A few minutes ago, walking back from lunch, I started to cross the street when I heard the sound of a coin dropping. It wasn’t much but, as I turned, my eyes caught the heads of several other people turning too. A woman had dropped what seemed to be a dime（十美分硬币）.

       The sound of a coin dropping on the street catches everybody’s attention. Whatever the coin is, no one ignores（忽视）the sound of it. It got me thinking about sounds again.

       There are so many sounds that catch the most attention. People in New York City seldom turn to look when they hear the siren（警报）of a police car or an ambulance（救护车）.

       When I’m in New York, I’m a New Yorker. I don’t turn either. I hardly hear a siren there.

       At home in my little town in Connecticut, it’s different. The faraway high sound of a police car, an ambulance or a fire siren brings me to my feet if I’m sitting and brings me to the window if I’m in bed.

       It’s the quietest sounds that catch our attention most easily, not the loudest. In the middle of the night, I can hear water dropping a hundred yards away through three closed doors. I’ve been hearing little creaking（吱嘎）noises and sounds in the middle of the night for twenty-five years in our house. Why do I never hear those sounds in the daytime?

1. The sound of a coin dropping made people _______.

   A. think of money                                              B. shout aloud

   C. pay attention to it                                    D. look at each other

2. People in New York _______.

   A. are used to sirens                                    B. don’t hear loud noises

   C. are interested in sounds                           D. don’t care about quiet sounds

3. The writer _______.

   A. has a bad hearing                                    B. stays up late at night

   C. comes from a little town                         D. sleeps next to the window

4. The last paragraph（段落）tells us that _______.

   A. the writer thinks a lot at night                   B. water should be turned off at night

   C. the sounds at night make the writer afraid  D. the quietest sounds at night are easily heard

In China, a lot of food is wasted(浪费) every year and the waste food is enough for ____ people. The food is wasted in restaurants, at home and in school,etc.

In restaurants or at home, people often order or cook _____ food. But they can’t eat it up. When they go out of a restaurant, full and happy, they never look back ______ the uneaten food

on the table again. Should Chinese consumers(消费者)feel______ for the terrible waste?

In schools, we can often see a lot of students ______ food away after meals and they only eat the food they like.

Everyone is supported to (被期望) to have enough food to eat. However, in some places, the food is so ______ that a lot of people die from hunger. China has tried hard to solve ____ of hunger over the past thirty years, the job is not finished yet. Food is important to us all. We ____ live without food. So ______ is necessary (必要的) for us to love food and try to eat up everything on our plates. When we eat in restaurants, we should pack up the leftovers(剩菜剩饭). We also need to tell other people to stop ______ food as soon as possible.

1.A. 200 million B. 200 millions C. 200 million of D. 200 millions of

2.A. too many B. many too C. too much D. much too

3.A. in B. at C. on D. up

4.A. interested B. excited C. happy D. sorry

5.A. throw B. threw C. thrown D. to throw

6.A. few B. a few C. little D. a little

7.A. the problem B. the question C. the dangerD. the mistake

8.A. can B. can’t C. mustn’t D. may

9.A. it B. he C. she D. they

10.A. waste B. to waste C. wasting D. to be wasted

Sam is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. One day he goes to the cinema(电影院). It is the first time for him to do that. He buys a ticket and then goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out, and buys a second ticket and goes in again. After a few minutes he comes out again and buys the third ticket. Two or three minutes later he comes out and asks for another ticket. Then the girl in the ticket office asks him, “Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?” Sam answers, “No, I have no friends here, but a big boy always stops me at the door and tears（撕）my tickets in pieces. ”

(　 )66. Sam wants to buy ___________when the girl asks him.

A. the second ticket　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. the third ticket

C. the fourth ticket　　　　　 　　　　 D. the fifth ticket

(　 )67. The big boy stops Sam at the door because___________________

A. it is the big boy’s job.　　　 　　　　 B. the big boy doesn’t like Sam.

C. the big boy doesn’t know Sam. D. Sam doesn’t buy tickets at all.

(　 )68. What does the underlined word “stop ”mean?

A. 停止　　 　B. 阻止 　　　C. 车站 　　　D. 停止

(　 )69. From the story we know__________________.

A. Sam has a lot of money.

B. Sam knows nothing about the cinema.

C. Sam doesn’t like the movie.

D. the girl wants to get more money.

(　 )70. Which is the following is Not true?

A. Sam buys the tickets for himself.

B. Sam doesn’t go to the cinema before that.

C. Sam is too young to make friends.

D. Sam has no friends in the cinema.

A man has a bird. It is very clever. Every day the man speaks to the bird. “Hello!” he says. “Hello!” the bird answers. “What are you doing?” says the man. “What are you doing?” says the bird.The man is not at home one day. A thief （小偷）comes in. He is taking many things. “Hello!” The thief hears the bird's words. “What are you doing?” The thief is very afraid，so he does not take any things and runs out of the house.

(   )1. The man teaches the bird ________.

A How to say something   B. How to sing songs  

C. How to eat something    D. How to dance　　

(   )2. The bird is ________.

A. very nice      B. very clever        C. very beautiful       D. very silly(傻)　

(   )3. The man speaks to the bird ________.

A sometimes      B. once a week      C. every week         D. every day　　

(   )4. The thief is taking ________ things from the house.

A. a few          B. a little           C. a lot of            D. some

(   )5. The thief ________ out of the room

A. walks          B. comes           C. runs              D goes