enough, health, later,  pass, slowly, ,  population , fast ,  number,  mean,  much

 
Ten thousand years ago, the world’s  【小题1】 was very small. For several thousand years it grew quite 【小题2】 . But during the last three or four hundred years it has grown very 【小题3】. Two thousan years ago , there were only 250 million people on the earth. One thousand six hundred years  【小题4】 , the  【小题5】 was over 500 million . In 1990, there were over five bilion. A UN report said that the word’s population would   【小题6】 six billion by the end of this century. This is just ten years after it reaches five billion. This 【小题7】  we must grow 【小题8】   food, and have smaller families with fewer, but【小题9】children. If we don’t do these things, the results will be bad. There will not be   【小题10】   space (空间) even to stand on the earth.

Cici enjoys dancing. It's one of her    .

A．prize

B．prizes

C．hobby

D．hobbies

More and more Americans are going to work by bike. Do you know why more people are  41   bikes to work? We can answer the question in  42  ways. First, bikes don’t need gasoline (汽油), so it takes  43  money to use them. Second, a bike doesn’t  44 much space (空间), so it is  45 to find a                   place for it. And riding a bike is good for one’s  46 . People often drive their  47 to offices or to shops, but now people think riding bikes is a good way of doing sports.
That’s  48  more Americans are now riding to work  49  bike, and they are  50  their own cars at home.

【小题1】

A．making B．riding C．jumping D．believing

【小题2】

A．popular B．different C．famous D．friendly

【小题3】

A．less B．more C．much D．many

【小题4】

A．mend B．need C．have D．find

【小题5】

A．easy B．hard C．cheap D．expensive

【小题6】

A．journey B．health C．study D．work

【小题7】

A．buses B．trains C．cars D．boats

【小题8】

A．what B．why C．how D．where

【小题9】

A．by B．on C．at D．in

【小题10】

A．cleaning B．leaving C．staying D．learning

Zhao Tao, a student from No.2 Middle School, has just come back from Shanghai. This morning, he told us something about his pleasant trip .When he talked about the Shanghai World Expo, he was so excited and so proud that he kept telling about it for several hours. The Shanghai World Expo held by China has been on for more than one month .It started on May 1st, and will end on October 31st, 2010. Its main idea is “Better City, Better Life.” About 242 countries and organizations are attending this expo. Many new products can be seen here, such as we can see the snow in the South Korea Corporate Pavilion(展馆) every day during this hot summer though it seldom snows in Shanghai. And we can see, hear, touch and smell the 4-D films at the Oil Pavilion. How wonderful all these new products are!
China Pavilion is in the center of the expo garden. It is very beautiful. It represents the development of China from ancient time to now. It’s a pride of our China!
Thousands of people from all over the world are coming to the expo every day. And many volunteers are working for them. All the tourists are very pleased and they say that the Shanghai World Expo is the greatest one in the world so far.
However, Zhao said, “The expo garden is now so crowded. If you want to visit it, you’d better go there during the summer vacation.”
【小题1】The main idea of the Shanghai World Expo is “______”

A．Better City, Better Life.	B．How to Protect the Environment.
C．No War in the World.	D．No Earthquake.

【小题2】In which pavilion can we see the snow during this hot summer?

A．China Pavilion.	B．the Oil Pavilion.
C．the South Korea Corporate Pavilion.	D．I don’t know.

【小题3】So far, how long has the Shanghai World Expo been on ?

A．For 20 days.

B．For a month.

C．For four weeks.

D．For about 50 days.

【小题4】How many countries and organizations are attending the Shanghai World Expo?

A．150.

B．Less than 180.

C．242.

D．220

【小题5】Which of the following is NOT talked about in this passage?

A．Zhao Tao is a middle school student.	B．China’s new products are excellent.
C．The volunteers are working very hard.	D．The expo garden is now very crowded.