The river smells terrible. We must ______ people from ______ dirty things into it.

A．stop, throw     B．stop ,throwing     C．to stop, to throw      D．stopping ,throwing

Have you ever visited any wonders of the world? We may know the pyramids in Egypt, but most of us don't know that the ancient native（土著的）people of Mexico also built pyramids. They did not build the pyramids for tombs（坟墓）. They used to build a pyramid and then build a temple on the top of it .The pyramids in Mexico are not as high as the pyramids in Egypt , but they are big .Each pyramid has a wide stairway that goes from the bottom to the top .There is nothing inside the pyramids, only earth and stones .The biggest pyramid in Mexico is the pyramid of Teotihuacan. It is about 2,000years old .Scientists think it took 10,000 men and more than ten years to build it .People call it the pyramid of the Sun .Near it is another huge pyramid of the Moon.

     How did the people in ancient times build the pyramids? How did they carry and lift up the huge stones? The stones fitted in each other so well and they didn't have our modern machines! Scientists have studied the pyramids, but nobody can say how they did it.

（   ）1．This passage is about

      A．Egypt                                                  B．Mexico       

C．the pyramids in Egypt                                 D．the pyramids in Mexico

（   ）2．The ancient people of Mexico used to build ____

      A．a temple on the top of pyramid                 B．a temple near the pyramid

C．a tomb in the pyramid                        D． a garden outside the pyramid

（   ）3．The pyramid of the Sun is ________ the pyramid of the Moon.

      A．smaller than         B．bigger than            C．as big as             D．not so big as

（   ）4．The biggest pyramid in Mexico was built ____

A．200 years ago       B．about 2,000 years ago  C．last year           D．1,000 years ago

（   ）5．_____ knows how the ancient people built the pyramids.

      A．Everybody          B．The scientist         C．The teacher         D．Nobody

As we know, the great American writer Jack London was often in need of money when be began to write his books .tie worked very hard but it did not help him.

Once he promised a New York magazine to write a story ,but he was busy at that time and could not keep his promise .The boss of the magazine wrote letters to Jack London several times to ask him to send the story .At last he went to Jack London's room and left him a note.

      "Dear Jack London, if I don't get the story in twenty-four hours, I will come to your room and kick（踢）you downstairs, and I always keep my promise ."

    Jack London read the note and answered "Dear Dick , if I could do my work with my feet like you ,I could keep my promise ,too ."

（   ）1．Jack London _____ when he began to write his books.

      A．was not very busy                                      B．didn't have enough money

C．didn't work hard                                 D．didn't need any money

（   ）2．The boss of the magazine wrote letters to _____, Jack London."

      A．the boss                    B．the writer            C．his friend                   D．the officer

（   ）3．Jack London's answer meant he ______ do his work with his feet.

      A．had to               B．could                C．must               D．couldn't

Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. In his last season with the Shanghai Sharks, he scored 32.4 points per game. Now the big man from China is helping the Houston Rockets in the NBA．He is the son of two great basketball players and learnt how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to make his dream come true and show the world that Chinese basketball players love this game too.

Pele was a football player that everyone knew. He was born in Brazil （巴西） in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn't stop playing until 1977, He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started  playing football in the street, like many people around the world do. He was soon picked to play  for Santos and quickly became an international figure.

（   ）1．Which of the following is RIGHT?

      A．Yao Ming is a table tennis player.

      B．Yao Ming is on the Houston Rockets now.

      C．Yao Ming's parents are not basketball players.

      D．Yao Ming is playing for the Chinese Football Team.

（   ）2．Which of the following is WRONG?

A．Pele was born in a poor family.        

B．Pele was a great football player.

      C．Pele played football in the street all his life.

      D．Pele became famous soon after he was picked to play for Santos.

（   ）3．From the passage, we know that______

      A．Steffi Graf was born in Wimbledon in 1985.

      B．Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player

      C．Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was only 16

      D．Steffi Graf has won few of the main matches since 1985.

The smell of gas on the street may make many of us hold our breath .However, when it comes to pollution, your own home may be just as bad.

