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There are many kinds of pollution around us, _________ air pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution and light pollution. They are bad _________ our health in many ways.

Burning gas, oil and coal creates air pollution. It can cause sore eyes and _________ problems.

With the increase of pollution and the _________ of industry, litter is everywhere. It makes our environment dirty. People put lots of rubbish in the land. Farmers use too many chemicals in the fields. They destroy the soil. So soil pollution has become serious.

Noise pollution can make people _________ . For example, people may lose their hearing if they work in a _________ place for a long time. Too much noise can cause high blood pressure _________ .

Working for a long time in strong, changeable light _________ cause some kinds of illnesses. It makes people feel _________ and is especially bad for the eyes.

With _________ pollution, our planet will become greener and our health will be better. Let’s be greener people.

1.A. such as B. for example C. such like D. as well as

2.A. to B. in C. for D. at

3.A. breaths B. breathe C. breathed D. breathing

4.A. development B. develop C. developed D.developing

5.A. blind B. lame C. black D. deaf

6.A. noise B. noisy C. noisily D. noises

7.A. as well B. too C. either D. also

8.A. must B. should C. may D. need

9.A. terrible B. comfortable C. terribly D. comfortably

10.A. little B. a little C. less D. Fewer

Singapore is a good place for sightseeing. There are a lot of good hotels with good services. Different furniture and different price of rooms. Here are four hotels you can choose. Read it and decide for yourself.

1.Holiday Inn Atrium Singapore is ______________.

A.near Changi Airport

B.across from the island’s famous Singapore River

C.at 11 Cavenagh Road

D.at 80 Middle Road

2. _______ is the best of the four hotels.

A.Inter Continental Singapore

B.Holiday Inn Atrium Singapore

C.Holiday Inn Singapore-Parkview

D.Crowne plaza Hotel Changi Airport

3. The cheapest price for a single room is in __________.

A.Inter Continental Singapore

B.Holiday Inn Atrium Singapore

C.Holiday Inn Singapore-Parkview

D.Crowne plaza Hotel Changi Airport

4.If your parents want to stay in Crowne Plaza Hotel Changi Airport for three nights, they will pay________.

A.$270 B.$180 C. $165 D.$90

5.You’ll spend _______ from Holiday Inn Singapore-Parkview to Changi Airport by car.

A.25 minutes B.30 minutes C.25 hours D.30 hours

Here are some easy tips for getting to sleep. They can help you deal with tension, stress and anxiety, and enjoy a good night sleep. Not every one of these tips alone will get you to sleep, but a few of them at least should be useful.

Get some physical exercise during the day. Even 15 minutes a day of exercise (at least half an hour before going to bed, so your body will have a chance to slow down) will give your body the activity and oxygen(氧) it needs to help you relax more and sleep better.

Listen to the light music. Play some soft, smooth music that help you sleep. Of course you must have a recorder or CD player that will automatically(自動(dòng)地) turn off because if you get up and turn it off in the end, it’ll lose its effect.

Drink warm milk. A glass of warm milk 15 minutes before going to bed will keep you calm.

Keep regular bedtime hours. Your body likes regular routines(常規(guī)),.It likes to know that it’s going to get up at the same time each day, eat at the same time, and go to bed at the same time. Keep far away from caffeine, alcohol and tobacco. Before you go to sleep, you’d better not drink coffee or cola which has caffeine. Don’t drink wine, beer or champagne which has alcohol and don’t smoke.

Don’t watch TV or read before going to bed. Wait at least half an hour before going to bed after reading or watching TV.

1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned(提到) in this text?

A. Listening to music.

B. Drinking warm milk.

C. Keeping far away from caffeine.

D. Using sleeping pills.

2.According to the passage, we can infer(推斷) that the way of getting some physical exercise during the day is more effective for _______.

A. sportsman B. office workers C. postmen D. farmers

3.If you choose to use the method of listening to music, the writer advises us _______.

