In the past, large numbers of American people liked to use tomorrow’s money. However, since the economic depression(經(jīng)濟蕭條), many have learnt to live  16 . Here is a true story about an American girl, Anna. After graduation, she began to live in Los Angeles on her own. She  17  a job in a publishing house(出版社) and earned  18  $30,000 a year. Her parents thought Anna’s life would be  19 , but Anna was able to live on her money and still  20  $5000 in the first year. How could she do so in  21  expensive city?

Cheap living always starts with keeping the  22  cost small. For people, that  23  housing. So Anna chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was  24 . When she ate  25 , she went to cheap restaurants.  26  she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then took the chicken bones home and made soup out of them. Today young people often  27  a lot of money on entertainment. But Anna loved going to museums and parks as the  28  for these places were free. Did Anna feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She even  29  to take two trips, one to the Netherlands,  30  to Portland.

“Don’t think of saving money as something hard. It’s a kind of game,” said Anna.

1. A. happily       B. luckily          C. hopefully            D. cheaply

2.A. found          B. gets             C. looked for           D. makes

3.A. more than      B. less than            C. more             D. less

4.A. dangerous      B. hard             C. easy             D. comfortable

5.A. made           B. gave             C. took             D. saved

6. A. so an         B. such an          C. so               D. such

7.A. expensive      B. much             C. big              D. heavy

8. A. does          B. becomes          C. helps                D. means

9.A. food           B. clothes          C. studying         D. traveling

10. A. away         B. out              C. up               D. inside

11.A. Soon          B. Finally          C. Once             D. Again

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

13.A. tickets           B. seats                C. exhibition           D. tea

14.A. tried         B. had              C. needed           D. managed

15.A. another       B. the other            C. other                D. other

 

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There are many animals in Weihai Zoo．11 The elephants are from Africa．African elephants are big and kind animals，12 ________there are only about 30.000 in Africa．Some people kill the elephants 13 ________money．

African elephants are tall． They need（需要）to eat a lot of leaves and grass and they eat for hours a day．They can also drink 40 gallons（加侖）of water at one time．

Elephants have four teeth and two 14 tusks．These tusks grow about seven inches（英寸）a year．They can be up to twenty feet（英尺）long! African elephants live all over Africa The ears of a full-grown African elephants are about five to six feet long and four feet wide．

My friend gives me two tickets．15You，Would，with，to，the，to，zoo，go，like，me？

1.寫同義句：The elephants ________   ________Africa．

2.選擇恰當?shù)倪B詞：________

A．a(chǎn)nd              B．or               C．but              D．so

3.選擇恰當?shù)慕樵~：        

A．in               B．for               C．a(chǎn)t               D．with

4.猜漢語意思________

A．象牙             B．象鼻             C．象腿             D．象耳

5.連詞成句：________________________________________________？

 

“Visitors to the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai will be able to go sightseeing in super cool cars with no drivers,” Shanghai city government speaker said recently.
When the six-seat car was shown to the public, it interested many people. “The car will help visitors feel what high technology（技術(shù)）is and help them enjoy the tour of the World Expo site,” said a teacher from Tongji University. The car, 4.5 meters long, 1.7 meters wide（寬）, and 1.6 meters tall, runs along a white line. The car costs around 300,000 yuan to build and can reach a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour.
According to the researchers, visitors will be able to driver the car anywhere in the World Expo site by pressing a button（按按鈕）. If they want to get off or stop the car, all they need to do is just to press the button again.
“People can rent one of these cars for a whole day or just take a ride in it from one place to another,” the teacher said. About 400 to 500 of these cars will be made for the Expo in 2010. the cars will have radar（雷達）to help them get around. They will mainly use solar（太陽能）batteries. And they have no need of drivers and oil（汽油）, these cars will help save energy and human work, and cause no pollution to the environment.
【小題1】The new type of car has _____ seats.
A. seven                      B. six                          C. five
【小題2】According to this passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The car can reach a top speed of 50 kph.
B. The car costs about 30,000 yuan to build.
C. The car is 4.5 meters long and 1.7 meters tall.
【小題3】Which of the following is not mentioned in this passage?
A. People can buy this type of car and drive it in the World Expo site.
B. This type of car can save energy and human work, and cause no pollution.
C. People can press the button themselves when they want to get off or stop the car.
【小題4】The title（標題）of the passage is probably “_____”.
A. Radar First Used in Cars 
B. Cool Cars with No Driver
C. Tour the 2010 World Expo

Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful. Fire can make water hot and house warm, give light and cook food. But fire can burn (燃燒) things, too. It can make trees, houses, animals and other things catch fire (起火). If some people can't run away from fire, it can kill them. This happens in every country every year.

Sometimes big fire can burn forests. A month ago, a large forest fire broke out in Yunnan Province. It lasted nearly half a month. The forest in Heilongjiang Province and the grassland in Inner Mongolia caught fire in May, 2006. After more than ten days' fight, over 30,000 people and soldiers put out (撲滅) the fire at last.

Nobody knows clearly when people began to make fire, but there are many interesting stories about the first time a man or a woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells about a man who went to the sun and brought fire down a long time ago. Today people know how to make a fire with matches (火柴). Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. The match can burn a piece of paper and then it can burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire, and destroy many things. Fire kills many people every year. So you must be careful with fire.

1.The main idea of the passage is that _________.

A．fire is dangerous and harmful

B．forest fire can be easily put out

C．who started a fire the first time

D．every month there is a forest fire in Yunnan Province

2.Matches can be dangerous because _________.

A．they always burn a house

B．they can make things catch fire

C．they can burn a piece of paper

D．they kill many animals every year

3.The word “destroy” in the passage means ________in Chinese.

A．破滅

B．炸毀

C．毀滅

D．粉碎

4.The writer of the passage wants to tell us that ________.

A．we know when man began to make a fire

B．people should use fire carefully

C．fire can burn down all things in the world

D．a(chǎn)ll children like to play with matches

 

30,000 dollars is a lot of money, but it’s _________ than we need.

A. more     B. very much    C. less     D. very little