BEIJING—The sky is gray and air smells strange. It’s another day of smog.
On Saturday, heavy haze(霾)still covered north and east China. Highways were closed and couldn’t take off on time.
The smoggy weather the country’s land from north to south, including Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, and 6 other provinces. People could only see clearly than 50 meters in some areas.
Cities Shanghai and Nanjing have been covered by the gray sky for the past several days. Many walkers in the street had to wear . In the Lukou airport in Nanjing, more than 60 flights were canceled(取消) on Saturday the haze, which also made primary and middle schools and kindergartens stop on Thursday and Friday in Nanjing.
The office worker of Environmental Protection said earlier this week that there were several reasons behind the widespread haze: unpleasant weather conditions making difficult for smog to disappear, motor vehicle exhaust(尾气), and coal use for winter heating.
To fight pollution, the Chinese government now plans to clean up the air by cutting coal use, some factories, and removing 6 million old cars from the roads.
“We must face up to the facts,” said Yan Naiqiang, a professor of environmental science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “The treatment of smog will be a long fight. From now on, if we use buses or cars less and do more riding, we believe a clear sky is not a faraway dream.”
A.coaches B.trains C.flights D.double-deckers
A.afforded B.affected C.admired D.announced
A.less B.more C.farther D.nearer
A.in B.like C.around D.outside
A.hats B.gloves C.sunglasses D.masks
A.besides B.except C.because of D.for
A.classes B.rest C.work D.shopping
A.mainly B.mostly C.main D.most
A.that B.this C.one D.it
A.close B.closing C.open D.opening
完形填空(10分)
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict __ them.
Parents often find ___ difficult to win their children’s trust and they seem to ____ how they themselves felt when they were young.
For example, young people like to do things without much ____ . It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can ____ any difficult problems. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be changed. So when you want your parents to let you do ____ , you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by clothes they wear, the music they enjoy and something ____ . But they don’t mean to cause any trouble. They just feel that ____ this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their way of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes instead of going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home ____ and do what they like.
If you plan to do something, you’d better win your parents over and get them to understand you. ___ , your parents will certainly let you do what you want to do.
A.on B.with C.in D.to
A.it B.this C.that D.one
A.forgets B.remember C.forget D.remembers
A.thinking B.speaking C.reading D.saying
A.know B.find C.find out D.solve
A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything
A.else B.one C.old D.more
A.by B.through C.in D.over
A.sadly B.alone C.lonely D.sad
A.If not B.Or C.If so D.However
完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分满分10分)
Once there lived a farmer called Henry. He had a brother, Mike, in town who was an excellent gardener. His skill and his beautiful trees were everywhere.
One day, Henry went to town to visit Mike. “Look, my brother,” said Mike, “Here is the best____ tree from my garden. Take it home and it so that you, and your children, and your children’s children can enjoy it.” Henry was__ with the apple tree and went back home. The next morning, he began to ____ where he should plant it.
“If I plant it on the hill,” he said to himself, “the wind might catch it and ____ down the fruit; If I plant it close to the road, people who pass by will pick some of them; but if I plant it…”
_____ he planted the tree in the corner behind his house, where no one else could notice it. But the tree bore(结出)no fruit the first year, nor the second. Then Henry sent for his brother and said to him____ , “You have cheated me. This is the third year and it brings me _____ but leaves.”
When Mike saw where the tree was planted, he laughed and said, “You have planted the tree in such a cold corner without _____ or warmth. How, then, could you expect flowers and fruit?”
A.simple B. famous C. similar D.common
A. pear B. grape C. apple D.banana
A. sell B. wash C. hide D.plant
A. tired B. patient C. pleased D.popular
A.learn B.wonder C.realize D.understand
A.put B.cut C.push D.shake
A.Finally B.Firstly C.Luckily D.Certainly
A.happily B. angrily C.kindly D.carelessly
A.nothing B.something C.everything D.anything
A.air B.earth C. water D.sunlight
完形填空(共 15 小题,每小题 1 分,计 15 分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how ______ you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would ______ not to take the test.
Many students jumped up to _____the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the _______ students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last _______.” Two more students decided to go.
Seven students remained(留下,余下). The teacher then handed out the _______. There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just ______ an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test _______ any teacher could and should give. Students who are not ______ in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).
The same is ______ in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have ______ both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education ______ from events in their lives, and have become ______ people.
Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you _____ that you have some limits (限制). However, there is _____ you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves.
A.luckily B.terribly C.quietly D.hard
A.dislike B.help C.prefer D.start
A.thank B.praise C.fight D.criticize
A.following B.relaxing C.worrying D.remaining
A.chance B.trouble C.test D.idea
A.results B.presents C.papers D.essays
A.given B.sent C.discovered D.received
A.where B.that C.what D.when
A.confident B.necessary C.mysterious D.convenient
A.unusual B.impossible C.true D.special
A.broken off B.dreamed of C.learned from D.cared about
A.and B.or C.but D.so
A.ruder B.cuter C.worse D.better
A.decide B.forget C.realize D.imagine
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
完形填空(10分)
This is a photo of Mr. King’s family. five people in his family. Mr. and Mrs. King, their two sons and a daughter. They are England. Mrs. King is Chinese teacher. Mr. King is a bus driver. daughter is eleven and she is a student. __ name is Kathy. She is in _ in No. 1 Middle School. There are thirty students in her class. She likes _ and goes swimming on Sundays. Tom and David_____her brothers. They are nine years old. They are___ , too. Tom and David like _ and they play it every day. They love their sister very much.
A.There are B.There is C.Has D.Have
A.of B.from C.on D.with
A.a B.an C.the D./
A.They B.Them C.Their D.Our
A.He B.His C.She D.Her
A.class four B.Class four C.Class Four D.class Four
A.sports B.books C.pictures D.play
A.be B.am C.is D.are
A.teachers B.friends C.students D.sisters
A.school B.teachers C.Chinese D.football
完形填空(共10 小题,每小题1分,共10分)
阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Hello! My name is John. members (成员) are in my : my parents, my sister and I. My is Frank, and he is 38. phone number is 18955068791. My mother’s name is , and is 37. My sister is a nice . She is 6. Her is Sonia. I’m 12. I’m a student (学生). Look(看)! That’s my . Is it black? No, it isn’t. It’s . It’s a blue schoolbag.
A.Three B.Four C.Five D.Six
A.classroom B.picture C.family D.school
A.brother B.uncle C.father D.grandfather
A.My B.Your C.Her D.His
A.Susan B.Jack C.John D.Tom
A.it B.he C.she D.they
A.boy B.girl C.friend D.teacher
A.name B.class C.dog D.ball
A.pencil B.schoolbag C.book D.ruler
A.black B.red C.green D.blue