A. not to listen to soft music

B. not to make the record or CD player lose its effect

C. to have a record or CD player that will turn off by itself

D. not to listen to smooth music

4.According to the passage, which of the following is good before going to bed?

A. Watching TV or reading. B. Drinking Coffee.

C. Drinking warm milk. D. Drinking beer.

5. Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Music and Sleep B. Caffeine and Sleep

C. Keeping Regular Bedtime D. Tips for Getting to Sleep

One day, a raven(渡鴉）happened to fly past a lake. Looking at the lake, he saw the most beautiful animal he had ever seen. It was a swan(天鵝)and its feathers(羽毛）were as white as snow. The swan was playing with other birds happily, talking and dancing. And it seemed that the other birds all liked to stay with it. When he looked at his own feathers, they were as black as coal. The raven was very angry with the swan. “How can the swan have such wonderful feathers?” said the raven. What should he do with his feathers? He thought it over and over.

Then, the raven decided that he also wanted to have white feathers like the swan’s. From that day on, the raven began to live like the swan. He moved his home from the woods to the lake. He also started to eat water plants like the swan. He tried his best to talk and dance with the other birds. The most important was that each day, the raven would wash his feathers, hoping that they would turn white. Even he went to the nearby rivers and ponds to wash his feathers because he thought the water in the lakes was not enough for him to wash them. But no matter how hard he washed his feathers, they remained black.

As he ate only water plants, he soon grew thinner and thinner. Not many days later, the raven died.

1. The underlined word “ it” in Paragraph 1 refers to ___.

A. the raven B. the swan C. the feather D. the water

2.Why was the raven angry with the swan?

A. His own feathers were as white as snow.

B. The swan did not have black feathers like him

C. The swan had beautiful white feathers

D. The swan lived in the lake with other birds

3.Where was the raven’s natural home?

A. The lakes B. The ponds C. The woods D. The rivers

4.Why did the raven want to live like the swan?

A. He wanted to make friends with the swan

B. He wanted to see the swan’s white feathers

C. He wanted to eat water plants

D. He wanted to become a swan

5. Why did the raven wash his feathers every day?

A. He thought his feathers would turn white.

B. He wanted to drive the other birds away

C. He thought his feathers were dirty.

D. He wanted to keep his feathers white

Steven Jobs, the designer（設(shè)計(jì)者）of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college , he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退學(xué)）. But he was full of new ideas.

After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.

Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.

In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage（汽車(chē)庫(kù)）. He chose the name“Apple”just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.

His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.

1.Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ________.

A. never did his lessons

B. was full of new ideas

C. always made troubles with his schoolmates

D. dropped out

2. Steven Jobs didn’t finish college, did he?

A. Yes, he did. B. No, he didn’t.

C. Yes, he didn’t. D. No, he did.

3.Steven Jobs designed his new computer ________.

A. in India B. with his friend

C. in an apple tree garden D. by himself

4. Steven Jobs was famous for his ________ all over the world.

A. new ideas B. apple C. Apple Computer D. video games

5.From this passage we know ________.

A. Steven Jobs didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates

B. Steven Jobs liked travelling in India and California

C. Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true

D. Steven Jobs could only design video games

情景反應(yīng)

從所給句子中選擇恰當(dāng)?shù)木渥油瓿上旅鎸?duì)話。其中有兩項(xiàng)多余

W: Hello, Han Lin.

H: Hello, Xiao Hua.

W: 1.

H: I’m reading about today’s newspaper. It says every week students in primary schools have a day without homework. 2.

W: I think it’s great. 3.

H:That’s impossible. But after the big exam, we’ll also have a long summer vacation and heedn’t do any homework.

W: I’m looking forward to it. Have you made any plans for it?

H: 4. I’m going travelling. But I haven’t decided where to go.

W: 5.

H: Good idea. I also hear Taiwan is a nice place. I’ll think about it. Thank you for your advice.

W: It’s a pleasure.

