Every year the Greens go to the beach for a week’s vacation. There are many interesting things to do at the beach.

The children play games on the sand. Sometimes they build sandcastles (沙堆小城堡). There are saltwater (咸水的) swimming pools. The children can swim safely in these pools and the water is always clean.

There is an esplanade (海滨大道). This is a long road by the beach. There are many cafes (咖啡厅) and restaurants on the esplanade. There is also a park beside (在……旁边) the beach. This is a place that many people like to go to.

The Greens always stay at the same hotel. They usually have the same rooms. These rooms are at the front of the hotel. There is a good view of the sea from their windows. The children are a little sad when the vacation is over because they don’t want to leave.

1.How often do the Greens go to the beach?

2.Which place do many people like to go to?

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word?

4.Why are the children a little sad when the vacation is over?

5.According to the story, which of the following is TRUE?

In the 13th century, Marco Polo travelled a long way to China. He was a famous Italian 31 During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he 32 was that the Chinese used paper money. People in 33 coun­tries didn’t use paper money until the 17th century. However,people in China began to use paper money in the 10th century. 34     was invented by a Chinese about 2 000 years ago. His name was Cai Lun. He then 35 these pieces of paper together and made them into a 36 .
Now paper mainly comes from trees. We use it every day. 37 we waste a lot of it. If we keep on doing so, people 38 cut down many more trees. Then there will not be any trees left. If there are no 39 , there will be no paper.
So how can we 40 paper? When we mak­ing notes,we can use 41 sides of each piece of paper. We  can  buy  drinks  in bottles instead of 42  in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs ( 棉手帕) and not the paper ones.
43  we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the salesman gives us a paper bag, we can keep it and 44  it later. We can help to protect trees if we think 45 . We should to it now,before it is too late.

Protecting (保护) wild animals is our duty. Because wild animals are important to us. They live with us on the earth together. If there are no animals on the earth, we will not live on,   46  . So we should take good care   47   them to help us live a healthy life.
  48  some people still don’t realize the   49  of protecting wild animals. They often kill wild animals for food or for money. Every day there are many wild animals being   50  . So lots of wild animals have died out (灭绝). We can’t see them any more. Today the number of wild animals   51  becoming smaller and smaller. If we don’t protect them, they will all die out. If this goes on, there will be no animals left on the earth.
  52  , more and more people have begun to do many things to help protect wild animals. They ask people   53  killing wild animals. They get people to know that protecting wild animals is one of the most important things. Now many countries have made   54  laws (法律) to protect wild animals.
Now that (既然) wild animals are so important to man, we should do our   55 
to protect them and it means human beings can make friends with animals and get on well with them.

动词填空 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

1.Until your pass ___________ (show) to us, we won’t let you in at all.

2.__________(make) sure that there are no mistakes, you must be more careful with your homework..

3.May Day, the holiday all the students were looking forward to ______(come) at last.

4.----How do you like the city?

----Wonderful! I __________(stay) here for another two years.

5.Tom is worried about Jane because she _____ (suffer) from stress these days.

6.By the time he got home, his wife ________ (do) all the housework.

7.They _________ (eat) up all the food, but they still feel hungry.

8.— Why didn’t you stop him going out? _

— Sorry, but I _______ (write) a letter and didn’t notice him go out.