In the sea there are many islands. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them “Coral(珊瑚) Islands”. A coral island is very nice to look at. It looks like a ring of land(一圈陆地) with trees，grass，and flowers on it. One part of the ring is open to the water. There is a little round lake inside the island. If you look into this lake，you will see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers. If you look at a piece of coral，you will see many little holes in it. In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived. These small animals make the coral. They began to build(营造)it under the water. Year after year, the coral grew higher and higher. At last it grew out of the water. Then the sea brought small trees and something else to it. After some years，these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds to the island. Sometimes birds flow over it and brought seeds to the island. The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there. So you see，these islands were built little by little (一点点形成的).The workers were very small. Don't they teach us a lesson? Can you think what the lesson is?

26. There are____ in the holes in corals.

　 A. flowers 　　　 B.1ittle corals 　　C. grass 　　 D. sea animals

27. How did seeds of trees，grass and flowers come to the coral islands?

　 A. The wind and birds brought them to the coral islands

　 B. Only the wind brought them there

　 C. People brought them there　　　　　

　　　D. Fishes brought them there

28. From the story we learn that__________.

　　　A. small workers can't do big things　　

　　 B. only big workers can do big things

　 C. small workers can do big things if they work hard and work a long time.

　 D. all small things call do big things

Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either.

Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It killed our fish and polluted our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It’s bad for all living things in the world.

Cars, planes and factories all polluted air so thick that it is like a quilt over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog（烟雾）.

Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Now factories must clean their water before it is thrown away, they mustn’t discharge（排放）dirty smoke into the air.

We need to do many other things. For example, we can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw it on the ground. We can go to work by bus or with our friends in the same car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution.

Rules are not enough. Every person must help to fight pollution.

1．Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today because _______.

A．there were not any modern machines

B．there was no modern medicine

C． both A and B

D．they can not use modern machines

2．What is one of the biggest problems in today’s life?

A．Air pollution        B．Noise.                C．Pollution.             D．Car

3．The most serious kind of pollution is ________.

A．noise pollution           　              B．air pollution

C．water pollution                           D．car pollution

4．Factories must clean their water ________.

A．when it is thrown away                       B．before it is thrown away

C．after it is thrown away                        D．It isn’t mentioned.

5．From the passage we know that ________.

A．we can drink from the polluted rivers and lakes.

B．today people don’t have to talk to each other in a loud voice

C．people are making rules in order to fight pollution.

D．pollution is not important.

For as long as I can remember, Grandma’s plentiful tomato garden has been a sign of summer’s end. Each September, just as the decreased heat of the sun suggests cooler days, Grandma requests (ask for something) my help in her tomato garden. I’m sure that she cannot pick tomatoes without my youthful eyes and quick mind. She says we need to examine each tomato and agree on its readiness for picking. While Grandma’s request for my help in the tomato garden is always the same, her desire for my help seems to increase each year.
　　Grandma has eyes for finding even the tomatoes hidden by undergrowth and other tomatoes. I, however, just turn circles looking for the ones I think Grandma will like. I spot what looks like a ripe（成熟的）tomato, head in its direction, and then get sidetracked by another that appears to be equally ripe. I usually end up watching Grandma and trying to stay out of her way, which seems the only way my eyes and mind are useful.
　　There we are, lost in the tomato vines（藤）. Grandma’s eyes are always knowing, and they are no different in the vegetable garden. From afar she spots (notice) what looks like a ripe tomato. As she walks toward the garden, she evaluates the tomato for a second time, but from a different angle. I already know it will end up in the basket with the pile of others Grandma has carefully chosen. However, Grandma acts as if she needs a final look to be sure. She calls me to her side, kneels beside the vine while enjoying the warmth of the fading sunlight on her face, and grasps the tomato in her hand. She turns each round, red ball toward the sunlight before disconnecting it from the vine with a half-hearted smile.
　　She then looks at me. I nod my head and smile. Grandma assumes I smile in agreement with her tomato selection. I know I smile, instead, at her.
【小题1】Why does Grandma ask the author to go to the tomato garden with her?

Chairman Mao once said: “It is not hard to do one good deed. It is hard to do good deeds all your life.” Guo Mingyi, 52, a worker in Anshan, Liaoning, did just that. Over the past 20 years, Guo has donated 60,000 milliliters(毫升) of blood. That is the blood of 10 people put together.

　　 Once, on a cold winter of 2009, Guo got a call from the hospital. The doctors told him that a patient needed a blood donation. Guo didn’t have time to eat lunch. He travelled in the snow to get to the hospital. When he finished donating the blood, he was so tired that he fell asleep on the hospital bed.

　　 Guo and his family live a simple life. He and his wife and daughter live in a house of only 40 square meters. They don’t have a lot of money, but Guo saves money to support poor children. In the past 16 years, he has donated over 100,000 yuan to more than 180 poor students. When the parents met him, many cried. “He looks poorer than us,” they said.

　　 Guo has also offered hands to thousands of workers, friends and strangers. His warm heart has moved many people. They call him a “Modern-Day Lei Feng”.

　　 Recently, Chinese leaders called on people to learn from Guo. They say young people especially should learn his selfless devotion(无私奉献).But Guo said he did these things in order not to get famous. “It’s just that some people need some help, and there should be someone standing out to give them a hand,” he said.

1.When was Guo Mingyi born in Anshan, Liaoning?

A. In 1940          B. In 1950          C. In 1960          D. In 1970

2.Why did Guo Mingyi donate the blood to a patient on a cold winter of 2009?

A. Because they are good friends.

B. Because he had no money to eat lunch.

C. Because he wanted to sleep in the hospital

D. Because he wanted to help the patient very much.

3.Which of the following is RIGHT about Guo Mingyi?

A. He is a common businessman.

B. He has a very rich family.

C. He wants to be famous a lot.

D. He devotes what he has to helping others

4.What does the writer write the passage for?

A. To learn from Gou Mingyi’s selfless devotion.

B. To donate blood to the people in need.

C. To raise money for poor students.

D. To remember Lei Feng.

5.Which part of the newspapers can we see the passage ?

A. Sports news         B. Health care     C. People           D. Nature

One day an old man is selling (卖) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.”“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?”“I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asked the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”
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(　 )11. ________  the elephant.
　　　 A. The young man sells     B. The old man sells
　　　 C. The two men sell        D. The old man buys
(　 )12. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly.
He wants to find out ___________.
　　　 A. which foot of the elephant is bad B. how heavy it is
　　　 C. which ear of the elephant is bad D. what it looks like
(　 )13. The young man   ______________.
　　　 A. knows the elephant has bad ears B. wants to buy the elephant
　　　 C. looks after the elephant D. gets some money from the old man
(　 )14. The young man  ______________.
　　　 A. is not interested in elephants B. knows what an elephant looks like
　　　 C. has seen some elephants before D. has never seen an elephant before
(　 )15. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(很可能)be ____________.
　　　 A. angry （生气）      B. happy     C. dangerous      D. hungry