is the Chinese tradional holiday.

       is the largest freshwater lake in China.

       is one of the greatest scientists, who won the Nobel Prize for physics.

       can cause high blood pressure and hearing problems.

Our planet is about         years old.

Which of the following doesn’t belong to the Four Great inventions of Ancient China?

What does blood do for us? It brings food to all parts of our bodies and takes waste away from them. All parts of our bodies are made of cells. These cells are very small. They all need all the time. No one could make pictures of cells because no one could see them.

What makes the blood move round the body? The heart is a pump. It pumps the blood and sends it round the body. The heart has rooms with doors between them. It pumps blood in and out through these doors by changing the size of the rooms so that the doors are opened and shut. The heart keeps a stream of blood going all around the body and back again to itself. The heart is a very important part of one's body. When it stops beating, one will die.

1.Blood is important to our body because it can         

2.What does the underline word "microscope" mean in Chinese?

3.According to the passage, a pump is used to         

A little knowledge can make a difference at a time of life or death. Do you know what to do if you find yourself in an earthquake?

lf you are inside:

Quickly move under a strong desk, a strong table or along a wall. You can also go into a small room like the bathroom. This will protect you from falling things. Do not get into a lift.

Don't stand near windows, large mirrors, heavy furniture of fireplaces.

If you're outside:

Move away from buildings and streetlights. These could fall on you. Squat(蹲下) and protect your head until the shaking stops.

After the earthquake:

Check, take care of injuries and help make sure people around you are all right. Watch out for aftershocks.

Protect yourself by wearing long pants, a long-sleeved(长袖的)shirt and strong shoes. Listen to tile radio for the latest information.

1.If you are in a tall building when an earthquake happens, you'd better        .

2.lf you outside during an earthquake        

3.After the earthcluake, you should        

4.The underlined word "aftershocks" in the passage means        in Chinese.

Are you the only child in tile family? If so, you are the most important in your family. Parents are the closest people to you in the world. But a lot of middle school students have a problem. They feel they're not as close to their parents as before. (1) They even think their parents are unfair to them.

Some students complain that their parents say a lot to them, but never listen to them. Some say,

"(2)My parents don't allow me to play computer games, but other classmates are doing that". Others say, when they're making phone calls to friends, their parents like to ask if they're speaking to a boy or a girl. These make them very unhappy. Some students even decide to leave home. But they don't know running away may bring them some more problems. Show your parents you're growing up. Then they'll feel you're no longer a small child.

(3)If you follow the advice, you'll have a happy life and never think of running away.

1.根据（1）处完成下面的句子（每空一词）。

They even                         their parents are fair to them.

2.将（2）处改写句子（每空一词）。

       my classmates are playing computer games, my parents          me from doing that.

3.根据（3）处完成下面的句子（每空一词）

           you follow the advice, you             not have a happy life and think of running away.

What makes the world become smaller? Some inventions, It began in the 11th century, But it has developed greatly in the last century. Let's take a look at the five top inventions.

Movable Type(活字印刷) :By using Movable Type, books could be printed cheaply and easily. Bi Sheng invented Movable Type in China in the 11th century.

Telephone: The inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876." Mr. Watson, come here. I want you ,"he said to his assistant(助手) over the phone line. And with those famous words, the world was about to get much smaller.

Airplane: The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in1903.Air travel has made the far way places suddenly become a lot closer.

Satellites: The Soviet Union sent up the world's first satellite in 1957. This begin the Space Age. Satellites have helped scientists study the earth. Much of our knowledge of the world has come from the information recorded by satellites.

Internet: When the Internet was created in 1969. only a few people knew about it. But more than 650 million people in the world use it now. The Internet has made information about anything easy to get.