B.People in different countries are interested in different things.C.Men and women are curious about different things.

D.People of different ages are interested in different things.

5.D 本题为正误判断题。根据文章第二段的描述，人处于不同的年龄阶段，所好奇的对象也随之不同，因此选项D比较恰当。

6.Scientists who work with the biological sciences study________ .A.the earth,the oceans and the sky B.manmade things C.plants and animals D.ocean water

6.C 细节理解题。本题是对词汇知识的测试。文章第二段第三句有如下文： “Other scientists who study living things work with the biological sciences其中 “living things”(生物) 等同于 “plants and animals”，故选C。 7.When you run,your muscles need________ .A.more nutrition and oxygen B.more signals C.more salt D.water

7.A 细节题。文章第三段几处都有交代“...your muscles work very hard and use the nutrition...The muscles need oxygen,too ...The signal means that the muscles need more nutrition and 8.A rock cracks ________.A.in wet regions B.in dry regions

C.at very high or very low temperatures D.when salty water falls in

oxygen

.”，因此选A。

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8.C 本题是对文章细节的考查。文章倒数第二段第三句已予以说明(When a rock gets very hot or very cold,it cracks),因此选C。 9.People are always curious because_________ .A.they cannot explain many things B.they know nothing about the worldC.they know little about the world D.they want to be scientists

9.A 深层理解题。根据文章最后一句 “We know a lot about our world,but there are...”，可断定选项B和C是错的。而选项D “人们想当科学家”并不是好奇的原因，且相反，正因为人们对某些事情的不理解，才产生了好奇心，才立下了当科学家的志向。所以选A最为恰当。人人都有好奇心，无论是小孩还是成年人，是第二篇文章的论点。文章还通过具体事例说明了就是因为“好奇心”，人类科学才得以发展。 Ⅳ.书面表达

按下列要点，写一篇100词左右的文章，描述你所居住的地方。 1.你的居住地的概况；

2.你觉得你所居住的地方的好处； 3.有哪些让你不满意的地方；

4.你希望当地有关部门做些什么。

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I live in Lanshan District,which is the center of the city.There are many shops and places of entertainment and it is convenient to go shopping and

relax ourselves.

But there are some annoying problems.The worst of them is the heavy traffic.We have more cars than the city can bare and every day the roads are full of various cars and the whole city is full of waste gas given out of them.Another problem is that there are too many street lamps,which make the night so bright that no star can be seen and even it is hard for citizens to fall asleep.

So I hope the council can do something to make our transportation more smooth and convenient and the night quiet and comfortable.Lin Fan