If you open today’s newspaper, what do you see? Ads! Look through a magazine. More ads! Turn on the TV. Still more ads! Everywhere you look, someone has something to sell.

      Here are some ways ads get us to buy. Some ads use famous people. Stars are paid to sell a product. Think about it. Do they really know about medicine? Do they know about soft drinks? There people may be famous, but they may not know about what they are selling.

      Some ads make you think you’re getting the word of an expert. They say, “Doctor said.” A man in a white coat comes on TV. He looks nice. “I use Bright and White,” he says. This man looks like a doctor. But he is an actor. He has been paid to sell this product.

      Does soap have anything to do with a pretty child? But ads may show their product with something nice, such as the sun, the flowers and so on. Such an ad is about feelings rather than facts. Ads are full of strong words. Words like “new” and “improved” have strong influence. They can help a product sell. The soap may be called “Spring Rain”. A car may be called “Tiger”. Strong words work on our feelings.

      Some ads make promises（承诺）. But can they keep them? No. Some ads use our fear of being too late. “Buy now!” they say. “Selling ends soon.” Check to see if this is true. Don’t hurry. Take time to think. All ads hope we will buy something, do something, or think in a certain way. Know what ads are doing. Ask questions to yourself. Don’t let their words and pictures fool you.

1.Why do famous people appear in ads?

      A. Because they know every product well.

      B. Because they want to serve the people.

      C. Because they can make money from the ads.

2.The underlined word “expert” in Paragraph Three probably means _____.

      A.主持人                   B.专家                      C.演员

3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

      A. The famous people may not know about what they are selling.

      B. Some ads make promises to people and they can keep them.

      C. Ads are full of strong words, such as “new” and “improved”.

4.According to the passage, we know that “Tiger” might be the name of _____.

      A. a kind of car            B. a kind of computer   C. a kind of soap

5.What does the writer want to tell us?

      A. We should not always believe the ads.

      B. We should buy things that ads ask us to buy.

      C. We should think about ads before buying things.

I’m glad it’s Sunday again. I can stay in bed   36 I like, drinking tea and   37   those thick newspapers that are brought  38  the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30. In this way, I can catch up with all the   39  I haven’t got time to read during my work time.
When I   40  the papers, I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is   41  of the week. There’s no need to hurry because there’s no bus to   42  and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays, so there is no danger of   43    by the telephone.
  44 spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair   45  boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and   46   when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film.  
Then there’s the   47 ahead of me. Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema   48   a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh, there are   49   pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting    50 .

根据所掌握的文化或背景知识，选择最佳答案。

1.The following descriptions of Paris,which is not true.

A. Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the most famous churches.

B.The Eiffel Tower is a fantastic sight.???

C.There are many beautiful beaches in Paris.

D.There aren’t any mountains in Paris.

2.What can we do to save the environment?

A.Go to bed with the lignt on?????? B.Turn on the shower while washing hair

C.Often use paper towels????????? D.Take our own bag while shopping

3.There many places of interests in China._________ are the birthplaces(发源地) of Chinese culture.

A.Mount Tai and Mount Huang??????????????????? B.Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake

C.The Changjiang River and the Huanghe River?????? D.Mount Song and Mount Emei

4.If you wanted to visit an educational place in China,such as Confucius' hometown,you would go to__________.

A.Huanggang Hubei??? B.Weihai Shandong???? C.Qufu Shandong???? D.Nanjing Jiangsu

5.Yellow River Fisherman is ____________.

A.Hong Tao’s latest movie???? B.Lu Xun’s novel

C.Han Han’s new book??????? D.Zhang Yimou’s new movie

6.In Beijing ,people drive? on the _______ side of the road,while? in London ,people drive on the _______ side of the road.

A.left;left???? B.right;right?? C.left;right???? D.right;left5

Tony：Hi, Joy. Would you like to help to save the environment?

Joy：  1  What can I do?

Tony：Well, first, you can start by turning off the lights.

Joy：Yes. That’s easy. Sometimes I turn on the lights without thinking. What’s next?

Tony：Second, listen.   2  Don’t take a bus or a taxi if you don’t have to.

Joy：That will save money, too.   3  

Tony：  4 

Joy：Mm, newspapers, magazines, mails … We get a lot of paper at home. Good idea.

Tony：And last, take a bag when you go shopping.   5 

Joy：OK. My parents do most of the shopping. I’ll tell them.