There was a farmer．He had four sons 1 ________ The farmer was very worried about his sons，but he didn’t know what to do．

   The man grew old and fell ill．When he was dying he told all his sons that he hid lots of money on his farm．After the farmer died，his sons began to look for the money．They spent a few days digging（挖掘）the farm，but could find nothing．A neighbour said to them，“Since you dug the ground，why not plant some seeds（种了）in it?”

    The four sons planted the seeds in the ground．After a few weeks the seeds camp up，and n a few weeks more the seeds grew into plants．A few weeks later，the plants started to bear grains（谷物）．Later the four sons harvested them and sold them at the market．2 ________At last，they knew what their father meant by his words．

根据短文内容，完成下列任务：

任务一：将下面两个句子放在文中合适的位置

  1．________     2．________

  A．They made a lot of money．

  B．They were very lazy and did not do anything．

任务二：猜测词义。

3．The underlined word“hid”means ________ in Chinese．

A．种植                      B．隐藏                       C．制造                      D．保护

4．The underlined word ‘‘harvested” means ________ in Chinese．

A．收割                          B．采摘                       C．捆绑                      D．卖掉

任务三：写出下列句子的同义句：

5．They spent a few days digging the farm．

It ________ them a few days  ________ the farm．

任务四：将文中划线句子翻译成汉语

6．________

Forests help to keep water from running away，so drought（干旱）doesn’t often happen．Chinese people have built a“Great Wall”of trees，millions of trees across the northern part of the country．

    The Great Green Wall 1 ________ （be）7,000 kilometres long，and it will stop the wind from 2 ________（blow）the earth away．It 3 ________already ________（save）a lot of land．

    Wang Feng is a worker at Yulin in Shanxi Province．He 4 ________ （work）on the Great Green Wall with many other people．We 5 ________ （visit）him at his workplace and when we saw him he 6 ________ （work）among the trees．He told us something about his work“We must 7 ________ （plant）many thousands of trees every year，”he said“You see all those small trees over there on that hill? That was sand five years ago．Now it's a young forest! In a few years’ time，we 8 ________（cover）those mountains with trees，too!”He pointed to the high mountains far away．

    Was it difficult 9 ________ （work）on the Great Green Wall?

    Yes，It’s hard work．but it's very important．The only problem is we have to 10 ________（grow）our own food．But thanks to the Great Green Wall，the land produces more crops．So the more trees there are，the better harvest we have．”

假如你是学校编辑部的一名记者，你通过名种媒体了解到很多种动物已经濒危，甚至灭绝，究其原因，是因为：

    1．由于利益驱使，人们随意捕杀动物。

    2．乱砍树木，大量建筑房屋、工厂等，使动物生存的空间越来越少。

    3．环境污染致使动物无法生存，以致于濒临灭绝。

    你想通过你们的报纸，呼吁全校师生行动起来，号召人们爱护动物保护动物。请你以“Protecting Our Animals”为题写一篇80字左右的短文，刊登在你们的校报上。要求语法正确，字迹清楚。

Protecting Our Animals

_______________________________________________________________________________

There is ________ report in today’s newspaper．It’s about a pair of pandas “Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan”sent to Taiwan as ________ Christmas gift．

A．a，a                B．an，the               C．the，a                   D．／，a

---I’m going to take part in the piano contest（比赛）next week．

--- ________

A．Really ? Congratulations!                             B．Good luck!

C．Nice work!                                                D．What’s the matter?

________the teacher’s help，he has finished his homework in time．

A．Thanks to              B．Thanks for             C．Because             D．Under

We have to give ________ the plan to the park because of the heavy rain．

A．up                   B．in                    C．out                 D．off

--- ________       

--Thanks，I will．

A．Wish you a happy journey．                        B．Give my best wishes to your parents．

C．Thank you for your help．                          D．You got the first prize Congratulations!

Do you know the girl ________ is sitting near Kate?

A．who                B．whose               C．which                D．whom

---Listen! Is Miss Smith giving a speech in the class?

---No，it ________ be her．She has gone to Hong Kong．

A．may not                  B．mustn’t                  C．can’t              D．needn’t