What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask "What must we do now?" The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young people today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary. Many are helping save our world. They plant trees, protect wild animals, and so on. In a small town in the United States a large group of girls cleaned the 11 kilometer-long banks of the river. Young people may hear about conservation through a record called "NO ONE'S GOING TO CHANGE OUR WORLD". It was made by the Scatles, Cliff Richard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve wild animals.

1. From the passage we know that there are________ in Holland now.

　　 A. more trees　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. more flowers

C. fewer plants　　　　　　　　　　    D. fewer animals

2. This passage is mainly about conserving________.

　　 A. man　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. nature

C. wild animals　　　　 　　　　　　　　D. wild plants

3. What's the meaning of the sentence "If we go on like this, we shall destroy ourselves"?

　　 A. We can't live on the earth someday.

　　 B. We can't see plants.

　　 C. We can't see animals.

D. Our life will be hard.

4. We can guess from the passage that "NO ONE'S GOING TO CHANGE OUR WORLD"    was__________________.

　　 A. a book about saving the earth

　　 B. a song loved by young people

　　 C. a film about protecting wild animals

D. a tape of songs calling on people to conserve nature

5. Which is not mentioned (提到) in the passage?

   A. Plant trees.　　　　　　　　　　   B. Protect wild animals.

   C. Clean the banks.　　　　　　　　   D. Collect waste paper for recycling.

　　At first about ten cities are quite (4) in bidding（申办）for the Olympic Games of 2008.“Beijing, Toronto and Paris are (5) cities bidding for the Olympic Games of 2008,”said Richard W. Pound, the IOC's first vice president.

　　“The host city of the Olympic games of 2008 will be decided at the IOC meeting in Moscow in July, 2001. Beijing is getting ready (6) them because it nearly became the host of the Olympic Games of 2000 and Toronto and Paris also have strong power,” said Pound (7) an IOC meeting.

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　　Richard found a job in a big office after he finished college. He liked to use his 1 and was good at his job. So he was often paid more than (得到的报酬多于) his workmates and he worked 2 .

　　But something was wrong with the young man a month ago. He couldrft 3 at night. So he was always 4 in the daytime and often made mistakes. He had to go to a hospital. The doctor 5 and told him to buy some sleeping pills. He took them 6 he went to bed. Soon after that he went to sleep.

　　Richard 7 in the morning. He had a look at the clock on the wall. It was a quarter to seven. He got up and went to work after 8 . As soon as he went into office, “Good morning. Mr Clarke! I've 9 had a good sleep like last night's and I'm feeling much better!”

　　“Skunk (混蛋) !” the head 10 loudly. “We've looked for you for two days! I wanted you to do something important, but it's too late now!”