The earth is our home. We must take good care of it. Life today is easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought some new ________. One of the biggest problem is pollution. We can see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it. Man has polluted the _________ The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so ________ because there were not so many people. When the ________ was used up or the river was not clean in a place, man went to another place. However, man is ________ polluting the whole world nowadays. Air pollution is still the most serious pollution. It's bad for living things in the world.

Many countries don't let people ________ anything bad in the houses and factories in the city. Pollution brought by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of ________ pollution. It's mainly caused by heavy traffic. People say riding bikes is the ________ way to protect the environment in terms of means of transportation. Riding causes no pollution. But even in developed countries, most people don't go to work by bike. It's not because bikes are expensive or people would become tired if they ride to work. It's because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. More and more people ________ their bikes and go to work by car and then things get worse and worse. There should be special roads only for bikes, making it so difficult and expensive for drivers to drive their cars in the city that they will go back to ________ their bikes.

1.A.matter B.questions C.troubles D.problems

2.A.moon B.star C.earth D.sun

3.A.hard B.clear C.serious D.big

4.A.land B.tree C.food D.fruit

5.A.sadly B.proudly C.slowly D.easily

6.A.burn B.create C.cook D.fire

7.A.water B.white C.air D.noise

8.A.least B.best C.most D.worst

9.A.put on B.put off C.put away D.put up

10.A.use B.buy C.sell D.repair

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In Latin countries ,there is a special(特殊的) birthday called“Los Quinceanos". It means the fifteenth birthday. The birthday is for girls.

There are special clothes for Los Quinceanos. The girl wears a big long pink dress. She wears a beautiful crown(花冠). Her shoes are the same color as her dress.

The family has to get everything ready(准备好的). They have to buy the cake, food and drink ,find a place for the party ,make invitations(邀请函),buy a birthday ring. The place must be good and big. Before they go to the party, they have to go to the church(教堂) to bless(保佑) the birthday girl.

One of the most interesting parts is getting 14 girls and 14 boys for the dancing part at the party. They have to practice(练习) for some weeks so they can be ready for the big show. The 14 pairs with the birthday girl that means there are 15 pairs. The girl can ask her father to dance with her. When the party begins, the 14 pairs come out one by one. Then they wait for the girl to get in to start the dance. In the end, everybody can dance and have a good time at the party.

After the guests go away, the girl can open her gifts and begin living with the beautiful memory of her birthday.

A special birthday— Los Quinceanos

The meaning

A birthday for a fifteen-year- old girl.

The clothes to wear

A crown,a big long pink dress and1..

2.to do before the party ·

· Buy the cake, food, drink.

· Find3.for the party.

· Make invitations.

· Buy a birthday ring.

The dancing people

at the party

·The4.of dancing girls and boys is twenty-eight.

·The birthday girl can choose her father to dance with her.

·Everybody can dance and have fun at the party.

5. to open the gifts

After the guests go away.

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