60. We can know from the passage that ___________.

    A. deserts can be easily seen in both hot and dry places

    B. one third of the area in Africa has become desert

    C. the UN has made many films on desertification in 2006

    D. dealing with desertification needs world － wide cooperation

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    根据中文意思完成句子。

59. The purpose of writing the first paragraph is to ___________.

    A. serve as a picture of a large desert

    B. show how important water is to humans

    C. draw your attention to the problem of desertification

    D. show how much is needed to be done to change deserts

58. Which of the following is Not mentioned in the passage?

    A. The bad influences of deserts.

    B. How serious desertification is.

    C. What makes land turn into desert.

    D. The ways to change deserts into farms.

57. What is the passage mainly about?

    A. How to spend your free time.

    B. How to do your homework.

    C. Some good habits at home.

    D. Some don’t do and do in schools.

（C）

    Think of life in a desert: no food or water, only strong sun and heavy wind full of sand. You’d die of thirst while waiting for a passing plane that never comes.

    But don’t dismiss the thought as a nightmare（噩梦）. Your hometown could become a desert if nothing is done to prevent it.

    Deserts are eating land at high speed. In China, desertification（沙漠化）has affected 2,622,000 square kilometres, equal to 14 Guangdong Provinces, mostly in the North. Deserts are advancing at a pace of 2,460 kilometres per year.

    According to the UN, one － third of the planet’s land surface, with one billion people, has become desert. Africa, Asia and Latin America have the driest land in danger of desertification.

    Recognizing the threat（威胁）to human beings, the United Nations has named 2006 the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.

    It wants to increase pubblic awareness（关注）of advancing deserts. Activities include a film festival in Rome with films on life in unproductive（贫瘠的）lands. Meetings will discuss international cooperation, such as planting trees and changing agricultural practices.

    Desertification takes place where rain is little and the climate hot. But human activities are the biggest cause. Land turns into desert when the soil is over － farmed and too many animals eat up plants. To make money, people also cut down trees that hold the soil.

    Desertification brings serious problems. From 1991 to 2000, droughts（干旱）killed over 280,000 people worldwide. When land becomes useless, there’s a big loss in food production.

    Dust from deserts is blown into cities around the world. Each spring, Beijing is at risk of yellow dust from the Gobi Desert. Dust from Africa reaches cities in the US and Europe, leading to illnesses and worsening environments.

56. How many suggestions are mentioned in the passage?

    A. Five.            B. Four.            C. Three.           D. Two.

55. Some students in schools won’t enjoy their free time so much because they ___________.

    A. have to do their homework each night

    B. will have too much catching up to do

    C. never finish their homework in time

    D. want to keep up with what is happening in school

54. If we wait very late in the evening, our work will ___________.

    A. become a bit hard                B. seem much harder

    C. look very easy                   D. go to so much trouble

53. We can know from the passage that ___________.

    A. Tracy’s mother didn’t work hard

    B. Tracy’s father didn’t love her

    C. Tracy’s family was very poor

    D. Tracy had a very good father

（B）

    Never try to work when you are very hungry. If you decide to do your homework right after school, you may get something to eat before getting to work. Always do your homework before you get too tired. Don’t wait until very late in the evening, or your work will seem much harder than it really is.

    If you have more than an hour’s work, give yourself a break after an hour. On the other hand, don’t break it up so much that you can’t get anything done you should be able to work at least a half at a time without stopping.

    Don’t put it off until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your mind, and you won’t enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until right before a test, you will have too much catching up to do. A little bit each night enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school, will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it all.

    Do your homework at the same time every evening. This will help you make it a habit. It will make it easier to do and it will make your free time more enjoyable, as well.

52. Tracy felt worried because ___________.

    A. she was afraid the bike was sold

    B. she was not good at fixing up her bike

    C. she was afraid her mum wouldn’t let her out

    D. she couldn’t get up early enough to buy the bike

51. Tracy washed the windows in order to ___________.

    A. welcome her friends              B. make her mum happy

    C. see the street clearly               D. earn some money