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The students and teachers at Fairfield School think it’s necessary to look after the environment! This is what they’ve been doing：
Growing vegetables
Fairfield School students have their own vegetable garden. Both children and teachers plant and water the seeds (种子), then they pick the vegetables. And the vegetables are used in school meals. Now they can enjoy healthy food at lunchtime. “School meals are tastier than ever before!” says one pupil.
Recycling
The students don’t just bring their books to school ----- they bring their rubbish(垃圾) too! There are recycling bins (回收箱) in the playground for cans, plastic bottles, batteries and paper. The teachers give a prize to the student who works hardest to recycle every month.
Planting trees
‘This used to be one of the least beautiful areas of the city with no green areas,’ says the head teacher Lynne Johnson. ‘Now every child has planted their own tree, which he or she looks after during the week. They’ve made the view from the classroom more beautiful!’
Finding cleaner ways to get around
Everyone walks or rides to Fairfield School. “When the roads are busy, it’s faster to ride bikes than to go by car anyway,” says one student. Even the teachers don’t use their cars. “We can’t encourage our students to look after the environment if we don’t do it ourselves!” says one teacher.

Fairfield School is looking________ the environment.
Growing vegetables	Students and teachers plant and water vegetables in the________. They also eat them for school ________.
Recycling	Students also bring________ things to school, such as cans, plastic bottles, batteries and ________. The students who does best in recycling can get a ________ every month.
________ trees	The school wasn’t beautiful ________any green areas in the past. But now every student has his or her own tree, which has made the view from the classroom more________.
Finding cleaner ways to get around	Students and teachers don’t ________ to school any more, they are protecting the environment together.

Do you know the phrase “Weibo Addicts” (微博控)? Do you write a Weibo? If you don’t, you are “out”!
Weibo means microblog. People may spend much time writing a blog, but it takes a little time to write a microblog. Why? Because every message on a microblog is less than 140 words.
Microblog started in the USA. It came to China in 2009 and it grows very fast. In 2011, the number of Chinese micro-bloggers grew to 300 million. People write microblogs for many reasons. For many microblog users, it is a great way of learning the freshest news, talking with friends and sharing different kinds of information, including news, everyday life, pictures, music, videos and so on.
It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog. However, this can also bring problems and even panic (恐慌). For example, when the big earthquake and tsunami (海啸) hit Japan in March, 2011, messages like “Salt can help people fight radiation (辐射)” were hot on microblogs. Then a crazy buying of salt followed. Later people knew it was just a rumor (谣言).
In a word, microblog plays a new part in the life of Chinese people.
What does Weibo Addicts in the first paragraph mean?

A．People who are crazy about Weibo.

B．People who seldom use Weibo.

C．People who first made Weibo.

D．People who need Weibo least.

What is NOT an advantage (优势) of Weibo?

A．It is short but carries many meanings.

B．It can help us learn the latest news.

C．It can send rumors.

D．It is easy to use.

People usually don’t share their _______ on Weibo?

A．videos.	B．music.
C．pictures.	D．secrets.

Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Writing a microblog needs much time.
B. Microblog appeared in China only one year ago but it is so popular now.
C. As a popular thing, microblog has its advantages(优势) and disadvantages(劣势).
D. More and more Chinese show great interest in microblog because it started in the USA.
What does Para. 2 mainly talk about?

A．How to use Weibo.	B．Why Weibo is so popular.
C．Who is using Weibo.	D．What Weibo is.

Singing songs is fun, but is it also useful? For learning English pronunciation(发音), Mr. Joe thinks songs are the most useful way to learn. At the same time, you can learn some new words and phrases while singing songs. Mr. Joe has used songs to help himself learn French, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. You should do the same.
Some words used in songs are not everyday English, so you have to be careful how you use song lyrics（歌词）when you speak. Most words and sentences are very useful. You don't have to sing songs aloud if you are shy, but after learning a song you should be able to follow the words without looking at the lyrics. When you can do that, you have learned something that you will never forget!
Some good songs to listen to are from the Beatles, John Denver and the Carpenters. Their songs are not too fast and the lyrics are close to normal spoken English. Just for fun, you can try Mr. Joe's favorite singer, B.B. King. His songs are not easy at all! If you can understand even 80% of "Why I Sing the Blues", you are a very advanced student.
If you become good at singing English songs, you can try to go to karaoke and sing with your friends. When you are able to sing a song in another language, even if you don't sing so beautifully, you will really impress(给......深刻印象) other people!
Which is Mr. Joe’s mother language?

A．French.	B．English.
C．Chinese.	D．Japanese.

Singing English songs can help us, EXCEPT______.

A．pronounce correctly	B．remember new words
C．learn English	D．sing songs better

The songs from the Beatles are easy to learn, one of the reasons may be______.

A．everyone likes the songs

B．John Denver's voice is sweet

C．the lyrics of the songs are beautiful

D．the lyrics are close to normal spoken English

The underlined word "advanced" in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by______.

A．careful	B．excellent
C．kind-hearted	D．lazy

Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．English Songs.

B．The Famous Band-The Beatles.

C．English Songs helps English Learning.

D．How to Learn English.

Place of interest	Water Cube (水立方)	West Lake	Disneyland	Dragon Tower
Location (位置)	Beijing	Hangzhou	Hong Kong	Harbin
Phone Number	010--28135589	0571--68345579	00852--28029822	0451--81187899
Price of ticket	￥60	￥50	￥300	￥150
Feature (特色)	Special bubbly (气泡状的) design	The Broken Bridge	Cartoon (卡通) characters	Skywalk

It is said that the love story about Xu Xian and the White Snake happened on_________.

A．Dragon Tower	B．West Lake
C．Water Cube	D．Dragon Tower

If a person in Hangzhou feels like visiting Water Cube，he should call ____to get information.

A．0451—82187899	B．0571—68345576
C．0l0一28135589	D．00852-28029822

Disneyland，which attracts(吸引) a lot of tourists from home and abroad every year，is in _____________ according to the travel information.

A．Beijing

B．Harbin

C．Hong Kong

D．Hangzhou

Two travelers plan to have a bird’s—eye view(俯视)of Harbin，and they need to pay ______ from the information above.

A．￥150

B．￥300

C．￥450

D．￥100

Which of the following is TRUE according to the travel information?

A．Water Cube is special in design.

B．The price of a ticket for West Lake is the highest.

C．In Disneyland. you can’t see any cartoon characters.

D．Dragon Tower is the tallest in China.

My name is Han Mei．Now I want to say something about my father．My father is a doctor. He works in a children’s hospital.I don’t know much about his work. I just know he is very busy every day．He works five days a week，from Monday to Friday，sometimes he works on Saturdays or Sundays．He gets up early in the morning．He cooks breakfast for my family．After breakfast he goes to work at ten past seven. He has lunch at his workplace．He comes back home at about half past six．My mother cooks dinner. After dinner my father does the washing．Then he goes out for a walk. Before he goes to bed，he often reads some newspapers or watches TV．He goes to sleep very late．
What does Han Mei’s father do?
How many days does Han Mei’s father work a week?
Who cooks breakfast for the family?
Where does Han Mei’s father have lunch?
When does Han Mei’s father come back home?