Many children love to play with snow in winter．But Long Chuan has come to hate it.

This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms （遭受暴风雪） for nearly a month．The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity （电） tower and turned tap water to ice.

Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water．"I couldn’t' t ride a bike and it took me 3 hours to walk to school．I can' t remember how many times I slipped（滑到） on the hard ice, "said Long Chuan.

Long is not alone．This year millions of people in central and southwest China had a freezing winter without enough water and electricity．The biggest snowstorms in 50 years killed more than 100 people．They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan.

Experts （专家） say a special type of climate condition （气候条件）, La Nina, caused the storms．During a La Nina, the water in the Pacific Ocean （太平洋） near the equator （赤道） becomes colder than usual．It changes the weather around the world.

Besides China, Canada, the US and Middle Eastern countries also met with heavy snowstorms this winter．The special climate caused the recent flooding （洪水） in Australia, too.

However, experts say that people have destroyed the environment （环境）．Global warming （全球变暖） may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often.

1．What took place in Long Chuan's hometown last winter?

A．Earthquake．                              B．Flooding.

   C．Traffic Accident．                                D．Heavy snowstorms.

2．During the snowstorms this year, Long Chuan__________.

A．had to walk to carry drinking water       B．had to ride a bike to school

C．couldn't go to school on foot            D．couldn't play with snow

3．The heavy snow________this year.

A．killed millions of Chinese           B．cost China 111.1 billion yuan

C．used too much electricity                D．lasted more than three hours

4．We can tell from the story that_____________.

A．China is the only country which suffered from the heavy snow

B． La Nina is said to have caused the snowstorms

C． La Nina also caused hot summer in Australia

D．the snowstorms have nothing to do with global warming

5．The passage tells people around the world ________.

A．to wear more clothes in winter

    B．to stop riding bikes on the hard ice

 C．to protect （保护） the environment

 D．to save water and electricity

If you knew a bottle of water had been recycled from urine （尿）, would you drink it? Astronauts at the International Space Station （ ISS ）may soon do so.

NASA （美国航空航天局）said it would use a high -tech machine （高科技机器） to recycle wastewater at the ISS．The machine will recycle everything from sweat （汗）, the water for washing hands, shower water, water used for brushing teeth, and even urine, to make drinking water．It will save NASA millions of dollars each year．At present, each ISS astronaut uses about 4.4 liters （升）of water every day．It costs about $24 million a year to transport water up to ISS．NASA says that a liter of water costs about $11,000.

The machine will be sent to the ISS in October 2008．NASA hopes it will recycle about 93% of all water used on the station.

Will the water be clean? Scientists say the wastewater will go through a very complicated process （复杂的过程）．For example, different chemicals will be put in the wastewater; the water will be heated to 130℃ to get rid of bacteria （细菌）．The recycled water is thousands of times better than the water from a city tap, scientists say.

1．NASA will use a high - tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS to________.

A．protect the ISS

B．make astronauts at ISS work harder

C．provide better water and food for ISS astronauts

D．save the cost of transporting water up to the ISS

2．At present it costs NASA about_________dollars to transport water up to an astronaut at the ISS a day.

A．4.4 thousand    B．11 thousand    C．48.4 thousand  D．24 million

3．Scientists plan to get rid of bacteria in the wastewater by_____________.

A．freezing           B．heating          C．shaking         D．precipitating （沉淀）

4．The reading mainly tells us something about _______.

A．water recycling                           B．the International Space Station

C．a high - tech machine                 D．the cost of NASA

5．Which of the following sentences is true, according to the passage?

 A．The recycled water is much better than that from a city tap.

 B．The high - tech machine will recycle all the water used on the station.

   C．At present, each ISS astronaut uses more water than the people living on the earth.

   D．The high - tech machine can only recycle urine to make water at present.

根据句意完成已给出首字母或汉语提示的单词，使补全后的句子意义通顺，语法正确。

1．In the north of China, autumn is the best s_________ of a year.

2．Lisa is such a shy girl that it' s hard for her to sing in p_____________.

3．Teenagers should be allowed to make decisions by t ___________.

4．His uncle went abroad five years a___________.

5．Camels can live quite a few days w_________ water and food in the desert.

6．Some animals, for example, elephants and koalas, live on grass and ______ （树叶）.

7．There are eleven members in our English Club__________（包括） Li Mei and me.

8．______ （千） of visitors will come to Beijing to attend the Olympic Games.

9．CCTV - 9 is looking forward to _________ （采访） President Bush.

10．He was lying in bed ______ （安静） looking at the ceiling.

阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。

The story happened during the Second World War．A 70 - year - old man lived in a small town of Germany．His three sons all worked in the same factory where he 1  （work）．After the war had began, all his sons  2  （make） to join the army and they all died in the fights.

The old man was very sad．In the days that  3  （follow）, ho didn't haw enough food and was often hungry．And nobody helped him and he didn' t know how to go on  4  （live）.It was becoming colder and colder． 5  （find） a way out．he had to beg from door to door．He had been to a lot of places and knew a lot.

Once he came to a village, but the villagers were all poor and couldn’t give him anything. He was too hungry  6  （go） to another village．Suddenly he saw a policeman  7  （ stand ）in the street and an idea came to his mind．He then shouted out, "Hitler is a pig!"

As he hoped, the old man was now enjoying some bread and a cup of hot tea  8   （give） by the policeman．"Don' t say so in our village, sir!" the policeman said after a while, "I' m sorry, sir．",said the old man,  9   （not say） that again．I didn't know it 10  （be） Hitler' s hometown." "No, no, sir, " the policeman said in a hurry, "It' s a pig ' s hometown．"

A: Excuse me．I am a reporter from Qufu TV. 1．________________________

B: Sure.

A: Your name, please?

B: My name is Wang Hua.

A:2．________________________

B: I'm in grade three.

A:3．________________________.

B: I like surfing the Internet and e-mailing people in different countries in my spare time.

A:4．________________________

B: Yes．I think it can improve my English this way.

A: That sounds great．What are the other advantages of your interests?

B: They can also help me learn a lot about Net - pals' countries and their cultures and customs.

A: Good for you．5．_______________________

B: You' re welcome.

初中的学习生涯即将结束。三年来，在你获取知识的同时，你的外貌、兴趣爱好、习惯…都有了一定的改变吧!请你以“How I Change”为题，写一篇短文，字数在80词左右。

1．参考词汇：hobby，habit，used to，enjoy oneself

2．短文开头已为你写好（字数不计入总数）。

How I change

My life has changed a lot in the past three years.____________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

After dinner he often_____ in the park．

A．take a walking      B．take a walk       C．taking a walk       D．takes a walk

What language does she______________？

A．tell        B．speak        C．talk        D．say

—__________was the weather yesterday?

—It’s rainy．

A．How        B．What       C．What a         D．How a

—Do you know what they did yesterday?

—They_____________．

A．play soccer      B．goes to movies      C．went shopping       D．stay home