Different things usually stand for different feelings. Red, for example, is the color of fire, heat, blood and life. People say red is an exciting and active color. They associate（使发生联系） red with a strong feeling like   1  . Red is used for signs of   2  , such as STOP signs and fire engines. Orange is the bright, warm color of   3   in autumn. People say orange is a   4   color. They associate orange with happiness. Yellow is the color of __5__. People say it is a cheerful color. They associate yellow too, with happiness. Green is the cool color of grass in __6__. People say it is a refreshing color. In general, people __7__ two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. The warm colors are red, orange and __8__. Where there are warm color and a lot of light, people usually want to be __9__. Those who like to be with __10 _ like red. The cool colors are __11_  and blue. Where there are these colors, people are usually worried. Some scientists say that time seems to __12 _ more slowly in a room with warm colors. They suggest that a warm color is a good __13_  for a living room or a __14_ . People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly. __15   colors are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly.

　　1. A. sadness     B. anger       C. administration    D. smile
　　2. A. roads       B. ways        C. danger            D. places
　　3. A. land        B. leaves      C. grass             D. mountains
　　4. A. lively      B. dark        C. noisy             D. frightening
　　5. A. moonlight   B. light       C. sunlight          D. stars
　　6. A. summer      B. spring      C. autumn            D. winter
　　7. A. speak       B. say         C. talk about        D. tell
　　8. A. green       B. yellow      C. white             D. gray
　　9. A. calm        B. sleepy      C. active            D. helpful
　　10.A. the other   B. another     C. other one         D. others
　　11.A. black       B. green       C. golden            D. yellow
　　12.A. go round    B. go by       C. go off            D. go along
　　13.A. one         B. way         C. fact              D. matter
　　14.A. factory     B. classroom   C. restaurant        D. hospital
　　15.A. Different   B. Cool        C. Warm              D. All

Who designed (设计) the first helicopter (直升飞机)? Who __1__ of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most __2__? There is an answer __3__ all these  questions --- Leonardo de Vinci (达芬奇).
　　Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才) __4__ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t __5__ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.
　　But Leonardo __6__ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master ( 大师) painter, and as he got older he became __7__ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways __8__ he was ready to paint.
　　Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with __9__ today. You may know one of his most famous works the __10__ woman known as the Mona Lisa.

　　1. A. took                     B. made         C. painted              D. invented
　　2. A. artists            B. doctors     C. painters            D. people
　　3. A. to                 B. of             C. for            D. from
　　4. A. the scientists  B. the artists   C. the world          D. people
　　5. A. draw            B. paint        C. work                 D. build
　　6. A. was just         B. wasn’t just  C. wasn’t               D. was no longer
　　7. A. less              B. no             C. even                 D. very
　　8. A. before          B. after          C. because            D. when
　　9. A. him               B. us              C. them                 D. you
　　10. A. interesting    B. crying        C. smiling             D. surprising

Flies (苍蝇) usually live in the dirty places.

   Let’s look at a fly, and see where it   1  . First, it flies out of the window,   2   it stands on   3   dirty things in the street, and then it flies back to the house and walks over your   4  .When a fly walks on the dirty things in the street, its   5   have got some germs   6   them. When the fly walks on your food with its dirty feet, it   7   the germs on your food.    What can you   8   this?

   First, we learn that we mustn’t leave dirty things in the street or on the ground near   9  . Second, we learn that all food must be covered so that flies may not   10   it. Third, we learn that flies often carry germs and we must kill them as soon as we see them.

(   ) 1. A. walks B. stands     C. lives      D. flies

(   ) 2. A. first B. second     C. third      D. fourth

(   ) 3. A. some  B. any        C. every      D. each

(   ) 4. A. food  B. drink      C. cups       D. bowls

(   ) 5. A. body  B. feet       C. eyes       D. head

(   ) 6. A. in    B. to         C. on         D. over

(   ) 7. A. carries             B. has        C. leaves  D. takes

(   ) 8. A. study from          B. study for  C. learn for   D. learn from

(   ) 9. A. the factory         B. our door   C. our house   D. a window

(   ) 10. A. arrive             B. get        C. arrive in   D. get to

What time is it? There are many ways you can find out   46  . You may have a watch on your wrist(手腕). You can look at the clock on the wall. You can listen to   47  or call a number on the telephone to get the time.

It has not always been easy to know the time. A long time ago people looked at the

  48   to tell the time. They could tell the time by looking at it in the sky:morning,noon or afternoon.

Around the year 1400, people began to use the hourglass(沙漏). It was made   49   glass with sand in it. It was wide at both ends, but  50   in the middle. The sand ran from one end to     51  in one hour. At the end of every hour people turned the glass over and  52  began to run again.

Hundreds of years later a machine called   53   was invented. After that people made small clocks so that they could bring them in their  54  . These pocket clocks were called watches. Then, during the First World War men   55  wearing their watches on their wrist. It was easier and faster to tell the time.

46. A. the people       B. the time         C. the man 

47. A. teacher          B. music            C. radio

48. A. sun              B. moon             C. earth 

49. A. of               B. in               C. by    

50. A. wide             B. short            C. narrow

51. A. other            B. the other        C. another

52. A. the time         B. the glass        C. the sand

53. A. radio            B. clock            C. watch 

54. A. pockets          B. bags             C. hands 

55. A. hated            B. stopped          C. started 

 Save the Wild Tiger

      When people think of tigers, they think: strong and dangerous.

But now, the big animal is calling for our help.

     There were once eight kinds of     46      in the world, but three died out during the 20th century.  In the last 70 years, the      47     of Siberian tigers (东北虎) has gone from as many as 300 to     48     22 somewhere. The Siberian tiger has been     49  dying out completely. If the government doesn't make any efforts, it'squite     50     that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in ten to twenty years.

      In order to double the number of wild tigers in the     51      ten years, the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会) has started a program recently. It    52    save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing. China, together with twelve other    53    , has joined in.

      Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main     54     of the tigers. The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat (威胁) to tigers. So the most important thing is   55      the animals that tigers eat. To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild animals.

46. A. pigs                      B. tigers                 C. deer

47. A. name                     B. kind                  C. number

48. A. less than                  B. more than              C. bigger than

49. A. in need of                 B. in danger of             C. in front of

50. A. possible                  B. impossible              C. necessary

51. A. last                      B. next                   C. past

52. A. aims to                   B. used to                 C. refuses to

53. A. cities                    B. provinces               C. countries

54. A. friends                   B. food                   C. members

55. A. to sell                    B. to kill                  C. to save