Some interesting animals	Food
People in India think the cow （奶牛）is the mother of the earth. It gives so much but asks nothing in return. So in many Indian cities, people don’t eat or sell beef. Cows in India can walk free（免费） with the cars.	Grass
The zebra斑马belongs to属于 the horse family. They live in southern and central Africa. Zebras have excellent hearing and eyesight and are capable of running at speeds 速度of up to 40 miles per hour.	Grass
The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. They can’t walk. They use their strong back legs to jump. They can jump over 56 kilometres each hour. They can go over nine metres in one jump!	Gum trees
The polar bear lives in the snow and ice. It is 3 metres long and it weighs重 450 kilos. It can stand up on its back legs because it has very wide feet. It can use its front legs like arms. It can swim well.	Sea animals

【小题1】_________ is a member of the horse family.

A．The cow

B．The zebra

C．The kangaroo

D．The polar bear

【小题2】The kangaroo can’t walk with its legs, but can________.

A．fly

B．swim

C．jump

D．run

【小题3】If you walk in the street, you can meet a cow in________.

A．China

B．Australia

C．Africa

D．India

【小题4】The polar bear lives on _______.

A．sea animals

B．grass

C．beef

D．gum trees

【小题5】“In return” in the sentence “It gives so much but asks nothing in return” means ______in Chinese.  

A．归还

B．回报

C．轮流

D．要求

Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)

　　A small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.

　　Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.

　　Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.

1.From the passage, a van is also called ____________.

A．a motor car                            B．a motor home

C．a motorbike　                          D．a big truck

2. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.

A．sold their old house

B．moved to their grandparents’house

C．built a new place for a van

D．sold their second car

3. A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.

A．a baby　                              B．much money

C．more than two children                   D．interest in vans

4. Americans usually use motor homer____________.

A．to travel with all the family members of holiday

B．to do some shopping with all the family members

C．to visit their grandparents at weekends

D．to drive their children to school every day

5. Motor homes have become popular because___________.

A．they can take people to another city when people are free

B．they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays

C．some people think motor homes are cheap

D．big families can put more things in motor homes

 

A kind of little cars may be seen in the streets in the future. People will like this kind of small cars better than the big ones. The car is as small as a bike. But it can carry two people in it. Everybody can drive it easily, just like riding a bike. Even children and old people can drive them to schools or parks.
If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will be more space for all the cars in cities, and there will also be more space for people to walk in the streets.
The little cars of the future will cost less money to buy and to drive. These little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour, so driving will be safer. The cars of the future will be fine for going around the city, but they will not be useful for a long trip.
This kind of cars can save a lot of gas. They will go 450 kilometers, then they have to stop for more gas.
They are nice cars, aren’t they?
【小题1】If you drive this kind of little cars for four hours, you can probably go      at most.  
?

A．260 kilometers	B．65 kilometers
C．450 kilometers	D．130 kilometers

【小题2】Why do these little cars have to stop after going 450 kilometers?
?

A．For more water.	B．For more gas.
C．To have a rest.	D．To charge (充电)

【小题3】 Which of the following statements is NOT true?
?

A．Driving big cars can make the air dirtier. ?

B．The little cars can make more space for other cars and people. ?

C．These little cars will be useful for a long trip. ?

D．This kind of cars can save much gas.

Nowadays, too much carbon dioxide makes the earth warmer and warmer and causes terrible effect to human beings. To save our planet and ourselves, a new lifestyle called low-carbon life becomes popular. Low carbon means low energy and no waste. It is necessary for everybody to learn to live a low-carbon life.
To live a low-carbon life, we’d better save energy as much as possible. Turn off the lights and TV whenever they are not needed. If possible, use cold water to wash clothes or dishes. Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when the weather gets warm. Don’t do the cooking with electricity.
To live a low-carbon life, we should eat less meat. Everybody knows eating too much meat makes people fat and easy to have heart disease, but maybe you don’t know keeping animals for food produces even more carbon dioxide than all the cars in the world, and being a vegetarian (素食主义者) can help reduce one and a half tons of carbon dioxide a year. Maybe it is a little difficult, but it’s really necessary.
To live a low-carbon life, we are supposed to do less shopping. When we go shopping, we may drive a car or take other transportations (交通工具). On one hand, these machines pollute the air and waste energy. On the other hand, most of us always buy some useless things because of some advertisements. It not only waste money but also causes trouble to the earth, because making everything will produce carbon dioxide more or less.
There are many other ways to live a low-carbon life, such as recycling things, planting trees and reusing textbooks. If we can keep it a habit in our daily life, the earth will become a safer planet for us to live on.
任务一：根据短文内容，用简洁的句子或短语完成下列表格。

Advice	How to Live a Low-Carbon Life
Advice 1	﹡ 1.
Advice 2	﹡ 2.
Advice 3	﹡ Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when it’s warm.
Advice 4	﹡ 3.
Advice 5	﹡ 4.
Advice 6	﹡ Be supposed to do less shopping.
Advice 7	﹡ Recycle things, plant trees and reuse textbooks.

任务二：除了文中提到的建议外，你一定还有许多自己的想法，请写一条与大家分享吧。
﹡ 5.                                                                                    

These days, cars are designed using computers. Let’s look at how a new car is created.
First, several designers talk about the new car and any good ideas that they have. Then they sit down at their computers and draw many sketches. The best two or three drawings are chosen and then more detailed(细节的，详情的) drawings of cars are developed on the computer. You can change the size, shape or color of any part on the computer to see how the car would look and then (73 ) you can choose the best design.
Both the inside and the (71) ________of the car have to be designed. Part of the inside of the car is built so that the designers can sit in it. They can feel if there is enough room inside and if they can reach everything. Then some cars are built—there are more than 15 000 parts of a car to test.
(74) When everything is safe, the cars are made in the factory. Again, computers are used to make sure that all the parts are ready as they are needed. （72）The factory usually stays open all through the night so that the car production never stops.
【小题1】Fill in the missing word:
“Both the inside and the _____________of the car have to be designed.”
【小题2】The underlined phrase “stays open” means______________________. (Only in English）
【小题3】“You can choose the best design.” means:
The best design can __________  __________.
【小题4】Please translate the following sentence into Chinese:
“When everything is safe, the cars are made in the factory.”
__________________________________________________________________________
【小题5】The main idea of the passage is
____________________________________________________________________.