people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading. 【1】_____________

Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day, millions of school children can buy

books at a much lower price than usual in any bookstore in England. It has been done every year

since 1998. 【2】___________________ Wen Jiabao, Premier of China, is an avid (热心的) reader. He does lots of reading every day though he is very busy. On World Book Day 2009, he called on (号召) people to do more reading. Wen suggested that young people should spend more time reading. “Books can not change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading,” he said.

【3】_____________ Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Reading gives us information about other cultures and places in the world. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English. We all know that it is

diliicult to learn everything in the classroom, for example, the ways English people are living and working today can be learnt by reading.

Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know

more about the outside world. 【4】_______________

【5】 What’s the best title for the article?

A. World Book Day in England.

B. Suggestions on Reading.

C. World Book Day in China.

D. World Book Day and the Advantages of Reading.

The people in Apartment 2 are dancing. The man in Apartment 3 is singing. The woman in Apartment 4 is practicing the violin. The teenagers in Apartment 5 are listening to loud rock music(摇滚乐)．The dog in Apartment 6 is barking. And the people in Apartment 7 are having a big argument (争吵). (52) It's__very__late__and__Martin__is__tired__and__angry. What a terrible night!

【1】任务一：把画线句子翻译成英语

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【2】任务二：把画线句子翻译成汉语

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【3】任务三：写出画线短语的同义短语

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【4】任务四：回答问题

What is the dog in Apartment 6 doing?

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【5】任务四：回答问题

How many apartments are mentioned (提到) in the article?

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【1】A. friends B. sisters C. family D. father

【2】A. book B. camera C. map D. watch

【3】A. friendly B. dangerous C. quiet D. good

【4】A. food B. clothes C. money D. books

【5】A. it B. him C. her D. me

【6】A. reading B. buying C. selling D. drawing

【7】A. boring B. funny C. difficult D. sad

【8】A. them B. her C. us D. him

【9】A. Their B. Its C. Our D. Your

【10】A. bring B. take C. have D. give

A Letter From Mars

Dear Earthmen,

I have enjoyed my stay on your interesting planet.

I think I understand the life on earth now and I would like to give my impressions(印象).

First of all you live in boxes. Every morning you leave your big boxes and get into smaller boxes on wheels(轮子). All these small boxes run around and around, and finally stop to rest. You leave these boxes on wheels and go to very large tall boxes.

After resting all day you get back in your little boxes and return to your big boxes. There you sit and look at every small glowing(闪闪发光的) boxes with moving pictures on the front.

There is only one thing I don’t understand. I went to a football game one day. A group of angry boys fought a little round ball. Everyone shouted but they kept fighting. They were angry, because they had been kept in boxes all day, I think.

Thank earthmen for this chance to get to know you.

Yours

The man from Mars

【1】H________ is a picture of my family.

【2】His h________ family is very friendly to him.

【3】The fish is d________. Help yourself.

【4】She likes to go to the s________ to buy food and drinks.

【5】—Is the m________ over there her uncle?

—No, he's her father.

Walk to School Day

I'm a middle school student from America. I live far away from my school. So I often go to school by bus. It takes me about twenty minutes from my home to school.

But at my school and other schools in our town, there is a “Walk to School Day”. It is on Wednesday every week. On that day, parents send their kids to a bus stop. There are many bus stops in our town. At each bus stop, two parent volunteers(志愿者) gather(聚集)us to walk to school together.

The “Walk to School Day” stops us taking cars and buses. That is good for the air. We get exercise too. On the way to school, we talk to each other. We can also make new friends. I like the “Walk to School Day”. I walk about five miles with other students on that day.

Our school will give some students beautiful backpacks if they do well. And I got one last year.

阅读短文，回答问题

【1】How does the writer often go to school? How long does it take?

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【2】Does the writer like the “Walk to School Day”？

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【3】Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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【1】因为北京离这儿远，所以我们不得不乘火车去那儿。

Because Beijing is ________ ________here, we have to ________ ________ ________ there.

【2】你要在那儿呆多长时间？

________ ________ will you stay there?

【3】——从这儿到火车站有多远？——大约90千米。

—________ ________ is it ________ here to the train station?

— About ________ ____________.

【4】李老师每天开车来上班吗？

Does Mr. Li ________ his ________ to work ________ ________？

【5】(N) 有些城市禁止在公共汽车上吃食物。

In some cities, it's not allowed to eat ________ ________ ________.

A. in shape B. in detail C. in demand D. in general

— , turning off the computers when we do not use them is also a good way.

A. Moreover B. However C. Otherwise D. Anyway

The earth is 4 600 million years old. We humans have lived on earth for only 35 000 years, but during this period we have changed our planet a lot in many ways. Some things we’ve done are very good for the earth while some are bad.

All over the world, people have cut down millions of trees. When it rains or when the wind blows, the earth is taken away. Forests have become deserts, so more and more sorts of animals and plants are disappearing.

In big cities, cars and buses have polluted the air. Many people in cities now have health problems.

Factories have also polluted the land and the water. As a result, many rivers and lakes are nowdead.

Around the earth, there’s a special kind of oxygen called “ozone”(O3). It is important to theearth. But now air pollution is destroying it and that has made a very big hole in the ozone layer. Too much harmful radiation from the sun passes through the hole and reaches the earth directly. This is very dangerous because this kind of radiation can cause cancer.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air has increased a lot. It mainly comes from burning oil, coal andwood. This has formed a “blanket” around the earth. The heat from the sun can’t escape so thetemperature is rising. This is called “the greenhouse effect”. It causes the level of the oceans to rise and the climate of the earth to change.

All these problems are very serious, so we must do something now.

根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。

【1】What does our planet mean here?

A. The sun. B. Mars.

C. The moon. D. The earth.

【2】In the passage, “blanket” refers to_______________.

A. carbon dioxide around the earth

B. the ozone layer in the sky

C. the forests around the world

D. pollution all over the world

【3】The level of the oceans is rising because of _______.

A．pollution

B. few trees

C. the greenhouse effect

D. changes in the climate

【4】Which is NOT true?

A. Cars can pollute the air.

B. Factories can pollute the water.

C. The fewer trees, the better.

D. Not all the things we have done are good for the earth.

【5】What is the best title for this passage?

A. Environmental Problems

B. Pollution on the Earth

C. Hope for the Future

D. The Greenhouse Effect