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November 19th, 2013                                                   Sunny 

Today is my first day in Singapore. It’s quite fascinating. I fell in love with this beautiful c 1.   as soon as I got off the plane. The city was so tidy that I couldn’t find any r  2. .

My host family were waiting for me outside. I wanted to s  3.  hands with them because they are Chinese, but they k  4. me to welcome me. All of us wanted to be as polite as possible. On the way to their home, my host p   5.   to a beautiful statue--- Merlion Statue and told me it was the s  6.  of Singapore. My host had prepared a big dinner for me. When I saw forks and k  7.  on the table, I told them I had learned how to use chopsticks before I left France for Singapore. I had the most delicious Chinese food. After dinner, we took a walk in the park n 8.   the house. Though we are from d  9.  countries, we talked happily. My host family went out of their way to make me r  10.   and feel at home.

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Today is Sunday. Brother and I   1    at home. We   2   to carry two boxes into the room.  My brother’s box is  3   , but  4   is big. We put    5    on the table. We can see    6     clothes in the boxes, but my   7      aren’t in them.  I   8     find my socks. Brother can    9    me to find them. They’re under the bed. I must look   10    my things.

1.A. be             B. am           C. is             D. are

2.A. look           B. want          C. know         D. meet

3.A. small          B. big           C. heavy          D. light

4.A. I              B. my           C. mine           D. His

5.A. it             B. they          C. them          D. him

6.A. an            B. a             C. some          D. the

7.A. books         B. pens          C. socks          D. desks

8.A. can’t          B. not           C. no             D. isn’t

9.A. find           B. help          C. see            D. meet

10.A. in            B. at             C. on             D. after

Hi Hongbo,

I’m so glad to read about the changes talking place in your city. It’s really good news that you can travel by subway in Xi’an, though there’s only one line there. Here in London we have twelve lines. By the way, we don’t use the word “subway” here. It’s American English. We call it “the Underground”, instead.

The London Underground is very famous. It’s famous for several reasons. First of all, part of the underground railway today is the oldest in the world, which opened in 1863. Secondly, the London Underground is also the first line to have electric trains, in 1890. Thirdly but not the last, the London Underground is the second largest metro system in the world, after the Shanghai Metro. There are 270 stations in the Underground and it has 402 kilometres of tracks(轨道). What’s more, the city of London itself helps make the transportation system famous! I’ve got a few photos to help you build a clear picture of the Underground in my city. They are together with this mail.

In your email, you also said workers were building more lines. I’m sure your city is developing fast. Maybe you can send me a few photos of your city today. I really want to see the changes taking place there. I’m happy for you to live there in an ancient city with such a new look!

So much for now. I’ll write soon again. Best wishes!

1. Where is the writer from？

2. The second paragraph mainly tells us        ?

3.In the email, the words “subway”, “underground”, and “metro” mean         .

4. What does the writer want Hongbo to do?

The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution.
To pollute means to make things unfit or unclean to use. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even eat it. Pollution is beginning to threaten (威胁) our health, our happiness and our life.
Man has been polluting the earth from the time he first made fire, washed his clothes in the river and threw his waste on the ground. When land was used up or water became dirty, men moved on to another place. At first, the problem was not so serious because there was plenty of clean air, land and water. There weren’t so many people then and their wants fewer. All the dirty things could be absorbed(吸收) by nature and soon covered over. But this is no longer true. The increase of pollution and the development of industry(工业) have changed that. Man is slowly poisoning(毒害)not only his environment but also himself.
Through the use of poison, man has polluted the land, killing the animals. By putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking water, killing the fish.
Our increasing population is part of the problem. More people, more waste.
Where is this all to end? Are we turning the world into a big rubbish dump(堆存处)，or is there any hope that we can get rid of (摆脱，除去) the pollution? Luckily, millions of people have been warned of the danger of pollution. Large numbers of people are now working hard to bring pollution under control.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. This means keeping the land, air and water clean. And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?