We're trees. We've lived on the earth with you for thousands of years. Each day we give out oxygen and make air fresh. We can cool the air _____ you don't feel hot all the time; We help to ___ the soil（土壤）from being washed ____ . We give all kinds of fruits and wood to you. We are your friends. But you've never been interested in us, or pay any attention to us, so you hardly know _____about us.
We are now in great danger because of you humans. You're destroying us _____ a terrible speed. You're burning and cutting down millions of us each year. Every day one tree is ___but 30 trees are cut down. What would you do ____ all of us died? Without us, you wouldn't get the ingredients for some of your important medicine, you wouldn't have enough material for buildings, furniture, ____ products. Therefore, air pollution and noise pollution would become more and more______·
The best thing for you to do now is to stop destroying us and start protecting the environment, because we are the best fighters ______pollution!
1.A. because of B. as soon as C. even though D. so that
2.A. support B. operate C. prevent D. produce
3.A. away B. below C. around D. back
4.A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
5.A. in B. for C. at D. on
6.A. built B. lost C. dropped D. planted
7.A. before B. unless C. if D. whether
8.A. flower B. paper C. water D. glass
9.A. unfair B. serious C. seriously D. kindly
10.A. through B. across C. against D. except
A new term has begun. Teachers are ______ about the fact that new students are not easy to handle (对待). They like to bring cellphones and MP3 players to school. What is ______, some students even use cellphones to do with out-of-class matters in class, or sometimes just for fun. Some other students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in.
Are these new students really that ______? ‘Yes,’ says Delaney Kirk, a professor at Drake University. ______ she adds it’s not their fault. Instead, the things that they bring into school --- cellphones, MP3 players and so on --- and the teachers are to blame（责备）. Kirk first began thinking about students’ manners six years ago. ‘I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that learning well ______ nothing to do with them,’ she says. ‘At first, I got worried about this, but then I said to myself, “You’re teaching ______, and you need to manage this … These students need to know more about manners. It’s time to help them develop some good _____. They shouldn’t waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later, they might regret（后悔） the time they have wasted.”’
Kirk also ______ a list of suggestions to help teachers better manage their classes. The following are among her suggestions:
Tell students how they will benefit(获益) by taking the class. On the first day of class, emphasize（强调）its importance ______ giving some homework that students must turn in next time.
Do not allow them to bring cellphones and MP3 players to the class at all.
Decide ______ formal（正式的） and informal the class will be.
1.A. worried B. excited C. surprised D. interested
2.A. bad B. better C. good D. worse
3.A. friendly B. polite C. rude D. patient
4.A. But B. However C. And D. So
5.A. learned B. did C. had D. shared
6.A. math B. lessons C. Chinese D. English.
7.A. ideas B. speeches C. habits D. classes
8.A. makes B. brings C. gets D. takes
9.A. of B. on C. at D. by
10.A. what B. why C. which D. how
—I haven’t seen Jack for three days, is he ill?
—_______. His mother told me that he was in hospital.
A. I am afraid so B. I hope not
C. I don’t expect D. I am afraid not
time with family and friends very important to us.
A. Spending; is B. Spend; is C. Spending; are D. To spend; are
---By the end of last month ,Tom ____ Gina for 10 years .
A. had married B. had married to C. had been married to D. had been married
— Have you found the information about the famous people ________ you can use for the report?
—Not yet. I’ll search some on the Internet.
A. who B. what
C. whom D. which
