No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998. It was started to protect the environment. By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.

The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities including Taipei, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support the day.

In Beijing, more and more people are taking part in the activity. It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5th (World Environment Day). The slogan(口号) for the day is, “ If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”

So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. “We can’t control the weather, but we can choose not to drive,” said Wu Zhonghua, a car club chairman. Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of 2007, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period last year. Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.

1.No Car Day was started _______.

A. to save money                    B. to control the weather  

C. to make the air cleaner         D. to keep out dust from the desert

2.The No Car Day activity asks Beijing drivers _______.

A. to work hard to get fewer blue sky days

B. not to work on World Environment Day

C. to ride a bike or walk instead of driving to work once a month

D. to leave their cars at home for a week each month

3.When is World Environment Day?

A. On July 5th.                 B. On June 5th.  

C. On September 22nd.           D. On February 2nd.

4.Which of the following about No Car Day is WRONG?

A. It was started in France in September, 1998.

B. It was first started in China in 2001.

C. It is supported by over 1,000 cities around the world.

D. It was first started by a car club chairman in Beijing.

5.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A. More and more people in Beijing are joining car clubs.

B. People will have one more World Environment Day each month.

C. More and more people won’t drive on No Car Day in Beijing.

D. The car club chairman Wu Zhonghua won’t drive any more.

1Rewrite the following sentences as required. (根据所给要求，改写下列句子，每空格限填一词)

1.Lily had a good time during her stay in Beijing. (改为否定句)

Lily ________ ________a good time during her stay in Beijing.

2.We have a class meeting once a week. (对划线部分提问)

_________ _________ do you have a class meeting?

3.Many countries make laws to stop smoking in public. (改为被动语态)

Laws _________  _________ by many countries to stop smoking in public.

4.The river pollution is serious in our country today. (改为感叹句)

_________ _________ the river pollution is in our country today!

5.Robert is so short that he can’t yet reach the pears on the table. (改为简单句)

Robert isn’t _________ _________ to reach the pears on the table.

6.I can’t give you better advice than that. (保持原句意思)

I can _________ give you _________ advice.

7.Bill didn’t go to bed until he finished writing the letter at 11:45 last night. (保持原句意思)

Bill _________ _________until he finished writing the letter at 11:45 last night.

How was your Children’s Day? What kind of gifts did you get?
Eight third graders in some poor places in Hebei Province got new schoolbags as Children’s Day gifts. They were very happy. There were pencils, pens, exercise books and many other school supplies in the schoolbags.
These schoolbags are from students in Beijing Zhongguancun Fourth Primary School. They are in Class 5, Grade 3. They raised money by themselves. They printed out their writings. Their head teacher Mrs Hou helped them to make books. They sold the books at their school to make 800 yuan.
Chen Hongsheng, 9 years old, is one of the students. “We use 800 yuan to buy eight schoolbags at the post office. The post office workers give us a list of the kids. These kids live in poor places. We can choose eight kids by ourselves and post these schoolbags to them,” she said very proudly. “These schoolbags are gifts of our class. This summer vacation, I’ll send out a schoolbag by myself. I hope the kid with my schoolbag can go to school happily like us in the new term.”
【小题1】How many kids got new schoolbags in Hebei Province?

词汇 （每空一分，共16分）
1. He is looking at the blackboard with his eyes open ___________(张大地)
2. There is nothing in the box. It’s _________.(空的)
3. I’m _________ (thin) than you.
4. His brother has two big eyes and looks very h_______.
5. Lily has a ______(圆的)face with shoulder-length hair.
6. In this bookshop, we can buy many newspapers and m_________.
7. He has bad _________ (视力)because of too much computer work at night.
8. My English teacher has a good sense of __________(幽默).
9. He is 1.80 meters in h__________(高度).
10. Is today a __________ (特别的) day?
11.What do you think of these ___________ (广告) on TV?.
12. I am _________ (will) to teach these children.
13. Yang Zhenning is one of ___________ (famous) scientists in China.
14. Which is __________ (hot) season of the year?
15 Laura is a lovely girl with __________ (smile) eyes.
16. Which city is __________ (far) to the sea, Beijing or Tianjin?