Dolphins are not fish．They are mammals（哺乳動(dòng)物）．They live in groups and speak to each other in their own language．But they are quite different from almost all land animals．Their brain is as big as man's and they live a long life--at least 20-30 years．

Like some animals，dolphins use sounds to help them find their way around．They also use sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food．They do not use their ears to receive sounds，but use the jaw-the lower part of the mouth．

It is strange that dolphins are friendly to men，and for thousands of years，there are many stories about dolphins and men．In the 19th century，in a dangerous part of the sea near New Zealand，there was a dolphin．The seamen liked him very much and gave him a very good name，Jack．From 1871 to 1903，Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way．In 1903 a passenger on a boat with the name of The Penguin shot and hurt Jack．Luckily the dolphin didn't die，and after a long time he was well again．He guided the ships through the area for nine more years，but he refused to help the boat The Penguin．

Today，some people still kill dolphins，but many countries in the world now protect them．In these places，people are not allowed to kill them．

1．The underlined word “jaw” means ________ in Chinese．

A．下顎                   B．嘴巴                    C．嘴唇                      D．鼻子

2．How do dolphins find their way?

A．They use their noses to smell the way．              B．They use their ears to hear the sounds．

C．They use their eyes to see the way．            D．They use sounds to find the way．

3．Who was Jack?

A．The writer．        B．A dolphin．          C．A seaman．            D．The passenger．

4．The dolphin guided the ships for about ________．

A．32 years              B．9 years                C．41 years                 D．23 years

5．According to the passage，which of the following is NOT right?

A．Dolphins are not fish．

B．Dolphins don't live in groups．

C．Dolphins are kind and friendly to people．

D．Dolphins can live a long time．

Failure （失�。﹐ften happens in our daily life. 　26　 may fail in their school exams, scientists may fail in their research, and athletes may fail in their competitions. Although failure 27 　to everyone, 　28　 different people have different attitudes towards failure. Some people don’t think their failure is very 29 at all. So they pay 30　 attention to it . As a result, they will fail again 31 . Some people think 32 they are fools（傻瓜）and they lose their confidence (信心)after they fail in something. So they 　33 their time and energy(精力) 　　on useless things and they may really be fools as they have thought.

Other people are quite different 34　 those two kinds of people mentioned above. Instead of 35 frustrated, they draw a 36　 from every failure and become more experienced(有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的).After hard work, they will be 37 in the end. It is said that failure is 38 mother of success. Success will be gained(贏得) after many times of failures 39 we are good at drawing lessons from our failures.

　 In 40 opinion, failure is not a bad thing. The really bad thing is not learning from failure or even losing heart after failure.

26．A. teachers　　 B. doctors　 C. singers　　　 D. students

27. A. happens　 B. joins　　 C. begins　　　　 D. finds

28 . A. but　　　 B. /　　　　 C. and　　　　　 D. because

29. A. different　 B. easy　　 C. interesting　　 D important

30. A. no　　　　 B. much　　 C. many　　　　 D. more

31. A. before　　 B. later　　 C. after　　　　　 D. late

32. A. why　　　 B. who　　　 C. when　　　　 D. that

33. A. pay　　　 B. take　　　 C. spend　　　　 D. cost

34　 A. from　　 B. in　　　　 C. on　　　　　 D. for

35　 A. to be　　 B. being 　　 C. be　　　　　 D been

36. A. lesson　　 B. reason　　 C. picture　　　 D .thought

37. A. happy　　 B. sad　　　 C. successful　　 D. helpful

38. A. one　　　 B. a　　　　 C. an　　　　　 D. the

39. A. if　　　　 B. until　　　 C. or　　 　　　D so

40. A. my　　　 B. your　　　 C. her D.his 　

We asked thirty children between 14 and 1 8．A11 the children had computers at home．The usual time spent on computer in a week was about 1 2 hours, with the highest

user about 3 2 hours．a(chǎn)nd the lowest user only 5 hours．

A11 the children said they usually used computers to play games．Fourteen children told us thev did some word processing(文字處理)at times．Only two of them said computers helped them with their lessons．a(chǎn)nd eight children told us they kept addresses and phone numbers on their computers or used them as diaries．Only three children said they were learning to make computer programs and nobody looked up databases(數(shù)據(jù)厙)．The diagram gives all the results one by one．The results show that computer use is quite high among 14 to 18-year—old children．They also show quite clearly that computers are looked on by most young people as little more than game machines．It means that，though computers are common in the homes of young people，they have not yet become popular in everyday 1ife．

（　 ）1．In the diagram，what does the letter ‘‘d’’ show?

A．It shows three people between 14 and 18．

B．It shows only two of the thirty children．

C．It shows that only two of them use computers to help them with their lessons．

D．It shows that only three of them use computers to help them make computer programs．

（　 ）2.Most of the 3 0 children spent about　　 hours on computers in a week．

A．5　　　 B．1 2　　　 C．20　　　 D．32

(　 ) 3.There iS one mistake in the diagram．What is it?

A．The number of “e" should be lower．

B．The number of ‘‘d’’ should be higher．

C．The．number of “a” is too high．

D．There should be no number about “f’’．

(　 )4.In the last paragraph “l(fā)ittle more than” means　 ．

A．a(chǎn)lmost the same as　 B．far more than C．different from D．much more than

(　 )5.The writer thinks　　　 ．

A．children must learn to play a11 kinds of games

B．more other uses of computers should be learned

C．young people should spend more time on computers

D．computers will become much cheaper