The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and TV, telephone and so on. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has also brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution (污染). Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.
The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad to all living things in the world. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us become angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal (煤) in houses and factories in the city.
The pollution of SO2 is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.

1. 1.

   Our world is becoming much smaller _______.

   1. A.
      because the earth is being polluted day and night
   2. B.
      thanks to science development
   3. C.
      because of the rise in population
   4. D.
      because the earth is blown away by the wind every year
2. 2.

   Thousands of years ago, life was _________it is today.

   1. A.
      much easier than
   2. B.
      as easy as
   3. C.
      as hard as
   4. D.
      much harder than
3. 3.

   Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here “it” means______.

   1. A.
      Water pollution
   2. B.
      air pollution
   3. C.
      noise pollution
   4. D.
      rubbish
4. 4.

   Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because _______.

   1. A.
      it’s bad to all living things in the world
   2. B.
      it makes much noise
   3. C.
      it has made our rivers and lakes dirty
   4. D.
      it makes us become angry more easily
5. 5.

   Which of the following is NOT TRUE?     

   1. A.
      Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.
   2. B.
      The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world’s population does.
   3. C.
      From now on, maybe people should try to go to work by bus or bike instead of car ormotorbike. It is helpful to fight against the problem of SO2.
   4. D.
      The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are so many people

Hello. I’m Meg. I’m 12 years old. I have a brother and a sister. My brother is 9 and my sister is only 4 years old. I like vegetables and salad. My brother likes tomatoes and my sister likes ice- cream. We love sports. Because doing sports is good for us. We all like tennis very much. Today is my mother’s birthday. Today is January 21st. There’s a big birthday cake on the table. Come to my mother’s birthday party and have some cake.

1.How old is Meg’s brother?

2.What does Meg like?

3.Does Meg’s sister like tennis?

4.Where is the birthday cake?

5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.(请把划线句子翻译成汉语)

B.
Love is a two - way street
A father sat at his desk and looked at his bills when his young son rushed in and announced: "Dad, because today is your birthday and you're 40 years old, I'm going to give you 40 kisses, one for each year!" When the boy started making good on his word (履行诺言 ) , the father shouted:  "Andrew, don’t do it now. I'm too busy! "
The boy soon fell silent as tears fell from his big blue eyes. Feeling sorry, the father said: "You can finish later.  The boy said nothing but quietly walked away." That evening the father said:  "Come and finish the kisses now,  Andrew!" But the boy didn’t.
Unfortunately, a few days later after the father's birthday, the boy had an accident and died.  His sad father wrote: "If only(要是...,该多好)i could tell him how sorry I am for my thoughtless words,  and how much my heart is hurting."
Love is a two-way street.  We must warmly accept any loving act,  or others will take it as a "NO" and it can leave a scar(伤痕). If we don't receive love, our life will lose its true meaning.  Nothing is more important than accepting love from those who are near and dear to us .
【小题1】On his father's birthday, the boy wanted to

It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.

    As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.

    He asked her what was wrong and she replied,“I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”

    The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose.’

    He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地), where she placed the rose on the grave.

    The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house.

    Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.

1.The man went to the shop to ________.

A. have a rest  B. help the girl      C. buy some food        D. order some flowers

2.The man’s mother lived ________ away from him.

A. 2 kilometers     B. 75 miles         C. 200 miles        D. 200 kilometers

3.The girl was crying on the road because ________.

A. she was hungry                      

B. she got hurt

C. she couldn’t afford a rose             

D. she couldn’t find her way home

4.After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to ________ together.

A. the cemetery    B. his shop   C. the girl’s  home    D. his mother’s house

5.We can learn from the passage that _________.

A. the girl loved flowers very much

B. the girl loved her mother very much

C. the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother

D. the man drove to his mother’s house to look after her

Jack is _________years old. Today is his _________ birthday.

A. sixteenth; sixteen B. sixteen; sixteen

C. sixteen; sixteenth D. sixteenth; sixteenth