What will life in the future be like？Will it be much better than it is now？1.____________ ?
Genetic engineering(基因工程)may help us make the perfect human．Babies may grow up to play basketball like Yao Ming or look like Cecilia Cheung．Also，we may be able to bring the dead back to life．2.________________________ .Over the next 20 to 50 years，it will become harder to tell the difference between humans and machines.
Perhaps we will be able to make copies of ourselves，so we will appear to be alive long after we are dead．3.________________.
Narobots(纳米机器人)will be important．4.________________．For example，when we have a stomachache，we will swallow(吞下)a narobot and it will travel through our stomach，taking a video of what’s happening there．The video will help the doctor heal(治愈)us．
In the future，computers may have their feelings．5.____________________. We may be more and more interested in computers and the Internet，spending all our time in front of computers．Perhaps we will forget our real needs．Perhaps we will become super couch potatoes weighing 250kg！
A．They may be able to think better than us．
B．And what will we be able to do in 2020 or 30 year’s time?
C．They may be able to work for us．
D．We will use them when we are sick．
E. Maybe people will be able to meet and talk with their dead family members．
F. People may be able to find ways of putting the life of a person into a new body．
G. And will we be able to have own robots in 2020 or 30 year’s time?
Edith Cavell was born in a little English village. She was a clever, hard-working girl and did well at school, especially in music and French. After she left school, her first job was to take care of the children of a rich family in Belgium（比利时）. The language they spoke was French, so she found that her school studies were useful. She could understand them easily, at the same time she taught the children to speak English and play the piano.
After hearing that her father was seriously ill, Edith returned home to look after him. She then decided to become a nurse. Afterwards for five years she worked in an English hospital where she proved to be highly professional at her job. A Belgian doctor was so impressed（印象深的）that he invited her to his country to organize a training school for nurses. The First World War broke out in 1914 and Edith Cavell’s school of nursing became a hospital. She stayed there to look after the sick and wounded soldiers . Edith treated them with kindness. Between November 1914 and August 1915 she secretly helped about 200 wounded soldiers and prisoners (囚犯) escape from the Germans. Later the German army found out what Edith had done and they arrested her. Finally, the Germans killed her, but they could not kill her memory. A tall statue（雕塑）has been built in Trafalgar Square, London, in honor（纪念）of the brave English nurse.
1.Edith Cavell’s first job was to __________.
A．teach French B．look after the children of a rich family
C．teach English D．look after the sick and wounded soldiers
2.Why did Edith return home from Belgium?
A．Because she found work in an English hospital.
B．Because she organized a training school for nurses.
C．Because the First World War broke out.
D．Because her father was seriously ill.
3.What’s the Chinese meaning of “kill her memory” in this passage?
A．杀死她 B．使她失去记忆 C．抹去对她的记忆 D．摧残她
4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．Edith was good at music and German at school.
B．Edith was a highly professional doctor.
C．Edith was invited to her country to organize a training school for nurses.
D．People have built a tall statue in honor of Edith.
A woodcutter(伐木工) was working in the forest one day when he found a box full of gold coins. Unfortunately, his wife was the kind of woman who could not keep a secret. Somehow, he knew, he had to prevent(阻止) her from talking about the gold.
He thought about this for a long time, then had an idea.
“ I found something in the forest”, he told his wife, “come with me and I’ll show you.”.His wife followed him into the forest and soon they came to a tree.“ Look at that!” the woodcutter said to his wife, and pointed to the tree. “There’s a fish growing on that branch!” His wife was surprised ,especially when he climbed up the tree and brought down the fish for her to see.They walked on and soon came to the river. “I’ll just pull in my net and see what I’ve caught”, the woodcutter said.
He pulled in his net and inside there were several hares(野兔). “How interesting!” he said “there are now hares in the river.” After that, they came to where the woodcutter had found the box of gold. “Look, wife”, he said “this is what I have found. A box of gold coins.”
