Air is always around us. It is around us when we walk and play. From the time we are born, air is around us. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air.

All the animals and plants need air. Living things can’t live without air. We can live without food or water for a few days, but we can not live for more than a few minutes without air. We breathe in air. When we are walking or running, we need more air. When we are asleep, we need less air.

We live in air, but we can’t see it. We can only feel it. We can feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can we make air move? Here is one way. Hold and open a book in you hand in front of your face. Close it quickly! What you feel is the air.

1._________ need air.

A. Some of the animals????????????? B. All the things

C. Some of the plants????????????? D. All the animals and plants

2.We can live for a few days __________.

A. without air????????????? B. without food or water

C. without food or air????????????? D. without air or water

3.We need _________ air when we are asleep.

A. less????????????? B. no????????????? C. most????????????? D. a lot of

4.Which of the following sentences is TRUE(对的)?

A. Sometimes we don’t live in air.????

B. Air is not around us when we go to bed.

C. We can live happily without air.???

D. We need more air when we are working or running.

5.We live in air, but we can’t ________ it.

A. look????????????? B. see????????????? C. get????????????? D. feel

I have returned to my hometown after I was away ten years ago. So many things have changed around here. It has become better and better. When I left here, there was a small pool on the right of my house. Now the pool has gone and people have built a large shopping mall(商场) there.

The biggest changes have taken place in the center of the city. There are sidewalks on both sides of the street. You can see a street center with so many tall buildings around. You can’t drive there any more because no vehicle is allowed to pass there. A European-style fountain(喷泉) has been built in the street center garden.

There used to be an old school near my house. I spent my five years studying there. There was a small payground in front of the school. But now what I can see are five tall buildings standing there. There are two big classroom buildings and a library. A new post office has also been built just across from the new school.

1.I have been away from my hometown for ________.

A. ten months????????????? B. one year????????????? C. five years????????????? D. ten years

2.On the right of my house, there was a _________ ten years ago.

A. library????????????? B. garden????????????? C. supermarket????????????? D. pool

3.No vehicle is allowed to pass the _________.

A. center of the city????????????? B. old school????????????? C. street center????????????? D. playground

4.Which of the following is WRONG(错的)?

A. A fountain is in the street center garden.???

B. Now there is an old school near my house.

C. There are two big classroom buildings and a library in the new school.

D. There is a post office across from the school.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Great Changes in My Hometown.?? ????????????? B. A Wonderful Place

C. What a Nice Town????????????? ????????????? D. My School.

阅读下面短文，从方框内选择恰当的句子填入文中空白处，使短文内容完整、意思连贯。

　　1. A little boy loved to play around the tree.

Time went by. The boy grew up. One day, he came back to the tree and said, “2.” “You can pick my apples and sell them,” the tree said. Then the boy took all the apples, but he disappeared for a long time.

3. “Come and play with me,” the tree said. “I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house,” the boy replied. “You can cut my branches(树枝) to build a house,” said the tree. So the boy cut all the branches off and left happily. But the tree didn’t hear from the boy for a long time.

4.The tree said, “Sorry, I don’t have anything for you now.” “I am tired. I just need a place to rest,” the boy replied. “Good! Old tree roots(根) are the best place to rest,” said the tree. The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears.

In fact, the tree stands for our parents. 5.

A. Finally, the boy returned after many years.

B. A long time ago, there was an apple tree.

C. As the apple tree, they give us everything we need.

D. One day, the boy returned and the tree was very excited.

E. I want to play with toys, but I need money to buy them.

任务型阅读，根据表格内容，完成所给任务（每空一词）

There is a very popular organization with young people in our community. I joined it two years ago. And I have taken part in many interesting activities. What we have done can not only help others but also make ourselves happy.

Last Sunday, we went to an old people’s home. After helping them do some housework, we sang, danced and played games with them. The old people were excited at our visit. They told us interesting stories about themselves. We all had a good time.

After this visit, my friend and I decided to do more things to help them. Now more than 30 volunteers have joined our club. Everyone thinks the experience is wonderful.

从Ⅱ栏中选出与Ⅰ栏匹配的选项。

Ⅰ????????????????????????????? ????????????? Ⅱ

1.Where is Jane?????????????????????? A. Because I can’t catch the early bus.

2.Why are you late for school today？???? B. She has gone to Cuba.

3.What’s the matter with you???????????? C. Of course. I’d love to.

4.Has Ann jumped rope?????????????? ??????????????? D. No. She hasn’t.

5.Would you like to be a greener person.？????????????? E. It’s difficult for me to breathe.

根据对话内容，在下列横线上填入适当的话语，使对话完整正确。

A：Hey! Maria! 1.????????

B：I’ve been to the River Park.

A：You’ve lived there for three months. 2.?????????

B：It’s great. But I wasn’t used to the air when I first arrived.

A：There are more and more cars. It creates the air pollution.

B：I agree. But ? 3.?????????

A：We should do something to protect the environment, I have some videos about that?

B：How nice! Would you mind me watching them?

A：? 4.???????? You can come and get them at any time this afternoon.

B：? 5.????????

A：It’s my pleasure.

遣词造句（10分）

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综合填空（10分）

Trees are ? 1.? . However, people have ? 2.? down too many trees. A lot of rich land changes 3.? desert. How can that 4. the weather? Trees can stop the wind ? 5.? blowing the earth away. A lot of water can be saved 6.? forests. What’s 7.? , they can also prevent the water from washing the earth away.

Cutting down trees is ? 8.? to human beings. We should take many ? 9.? to plant trees.

Let’s be a ? 10.? person!

中国人口过多会带来什么问题，至少2点。（5分）

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节约资源，保护环境，从我们身边的小事做起。Li Ming是一个注重“低碳”生活的中学生，假如你是他，请以“My low—carbon life”为题，写一篇80词左右的短文，简单描述自己的“低碳生活”（10分）

要点：1、每天步行上学；???????????????? 　　　2、离开教室时，关灯、电扇、电视等；

　　　3、不用水时，记得关水龙头，循环使用水； 4、充分使用纸张；

　　　5、不使用塑料袋。

参考词汇：on foot??? turn off??? reuse??? make full use of??? plastic bag