At the shopping mall, you probably think about spending, not saving. Think about all the lights that keep the mall bright. Think about all the water faucets in the toilet. Think about all the air conditioning in summer. Saving energy is a hot topic for such a big place!

　　Many things at the mall use energy. Electric lights, infrared faucets and air-conditioners need electricity to work. One way to save energy is by keeping lights clean. More and more dust and dirt make the lights less bright. When  malls keep lights clean, they can use fewer lights and keep the area just as bright ,Using fewer lights means using less energy.

You step up to the  water faucet. The water starts to flow. You don't have to touch a thing. Why do malls have such fancy faucets?. The answer is simple. They save water. Sometimes people forget to turn the water off after they wash. Infrared faucets turn themselves off.

The…

1.________is a hot topic for a big mall.

A．To spend money                        B．To save energy

C．To keep the mall bright                   D．To buy things

2.Malls use infrared faucets mainly because________

A．they save water     B．they are fancy      C．they are simple     D．they turn themselves off

3.Which of the following cannot save energy?

A．Using fewer lights.                       B．Using infrared faucets.

C．Using air-conditioners                    D．Keeping lights clean.

4.What will the fourth paragraph probably talk about?

A．How to save water when using infrared faucets in the mall

B．How to save energy when using air-conditioners in the mall

C．How to save money when shopping in the mall.

D．How to spend money when shopping in the mall.

5.The best title for the passage is_________

A．Lights, faucets and air-conditioners

B．Spending less money

C．Energy saving at the mall

D．A hot topic

Most American students have said goodbye to fancy(高级的) fruits these days. In school canteens across the country, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges have taken their places.

   “People are afraid to spend now,” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store. “They don’t know what the future will bring.”

   During the financial crisis(金融危机), several of the country’s biggest banks have been forced to sell or close. This has made lots of Americans afraid to buy expensive goods.

   Samira Marino, a restaurant owner in Miami, has found everyone is ordering water instead of juice and more people are sharing meals. In more than two dozen interviews with The Associated Press across the country last month, Americans talked about their concerns, from worries about small businesses to doubts about simply making ends meet.

   The crisis began last year. Experts think it was because US banks lend money too easily. Last year a lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, have found themselves unable to pay it back. This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money. Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders(国界), the whole world was in trouble.

   This month the US government agreed on a $700 billion plan to try to save the financial market. But no one is sure whether it will help or not. President George W. Bush has warned it will take some time.

   Last week top finance officials from 20 countries promised to work together to find a way out of the money trouble.

1.Why are people in the US afraid to spend?

  A. Because they think it’s unnecessary.      

 B. Because they don’t have the habit of spending money.

 C. Because they worry about their future.

 D. Because they don’t have enough money.

2.The fifth paragraph mainly _________.

  A. tells what it is like in a crisis

  B. explains why there is a crisis

  C. warns people of the danger of the crisis

  D. asks people not to borrow money from banks

3.People feel ______ about the US plan to save the market.

  A. satisfied       B. doubtful         C. hopeless        D. angry

4.The best title for the story is ________.

  A. Ways to make ends meet

  B. The money problem facing the world

  C. Healthy fancy fruits

  D. The art of borrowing

Be careful! Some people may use the truth to deceive. When someone tells you something that is true, but misses important information that should be included, he can create a false impression(印象).
For example, someone might say, "I just won 100 dollars on the lottery(彩票). It was great. I took that ticket back to the store and they gave me 100 dollars!"
This man is a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he paid 200 dollars for 200 tickets, and only one ticket won. He's really a big loser.
He didn't say anything that was false, but he didn't give the other important information. That's called a half-truth. Half-truths are not lies, but in fact they are dishonest.
Advertisements sometimes use half-truths. It's against the law to lie in advertisements, so they try to deceive with the truth. An advertisement might say, "Nine-tenths of doctors believe that Fancy Pills will be good to cancer. " It doesn't tell you that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Fancy Company.
This kind of thing happens too often. It's a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
【小题1】What does the underlined word "deceive" mean in Chinese?

At the shopping mall, you probably think about spending, not saving. Think about all the lights that keep the mall bright. Think about all the water faucets in the toilet. Think about all the air conditioning in summer. Saving energy is a hot topic for such a big place!
　　Many things at the mall use energy. Electric lights, infrared faucets and air-conditioners need electricity to work. One way to save energy is by keeping lights clean. More and more dust and dirt make the lights less bright. When  malls keep lights clean, they can use fewer lights and keep the area just as bright ,Using fewer lights means using less energy.
You step up to the  water faucet. The water starts to flow. You don't have to touch a thing. Why do malls have such fancy faucets?. The answer is simple. They save water. Sometimes people forget to turn the water off after they wash. Infrared faucets turn themselves off.
The…
【小题1】________is a hot topic for a big mall.

Everybody has a home .People have homes. Animals have homes. People live in many different kinds of houses. Animals have different kinds of homes, too.

Some animals live in holes（洞）under the ground . The woodchuck(土拨鼠) lives under the ground .His home has two doors. If any animal comes into one door, the woodchuck goes out through the other . Some animals live in holes in trees. Some squirrels（松鼠）build nests (窝) high in trees. Most of the birds live in nests in trees. But hawks（鹰）build their nests high in the mountains(山).

(    ) 1. The story is about____________.

A. some trees      B. some people     

C. some animals    D. the homes of some animals

(    ) 2. ___________ live under the ground.

A. All the animals   B. All the woodchucks

C. All the squirrels   D. All the birds

(    ) 3. How many doors are there in the woodchuck’s house?

A. One     B. Two     C. Three.      D. None.

(    ) 4. Animals’ homes are____________.

A. not the same   B. the same    C. in holes    D. in trees

(    ) 5. People live in ____________.

A. holes    B. trees     C. different kinds of houses    D. mountains

B

Joan is an American girl. She lives in China now. She is in my class. Her parents work in China, too, but her brother works in the U.S.A. He often writes letters to them. Joan likes Chinese class very much, and likes speaking Chinese with us after class. Her father teaches us English well. We all like his class. On Sundays, Joan goes to the People's Park with her father and mother. Sometimes she goes shopping with her mother. They like the Chinese food very much. It's a happy family.

(    )6. Joan is from ________.    

A. China B. Japan  C. the U.S.A. D. Canada

(    )7. Joan likes speaking ________with us after class.

A. Chinese B. English  C. French D. Japanese

(    )8. Joan's ________ is an English teacher.

A. father B. mother  C. brother D. father and mother

(    )9. How often does Joan go to the shop?

A. Often. B. Never.  C. Every Sunday. D. Sometimes.

(    )10. Which is not wrong?

A. Joan's mother is a good doctor.        B. There are three people in her family.

C. They like to eat the Chinese food a lot.  D. The family are all in China.

C

(     )11. If you go to ______, maybe some people can understand you.

A. Russia        B. Singapore       C. Egypt       D. India

(     )12. Egyptians speak _________.

A. Chinese       B. Russian         C. Arabic      D. French

(    )13. If you go to ______, you must learn Russian well.

A. Russia        B. Canada         C. Singapore    D. India

(    )14. The capital of Singapore is _______.

A. Moscow       B. Cairo     C. New Delhi D. Singapore city

(    )15. From the form(表格), we can see that ______ is the most important language.

A. English     B. Russian        C. French     D. Tamil

                        D

Mrs Wilson likes to ask his husband to go shopping with her on Sundays. Her husband pays for the things that she buys. Now they are in a shop.

"Look, Andy. Is it a fancy hair clip?" Mrs Wilson asks his husband.

"All right. And how much is it?"  he answers and gives money to the shop assistant.  When Mrs Wilson asks him about something good or bad,      he often says "All right. And how much is it?"   to her.

At about 8 o'clock p.m., Andy is tired and thirsty, and he wants to have a drink. Suddenly (突然地) his wife looks up at moon and says, "Look, Andy. Is the moon so beautiful?"

"All right. And how much is it?" his husband answers quickly.

判断正(T)误(F)

(    )16. Mrs Wilson likes to go shopping on Sundays.

(    )17. Andy is Mrs Wilson's husband.

(    )18 Mrs Wilson pays for all the thing she buys.

(    )19 Andy is hungry and wants to buy some food.

(    )20 Mrs Wilson wants Andy to buy the moon.