The next day, his wife could not stop herself from telling her friends about all the wonderful things she had seen.Of course, nobody believe her!
1.Where did the woodcutter find the box of gold?______
A．When he was working
B．In his garden
C．In the forest where he was working
D．On his farm fields, where he was farming
2.Where do you usually see hares?______
A．In the street. B．In the forest. C．In the river. D．In the sea.
3.Why did his wife tell her friends what happened? Because ______
A．she was very surprised.
B．she wondered why the hares were in the river and fish was in the tree
C．she could not stop herself from talking about anything
D．she was very happy
Dear Mrs Zhou,
We have been very good boys and girls since you went to hospital.Don’t worry about us.But we miss you a lot.Please get well soon and come back.
Your students,
Class Three Dear Cathy,
All the best wishes for your sweet sixteenth birthday.
Have fun in the party.
Judy
Dear Mom and Dad,
This is going to be a white Christmas because it has snowed heavily here in New York.Betty invited me to her party this year.It will surely be great fun!
Love，David Dear Johnson and Maria,
How is the new place?I started to miss you the day you left.Are you going to have a house warming party? Don’t forget us!
Your old friends,
The Browns
1.What does Mrs. Zhou do?
A．A doctor. B．A actress. C．A teacher. D．A student.
2.Who will join Betty’s party?
A．Cathy. B．David. C．Maria and Johnson. D．David’s mom and dad.
3.What can we learn from the cards?
A．Mrs.Zhou was ill and has been back from hospital.
B．Judy is sixteen years old.
C．There are at least six people in the Browns’ family.
D．It must be winter now in New York.
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April Fool’s Day is on April 1st. People can play 1. on others on the special day. If you succeed, you usually laugh and say, “April Fool!” The person who has been fooled by you laughs, too, and he will never be 2. with you.
Mother’s Day is on the 3. Sunday of May. It’s a day to 4. mothers. On that day mothers usually 5. flowers and cards from their kids. Father and 6. do the housework so that mothers can have a rest.
Thanks – giving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. It’s a day 7. people give thanks for the good things in life. Usually families all get together and have a big 8..
Christmas Day 9. on December 25th. It’s the most important festival in a year. The beautiful things are seen everywhere. People exchange gifts, send Christmas cards and visit 10..
A nurse took a tired soldier to an old man , “Your son is here ,” she told the old man. The old man could hardly 1 the young soldier clearly. He reached out his 2 .The soldier held the old man’s hand. The nurse brought a chair so that he could sit 3 the bed. All through the night,the young soldier sat there holding the old man’s hand. Now and then she heard him say 4 words. The dying man said 5 . He only held his son’s hand tightly all through the night.
The next morning, the old man died. The soldier freed his hand and went to 6 the nurse .While the nurse did 7 she had to do, he waited. Then he asked her, “Who was that man?”
The nurse was 8 ”Wasn’t he your father?” she said.
“No,he wasn’t” ,the soldier answered.”I 9 saw him before.”
“Then 10 didn’t you say anything when I took you to 11 ?”
“I knew right away there had been a 12 , and I also knew he needed his son ,_13 his son just wasn’t here. When I found that he was too 14 to tell whether or not I was his son, I knew 15 he need me,I stayed.
1. A．see B．look C．saw D．seeing
2. A．head B．foot C．hand D．hair
3. A．besides B．beside C．under D．on
4. A．a little B．little C．few D．a few
5. A．everything B．nothing C．anything D．something
6. A．tells B．telling C．tell D．told
7. A．how B．who C．what D．when
8. A．surprising B．surprised C．surprise D．surprises
9. A．sometimes B．usually C．always D．never
10. A．where B．why C．which D．who
11. A．him B．he C．his D．her
12. A．bed B．chair C．mistake D．hand
13. A．and B．or C．but D．then
14. A．sick B．healthy C．strong D．nice
15. A．how many B．how long C．how much D．how old
