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Email D. Magazine C There is now a special banana with a skin you can eat. Most people would never do this. Banana farmers in Japan made a way of growing bananas with a peel we can eat. The new way is called the freezethaw awakening. Farmers 7 keep their banana trees at a freezing temperature of 60176。C. They then put the trees in 27186。C temperatures. The change in temperature makes the tree grow very quickly. This makes the skin thin and soft enough to eat. The new banana is called the Mongee. Farmers sell it in bunches of 10 bananas. They are not cheap. One banana costs 6 dollars. Farmers don39。t grow many, so the price is high. They will grow more, so the price will fall. Japan imports about 99% of its bananas. The Mongee could mean Japanese people will eat more bananas that are grown in Japan. The Mongee banana skin is sweet. It has nutrients(營(yíng)養(yǎng)物質(zhì) ) like vitamin B6 and magnesium(鎂 ). 38. Compared to normal banana, Mongee is special because______________________. A. the skin can be eaten B. the skin is thin and soft C. the skin is sweet D. the skin has nutrients 39. If Mike wants to buy 10 Mongee bananas, he has to prepare__________ dollars. A. 6 B. 10 C. 60 D. 27 40. What does the underlined word “import” mean in Chinese? A. 種植 B. 出口 C. 進(jìn)口 D. 賣(mài) 出 41. Which of the following statements is correct? A. Farmers will grow more Mongee bananas because the price is very high. B. Farmers will eat more Mongee bananas because they have vitamin B6. C. The way called freezethaw awakening makes the skin thin and soft. D. The way called freezethaw awakening makes the tree grow very quickly. D Today we find that school students hardly spend much time on sports. Is it because they aren’t interested in sports? No, they often say they have other more important things to do. What are these important things? Exams. They spend much time on all kinds of exams at school. So many of them almost bee tired. Books stop them from going for sports. Because of the pressure from teachers, students work harder and spend most of their time on books. Parents won’t stop nagging( 嘮叨 ) about the importance of good high schools. As for the students, it is necessary for them to give all their free time to their studies because they want to get good results in order to get into good high schools. In fact, junior students have a physical(體力的 ) test along with Senior High School 8 Entrance(入學(xué) ) Examination if you want to get into a high school. The test includes swimming, basketball shooting, doing pullups (only for boys), doing situps (only for girls), long jumping, running. Education can’t go without physical exercise, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. Besides, if you don’t have a strong body, you can never get anything or any great success in your life. 42. Because of _______, the school students can’t spend much time on sports. A. exams B. exercise C. education D. no interest 43. Students get a lot of pressure from ________. A. teachers B. teachers and parents C. themselves D. both B and C 44. How many physical tests are listed in the passage? A. two B. four C. six D. eight 45. In the writer’s opinion, students should _______. A. have sports after studying B. do sports to be successful C. work hard day and night D. spend their free time studying 四、任務(wù)型閱讀(本題有 5小題,每小題 1分;共計(jì) 5分) 閱讀下面對(duì)話,從方框中選擇五個(gè)最適當(dāng)?shù)臉?biāo)題匹配下列的行為 (其中有 2個(gè)選項(xiàng)是多余的 )。 Five Rudest(粗魯?shù)?) Behaviors 46. It’s important to have dinner in the USA, but people should have proper table manners. Elbows should be kept off tables. No one should reach over the table for food or accidentally shove(推 ) in a guest39。s face while reaching for something. 47. Some people don39。t wash their hands after using the bathroom. These germs are everywhere for the rest of us to enjoy. Hand washing is good for everyone and reduces chances of getting sick. 48. It happens all the time at the store, amusement parks, all the public places. No one is amused. Skipping others in line shows