500 years ago in Britain, the burning of coal (煤) was increasing in cities like London. Coal was used in factories and also used to heat homes. Coal, when burnt makes a lot of smoke, which makes the air very dirty.
About 200 years ago, the Industrial Revolution (工业革命) began in Britain. Factories were built, and even more coal was burnt. Air pollution was becoming a really big problem.
Smoke and fog together make smog (烟雾). Smog was a big problem in London's winter. Because of the cold weather, more coal was burnt to warm houses and this made more smoke.
When smog stayed over a city, it became really hard to breathe and see clearly. In 1952, the Great London Smog happened and more than 4,000 people died because of the smog.
New laws (法律) were made in 1956 and 1968 to stop such sad things from happening again. These laws were called the Clean Air Acts.
These laws were made so that air would become cleaner. The laws encouraged people to use less coal or switch to other fuels such as gas. Factories started using tall chimneys (烟囱) so that the smoke would go high up in the sky and no longer cover cities, and new factories were built in the countryside. Smog appeared less often and the air became cleaner.From the passage, we learn that smog was a big problem in ______ in London.
| A．spring | B．summer | C．autumn | D．winter |
The underlined words "switch to" mean "______" in Chinese.
| A．发明 | B．换用 | C．拒绝 | D．节省 |
Which was NOT a way people in Britain used to make the air cleaner, according to the passage?
| A．Factories built higher chimneys. |
| B．People began to use less coal. |
| C．More People began to ride bikes. |
| D．New factories were built outside cities. |
Which is the best title for the passage?
| A．Air Pollution in Britain in the Past. |
| B．How to Make the Air Cleaner. |
| C．Smog Is Bad for the Environment. |
| D．New Laws to Stop Air Pollution. |
Bill has a sister, Amy. Next Friday is Amy’s birthday. Bill wants to buy a present for her. However, he doesn’t have much money. Now he is in shopping mall.
He spends a lot of time choosing a good and cheap present in a toy shop, but he can’t find anything. He goes to the next shop. There are some beautiful hair clips in it. Bill likes them very much. He knows Amy wants to have one all the time. He chooses a blue one. It’s not expensive. It costs 7 yuan. He goes back home happily.When is Amy’s birthday?
| A．This Friday, October | B．This Sunday |
| C．Next Monday | D．Next Friday, October |
Bill goes to a ______ shop first.
| A．clothes | B．flower |
| C．toy | D．fruit |
How does Bill feel when he sees the hair clips?
| A．Happy. | B．Bad. |
| C．Hungry | D．Tired |
Bill buys a ______ hair clip for his sister.
| A．white | B．blue |
| C．yellow | D．red |
How much does Bill pay for the hair clip?
| A．1 yuan | B．7 yuan |
| C．9 yuan | D．11 yuan |
Mary Walker works at a bank. She begins working at eight in the morning. She has a break at noon for one hour. She stops working at five in the afternoon. At five the bank closes. Everybody goes home. Some people drive home. Some ride bikes. Some take the bus or the train. But Mary walks home. She likes to walk. She walks, and walks, and walks and walks. Mary lives eight miles(英里) from the bank. She walks for three hours. At eight in the evening, Mary is at home. She eats dinner. At ten she goes to bed. Mary is tired(疲劳的). She is 82 years old.What does Mary do?
| A．She is a nurse |
| B．She is a factory worker. |
| C．She is a worker at a bank. |
| D．She is a doctor. |
How many hours does Mary work in one day?
| A．About 9 hours. | B．About 8 hours |
| C．About 10 hours. | D．About 7 hours |
Which sentence is right?
| A．Mary rides home. | B．Mary takes a bus home. |
| C．Mary walks home. | D．Mary drives home. |
How far is it from Mary’s house to the bank?
| A．Five miles. | B．Six miles. |
| C．Seven miles. | D．Eight miles. |
Where does Mary eat dinner?
| A．At home. | B．At the bank. |
| C．In a shop. | D．In a restaurant. |
A young man is sitting by the road. He is eating something. A policeman is coming over. At once the man gets up quickly and runs down the road.
The policeman runs after him. Te man runs very fast, but the policeman runs faster.
After a few minutes, the policeman catches him. “Where are you going?” says the policeman. “You must be a criminal（罪犯）if you run like that when you see a policeman.”
“No, no,” says the man. “I’m not a criminal. I’m just too fat, you see, and the doctor tells me I must always run fast after eating.”
“I see,” says the policeman. “You’re running to help to lose weight.”A young man is sitting by the road and ______ something.
| A．looking | B．seeing |
| C．eating | D．drinking |
A ______ is coming.
| A．bus | B．man |
| C．friend | D．policeman |
What does the young man do when he sees the policeman?
| A．He says “hello” to him. |
| B．He gets up and runs. |
| C．He is waiting for him. |
| D．He doesn’t go away. |
The policeman runs after the young man because _______.
| A．he is catching a bus |
| B．he knows him |
| C．he thinks he is a bad man |
| D．the young man is a criminal |
---Why does the young man run?
---Because _______.
| A．he wants to catch a bus |
| B．he is a criminal |
| C．he remembers something |
| D．the doctor tells him to run after eating |
阅读表达（共5小题，计10分）
阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。
Wang Xiaojun, a 12-year-old boy, lives in the countryside in Hubei Province. Today is his birthday. His parents will have a nice dinner with him, but the boy says, “I won’t have dinner because after dinner, today is over, and my parents are leaving for Shenzhen tomorrow. I don’t want to let them go”.
For Xiaojun, this is the first time to spend his birthday with his parents during three years. In the past three years, his parents have worked in Shenzhen to make money. Tomorrow, they have to leave for Shenzhen again.
Xiaojun is not the only left-behind child(留守儿童). In China, there are more than 20 million（百万）children staying at home without their parents. Left-behind children face a lot of problems. Most of them stay with their grandparents. They get less care from their parents. They feel very lonely. Some of them don’t learn well because their parents can’t help them with their study.
The Chinese government cares about the children very much and is trying to solve their problems now.
A.根据短文内容简要回答下列问题What is left-behind children?
What problems do left-behind children face?
B.将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。_________________________________________________________
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C. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。________________________________________________________
综合填空（共10空，计10分）
阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词，使短文完整、通顺。
Maybe you are more interested in sports than history. You probably think you will never be a top student. In f_______anyone can become a better student. If you can use your time well, you may improve your study without m _________
work. Here’s how:
Plan your time. When you plan your week time, you s_______make a list of things that you have to do. First, w _______
down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Of course, studying shouldn’t take all of your time. Don’t f______
to leave yourselves enough time for hobbies.
Find a q______place to study. Make sure no noise. When you sit down to work, think only a______
the subject!
Make good use of your time in class. Listen c_______to what the teacher says. You also need to take notes in class, because it can make it e________
for you to learn well.
Here, there are only a f________ways to help you with your studying. I believe you find many other ways besides these.