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

Mr Green has a holiday, so he said , “I’m going to the city by train.” He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the station and got into the train. He has a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip and looked at the mountains, But the wind blew his hat off. Mr Green quickly took his bag and threw that out of the window, too.
The other people in the carriage(车厢) laughed. “Is your bag going to bring your beautiful hat back?” they asked.
“No,” Mr Green answered, “But there’s no name and no address on my hat, and there’s a name and an address on the bag. Someone is going to find both of them, and he’s going to send me the bag and the hat back.”
【小题1】Mr Green takes a trip         .

  Typhoons(台风) the northern of the world have girls’ names. Sometimes they have very beautiful names. Rose is a pretty name but there was nothing pretty about Typhoon Rose.

It began to rain in Hong Kong on the morning of Monday, August 16th, 1971. At ten o’clock in the morning, Typhoon Rose was still 130 miles away but already the wind was blowing people’s umbrella away. The wind became stronger and stronger. The typhoon shelters were soon full of boats. Ships that were too big to go inside the shelters put down more anchors(锚). Some very big ships went out to the sea. It is safer for a big ship to be at sea in a typhoon because there are no rocks in the open sea. Kai Tak Airport closed. No planes were able to take off or land. At 9:00 in the evening, all the lights went out.

No one slept well that night. It is difficult to sleep in such bad weather.

In Typhoon Rose, more than one hundred people died.229 people were hurt and had and 66 of these had to go to hospital. 1,500 people lost their homes. The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose!

1.What’s the possible result of Typhoon Rose in Hong Kong?

2.The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose because.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

4.Some big ships didn’t go inside the shelters because________.

5.This passage is mainly about_________.

用动词的适当形式填空

1.The wind is ___________ （blow） strongly outside.

2. You need ___________ （wear） warm clothes in winter.

3. Don’t ___________ （talk） here. The baby ___________ （sleep）.

4. That question is difficult. Let’s ___________ （go） and ___________ （ask） our teacher.

5. We are going to work on a farm. Please ___________ （not be） late.

6. The boy ___________ （not do） his homework at school.

7.I’m not free. I have a lot of clothes ___________ （wash）.

8. What about ___________ （go） boating at the Water Park?