【题目】他家揭不开锅了，孩子们都饿着。

He has run __________ __________ food; his children are hungry.

【题目】The contract says they offer a company six months' free ________if it signs a threeyear lease.

A．employment B．rent C．pay D．hire

【题目】保罗没有选择，只好等待。

Paul had no __________ but __________ wait.

【题目】________matters much ________the headmaster supports our activity.

A．It；whether B．What；whether

C．As；that D．That；if

【题目】这三个人看来已经把香蕉装上了那辆卡车。

The three men seemed to have finished __________ the truck __________ bananas.

【题目】—Have you ________some new ideas?

—Yeah.I'll tell you later.

A．come about B．come into

C．come up with D．come out with

【题目】不论你做什么，好好地做。

No __________ __________ you do, do it well.

【题目】

Two things I really believe in—saving money and saving the planet，and it's even better when I can do something that accomplishes both at the same time.

Rainwater harvesting is just such a thing.In the near future，rainwater harvesting will be as common as twelveyearold girls carrying cell phones.

Many countries already rely heavily on rainwater.Bermuda，for example，every building on the small island collects the rainwater from its roof and stores it for later use.However，America_is_just_slightly_behind_the_curve.

There are many ways you can begin harvesting rainwater and most of them are easy and inexpensive.Use rain barrels to collect the water that would run off of your roof.You'd be surprised how fast a fiftygallon barrel will fill with free，usable water.New building construction offers some good ways to gather rainwater，and the cost of installation is usually offset by reduced usage very quickly.Roof drains can be piped into underground tanks，where a pump can draw it up as needed.

The rainwater can even be treated to make it drinkable...but wait—there's more！If that rainwater were not collected，but allowed to run over your lawn，into the street and eventually to a stormwater treatment facility，it would pick up all sorts of pollutants on its journey—fertilizers and pesticides from the grass，motor oil，antifreeze and such from the roads，and who knows what else.

Depending on where you live，the stormwater may be piped to a treatment plant or it may run in natural channels to allow nature to remove the pollutants.Either way，the treatment of stormwater is costly.If you reduce the amunt of stormwater runoff from your home or office，you reduce the need for treatment.

Water is rapidly becoming one of our most precious resources and it is not as abundant as you may think.In the year 2000，the United States used approximately 326 billion gallons of fresh water per day.

【1】What does the underlined sentence “America is just slightly behind the curve” mean?

A．Americans don't show interest in harvesting rainwater.

B．There is no need for Americans to harvest rainwater.

C．Harvesting rainwater in America is not that common.

D．Americans can't collect rainwater from the roof correctly.

【2】According to the passage，harvesting rainwater can ________.

A．benefit you economically and ecologically

B．benefit your health and the surroundings around

C．promote the development of economy and peace

D．make us live a better life in the near future

【3】What is the fourth paragraph mainly concerned with?

A．How to take advantage of the rainwater.

B．How to fix the equipment under the ground.

C．How to reduce the cost of new equipment.

D．How to harvest rainwater effectively.

【4】It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．it is not easy to make rainwater drinkable

B．the author calls on people to harvest rainwater

C．the stormwater cannot be made drinkable

D．people can treat the stormwater very easily

【题目】

Funloving Paul Johnson has scooped the title of the Scarborough Evening News Teacher of the Year 2008.Mr.Johnson，of Hinderwell School，was presented with the award after four of his pupils nominated him for the prestigious title.

Evening News editor Ed Asquith presented Mr.Johnson with his certificate and a cheque for ￡100 yesterday.His class is also set to enjoy a free trip to the Sea Life Centre which includes being picked up by a complimentary Shoreline Suncruisers opentop bus.

The 30yearold，who lives in Hunmanby，said，“I am just so shocked.I have been nominated for this award for a few years and I never thought I would win it.It is fantastic.It is completely out_of_the_blue.”

Mr.Johnson has worked as a Year 5 teacher at the school for seven years.He also works as an advanced skills teacher which involves visiting other schools in the country once a week to offer crosscurricular teaching.

He was chosen as the winner because of his dynamic but educationally engaging approach to teaching，and based on the real way he has demonstrated that every child matters.Each term he picks a theme for his class and the curriculum is based around it.This term，they are studying medieval times—and his classroom has a castle in one corner.He also treated his class to a threeday trip to London earlier this year.

His nominators were Lucy and Emily Desborough，Rachel Laverick and Rebecca Miller.Classmate Callum Macdonald,10，said，“He is the best teacher in the world and he deserves this.He is brilliant with us and he is just so funny.He tells lots of jokes which always make us laugh.”Beth Lawty,9，added，“Our classroom is the best ever.We have really enjoyed being in his class and I will miss him next year.”

【1】Paul Johnson's class will ________because of his winning the award.

A．receive a cheque for ￡100

B．be offered a free trip to the Sea Life Centre

C．have a threeday trip to London

D．take an opentop bus to London for free

【2】Why is there a castle in one corner of Paul Johnson's classroom?

A．It is used to train the students' imagination.

B． It is a prize from the Scarborough Evening News.

C．The students can play in it after calss.

D．It is probably a symbol of medieval times.

【3】What do we know about Paul Johnson's approach to teaching from the passage?

A．He has no fixed theme for teaching.

B．He teaches in a funny and flexible way.

C．He changes his teaching theme frequently.

D．He bases his curriculum on jokes.

【4】The underlined part“out of the blue”probably means “________”．

A．of surprise B．frustrating

C．of great fame D．within easy reach

【题目】Everything ________into consideration，they ought to have another chance.

A．to take B．taken

C．to be taken D．taking