Scientists are trying to make the deserts(沙漠) into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts,so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.

Some places on the earth don't get much rain. But they still don't become desert. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very helpful to dry places. Plants don't let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don't let the wind blow the earth(泥土) away.When a little bit of rain falls,the plants hold the water.Without the plants,the land can become a desert much more easily.

1.Why can the land become a desert?

A. Some places don't get much rain.

B. Plants don't let the hot sun make the earth even drier.

C. People are doing bad things to the earth.

D. Scientists haven't learnt enough about the deserts.

2.Scientists ______to make the deserts into good land again.

A. carry water B. grow food

C. do nothing D. study a lot

3.Which is NOT true?

A. The land never stops becoming desert.

B. Scientists ask the people to live in the deserts and grow food there.

C. People do bad things to the earth.

D. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts.

4.Why are green plants and grass helpful?

A. They can hold the water.

B. They can stop the wind from blowing the earth away.

C. They can keep the earth wet.

D. All the above are right.

5.Which is the best title(题目) for the passage?

A. The Desert Problem.

B. People Make Deserts.

C. Green Plants and Grass.

D. The Desert,the Tree and theWater.

Water is the most common substance(物质) found on the earth, but less than 1% of the earth’s water is suitable for drinking. More than 1,000,000,000 people around the world survive on just over 1 galon of water a day. Probebly more than 3,000,000,000 people may suffer from not having enough water by the year 2025. You are considered lucky if you live in a country where you can drink water out of your kitchen tap or bathroom tap. People in some countries have to pay for drinking water at home. So clean water is one of our most valuabe natural resources(资源).

In fact, peole waste(浪费) so much clean water today. In factories lots of water is wasted. At home many people are not taking showers but still baths, and many are brushing their teeth with the tap turned on. Children are no longer taught how to save water….

You can save clean water in many ways. For example, if you keep gold fish, the tank water excellent for graden plants. And when you wash a milk bottle, pour the water on your house plants. Putting a brick or a water into your toilet tank many help use less water, saving many gallons over a long time.

Using rainwater is another simple way to save clean water. You can use rainwater to wash your hands after gardening, flush the toilet, and wash your car, your pet, your driveway when they are dirty.

For the same reason, people in Malaysia are encourageed to use rainwater. If one has a house with a small garden, he would buy a huge plastic tank to keep rainwater for their daily life.

1. We can learn from the passage ______.

A. when man can’t live without water

B. where there is no water resource

C. why there is less water on the earth

D. how important it is to save water

2. According to the passage, one of the ways to save water is _______.

A. to stop keeping gold fish

B. to pay much for drinking water

C. to use it in a clever way

D. to educate those who waste water

3.The underlined word “flush” in Paragraph 4 means “_______”.

A. clean something with water

B. pour water over something

C. make somehting wet with water

D. get water out of someghing

4.People are ecouraged to use rainwater _______.

A. so that is can make our life easier

B. so that clean water can be kept for other uses

C. because is it free and easy to get

D. because there is no claen water left for them

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Little Mike’s grandma died weeks ago. He missed her very much. One afternoon Mike went to the city ___ _ where his grandma used to go. There he saw an old lady. She looked very ___ _. She was sitting there, watching pigeons. Little Mike went up and sat next to her. He took out his food and drinks and gave ___ _ to her. She smiled at him. Her smile was so sweet that Mike wanted to see it again. She seemed to understand him, so once again she ___ _. Mike was very glad.

They sat there all the afternoon, eating and talking. As it grew ___ _, Mike got up to leave. Before he left, he hugged the old lady and she gave her sweetest smile.

When Mike got home, his mother was surprised by the look of ___ _ on his face.

“I met a granny in the park. Her smile was like the kind of smile I had seen on grandma’s face.”

The old lady also returned to her home __ _. He told her son that she had food and drinks with a little boy. “He was __ _ lovely as Brittany.” She said. Her son was ___ _, because he had never seen her so happy ___ _ Brittany, her grandson, got lost weeks ago.

1.A. park B. zoo C. square

2.A. nervous B. kind C. brave

3.A. none B. few C. some

4.A. smiled B. joked C. agreed

5.A. black B. dark C. dawn

6.A. joy B. worry C. anger

7.A. hopefully B. sadly C. happily

8.A. very B. more C. as

9.A. surprised B. frightened C. shocked

10.A. when B. since C. before

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