1. What has stirred up the residents' enthusiasm in learning English?
2. What are Beijingers trying to do for the Olympic Games?
3. What's the meaning of "residents" in this passage?
4. In which year will the Olympic Games be held in Beijing?
5. If a foreign friend comes to a park in Beijing, will he know the name of the park? Why?
Ⅵ. 完形填空。
Do you like to go camping(野营)? Do you know how to start a fire? If you don't know how to start a fire, you 1 your food, and can't keep yourselves 2 .
Long long ago, people didn't know how to start fires. They probably started fires from lightening（闪电）. But they had to 3 the lightening fire burning, for there was 4 to start it again.
They 5 out hitting two stones together could make a spark（火花）. The spark could set dry leaves on fire. They could start this kind of fire again if it went out.
Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing（摩擦） two stick together. They made a hole on a large stick and put a 6 stick into the hole. And then they turned the stick again and again. 7 a few minutes they started a fire.
About two hundred years ago. People began to 8 matches （火柴）. One early match looked 9 the match we used today. The match gave people a 10 way to start a fire. Today people are 11 finding new ways to start fires. One of the new ways to start a fire is to use an electronic fire starter（电子打火器）. Now you can 12 matches and electronic fire starters at shops. Of course an electronic fire starter is more expensive than 13 . 14 it is useful.
After people learned to make fires, their lives became 15 .
( )1.A. can cook B. can eat C. can't cook D. can't eat
( )2.A. quiet B. full C. hot D. warm
( )3.A. ask B. keep C. let D. make
( )4.A. no way B. no idea C. a way D. an idea
( )5.A. took B. found C. looked D. heard
( )6.A. larger B. large C. smaller D. smallest
( )7.A. After B. Before C. When D. For
( )8.A. invented B. do C. make D. used
( )9.A. up B. different C. the same D. like
( )10.A. quick and easy B. slow and difficult
C. new and interesting D. important and clever
( )11.A. always B. already C. even D. still
( )12.A. sell B. buy C. see D. find
( )13.A. a match B. a box of match
C. a box of matches D. a box matches
( )14.A. so B. and C. but D. because
( )15.A. harder and harder B. easier and easier
C. longer and longer D. happier and happier
Ⅶ. 阅读理解。
（A）
Many people like to search the Internet. Exploring the Internet is one of the most important activities of the day. The Internet brings the outside world closer to people's homes. Some people say the world is smaller than before because of the Internet.
What's going on in other countries? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What's the life like in the deepest part of sea? If you want to answer all these questions, just come to the Internet. Of course, people can also learn through reading or listening to the radio. But with the Internet they can learn better and more easily. A lot of information can be collected at a great speed.
Can we go shopping without leaving home? Can we see a doctor without going to the hospital? Can we study without going to school? Can we draw money without going to bank? All these things seemed to be impossible, but now they have become quite possible.
The Internet helps us open our eyes. The Internet also helps open our minds. The Internet often gives us new ideas. In a word, it helps us in many ways. Great changes have taken place in our life since the appearance of the Internet.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
( )1. Some people say the world is smaller than before because
A. all people like to search the Internet
B. the Internet makes the search smaller in size
C. the Internet brings the outside world closer to them
D. exploring the Internet is one of the most important
activities of the day
( )2. The sentence "The Internet also helps us open our minds."
Means .
A. the Internet is new to us
B. something is wrong with our minds
C. our minds can be opened only by the Internet
D. we can learn more with the help of the Internet
( )3. We can't through the Internet.
A. know a good sports match somewhere
B. cook the meal
C. know a lot of information
D. see a doctor and study all kinds of subjects
( )4. This passage has told us .
A. it's helpful to explore the Internet
B. not to explore the Internet any more
C. to stop reading to explore the Internet
D. students should not explore the Internet at any time
( )5. Which of the following sentences is not true?
A. The Internet can get the information faster than reading.
B. Without leaving home, we can get the money from the bank
by radio.
C. People can learn better and more through the Internet.
D. People often learn a lot of new ideas from the Internet.
（B）
A: Recently, the word "clone" appeared very often in the newspapers. Do you know its meaning?
B: Not exactly, I read a report in yesterday's newspaper. It said there was a Scottish Dolly. It was the first time that a cloned lamb had been made from an adult（成年的）sheep.
A: Actually, the word "clone" means to produce the "same" animal by taking cells（细胞）from an adult one, I think, if we know how to do cloning, we need only keep a small number of sheep, cows or horses.
B: There's more to it. Recently there have been some people who ever want to clone humans.
A: It seems interesting. But do you think it is possible to do that?
B: No, I don't think so. First I think we cannot clone a dead person, because the cells in his body are dead already.
A: Then we can clone a living person?
B: Again no! You might clone yourself one after another, but it is only a replica(复制品), not real you. It is only something, not a human.
A: Now, you mean that a real human can speak, think and create, and these abilities cannot be cloned?
B: True enough! I think the main purpose of Dr. Lan Wilmut, the "father" of Dolly, is to make better animals. It has nothing to do with human cloning.
根据对话内容，选择正确答案。