"People spend most of their time indoors ,and their home can be two to five times（倍） as polluted as the air outside ," says the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Poor indoor air quality can cause health problems. And a lot of these problems are caused by what is in your house .To make your home healthy, here are some useful tips.

Is the fan in your bathroom working well? Turn it on. Put a sheet of paper against it. If the paper sticks ,the fan is strong enough .If not, it needs to be repaired .A good fan makes sure the air in the bathroom is fresh.

Keep your gutters（水槽） clean and clear so that dirty water doesn't make your kitchen or bathroom smell bad．

And don't leave the litter in bags or bins in your home .The place for it is outside,waiting for collection. When you are at home, open the windows to let fresh air in.

Follow these simple steps, and you're sure to live in a healthy environment,

（   ）1．According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the air in your home may be _______ the air outside

A．more polluted than B．less polluted than      C．as bad as               D．no worse than

（   ）2．What does the underlined word “stick" mean in Chinese?

      A．坚持                      B．粘住                 C．破碎                    D．变湿

（   ）3．What is the sheet of paper mentioned in the passage used for?

      A．To clean the fan                        B．To make the air fresh

     C．To keep the fan new                      D．To tell you whether the tan is working well.

（   ）4．The passage mainly rolls us______

      A．how to buy a comfortable house         B．how the environment is polluted in cities

      C．how to make our home healthy          D．what a bad environment our house is

Waste can be seen everywhere in school .Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom .They say they can afford these things .But I don't （1）______ ______ them.

    Waste can bring a lot of problems .Although China is rich in some resources（资源）, we are short of others , for example , fresh water . It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years .So if we go on wasting our resources ,what can we use in the future and where can we  move? （2） I think we should say no to those students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.

（3）在我们的日常生活中，我们应该采取措施去阻止浪费的发生。For example，turn off the water taps when we finish washing，turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to order more food  than we need ,and so on .Little by little, Every thing will be changed .Waste can be stopped one day if we do our best.

1．在（1）的空白处分别填入一个恰当的词，使句意完整、上下文通顺。

___________ _____________

2．将（2）的句子译成中文。   

________________________________________________________________________

3．将（3）句译成英文：_____________________________________________________

4．在文中找出与Some other Students often keep the lights on for a long time when nobody is in the classroom，意思相近的句子。

__________________________________________________________________________

使用方框内的短语完成短文。

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is written by Mark Twain .In the story .Tom __________  treasure with his friends .But they ________ in a cave .Everyone thinks he is dead．When Tom appears ,they_________ him .The themes of the story children growing up and becoming more  serious .The story is still read and loved by people_________, because Mark Twain wrote it in   the___________．It ________one of the greatest books in American literature.

根据短文内容和所给首字母完成单词。

We need a h________ environment ,but we produce waste every day, and it does h________ to our environment. So we should do something to help. We should reduce pollution and waste going into the environment .We should use things as long as p________. When they are old, we should repair then instead of throwing them away and b_______ new ones .We also buy products waste into something else .We should also buy products m__________ from recycles materials.

根据汉语意思补全英语句子。

1．请给我一个机会让我解释一下。

Please __________ ________ _______ ________explain．

2．汤姆擅长数学，昨天他花了一个多小时才做出来了这道数学题。

Tom is good at maths, but yesterday he________ more than an hour________ ________the maths problem．

3．不要总是把自己与别人相比。

He always _________ ________ _________ _________．

4．不要让这个坏消息影响了你。

Don’t ______the bad news _________ _________ _______．

5．你应当注意听老师讲课。

You must _______ _______ ________ your teacher．

在下面对话的空白处填入适当短语或句子，使对话完整通顺。

   Cindy: Hi, Peter! Would you like to go to the movies with me tonight?

   Peter: （l）_________ but I have to go to English Night School.

   Cindy: English Night School? （2）_______________ there?

   Peter: I practise spoken English with native speakers.

   Cindy: Wonderful! （3） _____________ have you been in the program?

  Peter: For two months.

   Cindy: （4）______________ go there?

   Peter: Twice a week.

 Cindy: （5）_______________?

Peter：Yes．It helps a lot．Now I feel it is much easier to talk with foreigners．

Cindy：Sounds great! I hope you can make lots of progress．