Many people think sports are just for winning and honor, but there is a lot more you can gain from (get out of) them. I have learned over the past years that sometimes when I lose, I get a lot more out of it than winning. Also, I find a lot of times in sports, people are getting too caught up in the game instead of just having fun. The real purpose of sports is to have fun and learn life lessons along the way.

I greatly encourage you to be a part of the school sports. Even if you are not the best, you can still have fun. Sports give people a great and healthy way of spending an afternoon, instead of lying around playing video games or even getting into bad things. Sports also give us a sense of achievement. There isn’t a better feeling than to have done something fun and productive for my day.

I think that we all need sports to give us courage. If we try hard in sports, we usually do well. If we did the same in study, we would all be champions. Another reason why I encourage you to play sports is that it’s just fun. Without sports, our lives would just be boring. So as you may be able to tell, sports are amazing!

Our coaches not only teach us to play sports, but show class and good sportsmanship while playing them. It’s never fun when you lose to have the competitor rub it in your face. That’s why our coaches teach us to show class when we lose; also, when coaches get onto you, don’t get down. They only want to see you improve and learn from what they say. When you do badly and they don’t shout loudly is when you should start worrying because they are giving up on you.

Overall, sports are great! They bring out the best and worst of a lot of us. However, we can’ t let sports get too serious to where it brings down all the fun. So to have the most fun in sports, you just need try your best and not worry so much about the winning or losing.

1.The underlined phrase “get onto you” in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.

A. point out your mistakes              B. take up your time      

C. worry about your future              D. look into your privacy

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Sports bring us great fun only if we have the talent.

B. Sports give us the best way of spending free time.

C. We can get more out of winning than losing.

D. We should take pleasure in doing sports.

3.What is the best title of this passage?

A. Are we too caught up?                    B. To win or to gain?

C. Are sports really great?                 D. For honor or for health?

A new library opens in the town. It's a very big library. Some robots work there as library assistants. The robots can help you find the right books you want and do other things you tell them to. But you must say “Please”when you ask for something and “Thank you”when you get something.

 Li Ming wants to borrow a book from the new library. He comes to the library with Zhang Hua. They see a robot standing there.

 Li：Hey，give me the book “Little Tom”．Why，the robot doesn't work. There must be something wrong with it.

 Zhang：No，there isn't. When you borrow a book，you must say “Please”．

Li：Will you please give me the book“Little Tom”，Mr. Robot?

Zhang：Look！The robot is bringing you the book. Take it，Li Ming.

 Li：What's wrong with the robot？It won't let me have the book.

 Zhang：Yor must say “Thank you”．

Li：Oh，thank you very much，Mr. Robot.

 The robot smiles and gives the book to Li Ming.

 阅读短文，判断正T误F。

1.In the library all the assistants are robots.

2.The robot will be glad to help you if you say

          “Please”and “Thank you”.

3.Li Ming asks for help from the robot in the library.

4.Mr. Robot is a young man.

5.People say “Please”and “Thank you”only to robots.

The population of the Earth is growing faster. It is important that we look after the Earth. We need it! The Earth gives us a lot of things. We also give the Earth a lot, but some of the things are not good.

In nature, when something dies, other animals and plants get food from it. Every animal or plant gives food for other animals or plants. However, animals can’t get food from many of the things that we ‘give’ the Earth. Animals and plants can’t eat metal, plastic and glass. These things will stay in the ground for many, many years.

         Some rubbish is very dangerous for plants and animals. In some places, many animals live together. One animal makes food for many more animals. If we put rubbish and chemicals in the water, the plankton(浮游生物) can die. If there isn’t any plankton, many animals have nothing to eat.

         So what can we do? Don’t leave any rubbish in the countryside! Don’t make so much rubbish!

1.The Earth gives us ___________.

         A. food            B. rubbish                        C. chemicals                   D. pollution

2.When something dies in nature, _________.

         A. water and grass are polluted                      B. plastic and wood become food

         C. other animals and plants get food             D. metal and glass stay in the ground

3.We must _______ to look after the Earth.

         A. put metal in the ground                               B. use more wood

         C. keep frogs in the water                                   D. make less rubbish

The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution.

To pollute means to make things unfit or unclean to use. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even eat it. Pollution is beginning to threaten (威胁) our health, our happiness and our life.

Man has been polluting the earth from the time he first made fire, washed his clothes in the river and threw his waste on the ground. When land was used up or water became dirty, men moved on to another place. At first, the problem was not so serious because there was plenty of clean air, land and water. There weren’t so many people then and their wants fewer. All the dirty things could be absorbed(吸收) by nature and soon covered over. But this is no longer true. The increase of pollution and the development of industry(工业) have changed that. Man is slowly poisoning(毒害)not only his environment but also himself.

Through the use of poison, man has polluted the land, killing the animals. By putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking water, killing the fish.

Our increasing population is part of the problem. More people, more waste.

Where is this all to end? Are we turning the world into a big rubbish dump(堆存处)，or is there any hope that we can get rid of (摆脱，除去) the pollution? Luckily, millions of people have been warned of the danger of pollution. Large numbers of people are now working hard to bring pollution under control.

The earth is our home. We must take care of it. This means keeping the land, air and water clean. And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.

1.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. We live on the earth, so we should look after it.

B. Man is fighting against different kinds of pollution.

    C. To pollute means to make air, water and land unfit for use.

D. All the waste produced by modern industry can be absorbed.

2.In Paragraph4, the underlined word “chemicals” mean ____________.

A. 化学物质    B. 医疗器械     C. 污染源       D. 塑料制品

3.Through the uncontrolled use of poison man has___________.

    A. made the drinking water dirty        B. polluted the land

    C. killed the animals                   D. all of the above

4.From the sentences “More people, more waste.” We know that ___________

    A. we need more people, not more waste

B. the increase of population caused more waste.

    C. there isn’t any hope that we can get rid of the pollution

D. More people have been warned of the danger of more waste.

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Man begins to understand the pollution.                  

B. Man doesn’t know how to control pollution.  

C. Man is doing something to control pollution.

D. Man still doesn’t realize how serious pollution is.