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Each of us shares this planet with seven billion others. People and products need to move from city to city and country to country. However, most cars, motorcycles, boats and planes cause air pollution1.This is a serious problem. So inventors are coming up with creative ideas to reduce the pollution and noise.

Motorcycles are a faster and cheaper way to get around a city than cars.2.To solve this problem, a company designed an environmentally friendly motorcycle. It uses electricity so there is no pollution.

3.There are no cars in the city center. Instead of cars, water taxis and buses carry people around the city. However, they cause pollution. English engineers Dick and Jem designed a solar﹣powered water taxi.

Planes also cause air and noise pollution.4.Some airplane companies have started to solve the problems. Swiss engineers have gone one step further.5. This plane holds the world record for the longest solar﹣powered flight﹣1,541 kilometers.

A.They developed a solar airplane.

B.Designing an environmentally friendly airplane is a real challenge.

C.Yet air pollution is a growing problem.

D.They are also noisy.

E.The Italian city of Venice is a city with only a few roads.

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I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so ______ among the tall kids on the playground. The school was ______ the street from my home and I would often watch the kids as they played during a break. She would ______ dribbling(控球) and shooting over and over again.

One afternoon I asked her ______ she always kept playing. She smiled, I want to go to University of California and the only way for me is to get a scholarship. I like basketball a lot. I believed that if I were ______enough to play college basketball, I would get a scholarship. My dad told me if the dream is big enough, the ______don't count. "

Well, she appeared to be very confident. I ______ her from junior into high school.

One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass ______. I walked to her and asked what was the matter. "Nothing," replied the girl in a ______ voice, "Many people told me that I was too short to play for a top team, ______I should stop dreaming about university."

I asked if she had told her father about it. She said that her father thought they were ______. They just didn't understand the great ______ of a dream. If she truly wanted a scholarship, then nothing could ______ her except one thing—her own attitude(态度).

The next year, because of her perfect ______ in the California Championship game, she was chosen by a college recruiter(招生人员). She was going to receive the college education that she had ______and worked toward for all those years.

It's true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.

1.A.rude B.ugly C.lazy D.small

2.A.along B.across C.above D.behind

3.A.avoid B.enjoy C.practice D.suggest

4.A.why B.how C.when D.where

5.A.modest B.curious C.confident D.excellent

6.A.facts B.wishes C.choices D.mistakes

7.A.helped B.praised C.watched D.protected

8.A.carefully B.quietly C.proudly D.excitedly

9.A.soft B.loud C.strong D.sweet

10.A.as B.so C.or D.but

11.A.right B.careful C.wrong D.careless

12.A.idea B.balance C.power D.chance

13.A.prevent B.prepare C.promise D.protect

14.A.character B.performance C.interview D.knowledge

15.A.paid for B.given up C.found out D.dreamt of

Smile Train is a charity that helps the children around the world, who suffer from a facial defect (缺陷) .The defect h1. when a baby's top lip or mouth doesn't form properly before birth. Eating and drinking is very difficult for these babies. The charity p2. free operations, which give these children a new smile, and with it, new hope and a new beginning.

Children with the defect need all the help. A3. many of them are accepted by their families, sadly, others are not. In some countries, children with this defect are often abandoned (遗弃) at birth because their parents feel ashamed (羞愧的) of them or cannot a4. the operations. The good news is that the operation is not difficult. It takes less than an hour and c5. the family nothing. The charity raises money and finds the right medical volunteers to perform the operations.

A Smile Train doctor from the UK said, “Each child who has the operation is given a second c6. at life. After years of staying at home, the children can finally go to school and be happy. Every year I do hundreds of operations free of cost through Smile Train. Some of the stories I have heard are quite s7. . One newborn baby girl was found abandoned on a train. L8. for her, she was found and adopted (收养) by a passenger. This lady then heard about Smile Train and brought the baby to our hospital. I did the operation and brought h9. to the family. Experienced doctors like me share our s10. with local doctors. In this way we make sure that these operations will always be available.

A man in Germany may not have been in danger when he called the police on a baby squirrel running after him, but it all worked out for the best for the funny suspect.

Emergency services in the city of Karlsruhe got a call on Thursday from a man afraid that the tiny animal wouldn't stop following him around. The Guardian reported. Police arrived at the scene, where the squirrel finally stopped running after him by lying down and going to sleep.

