拓展阅读（01）
My uncle James is a famous scientist．He likes to make lots of predictions about the future．He says that in 100 years some things will be better than now．For example, we will not have to wash the dishes or sweep(打扫) the floor because we’ll all have robots in our homes．Also, we won’t need to use paper money．We’ll all use credit cards（信用卡）to buy things．We’ll have more free time, and travel ing will be faster and cheaper than it is now．Maybe some people will spend their vacations in space stations．
However, Uncle James says that some things will get worse in the next century(世纪)．If more people use cars, there will be more pollution．Also, if there are fewer trees, the air will become dirtier．If pollution gets really bad, maybe people will have to go and live on Mars（火星）．Uncle James says we’ll be very sorry if pollution becomes worse．
1．What is Uncle James？(Uncle James是做什么的？)
2．Why doesn’t Uncle James think people in the future will do the dishes？3．What does he think people in the future will use to buy things？
4．What will happen if more people use cars？
5．If there are fewer trees, what will happen？
When the Americans were getting ready to send (送) their first men to the moon, an old Australian was watching TV in a restaurant (饭店). There was an Englishman in the restaurant, too, and he said to the Australian, "The Americans are clever(聪明的), aren't they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It is a very long way from our world."
"Oh, that's nothing," the Australian answered quickly."Our country is going to send some people to the sun in a few months. That's much farther(更远) away than the moon, you know."
"Oh, yes, it is," the Englishman said," but the sun is too hot for people to go to." The Australian laughed and said," We won't go to the sun in the day, of course( 当然). We'll go there at night."
1. Who were going to send their first men to the moon?
2. Where were the Australian and Englishman watching TV?
3. The Englishman thought______.
4. Both the Englishmen and the Australian knew that ______.
5. The Australian thought that ______.
Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2050. "What will our world be like in the year 2050"asked Tom. "I don’t know. "says Fred." What do you think?" "Well, no one knows, but it’s interesting to guess(猜测). " "In the year 2050 everyone will carry(携带) a pocket(口袋) computer. The computer will give people the answer to all their problems. We will all have telephones, in our pockets, too, and we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we’ll be able to see them at the same time. " "A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Maybe there will be big towns, factories, and farms under the sea, too. " "Robots will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays. Perhaps(也许) they’ll work only two or three days a week. They’ll be able to fly to the moon by rockets and spend their holidays there. "
"I’m looking forward to(期待) the year 2050. I hope to fly to the moon. " "And I hope I’ll be able to live under the sea," says Fred. "Won’t that be very interesting Just like a fish!
1.Tom and Fred talk about _______.
2.According to (根据) the passage, robots will ________
拓展阅读（02）
Life in the year 3044 is very different from life in the 21st century(世纪). We still do many of the things you did, but we do them differently. For example, we now have e-friends to help us and keep us company. An e-friend is a machine （机器）that looks just like a human. It can walk and talk like humans and can do almost the same things as we human do. My e-friend is a lot like me and we have much fun together. She helps me with my homework and we often go swimming. She is computerized to take care of me in case (万一) anything happens, so I always feel safe(安全的) when we are together. She can also send me messages(短信). and I can download (下载) information from her memory chip（存储芯片）. It’s so great to have an e-friend –-- I feel never lonely(孤独) and I always have someone to talk to.
Actually(事实上), I would plan to tell you more about life in the year 3044, I have to send my e-friend to clean up my room, though. Maybe one day I will be able to fly back in time rocket and visit you and old friends. Looking forward to(期待)!
1. An e-friend can do the following EXCEPT________.
A. It can walk and talk.
B. It can help me with my homework.
C. It can send me message.
D. It can travel back in time.
2. What does the word “company”probably mean?
A. 同情
B.公司
C. 同伴
D. 交通
3. What can we learn from the passage?
A. In 3044, people won’t do many of the things we do now.
B. E-friends make life more convenient(方便的) in 3044.
C. People are able to travel back in time rocket in 3044.
D. Life in 3044 is the same as life in the 21 century.
Life in the future will be different from life today. The population(人口) is growing fast. There will be more people in the world and most of them will live longer. Computers will be much smaller and more useful and there will be at least one in each home. And computer science will be one of the most important subjects in school then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel.
Our food will be different, too. More land(土地) will be used(被用于) for building new towns and houses for people. So there will be less land for cows and sheep, and meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it one day. They will eat more fruit and vegetables.
