We have twenty minutes’ rest between classes. Look! Most of us are playing during the break time. Some students are on the playground. They are playing basketball. Oh! A boy is running with the ball. And another is trying(尽力)to stop him. They look so cool. And there are some girls watching the game. Some students are in the classroom. They are talking. A few of them are reading and doing homework. Look! A girl is looking at the birds in the tree in front of the classroom. She must be thinking of something interesting because she is smiling(微笑).
What are the teachers doing? Some of them are working in the office. And some are talking with students. Everyone is doing his or her things, busy but happy!
【小题1】Where are the students playing basketball?

A．In front of the tree	B．In front of the classroom
C．On the playground	D．In the tree

【小题2】A girl is looking at the birds. She is

A．happy

B．cool

C．interesting

D．exciting

【小题3】What are the teachers doing?

A．Working or talking with students	B．Having a basketball game
C．Playing with the students	D．Looking at the birds

【小题4】There are ______  students in the classroom.
A no  B some  C few  D  many
【小题5】The passage is mainly(主要)about ________________
A students   B a basketball game  C break time activities  D teachers

What will the future be like? What do you think of it? Here are some answers from some students.

Roy Burns: I think life in the future will be better.Most people in the world will use “green cars” by 2020, so there will be less pollution and people will live to be 200 years old.As for space travel, I would say, we will travel to Mars(火星) and some other stars in about fifty years.

Helen Lester: If we don’t take good care of the earth now, our children and grandchildren will be born into a world with too much pollution.There will be fewer trees and more buildings, because there will be more people.

Kitty Smith: I agree with Helen Lester.Things will be worse.The weather in the future will be much hotter.Human beings will have to look for another planet to live on.

1.What are the students doing?

A．They are talking about space travel.

B．They are predicting the future.

C．They are talking about pollution..

D．They are predicting the weather in the future.

2.How many things does Roy Burns predict?

A．Two              B．Three            C．Five              D．Six

3. What does Helen Lester think life will be like in the future?

A．People will live much longer.

B．People will have to live on the moon.

C．Everybody will drive a green car.

D．There will be more buildings and fewer trees.

4.What does the underlined word “planet” mean in Chinese?

A．太空站           B．宇宙             C．星球             D．南极

5. Why does Kitty Smith think human beings will have to live on another planet?

A．The earth will be too crowded for human beings to live on.

B．There will be too much pollution everywhere.

C．There will be too many people.

D．The earth will be too hot to live on.

 

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     “Where is the university?” This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge(剑桥) ask. But no one can give     1    a clear answer, for there is no wall to be found     2     the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings,     3   , museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and     4    of the thirty-one colleges.

Cambridge was already a developing(发展中的) town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, and the river was once     5    Cam. A     6    was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name “Cambridge”.

In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries(世纪) more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much     7    in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a     8    in 1951 and now it has a population(人口) of over 100,000. Many young students in other countries     9    to study at Cambridge.     10    of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.

 

What will the future be like? What do you think of it? Here are some answers from some students.
Roy Burns: I think life in the future will be better. Most people in the world will use “green cars” by 2020, so there will be less pollution and people will live to be 200 years old. As for space travel, I would say, we will travel to Mars(火星) and some other stars in about fifty years.
Helen Lester: If we don’t take good care of the earth now, our children and grandchildren will be born into a world with too much pollution. There will be fewer trees and more buildings, because there will be more people.
Kitty Smith: I agree with Helen Lester. Things will be worse. The weather in the future will be much hotter. Human beings will have to look for another planet to live on.
【小题1】What are the students doing?

A．They are talking about space travel.

B．They are predicting the future.

C．They are talking about pollution.

D．They are predicting the weather in the future.

【小题2】How many things does Roy Burns predict?

A．Two

B．Three

C．Five

D．Six

【小题3】What does Helen Lester think life will be like in the future?

A．People will live much longer.

B．People will have to live on the moon.

C．Everybody will drive a green car.

D．There will be more buildings and fewer trees.

【小题4】What does the underlined word “planet” mean in Chinese?

A．太空站

B．宇宙

C．星球

D．南极

【小题5】Why does Kitty Smith think human beings will have to live on another planet?

A．The earth will be too crowded for human beings to live on.

B．There will be too much pollution everywhere.

C．There will be too many people.

D．The earth will be too hot to live on.

American Schools
American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms(学期) in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
High school students take only four or five subjects(学科) each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class.  After class they do many interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college(大学). They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.
【小题1】How long is each term?

A．Two months.

B．Three months.

C．Four months.

D．Five months.

【小题2】How old are the students when they graduate(毕业) from high school?

A．Five years old

B．Seven or eight years old.

C．Seventeen or eighteen years old.

D．Twenty years old.

【小题3】How many subjects do the high school students have each term?

A．Three or four.

B．Five or six.

C．Six or seven.

D．Four or five.

【小题4】What do many college students do after class in America?

A．Many of them read books after class.

B．Many of them go to work to get money for their studies.

C．Many of them go to parties.

D．Many of them go out with their friends.