The little boy entered the house unhappily. His mother was  1 cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she  2 ,but stopped when she saw his face.“Tyler,  3 happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay,Mom,” said the boy.” Today, in our science lesson, Mrs Green talked about the 4 .The whole world is getting dirtier and many animals and plants are dying, She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way home, but there is  5 I can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you a  6 ,”the mother said after thinking  for a while .“ One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish（海星） covering the beach, they were pushed up by the   7 . and it was too far for them to make their way back by  8 . The man shook his head as he walked along,“What a pity!So many starfish will die on the beach.” The man felt very  9 for those starfish . He went on walking and just at that time he was  10 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as  11 as he could. “How silly you are! My  12 ,” the man said.“There are so many starfish, and can you throw all of them back?” The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing. “  13 I can’t help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one,”said the boy.“Thinking for a moment, the man  14 to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, “Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the   15 person.”

The little boy entered the house unhappily. His mother was  1 cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she  2 ,but stopped when she saw his face.“Tyler,  3 happened? Is everything okay?”

“Nothing is okay,Mom,” said the boy.” Today, in our science lesson, Mrs Green talked about the 4 .The whole world is getting dirtier and many animals and plants are dying, She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way home, but there is  5 I can do to make a difference.”

“Let me tell you a  6 ,”the mother said after thinking  for a while .“ One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish（海星） covering the beach, they were pushed up by the   7 . and it was too far for them to make their way back by  8 . The man shook his head as he walked along,“What a pity!So many starfish will die on the beach.” The man felt very  9 for those starfish . He went on walking and just at that time he was  10 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as  11 as he could. “How silly you are! My  12 ,” the man said.“There are so many starfish, and can you throw all of them back?” The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing. “  13 I can’t help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one,”said the boy.“Thinking for a moment, the man  14 to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, “Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the   15 person.”

1.                A．drinking        B．making         C．selling    D．washing

2.                A．turned around   B．turned down     C．turned on D．turned off

3.                A．what           B．when          C．where    D．why

4.                A．air            B．land           C．water    D．environment

5.                A．something      B．anything        C．everything D．nothing

6.                A．lie             B．joke           C．story D．way

7.                A．wind           B．rain            C．waves    D．sands

8.                A．himself         B．itself           C．ourselves D．themselves

9.                A．tired           B．sorry           C．happy    D．excited

10.               A．afraid          B．surprised       C．sad   D．angry

11.               A．slow           B．fast            C．soon  D．high

12.               A．father          B．mother         C．son   D．daughter

13.               A．Or            B．So             C．Because   D．Though

14.               A．began          B．continued       C．forgot D．waited

15.               A．shortest        B．tallest          C．smallest   D．biggest

The earth is our home and we must take good care of it. That is to say we must   1   the land, air and water clean. But man    2  a lot of pollution on earth since he first made fire, washed his clothes in the river and threw rubbish on the ground. Many years ago, pollution was not so serious   3    there were not so many people.

There were enough    4   air, land and water. When the land or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to    5   place. Man is    6   the whole world now. So there is   7    enough clean air, nor clean land, nor clean water now. The more people there are in one place,    8    environment they maybe have.

Perhaps you are afraid     9   is endless(无休止的) for people to produce pollution.

    10  , we are glad to tell you that people have come to know the danger of pollution. And you can find more and more people are working hard to protect our earth.

1.                A．have           B．take           C．watch    D．keep

2.                A．produced       B．has produced    C．is producing   D．will produce

3.                A．so             B．if              C．because  D．but

4.                A．clean          B．old            C．dirty D．new

5.                A．other          B．the other       C．another  D．others

6.                A．pollute         B．polluting        C．clearing  D．clear

7.                A．neither         B．both           C．either    D．none

8.                A．the worst       B．the worse       C．the bad   D．worse

9.                A．that           B．this            C．what     D．it

10.               A．Quickly         B．Especially       C．Luckily    D．Anyway

What can you do in two minutes? Cyrus Siu, 12, made a great speech in English and     the hearts of everyone.
Siu studies at Singapore International School in Hong Kong. He     the Junior high category (初中组) of the 11^th “21^st Century Cup” National High School and Primary School English Speaking Competition in Xiamen, Fujian on March 22.
His speaking skills and good English won him the top     .
Siu said his first secret to success was     many English books. He has read all the seven Harry Potter books, each four to five times. Now he is reading Steve Jobs: A Biography(《乔布斯传》)
“These books may be     for my age, but reading helps me to learn new words,” he said.
Siu likes English-speaking movies. Super hero movies,      Iron Man(《钢铁侠》) and The Avengers(《复仇者联盟》), are his favorite.
“Every boy has the dream of becoming a super hero one day. Sometimes I imagine
      to be one of the heroes and shout out the English lines(台词). It’s good to combine(结合) your      with learning English.
It’s also important to     an English-speaking environment for yourself. Siu talks to his classmates and teachers in English all day long at school.      his parents talk to him in Cantonese(粤语) at home, he still tries to answer in English.
“There is no shortcut(捷径) to studying English. Just practice, practice and practice!”Siu said.

You will find traffic noise disappearing as soon as you arrive in Venice. So as you walk down the narrow streets , you only have to avoid （避免）crowds of people.3  About 19 million travellers visit Venice for the enjoyable environment, art and food each year.

Seeing Venice on foot is the best. You can walk through the city in about an hour. Look around St.Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace. 4 But you should know walking along the streets isn’t as easy as traveling on the city’s canals. The canals are Venice’s “streets”. And you can enjoy the Grand Canal, the Rialto Bridge and many wooden buildings.

Venice is fantastic. You shouldn’t miss it in your life. No matter how long you’re in Venice, it will leave a pleasant feeling on you.

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1．Why will you find noise disappearing as soon as you arrive in Venice?

2．What can you enjoy in Venice when traveling on the city’s canals?

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