Cars produce a lot of waste gas every day and pollute the air        , air pollution has become a serious problem．

A．As a result            B．In the way         C．No longer             D．At the end

——May I speak to John?

——Sorry, he         Japan．But he                  in two days．

A．has been to; will come back                  B．has gone to; will be back

C．has been in; would come back                D．has gone to; won’t come back

——I have lost my new English dictionary．

——        !

A．No hurry                                               B．That’s great

C．What a pity                                              D．Just wait

——When         for Beijing?

——On Sunday．They are now busy preparing for their trip．

A．did they leave                                             B．have they left

C．were they leaving                                        D．a(chǎn)re they leaving

——Will the foreigners have any problems talking with Chinese in 2008?

——I don’t think so．Now         the young         the old can speak some English．

A．either; or                                                B．not only; but also

C．neither; nor                                             D．both; or

You’ll see a new doctor at a hospital near London．He is very clever, but he never  1 ．He work for 24 hours a day and never gets tired．He is one meter tall and has a face  2  a TV screen．He is Dr．Robot．

Doctors often need to ask lots of questions when they  3  their patients．Some doctors are so busy that they can only spend a few minutes with each patient． 4   sometimes they make some mistakes medical examinations．To patients, some mistakes can be   5  ．

Dr．Robot can ask a patient questions   6   an hour if it is necessary．With the help of Dr．Robe a human doctor can have a lot of  7  information when he meets his patients．

8  can Dr．Robot do this? A computer “tells” him  9   to do．If the patient wants to know his  10  or blood pressure(血壓), he just touches Dr．Robot, then he will know it．Dr．Robot can many things, but he can’t completely(完全地) take the place of human doctors．

1．A．speak                   B．say                   C．speaks              D．says

2．A． as                   B．seen               C．unlike                D．like

3．A． look at              B．look over             C．look up             D．look after

4．A． Because               B．So                C．Since                D．Such

5．A． dangerous          B．safe             C．danger              D．badly

6．A． to                  B．in                  C．of                 D．for

7．A． useless              B．exciting             C．useful              D．surprising

8．A． What              B．Why               C．How                D．Where

9．A． how              B．where             C．when              D．what

10．A． temperature       B．name               C．a(chǎn)ddress             D．telephone

Each year there are an increasing number of cars on roads, as millions of new cars are produced．One out of every six Americans works at putting together the parts of cars, driving trucks, building roads or filling cars with gas．Americans couldn’t live without cars!

       Most Americans find it hard to think what life would be without a car．However, some have realized the serious problem caused by cars．The polluted air is harmful and dangerous to health．

One way to get rid of the polluted air is to design a new car．That is what several large car factories, are trying to do．But to build the new car is easier said than done．Progress in this field has been slow．

Another way is to replace the car engine with something else．Engineers are working on some new cars．Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a practical model that pleases people．

To prevent the world from being polluted by cars, we’ll have to make some changes．Americans, for example, have to cut down the number of their cars．They are encouraged to travel and go to work by bike．Riding a bike is thought to help keep the air clean．

But this change does not come easily．A large number of workers may find themselves with no jobs if a car factory closes down．And the problem of air would become less important than that of unemployment．

Although cars have brought us a better life, they have also brought us new problems．

1．Some large car factories in the U．S．A are trying to make a new kind of car which        ．

A．is clean in itself                                         B．is used to clean streets

C．is easier to make                                       D．does not pollute the air

2．If the number of cars is cut down, the most serious problem to American workers is to      ．

A．lose their jobs                                           B．pollute their environment

C．go to work on foot                                     D．make their factories richer

3．The writer want to tell us that         ．

A．riding a bike is the only way out

B．the number of cars must be cut down

C．people wouldn’t live without cars

    D．cars bring us not only a better life, but also serious problems

4．Which fact does the passage provide?

    A．About one sixth of American workers are working in car factories．

B．The best way to get rid of air pollution is to change the car engine for something else．

C．It isn’t easy to change the way of life in the U．S．A．

    D．In the U．S．A．bikes will surely take the place of cars in the future．

5．Which is the best title for the passage?

A．A New Way to Get Rid of Polluted Air．

B．Cars and Polluted Air．

C．Many Serious Problems in the U．S．A．

D．Americans Don’t Like Cars．

The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modem traffic and modem communication means(通訊設備)．Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems．One of the biggest problems is pollution．To pollute means to make things dirty．Pollution comes in many ways．We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it．

Man has polluted the earth．The more people, the more pollution．

Air pollution is still the most serious．It’s bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only kind of pollution．Water pollution kills fish and pollutes our drinking water．Noise pollution makes us angry more easily．

Many countries are making rules to fight pollution．

They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories and from putting dirty smoke into the air．Pollution by SO₂ is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution．It is caused by heavy traffic．We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution．

The earth is our home．We must take care of it．

1．        , our world is becoming much smaller．

A．Thanks to the science development

B．Because of the rise in pollution

C．Because the earth is being polluted day and night

D．Because the earth is blown away by the wind every year

2．Hundreds of years ago, life was         it is today．

A．much easier than                                       B．a(chǎn)s easy as

C．a(chǎn)s hard as                                              D．much harder than

3．Pollution comes in many ways．We can even hear it．Here “it” means        ．

A．rubbish              B．a(chǎn)ir pollution          C．water pollution      D．noise pollution

4．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．Many countries are making rules to fight pollution．

B．The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth．

C．The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world population does．

    D．If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike, it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO₂．

5．        is the most serious among the pollution．

A．Water pollution        B．Noise pollution      C．Air pollution          D．Light pollution

People all over the world eat rice．Millions of people in Asia, Africa and South America eat it every day．Some people eat almost nothing but rice．

Rice is a kind of grain．There are more than 7000 kinds of rice．Farmers grow rice in many countries, even in the southern part of the United States and in eastern Australia．

No one really knows where rice came from．Some scientists think that it started to grow in two places．They think that one kind of rice grew in southern Asia thousands of years ago, another kind probably grew in West Africa．Other scientists think that rice came from India, and Indian travelers took it to other parts of the world．

People in many countries do all the work hundreds of years ago, but in some countries, people now use machines on their rice farms．

Rice plants can be very useful to people．They can be used to make animal food and rice oil．People also make baskets, brooms and roofs for their houses．They burn dry rice plants for cooking．

任務一：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答l—2小題。

1．How many kinds of rice are there?

2．Where do scientists think rice came from?

任務二：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷正(T)誤(F)。

3．Farmers used machines on their rice farms to grow rice hundreds of years ago．

任務三：將畫線部分譯成漢語。

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任務四：請給出文章標題。

5．                                     

根據(jù)首字母提示，用適當詞填空。

Project Hope is a social service program to help p   1   students．It started on October 30,1989．It aims to b   2   schools in poor areas of China, to help poor families a   3   their children the chance to go to school．

In the past sixteen years, Project Hope has raised a  4    3 billion yuan from people at home and a  5  ．It has paid for 2.5 million poor students and s  6   them to school．With the m  7  , it has built thousands of schools and l  8   and trained 2300 teachers．But 40 million children still n  9  help, so Project Hope still has a lot of w  10   to do．