I live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house. One day last year, I was surprised to see a big foreigner coming out of the house next door to ours. He was very tall with short brown hair and a pair of glasses.

The first time I saw him, I was too shy to speak to him. “My English is too poor!” I thought. My grandmother told me that he had just moved into our yard. “I don’t like it!” she said. “Foreigners aren’t like us. Maybe he’ll play loud music and parties every night! I’m sure he’s going to cause trouble.”

Several days later, I met the foreigner as I was walking home after work. “Hello!” he said (in Chinese!). “My name’s Tony. I’ve just moved into the house next door to yours.” While I was wondering what to say, he continued, “There’s a nice bar down the road. Why don’t you and your family come and have dinner with me?” “Bars are bad places,” said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go.

The bar was not at all what I had expected. It was in a beautiful little yard house, with several large bookshelves and pictures of Tibet on the walls. Several Chinese people and foreigners were sitting drinking or reading books. I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking Chinese in a low voice to each other! “Oh, what a civilized place!” my grandmother exclaimed.

The bar served special “hutong pizzas”. As we ate, Tony told us about himself-he is an English expert in environment. He always likes to be quiet. My grandmother said to me, “He really seems like a very nice young man.”

1.When the writer first saw the foreigners, she______.

A. was frightened to him

B. wanted to practice English with him

C. felt too shy to speak to him

D. hoped to invite the foreigner to the bar

2.From the sentence “Bar are bad places”, we can know that the grandmother______.

A. was very excited B. didn’t go to the bar

C. didn’t like bars D. was angry with Tony

3.What’s the meaning of the word “civilized” in the passage?

A. 文明的 B. 喧闹的 C. 野蛮的 D. 讨厌的

4.Which of the following sentence is Not true?

A. Tony made a lot of noise every night.

B. Tony was an English expert in environment.

C. There were some foreigners speaking Chinese in the bar.

D. The grandmother thought Tony might cause some trouble.

5.The best title for this story is______.

A. A Bar in Tibet

B. A Foreigner in Beijing

C. Bars are Bad Places

D. Foreigners Like Bars

As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.

Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?

Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams real is life’s biggest challenge(挑战). You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it’s impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing(实现)your dream.

In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.

You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulty (困难) on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.

As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.

1.The biggest difficulty on the road to your dreams comes from _____________________.

A. yourself B. your friends C. your school D. your parents.

2.If we have dreams in our hearts and work hard, our dreams __________________.

A. can’t be realized B. can be very small C. will come true D. can be very big

3.How do you make your dream come true faster?

A. Remember what your dream is. B. Don’t let your dream leave your heart.

C. Keep telling yourself what you want every day. D. A, B and C.

Now, more and more cities are facing problems, such as high housing costs, pollution and crime. Let’s see what people in Hyderabad, India and in Sao Paulo, Brazil do to solve (解决) the problems.

Hyderabad, India

To improve people’s lives, Hyderabad is planting more and more trees. The city is even creating____buildings that use less water and less electricity for power. Adding green to a city has a number of advantages. For example, trees make the air cleaner. In Hyderabad, streets were grey and dirty in the past. However, today they are filled with trees and flowers, making the city cleaner and more colourful. Green areas also give people places to relax or exercise. A study in the USA shows an interesting thing: the greener a neighborhood is, the less crime there is.

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Many people work in the centre of Sao Paulo, but they don’t live there. They’ve spread out to neighborhoods outside the city because housing is cheaper. Every day, these people travel into the city, and traffic is very heavy. City planners are using different ways to deal with (处理) the problem. First, they are building better subways. Another goal is to make it cheaper for people to live in the downtown area (中心区). Doing this will reduce traffic and pollution in the city.

1.What does the underlined word “greener” mean?

A. Taller.

B. Easier.

C. Better for the environment.

D. More brightly coloured.

2.Which advantage of making Hyderabad greener is NOT talked about in the passage?

A. It helps people work better.

B. It makes the city cleaner.

C. It reduces crime.

D. It makes it easier to exercise.

3.According to the passage, what problem does Sao Paulo have?

A. A lot of people don’t have jobs.

B. Too many people live in the city centre.

C. A lot of people are moving out of the city.

D. Too many people travel into the city every day.

任务型阅读(每空一词)

Trees are one of the oldest citizens (公民) of our earth.Just like us, trees change a lot when they grow.At one to three years old, young trees learn how to protect themselves. For example,many trees grow thorns (刺) to tell animals not to go near.Most young trees have large, deep green leaves so that they can catch enough sunlight and change it into their food and energy.

When trees are 4 years old, they begin to grow very fast and become strong enough to face challenges (挑战) in life.At the age of l5, trees become young adults(成人). They grow more slowly and begin to produce (生产) flowers and fruit.

It is not until the trees are 20 to 25 years old that they become real adults. The trees reach their largest sizes.Adult trees give us many things such as oxygen(氧气)and natural beauty.If we give them good care,they will go on to live healthily for many years.

As time goes on,trees begin to grow older and older and even die.At this time,they still have their important place in nature.In many ways,the life of trees is like our own life experience. Enjoy every minute of the life of the trees and take care of them!

Title: The life of trees

91.1.

Growing

Things they can do

1~3

Growing thorns;

Having 1arge, deep green leaves

Learn to protect themselves;

Catch enough 92.2. and change it into their food and 93.3.

4

Growing very fast;

Becoming strong enough

Face challenges in life

15

Becoming young adults;

94.4. more slowly

Produce flowers and fruit

20~25

Becoming real adults;

Reaching their largest sizes

Give people many things 95.5.oxygen and natural beauty

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