It is said that another acre of the world’s forest will be destroyed forever. Why is this happening? There are two reasons — land and wood. In many countries the trees have been cut down because the land was needed for animals or crops. In other parts of the world the trees are cut down because their wood is wanted. This wood is used by local people for firewood or it is used for building. But many people don’t know that in most places the trees won’t be replaced. The soil in the forests is very thin, but it is protected by the trees. When the trees are cut down, the soil is washed away by the rain or blown away by the wind. Soon nothing can be grown on it. The  forest becomes a desert. Then more land will be needed, and more trees will be cut down.

When the forest is destroyed, it isn’t only the trees that are lost — the homes of millions of animals and plants are destroyed, too. All kinds of animals are in danger — fish，reptiles, birds, mammals, insects, and shellfish — as well as thousands of plants.

Who is to blame for this? The answer is simple: all of us. There are just too many people in the world. The world’s population is now six billion. Of course, it’s very easy to blame the local people. We don’t cut down trees. They do. But the products are bought by people like you and me — wood houses, beds, tables, chairs, paper… Why are the forests being destroyed? Just look around. You are probably using it right now.

1.People cut down large areas of trees in order to _________.

    A. grow crops        B. keep animals    C. build houses   D. get land and wood

2. In most places, __________after trees are cut down.

A. new trees can grow better                  B. forests will become deserts      

C. most animals can live there                 D.people build new house there

3. According to the passage, we should  _________________ to protect the forest.

A. use fewer wood products            B. plant more trees      

C. blame the local people              D. protect the soil

 

 

An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you might simply say something like this, “I’m afraid I’ll have to find a cheap place because I don’t have 1) _______ ________.” The other person may say, "OK., I'll meet you at McDonald's. "This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, "Oh, no. I want to take you to lunch at Johnson's ", or "I want you to try the steak(牛排) there. It's great. "This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him, and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may simply say, "Thank you. That would be very nice."
American customs(习俗) about who pays for a date(约会) are much the same as those in other parts of the world.3) In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a woman who is a university(大学) student or is working in the business world will usually pay her own way during the date. If a man asks her to dinner, outside the normal working hours ,it means "come as my guest(客人). " So you can see it is better for you to make the question clear at the very beginning. 
1． 将1)处填上适当的词,使句意完整：______________ ______________
2． 回答问题： What does ‘to go Dutch’ mean ? __________________________________________________________.
3． 将划线的句子译成中文：__________________________________________________________
4． 找出文中与下列句子意思相近的句子
So you can see you’d better make the question clear at the start.
_______________________________________________________________________
5．找出文中最能表达短文主题的句子______________________________________________________________________________

请阅读一篇短文, 然后从所给选项中选出正确信息。（共5分，每小题1分）
People love oranges. They are sweet and juicy. They are in sections so it’s easy to eat them. Some oranges don’t have any seeds. Some have a thick skin and some have a thin skin.
The orange tree is very beautiful. It has a lot of shiny green leaves. The small white flowers smell very sweet. An orange tree has flowers and fruits at the same time.
There were orange trees forty hundred years ago. The oranges were very small, not like the ones today. The earliest orange trees probably came from China. Many different kinds of oranges are raised there today.
Farmers in other parts of Asia and the Middle East learned to raise oranges from the Chinese. Then they taught Europeans. The Spanish planted orange trees in the New World (North and South America) and took them to Florida first.
“Orange” is both a fruit and a color. The color of orangesis so beautiful that in English we use the name of the fruit for its color
【小题1】 Why do people like eating oranges?
A. No seed.    B. Its color.   C. Sweet and juicy.
【小题2】What’s the reason that people eat oranges easily ?
A. Thin skin    B. Thick skin  C. In sections
【小题3】What color are orange flowers?
A. White.      B. Orange.    C. Green.
【小题4】Where did the earliest orange trees probably come from?
A. China.      B. The Middle East.    C. North and South America.
【小题5】Who took orange trees to Florida first?
A. The Chinese.    B. The Spanish.     C. The American.

