Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter. A man with a walking stick is pictured there. A bird called a California condor(大秃鹫)is flying overhead. Who is this man, and why is he so important that he is featured(处于显著地位)on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir. Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man, he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness. He walked more than a thousand miles across the country, through fields and woods. John Muir liked writing about the places he visited, describing their beauty.
Muir also wrote about problems. In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, many trees were being cut down. This made Muir unhappy and worried, because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them．Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保护)instead of being changed by human beings. He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests. Soon, others began to listen.
Muir wrote letters to important people, such as President Theodore Roosevelt. The president admired Muir’s love for nature. When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California. Muir convinced(说服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation. Later, President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks. National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park, the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter.
Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died, people continue his work today. His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world. John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then, now, and for the future.
【小题1】Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?

A．Because Roosevelt loved watching nature.

B．Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir.

C．Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature.

D．Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland.

【小题2】Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?

A．Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country.

B．Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.

C．Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests.

D．Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt.

【小题3】What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?

A．To advise readers to become active conservationists.

B．To make us interested in the story about a great man.

C．To tell us something about an important person in history.

D．To give information about how to conserve the environment.

Mr Green had a little boy. Every day had work he came home and played with his son.

One night ,while Mr Green was at work, he __41__ that he had extra work to do for the evening ,and that he wouldn’t be able to play with his son._____42____ he wanted to give the boy something to keep him  __43__. So , looking around his office , he saw a    44   with a large map of the world on the cover(封面). He got an ___45 ____ He removed the map , tore(撕) it up into small pieces and put all the pieces in his coat pocket.

When he got home , the little boy came running to him and was ready to play. Mr Green ___46___that he had extra work to do and couldn’t play at the moment . Then he   ___47__  all the pieces of the map and put them on the table . He said to the  boy,”_48__” was a map of the world, and  ___49___th time you put it back together, my extra work will be finished, and we can ___50___”. Surely, this would keep the child busy for   ___51___  , he thought.

About half an hour later the boy came to Mr Green and said,” Okay, it’s  ___52___ . Can we play now?”

Mr Green said ,“That’s amazing!_____54   did you do that?” The boy said, “It was    55  . On the back of the page was a picture of a man . When I put the man together the whole world fell into place.”

1.A. imagined      B. realized         C. dreamed      D. revealed

2.A. Although      B. Since           C. But          D. Because

3.A. embarrassed   B. smart           C. busy         D. tiring

4.A. bag          B. desk            C. coat         D. magazine

5.A .accident      B. opinion          C. idea         D. explanation  

6.A. considered    B. agreed           C. explained    D. decided   

7.A .showed up    B. took out          C. set up       D. put into

8.A .It           B  He              C. She        D. One

9.A .by          B  at               C. in         D. for

10.A .work        B play              C. eat         D. sleep

11.A .weeks       B days              C. minutes     D. hours

12.A .used        B. enjoyed           C. bought      D. finished

13.A .easy        B. impossible         C. true        D. important

14.A .How        B. Why             C. What       D. When

15.A .simple      B. difficult           C. confusing    D. misleading

 

Mr. Black loved his daughter Helen very much. Every day he spent all of his free time   51   with her. One night, he had much work to do,  52   couldn't play with his daughter. In order to keep her   53   , he found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. When he   54  , Helen. camerunning to him and was ready to play. Mr. Black said he had
55   time to play fight now. He told the girl to put the pieces of paper back together to a map of the world, and then they could both play.
About half an hour later, Helen came to her father and said, "Okay, it's finished. Can we play now? " Mr. Black was surprised ~ saying, "That's   56    Let's go and see. " And sure enough, there was the picture of the world; all put together, every   57   in its place.
Mr. Black said, "That's surprising!   58   did you do that?" Helen said, "It was   59  . On the back of the page was a picture of a   60  .When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place. "

【小题1】

A．working B．running C．playing D．walking

【小题2】

A．or B．and C．but D．then

【小题3】

A．sleepy . B．warm C．free D．busy

【小题4】

A．left home B．got home C．let the office D．got to the office

【小题5】

A．no B．enough C．much D．some

【小题6】

A．right " B．wrong C．possible D．impossibl

【小题7】

A．map B．picture C．piece D．page

【小题8】

A．How B．Why C．When D．Where

【小题9】

A．hard B．simple C．difficult D．different

【小题10】

A．boy B．girl C．man D．woman

Want to say "hello" from Disneyland? Send a post card!
Beautiful scenes of paradise (乐园), wild animals, silly pictures — you can find them all in one place. Where? On a post card! Have people always sent post cards? No. Before post cards, people liked sealed letters.
The idea for the first decorated (装饰) post card came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card with decorations would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, post cards with pictures appeared. By law, people had to write their note on the front ——on the picture! The back was only for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back post card. Then people could write their note on the back left side and put the address on the right. During the early 1900s, the golden age of post cards, picture post cards became a craze of the world. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million post cards. Today, post cards are the third most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins.
【小题1】We can see some silly pictures on the post cards.
【小题2】 Post cards were produced before sealed letters.
【小题3】In 1861, the first decorated post card appeared.
【小题4】Post cards were most popular during the early 1900s.
【小题5】Stamps, coins and post cards are the most popular collections in the world.

It’s a fine day today. Now it’s 9:00 in the morning. There’s a sports meeting in the forest（森林.）
Look! A panda, a dog and a cat are running. Near the river, two tigers are jumping. (1)Three monkeys are climbing a tree and five birds are singing in the tree.
There are some other animals in the forest, too. A lion is sitting on the back of an old elephant. The elephant is holding a flag（旗） with his trunk(象鼻 ) . Oh, look! A koala is sitting in a tree. What’s she doing? She is watching the sports meeting.
(2)How happy the animals are !
根据短文内容回答问题
【小题1】文中“climbing”中文意思是_________ 

A．站在

B．爬

C．摇晃

D．攀登

【小题2】将文中划线句子(1)翻译成汉语
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【小题3】将文中划线句子(2)翻译成汉语   
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【小题4】How many kinds of animals are mentioned (被提到) ？  

A．7

B．9

C．10

D．15

【小题5】What is the koala doing ? ____________________