It turned out that the squirrel actually needed help, the police said. ""It often happens that squirrels which have lost their mothers look for a replacement (代营) and then focus (集中) their efforts on one person, "the police spokeswoman Christina Krenz told The Guardian.

The squirrel, now named Karl-Friedrich, is in the care of an animal center. Karlsruhe police posted a statement on Facebook about the animal, including several lovely photos.

The baby squirrel chase is the second squirrel event to make international headlines this summer. Last month, a London woman called police after she heard loud noises in her home and suspected a burglar. The intruder turned out to be a squirrel, according to the police who came for help.

Although the government in the German case said the squirrel did need help, wildlife experts warn that before intervening (介入) in the case where you suspect a squirrel is orphaned (孤儿的),you should do your best to make sure the animal truly requires help. The Wildlife Centre of Virginia, which gets hundreds of calls every year about supposedly orphaned squirrels, published this handy guide to help decide whether such an animal really needs help and what to do if so. When in doubt, contact a local wildlife rescuer or animal center.

1.Karl-Friedrich in the passage turns out to be ________.

A.a policewoman B.a little squirrel

C.a guide in Virginia D.a woman from London

2.What does the underlined part "The intruder" in Paragraph5 mean?

A.A wildlife expert. B.A brave policeman.

C.A woman suspect. D.An unpopular visitor.

3.Why did the baby squirrel run after the man?

A.The man gave food to it.

B.It wanted to bite the man.

C.The man would take it to the animal center.

D.It needed the replacement for the loss of its mother.

4.What can we get from the wildlife experts' words?

A.People should find out if the squirrels truly need help.

B.The police should punish the people who hunt the squirrels.

C.The government should made laws to protect the squirrels.

D.The animal center needs enough money to carry on with their work.

5.Which part of a newspaper may this passage come from?

A.Environment. B.Geography. C.Pet raising. D.Sports News.

Have you ever read Charlotte's Web, a classic novel written by E. B. White? It is a story about a spider. He made friends with a pig and helped him.

Wilbur was an ill-fated(倒霉的)pig. When he was born, he was so small that the farmer Mr. Arable decided to end the pig's life. Fortunately, Wilbur met the lovely and kind-hearted farmer's daughter Fern, she stopped him from killing Wilbur and asked his father to give her the cute pig as her personal pet to feed in a barnyard(谷仓场院).

Fern loved Wilbur more than anything. She loved to touch him gently, to feed him, to put him to bed. Wilbur grew day by day and made many friends in the barnyard. They are geese, cattle, sheep, a spider and so on. Of all these friends Wilbur's favourite is Charlotte, a beautiful grey spider.

As the days went by, Wilbur grew and grew. He ate three big meals a day. He spent long hours lying on his side, half asleep, dreaming pleasant dreams. He enjoyed good health and he gained a lot of weight. One day, the old sheep Samuel in the barnyard told Wilbur that he would be served as Christmas dinner this year. Wilbur turned to Charlotte for help. Day after day the spider waited, head-down, for an idea to come to her. Hour by hour she sat motionless, deep in thought Having promised Wilbur that she would save his life, she was decided to keep her promise. She had the idea of writing words extolling Wilbur's excellence, such as "a famous terrific pig" in her web. She makes the farmer believe that Wilbur is some kind of supernatural(神奇的)animal, too important to kill.

Thanks to Charlotte's efforts, Wilbur not only lived but also won a special prize at the fair. With the help of Charlotte, Wilbur became the only one pig to see the spring.

Unusually the author made a spider the heroine of the book. Many people are afraid of spiders. Charlotte did everything in her power to keep Wilbur alive, but Charlotte was so tired that she finally died. The novel showed how a strong friendship could last through the worst possible times.

1.Which of the following can best describe Charlotte?

A.Warm-hearted, humorous and honest,

B.Kind, curious and smart.

C.Clever, helpful and loyal.

D.Honest, patient and generous.

2.Who told Wilbur that he would be killed?

A.The spider—Charlotte. B.The sheep—Samuel.

C.The girl——Fern. D.The farmer—Mr. Arable.

3.The underlined word "extolling" in Paragraph 4 has the similar meaning to "________".

A.praising B.preventing C.presenting D.protecting

4.What is the main idea of the story?

A.We'd better make friends with animals because they can help us.

B.A true friend is the one who devotes himself or herself to you when you are in trouble.

C.Charlotte's Web is such an amazing book that it is worth reading.

D.Wilbur was so special that Charlotte tried her best to save him.

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