Nowadays, more and more schools in China make rules making students wear school uniforms to school. Parents and teachers think it will make a better learning environment at school, but some students don’t like their school uniforms. So, what are school uniforms like in other parts of the world?
In Japan, boys in middle school wear uniforms called “gakuran” which have dark jackets with stand-up collars and pants. Girls, on the other hand, wear uniforms called “sailor fuku”, which look like European naval(海军) uniforms.
Most schools in England require students to wear school uniforms. Boys need to wear long grey or black pants, white shirts and school ties. Girls have the same clothes as boys, but they can wear skirts or summer school dresses during the summer term.
In the UK, uniforms were the custom throughout most of the 20^th Century, but now more and more public schools stop requiring students to wear uniforms. They think uniforms make students lose their personalities(个性).
For children in many African countries, school uniforms can be a kind of pride, or a huge financial burden(经济负担). Many children have only one uniform, and that may be all the clothes they have.
In a word, love it or hate it, school uniform is a part of growing up for children around the world so you’d better enjoy your school uniform and your school life.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。
【小题1】The author introduces school uniforms of different countries to prove it is a part of growing up for children.
【小题2】 In Japan, teenagers all wear uniforms which liik like European naval uniforms.
【小题3】 Neither Chinese students nor students in other countries like their school uniforms.
【小题4】 In England all the school stop requiring students to wear uniforms because they think uniforms make students lose their personalities.
【小题5】In Africa, many children are too poor to afford more than one uniform.

In Chicago, a computerized system has been developed that controls(管理)traffic on the city’s 235 miles of seven expressways. Now one—a controller—can follow the movement of Chicago’s traffic by looking at a set of lights. The system uses electric sensors(感应器) that are built into each expressway, every half a mile. Several times a second, the computer receives information from each sensor and translates it into green, yellow or red lights on a map in the control room. A green light means traffic is moving forty-five miles an hour, yellow means thirty to forty-five miles an hour, and red means heavy traffic—cars standing still or moving less than thirty miles an hour.
“See that red light near Austin Avenue?”the controller asked a visitor.“That’s a repair truck fixing the road, and the traffic has to go around it.”At the Roosevelt Road entrance to the expressway, the light kept changing from green to red and back to green again.“A lot of trucks get on the expressway there,”the controller explained.“They can’t speed up as fast as cars.”The sensors show immediately where an accident or a stopped car is blocking the traffic, and a truck is sent by radio to clear the road. The system has lowered the number of accidents by 18 percent. There are now 1.4 deaths on Chicago’s expressway for each one hundred million miles traveled, while in other parts of the county there are 2.6.
Traffic experts say that the Chicago system is the “coming thing”.Systems like Chicago’s are already in use on some expressways in Los Angeles and Houston.“Chicago has taken the lead,”said New York City’s traffic director and he added,“Chicago’s a good example.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上按要求作答。
【小题1】The passage is mainly about ________ on expressways in Chicago.

A．the traffic control system	B．the movement of the traffic
C．the electric sensors	D．the traffic lights

【小题2】When the cars move under 30 miles an hour, ________ on the map in the control room.

A．the red light appears	B．the red light turns yellow
C．the yellow light appears	D．the green light turns red

【小题3】 According to the passage, we may learn __________.

A．some visitors are traveling on the expressway

B．there is no heavy traffic on Chicago’s expressways

C．the traffic on Chicago’s expressways is well managed

D．the number of accidents in the US has dropped by 18%

【小题4】In Paragraph 2 the underlined word “it” refers to ___________.

A．the red light	B．the truck that needs repairing
C．the traffic	D．the truck that is fixing the road

【小题5】The writer writes the article mainly by _________.

A．giving reasons and results	B．giving examples and explaining them
C．describing what he thinks	D．asking and answering questions