【正文】 horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a who had no experience in battle. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today —— a person who is new in a job. Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died. The Green Revolution is the name some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs. 23. A. phrase B. sentence C. word D. passage24. A. already B. always C. not yet D. never25. A. property B. experience C. wisdom D. ability26. A. that B. whose C. which D. whom27. A. soldier B. cowboy C. farmer D. poet28. A. however B. although C. if D. whether29. A. give B. given C. gave D. giving30. A. research B. goods C. reason D. resultⅤ. Reading prehension ( 閱讀理解。共10小題，每小題2分，滿分20分。)A. Read the sentences and make your choice. ( 從方框內所給的A、B、C、D、E中，選出恰當?shù)囊豁椷€原到文中的橫線位置上，使文章內容完整且符合邏輯。)31. Louise Brown was born in 1978. She was the first testtube baby in the world . “ Where did I e from?” she asked . “I am different from others? ” Now she is a 28yearold mother. She has a baby. She says that everything is OK. 32. Extremely hot weather is mon in many parts of the world . Although hot weather just makes most people feel hot, it can cause serious medical problems, even death . Floods, storms and other natural events kill thousands of people every year. _ 33. This is a car with builtin “sunglasses”! It has a transparent roof, like a window. On a sunny day, you can change the glass roof from clear to dark by using the automatic dimmer . 34. In most of the United States, spring is a warm and pleasant season. _ According to Johnny Cash, it can be extremely cold . He sings “When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below). ” A. The roof can lift up and flip back just in ten seconds. B. But this is not the case in Alaska. C. So does extreme heat .D. After seven years of preparations,E. When she was a child, she was always sad .35. The Summer Olympic Games have opened in Beijing, China. An opening ceremony and lighting of the Olympic cauldron marked the official start of the games on Friday.B. Read and choose the right answers. ( 閱讀短文，選擇合適的選項。)The world is thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since about 75 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water. But about 97 percent of this huge amount is seawater or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3 percent——the fresh water that es from rivers, lakes, underground and other sources. But unfortunately, some of it has been polluted and is unfit for drinking.However, as things stand today, this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us. But our need for water is increasing rapidly——almost day by day. Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now，can we avoid a severe worldwide water shortage in the future days . So we all have to learn how to stop wasting our precious water and try our best to protect water resources..36. In the first line of the passage “the world” means A. human beings B. all the plants C. the animals D. the whole country37. According to the passage of the earth’s water is fit man to drink . A. about 97% B. about 75% C. 3% D. less than 3% 38. Nowadays the supply of fresh water A. is not enough for us to drink B. has been a severe w