Reading is an activity people enjoy a lot in their free time.

Some like reading newspapers and1. o__________ enjoy novels or comic(喜剧的) books. My 2.f__________books are those about the lives of great people. Reading them always gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my3. o____________ life better.

Great people are remembered not because they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up 4.w__________their lives were difficult. They tried to use 5. e________ chance to change their lives and make the world better.

One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers6. w_______ invented the airplane. The plane has 7. m________ the world into a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the 8.r________ why the Wright Brothers could invent this convenient(方便的) machine and become great people. Today we will remember them when we see planes 9.i________ the sky.

Whenever I read 10.s_________ about great people, I always learn a lot from them and they encourage me to march on.

This is why I enjoy reading about great people’s lives.

March 20th is World Water Day every year. According to a report from the United Nations, more than half of the world's major rivers have serious water loss and are polluted.The Yellow River, the world's fifth longest river, watered some of the oldest farms on earth. But now it has a serious problem. _1._In most of the past 35 years, it didn't reach the sea.The Nile in Egypt, running 6, 650 km, is the longest river in the world. __2.__ Now it is down to 2 billion m' or so. Australia's Murray River reaches the sea only every other year. One fifth of America's Rio Grande has no water, either._ 3.__Mostly it's damming (筑坝) and global warming that make rivers dry.

_4._ Now about 45, 000 of them lie across the world's rivers. They hold back around 15% of the world's fresh water from running to the sea.Global warming is making things worse. Warmer weather takes water away. The glacier (冰川) are becoming smaller. _5.Global warming has had certain effects on water sources (源头). Droughts (干旱) happening around the world make people pay more attention to this fact.

In July 2001，Zhang Jian，a middle-aged swimmer landed in Calais，France after swimming for twelve hours．He became the first Chinese ever to cross the English Channel．The 33.8-kilometre channel has attracted many swimmers because it is one of the（A）_________ to cross．

Zhang Jian set off at 1：30 pm．（Beijing time）on July 29，2001．After putting some oil on his skin to help keep warm，he（B）stepped into the sea from Shakespeare Beach，Dover．Most of the time，（C）Zhang swam freestyle to save energy．But he had to change his style along the way because the ocean currents changed every six hours and the water was so cold．During the crossing，he ate some food and had some drinks．About three hours before he landed in Calais，a British guide jumped into the sea and（D）和他一起游泳．At 1：25 am．on July 30，2001，Zhang walked onto the beach at last．

（E）A lot of people were waiting for him on the beach．Among them were his family and friends．They were very proud of him．A foreign reporter spoke highly of him．“He has shown us what is courage and what is strength．”

1.在A空白处填入适当的词语：__________________．

2.分别写出划线部分B和E的同义词或近义词：

B _________；E _________．

3.将C句改为复合句：

Zhang swam freestyle _________ _________ he could save energy．

4.将D部分译成英语：

_________________________________________________

5.在文中找出最能体现主题的句子：

__________________________________________________

书面表达（满分15分）

德州正在创建文明城市(build a civilized city)，假设你所在的学校要开展以“做文明市民，从我做起”为主题的宣传月活动。请你写一篇80词左右的短文，谈谈如何做。以下内容供参考：

1. 衣着整洁，不说脏话；2. 礼貌待人，热心助人；3. 遵守交通规则，不乱扔垃圾；4. ……

注意：1.文中不能出现校名和自己的姓名；2. 内容可适当扩展。

3. 80词左右。

Mom usually takes the ________ / bs / to work.

A. box B. bus C. boss D. both

Miss King wears a ________ / wat / blouse and brown trousers.

A. wet B. wait C. what D. white

Our school is not far from the _______ / pɑ:k /?

A. pack B. pass C. park D. pick

We saw many / 'meni / famous paintings in the art museum.

A. money B. many C. rainy D. marry

The farmers grow _______ / 'dfrnt / kinds of vegetables on the farm.

A. different B. delicious

C. difficult D. disappoint

–Is that _______ mother, Jack?

–No. She is my aunt.

A. me B. mine C. you D. your