Tea bag drinking is most Westerns’ favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?

The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk (丝绸) bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.

Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85% of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.

However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea. This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy, tasty way to go.

1. Who invented the tea bag?

   A. An English tea seller.           B. Chinese.            C. Lipton.     D. Thomas Sullivan.

2. The tea in silk bags was welcome because ________.

   A. the tea in bags was free and very good

   B. the tea tasted good and the cup was easy to wash

   C. people were happy with the loose tea

   D. people didn’t know any better way to enjoy the tea

3. The material of the tea bags is usually __________ now.

   A. silk                          B. gauze                C. paper      D. plastic

4. The underlined sentence “Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK” probably means “__ in the UK”.

   A. Tea bags soon became popular

   B. Tea bags surprised everyone very much

   C. Tea bags kicked (踢) the loose-leaf tea out of the market 

   D. Tea bags weren’t allowed to be sold

5. The reading mainly talks about ___________.

   A. the invention of tea                B. the way of drinking tea

   C. the history of tea bags                D. people’s favorite tea in the world

   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.

用所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. Lucy is my good friend. I love __________ very much. (she)

2. Listen! They are singing __________ in the classroom. (happy)

3. Tom, take the medicine ___________ a day after meals for a week. (two)

4. More and more foreign ___________ are interested in Panzhihua. (visit)

5. You won’t have any problems ____________ the place. (find)

根据汉语意思完成英语句子。每空限填一词。

1. 你要多大的甜点？

                        of dessert would you like?

2．过马路要当心。

Be              when you              the road.

3．最近我几乎没有时间和朋友在网上聊天。

These days I hardly have time to                         my friends on the Internet.

4．不要吃太多的垃圾食品，对身体不好。

Please don’t eat                         junk food. It’s bad for your health.

5. 孩子们为庆祝儿童节穿上了盛装。

The little boys and girls have                         for the Children’s Day.

6．请安静，我将给大家分发试卷。

Be            , please. I’m going to               out your test papers.

7. 那位老大娘很担心她的儿子，因为地震后他没有露面。

   That old woman was         about her son because he didn’t      up after the earthquake.

根据文章大意和首字母提示，填写单词，使短文通顺、完整。每空限填一词，并将完整的单词写在文章后的答题线上。

    If you want to be happy every day, you must communicate with others.

How many people do you (1) c_______________ with in a day? Probably a lot more than you did years ago. Now we can ‘talk’ to people in many (2) w____________, not just face to face or on the phone, but also through the Internet. It is very important for (3) e____________ to try and improve their communication skills, so let’s (4) r_____________ the four golden rules of good communication. (5) F____________, be as clear as you can. Misunderstandings happen if we don’t say (6) c____________ what we mean. Second, we have to work hard at listening. Pay attention to what the other person is saying. Third, ask other people what they (7) t__________. Fourth, give them time to say what they want, and show an interest in what they say.

If you follow these (8) r______________, you will be a good communicator.

(1) _____________    (2) _____________      (3) _____________

(4) _____________    (5) _____________      (6) _____________

(7) _____________    (8) _____________

    假如有一个澳大利亚中学生访问团下周到你校访问三天。学校将进行接待人员选拔，所有参加者都要进行英文讲演。请你以学生张华的身份写一篇英文讲稿。

内容包括：1、自我介绍；2、你参加的目的；3、你能胜任工作的优势(至少两点)；

要求：1、80词左右，可以适当发挥。开头已写出，但不记入总词数。2、文中不能出现你自己的姓名和所在学校的名称等相关信息。

Good afternoon, everybody.

Miss Li __________ music teacher.We all like her very much.

we                   B. us                       C. our

– Hi,Tom. Could you help me cut up the meat for dumplings.

– OK,Mom.But where is the ________?

A. kinfe                    B. fork                     C. spoon

This blue bike is too expensive.Could you show me a _______ one ?

A. cheap                    B. cheaper                 C. cheapest

– Excuse me,how many students are there in your art club?

– There are __________.

A. twelve              B. twelfth                     C. the twelfth