The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution.

To pollute means to make things unfit or unclean to use. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even eat it. Pollution is beginning to threaten (威胁) our health, our happiness and our life.

Man has been polluting the earth from the time he first made fire, washed his clothes in the river and threw his waste on the ground. When land was used up or water became dirty, men moved on to another place. At first, the problem was not so serious because there was plenty of clean air, land and water. There weren’t so many people then and their wants fewer. All the dirty things could be absorbed(吸收) by nature and soon covered over. But this is no longer true. The increase of pollution and the development of industry(工业) have changed that. Man is slowly poisoning(毒害)not only his environment but also himself.

Through the use of poison, man has polluted the land, killing the animals. By putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking water, killing the fish.

Our increasing population is part of the problem. More people, more waste.

Where is this all to end? Are we turning the world into a big rubbish dump(堆存处)，or is there any hope that we can get rid of (摆脱，除去) the pollution? Luckily, millions of people have been warned of the danger of pollution. Large numbers of people are now working hard to bring pollution under control.

The earth is our home. We must take care of it. This means keeping the land, air and water clean. And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.

1.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. We live on the earth, so we should look after it.

B. Man is fighting against different kinds of pollution.

    C. To pollute means to make air, water and land unfit for use.

D. All the waste produced by modern industry can be absorbed.

2.In Paragraph4, the underlined word “chemicals” mean ____________.

A. 化学物质    B. 医疗器械     C. 污染源       D. 塑料制品

3.Through the uncontrolled use of poison man has___________.

    A. made the drinking water dirty        B. polluted the land

    C. killed the animals                   D. all of the above

4.From the sentences “More people, more waste.” We know that ___________

    A. we need more people, not more waste

B. the increase of population caused more waste.

    C. there isn’t any hope that we can get rid of the pollution

D. More people have been warned of the danger of more waste.

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Man begins to understand the pollution.                  

B. Man doesn’t know how to control pollution.  

C. Man is doing something to control pollution.

D. Man still doesn’t realize how serious pollution is.

Hello, boys and girls. My name is Wu Da. It’s Sunday, 1.__________we are all in the 2.________. Look! Our English teacher is talking with some 3.__________. What are we doing? We are having a(n) 4.___________ in the classroom. Now, Li Ming is singing an English song.5._________ is playing the piano? Oh, it’s Xia Xue. She has two piano lessons every 6.__________, and she can play the piano very 7.________. Wang Hao and Hu Min are dancing to the music.

Who is the little boy? That’s Guo Kai, our English teacher’s 8._________. He is only four years old. He is eating a(n) 9.__________. Why are we having the party? Today is Steve’s 10.___________. His parents are working in another city and can’t have a birthday party for him. So we have it for him. Steve is really happy.

One morning, a blind* boy sat in front of a building with a hat by his feet .He held a sign* which said,“I am blind. Please help me. There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat .He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps* and ask,“Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”
The man said,“I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”
What he had written was,“Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

根据对话内容，在每个标有题号的空白处填人一个适当的句子，使对话完整、合乎情景。

A: Be quick, Betty. Your uncle is waiting for you at the school gate.

B: My uncle? No, I don't have an uncle.

A:       1.    ?

B: He is my grandpa.

A: Really? But he looks so young.      2.     ？ 

B: He is 61.

A: Why is he waiting for you?

B: Today is my grandma's birthday. I will help my grandpa buy some presents for my grandma.

A: Did they buy presents for each other in the past?

B:     3.     . They usually bought very special presents for each other.

A:     4.   ？

B: They got married in 1976.

A: Does your grandpa still work?

B:     5. . He retired (退休) last year.

Today is September 1st. It is day of school. Little Tommy is very because he can see his friends again. He wants to meet his new teachers.

He gets up very early. After having his , he goes to . At about 7:20, he gets to school. He his friends on the playground. They talk with each other happily. Then it is time for class. Everyone to the classroom.

Their new English teacher comes into the classroom. Her is Linda Green. She is only twenty old, but she teaches very well. They think she is a good teacher. They all her.

1.A. oneB. firstC. the firstD. the one

2.A. happyB. relaxingC. tiredD. bored

3.A. tooB. alsoC. toD. don’t

4.A. breakfastB. lunchC. supperD. dinner

5.A. homeB. storeC. libraryD. school

6.A. goesB. seesC. looksD. watches

7.A. goB. goesC. go toD. goes to

8.A. family nameB. first nameC. nameD. Chinese name

9.A. yearB. yearsC. monthD. months

10.A. likesB. doesn’t likeC. likeD. don’t like