Scientists are trying to make the deserts(沙漠) into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts，so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.
Some places on the earth don't get much rain. But they still don't become desert. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very helpful to dry places. Plants don't let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don't let the wind blow the earth(泥土) away.When a little bit of rain falls，the plants hold the water.Without the plants，the land can become a desert much more easily.Why can the land become a desert?
| A．Some places don't get much rain. |
| B．Plants don't let the hot sun make the earth even drier. |
| C．People are doing bad things to the earth. |
| D．Scientists haven't learnt enough about the deserts. |
Scientists ______to make the deserts into good land again.
| A．carry water | B．grow food |
| C．do nothing | D．study a lot |
Which is NOT true?
| A．The land never stops becoming desert. |
| B．Scientists ask the people to live in the deserts and grow food there. |
| C．People do bad things to the earth. |
| D．Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. |
Why are green plants and grass helpful?
| A．They can hold the water. |
| B．They can stop the wind from blowing the earth away. |
| C．They can keep the earth wet. |
| D．All the above are right. |
Which is the best title(题目) for the passage?
| A．The Desert Problem. |
| B．People Make Deserts. |
| C．Green Plants and Grass. |
| D．The Desert，the Tree and theWater. |
Working people in Hong Kong are always busy in the daytime. They don't have enough time to enjoy themselves. If you are one of those people, come and join us! We'll take a night-time cruise （乘船游览） around the Victoria Harbor（维多利亚）. You can see fantastic city lights during the trip, and you can also enjoy a wonderful dinner on the junk(帆船)if you like.
| Harbor Night Cruise Time： 6:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m. (Monday-Friday) 7:30 p.m.-12:00 p.m.(Saturday &Sunday) Price：An adultA child under 12 (With dinner) 300 HK dollars 200 HK dollars (Without dinner) 220 HK dollars140 HK dollars Ticket office： Harbor Travel Service (No. 30 Lam Ming Street) Place to Start： Star Company(No. 98 Cyber port Road) |
What transport can people use during the trip?
| A．They can take a train |
| B．They can take the underground. |
| C．They can take a junk. |
| D．They can take a plane. |
Today is Friday. How long can people enjoy the night cruise tomorrow?
| A．Five hours. | B．Three and a half hours. |
| C．Four hours. | D．Four and a half hours. |
People can enjoy or see _____ during the cruise.
| A．fresh air | B．city lights |
| C．tall buildings | D．wonderful bridges |
You will go to _____ to buy tickets.
| A．Star Company | B．No. 30 Cyber port Road |
| C．Harbor Travel Service | D．No. 98 Lam Ming Street |
Mr. And Mrs. Thomas with their 8-year old son want to take the trip. How much can they save if they don't have dinner on the junk?
| A．300 HK dollars. | B．220 HK dollars. |
| C．200 HK dollars. | D．120 HK dollars. |
Jackie has a big company in New York and he is very rich. But he is not from a rich family.
In 1956 Jackie was born in New Jersey. His father was a farmer and his mother was a housewife. They had three childrend. Jackie was the eldest of them. When Jackie was a boy, he often helped his father on the farm. He did it well but he found he didn’t like farm work at all. At eighteen, Jackie finished school but he didn’t go to university. He went to New York and started working in a sports shop. After 5 years, his own shop opened. Then the shop became bigger and bigger and he had more and more money.
Some asked him, “How can you be successful?”
Jackie answered, “My father always wants me to go back to the farm and I try my best to avoid(避免) it.”
根据短文内容判断正（T）误(F)Jackie is a farmer.
There were 5 children in Jackie’s family.
Jackie didn’t like to work on a farm.
Jackie moved to New York in 1974.
Jackie’s father was happy to see he worked as a shop assistant.
Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground（操场）. It was very wet after it rained. One day, when he got home, his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry and said, "Don't play in the water on your way home from school!"
On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty clothes. His mother became even angrier. "I'll tell your father if you come back wet again," said his mother. "He'll punish(惩罚)You, you know."
The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.
"You're a good boy today", his mother said happily. "You didn't play in the water."
"No," the boy said unhappily. "There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn't any room(空地方)for me at all!"Bruno went to school every day.
| A．by bike | B．by bus | C．by car | D．on foot |
The playground was between.
| A．two classrooms |
| B．the cinema and shop |
| C．Bruno's house and school |
| D．the shop and Bruno's school |
The little boy liked to play on the playground .
| A．when it snowed |
| B．when there was some water there |
| C．when the children played football there |
| D．when his father was busy with his work |
Bruno was afraid of (害怕) the most.
| A．his father | B．his mother |
| C．his teacher | D．the older boys |
That afternoon, the boy's clothes were dry because .
| A．nobody made room for him in the water |
| B．there was no water on the playground |
| C．he took off his clothes before he played there |
| D．he played in the water carefully |
It's September, and we're back to school. It's good to see all my teachers and friends again. They all look fine.
We are in Grade Eight this year. We are going to have some new subjects. My name is Wu Ming. Wei Fang and I are in the same class. I'm not very good at Chinese, but Wei Fang says she's going to help me. I think I can do better than last year.
I like English very much. This year I'm going to do more speaking. Zhang Hong also likes English, but he needs some help. I'm going to help him.
This term I'm going to work for the wall-newspaper. My classmates say I draw well. I like it, too. I'm going to do my best this year.The teachers and students look __________
| A．special | B．fine | C．clever | D．strong |
Wei Fang and Zhang Hong are __________
| A．in Grade One | B．in the same class |
| C．in the same row | D．in different grades |
Wu Ming is not good at __________
| A．working for the wall-newspaper | B．English |
| C．Chinese | D．football |
_______ English is much better than________
| A．Wu Ming's; Zhang Hong's |
| B．Zhang Hong's; Wu Ming's |
| C．Wu Ming's; Wei Fang's |
| D．Wei Fang's; Zhang Hong's |
This is a new term. Students are all _________.
| A．at home | B．in the class |
| C．in the open air | D．at school |
It’s a Sunday morning. Lin Tao has no school today. He has breakfast and goes out. He is going to his grandfather’s home. Now he is on his way there. He walks and walks. Then he comes to a river. The river is not wide(宽的).There is a board over the river. Lin Tao walks onto the board. Suddenly he falls into the river. “Help! Help!”Lin Tao is crying. But no one comes. There is no one nearby. He waits in the water for some time. But nothing happens. He begins to get up. The water is not very deep(深的). It only comes to half his legs.Lin Tao goes to his grandfather’s home __________
A.on a school day
B. on a rainy day
C.when there is no schoolThe river is __________
A.very wide but not deep
B. very deep but not wide
C.not wide or deepLin Tao falls into the river __________
A.when he is walking on the board
B.when he comes to a river
C.when he gets to his grandfather’s home__________ comes to help him.
A.No one
B. A man nearby
C. His grandfatherLin Tao __________the river at last.
A.walks out of B. waits in C.walks alone