Singapore: A Fine City

Singapore welcomes tourists. When you come to visit Singapore, please keep the laws of this country. Here are some points that you must remember.

?? SMOKING: Cigarette smoking is a danger to health. It is not allowed in lifts, cinemas, theaters, all government offices and on buses. If you break it, you have to pay fines of up to $ 1,000.?? LITTER: Singapore is the Garden City of Asia---clean and green. Dropping litter in public places is not allowed. You can be fined up to $ 500 for dropping litter ---even if it only a piece of waste paper or a cigarette end.

?? EATING OR DRINKING: In Singapore, when you take a subway or a bus, you are not supposed to eat or drink anything, or you'll be fined up to $ 500.

? RIDING: When you ride a bike across an underpass(地下通道), please push your bike across the underpass, or you have to pay $ 1,000 for riding your bike.

?? JAYWALKING*: You must always use the pedestrian(步行者, 徒步的)crossing. You can be fined $ 50 for crossing the street less than 50 meters from a crossing. These laws are also for children who are old enough to be in the street on their own.

1.The underlined word "fine" in the passage means ________.

A. 好????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. 罚款????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. 晴朗????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. 健康

2.When you come to visit Singapore，you should remember to ___________.

A. go shopping?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. keep the law of this country

C. go sightseeing???? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. visit some fantastic sights

3.Singapore is a city with _________ according to the passage.

A. cigarettes? ????????????? B. green plants????????????? C. litter???? ????????????? ????????????? D. bikes

4.What will happen if you drop a piece of waste paper in Singapore?

A. You have to pick it up.?????????? ?????????????

B. You have to sweep the street.

C. You will be fined up to$500? ????????????? ????????????? ??

D. You will be told not to do it again.

Never try to work when you are very hungry. If you want to do your homework right after school, you may want to eat something before getting to work. ①Always do your homework before you get too tired. Don't wait until very late in the evening, or your homework will seem much harder than it really is.

If you have more than an hour's work，you should give yourself a break after an hour. On the other hand，② you should work at least half an hour a time without stopping.

Don't put it off（推迟）until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework，you will have it on your mind，and you won't enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until night before a test，you will have too much catching up to do. A little each night, enough to keep up with（跟上）what is happening each day in school，will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it.

Do your homework at the same time every day. This will help you make it a habit. It will make part of your daily work easier to do，and it will make your free time more enjoyable as well.

1.改写①句使句意不变。

_________ you get too tired, you should _______  doing your homework.

2.What will happen if you put off your homework until the last minute?

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3.请将短文中的②句翻译成中文。

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Why do plants grow in some places and not in others? Why does some land have so much growing on it, while other land has almost no plants growing on it at all?
To grow, plants need several things. One is warmth. In very cold places almost nothing grows. Plants also need water. In very dry parts of the earth only a few unusual plants can grow. That’s why dry deserts everywhere are almost not covered by trees or grass.
Plants must also have a place in which to put down their roots and grow. They find it difficult to grow on hard land. The town is built on hard land. The plants here have only the soil found between the cracks of the stones to grow in.
Another thing plants must have before they can grow is food.
What will happen if we try to make things grow on the sandy beach? A few plants, such as beach grass, will grow in sand, but most plants won’t. Even if the weather is warm enough and we water the plants each day, many of them will die because the sand on this beach has almost no food for plants.
【小题1】What things don’t most plants need to grow well according to the passage?
A．Warmth.              B．Food.                C．Sandy beach
【小题2】What does the underlined word “cracks” mean in the passage?
A．表面             B．缝隙                 C．夹层
【小题3】From the passage, we know that it is        for plants to grow in dry places.
A．difficult                B．impossible           C．important
【小题4】The reason why most plants can’t grow on the sandy beach is that       .
A．there isn’t enough sunlight
B．there is too much water
C．it has little food for plants
【小题5】The passage can most probably be found in a        book.
A．science              B．history              C．travel

A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in the year.You may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam.If you are taking an English exam,do not only learn rules of grammar.

Try to read stories in English and speak English whenever you can .A few days before the exam you should start going to bed early .Do not stay up late at night studying and learning things .Before you start to answer the questions,read carefully over the question paper.Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pack up your pen to write .When you have at last finished your exam,read over your answers .Correct the mistakes if there are any mistakes and make sure that you have not missed anything out.

1.What is the passage about?

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2.What will happen if you work hard only a few days before the exam?

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3.What should we do before the exam?

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4.What should we do before answering the questions?

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5..What should we do after finishing the exam?

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