David believed that he should get a good education and he complained（申诉）to the Supreme Court（最高法院）of the United States. The court agreed with David and ruled（裁决）that all schools must give certain help to students who do not speak English.

　　Today, students like David receive certain help until they learn enough English. If they speak Chinese, Russian, or any other language, they usually have teachers who can explain their lessons in their own languages. In many American schools a dozen（十二种）different languages are used in the classrooms.

　　Maria Moreira agrees that this rule of the Supreme Court was a good one. Last year she and her parents moved to San Diego（圣地亚哥）from Portugal（葡萄牙）. She is one of many students in San Diego who speak only Portuguese. At first, she was afraid to go to school. She didn't want to lose a year or two of her education while she learned English. It was a nice surprise when one of the teachers talked to her in Portuguese.

(1) Generally speaking（一般来说）, students in the United States can speak _______.

A．Chinese

B．English

C．not only Chinese but also English

D．all kinds of foreign languages

A．the teachers gave lessons in English

B．he did not put his heart into it

C．they didn't understand him at all

D．they were not good at teaching

A．he was a Chinese who speaks Chinese only

B．the teachers of the school in San Francisco were very strict with him

C．he wanted to receive a good education

D．he was not satisfied with the teachers of the school

A．she spoke only Portuguese

B．she moved to San Diego from Portugal with her parents

C．she did not want to lose one or two years of her education

D．A and C

A．the conditions of running schools（办学条件）in America are better than those in China.

B．it is impossible to teach students in different languages in the classroom

C．the rule of the Supreme Court of the United States Of America is wrong

D．students who don't know English can study in any schools in America

由于现代交通和现代通讯设备的应用世界变得越来越小，今日的生活比数百年前要方便得多，但也由之带来新的问题，其中之一便是污染．本文围绕带来的危害而展开议论，并呼吁要立法，以净化自然，保护环境，保护人类生存的家园－－地球．

　　The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means(通讯设备). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution(污染). To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, sell it, drink it and even hear it.

　　Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in a place, men moved to another place. But this is not longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.

　　Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad to all living things in the world, but it is not only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us become angry more easily.

　　Many countries are making rules(法规) to fight pollution. They stop the people from burning coal(煤) in houses and factories in the city, and from blowing dirty smoke into the air.

　　The pollution of SO₂ is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution. It is caused(引起) by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.

　　The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must keep careful of the rise in population at the same time.

1．Our world is becoming much smaller ________.

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A．because the earth is being polluted day and night

B．thanks to science developing

C．because of the rise in population

D．because the earth is blown away by the wind every year

2．Thousands of years ago, life was ________ it is today.

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3．Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here “it” means ________.

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4．Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because ________.

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A．it's bad to all living things in the world

B．it makes much noise

C．it has made our rivers and lakes dirty

D．it makes us become angry more easily

5．Which of the following is not true?

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A．Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.

B．The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world's population does.

C．From now on, maybe people try to go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike. It is helpful to fight against the problem of SO₂.

D．The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people.

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　　Modem zoos are different from those built fifty years ago. At those zoos were places where people could go to see animals from many parts of the world. The animals lived in cages with iron bars. Although the zoo keepers took good care of them, many of the animals did not feel comfortable, and they often fell ill.

　　In modem zoos, people can see animals in more natural conditions. The animals are given more freedom in large places so that they can live more comfortable as they would in nature. Even the appearance of zoos has changed. Trees and grass grow in cages, and water flows through the places the animals live in. There are few bars; instead, there is often a deep ditch, filled with water, which surrounds a space where several sorts of animals live together as they would naturally. In an American zoo, the visitors can walk through a huge special cage that is filled with trees, some small animals and many birds. It is large enough for the birds to live naturally. In a zoo in New York, with the use of special night light, people can observe certain animals that are active only at night, when most zoos are closed. Some zoos have special places for visitors to watch animals that live in the desert or under water.

　　Modern zoos not only show animals to visitors, but also keep and save rare animals. For this reason, fifty years from now, the grandchildren of today's visitors will still be able to enjoy watching these animals.

1．It seems that ________ is something most important for animals.

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A．eating good food

B．living in cages

C．living with other animals

D．living in natural conditions

2．In modern zoos ________.

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A．different kinds of animals are kept separately

B．animals are no longer taken good care of

C．animals have more freedom

D．visitors can walk wherever they like

3．In a modern zoo ________ feel comfortable.

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A．the animals, not the visitors

B．the visitors, not the animals

C．neither visitors nor animals

D．both visitors and animals

4．In some zoos people can ________.

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A．walk through huge special cages to watch all sorts of animals

B．see animals which live in special conditions

C．during the day observe animals that are active at night

D．watch all the rare animals that may not be seen in the future

5．The main idea of the passage is that ________.

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A．zoos are new places where animals can live naturally

B．zoos are places where people can see animals from all over the world

C．there should be old and modern zoos alike

D．rare animals may soon die out