Let your eyes          the text quickly to find answers          you are looking for．

A．look through, who                         B．to look through, which

C．looking through, what                       D．look through, that

         I came to China, I’ve been learning          about my family history．

A．When, a lot         B．As, a bit             C．Since, a lot         D．Since, a lot of

Jim          his father．They are          outgoing．

A．looks like, all                                      B．takes after, both

C．looks after, both                                        D．takes care of, all

         of foreign players in America’s NBA          ．

A．The number，are increasing                     B．A number, has increased

C．The number, has increased                         D．A number，are increasing

Today  1  people live in cities．So there is usually little room in a city to grow food．2   of the land in a city is used  3  homes, shops, roads and parks．

Most food for city  4  is grown in the countryside．It is often brought to the city by truck, train and plane．Some food is even carried into the city by car．

Do you live in a city? If you  5  , think of all kinds of food you eat in a day．All of the food comes from the countryside．The wheat(小麦)for your bread is grown on farms in the countryside．So are vegetables．

Water is   6  thing that cities get from the countryside．Everyone needs water every day．We use a little of it for  7．But we use even more to  8   bathtubs (浴缸), run showers, and wash streets．

The  9    used by cities comes mostly(主要的) from rain．But people cannot use the rain  that frills on cities．The rain  10  dirty as it falls  11  dirty air．Once it hits city buildings or streets, the rain will  12  more dirt(尘埃)．It is not good for drinking  13  bathing．

So cities must reach out to the  14  countryside for water．There, the rain falls through  15   onto trees and grass．The fallen rain runs into rivers and lakes．So it is important to keep both cities and the countryside clean．

1．A．less and less   B．more and more    C．quite a few           D．lots of

2．A．Some          B．Most            C．Many               D．Few

3．A．for                   B．of               C．by                  D．from

4．A．men                  B．women           C．person                     D．people

5．A．live in          B．don’t live in        C．do                  D．don’t

6．A．one            B．other            C．others．           D．another

7．A．eating          B．drinking           C．washing            D．watering

8．A．fill                    B．fall              C．full                 D．drop

9．A．water                 B．food             C．tea                 D．vegetables

10．A．looks                B．keeps            C．changes             D．becomes

11．A．across              B．along            C．through             D．past

12．A．pull up       B．pick up                   C．put up              D．catch up

13．A．and                 B．but              C．or                  D．so

14．A．clean               B．tidy               C．clear                D．nice

15．A．smoke              B．light             C．cloud                D．air (空气)

China is now facing a very serious environment problem, that is Sandstorm (沙尘暴)．Now  this problem becomes worse and worse．

330,000-ton sand fell on Beijing on April 18^th, 2006．This is the tenth instance(情况) of sandstorms in northern China this year and the eighth in Beijing．Most of the sand in Beijing comes from Inner Mongolia．The situation this year is worse than the past two years．

People had to clean the dust-covered(灰尘湮没的) roads by washing instead of sweeping．The sandstorms this year could appear because of high temperature, long droughts(干旱) and frequent(经常发生的) cold air．

From March, the rainfall in northern China is about 75% of the average figure (平均数) in the past few years and some parts reported rainfall to be about 20% of the average figure in the past few years．

Cold air is frequent (惯常的)in March and April in northern China and it brings strong wind and sandstorms to the areas．

1．The environment problem becomes               

A．more and more                                      B．worse and worse

C．drier and drier                                            D．less and less

2．How many tons of sand fell on Beijing on April 18th,2006？

A．33,000             B．333,000           C．330,000            D．3,300

3．How did people clean the dust-covered roads?

A．By sweeping                                           B．By rainfall

C．By sweeping and washing                          D．By washing

4．          causes the sandstorms this year besides (除)high temperature, long droughts．

     A．Frequent cold air．                                B．Rainfall

C．Heavy traffic                                           D．Sand

5．Sandstorms often appear in northern China in           ．

A．January and February                                 B．March and April

C．Summer                                              D．Autumn

根据句意、首字母、汉语和括号内所给单词填空。

1．Could you please p          me with some information about your study?

2．W          you do, please don’t forget to go home to see your parents．

3．N          of them has been to an amusement park．Maybe next week mother will take the    twins there．

4．It’s very hot today．What’s the t          ．Oh, over 30℃．

5．You don’t need           (wear) coat tomorrow．It’ll will be sunny．

6．Boys and girls behave           (different) when they are playing that game．

7．He studies English very well and is a good           (translate)．

8．Before liberation, many people died because of           (hungry)．

9．I think the           (education) magazine is well worth reading．

10．Practicing English often is           (必要的)．

11．I           (意识到) I had made a terrible mistake．

12．Come on, boys．Be           (勇敢的)

13．Who can help the           (无家可归的) child?

14．He told me he had an unusual           (经历) in America．

15．We should care for the           (残疾) girl．

Jackie：Mr. White, can I ask you some questions?

Mr. White：Sure．

Jackie：Do you like being a vet?

Mr. White：Yes．To be a doctor for animals is very interesting．

Jackie：What animals do you like best?

Mr. White：I like all kinds of animals．

Jackie：Why do you want to be a vet, but not to be a doctor?

Mr. White：I like to work with animals：They don’t complain and they are very grateful (令人愉快、感激地)．We should protect(保护)them．They’re our good friends．

Jackie：How can you tell they’re grateful?

Mr. White：When an animal wags (摇摆) its tail (尾巴), or puts its ears straight up, then I know it’s grateful．

Jackie：But it is more important to help people than animals．

Mr. White：To help animals is helpful to people．To many people, a pet is like one of the family members．This is often true for older people who are very lonely．

Jackie：Oh, I see．So a pet can help a person feel less lonely．

Mr. White：That’s all right．It also gives people a lot of pleasure．

Jackie：Yeah, are there any famous vets?

Mr. White：Oh, yes．There is a vet from England who wrote many books about animals．His     stories have touched millions of people．His name is James Herriot．Maybe We can find something about him on the Internet．

Jackie：Yeah, let’s go and look．

1．The Chinese meaning of “vet” is         ．

2．Why does Mr. White want to be a vet?

3．When         , we can tell they are grateful．

4．A pet can help a person          and it also give people          ．

5．将斜体部分泽成汉语：                        ．