III.完形填空(每小题 1分,共 10小题,计 10分)

"Where is the university(大学)?"This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge(剑桥)ask. But no one can give them a 36 answer, for there is no wall to be found 37 the university. The university is the city.

You can find classroom buildings, 38 , museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and 39 of the thirty-one colleges (学院). .

Cambridge was already a 40 town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, and the river was once 41 the Cam. A 42 was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name "Cambridge".

In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much 43 in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a 44 in 1951 and now it has a population of over 100, 000. Many young students in other countries 45 to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.

36. A. true B. clear C. right D. real

37. A. around B. in C. near D. by

38. A. cinemas B. parks C. zoos D. libraries

39. A. parents B. farmers C. workers D. teachers

40. A. interesting B. usual C. developing D. common

41. A. said B. called C. spoken D. talked

42. A. bridge B. building C. station D. house

43. A. smaller B. slower C. faster D. cleaner

44. A. city B. college C. university D. country

45. A. stop B. hate C. hope D. need
IV.阅读理解(每小题 1分,共 15小题,计 15分)
阅读下列短文,并根据短文内容,选出能够完成短文后各题的最佳答案。
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Are you carrying too much on your back at school? I'm sure lots of children of your age will, say "Yes". Not only the students in China have this problem, but children in the United States also have heavy school bags.

Doctors are starting to worry that younger and younger students are having back and neck problems as a result of schools bags being too heavy for them.

"It's hard for me to go upstairs with my bag because it's so heavy, "said Rick Hammond, an 11-year-old student in the US.

Rick is among students who have common school bags with two straps(带子) to carry them, but many other students choose rolling(有滚轮的)bags.

But even with rolling bags, getting up stairs and buses is still a problem for children. Many of them have hurt their backs and necks because of the heavy school bags.

But how much is too much? Doctors say students should carry no more than 10% to 15% of their own body weight(重量).

Scott Bautch, a back doctor, said children under Grade 4 should stay with 10 % . But it is also important that older children don't stay with over 15 %, because their bodies are still growing. "Children are losing their balance(平衡) and falling down with their school bags, "he said.

Parents and teachers are starting to tell children to only take home library books they will be reading that night. Some teachers are using pieces of paper or thin workbooks for students to take home.

One of the best answers is, as some children said, to have no homework at all!

46. From the passage we can know that .
A. only children in China carry too heavy school bags
B. children in other countries don't carry too heavy bags
C. both children in China and the US carry too heavy school bags
D. only children in the US carry too heavy school bags

47. Children feel it hard for them to go upstairs because
A. they are too young
B. their school bags are too heavy
C. they don't know how to go upstairs
D. their parents don't always go upstairs with them together

48. If a child carries a heavy school bag, .
A. his back and neck will be hurt
B. his head and arms will be hurt
C. his hands will be hurt
D. his feet will be hurt

49. According to the doctor, Scott Bautch, if a child in Grade 5 weighs(重) about 30 kilos, the school bag he carries should not be over
A. 5 kilos B. 3 kilos C. 5. 5 kilos D. 4, 5 kilos

50. Some students think the best answer to his problems is that . .
A. they should have a little homework to do after they get home
B. their teachers had better not ask them to do any homework
C. they should only take home library books they will read that night
D. they should use thin workbooks instead of thick ones

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