【正文】 es B. it was broken. C. there was no petrol left.2. John found__________. A. the lights of the town B. a valley C. a hotel D. a house3. It took them____________ to get to the town. A. less than an hour B. a quarter C. more than a quarter. 4. The travelers___________. A. did not know the hotel B. knew the town well C. did not know the town. D. knew the hotel well5. John ______________. A. was a poor man. B. couldn’t sleep well C. didn’t like to sleep in the car D. knew the town wellC A A C B （五）“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings. “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost everything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say. “It’s cool.” You may think,“He’s so cool,”when you see your favourite football player. We all maximize(擴(kuò)大)the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words, such as “new” or“surprising”.Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her student to write about the waterfall(瀑布) they had visited. On the student’s paper was just the one sentence,“It’s so cool.”Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt. But the story also shows a scarcity(缺乏)of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性).Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool. know that the word “cool” has had ________. A. only one meaning B. no meaning C. many different meanings the passage, the word “express” means “_______”. A. see B. show C. know you are ________ something, you may say,“It’s cool.” A. interested in B. angry about C. worried about writer takes an example to show he is ________ the way the word is used. A. pleased with B. strange to C. worried about the passage, the writer suggests(暗示)that the word “cool”___________. A. can be used instead of many words B. usually means something interesting C. can make your life colorful C B A A C （六）Last week, 169 Junior 1 students at No. 35 Middle School of Shenyang took their first noteacher exam. After the teacher handed out the exam paper, he left the room and never came back. A student collected in the papers when the exam ended. That test was not only a test of knowledge, but also a test of moral (道德). We wanted to show students how important honesty is, said Cai Wenguo , the school39。s paper flies onto his desk! This time the teacher finds out, and Wang39。s international trade rules are not fair. The rules allow rich countries, like the US and those of the EU, to give money, or subsidies (津貼), to their farmers. With the subsidies, farmers are able to sell their crops at lower prices. As a result, world prices go down. Farmers in poor countries that don39。s nice to Sara only because of Sara39。s father is too careless. B C B A D（十一）The Chinese table tennis team began to make another start on Sunday. The world championships(錦標(biāo)賽) opened in Shanghai and China wants to win everything.The petition is held every two years and runs until May 6. At the championship in 2001, China took all the titles in Osaka, Japan. But it lost the men’s single s at the next championship in Paris.More disappointment（失望） followed at the 2004 Olympic Games: South Korean（韓國人） Ryu Seung Min beat China’s Wang Hao in the men’s singles final.So this time the Chinese table tennis team makes up their minds to get this title again. Cai Zhenhua, head of the Table tennis and Badminton Administration Center（乒羽管理中心）, has set China’s goal: “We must win back the men’s single titles at any cost.”World Wang Liqin is widely expected to take the event. Wang, from Shanghai, first won in 2001.China will face little challenge in winning the women’s singles and doubles, men’s doubles and mixed（混合）doubles titles this time again.There will be 574 players from 140 countries. That’s a record for the world championships( ) 1. The table tennis championship was held in the years except ________.A. 2000 B. 2001 C. 2003( ) 2. China won the men’s singles at __________.A. the championship in 2001 B. the championship in 2003C. the 2004 Olympic Games( ) 3. What does all the titles mean?A. Took part in all the games at the championship B. Won the women’s singles and doubles, men’s singles and doubles and mixed doublesC. Took all the players of the Chinese table tennis team there( ) 4. The championship in 2003 was held in ________.A. Japan B. China C. France( ) 5. China will face great challenge in _________ this time.A. the men’s titles B. the mixed doubles C. the men’s doublesAABCA（十二）Venice is the “Queen” of the Adriatic Sea (亞得里亞海). Every year thousands of people from all over the world travel to Italy to visit the city. Do you know why they like to go there for a visit?Venice is a very beautiful city. It is quite different from other cities in the world. There aren’t any roads or streets in the city, so there aren’t any cars or buses. There are many canals in the city. There is one big canal and one hundred and seventyseven small canals. People move up and down the canals in boats to go to work, go shopping or visit their friends.But Venice is sinking. It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040 Venice will be under water. The Adriatic Sea will cover the city. The Venetians(威尼斯人) love their city and want to stay there. So they want to save Venice form the sea. They do not want to leave. How can they save V