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Future and Today
　　It is well known that everyone has his own dream as well as his own future. But do you know what future really is ? I have to say that future is now. That is to say we must treasure every minute now. If we want to have a bright future, we should know how important time is and use it well.
　　There is an old English saying: "Gain time, gain life." Then what's time? Time is something that we can't see or touch, but we can feel it passing by. Time is always with us. When we are at table, time passes; when we play, time goes by unnoticeable. We always say "Time is money", but time is even more precious(珍贵的)than money, because when money is spent , we can earn it back. But if time is gone away, it will never return. So, some of us even say time is priceless(无价的).
　　We should always remember: future is now. For us students, we should try our best to work hard in order to create a great future of our own. We should make the best use of every hour and be the master of today. We should do everything before us as well as possible. And never put off what can be done today till tomorrow.
　　As we all know , "Time and tide wait for no man." If you waste today, you will regret tomorrow. So from now on, work hard. Tomorrow will be better, and your future will be brighter .Remember: "No pains, no gains." Today's hard work is the cause of tomorrow's harvest.
　                   　Title: Future and Today

小题1:	Supporting details
Future is now.	Everyone has his own dream as well as his own future. If we want to have a bright future, we should know the 小题2:    of time and make every minute小题3:      .
小题4:    is priceless.	Time is money, but time is even more小题5:   than money, because when money is spent , we can earn it back. But 小题6:    time will return no more.
Be小题7:    of today	Today’s hard work 小题8:   to tomorrow’s harvest. As students, we should never小题9:   what can be done today till tomorrow and we should try our 小题10:   to do everything well.

 

Do you know why different animals or pests have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts. but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you'll find the main use of coloring is protecting themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be seen by hunters. This is because they have the colors much like the tree.
Have you ever noticed an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spread over, the enemies cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it isn't strong at all.
根据短文内容, 指出能完成所给句子或回答所提问题的最佳答案。
小题1:From the passage we learn that locusts ___ .

A．are small animals

B．are easily found by birds

C．are dangerous to their enemies

D．change their colors to protect themselves

小题2:Bears and lions can keep safe because they ___ .

A．have the colors much like the trees

B．move quickly

C．like brown and grey colors

D．live in forests

小题3:The kind of fish live up to now because ___ .

A．it is very big and strong

B．the liquid it sends out help it escape from its enemies

C．the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies

D．it swims faster than any other fish

小题4:Which is the best title for this passage?

A．The Change of Colors for Animals and Pests

B．Colors of Different Animals and Pests

C．The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Pests

D．Some Animals and Pests

Healthy eating habit along with regular exercise is the only way to become fit. If you have the correct number of calories and exercise regularly, you will lose weight, keep fit, and feel great, too.
During your teenage years, it is important to give your body the energy it needs. If you skip (跳过) meals, you won’t get enough calories, and then you will feel tired. By the way, calorie is just another word for energy. About 50% of your calories should come from rice, bread, vegetables and fruit. You also need to drink a lot of water, 6 to 8 glasses a day. Water helps keep your system clean. Drinking enough water will make your skin better and make you healthy.
Exercise is something that can help to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. Experts suggest that teenagers spend at least 30 minutes exercising a day, five times a week. That is easy to do! You can walk or ride your bike to school, and do sports at school. However, teenagers often give up sports, saying they have no time left after their studies. In fact, doing exercise can help them sleep better at night and increase their ability to focus on their study.
If you follow the suggestions above, you will look and feel much better and become fit.
小题1:What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．How to eat food.	B．How to keep fit.
C．How to lose weight.	D．How to exercise.

小题2:The underlined word “calories” means ________ in this passage.

A．营养

B．强壮

C．能量

D．锻炼

小题3:Teenagers should spend at least _______ minutes exercising a week according to this passage.

A．5

B．50

C．30

D．150

小题4:If you ________, you will become fit.

