19、The panda is one of the animals most in danger．There are about 1，000 pandas living in nature reserves today．Zoos and research centres look after about 160 pandas．Scientists are studying how they live and more baby pandas are born in the zoos．

Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China．They mainly live on bamboo，and each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day．The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different reasons，so pandas have less and less land to live on．Pandas don't have many babies，and baby pandas often die．The situation is becoming very serious．

Our government is working hard to save pandas．There are more than 30 nature reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough．The government has made a new plan to help pandas．The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow better．Then the pandas will have enough food to eat and enough places to live in．Pandas born in the zoos may go back to live in the nature reserves．

Most people love pandas．The panda is one of the best-known animals in the world．It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature．The WWF works to protect all animals in danger，so the panda has become the symbol of all animals in danger．There is still a long way to go to save the panda．Think of other animals in danger such as tigers，whales，turtles and elephants we need to save the panda，and we need to save them，too．

1．There are about ______ pandas living in nature reserves today．

A．30                 B．160               C．300               D．1，000

2．Paragraph 2 is mainly about ______

A．why pandas are in danger                                B．why baby pandas often die

C．how to protect all animals                    D．how to plant more bamboo

3．The government is trying ______ to help the pandas．

   A．to build more zoos                                      B．to send more scientists

C．to make bigger nature reserves                            D．to ask the WWF to work in China

4．______ is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature．

A．The tiger           B．The panda            C．The elephant        D．The whale

18、Ron loved basketball．One afternoon on his way to a basketball game，he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the following year．As Ron was walking to the game，a car hit him so hard that he was thrown three feet into the air．

Ron woke up in a hospital room．When he learned that both his legs were broken，he realized his college basketball dreams were over．Ron did what the doctors told him，but his progress was slow．When he left the hospital，Ron was sent to a health centre for physical treatment．

A week after he arrived there，he met Sunny．Sunny was a coach．His legs were paralysed（瘫痪的）from a skiing accident．Even though he couldn't move his legs，Sunny coached a basketball team called the Suns．Everyone on the team played from a wheelchair．Sunny invited Ron to join the game．Ron played badly，but for the first time since the accident，he stopped feeling sorry for himself．

After becoming a part of the Suns，Ron improved quickly．Basketball was like medicine for him．And whenever Ron became depressed or angry，Sunny was there to encourage him and help him．The day before Ron left the centre，he had dinner with Sunny．He asked Sunny how he managed to be so generous and cheerful，even with his paralysis．

Sunny smiled and said，" It's really quite simple．When you keep your face to the sun，the shadows（阴影） fall behind．"

1．What happened to Ron on his way to a basketball game?

A．A car hit him．                          B．He met his coach． 

C．His doctor called him．                    D．He fell down and cut his foot．

2．The underlined word" depressed" means ______ in Chinese．

A．懒惰的              B．好奇的               C．沮丧的              D．激动的

3．What is the most important thing we can learn from the story?

A．Basketball can teach people about life．

B．Keep smiling when you face difficulties．

C．Life is more difficult for the paralysed．

D．Skiing is more dangerous than basketball．

16、根据对话内容，在每小题的空白处填入适当的话语，使对话意思完整。

（A reporter is interviewing a foreign visitor at the Shanghai Expo．）

Reporter：Excuse me，I’m a reporter from a student magazine．  1  ?

Visitor：Sure，please．

Reporter：  2   ?

Visitor：I’m from Germany．

Reporter：  3  ?

Visitor：I came here two days ago．

Reporter： 4  ?

Visitor：Yes，just a little．I began studying Chinese two months ago．

Reporter：How do you like the Shanghai Expo?

Visitor：I like it very much．The China Pavilion（中国馆）impressed me most．

Reporter：Thank you for answering my questions．  5 

Visitor：Thank you

15、If you work hard，you'll get good ________

A．grades             B．notes           C．lessons               D．answers

14、Liu Xiang ________by his coach to train regularly．

A．advised           B．advises             C．was advised          D．be advised

13、________Browns were having dinner when the telephone rang

A．A              B．An                 C．The               D．/

12、Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won the gold medal for China so we're proud ________them．

A．in                 B．on                C．of                 D．for

11、I could look after ________when I was six．

A．herself              B．myself             C．yourself            D．himself