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

完成表格。阅读下面短文,根据其内容,完成表格中所缺的信息,并将答案填写在相应题号的位置上。

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.

Choose the best answer(根据短文内容,选择最恰当的答案)

I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.

I never saw mum angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me, she showed in action. But as a young girl, I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.

They never happened. I was "too emotional(情绪化的)". But she lived "on the surface". As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know that she did forgive me.

My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and finally, peace—it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn't be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to change her.

Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for any sister and brother.

"But the desk," she said again, "is for Elizabeth."

The present of her desk told me that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter.

"Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words."

1.The writer began to love her mother's desk ________.

A.after mother died B.after she became a writer

C.when she was a child D.when mother gave it to her

2.I never saw mum angry, never saw her ________.

A.laugh B.cry C.sad D.happy

3.The writer wrote the letter to her mother ________.

A.with disappointment B.in careful words

C.before she got married D.after her mother kept the desk for her

4.What did mother do with the writer's letter asking for forgiveness?

A.She has never received the letter. B.For years, she often talked about the letter.

C.She didn't forgive her daughter at all. D.She read the letter again and again till she died.

5.In the underlined sentence, "They" refers to ________.

A.the forgiveness between the old and the young

B.different ideas between mother and daughter

C.heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter

D.part of the understanding between the old and the young

6.Which of the following sentenced is NOT true?

A.Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to the writer.

B.The writer wanted to tell us that Mother's action speaks louder than words.

C.The writer and her mother had different ideas on expressing(表达)feelings.

D.Mother was not satisfied with the writer's chosen work, so she didn't forgive her.

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