Napoga Gurigo,a 12-year-old girl,lives in a village in Ghana. It is 1 for her family to get clean drinking water. The nearest place to get water is a muddy (混浊的) water hole half a kilometer away from her 2 . Animals and villagers use it alike. Each morning, Napoga leaves home at half past five to collect water for her family. Sometimes it 3 a few hours to get enough water. Napoga has no time to go to school for learning. In the neighboring areas, many boys and girls 4 Napoga. They can't keep strong and 5 just because they have not enough drinking water.
In fact, 70% of Earth's surface is water. But most of 6 is sea water. We can't use salty water in our daily life. Fresh water is what we __7__ drink, take showers and cook food. And fresh water covers only 1 percent of Earth's surface. In some areas people try to make deep wells (水井) to get water from 8 . But there still 9 enough for farming. Scientists say that 10 30 years, more people in the world will face all kinds of water problems than now. So we must do something to take care of our water resources (资源).
A.easy B.hard C.fun D.impossible
A.school B.city C.country D.home
A.spends B.costs C.pays D.takes
A.look like B.are like C.feel like D.sound like
A.healthy B.strong C.heavy D.clean
A.them B.those C.that D.these
A.used to B.are used to C.use to D.are used
A.underground B.subway C.rivers D.the sea
A.haven't B.isn't C.aren't D.hasn't
A.in B.after C.before D.for
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先通读短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案,并将其标号填入题前括号内。
One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of wheat to town. Suddenly the bag fell his horse onto the road. He did not know what he could do about it because it was heavy that he couldn’t lift it himself. He only hoped that someone would soon and lend him a hand. Just at this moment, a man a horse came up to him. But the farmer felt when he saw who he was. It was the great man who lived nearby. He thought the great man wouldn’t help him, and hoped farmer would come up. But to his , the great man got off his horse he came near, “I see you need help,” he said. “I’m here just the right time.” Then he took one end of the bag and the farmer took the other. They lifted it together and put it on the horse. “Sir,” asked the farmer, “How can I pay you?” “It’s quite easy.” the great man answered. “When you see in trouble, do the same for him.
A.from B.down C.off D.over
A.so B.too C.to D.such
A.turn out B.pass by C.drop by D.walk along
A.is riding B.rode C.riding D.rides
A.disappointed B.excited C.happy D.relaxed
A.other B.the other C.another D.others
A.sadness B.surprise C.joy D.happiness
A.as long as B.as soon as C.while D.as
A.at B.in C.on D.with
A.anyone else B.no one else C.the other people D.others
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You may have heard that many animals are endangered. What does that mean ? Endangered means there are very few of that kind still . Someday they might die out. You may wonder people can do to help endangered animals.
People some ways to protect plants and animals from becoming endangered or extinct. One way is to protect the animals' or plants' habitats. Some governments have set aside for parks. No one to disturb the habitat inside park lands. People cannot build houses there. They cannot hunt animals. No one can collect plants or animals from the park. Mining and drilling(打孔) for oil is prevented in parks.
People have made the laws to protect plants and animals. Laws be made to protect habitats. Hunting laws do not allow people to hunt certain animals. Some laws limit the of trees that can be cut down in forests. Other laws that people cannot build homes, factories, or stores in certain places. Laws can protect the air and water from pollution.
A.actively B.carefully C.exactly D.wonderfully
A.alive B.alone C.afraid D.aggressive
A.when B.how C.what D.where
A.were making B.have made C.are making D.had made
A.houses B.trees C.lands D.buildings
A.is allowing B.was allowing C.allowed D.is allowed
A.around B.beside C.outside D.inside
A.may B.can C.must D.might
A.kind B.number C.height D.size
A.say B.tell C.talk D.write
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A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After weeks the editor the story to her. The lady was . She wrote back to the editor:
“Dear Sir,
Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it. I sent you the story, I pasted(粘)together pages 18; 19 and 20. This was a to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were pasted together. Is this the you read all the stories that are sent to you?”
The editor wrote back:
“Dear Madam, when I have an egg breakfast, I eat the whole egg in order to discover that it is bad.”
A.few B.a few C.little D.a little
A.gave B.came back C.handed D.returned
A.angry B.happy C.satisfied D.glad
A.How B.Why C.What D.Where
A.After B.until C.Before D.Since
A.lesson B.test C.question D.thing
A.already B.still C.even D.yet
A.work B.check C.road D.way
A.on B.for C.at D.in
A.must not B.have not to C.need not to D.don’t have to
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Born in 1979 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Yang Guang lost his sight when he was still a baby. As the saying goes, when God closes a door, he opens a window. Although he lived in , Yang Guang found something that made his life colorful. That is . Yang Guang started his life with music at the age of 7. Then, a local art group and he stayed in the group 8years. When he was 19, he decided to go to Beijing. Yang is clear about what he wants and pursues(追求) his goal with a strong will, which helped him go the difficult times in Beijing. “If you want to do something, you have to go straight for it and don’t other things or the result,” he said. To attend the television show “Xing Guang Da Dao” was a turning point in this young man’s life. By his excellent singing, Yang won the contest of the week, the month and the year of 2007. In the final round of year’s contest, he caught a cold, but he did not stop from striving(努力奋斗) for his dream. This is only his first step of realizing his dreams. Yang Guang is still striving for his dreams and looking forward to success.
A.sadness B.darkness C.happiness D.silence
A.art B.sing C.music D.play
A.joined B.take part in C.join in D.attend
A.after B.of C.in D.for
A.always B.never C.almost D.usually
A.across B.in C.through D.into
A.think of B.think over C.think out D.think about
A.carefully B.quickly C.successfully D.luckily
A.her B.him C.his D.he
A.other B.the other C.another D.others
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A man took a pair of shoes to a shoe repair shop and said to the shoemaker, "I'd like you to repair these shoes for me, please." "Certainly, sir," the shoemaker said.
"When will they be?" the man asked. "I'm a bit busy, but they'll be ready for you Thursday." he said. That's fine," the man said, and left the shop.
The next morning he a letter, offering him a job in country. Within 24 hours he was on an airplane to his new job.
Twenty years passed and he returned to his hometown. He remembered his . "They were a good pair of shoes," he thought. "I wonder the shoemaker is still there and still has them. I'll go and see. He was to see that the shoemaker was still in the same shop, he was an old man by now. "Good morning," he said to him. "Twenty years ago, I brought in a pair of shoes to be repaired. Do you think you've still got them?" "Name?" the old shoemaker asked.
"Smith," the man said. "I'll go and see. They may be out back."
The shoemaker went out to the back of his shop -and a few minutes later returned, the pair of shoes. "Here we are," he said. "One pair of brown shoes to be repaired. I'm a bit busy now, but they'll be ready on Thursday."
A.ready B.well C.fine D.good
A.in B.at C.on D.for
A.got B.accepted C.obtained D.received
A.other B.another C.the other D.either
A.letters B.shoes C.coats D.wallet
A.which B.that C.if D.whether
A.pleased B.sad C.angry D.disappointed
A.though B.although C.but D.and
A.carry B.carried C.carrying D.carries
A.mainly B.exactly C.mostly D.probably