A kind of little cars may take the place of today’s big ones many years later. If everyone drives such cars in the future， there will be less pollution in the air. There will also be more space for parking in cities， and the streets will be less crowded.
The little cars of the future will cost less. Driving will be safer， too， since these little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour. The cars of the future will be fine for going around a city， but they will not be useful for a long way. Little cars will go 450 kilometers before they need to stop for more gasoline (汽油). If big cars are still used with the small ones， two kinds of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be needed for the big， faster cars and other roads will be needed for the small， slower ones.
1.There is much pollution in the air today because _____.
A. people drive big cars
B. people drive little cars
C. small cars will go 450 kilometers before they need to stop for more gasoline
D. the usual size of cars today is too small
2.The usual size of cars today is _____.
A.much smaller than the future one
B.as big as the future ones
C.as small as the future ones
D.bigger than the future ones
3.Which of the following statements (陈述) is NOT TRUE?
A.Big cars cost more.
B.Big cars are not useful for a long way.
C.The cars of the future will be smaller than today’s cars.
D.Small cars are slower than big ones.
4.The streets will be less crowded because _____.
A.there will be fewer cars in the future
B.there will be fewer people in the streets
C.three kinds of roads will be built
D.future cars will be smaller
5.Two kinds of roads will be needed in the future because _____.
A.there will be too many cars in the future
B.more and more people will go to cities
C.big cars run faster and little cars run slower
D.it looks more beautiful to have two kinds of roads
Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago， the world had only a few thousand people. These people moved from one place to another. They moved over the land， hunting animals for food.
No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did， their life changed. They did not have to look for food any longer. They could stay in one place and grow it.
People began to live near one another， so the first village was established (建立). Many people came to live in the villages， and these villages became even larger.
When machines appeared， life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities began.
Today， it’s strange that some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why?
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。
1.People moved from place to place to hunt animals.
2.The story says，“No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did， their life changed.” In this sentence， the word “they” means people.
3.When machines appeared， life in the cities changed again.
4.All people like to live only in big cities.
5.People built factories after the cities grew big.
Water is very important to all the living things， water shortage is a big problem in some places when some of us are wasting it.
Teesha is ten years old. She collect water from a ditch(沟渠) near her home. The water was brown. It had a smell. Teesha’s name means “alive and well”. But the bad water often made her feel sick.
Many families in Africa have no clean water. So many people diseases. Teesha’s own brother from cholera（霍乱）. He was only six years old.
Teesha’s village was . They got a new well（水井）. Volunteers from other countries found out the best place to dig the new well. Soon， the people had clean， fresh water. The volunteers taught Teesha’s family how to keep it fresh. taught Teesha’smother how to use different bowls of water for different things. Some water was for vegetables. Other water was their animals.
Teesha’s family will enjoy their clean water. She hopes that children in villages will soon have clean，fresh water. As the Nigerian saying goes， she hopes her country will have “Peace， Rain， Prosperity（繁荣）！”
1.A. because B. and C. but D .so
2.A. used to B. was used to C. uses to D. gets used to
3.A. nice B. terrible C. good D. sweet
4.A. increase B. reach C. hide D. get
5.A. dead B. death C. died D. dying
6.A. lucky B. funny C. interesting D. exciting
7.A. He B. They C. We D. You
8.A. clean B. cleaned C. cleaning D. to clean
9.A. at B .for C. in D. on
10.A. the others B. others C. the other D. other
—It’s very important for us to save water.
—I agree with you. I hope _____ can realize that.
A. nobody B. everybody
C. anybody D. somebody
_____ everyone in our team played well in this football match， we _____ lost it.
A. Although； but B. Although； still
C. Though； and D. Though； but
Too much pollution changes people’s life. Our government has done ____ to stop pollution.
A. useful something B. useful anything
C. something useful D. anything useful
