---It’s desk.

A. Tom and Kate’s B. Tom’s and Kate’s C. Tom’s and Kate D. Tom and Kate

( )40. When I went to say goodbye to Anna, she the piano.

A. is playing B. plays C. was playing D. played

VI.完形填空(本大题共10分，每小题1分)

Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job. He thought it might be 41 to raise (养) worms. He could sell them to farmers and people who fished. So in 42 , he bought many worms. But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms because he had not 43 them in a warm place.

The next spring Jody 44 again. He bought more worms, which he took good care of. When winter came, he took them inside 45 they would stay warm. Many people bought his worms.

One day when Jody was twelve, he got a letter. It was frome state (州) of New York. The letter said, “ Everyone who 46 things has to pay taxs (税)!” Jody made only one dollar selling worms. But he still 47 to pay part of that money to the state. He told many people in his town what had 4 8 . Soon some people from a television station 49 with Jody. Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state. The letters now said that the law was 50 . Finally the law was changed. Children like Jody can now sell things without paying money to the state.

41. A. boring B.lucky C. fun D. impossible

42. A. autumn B. spring C. winter D. summer

43 A. caught B. found C. hidden D. put

44. A. tried B. waited C. failed D. practised

45. A. before B. until C. though D. so

46 A. buys B. sells C. keeps D. presents

47. A. hoped B. wanted C. had D. remembered

48. A. followed B. appeared C. happened D. continued

49. A. talk B.visit C. quarrel D. work

50. A. common B. unfair C. different D. useless

VII.阅读理解(本大题共40分，每小题2分)

A

HAVE you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers? Now, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers an hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy: it weighs 1,270 kilos.

HOW old can an insect be? 400 million years! Last Wednesday, scientists found the world’s oldest insect fossil(化石) in Britain. The fossil shows that the body of the insect was as big as a piece of rice and had wings(翅膀). In the past, people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old.

THERE will be a new “star” in the sky soon. China plans to send a satellite(卫星) into space be September 2009. It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure -1.4 billion yuan!
 

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