People often say that the earth is like our mother. She gives life to all the living things on the earth and provides us with air, food, water and other essential things we need for living.
Once she was beautiful and rich, but now she becomes dirtier and dirtier, poorer and poorer. It is due to what we have done to her. Please have a good look at her: polluted rivers and lakes, growing deserts, the destruction of the forests and wild life, and the depletion (消耗,用尽) of the ozone layer (臭氧层)...
Can she bear to see her children putting the waste here and there? Can she bear to see her children cutting down the trees and destroying the grassland, to see the acid rain destroying everything? Can we bear to see our mother suffering (受苦) so much? Isn’t it time for us to ask ourselves whether this is the way to treat our mother?
Floods, droughts, acid rain..., these are the punishments (惩罚) from nature. Everyone should know that there is only one earth. If we go on treating her like this, it won’t be fit for us to live in any longer. It’s time for us to love her, take good care of her and cure her. We should save the earth so as to save ourselves.
【小题1】 What does the earth look like now?
A.It has clean rivers, lakes and green forests.
B.It is like a beautiful girl.
C.It is more beautiful and richer.
D.It is dirtier and dirtier, poorer and poorer.
【小题2】 What is the meaning of the underlined word?
A.KnowB.StandC.ImagineD.Hear
【小题3】 What is the best title of the passage?
A.The earth—our mother.
B.Defenders of the Earth (地球卫士).
C.The earth is very beautiful and healthy.
D.The water on the earth is very clean.

It is very important to stay healthy. I have a neighbor. She is an old lady. She can do all the housework,   41   newspapers, watch TV and search on the Internet to learn something new. I often see   42   do taijiquan in the morning and dance in the evening. She looks young and beautiful   43   she is over seventy. Last week a reporter from a magazine interviewed her and asked   44   she kept so young and healthy. She replied with a smile:

    I have a secret of staying young and healthy. It is quite   45   . Keep your mind active, take an interest in the world   46   you, and learn at least one new thing every day. Try to do different kinds of housework and do sports as   47   you can. Don’t think you are too old to go back to   48   . I know a man who entered a medical college when he was 70 years old. He studied there for 6 years and now he is a doctor. Another man went to a tennis school at the age of 71 and now he is good at   49   tennis. Some people may say staying young is easy only for those who live in the future. In fact, no matter how old you are, you can make it.

    Please tell the story to your family. It would be a good start to   50   the lady’s example. I hope all people will stay young and healthy.

1.A. look           B. read             C. see          D. watch

2.A. her            B. him              C. other            D. others

3.A. than           B. since                C. though           D. because

4. A. what          B. why              C. who          D. how

5.A. early          B. dear             C. easy         D. late

6.A. under          B. around               C. above            D. between

7. A. soon          B. busily               C. hardly           D. often

8..A. place         B. song             C. school           D. dance

9.A. buying         B. losing               C. sending      D. playing

10. A. follow           B. give             C. make         D. bring

 

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