mountains eating bamboo and drinking spring water(泉水).

（1） is like a cat's. A . The panda B . The panda's face C . The panda's body

（2）Scientists call the panda . A . an animal B . bear-cat C . cat bear

（3）The panda only lives in . A . America B . London C . China

（4） are the panda's native home. A . Gansu B . Sichuan C . A and B

（5） is the panda's food. A . Meat B . Rice C . Bamboo

（6）The passage(短文) is about . A . cats B . pandas C . bears

4. （6.0分） As we all know, the ocean moves. But waves breaking on the beach make the ocean fun. When you stand on the shore and look at the waves, it seems like the water is moving towards you. But the water is not really moving forward. The moving you see is wave energy. And wave energy comes from the wind.

Let's think about how this works. As wave energy passes through the water, the energy makes particles

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（粒子） of water move up and down. Just give you an example of a wave passing under a basketball. We put a basketball on the sea. When the wind blows, a wave comes from behind the basketball. The basketball moves up to the top with the wave. Then the wave continues and leaves the basketball behind. The basketball looks lower, but it doesn't move forward. That's because the wave energy just moves the water which is under the basketball.

So why can you see a wave knock you down on the shore？When a wave moves toward the shore, the bottom of the wave slows down because it meets the ocean floor. But the top, which is called crest(浪峰), keeps moving. The different action causes the wave to fall over or break onto the shore. If a wave is very large, it carries a lot of energy when it hits the land. As time goes by, waves can break up and carry away the rocks and other things on the shore. Shorelines are changing all the time because of wave action.

（1）______ is really moving forward when you look at the wave. A . Water

B . The basketball C . Water and wave energy D . Wave energy

（2）Match the sentences with the pictures and the right answer. (1) The basketball moves up to the top with the wave.

(2) The basketball continues and leaves the basketball behind. (3) When the wind blows, a wave comes from behind the basketball. A . a—(2) b—(1) c—(3) B . a—(3) b—(1) c—(2) C . a—(1) b—(3) c—(2) D . a—(3) b—(2) c—(1)

（3）Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A . Wave energy comes from the water. B . Large waves carry plenty of energy.

C . Wave action makes shorelines change all the time. D . The bottom of the wave is easy to slow down.

（4）The underlined word “it” ( Paragraph 3) refers to “________”. A . particles of water B . the shore

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C . the wind

D . the bottom of the wave

（5）The main idea of this passage is ______. A . what makes particles of water move B . how a basketball moves on the ocean C . how wave energy causes wave action D . why a wave can knock you down

5. （4.5分）One night I was sitting in my room half-listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.

About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey Kevin, do you want to talk?”

No answer.

I tried again, “Why don’t you come out of there?” Again, no answer.

So, joking around, I grabbed a stack of （一摞）cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”

An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest. Tommy thinks I’m silly and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even notice me.”

Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. “You know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it. I am here for you and you are loved in this family.”

There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of cards wrote on a torn paper cup. “Thanks.”

I wrote back “For what?” it returned to me with “Loving me” on it.

Since then, I try my best to never only half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. And sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”

（1）The underlined word “yucky” most probably means ____. A . upset B . exciting

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C . terrible D . amazing

（2）What could be the reason that Kevin’s Dad doesn’t like him? A . Kevin is not as clever as his brother. B . He is neither the youngest nor the oldest. C . Kevin doesn’t like to make friends with others. D . Kevin is not good at playing basketball. （3）What do we know about the writer? A . She has two children in her family.

B . She didn’t pay enough attention to Kevin before. C . She used to show her love to Kevin.

D . She has a closer relationship with Tommy after that. （4）What does the writer want to tell us?

A . Everyone should show how they love their family members. B . It’s hard to get on well with family members. C . It’s important to keep peace in the family.

D . We should try our best to stop our children from fighting. 6. （4.5分）阅读理解

In Europe, small cars have always been more popular than large cars. In the United States, large cars and midsize cars are more popular than smaller cars. As a result, European automakers used to make different kinds of small cars while American automakers used to build bigger, heavier cars. However, these days, automakers in both America and Europe produce cars of different sizes. This is because most automakers sell their cars all over the world.

The price of gasoline (汽油) is one reason for differences in car choices. Since gasoline is more expensive in Europe, many Europeans want smaller, lighter cars that will travel a long way on a gallon (加仑) of gasoline.

Other reasons also enter into the big or little car decision. Many European cities have narrow, winding (弯曲的) streets. In these cities a small car is easier to control than a large one.

For a long time, few Americans bought small cars. Instead they chose large cars, because these roomy cars were more comfortable for large families and long trips. Some people also liked the powerful engines (发动机) that large cars had. Since gasoline was cheap, drivers did not mind that the large cars used a lot of gasoline.

But in the 1970s, there were gasoline shortages in the United States. The price of gasoline went

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