Aren’t you glad that mothers and fathers give names to their children?Names are the quickest and easiest and the most friendly way to say who’s who.Another nice thing about names is that they do not change(变化)as people do.Yesterday Mary’s hair was long.Today her hair is short.But her name is still Mary.On his birthday Uncle Tom didn’t have moustache(胡子).At Christmas time he did.But his name is still Tom.People are always changing a little or a lot,but people’s names are still the same.

  A name sometimes says something nice about someone.Girls’ names often come from words meaning“pretty(漂亮的)”,“happy”,“lovely”…Boys’ names are often borrowed from words which mean“strong”,“brave(勇敢的)”…

1.____________ usually give names to the children.

  A.Parents        B.Friends        C.Teachers         D.Family members

2.A man’s name  ____________.

  A.is always changing.                      B.changes as he does.

  C.is seldom(几乎不)changing               D.changes at any time

3.Some people sometimes have their ____________ when writing for newspaper.

  A.family names    B.given names    C.full names       D.pen names

4.If there is a word“brave”in a boy’s name.that means his parents wish him___________.

  A.to have a strong body          B.to be stronger,when he grows up

  C.to have a name for love           D.not to be afraid of anybody

5.In the last paragraph,the underlined word“borrow”means ___________.

  A.借用                 B.使用            C.拿走                  D.带来

20 million people all over America celebrated the first Earth Day(地球节)on April 22,1970.Now people across the world celebrate it.

    Every day we can hear worse news about our Earth.Reports tell us that wildlife and forests are disappearing at a fast speed(速度) and the pollution is more and more serious.There are many kinds of pollution,such as air pollution(污染),water pollution,noise pollution and soil (土壤)pollution.They are all bad for our health.What can we do to protect our mother Earth?

  In fact,we do not have to feel helpless.We can learn practical(实用的)ways to make our environment(环境)better.For example,saving and recycling newspapers.And still many other small things can help protect the environment.

1.Which country celebrated the first Earth Day?

  A.All countries together    B.China.    C.Japan.    D.America.

2.How many kinds of pollution does the passage mention(提及)?

  A.1        B.2         C.3         D.4

3.What are disappearing fast on Earth?

  A.Animals and forests          B.Wildlife and forests

  C.Soil and wild life.          D.Population and forests

4.What does the writer try to do?

  A.To tell people that our Earth is dying.

  B.To tell people that we are helpless to save our Earth

  C.To ask people to find out more ways to save our Earth.

  D.To ask people to celebrate Earth Day every year.

5.Which one is in the right order for the following festivals?

  1.Children’s Day      2.Earth Day      3.Christmas Day      4.Labor Day

  A.2-4-1-3        B.1-2-3-4         C.4-2-3-1         D.4-3-2-1

Two hundred years ago,people in the west did not know coffee or tea.They were   1   to drink them because they thought coffee or tea could kill a person.Once the king of England wanted to find out   2   it is true or not.

    At that time there were two brothers in prison(监狱).The king would kill them in a few days because they did wrong.The king said,“I shall let them live but they must   3   coffee or tea to the end of their   4  .One brother must drink coffee and   5   must drink tea every day.”And they  6  the king’s words.

    They   7   1ived many years.At last,the elder brother  8  when he was eighty-three years old.The younger one died a few years   9  .After that,people   10   that coffee and tea were not bad for man.

1.A.happy         B.afraid            C.rich              D.glad

2.A.when          B.what          C.whether        D.if

3.A.eat                 B.drink        C.drank                  D.ate

4.A.life                 B.live            C.lives             D.living

5.A.one                B.other        C.another         D.the other

6.A.heard             B.followed          C.listened         D.listened to

7.A.both               B.each             C.also              D.all

8.A.killed              B.lived             C.died              D.dead

9.A.ago                B.later              C.old               D.before

10.A.shouted        B.spoke           C.kept             D.knew

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