二、从下面四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
() 1. We lost the basketball game, ______ everyone played well.
A. because B. although C. if D. so

() 2. —Is there ______ important in today's newspaper?
—Nothing special.
A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything

() 3. Giving up smoking can ______ the risk of lung disease.
A. increase B. produce C. reduce D. continue

() 4. Water will ______ ice when the temperature is below 0℃.
A. change into B. pour into C. put into D. come into

( ) 5. —Wang Mei had an accident on the way to school. She fell off her bike and got badly hurt.
—______
A. That's nothing serious. B. It certainly was. C. I'm sorry for it. D. I'm sorry to hear that.

二、从方框中选出适当的句子补全对话，有两项为多余选项。
A: Hi, Mike! What are you doing there?
B: Hi, Mary! I'm reading an article on the computer. 1______
A: That's bad! Why is that?
B: 2______ As a result, forests in many areas have disappeared.
A: That's too bad! 3______
B: You're right. And that also brings problems to animals and plants.
A: 4______
B: Without forests, we human beings and animals would die out.
A: How terrible! 5______
B: That's true. Forests play an important part in the natural environment. Protecting forests is protecting ourselves.
A. I think cutting down trees will do great harm to human beings.
B. What will happen if there is no forest on the earth?
C. We must take measures to stop people from cutting down trees.
D. What should we do to protect the forests?
E. It says the number of the forest in the world is getting smaller and smaller.
F. Because millions of trees in the forest are being cut down.
G. Forests can affect our environment greatly.
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______