Work in the future will also be different. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will have no jobs to do. This will be
a big problem in the future.
1.Every family at least have one ________ in the future.
2.In the future people won’t have to ________.
A.Eat fruit and vegetables
B. walk to work
C. work long hours
3.One big problem in the future is that ________.
A.Many people will do dangerous and hard work.
B.People have to work fast.
C.Robots will do all the work.
D.Many people won’t have jobs to do.
拓展阅读（03）
Jack and Hob are going to high school now．Jack wants to be an engineer．He is going to build roads(道路)，bridges and houses．Hob is interested in math and science，but he is going to study medicine．He wants to be a doctor．
Kate is good at music．She wants to be an artist．She is going to sing and dance for people．Joan wants to be a woman astronaut．She says,“I am going to explore（探索）space some day．”“What do you want to be，Alice?”Joan asks me．“Oh，I want to be a teacher．When I grow up，I’m going to teach in countryside．”
Each of us is doing his or her best at school．I am sure we will do something good for our country．
( ) 1._________ students are talking．
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
( ) 2.Who wants to be an artist?
A. Joan．
B. Jack．
C. Kate．
D. Alice．
( ) 3.Three students are interested in __________．
A. medicine
B. music
C. space
D. science
( ) 4. What does Joan want to be?
A.An astronaut．
B.A teacher．
C.A doctor
D. An engineer．
( ) 5. Where does Alice want to teach?
A. On a farm．
B. In the countryside．
C. At home．
D. Abroad．
“Next Tuesday is going to be a holiday,”says the teacher. “I want you to tell me what you are going to do, Terra.”
“I’m going to the movie theater to see a movie,” says Terra. “It is a comedy about a fat professor(教授). My classmates say it’s really funny.”
“Anything else( 其他的)are you going to do?” the teacher asks. “Of course I’m going to do my lessons. I’m going to study math and physics(物理学) in the morning.”
“Do you like them?” the teacher asks. “They are not easy for me .But I’m interested in them. I’m going to do my best to study them. I think this term I can do better than last term(学期).”
“What are you going to do in the afternoon?” asks the teacher. “After lunch, I’m going to play basketball with some classmates. Next month, we are going to have a match(比赛) with Class One.”
根据短文内容,判断句子正（T）误（F）.
（）6.There is going to be a holiday next Tuesday.
（）7.The movie is a comedy about a fat professor.
（）8.Terra is good at math and physics.
（）9.Terra isn’t interested in math and physics.
（）10.Terra is going to play football with some classmates next Tuesday.
拓展阅读（04）
The summer vacation is over(结束). It's true that time always flies fast. During the vacation, the weather was hot and I could not do much work, but I lived happily.
As(既然) the afternoon was hot, I did my work in the morning. I used to(习惯于) get up at 6: 30 and take a walk in the garden for half an hour. After breakfast, I began reading English and Chinese and did some exercises in math. Those took me three hours or more. I worked quite hard and made good progress(取得进步).
I spent the afternoon outside. I went to swim and it was funny. I would not go home until it was about five or six o'clock. Sometimes a friend would come to see me and we would spend some hours listening to music.
In this way l spent my vacation happily. And I not only studied well but also became a good swimmer. Now I am in good health and high spirits(高昂的情绪).
1.What does the text tell us?
A. When the writer got up in the morning.
B. Where the writer took a walk.
C. How the writer spent his summer holidays.
D. What the weather was like in that summer.
2. How long did it take the writer to do homework every day?
3. The writer spent most of the afternoon_____.
4. The writer had very good summer holidays because he______.
5. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The writer began studying as soon as he got up.
B. The writer spent more time swimming than listening to music.
C. The writer made progress in his lessons.
D. The writer took a walk for half an hour before breakfast.
Some children wish to be writers some day. They want to write stories or books for people to read. That's good! It's good to write something for people to read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they are really good writers. They should read a lot of books, instead of(代替) watching TV and spending a lot of time playing games when they are free. There is more fun in reading, you want to look for more books to read. Before you decide to be a good writer, you'd better say to yourself, "I must read more and more!"