A．exercise regularly

B．drink lots of water

C．have a healthy eating habit along with regular exercise

D．eat rice, bread, vegetables and fruit

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Pollution problems are becoming more and more serious. One of them is called “white pollutions” caused by plastic, such as shopping bags, boxes and cups. In China, about three billion plastic shopping bags are used every day, which results in a great waste of resources(资源) and heavy environment pollution. Luckily, the government has stopped us from using free plastic bags, telling all stores and supermarket not to provide customers(顾客) with free plastic bags since June 1,2008. From then on, people have been supposed to use cloth bags and shopping baskets instead of plastic bags in order to protect our environment.
Now, more and more people have realized the importance of using the cloth bags and shopping baskets. For one thing it can protect our environment, for another it can also save energy. Yet we have more things to do to solve the problem of “white pollution”!
小题1:Is “white pollution” caused by plastic?
__________________________________________
小题2:How many plastic shopping bags are used every day in China?
_____________________________________________
小题3:What are the advantages of using cloth bags or shopping baskets？
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Everyone likes living in a clean and comfortable environment. If the envionment(环境) is bad, it will affect（影响）our bodies, and make us not feel well. Sometimes we may be terribly ill. At that time we don’t want to work, and we have to stay in bed and rest at home. So the envrionment is very important to us.
It’s germ that makes us ill. There are germs everywhere, They are very small and you can’t find them with your own eyes, but you can see them with a microscope（显微镜）. They are very small and there may be hundreds of them on a very small thing, Germs can always be found in the dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. Germs can also be found in air and dust（灰尘）. If you cut your finger, some of the dust from the floor may go into it, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs will go into all of your boby, and you will have pain everywhere.
To keep us healthy, we should try to our best to make our environment become cleaner and tidier. This needs us to act together.
小题1:The writer tell us that________.

A．we like working when we are ill

B．germs can’t live in the water.

C．we can’t feel ill if the environment is bad.

D．we feel well when the environment is good.

小题2:Germs are________.

A．very small things that you can’t see with your eyes.

B．the things that don’t effect people.

C．the things that you can find with your eyes.

D．the things that are very big.

小题3:Where can germs be found? They can be found_________.

A．on the small thing	B．in air and dust
C．only in dirty water	D．everywhere

小题4:How will you feel if germs go into the finger that is cut?

A．I will feel nothing.	B．I won’t mind.
C．I will feel tense.	D．I will feel painful.

小题5:From the passage we know that________

A．environment doesn’t affect our life.

B．we don’t need to improve our environment.

C．germs may make us ill.

D．if the environment is better, germs will be more.

完形填空
阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Do you know why different animals or pests(害虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be mainly used to ___1___ themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts(蝗虫), but birds cannot ___2___catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their__3___ with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, locusts look ___4___. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change into the same brown color __5___ crops have. Some other pests whose colors are ___6__ plants are easily found and eaten by ___7___. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only __8____.
If you ___9___ animals’ life, you’ll find the main use of colors is to protect __10___. Bears, lions and other animals ___11___ quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters ___12___ their colors are much like the trees.
Colors are useful not only on the land, but also in the __13___. A kind of fish can __14____ a kind of black liquid(液体) when they face danger. The liquid spreads over quickly, so they cannot be found by their enemies and can quickly swim away. That is ___15____ they can live safely though they are not strong at all. So colors are really useful to animals.

小题1:	A．show B．protect C．kill D．interest

小题2:	A．easily B．freely C．safely D．differently

小题3:	A．sizes B．smells C．colors D．shapes

小题4:	A．yellow B．red C．black D．green

小题5:	A．so B．as C．like D．with

小题6:	A．different from B．same as C．similar to D．opposite with

小题7:	A．other B．others C．the others D．another

小题8:	A．in the morning B．at noon C．at night D．in the daytime

小题9:	A．study B．write C．draw D．work

小题10:

A．them B．themselves C．it D．itself

小题11:

A．run B．fight C．move D．eat

小题12:

A．because B．so C．and D．although

小题13:

A．forests B．desert C．sea D．mountains

小题14:

A．keep out B．come out C．look out D．give out

小题15:

