Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rub——青夏教育精英家教网——

Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump(垃圾站). Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewagesystem takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.
小题1:You can most probably read the passage in _______.

A．a history book	B．a TV guide
C．a science book	D．a telephone book

小题2:The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_______.

小题3:According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again_______.

A．to feed animals

B．to feed plants

C．to build a house

D．to make machines

小题4:How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?

A．By burning it off.

B．By putting it in water.

C．By throwing it away.

D．By reusing and recycling it.

When you speak, write a letter or make a telephone call, your words carry a message. People communicate (交流) with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are __1__ . Tears in your eyes tell others you are sad. When you __2__ your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to __3__ something or ask questions. You __4__ your head from side to side, and people know you are saying no.
Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the __5__ helps you know which bus you can take here. A sign on the wall of your school helps you __6__ the library. Signs on the doors tell you __7__ to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are lots of signs round you and that you receive messages __8__ them all the time? Books, newspapers, TV, radios and __9__ all help us to communicate with other people. They all help us __10__ what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

A．sorry and sad	B．worried and frightened
C．happy and friendly	D．tired and angry

A．post office

B．police station

In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution. They join “environment clubs”. In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clear.
Here are some things students often do.
No-garbage lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school!
No-car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car--- not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to our air, so remember: Walk, jog, bike or run. Use your legs! It’s lots of fun!
Turn off the water! Do you know that some toilets can waste twenty to forty m³ of water an hour! In a year, that would fill a small river! In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets. We love our environment. Let’s work together to make it clean.
小题1:Environment clubs ask students _______.

A．to run to school every day

B．to take exercise every day

C．not to forget to take cars

D．not to throw away lunch bags

小题2:From the passage we know the students usually have lunch ______.

小题3:On a no-car day, ______ will take a car to school.

A．both students and teachers	B．only students
C．no teachers and students	D．only teachers

小题4:After students mend toilets, they save________.

A．a small river

C．a lot of water

小题5:The writer wrote the passage to ask students to _______.

A．clean schools	B．make less pollution
C．join clubs	D．help teachers

When we talk about the climate（气候）of the UK, you may think of f   1   London and rainy weather. Actually, after many years, London is not as foggy as it used to be because the government is trying their best to solve the p 2   of air pollution, which is the major(主要的) r   3  of the thick fog in London.
However, it is t 4   that it often rains in the UK and the weather always changes quickly. Maybe you wish to play tennis with your friend after work when you see the beautiful sunshine in the morning, but suddenly the wind comes and it r 5  when you go to work.
The difference in temperature b 6  winter and s   7   is not so great in the UK as in China. The average（平均的）t 8   for winter is about 4.5℃, and for summer about 15.5℃.
And the best time to visit the country is in summer. It is often s   9 and you can enjoy outdoor sports and have a picnic h 10   in such weather.

What will the weather be like? Some people say they can know what the weather will be like from birds. When they see birds fly high out to the sea , they know it is a nice day, because birds don’t like to fly out when it will rain. When the weather will be bad, the birds come back to the beach. A big wind may come with a rain. Birds do not like to fly in a big wind. They may sit in a tree when rain is coming. Other animals can also tell the weather. It’s a cloudy day. The rain is coming. Chickens aren’t quiet, and they are running here and there. Frogs(青蛙) are making big noise in the pool. If it is a nice day, the frogs will come out of the water.
A. 放 B. 落 C. 游 D. 飞
小题1:We can play beach soccer when birds ________.

A．fly in the sky	B．come back
C．play on the beach	D．B and C

小题2:Where there is rain, frogs are not _________.

A．in the pool	B．out of the water
C．making a big noise	D．swimming in the water

小题3:What’s the best title for the passage?

These days, many students like playing 3Dgames. Do you know what 3D games are like? In most 3D games, game players need to control a character (人物). The character can be a robot or a soldier. Game players usually use the mouse to make the character move around in his own world. Game players can find things such as food and weapons to help them go on with the game. The character can go straight, sit down, turn left, turn right or pick up things in the game.
Some 3D games have many levels(等级). The character needs to finish different goals（目标） for each level. Game players can against their computers, and sometimes they can play with other players online（在线）. It’s great fun to play 3D games. But playing 3D games for long is not good for our study.
小题1:In most 3D games, game players need to _______.

A．control a character

B．find a robot

C．act as a soldier

D．control the computer

小题2:How do game players make the character move around?

A．By using the keyboard.

B．By using the mouse.

C．By telling the directions

D．By moving the computer.

