Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without cars most people feel that they are poor. And even though a person is poor, he doesn't really feel poor when he has a car.
Perhaps(可能) you have heard of Henry Ford. He first started making cars in large numbers. Perhaps he didn't know how much the car was going to be to American culture(文化). The car made the United States a nation on wheels(车轮). And it helped make the United States what it is now.
The car has become popular in the United States. The Americans like to move around in cars. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money. In the United States ____.
| A．only rich people have cars |
| B．no poor people have cars |
| C．most people have cars |
| D．only a few people have beautiful cars |
Who was Henry Ford? ____.
| A．He was one of the famous car makers |
| B．He was the most popular man in the USA |
| C．He was the richest man in the USA |
| D．He was the first car maker in American history |
Henry Ford started making cars in large numbers because ____.
| A．he wanted to change the American culture |
| B．he knew cars would be make only in the United States |
| C．he thought Americans would like his cars best |
| D．he knew more and more people would buy cars |
Which of the following do you think is true? ____.
A. There are too many people everywhere in the USA.
B. There are a lot of cars everywhere in the USA .
C. Car pollution(污染) is the biggest problem in the USA.
D. Every family more or less has a car.We can know from this passage(文章) that ____.
| A．cars are cheaper in the USA |
| B．the Americans are the richest in the world |
| C．the Americans like to move around in cars |
| D．the USA makes the most cars |
The world is not hungry，but it’s thirsty. 1while we say we are short of water.Why？Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can‘t drink or use for watering plants directly.Man can only drink and use the 3% of water that comes from rivers and lakes. 2，because some of it has been polluted.
Now more water is needed.The problem is how we can avoid a serious water shortage in the future. 3 Scientists are making study in this field.Today，In most large cities water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers.but it can be used again.Even if every large city reused its water，the water will still not be enough.4 .
The sea seems to give us the best answer.There is a lot of water in the sea.All that needs to be get the salt out of the sea water.This will be expensive，but it has already been used in many parts of the world. 6So you see，if we can find out a way，we’ll be in no danger of drying up.
从方框中所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全短文。其中有一项为多余选项。
| A．Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way of doing it. |
| B．It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water. |
| C．What could people do next? |
| D．We should use all the water directly. |
E. First, we should find out ways to reuse it.
F. And we can’t even use all of that.
In most parts of the world, many students help their school make less pollution. They join in “environment(环境) clubs”. In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean. Here are the things students often do.
Turn off the water! Do you know that some toilets can waste(浪费) twenty to forty tons of water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small river! In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.
No-car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car—not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to our air, so remember: Walk, jump, bike or run. Use your legs! It’s lots of fun!
No-garbage(垃圾) lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school! We love our environment. Let’s work together to make it clean! After mending the broken toilets, they save _______.
| A．a small river | B．a lot of water | C．a toilet | D．a year |
On a no-car day, ________will take a car to school.
| A．only students |
| B．only teachers |
| C．both students and teachers |
| D．neither students nor teachers |
Environment clubs ask students _______
| A．to run to school every day | B．to play sports every day |
| C．not to throw away lunch bags | D．not to forget to take cars |
From this passage we know the students usually have lunch _______ .
| A．at school | B．in clubs | C．at home | D．in shops |
The writer wrote the passage to tell students to _______.
| A．join in clubs | B．help teachers |
| C．make less pollution | D．clean schools |
①Forests help to keep water from running away, so drought does not often happen. The trees in the forests can keep raindrops from hitting the soil directly, and the dead leaves on the ground can also keep the water from running away.②
Chinese people don’t want to see more floods and droughts. We have built the “ Great Green Wall” of trees across the northern part of our country.③ Thanks to the “ Great Green Wall”, we can prevent the wind from blowing the earth away. It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland. That’s why more “ Great Green Walls” are needed. Trees must be planted all over the world.④
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。 “Great Green Wall will make the world better.” This sentence should be put in .
| A．① | B．② | C．③ | D．④ |
can help to keep water from running away.
| A．Rain | B．Forests | C．Sand | D．Land |
The reason of building “ Great Green Wall”is .
| A．to make the city beautiful |
| B．to move the sand |
| C．to stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland. |
| D．to stop the rain from hitting the soil directly. |
We have built the “ Great Green Wall” of trees of China.
| A．in the east | B．in the west | C．in the south | D．in the north. |
From the passage, we can know which is wrong.
| A．We must plant more trees. |
| B．We have to protect our environment. |
| C．“Great Green Wall” project is very beneficial to us. |
| D．It is not necessary that trees must be planted all over the world. |
Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago, the world had only a few thousand people. These people moved from one place to another. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food.
No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did， their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any longer. They could stay in one place and grow it. People began to live near one another, so the first village was established. Many people came to work in the villages, and these villages became even larger.
When machines appeared, life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities began.
Today, it’s strange that some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why?
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。People moved from place to place to hunt animals.
The story says,“No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed.” In this sentence, the word “they” means people.
When machines appeared, life in the cities changed again.
All people like to live only in very big cities.
People built factories after the cities grew big.
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn't worth（值得） the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son walked on. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent (弯身)down earlier to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
| A．Thomas. | B．The old father. |
| C．Both the father and the son. | D．Nobody |
When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.
| A．felt very happy | B．didn't say anything |
| C．beat the son | D．became a little angry |
The farmer bought _______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
| A．some food | B．some water |
| C．some cherries | D．some pennies |
The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.
| A．he wanted his son to eat them all |
| B．he wanted his son to do more exercise |
| C．he wanted to teach his son a lesson |
| D．he wanted his son to pick them up |
From the story, we can learn that _______.
| A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them |
| B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money |
| C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe |
| D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones |