___ of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no modern medicine,_ _.

Life today has brought new_____. One of the biggest is pollution of our drinking water. __ pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It’s bad to all living things in the world. Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt_____ a city. This kind of quilt is called smog.

Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, and they mustn’t blow dirty____ into the air.

We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw it on the ground. We can go to work ___ or with our friends in ____ car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be ___ pollution.

Rules are not ___ .Every person must help to fight pollution.

1.A. Hundred        B. One hundred         C. Hundreds       D. Two hundreds

2.A. also            B. as well              C. too            D. either

3.A. problems        B. questions            C. styles          D. inventions

4.A. Noise           B. Dirty paper          C. Litters         D. Water

5.A. around          B. on                 C. through        D. over

6.A. noise            B. smoke             C. water          D. wind

7.A. by foot          B. on bus             C. by bus          D. by the bus

8.A. same            B. the same           C. a same         D. different

9.A. fewer           B. less                C. a few          D. more

10.A. much          B. many               C. good          D. enough

根据句子意思及汉语提示，写出所缺的单词。（20分）

1.New York is the biggest city in the USA,but not the___________(首都)of the USA．

2.Nancy wants to travel around many _____________(国家)when she grows up．

3.My bike is ___________(损坏了的)． Can you lend me yours?

4.She ___________(邀请) him to her birthday party every year．

5.What are your neighbours_____________(像，怎么样)?

6.Most            (postman) are good at riding bikes．

7.My            (old) brother works in a restaurant as a cook．

8.Can you find ____________(someone) to help you with your homework?

9.Mr． Black has a daughter． Today is her _____________(nine) birthday．

10.You are so __________(luck) to get the new comic book．

根据文章的意思和所给空格填入所缺单词。
Do you know apples? Have you ever e  1 apples? What funny questions! You know I’m t  2 about the apple products(产品) from the USA. Now, there are m  3 of apple fans in China. Many of t  4 are teenagers. The price of apple products is very h  5 , but people think they are b  6 modern and fashionable, as if they are from the future. It is said that there is a student who would like to s  7 his kidney（肾）to buy an i-phone. In fact, it is not n  8 for students to own the expensive mobile phones because even you can use the most common one to play games, chat on QQ with friends o  9 search on the Internet. The biggest use of a mobile phone is making c  10 and in most schools mobile phones are forbidden(禁止).

When something becomes fashionable very quickly , we say that it’s a “craze”. The latest craze is sometimes a style of clothes or a hairstyle. Sometimes it is a game or a TV programme.
In the 20^th century a lot of crazes started in the USA and then became popular in the USA andthen became popular in other parts of the world. American youth culture has spread through tourism , TV , films, magazines and music videos.
One of the biggest crazes was the hula hoop（呼啦圈）. Hula hoops are not popular now, but in the1950s they were a sensation.  An American company called Wham-O started to make plastic（塑料的）hoops toys, and in the USA the company sold 100 million hoops in a year.
Frisbees（飞盘）were another Wham-O product（产品）. Some people say that the idea
started in the factory of the Frisbee Baking Company in Connecticut. Workers there threw metal pans to each other during their breaks. Two businessmen made a plastic type of the flying pans,  and sold their products to Wham-O. They became a big business.
So businesses usually help to produce a craze. Yoyos were another example. In the Philippines,  where its name means “comeback”, the yoyo was a popular toy in the 1920s. But it didn’t become a global (世界性的) craze until an American called Donald Duncan bought the idea and sold it to the world. Around 100 million people bought yoyos in 1962 and 1963.
Most crazes come and go, but sometimes they survive. When the big skateboard started in California in 1965, many parents and governments said that the boards were dangerous, and they were not allowed in some areas. But the boards became popular again and they are still an important part of youth culture today.
【小题1】What is a “craze” ?
A. A special culture in the western country.
B. Something that is liked by the young.
C. Something that first spreads in the USA.
D. Something that becomes very popular over a short period (时期) of time.
【小题2】What does the underlined word “sensation” mean ?

根据表格内容，选择正确最佳答案。

1.If you work as a driver in the restaurant, you may _______.

        A. never pay for meals              B. pay a little for meals

C. work on weekends                 D. work in the afternoon

2.If you buy the house, you _________.

        A. may pay more than ¥150, 000 for it

]B. must have breakfast in the kitchen

C. have to take a bath in the public bathroom

D. may live on the south side of the city

3.Any customer with a Tianjin Daily of June 1, 2005 will get a small present from _____.

A. every supermarket                B. Huanghe Road

C. Tianjin Daily                    D. Yingbin Supermarket 

4.When will the concert be?

A. July 1, 2005.        B. June 8, 2005.        C. July 3, 2005.    D. June 25, 2005.

5.If two adults and two students want to go to the concert, the tickets will cost RMB ___.

        A. 220 yuan         B. 440 yuan         C. 270 yuan     D. 370 yuan