【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 otball player C. Professional runner D. famous scientist ( ) 64. ________ is a very clever scientist who can’t walk or even speak, but he regards his many physical problems as unimportant. A. Einstein Albert B. Stephen Hawking C. Edison Thomas Alva D. Newton Sir Isaac ( ) 65. What shouldn’t sixteenyearolds be allowed to do? A. Surf the Inter B. Choose their own clothes C. Study in groups D. Drive on the road ( ) 66. Which proverb means ―If you want to do difficult things successfully, you should work with others together‖. A. Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today. B. One finger cannot lift a small stone. C. You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. D. Be careful of the dog that does not bark. 第二節(jié) 閱讀理解 (共 7 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 14 分 ) 閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。 （ A） In Britain life used to be fun for teenagers. They used to have money to spend , and free time to while away. They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now. Jobs are difficult to find. There’s not so much money around. Things are more expensive, and it’s hard to find a place to live in. Teachers say that students work harder than they used to. They are less interested in politics (政治 ), and more interested in passing exams. They know that good exam results may bring them better jobs. Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try to spend less and save more. They want to be able to get homes of their own one day. For some, the answer to unemployment(失業(yè) ) is to leave home and look for jobs in one of Britain’s big cities. Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs. Some find jobs and stay. Others don’t, and go home again, or join the unemployed in London. ( )67. What does the underline phrase ―while away‖ mean in Chinese? A. 消磨 B. 浪費(fèi) C. 花費(fèi) D. 節(jié)約 ( )68. What are British students interested in now? A. Clothes. B. Finding jobs. C. Politics. D. Passing exams. ( )69. What can we know from the passage? A. Young people can find jobs easily in London. B. Students have to study hard to find better jobs. C. Parents spend less and save more for their children. D. Young people have to leave home after graduation. (B) Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others. For example, some high school and college students in the US often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages(孤兒院 ) or homes for the aged. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems. Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an anization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers. Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or anize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls. Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others. ( ) 70 . How do volunteers usually help those who are sick or old? A. They mow their lawns, do their shopping and clean up their houses. B. They cook, sew or wash their clothes. C. They tell them stories and sing and dance for them. D. They clean, wax and repair their cars. ( )71. What is Big brothers? A. It’s the name of a club. B. It’s a home for children who have no brothers. C. It’s the name of a film. D. It’s an anization for boys who no longer have fathers. ( ) do most of the clubs use many high school and college students as volunteers? A. Because they have a lot of free time. B. Because they can still remember what they felt when they were younger. C. Because they know how to do the work. D. Because they like younger boys and girls. ( )73. What do volunteers believe? A. To make others happy, they have got to be unhappy. B. The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy. C. The happiest people in the world are those who are young and healthy. D. Bring happiness to others makes them the happiest people in the world. 第二部分 非選擇題 （共 40 分） 第三節(jié) 任務(wù)型閱讀 (共 7 小題，每小題 2 分，滿分 14 分 ) (C) Are you the only child in the family? If so, you are the most important in your family. Parents are the closest people to you in the world. But a lot of middle school students have a problem. They feel they’re not as close to their parents as before. ① They even think their parents are unfair(不公平 ) to them. Some students plain that their parents say a lot to them, but never listen to them. Some say, ―my parents don’t allow me to play puter games, but other classmates are doing that.‖ Others say when they’re making phone calls to friends, their parents like to ask if they’re speaking to a boy or a girl. These make them very unhappy. Some students even decide to leave home. ② But they do