補(bǔ)全對(duì)話

在下面對(duì)話的空白處填上適當(dāng)?shù)脑捳Z(yǔ)（話語(yǔ)可能是句子，短語(yǔ)或單詞），使對(duì)話完整，將其答案寫(xiě)在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置上。

A:Hi, Liu Fang. You look unhappy. 1. ?

B:I argued with my mother this morning.

A: 2. ？

B: Because she didn’t allow me to go to my classmate’s birthday party.

A: 3. ?

B: She will have the birthday party this Tuesday evening.

A: Maybe your mother thinks it is dangerous.

B:But I’m sixteen years old. 4. .

A:In your mother’s eyes, you’re always a little child and you can’t look after yourself. What did you do after you argued with your mother?

B: I left my house without saying a word.

A: I don’t think you are right.

B: So I feel sorry now. 5. ?

A: You should say sorry to your mother and have a talk with her.

短文填空

根據(jù)內(nèi)容，從方框中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~并用其正確形式填空，使短文完整。將答案寫(xiě)在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置上。（每個(gè)詞只能用一次,有兩個(gè)多余詞）

Every day we use money to buy what we want. But have you ever 1. the bill (鈔票) in your hand? There are different pictures on both 2. of banknotes (紙幣) and interesting stories behind them.

Most banknotes have 3. people on the front, such as a country’s 4. or a great scientist, while on the back of the paper note there are usually some well-known scenes or national 5. .

The latest editions of Chinese banknotes use the picture of Mao Zedong, founding father of the People’s Republic of China, on the front of all yuan bills. However, the backs of the bills are 6. . The Great Hall of the People, on the 100-yuan note, is a landmark (地標(biāo)) in Beijing. Important meetings are always 7. there.

The US 1-dollar bill has the 8. president, George Washington, on the front side. A 13-level pyramid is on the back. Benjamin Franklin 9. on the front of the 100-dollar bill. You can see the White House, where the presidents 10. , on the back of the 20-dollar bill.

任務(wù)型閱讀

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容按要求完成任務(wù)，將答案寫(xiě)在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置上。

(A) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)要回答下面的問(wèn)題。

Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood(洪水) ,and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth's house was high enough to escape it.

Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth's friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to support.

"Well," Elizabeth explained to her friends, “at the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town in England .Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now .The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won't be able to have much for Christmas. I'm going to get just one present for us all .Now I'll go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who had no parents .‘Here's our present,’ she said to her own children. The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sister. I was that Christmas present."

1.How many children did Elizabeth have?

2.What did Elizabeth do after the flood?

3.Who was the Christmas present?

4.Did Elizabeth have parents at the end of World War Ⅱ?

5.What do you learn from the story?

請(qǐng)你根據(jù)內(nèi)容填寫(xiě)表格, 在空白處填上適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~

The following is from a survey of girls at the age of fifteen over Britain. Girls of this age have different lives these days because they change their lifestyles. Joane Kelly from Birmingham has talked about the survey:

1.The survey says that the average (平均的) fifteen-year-old girls get￡5.26 pocket money every week.

Joanne: I don't get that much! I get only ￡3 every Saturday.

2.The survey says that the average fifteen-year-old girls’ favorite subjects at school are drama（戲�。�(25%), then math (19%), cookery (18%), English (17%) and music (13%)

Joanne: Who are these average fifteen-year-old girls? I hate drama. And I do not like math either.

3. The survey says that the favorite sports star for fifteen-year-old girls is David Beckham.He gets 3% more than the number two star, Tim Henman.

Joanne: Oh yes! Beckham is my number one. Even if he is married to Victoria.

4. A usual evening activity. 14% of fifteen-year-old girls watch TV in the evening. 9% tell us that they telephone their friends and talk to them and the same number listen to music, 8% watch and 5% use a computer.

Joanne: Yes. Most of my friends watch TV or videos or use a computer in the evening

A Survey of 1. Girls in Britain