The house needs to ________ right now.

A. clean

B. be cleaned

C. being cleaning

D. cleaning

The house needs to __________ right now.

1. A.
   clean
2. B.
   be clean
3. C.
   be cleaned
4. D.
   being cleaning

Is the world too crowded? Well, that’s a hard question to answer. It’s all a matter of perspective(视角).In Montana, you might drive for a mile in any direction and not see another human being. In Macao, 60,000 people live in every square mile!
What is true is that the world’s population doesn’t stay the same. It has been increasing at a very fast rate(比例).That’s in part because in each generation(代) these are more people who then have children than in the last generation.
Five hundred years ago, the population of the world was about 460 million. In 1900,the world’s population was under 2 billion(十亿).Right now it is doubling every 40 years. That means, if this rate of growth continues, when you are a parent, there will be twice as many people on earth as there are now. Wow! Now that’s a whole lot of people! Soon the world’s population will probably reach 7 billion. Some people worry about that! But there is a lot of disagreement about just how many people on earth equals(相当于) too many people. But everyone agrees that the more people there are, the more resources(资源) the world needs to feed, house and take care of all of them, and the more need there is to think carefully about how we live and use the earth’s resources.
【小题1】From the first paragraph we can know that ­________.

任务型阅读；请根据对话材料内容，完成文后各题（10分）
JESSIE：The music next door is too noisy．1．That is annoying!
FLORA：2．Why don’t we complain about it？
JESSIE：OK．Let’s go．
（Jessie and Flora knocked at the door．Stella opened it．）
FLORA：Look，I’m sorry to bother you about this，but could you ___3___ that music？It’s too noisy．
STELLA：Oh．I’m sorry．I didn’t know you could hear it．
JESSIE：We found it difficult to stay in the house．The noise was terrible．
FLORA：I can’t even drink with that．
STELLA：Sorry．I didn’t realize it was bothering you．Are you going to rest？
JESSIE：No，we have to study for the coming exam．We hope you don’t play the CDs so loud．
STELLA：Sorry，I won’t do it again．But I think what the house needs is better soundproofing（隔音）．
FLORA：Yes，you’re right．I’m afraid we have to talk about it with the landlady（房东太太）．
请回答下列问题
【小题1】句中划线的词义是________

任务型阅读；请根据对话材料内容，完成文后各题（10分）

JESSIE：The music next door is too noisy．1．That is annoying!

FLORA：2．Why don't we complain about it？

JESSIE：OK．Let’s go．

（Jessie and Flora knocked at the door．Stella opened it．）

FLORA：Look，I’m sorry to bother you about this，but could you ___3___ that music？It’s too noisy．

STELLA：Oh．I’m sorry．I didn’t know you could hear it．

JESSIE：We found it difficult to stay in the house．The noise was terrible．

FLORA：I can’t even drink with that．

STELLA：Sorry．I didn’t realize it was bothering you．Are you going to rest？

JESSIE：No，we have to study for the coming exam．We hope you don’t play the CDs so loud．

STELLA：Sorry，I won’t do it again．But I think what the house needs is better soundproofing（隔音）．

FLORA：Yes，you’re right．I’m afraid we have to talk about it with the landlady（房东太太）．

请回答下列问题

1.句中划线的词义是________

2.写出同义句 ________  _______ complaining about it？

3.选择适当的词语填在句中横线上．

4.What do JESSIE and FLORA have to study for？

5.根据对话回答：Is it right or wrong to make noise？