Imagine one day, the water taps (水龙头) in your house stop running. You have to pay a lot of money to buy water from shops. And still there isn’t enough water for everyone. Your mother has to save the family’s shower (洗澡) water to use for washing clothes. Then she has to use that same dirty water to wash other things. Would you be able to stand that kind of life?

Probably not. But that’s what kids in Yemen are experiencing. Experts say Yemen is going to be the first country in the world to run out of water. According to a World Bank report, the capital, Sana, will run out of drinking water as early as 2025.

Because of the water shortage (短缺) in Yemen, the government often cuts the water supply. Hannan, an 18-year-old from Lahej，told the Times, “In a good week we’ll have a water supply (供给) all week. But then the following week there will be water only for a day or two.”

Hannan said only rich people have enough water to use. They can buy water from the shops or from the water trucks. Private companies own the trucks. They travel around the city every day to sell water--- at very high prices. “A lot of people can’t afford it,” she said.

The average (平均的) person in Yemen uses 100 to 200 cubic meters of water per year. That is far below the international water poverty（贫困）line of 1,000 cubic meters.

The government is thinking of making use of sea water. But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen.

1.The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refers to ______.

A. drinking water B. buying water from shops

C. suffering from water shortage D. washing clothes with used water

2.Which of the following is not true?

A. Common people in Yemen don’t have enough water to use.

B. People in Yemen have no water to use during a bad week.

C. Rich people in Yemen buy water at very high prices.

D. Private companies in Yemen sell water on their trucks.

3.It can be inferred(推断) that ______.

A. the capital of Yemen is developing fast

B. Hannan is a teenager from a rich family

C. Sana will run out of water in 10 years

D. private companies selling water make a lot of money

4.The Yemen government ______.

A. can do nothing about the problem of water shortage

B. may try to make use of sea water

C. only cares about rich people’s lives

D. has found a practical solution

根据句意和汉语提示，在空白处填入适当的单词。

1.Do you have the ___________(最新的) news about Anna?

2.I have great ____(困难) in finishing the work by myself.

3.Would you like some __________(西红柿) for dinner?

4.What do you think of the film _____________(导演) by Zhang Yimou?

5.The beautiful beaches in Dalian ___(吸引) lots of tourists from home and abroad every year.

从方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用其正确的形式填空。

take care of, be satisfied with, show sb around, be best known for , break into,

look forward to , fall behind , lose one’s way, keep in touch, care,

1.It’s our duty to __________ our parents when they are old.

2.Daniel works hard all the time so he won’t __________.

3.__________ with parents often is just one of the good ways to love them.

4.—Does Jack like the new robot that I sent to him?

-- Yes. He ________ it very much.

5.To get good grades in the exam, we should avoid __________.

6.I’m __________ the trip which we can go whenever we want to go .

7.Thank you for __________ the museum . We’ve learned a lot.

8.Take a map with you, or you will __________ in the city.

9.Bruce was charged with __________ the house.

10.As a composer, perhaps he__________ winning an Oscar for his music in the film

请认真阅读下面短文，在短文后表格中的空白处填上适当的词。（注意：每空1个词）

How to protect children from unsafe material online has long been discussed in the USA. For some parents, the Internet seems like a jungle, filled with danger for their children. But jungles contain (包括) wonders as well as dangers.

Most kids have started to use search engines. Many of them are great at finding lots of interesting websites, and they can also locate places where you might not want your kids to go. There are search engines designed just for kids. A certain software contains only sites that have been selected as safe. The most popular way to limit access would be to use what is known as a ‘content screener (过滤器)’. But this can’t be wholly reliable (可靠的), and the best thing parents can do is to talk to their kids and let them know what is OK or not OK to see or do on the Internet. Another way is that Mum or Dad is nearby when the child is surfing the Internet.

书面表达。紧张的初中学习生活就要结束了，你即将迎来一个轻松的暑假。请根据下面的提示写一篇短文，谈谈你的假期计划。

提示：

1. 好好休息，学会放松

2. 读书，因为读书既有趣又能学到很多知识

3. 陪父母聊天，帮他们做家务

4. 参加社会活动，了解社会

5. ……

注意：

1.词数80～100；

2.文中不得出现真实的地址和姓名；

3.方框内容不必逐字翻译，可适当发挥。

参考词汇：知识 knowledge, 社会活动 social activities

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Li Yundi started to play piano when he was 7. And he became famous all over the world at age of 17.

A. the; the B. the; an C. \; the D. \; an

It’s good to make a plan you start a project.

A. front B. behind C. before D. after

Meng Ruipeng saved two boys from the water. What a man he is!

A. careful B. brave C. friendly D. surprised

— I found Tom sleeping at his desk, so I put my coat him.

— It’s really kind of you to do that.

A. out B. over C. above D. across

Mrs Lee is a moonlite (月光族). She all her money in the first two weeks of a month, and after that she even can’t for a meal sometimes.

A. spends; spend B. pays; pay C. pays; spend D. spends; pay