Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water into the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time. Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth. Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don’t let the wind blow the dirt away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.
阅读短文回答问题。
1.What are scientists trying to do now?
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2.What happens to the earth?
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3.Why is more and more land becoming desert?
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4.Are plants important to the desert?
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5.What can plants do ?(回答一条即可)
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Several summers ago, Joe Smith, a coach（教练） of a football team, and his family were spending their holidays in a small town. One rainy afternoon, it was impossible for them to go out to do something interesting, so the family decided to go to the cinema. Joe, his wife, and their three children walked soon to the town’ s only cinema, bought tickets and went into the hall. The lights were still on, and there were just six other persons there. As Joe entered, some of them saw him and started clapping（鼓掌）.
Joe gave them a smile and turned to his wife.“Aha, I can’ t believe they know me and
I’ m getting a warm welcome here,” he guessed.“They saw my games on TV.”
They sat down and then a young man came back and gave out his hand.“Thanks a lot,”said the coach.“I just can’ t believe you know who I am.” “All I know,”replied the man.“Is that they would not show the film until at least ten people bought tickets.”
阅读短文判断正（T）误（F）。
1.Joe and his family couldn’ t go out for anything funny that day because there was a wonderful film.
2.When Joe and his family got to the cinema, the film didn’ t begin to show.
3.Joe was sad when some people warmly greeted him.
4.Now with the coach’ s family there were eleven people in the cinema.
5.In fact the people in the cinema clapped to the coach because they often saw him on TV.
If you remember the following six ways of information, you’ll know how to protect yourself. You’ll be much safer at school and in your everyday life.
1)Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn’t walk alone out. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens, you can find them quickly.
2)Don’t use earphones when running in the schoolyard or on the street. You will keep yourself from the outside world and can easily get into trouble.
3)When taking a bus, school bags should be carried towards the front of your bodies instead of putting them on your backs. When buses are crowded, it is easy enough for thieves to steal the things in the bag on your back.
4)If you are followed by a stranger, cross the street and go in the other direction. Let the stranger know he or she is there. Next, go and get help from others if it is necessary. Don’t go home directly. You are safer in the street than you are in your home or in a lift.
5)If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop only a few minutes before the buses leave. On buses, don’t sit alone. You should sit behind the driver or with friends. Don’t sleep.
6）Don’t play with matches or candles, because it may cause fire. If your house catches fire and you have to escape through smoke, move on your hands and knees with your head 30-60 centimeters above the floor. Please remember there is cleaner and cooler air near the floor during the fire.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1.When you walk alone outside, you’d better .
A. phone your friends using the public phone first
B. sit at the side of the road and have a short rest
C. notice the environment around you.
D. get help from others
2.You should to protect yourself when you are followed by a stranger.
A. set fire with matches or candles.
B. run home quickly or find a lift to go in
C. let him or her know you see he or she is there
D. turn back and walk towards him or her directly
3.It’s for you to use earphones when you’re running outside.
A. dangerous B. helpful C. necessary D. important.
4.When taking a bus to a place far away, you should .
A. sit alone in the back of the bus B. sleep well in the back of the bus
C. sit alone in the front of the bus D. sit behind the driver or with friends
5.When there are too many passengers on the bus, you should put your things
A. on you back B. beside you
C. in front of your bodies D. behind the conductor
All living things on the earth need other living things to live. Nothing lives alone. Most animals must live in a group, and even a plant grows close together with others of the same kind. Sometimes one living thing kills another. One eats and the other is eaten. Each kind of life eats another kind of life in order to live, and together they form a food chains( 食物链) Some food chains are simple, while others are not. But all food chains begin with the sun, and all food chains become broken up if one of the links disappears.
All life needs sunlight to live on. But only plants can use sun-light directly. Plants are “factories”. They make food from sun-light, water and things in the soil and air.
Plants feed all other living things. Animals can only use the sun’s energy (能量)after it has been changed into food by plants. Some animals feed directly on plants. Others eat smaller animals. Meat-eating animals are only eating plants indirectly.
What about human beings? We are members of many food chains. We eat wheat, rice, vegetable, fruits and so on. We also eat meat and drink milk, but men often break up the food chains. They kill wild animals. They also make rivers, lakes and seas dirty. When these rivers, lakes and seas are polluted, the fish in them can not be eaten. If men eat fish, they will get strange diseases.
Each form of life is liked to all others. Breaking the links puts all life in danger.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1.How does every living thing on the earth live?
A. each plant can live alone
B. each animal can live alone
C. it living things want to live, they must kill each other
D. every living thing on the earth can not live without others
2.Which living things can use the sun’s energy directly?
A. animals B. plants C. both animals and plants D. all living things
3.What do plants make food from? They make food from______
A. sunlight, water and things in the soil and air B. water, sunlight and things in the soil
C. water and things in the soil and air D. water sunlight and things in the soil
4.Who often break up the food chains?
A. human beings B. animals C. plants and animals D. men and wild animals
5.which of following do you think is the best title for this passage?
A. animals B. plants C. food chains D. living things
Nelson Mandela, the first black President of South Africa, passed away at his home. He is one of the greatest people in the 20th century. The whole world mourned the father of new South Africa. His life is full of stories.
Nelson Mandela’s Life | |
Time | Events |
July18, 1918 | Was born in a rich family in South Africa |
1944 | Became a member of ANC |
October15,1962 | Was put into prison for opposing the white only government |
February10, 1990 | Was set free---got out of the prison |
1992 | Visited China for the first time |
1993 | Won the Nobel Prize for Peace |
May9, 1994 | Became the first black president of South Africa |
December5, 2013 | Died at his home |
根据内容选择最佳答案。（每小题1分，共5分）
1.Nelson is the first ______ president of South Africa.
A. white B. Asian C. woman D. black
2.Nelson was born in a_______ family.
A. poor B. rich C. kind D. white
3.How long was Nelson in prison?
A. nearly 28years B. 18years C. over 30 years D. 7 years
4.Nelson won the Nobel Prize for_____ in 1993.
A. Physics B. Medicine C. Chemistry D. Peace
5.Nelson has been dead for about ______.
A. 2 years B. 5 years C. 4 years D. 10years
Modern life is ______without travelling. The ______ way of travelling is by air. With a modern airline you can travel in one day to places. But it ______ a month or more to get to these places a hundred years ago.
Travelling by train is ______ than by air , but it has its advantages(便利). You can see the country you are travelling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining cars. They make even the longest journey(旅程)______.
Some people ______travel by sea if it is possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different places. Travelling by sea is a very ______ way to ______ a holiday.
Many people like to travel by ______. You can make your______ timetable. You can travel three or four hundres miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just ______ you like. You can stop ______ you wish- where there is something interesting to see, at a good restaurant where you can ________ a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is ________ travelling by car is popular, while people usually take a train or a plane when they are travelling _______business.
1.A. impossible B. possible C. good D. bad
2.A. fastest B. faster C. slowest D. slower
3.A. spend B. took C. cost D. worth
4.A. faster B. fast C. slower D. slow
5.A. enjoy B. harmful C. enjoyable D. tired
6.A. like to B. like C. likes D. likes to
7.A. pleased B. pleasure C. pleasant D. please
8.A. pay B. spend C. cost D. visit
9.A. jeep B. truck C. car D. bike
10.A. owns B. own’s C. owns’ D. own
11.A. to B. from C. as D. with
12.A. whatever B. wherever C. however D. whichever
13.A. enjoy B. like C. love D. eats
14.A. what B. why C. where D. which
15.A. in B. with C. for D. on