小题3:In the game, the character can _________.

A．go straight and sit down

B．turn left and turn right

C．pick up things

D．All the aboves.

小题4:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Some 3D games have many levels.

B．The character needs to finish different goals for each level.

C．Game players can only play against their computers.

D．Game players can go online and play with other players together.

根据上面所提供的信息，选择最佳答案。
A school report

Name：Edward Scott School: Kelvin High School
Grade: 8 Term ending: May 6

Math: He is a little weak in this, but he tried his best to catch up with others.

Science: He can work out many difficult problems. Well done! (做得好)

English: He is the best in the class. Keep it up（保持）.

French: His reading is very good, he can remember many words.

History: He is not so good at this, but has done better than before.

Geography: He is familiar(熟悉的) with the names of many places in the world.

Music: He doesn’t like pop songs, though sings very well.

No. in class: 9 absences: 8

Remarks(评语): Edward is able to do a lot better. He needs to do more work next semester.

Class teacher: Ivy

Principal: M. L. Martin

School reopens: September 1

小题1:After reading this, we know it is ________________.

A．a studying plan of Edward Scott

B．a teaching plan of Ivy

C．a report card of Edward Scott

D．a working plan of M. L. Martin

小题2:Which subject is not mentioned(提到) in the report? .

小题3:Edward’s best subject is _________________.

小题4:Edward is not so good at ________________.

A．science and geography

B．math and history

C．history and French

D．music and English

小题5:Which sentence is not true?

A．Edward can’t sing songs very well.

B．Edward doesn’t do well in history.

C．Edward can do better if he works harder next term.

D．Edward learns two languages at school.

Comets(彗星) are parts of our solar system. Like the planets, they go around the sun.
But comets are not made of solid rocks like planets. A comet is a ball of dust, stones, and ice. Many people call comets dirty snowballs.
The “snowball” may be only a few miles across. But when the sun heats the “snowball,” much of it is changed to gases. The gases spread out and form the comet’s head, which may be thousands of miles across.
A comet moves fast in its trip around the sun. But when we see it, the comet does not seem to move. That’s because it is so far away. The moon moves fast, but when you look at it, you can’t see any motion(运动). That’s because the moon is far away.
Each year astronomers(天文学家) discover new comets. Some of them are seen only once. They make one trip around the sun and then go away out into space. The sun’s gravity cannot hold them.
Other comets, like Halley, keep returning. They have been captured by the sun. Halley’s earliest visit was probably 3,000 years ago. It may keep returning for another 3,000 years.
But every time a comet goes around the sun, the comet loses part of itself. Gases and dust are pulled out of the comet. That’s why Halley is now dimmer（暗淡的） than it used to be. Next time it visits us, in 2062, it may be even dimmer. Each visit it may get dimmer and dimmer, until it finally disappears.
小题1:What is this passage mostly about?

A．Comets and the sun.

B．Why comets are like snowballs.

C．Who discovered the first comet.

D．Facts about comets.

小题2:How does the writer help the reader understand what a comet looks like?

A．By telling about a famous one.

B．By explaining how far away it is.

C．By describing how fast it moves.

D．By describing it as a dirty snowball.

小题3:What is the most likely reason the writer wrote this passage?

A．To give information about comets.

B．To tell readers about famous comets.

C．To explain the importance of comets.

D．To encourage readers to look for comets.

People live in different houses. You may know a wooden house or a paper house. But do you know a(n)    1   house?
In 2008, the first ice house in North America opens its    2   to welcome some visitors. The floors, windows and walls are all made of ice. It has ten bedrooms    3   twenty people can stay there each night. Visitors to the house    4   in ice beds, sit on ice chairs and eat from ice plates. Well, the toilets are not made of ice, of course.
It’s usually below zero so it is very    5   inside the house. However, do the visitors just sit there to    6   warm? No, visitors have to    7   special clothes. These can make    8  feel warm until morning.
Workers    9   about four weeks designing the ice house. Visitors can only stay in this ice house in winter. It isn’t    10   in hot summer. Because this house is so special, it is becoming popular with young people.

Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation. The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June. Usually American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class. After class they do all kinds of interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They may go to a small or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot for their higher education. So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies.
小题1:In America, summer vacation lasts（持续）___________________.

A．one month	B．two months
C．three months	D．more than three months

小题2:The underlined（下划线的）word “college” means _________________ in Chinese.

小题3:Many American students work after class, because they ___________________.

A．want to see interesting things

B．have to help the other people

C．want to make more friends

D．have to get money for their studies

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