Carrots are grown on farms and in small family gardens all over the world. They are easy to plant and harvest ( 收获 ）. They also have a good taste.
When people think about carrots, a picture of a long, thin, orange-coloured vegetable usually comes into their minds. But carrots come in many different sizes and shapes. And not all carrots are orange.
Carrots should be grown in sandy soil that does not hold water for a long time. The earth also should not be too hard. To prepare your carrot garden, dig up the earth and turn it over (翻土）.
Weather, soil, condition and time affect the taste of carrots. Warm days and cool nights are the best time to grow great delicious carrots.
The best way to decide if a carrot is ready to be harvested is by its colour. Usually, the brighter the colour is, the better the taste is.
Most people do not know that carrots can be grown during the winter months. If the winter is not cold enough to freeze the ground, you can grow and harvest carrots the same way as you do during the summer months.
Carrots are prepared and eaten in many different ways. They are cut into thin pieces and cooked with other vegetables or meat. Or, they are washed, and eaten just as they come out of the ground.
根据上面的短文内容填空。
1.It is for people carrots.
2.Not all carrots are long, thin and orange, they can be of different .
3.Carrots should in sandy soil and the earth should be .
4. It’s the best time to grow delicious carrots . Carrots with brighter colours have tastes.
5.We can grow carrots during both the months and the months.
No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998. It was started to protect the environment. By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.
The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities, including Taipai, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support the day.
In Beijing, more and more people are joining the campaign(运动). It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5(World Environment Day). The slogan(口号) for the day is, “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”
So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. “We can’t control the weather, but we can choose not to drive,” said Wu Zonghua, a car club chairman. Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of 2012, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period the year before. Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.
根据上面短文回答下列问题。
1.Is China the first country to start No Car Day?
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2.When did the first No Car Day start?
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3.What was the first city to have No Car Day in China？
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4. How often does the campaign ask drivers not to drive their cars in Beijing?
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5.How many blue sky days did Beijing have in the first quarter of 2011?
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完成句子。（共7小题；每小题2分，满分14分）
1.那边的那些人没有耐心，而且容易放弃。
Those people over there and easily.
2.走进一个蓝色的房间会使人感到很平静。
a blue room will make people .
3. 因为喜欢天籁之音，谭盾多次将其运用于他的英语中。
As he likes _______________ ,Tan ____________________________.
4.现在学习不努力，将来找工作就会很困难。
You will _____________________in the future if you ________________now.
5.中国人以爱好和平而闻名，但我们不害怕战争。
The Chinese people _______ loving peace, but we aren’t ___________war
6.因此，他成功获得奖学金。
______________, he __________________ a scholarship.
7.《乡村凶杀案》是一部新晋导演辛迪克拉克执导的恐怖片。
Murder in a country house is ___________by Cindy Clark, _____________.
根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。
1.My aunt received the present she wanted on her (forty) birthday.
2. I don’t think such a selfish person is worth (invite).
3.My sister (not reply) to any of my e-mails since then.
4.My parents offered me some __________(suggest) on how to learn English well.
5.Scientists in Dubai say they have _____ (success) produced the world’s first cloned camel.
6.The old bottle is quite _________(value) because it has a long history.
7.The _______(ship) between Li Ming and me has lasted over ten years.
8.The letter I am looking forward to ________ (reach ) me at last.
根据句子意思，从方框中选用恰当的词或短语填空。
mood, to do, around, whether, although, between, offering, make, preferred |
1.I can’t decide to tell the bad news to her or not.
2.I _______ watching documentaries to news in the past.
3.Be careful! The boss is in a bad today.
4.Everyone may mistakes at times.
5.There are 3000 workers in that factory.
6.Thank you very much for me such a good suggestion.
7.The students have no choice but their homework.
8.We should learn to achieve a balance study and play.
Do you want to know how and why a fall leaf changes color? We first have to
understand what leaves are and what they do.
Leaves are the world’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots and take CO2 from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and CO2 into glucose(葡萄糖), a kind of sugar. Plants use it as food for energy and growing.
A chemical called “chlorophyll” in the leaves gives plants their green colour. As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees “know” to begin getting ready for winter.
During winter, there is not enough sunlight or water. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories. As the green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves.
The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, like maples, sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn the glucose in the leaves into a red colour. And we can enjoy the beautiful red leaves during autumn.
1.Which should be in the box?
A. air B. sugar C. water D. wind
2.The underlined word “chlorophyll” means __________.
A. 叶绿素 B. 脂肪 C.蛋白质 D.淀粉
3.The leaves turn yellow because they are short of(缺少) __________.
A. water and CO2 B. glucose and energy
C. sunlight and water D. sunlight and CO2
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. When autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter.
B. During winter trees live on the food they store in summer.
C. During winter some of yellow and orange colors are still in the leaves.
D. Trees begin to stop making food in summer.
5.This passage tells us_____________.
A. the plants can grow well only with the sunlight
B. there are all kinds of plants on the earth
C. not all the colors of the leaves are from chlorophyll
D. maple leaves change the color as other trees