A．why B．when C．how D．where

Eating in space is different from eating on the earth. The food that astronauts carry with them does not look like the food you eat.
Some food is carried in closed bags. It is cooked and frozen before the astronauts get it. All the water is removed from the food. In the spaceship, the astronaut puts the water back. He “shoots” hot or cold water into the food bag with a special gun. He eats the food through a small hole in the bag.
Other foods come in bite sizes. The astronaut puts a whole piece in his mouth at once. There can be no crumbs. Crumbs would float around the spaceship and get in the way. Meat and cakes often come in bite-size pieces.
Astronauts cannot drink water from open cups. The water would float in drops in the spaceship. The water is put in the special gun. The astronaut shoots the water into his mouth.
小题1:Some food carried in the closed bags by astronauts is ________.
A. cooked and frozen      B. full of water            C. raw
小题2:Astronauts can’t drink from open cups because__________.
A. the water would float in drops around the spaceship
B. the water would spill all over their foods
C. crumbs would float in the cups
小题3:The main idea of the passage is that __________.
A. astronauts cannot eat or drink in a spaceship until they come back to the earth
B. eating and drinking in the spaceship is a special problem
C. there is more food and water in space than on the earth

Dear Mr Zhu,
I am writing to your magazine’s “Teenagers Now” column(专栏) to ask for some help with my 16-year-old son. At the moment, he refuses to do almost everything his mother and I ask him to do. He is our only child and we treat him very well. His grandparents buy him many things, and yet he is still rude to us. He refuses to spend time with us or do as we tell him. Sometimes he acts as if he doesn’t even love us at all.
Now he refuses to do his homework, and instead insists on wasting his time watching DVDs and listening to foreign music. I cannot understand this music, but I don’t like it. He also spends too much time in Internet cafes, where he either plays games or chats online. He is wasting valuable time during this important period in his life!
What am I to do? At present, to prevent making his mother unhappy with an argument, I am allowing him his freedom. However, I am worried that if I keep allowing him to do what he wants, he may fail at school, or worse.
How can I help my son without harming our relationship?
Yours,
Liu Zhenhua
小题1:What’s Mr. Zhu’s job?

A．A teacher.	B．A magazine columnist.
C．A youth worker.	D．A doctor.

小题2:From the passage, we can know that Mr. Liu’s son is _______ to his parents.

A．friendly

B．thankful

C．polite

D．rude

小题3:What does Liu Zhenhua write to Mr. Zhu for?

A．To blame his son.

B．To ask for help with his son.

C．To say something about his son.

D．To complain to him about his son.

小题4:Mr. Liu’s son always spends his time _______.

A．doing his homework

B．playing games online

C．chatting with his parents

D．doing everything his parents ask him to do

小题5:What do you think is the possible answer for the father?

A．The father should let the son alone.

B．The father should give his son a beating.

C．The father should allow his son his freedom.

D．The father should be patient enough to have communication with the son.

In American schools there is something called Home-coming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a home-coming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation (毕业) day. Students plan Home-coming Day for many weeks in advance.
Several days before Home-coming ,students start to decorate (装饰)the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Home-coming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.
The members of school clubs build booths (摊位) and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band (乐队)comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Home-coming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Home-coming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.
Home-coming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Home-coming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.
小题1:The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is_______.

A．Home-coming	B．the football game
C．graduation	D．winning the game

小题2:When do students begin to do everything for Home-coming?

A．The day before Home-coming.

B．Many weeks before the day.

C．When the guests arrive.

D．Several hours before Home-coming.

小题3:Which of the following is NOT mentioned (提及) on Home-coming Day?

A．To see old friends.

B．To visit teachers they remember.

C．To watch the football game.

D．To go home to see their family.

小题4:Who can probably become Home-coming Queen or King?

A．The teacher who is kind to the students.

B．The student who is popular with the students.

C．The visitor who is famous to the students.

D．The player who plays best in the football game.

小题5:What’s the best title of this article?

A．Home-coming Day	B．A Happy Day
C．The Most Important Event	D．Home-coming Queen or King

Lin Fang is eleven years old. She is in    1   in a school. She goes to school by bus. Last week she had a bad cold. She felt    2   and sick. She didn’t go to the class. She went to the    3   to see a doctor. She had to stay in bed   4  a few days. During the weekend, Mrs Brown cooked her some good food, and her friends   5  her well. Some days later, Lin Fang got well again. She could go back to school.

小题1:	A．Grade four B．4 Grade C．Four Grade D．Grade Four

小题2:	A．weak B．happy C．sadly D．weakly

小题3:	A．school B．farm C．hospital D．classroom

小题4:	A．in B．from C．for D．since

小题5:	A．looked at B．looked for C．looked out D．looked after