This morning, a boy of twelve saw a small fire at one end of a ship. Tom left home very early, against the wishes of his father, to see the ships at the port. It was a good thing that he did, because there was nobody else around, and the small fire grew dangerously big very soon.
Tom stood near the ship and shouted at the top of his voice. He woke up the port workers living nearby.
The ship was one of the six big ships in port at the time and they were all carrying oil（石油）and paper.
The fire burned hundblacks of boxes of paper, so it spread very quickly. The end of the ship was black with smoke, but thanks to Tom, the fire didn't reach the oil.
Tom was also lucky, because his father was pleased rather than angry with him.
阅读短文，判断正误，正确的选A，错误的选B：When Tom saw the fire, he was at the port
It was a small fire but it grew big very slowly.
The ship was carrying paper and wood .
As soon as the boy saw the fire, he shouted to wake up the workers nearby.
In this story the underlined word "against" means“违背”in Chinese.
Today we can see that many people are cutting down the trees in the forests. A lot of lands have become deserts. If we read newspapers, we’ll learn that the forests on the earth are getting smaller . We are cutting down large numbers of trees we need wood and farmland. Some scientists say that there will not be any great forests 20 or 30 years.
What will happen if the forests disappear? A lot of plants will die and the animals will
their homes. In many places the new farmland will soon look the old desert. Crops will not grow there. There won’t be enough , and the weather will get hot and dry. If the climate of the earth changes, life will be for everyone. Our living environment will become . More and more rich farmland will disappear. We will suffer a lot from both droughts (干旱) and floods.
It’s our duty the forests well. Everyone should try his best to make a contribution (贡献) to taking care of the forests. Stop cutting down the trees and make the world greener!A. rich B. low C. lonely
A. on time B. all the time C. in time
A. or B. so C. because
A. at B. on C. in
A. find B. build C. lose
A. up B. like C. at
A. snow B. rain C. wind
A. easy B. happy C. hard
A. better and better B. worse and worse C. bigger and bigger
A. to protect B. do C. to do
任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
很多人在谈话中喜欢引用名人的话，恰当地引用名言能使你的表达增色不少。请仔细阅读方框中的名言，然后将它们与题中的话语配对。
A．A friend in need is a friend indeed．
B．If winter comes，can spring be far behind ?
C．Follow your own course（路径），and let people talk．
D．Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day．Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life．
E．Good painting is like good cooking；it can he tasted，but not explained．Sarah：Don’t care too much about what they have said，Tony．
Stephen：Thanks for helping me，Amy．l’m so proud of having a friend like you．
Mr．Lee：Teachers should tell the kids not only what to do，but also how to do that．
Alan：Don’t be upset，Jeff．The great success is just in front of you．
Sally：I don’t want to hear the tour guide introduce the paintings in the gallery．Don’t you think so ?
What do you think of a forest, what do you see? Just trees? Or do you see many other things, such as singing birds, colorful plants and wild flowers?
The forest is a whole of its own. It is full of many different living things. But even though they are all different, they have one thing in common: they all need each other in order to live on.
The trees feed the forest "people" by making food in their leaves; by using sunlight to join water and minerals from the soil and air. Their deep network of roots joins the soil together and stops it from dying out, making it possible for living things to live in it.
Human beings are like the living things in the forest. We need one another in order to live. We need the farmers to grow our food, railroad and truck drivers to bring it to our shops and clerks (售员)to sell it to us. We need people to prepare our food and cook it and others to take our waste things away. Then, of course, we need doctors, nurses, government leaders, mailmen, telephone operators, and many others.
We also need other human beings in another way. We need people for friendship, to talk over our problems, exchange ideas. Think how lonely and unhappy you would be if you lived all alone.
Life is a matter of giving and taking. We need to help other people as much as we need other people to help us. Think what a good feeling you have when you have done something for someone else. You know, being a volunteer is so great!According to the text, colorful plants and flowers live on______.
| A．the leaves of the trees | B．water and minerals |
| C．the soil and air | D．all of the above |
It is the ________ that make it possible for living things to live in the forest.
| A．birds | B．trees | C．plants | D．farmers |
According to the writer, human beings are_______the forest "people".
| A．like | B．dislike | C．unhappy with | D．different from |
The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.
| A．we need people for friendship |
| B．the forest is a whole world of its own |
| C．we need one another in order to live on |
| D．the forest is full of different living things |
Which one is the relationship (关系) between a forest and your life?
| A．We are trees in the forests. |
| B．We like the living things in the forest. |
| C．We need farmers to grow our food in the forest. |
| D．We are the same as the forest: we need each other to live on. |
Dear Disney, 
Last weekend, the four members of my family spent an enjoyable holiday at the Magic Kingdom - Disneyland. And one event made our visit seem truly magical.
We got to the front of the line at Space Mountain, only to find out that our little daughter Gloria couldn't take her ice-cream on the ride. We were so excited that we all forgot ice-cream was not allowed on the ride.
Gloria broke into tears and we all had no idea what to do. Then Murphy, one of the staff(员工) members, came over. She bent down and told Gloria that she would hold the ice-cream for her and give it to her when she finished the ride. Gloria said, "Promise?" Then she gave Murphy her ice-cream, and she completely enjoyed the ride.
Sure enough, as we walked out the exit, there was Gloria's new friend with "her" ice-cream. Now you and I both know what happened, because we know that an ice-cream won't last twenty minutes on a summer afternoon in Florida. Murphy knew what time we would get off the ride; she went to the nearest shop and bought a brand-new ice-cream thirty seconds before we walked out the exit. Gloria said, "Thank you," but I'm sure she thought it was the same ice-cream.
We know that someone tried hard to make our visit special. Thanks so much for going above and beyond!
Your fan, Carmen RiveraBefore the ride, Gloria cried because _________.
| A．she couldn't find her parents in the line |
| B．she was too little to take the ride |
| C．she couldn't take her ice-cream on the ride |
| D．she had to wait for twenty minutes |
Murphy was waiting for Gloria ___________ after the ride.
| A．in the ice-cream shop | B．at the exit |
| C．in the front of the line | D．at the entrance |
In order to keep the promise, Murphy __________.
| A．took Gloria to the nearest shop |
| B．asked her new friend to help Gloria |
| C．helped Gloria get off the ride |
| D．bought a new ice-cream for Gloria |
The underlined word "someone" in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) ______.
| A．Murphy | B．Disney | C．Gloria | D．Carmen |
Carmen Rivera wrote the letter to __________.
| A．order ice-creams | B．promise to visit again |
| C．express her thanks | D．give some suggestions |
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