Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need. They said that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day.
★Wheat, corn or rice            ★Green and yellow vegetables
★Meat, fish and eggs            ★Fruit like apples, pears and so on
★Milk and butter                ★All kinds of nuts
People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Food is cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day. In other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether food is eaten raw or cooked, cool or hot. It doesn’t matter if a person has dinner at four o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is what  you eat every day.
There are two problem in feeding the large number of people on the earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one in hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to get them to be strong and healthy.
【小题1】According to scientists, which of the following groups of food is the healthiest of your lunch?
A. beef, pork, fish, milk.
B. oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes
C. chicken, apples, rice, cabbages
【小题2】What’s the meaning of underlined word “raw” in the passage?
A.罐装的               B.生的                 C. 冷冻的
【小题3】It is important for people to eat      .
A. three times a day
B .something for lunch at 12 o’clock
C. different kinds of food every day.
【小题4】Which of the following is True?
A. Scientists are helping people be strong and healthy
B. Cooked food is much better than raw one.
C. None of the people in the world is hungry.

Sydney is a young city. Its history goes back just over 200 years. But in Australia, it is the oldest city. It is also the country’s largest city. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales and the most populous（人口稠密的）city of Australia.
The climate of Sydney is very good. It’s not too cold during winter and not too hot during  summer. The sky is blue, the air is fresh, birds sing in the garden. People who live in Sydney seem to have an easy life style. They will tell you, “Don’t worry .”
Many people think that Sydney is one of the most attractive cities in the world. It has many tall and modern buildings. Among them, Centrepoint Tower is the tallest. Standing on the 305- meter tower, you will have a great view of the city.
Sydney is famous for its deep harbor(港口).The harbor has many bays(湾) and beautiful surf beaches. Among them, Bondi beach is the most popular. Sydney Harbor is not only beautiful, it also serves as a large port. Ships carry wool, wheat and meat from Sydney to other countries.
People living in Sydney like to call themselves Sydneysiders. They are mostly friendly and easygoing. When they are not working, they love to have a good time at the beach.
【小题1】判断正误(T表示正确，F表示错误)；
Sydney is the youngest and largest city in Australia.              [      ]
【小题2】为填空题； Sydney is an attractive city with many__________________________ buildings.
【小题3】简略回答问题；
How old is Sydney ?
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【小题4】What is Sydney famous for ?
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【小题5】将画线句子翻译成汉语。 _______________________________________________________________

There are no peasants (农民) in Britain. The workers on a farm are called farm workers. The farmer pays them every week. There are not many workers on a farm. The farmers have many machines. The machines do most of the work. A farm with four workers is a big farm, and a farm with one worker is a small farm.

Britain does not grow rice. The summer is not hot enough. The most important grain crop in Britain is wheat. Wheat and other crops grow best in the east of Britain. In the west there is a lot of rain. Here grass grows very well. So, in the west of Britain, most farms are animal farms. They are not crop farms. The Britain winter is warm and the grass grows all the year. The animals live out in the fields and on the highlands all the year. The Britain people eat lots of meat and they drink lots of milk. Cattle give milk and meat, sheep give meat. Cattle and sheep farms are in the west. Pigs are on farms here and there.

Britain can now produce about half of its food. It doesn’t produce enough wheat, so some wheat is imported (进口) from other countries. Britain must also import all the hot climate food, such as rice, tea, coffee and so on.

Judge the following sentences true(T) or false(F) 根据短文内容判断正误(每题两分，10分)

1.In Britain, a big farm has only four workers.

2.The Britain summer isn’t very hot so rice doesn’t grow well in Britain.

3.In the west of Britain, there are lots of crop farms.

4.The animals can live out all the year because the Britain farmers don’t like to keep the animals inside in winter.

5.Britain can produce half of its food

Do you know there are many kinds of grass? Some are tall. The kind that grows around your house is short grass. But field grass often grows as tall as a man.
Some food that we eat comes from plants of the grass family. Wheat and rice are two of them. We use wheat to make bread. We use both wheat and rice to make breakfast. At some places, people eat more rice than any other food.
Animals as well as people get food from the grass family. Cows eat hay(干草). Do you know the kind of grass that horses like to eat?
【小题1】Which of the following belongs to(属于) the grass family?
A. Wheat.    B. Rice.    C. Apples.    D. A and B.
【小题2】 We use ____ to make bread.

All living things on the earth need other living things to live with. Nothing lives  1 . Sometimes one living thing kills    2  . Each kind of life eats another kind of life     3   live, and together they form a food chain(食物链). Some food chains are simple, while others are not. But    4    food chains begin with the sun, and all food chains become    5   if one of the links disappears.

All life needs sunlight to live on. But only plants can use    6   directly(直接地). They make food from sunlight, water, air and so on. Animals can only use the sun’s energy    7    it has been changed into food by plants. Some animals feed directly on plants. Others eat smaller animals. Meat-eating animals are only   8 plants indirectly.

What about human beings? We are members of many food chains. We eat wheat, rice, vegetables, fruits and so on. We also eat meat and drink milk. But   9     often break up the food chains. They kill wild animals. They also make rivers, lakes and seas dirty. When these rivers, lakes and seas are polluted, the fish in them    10   be eaten. If people eat the fish, they will get strange diseases.

Each form of life is linked to all the others. Breaking the links puts all life in danger.

1.                A．alone          B．lonely          C．together  D．happily

2.                A．other          B．the other       C．another  D．the others

3.                A．for            B．so that          C．and  D．in order to

4.                A．any            B．all             C．some D．most

5.                A．better          B．broken         C．stronger  D．nicer

6.                A．moonlight       B．laser light       C．sunlight   D．bright light

7.                A．after           B．before         C．until D．by the time

8.                A．making         B．catching        C．eating    D．feeding

9.                A．sunlight        B．animals         C．plants    D．people

10.               A．can            B．cannot         C．must  D．needn’t