The earth is our home. We must take care of it. Life today is easier than it was        years ago, but it has brought some new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution（污染）. We can see it, smell it, drink it and even       it. Man has polluted the        . The more people, the more pollution.Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so       people. When the land was used up (用光), the river was not clean in a place,man went to       place. Now man is slowly polluting the whole world       pollution is still the most serious, it’s bad for       things in the world.Many countries don’t le t people burn       for air in houses and factories in the city. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of       pollution. It’s caused by heavy traffic. People say it’s       to ride bikes. When you are       , there is no pollution. But even in developed countries, most people don’t go to work by bike. It’s not      bikes are expen sive or people are tired if they ride to work. It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. So more people       their bikes and go to work by cars,  then things are getting       . We should have special roads only for bikes and make it       difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bikes. 

1.A. hundred       B. hundreds of      C. hundred of      D. hundreds 

2.A. listen         B. listen to         C. hear of        D. hear 

3.A. moon          B. star               C. earth             D. sun 

4.A. lot            B. little             C. many             D. much  

5.A. others        B. the others       C. the other        D. another  

6.A. Air           B. Food              C. Water            D. Noise  

7.A. life           B. live              C. living            D. lives 

8.A. something bad              B. bad something  

C. something good              D. good something 

9.A. water           B. air             C. noise          D. white 

10.A. least           B. best            C. most             D. worst 

11.A. driving       B. biked           C. riding           D. ridden 

12.A. why             B. because          C. what              D. how 

13.A. put on          B. look at         C. put away        D. look up 

14.A. better and better              B. more and more  

C. worse and worse                     D. bigger and bigger 

15.A. quite            B. such              C. very               D. so

（Four students are talking about the future after class.）

Deng Yu  ：In 2050, China will be richer than it is now, Beijing will be getting ready for the 40th Olympic Games in 2052. We will see the blue and clear sky and smell the fresh air. There will be more pandas living happily China. I believe that 2050 will be the year of China.

Liu Yuan ：A holiday to the moon will no longer be a dream. We can also travel far to other planets and talk with the spacemen. We might also eat something like pills（药丸）instead of today’s meals. Everyone will enjoy a longer life.

Sun Wei  ：Robots will be very popular. They will do what people don’t want to do. We’ll build new homes on other planets. By then, I’ll be sixty years old. Maybe we will have an exciting talk in my new home on another planet!

Zhang Lan：By the year of 2050, cloning（克隆）will be used in many ways. It will bring back animals which disappeared many years ago. There will be no pollution, the whole world will be one big family. There will be no wars. As time passes, we’ll live a much easier and better life.

1.       thinks that people can spend their holidays on the moon in the future.

A．Deng Yu              B．Zhang Lan            C．Liu Yuan

2.．What does Zhang Lan think will happen in the future.

A．There’ll be more animals which disappeared many years ago.

B．Robots will do the things that people don’t want to do.

C．People can talk with the spacemen.

3.The 40th Olympic Games will be hosted in       .

A．Paris                B．Beijing              C．London

4.How old will Sun Wei be        by 2050?

A．50                   B．60                   C．70

5.．From the talk, we can know that       .

A．the 40th Olympic Games will take place in 2052.

B．we will have the same food in 2050 as we do now.

C．all the people will move to another planet in the future.

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April 27 is a special day in Britain. It’s called Take Our Daughter to Work Day. It was brought to Britain in 1994 from America. On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go with one of their parents to their work places. By doing this, it can teach girls more about the society where they live.

Now the girls can have a close look at what their parents are doing. This may help them to be calmer when they have to choose a job. Mary experienced a day of work at her mother’s office. This helped her understand her mother’s work better. She said that this made her feel more confident about her future.

Schools and many companies support the activity, too. Some schools even make the day a necessary part of school life.

②Experts(专家) think that girls with more self-confidence are more likely to be successful than common girls. Take Our Daughter to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction. If parents can set good examples ①  at work   ① at home for them, they will do better than others.

1.在①句空白处填上恰当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺：________  ________

2.将②句译成中文：

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3.回答问题

What is Take Our Daughter to Work Day organized for?

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4.在文中找出与下列句子意思相近的句子:

The girls can watch their parents work closely.

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5.写出文中最能表达该短文主题的句子。

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The flowers ________ every day, or they will die.

A. must water     B. can be watered

C. should water    D.must be watered