1. This article mainly tells us that ________.
A. some children wish to be writers some day
B. it is good to write something for people to read
C. reading can be helpful for us to become a good writer
D. writers like to read more books for fun
2. Some children want to be writers ________.
A. because they want to be good readers
B. to write stories or books for people to read
C. to find good work some day
D. to get more money to keep a family
3. It's good for children ________.
4. Reading can ________.
5. From the passage we know that ________.
A. all children like to be writers
B. people like to read for children
C. all writers are children
D. children need to read more and more books
拓展阅读（05）
Molly spent her summer vacation in China with her parents last year. They visited a lot of famous cities, such as Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai. She stayed in Beijing for a week. She visited the Palace Museum(故宫博物馆), the Great Wall(长城), Tian’an Men Square(天安门广场) and the Summer Palace(颐和园). They also went to the zoos and the parks. It was cloudy, but not rainy, so it was not too hot. They had great fun playing in the zoos and the parks. Molly learnt a lot about Chinese history. She said, “It is interesting to visit China. I love China very much.”
1.Where did Molly go last summer vacation?
2.What cities did molly visit when she spent her summer in China?
3.What was the weather like when Molly visited the zoos and the parks?
4.Did Molly have a good time on vacation?
Mary is a girl in the USA. She is a nurse. She goes to work at nine from Monday to Friday. She is twenty-five years old. She likes red. So she is often in red. She works hard . She is never late for work. She goes home at five in the afternoon. She likes the work and the hospital.
( )11. Mary is a _______.
A. girl doctor
B. girl nurse
C. Chinese girl
D. woman teacher
( )12. How old is Mary?
A. 22.
B. 23.
C. 24.
D. 25.
( )13. What color does she like?
A. Brown.
B. Red.
C. Light blue.
D. Dark pink. ( )14. Does Mary like her work?
A. Yes, she is.
B. No, she isn’t.
C. Yes, she does
D. No, she doesn’t.
( )15. What’s the Chinese “Hospital”?
A. 医院
B. 工厂
C. 超市
D. 图书馆
My name is Helen. I am twelve. I’m a school girl. I like English very much. My family is in Chicago. We have four rooms. My family is not big. We have five—grandfather, father, mother, sister and I. My young sister, Jane is only 6 years old. She doesn’t go to school. My mother is very beautiful and my father is cool. My father and mother work in Chicago. My grandfather is old and he doesn’t work. I like my family very much.
根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F）。
( )1. Helen is a school girl of twelve.
( )2. Helen is from the United States.
( )3. Helen’s family is small.
( )4. Helen’s family has 4 people.
( )5. Helen’s sister is a student, too.
( )6. Helen’s father and mother are in the USA.
( )7. Her father works in Canada.
( )8. Helen’s mother is very nice.
( )9. Helen’s grandfather isn’t a worker.
( )10. Helen likes her family.
拓展阅读（06）
Mr. Smith is a teacher of English ．He comes from
America ．He teaches English in China ．He speaks Chinese quite well ．
He reads a lot of books and his wife often writes books for the students
．He leaves He begins the
first lesson at 8except （除外）Saturday and Sunday
finishes his lessons ．afternoon ，he often plays games with his students ．Sometimes he teaches his students in his office (办公室)．Supper (晚餐) time is at about six ．After that ，he reads newspapers and watches TV he goes to bed ． Mr. Smith is ．
A ．a Chinese
B ．an Englishman
C ．a worker
D ．an American 12．He leaves home at ．
A ．6：10
B ．5：50
C ．7：10
D ．6：50 13．He doesn’t have any English classes on ．
A ．Saturday
B ．Sunday
C ．Friday
D ．Saturday and Sunday 14．He has lunch at ．
A ．12：30
B ．12：00
C ．13：30
D ．13：00 15．He watches TV or reads newspaper supper ． A ．before B ．after C ．at D ．in
We surveyed （调查）300 young people on what they like to do at weekends. One hundred people are from the ages of 11-18, one hundred 19-26 and one hundred 27-35. The following(下面的) shows their answers :
1. How many people enjoy playing computer games in the 11-18 group(组
)?
A. 20
B. 50
C. 75
D. 80 2. The people of 19- 26 likes ______ best.
A. watching TV
B. going to the movies
C. playing computer games
D. taking a walk 3. Which two activities do most of the people doing? A. Playing computer games and watching TV B. Playing computer games and taking a walk. C. Watching TV and going to the movies.
