Snake dishes have become popular in recent years．Snake meat is often seen in restaurants. It seems that eating snake is now in fashion and if you haven't eaten snake yet, you're considered “out of date。”

    But I wonder whether all of the trends(趋势)are worth following．

    Some people may defend(辩解)themselves by saying that eating snake is good for their health.But these people don’t find out that mice and worms are often in snakes' bodies，therefore,there are many parasites(寄生虫)found inside smkes．they may be bad for our health.

  Apart from this，we're sorry to see that more snakes are being killed by a butcher's(厨师的) knife.

    According to the English newspaper：Shanghai Star，about l000 tons of snakes are eaten every year in China．In Shenzhen of Guangdong Province，sometimes as many as 10 tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in a single day．

    If we still turn a blind eye to this，a vicious circle(恶性循环)will be created．if more snakes are eaten by people，the number of snakes will drop，but the number of mice will increase，which will result in a decrease(减少)crop output(产量)．

    This will make more people hungry．Who wants to see a tragedy(悲剧)happen?

    Therefore, let’s not eat snake any more．To protect the snakes is to protect  ourselves．

1．The writers thinks          ．

    A．eating snake meat is good for our health

    B．eating snake meat isn't bad for our health

    C．eating snake meat is expensive

    D．eating snake meat may do harm to our health

2．“Out of date” means         ．

    A．流行            B．赶时髦                C．迟到                   D．不合适宜

3．In Shenzhen，as many as 10 tons of snakes are        ．

    A．often eaten in a month                       B．eaten in a day sometimes

    C．eaten in a single Day                         D．never eaten in a single day

4．Nearly         tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in a year in China．

    A．ten               B．ten hundred          C．ten thousand          D．one million

5．Why does the writer say that to protect snakes is to protect ourselves?

    A．Because snake meat is good for our health．

    B．Because snake skin can used to make many beautiful shoes，bags and clothes．

    C．Because eating snake is now in fashion．

    D．Because a drop in the number of snakes will result in a decrease of crop output．

Here is the timetable of Yu—Huai Railway in Huaihua Railway Station．Read the information and then answer the following two questions．

1．When should you get on the train if you go to Huaihua from Chongqing?

    A．Before nine o’clock．     B．After nine clock．       C．At 9：45．

2．How long does it take you to go to Chongqing from Huaihua by train?

   A．About 9 and half hours．      B．About 10 hours and a half．

    C．More than 11 hours．

(Read the following information on the left and answer the two questions．)

3．What do you know from the information on the left?

   A．It’s a price list in a shop．

   B．It’s a menu in a restaurant．

   C．It’s a list after having a meal in a restaurant．

4．Which is RIGHT according to the information?

   A．Chinese dishes are mainly offered here．

   B．Qingdao beer is a little dearer than tea there．

   C．The Food Festival is held for Chinese only．

5．When we want to express ideas．we often move our hands to mean something besides language．Do you know the meaning of this gesture (手势)?

   A．Good luck．      B．We’ve won．      C．Everything is all right．

NBA star Yao Ming has a restaurant in the USA. The restaurant sells many famous dishes. But one dish could never be made there---shark fin soup(鱼翅汤). Yao has given up shark fin soup since he joined a program for saving endangered animals in 2006. “Animals are our friends,” he said.：How much do you know about these endangered animals?

Sharks, the king of the ocean, are in danger. Each year about 75 million sharks are killed for their fins, 8 kinds of shark have died out.

In some Asian countries, people get bile(胆汁) from Asian black bears’ stomachs and use it as traditional Chinese medicine. The animal’s population has decreased(下降) by 30% to 49% during the past 30 years.

The shahtoosh shawl(沙图什披肩) is thought to be the softest and most beautiful in the world. It is popular in Europe and the US. However, one has to kill three to five Tibetan antelopes(藏羚羊) to make just one shahtoosh. About 20,000 antelopes were killed every year during the 1980s.

One day, if animals all disappeared, the world we live in would come to an end. Saving them now means saving ourselves. Maybe you think that only scientists or famous people can save animals. In fact, everyone can do something. Here are some useful tips for students.

Don’t eat foods that are made of endangered animals, such as shark fin soup. Ask your parents and friends to do so, too.

Don’t buy or use something that is made out of endangered animals, like clothes with antelope fur or necklaces made of ivory(象牙). You should also tell your parents not to buy these things, either.

You can become a volunteer to help build the habitats(栖息地) of endangered animals. There is a lot of information on the Internet about these volunteer jobs.

You can hold a photo show at your school to tell people the situation of endangered animals and what people can do to help save them.

52. In Yao Ming’s restaurant, shark fin soup couldn’t be made because_________________.

　 A. many sharks died, and that makes it difficult to find shark fins

　 B. he wants to save endangered animals

　 C. shark fin soup is not popular now 　　　

D. shark fin soup is not a traditional Chinese food

53. The underlined word “endangered” means _________________in Chinese.

A. 危险的　　 B. 濒临灭绝的　　　 C. 有害的　　 D. 凶猛的

54. Students can help save the endangered animals in many ways EXCEPT________________.

　 A. asking their parents and friends not to eat foods made of endangered animals

　 B. becoming a volunteer to help build the habitats

C. holding a photo show at school to tell people what they can do

D. using something that is made out of endangered animals

55. The best title of this article may be_______________.

　 A. Help Save Endangered Animals　　　　　 B. What Can Students Do

　 C. Yao Ming’s Restaurant D. Animals Are Our Friends