根据短文内容，完成文后的选择题

　　Scientists are trying to turn deserts into land that can be used again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so that people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about deserts. 1 . Scientists may not be able to change the deserts in time.

　　Why is more and more land becoming desert？ Scientists think that people make deserts. 2 .

　　Some places on the earth-don't get very much rain. But they still don't become deserts. 3 . Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. 4 . Plants stop the wind blowing the soil away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants retain (保留；保持)the water. 5 .

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A．They don't take care of the environment properly.

B．Plants prevent the hot sun from making the earth even drier.

C．This is because plants grow there.

D．Without plants, a desert is formed much more easily.

E．But more and more of the land is becoming desert.

阅读理解

　　Sam woke up suddenly. Someone was moving around in the next room. “Maybe it's grandma, getting a drink of water. ” he told himself.

　　But the next room was the living room. It wasn't near the kitchen. Sam's parents were away, and there was only grandma in the house with him. He looked at his watch-three thirty！ Too early for grandma to get up！

　　He got out of bed and opened the door very quietly. The window was open wide open. Standing near it was a man, looking in the desk drawers. Grandma kept her money and papers in them！

　　He thought quickly. Yes, the radio！ He turned it on and a man's voice filled the room. Frightened, the thief dropped Grandma's papers. He jumped out onto the balcony. Then he jumped down two floors to the ground. He gave a shout. His leg was broken under his body.

　　Grandma was awake and she phoned the police at once. The thief couldn't get up, because his leg was broken.

　　When the police came, they were very pleased. “Well done, Sam,” said the police officer. “This man is a well-known thief. ” Then he said to Sam's grandma, “You should keep your money in a bank！”

1．根据短文信息，将下列句子排序，使意义完整

(1)I jumped out of the window.

(2)I found some papers and money in the desk.

(3)I jumped off the balcony and broke my leg.

(4)I climbed into the flat.

(5)The police caught me.

(6)Suddenly, I heard a man's voice.

2．根据短文内容，判断正误

(1)At first Sam knew that there was a thief inside his house.

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(2)When he opened the door quietly, he found the window wide open.

(　　)

(3)The thief jumped out of the house because he was frightened by the loud television.

(　　)

(4)Sam woke up his grandma and then phoned the police.

(　　)

(5)The police told Sam's grandma not to keep her money at home.

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阅读理解

读下面的文章，然后将吉姆早餐前的活动排序。

　　Jim has a farm. He has a lot of cows there and he sells their milk, He does not milk the cows by hands; he has an electric milking machine(电动挤奶机). He gets up very early every morning, milk the cows with his ready, puts it i very big cans, washes the milking machine and the buckets(桶), puts the milk cans out ad then has his breakfast. At about 8 o'clock a big truck comes and collects his milk-cans. It also collects milk from other farms.

　　After breakfast, Jim goes to his desk and writes letters and bills(账目)and other things. When I visit him, he says,“Do you know, Bill, a farmer has a lot of paper-work to do now. He is like a clerk(职员) in an office.”Jim loves his farm, but he hates paper-work.

　　After he finishes it, he cleans his cow-sheds(牛棚)and then does some work in his vegetable garden.

　　He is always very busy, and his wife is, too.

　　①gets up

　　②lets the cows out into the fields

　　③washes the milking machine and buckets

　　④put the milk-cans out and then has his breakfast

　　⑤milk the cows with his machine

　　⑥puts the milk in very big cans

　　⑦gets the milk ready

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Number the sentences to make a conversation.

(　1　)A：Hello! My name is Peter. What's your name, please?

(　　)B：We're in different classes. I'm in Class One.

(　　)B：I'm Kate. Which school are you in?

(　　)A：Who is your English teacher?

(　　)B：What is your favorite subject at school?

(　　)B：Oh, we're in the same school. Which class are you in?

(　　)A：No, our English teacher is Mrs Xu. She is also a good teacher.

(　13　)A：Because it's interesting and useful.

(　　)A：No. 9 Middle School.

(　　)A：Class Two. What about you?

(　　)B：Mr Li. He's really fun. Is your English teacher Mr Li?

(　　)A：Math.

(　　)B：Why do you like Math best?

请将下列对话按正确的顺序排列

___1___You like animals, don't you?

___2___Really? What kind of music do you like?

___3___Yes, it's really nice. What are you going to do today?

___4___Yes, I like watching the birds, what about you?

___5___The weather's beautiful, isn't it?

___6___Sure !

___7___I'm going to the zoo.

___8___I like listening to music. I'm going to the concert.

___9___Classical music. Well, why don't you go with me?

在横线上填入序号，将下列句子排序组成对话

Example: 1 Hi, Maria. I just watched a TV show about the future. Do you think there will be schools in ten years?

a. ________ Do you really think everybody will live on space stations? I don't want to. Could I place stay here?

b. ________ I think there will be fewer books, too. Computers will be cheaper, and every home will have one.

c. ________ Yes, I think there will be schools. But there will be more computers than books.

d. _________ I don't think homes will have computers. I don't think there will be any homes. We will all live on space stations.

e. ________ No, you will have to live on a space station, too. But they'll be better than houses. They'll be bigger and cleaner.

对话排序

____ But to his surprise, the customer liked it very much. So it was invented.

____ I don't know. How?

____ And then?

____ It was invented by mistakes.

____ Really? That's interesting. What's the story?

__1__ Do you know how potato chips were invented?

____ The customers complained the chips were not thin enough, so the chef cooked them long time and put lots of salt on them to make the customer angry.

对话排序

__1__ We could hand out some advertisement at the school gate. And call up our friends for some help.

__2__ hope all the strategies that we come up with will work out fine.

__3_ The clean-up day is coming. We have to make some plans.

__4__ I think it will help a lot. Because the call-in center could let more people know that.

__5__ Good idea! So I'll set up a call-in center for students.

__6__ I agree. But do you have some good ideas?

对话排序

1 How about Hawaii?

2 I see. I think San Francisco is a good place for her.

3 Where would your mum like to go this summer?

4 She'd like to go to places where the weather is warm.

5 I like to go there, but my mum doesn't because she doesn't like anywhere touristy.

6 I think so! She will like there.

对话排序

1 See. You used to have long hair. But now it's short.

2 Yes, I used to be fat but I lost weight. And you used to wear glasses. But don't you need them?

3 I like short hair now. Everyone changes.

4 Hi, Tina! Haven't seen you for a long time.

5 Yeh , Jane! I almost can't recognize you. You used to be fat.

6 Yes, I do. But I wear contact lenses.