No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998. It was started to protect the environment. By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.

The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities, including Taipai, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support the day.

In Beijing, more and more people are joining the campaign. It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5(World Environment Day). The slogan for the day is, “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”

So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. “We can’t control the weather, but we can choose not to drive,” said Wu Zonghua, a car club chairman. Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of 2012, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period the year before. Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.

(  ) 61. The first No Car Day fell on _______.

A. February 2^nd              B. June 5^th            C. July 5^th       D. September 22^nd

(  ) 62. _______ was the first city to have No Car Day in China.

A. Beijing                B. Chengdu           C. Shanghai     D. Wuhan

(  ) 63. What does the underlined word “slogan” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. 目的                         B. 原因                C. 意義        D. 口號

(  ) 64. How many blue sky days did Beijing have in the first quarter of 2011?

A. 63.                           B. 52.                   C. 41.                   D. 238.

(  ) 65. Which of the following statements is True?

A. China is the first country to start No Car Day.

B. No Car Day is World Environment Day.

C. No Car Day has been supported by over 1,000 cities around the world so far.

D. Much of the dust in the air comes from cars.

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(烏鴉) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙視).

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(評價) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended(假裝) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

(  ) 56. What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow showed off its flying skills.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.

d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A. e, c, d, a, b         B. a, e, c, d, b               C. c, e, a, d, b            D. e, a, d, c, b

(  ) 57. What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Tired.                B. Angry.               C. Frightened.             D. Regretful.

(  ) 58. Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A. It was showing another flying skill.             

B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.

C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D. It was enjoying itself by doing so.

(  ) 59. What can we infer(推斷) from the passage?

A. The crow didn’t know flying.            

B. Flying skills were useless.

C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.

(  ) 60. What does the story tell us?

A. No pains, no gains.                          B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. Pride goes before a fall.                    D. Practice makes perfect.

Problems

Causes

Advice

Feel stressed

Too much homework. Don’t have enough time for their hobbies.

Make a plan for study and hobbies. Find time to relax.

Get short-sighted

Too much homework. Bad study habits.

Do homework or read in a correct way.

Fight with each other

Don’t know how to get on well with classmates.

Make more friends and understand each other.

Don’t like to study

The bad influence of computer games.

Play computer games just for a short time.

Get fat

Have more pocket money to buy snacks. Don’t like to do exercise.

Use your pocket money to do something meaningful. Do exercise every day.

(  ) 51. For whom is this form above most probably written?

A. Parents.         B. Children.         C. Teachers.        D. Students.

(  ) 52. According to the information given in the form, why don’t students like to study?

A. Because of too much homework.

B. Because they don’t know how to get on well with classmates.

C. Because of the influence of computer games.

D. Because they don’t like to do exercise.

(  ) 53. _______ will help you avoid becoming short-sighted.

A. Doing eye exercises regularly                          B. Reading in bed

C. Reading in the sun                                         D. Reading too long

(  ) 54. If you feel stressed, you should ________.

A. do less homework                  B. make plans for your study, hobbies and relaxation

C. fight with others             D. have some snacks

(  ) 55. Peter is very fat. Maybe he ________.

A. plays computer games too much                            B. has too many snacks

C. doesn’t like to do exercise                               D. B＆C

Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of depending on _ 41 is more useful than crying for help. That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man 　 42 family hardship tells us.

Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(縣), Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby 　43　 . A year later, Hong’s mother 　44　 home. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto the young boy’s 　 45　 : to take care of his father and the younger sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.

Although his life was hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister. He took several part-time jobs to 　 46　 his family. He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister. He walked 2 hours at weekends to the market to 　47　 different things to sell around his school. A few years later, he studied at a college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to 　 48　 a room near his college for her, and sent her to school.

After Hong’s story went 　 49　 , he became a hero in people’s eyes. But Hong ___50___ offers from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work.

Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.

( ) 41. A. parents　　　　　　　 B. friends　　　　　　　　　　 C. yourself　　　　 　 D. God

( ) 42. A. out of 　　　　　　　 B. into　　　　　　　　　 C. without　　　　 　 D. with

( ) 43. A. dog　　　　　　　　　 B. cat　　　　　　　　　 C. girl　　　　　　　 　 D. boy

( ) 44. A. left　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. arrived　　　　　　　　　　 C. went　　　　　　 　 D. came

( ) 45. A. back　　　　　　　　　 B. shoulders　　　　　 C. head　　　　　　 　 D. body

( ) 46. A. help　　　　　　　　　 B. save　　　　　　　　 C. protect　　　　 　 D. feed

( ) 47. A. make　　　　　　　　 B. buy　　　　　　　　　 C. produce　　　　 　 D. collect

( ) 48. A. build　　　　　　　　　 B. borrow　　　　　　 C. rent　　　　　　　 　 D. share

( ) 49. A. public　　　　　　　　 B. clear　　　　　　　　 C. by　　　　　　　　 　 D. far

( ) 50. A. accepted　　　　　　 B. asked　　　　　　　 C. received　　　　 　 D. refused

 It will be 2 years _______ we see each other again.

A. after             B. before                  C. since           D. when

 The teachers hope all of us can hand _______ our homework _______ time every day.

A. up; in            B. out; on                 C. on; in          D. in; on

 It ______ me about 10 days ______ painting the walls.

A. took; to finish                                  B. cost; finishing

C. took; finishing                                 D. spent; to finish

 Tom, it’s cold outside. _______ your coat when you go out.

A. Take off         B. Put on        C. Put away       D. Take away

 ______ fun it is to have ice cream in hot summer!

A. What a          B. How         C. What          D. How a

 It’s said that ______ of the water around the world ______ polluted.

A. two third; has                                  B. two thirds; have          

C. two third; are                                  D. two thirds; is