Things made of plastic are usually _______, but they are _______ to get polluted.

A．cheap; easy

B．cheap; easier

C．cheaper; easy

D．cheaper; easier

Thank you for giving us some useful advice _______ how to deal _______ the problems.

A．on; with

B．a(chǎn)bout; to

C．to; about

D．with; of

—Could you tell us _______?     —About five minutes.

A．how soon will the film end

B．how long has the film begun

C．how soon the film has over

D．how long the film has been on

Amy ____ the school library. She ______ books three times a week.

A．has gone to; has used to borrow

B．has been to; used to borrow

C．has gone to; has been used to borrowing

D．has been to; is used to borrowing

—Would you mind _______ me solve it?         —_______.

A．to help; No, not at all	B．helping; With pleasure
C．help; Yes, please	D．helping; Sorry, you can’t

Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and   15  all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll   16  the whole world smiling to you.
On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk   17  yourself. Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why   18  sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops（莊稼）in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest（收成）.
Everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do,    19  life isn’t a bed of roses. It’s very common to meet difficulties on the way    20   success. In fact, difficulty isn’t terrible. The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it. Difficulty is like spring（彈簧）. If you are   21 , it will be strong. Attitude（態(tài)度） decides   22 . With an optimistic (樂觀的) attitude, life is easy and   23 . So when you meet difficulties, don’t give up. Instead, you should face them with a smile. Remember these five rules: Free your heart from hate; Free your mind from worries; Live an easy life; Give more; Expect   24 .

【小題1】

A．happy B．unhappy C．smile D．cry

【小題2】

A．look B．look for C．find D．find out

【小題3】

A．enjoying B．to relax C．relax D．enjoy

【小題4】

A．don’t B．didn’t C．haven’t D．not

【小題5】

A．but B．a(chǎn)nd C．or D．so

【小題6】

A．of B．to C．a(chǎn)bout D．for

【小題7】

A．energetic B．powerful C．confident D．weak

【小題8】

A．a(chǎn)nything B．something C．everything D．nothing

【小題9】

A．please B．pleasure C．pleased D．pleasant

【小題10】

A．little B．few C．less D．fewer

The clock struck(敲) eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly at a huge pile（堆） of those trouble things
—books.
I was going to have my exam the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. And I could not. The clock struck twelve. “Oh, dear! Ten more books to read before I go to bed!” We students are the most wretched ones in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I did learn. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed（祈禱）, “My god, please let me pass the exam tomorrow. I will work hard next time, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the books, I fell asleep.
【小題1】The word “wretched” in Line 6 means _______.

A．very happy

B．forgetful

C．unlucky

D．hopeful

【小題2】What do you think happened to the writer?

A．He was late for the exam.	B．He passed the exam luckily.
C．He failed in the exam.	D．He fell asleep during the exam.

【小題3】The best title for the passage is _______.

A．The Night Before The Exam	B．Working Far Into Night
C．A Slow Student	D．Going Over Lessons

Bob always took the newspaper to Grandpa White’s home before going home. Grandpa White’s was at the end of the road. Bob liked Grandpa White. He was often waiting for him near the front gate with sweets or a nice cake. Besides, He often asked Bob about things he was doing, what he was going to do for the summer and what he liked to do.
The thing that Bob didn’t like about Grandpa was his never-ending stories about his boyhood（童年）in California. Bob was never asked to hear about Grandpa’s boyhood, but he couldn’t get away.
After Grandpa’s wife died in October, Bob could see that Grandpa was lonelier than ever. He would often join Bob halfway along the road and walk along with him as he gave out the newspapers. Grandpa seemed to have all day, and Bob was often late giving newspapers to his customers（訂報者）. Bob didn’t want to complain, but the customers were unhappy.
【小題1】When he took the newspaper to Grandpa White, Bob would often receive _______.

A．old newspaper

B．sweets or a cake

C．some money

D．stories

【小題2】Bob could do nothing when ______.

A．the customers got their newspapers late

B．Grandpa began to tell him about his boyhood

C．he saw grandpa feeling lonely

D．Grandpa asked him about the things he was doing

【小題3】The passage mainly tells us that _______.

A．Bob was still a child	B．Grandpa liked to tell stories
C．the customers sometimes got angry	D．lonely people need other people

For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashion” in the same way: “She was wearing a fashionable coat.” “His shirt was really a fashionable colour.”
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs … and in languages.
Fashions change very quickly as time goes. This is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones, televisions and computers send information from one place to another in a few minutes.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
【小題1】From the passage, we know that “fashion” means _______.

A．clothes

B．many things

C．most of the popular things

D．everything

【小題2】Today fashions change quickly because _______.

A．newspapers are read every day

B．information is sent by radios from one place to another

C．new things are often shown on TV

D．people quickly learn about what is happening in the world

【小題3】“There is money in fashion.” means _______.

A．clothes are expensive	B．money comes only from fashion
C．people like new things	D．there are no fashions without money

It’s important to learn about protecting our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us:
1.  Reduce
If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely. Millions of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don’t know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste
2.  Reuse
You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. With a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.
3.  Recycle
Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so, we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat（壓平）and melted (融化) and the melted things are made for new coke cans.
4.  Recover
When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten（腐爛的）apples. You have two choices: one is to throw the whole apple away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and eat the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.
5.  Repair
If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it instead of throwing it away. If you want to change for better ones, It is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair. It is true that North America is a “throw-away” society（社會）. But the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best.
【小題1】_______ can be recycled.

A．Only hard things

B．Many things

C．Few soft things

D．All things

【小題2】The “recover” rule mainly requires us _______.

A．to throw waste things away	B．to cover waste things with earth
C．to get back the useful parts	D．to throw the whole things away

【小題3】We can infer（推斷） that the writer of this passage may live in _______.

A．China

B．Japan

C．Australia

D．America

【小題4】Which of the following is true?

A．We will have no resources（資源） of nature unless we can do with the waste.

B．Recycling is the best way to save resources.

C．If we waste less, we can save more resources of nature.

D．More things are wasted in developed countries than in developing ones.