More and more people around the world are joining in dangerous sports. Some people climbed the highest mountains; some traveled into unknown parts of the world; some sailed small boats across the largest sea. Now some people begin to look for new excitement.

Bungee jumping (蹦極) and motorcycle racing (摩托車賽) are quite dangerous sports. Bungee jumping only lasts a few minutes or even seconds. You jump from a high place, 200 meters above the ground, and there is a rubber band (橡膠帶子) tied to your legs. When you jump down, the rubber band pulls you up. About 2,000,000 people around the world have tried bungee jumping.

Why do people join in these dangerous sports? Some scientists say that it is because modern life has become safe and it is not interesting. In the past, people lived in danger. They had to go out and look for food, and life was like a fight but was interesting.

Many people think that there is little excitement in life. They live and work in safe places, buy food in shops, and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill.

1.People like to join in dangerous sports because _______.

    A.they have a lot of free time

    B.they can go to the hospital if they are hurt

    C.they need excitement

    D.they don’t need to look for food

2._______ is not a dangerous sport.

    A.Climbing the highest mountains

    B.Riding on the road

    C.Traveling into unknown parts of the world

    D.Sailing small boats across the largest sea

3.In bungee jumping, you _______.

    A.jump up as high as you can

    B.jump down with a rubber band tied to your legs

    C.jump down without a rubber band

    D.jump to the ground

4.In the past, people lived in danger because _______.

    A.the living condition is poor

    B.there was no doctor and hospital

    C.there were many dangerous animals

    D.all of above

5.Which is not TRUE?

    A.Everyone’s life is interesting.

    B.Many people live and work in safe places.

    C.Many people buy food in shops.

    D.People can go to see the doctors when they become ill.

 

Ladies and gentlemen, I returned to this year in a time machine. In the year 2500, we are able to travel through time to any year in the history of the earth. This year is your last chance your lifestyle to save the earth.

  Beginning in the middle of the 20^th century, a few people were worried about polluting the earth’s water and air, but most people did not change their way of life. Instead, they continued to pour(倒) dangerous chemical(化學(xué)物品) and other waste into lakes and seas, to drive more and more cars and trucks, and to cut down trees.

  By the year 2200, the earth’s water was completely polluted. People could no longer drink water, and they had to use other types of liquids(液體). Scientists said that in the future there might be too many people on the earth. But not enough was done.

  So by the year 2300, there were so many people that food became scarce. There was no water to grow food and all of the fish in lakes and seas died because of pollution. Terrible wars broke out between the rich and the poor. Scientists were working very hard to find another planet in space where humans could live.

  By the year 2400, the air was too polluted for humans to breathe. So we had to leave the earth. But only the rich were able to leave. Where did we go? Nowhere. And everywhere. You see scientists did not find another safe planet, so now we must travel around the universe in our space ships. We are still looking for a place to call our home.

  So it is up to you to change history. There is still hope. You must change your lifestyle now, before it is too late.

1.Which problem is NOT talked about in Paragraph 2?

A. Water        B. Air        C. Lifestyle     D. Food

2. The underlined word ‘scarce’ means ‘______’ in Chinese.

A. 昂貴的       B. 充足的       C. 缺乏的       D. 特殊的

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Only a few people changed their lifestyle in the 20^th century.

B. There was no clean water for people to drink by the year 2200.

C. All the fish died because of the pollution by the year 2300.

D. We found a new home in another planet by the year 2400.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Stop polluting                       B. Change or leave   

C. Look for new home                   D. Return to the earth

 

Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day,when he got home,his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry and said,” don’t play in the water on your way home from school!”

On the next day Bruno came back wet and dirty（臟的）clothes. His mother became even angrier.” I’ll tell your father you come back wet again.” said his mother,” He’ll punish you,you know.”

The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.

“you’re a good boy today,” his mother said happily,”you didn’t play in the water.”

“No,” the boy said unhappily.” There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room（空地方） for me at all.”

1.Bruno went to school _____every day.

A.by bike     B.by bus    C.by car     D.on foot

2.The playground was between _____.

A.two classrooms

B.the cinema and shop

C. Bruno’s house and school

D.the shop and Bruno’s school

3.The little boy liked to play on the playground______.

A.when it snowed 

B.when there was some water there

C.when the children played football there

D.when his father was busy with his work

4. Bruno was afraid of _____ most.

A.his father   B.his mother   C.his teacher    D.the other boys

5. That afternoon, the boy’s clothes were dry because ____.

A.nobody made room（地方）for him in the water.

B.there was no water on the playground

C.he took off his clothes before he played there.

D.he played in the water carefully.

 

根據(jù)首字母或漢語寫出正確的英語單詞 10%

1.The fifth day of a week is T________________.

2.I called you last night, b____ there was no reply.

3.September is the n_________ month of the year.

4.Did you visit any other parts of China before you c_____ to Kunming?

5.A_____________ is the harvest time, and all farmers are busy.

6.Thank you very much for ________(請(qǐng)) me to Ann’s party on Sunday.

7.When winter comes.,the days get _______(短)and the nights longer.

8.Look! There’s no cloud in the sky. I think it’s _____ (晴) today.

9.The radio ____ (說)the weather will get warmer later.

10.There is ______ (沒有什么) but a card in the box.

 

Hundreds of years ago, life was harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no medicine, either.

Life today brings new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and we become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution to all living things in the world.

Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the polluted air is very thick. People cannot see the sky clearly.

Many countries are making rules to fight against pollution. Factories now must clean their water before they throw it away. And they mustn’t let dirty smoke go into the air.

There are many things we can do to fight against pollution. We should put waste things in dustbins and do not throw them on the ground. We should go to work by bike or on foot instead of taking a car or a bus. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution.

    Rules are not enough. We should do our best to fight against pollution.

1.Which of the following is NOT true about life in the past?

A. There were no modern machines.	B. There was no modern medicine.
C. There was much air pollution.	D. There were not many people.

2.What should people do to fight against pollution?

A. Always drive a car to work.	B. Throw waste things anywhere they like.
C. Put waste things in dustbins.	D. Always take a bus to go to school.

3.The most serious pollution is              .

A. water pollution	B. air pollution
C. noise pollution	D. light pollution

4.What should factories do to fight against pollution?

A. Let dirty smoke go into the air.

B. Throw dirty water away without cleaning it.

C. Close the factories.

D. Let dirty water go after cleaning it.

5.From the passage, we know that              .

A. a few years ago, there was no pollution at all.

B. people today don’t have to talk to each other loudly

C. we can drink water from the polluted rivers and lakes.

D. Everybody should try his or her best to fight against pollution