- Air_______ is one of the biggest problems in the world today
- Yes. We must take action to make the air less_______.
A. pollution; pollution B. pollute; pollution
C. pollution; pollute D. pollution; polluted
- Is there_______ post office near here?
- Sorry, _______ nearest one is 5 kilometres away.
A. a; a B. a; the
C. the; the D. the; a
请以The changes to my hometown为题，写一写你的家乡在环境，交通方式等方面的变化，并谈谈你对这些变化的看法。要求：根据题目要求写全要点，字数80词左右，语句通顺，无语法错误。
句子翻译（共5小题；每小题3分，满分1
5分）
1.我们已经习惯通过发邮件保持联系。
2.当我到达那里时，我忍不住拍起照来。
3.我从出生就一直住在这儿。
4.乘飞机去那花了我们三个半小时。
5.虎丘(Tiger Hill)你去过多少次了？
单词填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据汉语提示或句意，写出句中所缺单词
1.There were no_______ _(工厂)in our hometown in the past
2.It is important for us to protect our __________(环境) in a right way.
3.I have to return the book tomorrow because I have ________(借) it for three days.
4.I go there for ____________(生意)，not for traveling.
5.We have to go to work every day __________(除了)on some important days.
6.What is he doing at present? He’s _______ _ (采访)Mr
. Green．
7.She’s ___________(写)five thousand books so far.
8.-- Life in a busy city is wonderful.
---_____________, the traffic and noise make me uncomfortable.
9.---Has he ever been __________?
---No. He hasn’t been to any foreign countries.
10.My cousin will come back to China by plane next Sunday, so I have to pick him up at the _________
A girl complained to her father
about her hard life．She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to give up．She felt tired of fighting and fighting．One problem had been finished but another came over．
Her father，a cook，took her into the kitchen．He poured water into three pans and boiled(煮沸) them．After boiling，in the first pan was put some carrots，the second was put some eggs and the last was put with coffee．
The girl waited impatiently (不耐烦的)，confused by what her father did．About 20 minutes later，her father took out the carrots and put them in a bowl．He took the eggs and put them in a bowl．After that the coffee was poured into a cup．“My sweet heart，what do you see？” he asked．
“Carrots，eggs and coffee，” she replied．
Her father told her to close her eyes and asked her to touch the carrots．She did so and felt that the carrots were soft．After that he asked her to take the eggs and break them．After peeling (剥开) them，she got the eggs，cooked and hard．The last，the father let her smell the coffee． She asked，“What did you do this for，Father？” He explained that each had the same unlucky experience—the boiling water，but each had a different result． The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak．The fragile eggs became hard after being cooked． The coffee was very special，they could change water．“Who are you？” asked her father．“When bad luck knocks at your door，what is your decision? Are you carrots，eggs or coffee？”
1.The girl’s father took her to the kitchen to .
A.ask her how to boil eggs B.show her how to make coffee
C.teach her how to be a cook D.tell her how to face difficulties
2.After about twenty minutes,the carrots became .
A.soft B.hard C.salty D. sweet
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A.The girl’s father liked to eat some kinds of food.
B.Bad luck always knocks at strong people’s doors.
C .Boiled carrots, eggs and coffee had the same result.
D .People should make right decisions when in trouble.
