Washington.If I was calling her on the telephone, and at the same time you were 20 meters away ,and listened to me from the other side of the street,who would hear what I said earlier, my sister or you, and why?\

The cleverest boy at once answered.\Rose,because electricity(电) travels faster than sound waves(波).\

\the girls put up her hand, and Miss Rose said.\don't agree.\because when it's eleven o'clock here,it's only six o'clock in Washington.\

( ) 1. Miss Rose was teaching her students about A. telephone B. time C. sound D. electricity

( ) 2. She wanted her students to know

A. which were faster, sound waves or electricity B. whether Betty was cleverer than the boy C. whether she could call her sister in Washington D. whether her students could hear her from 20

meters away

（ ) 3. The boy thought that

A. sound waves were faster than electricity B. sound waves were slower than electricity C. the students would hear Miss Rose earlier D. the students would hear her sister earlier （ ) 4. From the passage,we know Miss Rose A. was pleased with the boy's answer B. was not pleased with what the boy had said C. thought Betty's answer was much better D. thought both of the answers were right （ ) 5. Betty thought the boy was wrong because A. electricity was slower than sound waves B. electricity was faster than sound waves C. electricity traveled as fast as sound waves D. clocks in Washington showed a different time from those in London Passage 30

My name is Qing Min.I'm a middleschool student.I am studying in No.1 Middle

School.My school isn't big,but I like it very much.

In my school there are eighteen classes.There are about fifty students in every class.We have twenty-seven teachers.I'm in Class 4, Grade 2.In my classroom there are

twenty-six desks and fifty-two chairs. There's a map of China and a map of the world on the wall.My classroom is big and clean.

There are twenty-eight boys and twenty-four girls in my class.We have English, Chinese ,math and five other subjects.Every morning some of us come to school by bus.Some get to school by bike ,but sometimes I come to school on foot.My English

teacher often says : \school by bike.\ I love my school, because our teachers are very friendly to us.We must study hard for people.

( ) 1. I like my school because it's No. 1 Middle School. （ ) 2. There are fifty-two students in Class 4, Grade 2. （ ) 3. There are two maps on the wall of Class 4, Grade 2. （ ) 4. I have ten subjects at school. （ ) 5. All the students walk to school. Passage 31

When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century, people

had different ideas about their use.Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause people to die.

In Sweden（瑞典）, King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether or not this was true.It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time.They were twins and were almost exactly alike in every way.They had both been sentenced to death (判处死刑).The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.

Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind.At last,the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83,the other died a few years later.

Beeause of the experiment, tea and coffee got accepted (接受) and became popular as drink in Sweden, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.

( ) 1. Tea and coffee were first introducd to Europe in（ ）