Something bad happened to sam this morning. He fell over and broke his nose in the school hallway. When Sam looked up, he saw his friends. “Are you OK?” They asked him. But he didn’t say anything to them. He stood up and ran to the classroom quickly. Sam put his schoolbag on his desk and went out to the school hospital. On his way back to the classroom he saw his friends again. They were laughing. Sam thought they were laughing at him, so he didn’t talk to them for the rest of the morning.

At lunchtime, Sam’s friends came up to him and asked, “How is your nose?” “Fine!” Sam shouted. “I saw you laughing at me this morning!” “We didn’t. We laughed just because Jenny told us a joke,” his friends said. “Well, I’m sorry. Can you forgive me?” “Yes, of course. But next time you should ask us before you assume(假定)something.” They looked at each other and laughed happily. They were still friends.

根据短文内容,选择正确答案,并将其字母代号填入相应空格内。

1.What happened to Sam this morning?

A. He felt over and broke his nose.

B. He didn’t catch the school bus.

C. His schoolbag was lost.

D. He was late for school.

2.Where did Sam put his schoolbag?

A. In the school hallway.

B. In the school hospital.

C. On his desk.

D. On the playground.

3.The underlined words “forgive” most probably means “ ”in Chinese.

A.记恨 B. 原谅 C. 误解 D. 失望

4. Why was Sam angry with his friends?

A. Because they didn’t talk with him.

B. Because Jenny told them a joke.

C. Because they didn’t go to the hospital.

D. Because he thought they laughed at him.

5. What can we learn about from the passage?

A. Laughing can help us relax.

B. Not everyone cares about you.

C. We should ask clearly before assuming anything.

D. People with similar traits can be friends.

In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. Today, things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue like this, human life on earth will not survive (生存).

Everyone realizes today that more and more fish are caught because of modern fishing methods. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we continue to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.

We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. However, in most countries waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this.

We know, too, that if the population of the world continues to rise so fast, in a few years, there will not be enough food.

What can we do to solve these problems?

If we eat more vegetables and less meat, we will easily get more food. Land that is used to grow plants can feed five times more people than land where animals are kept. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control. Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner living place in the future.

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The importance of protecting the environment

Problems

◆ More fish are 1. .

◆ More trees are cut down.

◆ More waste 2. are put into rivers.

◆ More babies are born.

Causes

◆ The world has become too 3. .

◆ Modern methods make the situation worse.

Result

We human beings will not survive on the earth.

Solutions

◆ Eat more vegetables and less meat so that we can 4. more food.

◆ Use modern methods of 5. control so that the population will not grow too fast.

◆ Educate people so that the living place will be 6. and cleaner.

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