D. Playing computer games and going to the movies. 4. Which of the following(下面的) is true ?
A. The people between 11-18 don’t like taking a walk.
B. The people of 27-35 like watching TV best.
C. People between 19-26 don’t like playing computer games at all.
D. The people between 11-18 like watching TV best.
拓展阅读（07）
Now students spend their summer vacation doing many kinds of things, but things were different some years ago. In the past （在过去）, students usually spent their summer vacation helping their parents do the housework. Usually they had a little homework, so they didn’t have much stress(压力). Some students in the countryside often went to climb the mountains with their friends during their summer vacation, but they hardly ever went far away(远方).
Things were different now. Students have more money, and they don’t have to do much housework. Most parents often take their children to visit some big cities. They can also visit their relatives(亲戚)far from(远离) them. I think students today can
and they are luckier, although they have to do much homework and have much more stress.
44. In the past, students in the summer vacation.
A. had much stress
B. went far away from home
C. didn’t do any housework
D. had a little homework
45. Students now have than students in the past.
A. more money
B. more free time
C. less stress
D. fewer relatives
46.The passage mainly talks about .
A. how students spent their summer vacation in the past
B. how students spend their summer vacation now
C. students spend their summer vacation doing many kinds of things
D. the differences of spending their summer vacation between now and the past
Each(每个)morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just(只是) want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir”, said the poor man, “I am a failure (失败者). I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will come true. I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole(整)month.
A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there, in that big hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn't get any sleep at all.”
( ) 1. The poor man lived in ________ before he met the rich man.
A. the hotel
B. his home
C. the park
D. the car ( ) 2. Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and __________.
A. waited for the rich man
B. looked at the rich man's hotel
C. looked at the rich man's car
D. enjoyed the clean air ( ) 3. Every night the poor man dreamed of _____________.
A. sleeping in that hotel
B. becoming rich
C. owning that hotel
D. being the rich man's friend ( ) 4. How long can the poor man live in the hotel for free?
A. Tonight.
B. One night
C. A few days.
D. A whole month.
( ) 5. The poor man moved out of the hotel because __________.
A. he didn't want to live in such a fine room
B. he didn't like the rich man
C. he couldn't pay for the room
D. he couldn't get any sleep at all there
拓展阅读（08）
Happiness（快乐）is for everyone. You don’t need to care about(关心) those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely(孤独的) and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble(困境) at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of（照顾）your life and your health; when you get success(成功), your friends will say congratulations( 祝贺) to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct(改正) it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice(注意到)them, you can see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can't be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly(大声地) you are very happy, because you have more chances(机会) to challenge(挑战)yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As(正如) the saying goes(名言所说), life is like a revolving (旋转) door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
46. Happiness is for_________.
A. those who have large and beautiful houses
B. those who have cars
C. those who have a lot of money
D. all people
47. When you do something wrong, .
A. people around you will help you
B. you will be happy
C. you will have no chance to challenge yourself
D. your classmates will laugh at you
48. Which is true according to（根据）the passage?
A. When you get success, your friends will be very proud of you.
B. You can get help from others when you make mistakes.
C. You can still be a happy person even if you have little money.
D. All the above.
49. Why do we say "Happiness is not the same as money"? Because .
A. money always brings happiness
B. money doesn't always bring happiness
C. everything can be bought with money
D. only rich people have happiness
50. Which is the title of the passage? ____________.
A. Happiness
B. Happy and Lucky
C. Do Something Good to Others
D. Life and Success
Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.
Work hours are different from one country to another. In France( 法国), people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means(意思是) a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.
Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra(额外的) hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies(公司) don't pay overtime(超时). Their workers don't get more pay for more work. Some people think it's their duty（责任）to work more hours. Some are afraid of(害怕) losing their jobs if they don't work more hours.
Many people s ay that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany(德国),
they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study(研究) shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain（英国）, there is a saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull (迟钝的) boy." If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.
1. A Japanese worker works __ more hours a year than a French one.
A. 513
B. 1,646
C. 2,159
D. 3,805
2. The word "extra" in Paragraph 3 means ".
A. 正常的
B. 额外的
C. 有用的
D. 少量的
3. People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.
A. France
B. Germany
C. the United States
D. Great Britain
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. No companies offer vacations to their workers.
B. Many people say they have enough time to relax.
C. Not all companies pay their workers for more work.
D. More than half of workers use all their vacation days.
5. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Many workers have to work long hours.
B. Many people have vacations long enough.
C. Work hours are the same around the world.
D. There are a lot of dull people in the world.