But many years went past and the doctor became old. He began to lose his memory. This made him do foolish things sometimes. When people noticed this, they didn’t go to him any more.

“He may give us the wrong medicine,” they said and they were afraid.

“Why does no one come to see me now?” he wondered. But no one wanted to tell him because they didn’t want to hurt the good old man, so they said,” You have cured all the sick people in the town. There is no one sick now.” The doctor was pleased when he heard that and they went away happily.

综合练习(B)

5. How long does it take to get to the Summer Palace By Underground?

4. They are amazing, aren’t they?

3. Could you help me do it?

2. How about going shopping after school?

请你根据下面所提供的材料以 Zhalong Nature Reserve为题写一篇短文。字数在80字左右。

内容：1. 扎龙是位于中国东北部黑龙江省的一个自然保护区。

2. 它是世界重要湿地之一。

3. 它为野生生物提供食物及栖息地，但现在由于人们一直不断的侵占土地，越来越多的鸟处于危险之中。

4. 我们必须尽快采取行动来保护它们。

8A Unit 1-3

综合练习(A)

SARS (非典) has brought us much trouble. However, everything has　 　1 　sides. One side of SARS is already clear. It is serious and over 300 people in China have died of it. But the other side is more important.

SARS makes people realize (认识) that life is valuable (有价值的). Once in April, Wang Xinying, a student in Taiyuan, traveled on the same bus with a sick man who might have SARS, 　__2 　he had to stay at home for 　3　 　two weeks. “ I’m going to treasure(珍惜) my life every day,” he said.

SARS teaches people to be thankful. Many doctors and nurses 　4 　all their time with people who have SARS, and 　5 　of them have lost their lives. Another student says he wants to be a doctor when he grows up. “Though they know their job is 　6　 , doctors and nurses are trying their best to save people ‘s lives. We must learn from them,” he said.

SARS also _ 7_ 　people to understand the trouble of others. The past few months have been 　　__8_ 　for Chinese people. But there are some other worse things than SARS in the world, such as war and so on. Think of how the 　_9_ 　felt on September 11th, 2001.

Besides, SARS makes people in different countries join together in this special war until they 　　__10_ 　in the end.

(　　　 ) 1. A. four　　　　　　　　　 B. three　　　　　　　　 C. five　　　　　　　　　 D. two

(　　　 ) 2. A. so　　　　　　　　　　　 B. since　　　　　　　　 C. or　　　　　　　　　　 D. as

(　　　 ) 3. A. at first　　　　　　　　 B. at least　　　　　　　 　　　 C. at last　　　　 　　　 D. at once

(　　　 ) 4. A. waste　　　　　　　　 B. cost　　　　　　　　　 C. spend　　　　 　　　 D. forget

(　　　 ) 5. A. none　　　　　　　　　 B. all 　　　　　　　　　 C. few　　　　　　　　　 D. some

(　　　 ) 6. A. safe 　　　　　　　　　 B. dangerous　 　　　 C. famous　　　　　　　 D. favourite

(　　　 ) 7. A. wishes　　　　 　　　 B. asks　　　　　　　　　 C. teaches　　　　　　　 D. wants

(　　　 ) 8. A. terrible　　　　 　　　 B. popular　　　 　　　 C. healthy　　　　　　　 D. happy

(　　　 ) 9. A. Frenchmen　 　　　 B. Americans　 　　　 C. Japanese　　　　　　 D. Russians

10.(　　　 ) A. win　　　　　　　　　 B. hurt　　　　　　　　　 C. fail　　　　　　　　　 D. lose