because              ．

A．she eats much meat and cakes                 B．she doesn't have any sports

C．she sleeps at home all day                    D．Both A and B

4．                   , so she went to see the doctor．

A．Mrs. King was too fat to do anything

B．Mrs. King thought something was wrong with her heart

C．Mrs. King couldn't eat anything

D．Mr. King wanted the doctor to look her over

5．Which of the following is right?

A．Mrs. King thought the doctor wanted her to take the bread before or after the meals．

B．Mrs. King wanted to eat the bread with her meals．

C．The doctor wanted the woman to eat a piece of bread after meal．

D．Mrs. King hoped to get fatter．

18、In Canada, you can find dogs, eats, and horses in almost every family．These are their pets．People love pets and regard them as their good friends．Before they take them to their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections (预防针)．They spend about two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food．When you go to Canadian people's homes, they will be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them．You will also find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden．All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal．They are free to come and go and nobody is able to kill any animal in Canada．They have a law against killing wild animals．If you kill an animal, you will be punished．

People in Canada love animals very much．Do you know why? One of the reasons may be: in their families when children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life．Then the old people fed lonely．But pets can solve this problem．They can be good friends and never leave them．

1．From the passage we know that Canadians             ．

A．love animals                                    B．don't like animals

C．often kill animals                                D．often keep their pets outside their houses

2．They give their pets injection before taking them to their homes because           ．

A．the pets are bad                                              B．the pets are not strong

C．the pets may carry disease to their house           D．they don't like the pets

3．Which one is not right?

A．Almost every family has a bird feeder in the garden．

B．Any bird can go to the bird feeders to eat．

C．People buy pet food at the pet food shops．

D．Pets are better than people．

4．The underlined word "law" means "      " in the passage．

A．规章                   B．风俗                    C．习惯                      D．法律

5．Why do the children leave then" parents when they grow up?

A．Because their parents don't love them．

B．Because their parents' houses not big enough．

C．Because they want to start their own life．

D．Because their parents have pets．

17、Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends．They believe that their family members, and in particular their parents, don't know them as well as their friends do．In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice．

It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a circle of friends．Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves．on the phone．This communication is very important in children's growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members．

However, parents often try to choose their children's friends for them．Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends．The questions of "choice" is an interesting one．Have you ever thought of the following questions?

Who choose your friends?

Do you choose you friends or your friends choose you?

1．Many teenagers think their         know them better than their parents do．

A．friends                                       B．parents

C．brothers and sisters                            D．family members

2．When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is             ．

A．to go to their friends

B．to talk with their parents

C．to have a discussion with their family by phone

D．to talk with their friends on the phone

3．Which of the following is different in meaning from the sentence "Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends"?

A．Some parents may even not allow their children to meeting their good friends．

B．Some parents may even ask their children to stay away from their good friends．

C．Some parents may even not let their children meet their good friends．

D．Some parents may want their children to stop to meet their good friends．

4．Which of the following sentence is right?

A．Parents should like everything their children enjoy．

B．In all families children can choose everything they like．

C．Parents should try their best to understand their children better．

D．Teenagers can only go to their friends for help．

5．Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Only Parents Can Decide                        B．Parents and Children

C．Teenagers Need Friends                         D．A Strange Question

16、Stephen Hawking was born in 1942．He's a world famous scientist and expert on space and time．Stephen is trying to find the answers to some very big questions such as: How did the universe (宇宙) begin? How will it end?

When Stephen was a student at University, he studied math and science．Then, at the age of twenty, he became very ill．He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, "He has only two more years to live．" The doctor were wrong——he didn't die．"He can't walk now but he uses a wheelchair (轮椅)．(4)He talks with the help of a computer．" After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University．Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy(哲学)．

Because of his health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams or to write．So he started to think in pictures．With this new way of thinking, (5)he became one of the most famous scientists in the world．In 1981, he met the Pop (教皇) in Rome．They talked about his ideas．Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time．It sold more than 5.5 million conies in 333 different languages．

任务一、根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1．Where did Stephen Hawking study and got a degree of philosophy in 1965?

2．What did the doctor say when he was 20?

3．From Stephen Hawking’s life experience, what can we learn?

任务二、将文中用下划线标志的句子翻译成汉语。

4．                                                              

5．                                                             

14、W: Hello, Uncle John!

M: Hello, Mary．(1)                  ? You look worded and upset．

W: I have a problem．I really need your help．

M: (2)                             ?

W: Well, you know I love basketball, but now I am in Grade Nine, my parents won't let me play．

M: (3)                              ．Your studies must come first．

W: I see．I do well in all my lessons and I should be allowed to do something that I interested in．

M: OK．(4)                               ．

W: Thank you．That's very kind of you．

M: (5)                               ．

13、--Jill looks so painful．There             be something wrong with her．

--Oh, dear! We'd better take her to the nearest hospital at once．

A．can                B．should              C．would               D．must

12、--How do you study           a test?

--I study        working with a group．

A．for, by              B．by, in                C．for, from            D．by, by

11、He            less time reading stories about film stars than before．

A．takes               B．spends              C．costs               D．pays