How can cactus（仙人掌）help the world？It can provide a new kind of sustainable fuel （可持续燃料）．Nopalimex， a company in Mexico， has made one of the world's first cactus﹣ powered factories．The idea came to Sosa in Nopalimex when he was looking for ways to save money for his food factory， He now powers his factory with cactus gas （气体）． The cost to produce the gas is half the cost of electricity．
Soon， the gas produced by Nopalimex will also be used in cars．Nopalimex's gas is made by using the prickly pear （刺梨） a kind of cactus．To make the gas，the prickly pear is mixed together with manure （肥料）． Then the mixture produces the gas that can be used as fuel．
Why cactus？ Fuel can be made from other plants such as corn，but there are a few reasons why cactus is a better choice． First， prickly pears need very little water and very lite care， and grow well in hot temperatures． Today， these characteristics （特点） are key． Also， unlike corn， prickly pears don't need space that could be used for other food plants． They can grow in areas where many food plants can′t grow． Last，after making gas from prickly pears and manure， their byproducts （副产品）can be used to help grow food．
Scientists still need to do more research on making and using prickly pear gas． As projects like Nopalimex show， we have the possibility to produce more sustainable fuel to power our lives．
（1）How can cactus help the world？
A． By saving farmers' money．
B． By providing a new kind of sustainable fuel．
C． By taking the place of corn．
D． By producing a lot of electricity and gas．
（2）Why does Sosa power his factory with cactus gas？
A． Because he wants to save money for his food factory．
B． Because he has grown a lot of cactus and com in his town．
C． Because he wants to be well﹣known around the world．
D． Because he wants to grow cactus instead of corn．
（3）What does the underlined word "mixture" in Paragraph 2 refer to（指代）？
A． The Nopalimex company．
B． The manure．
C． The prickly pear and manure．
D． Cactus．
（4）What is Paragraph 3 mainly about？
A． How cactus is used to produce gas．
B． Where we can grow a lot of cactus．
C． What Nopalimex does with cactus．
D． Why cactus is a better choice to make fuel．
As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small, you may just want to become the best student in your class. Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream 1real?
Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer tells us that making our dreams real is life's biggest 2challenge. You may think you're not very good at some school subjects or 3is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dream. In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don't let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is made up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty 4)comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important.
5)Without dreams, you won' t make up your mind to learn more skills and find new interests.写出①处划线部分单词的副词形式：
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将⑤处划线部分改写成如下复合句：you have dreams, you won' t make up your mind to learn more skills and find new interests.
Linda loves her dog Davy. They went to New York City last Saturday.
While Linda was buying a newspaper at the train station, the dog got out of his box and ran away. The station was crowded and Linda couldn't see Davy anywhere. When Linda shouted his name, some people looked at her but Davy didn't come. Then she called the police. While she was talking on the telephone, Davy met another dog outside the station. While the police were coming,Linda walked around the station and called Davy' s name. She didn't think about looking outside the station. Finally, a little boy said to her, "Did you look outside? I saw a big black dog when I came in. "When Linda finally saw Davy, he was jumping and running with another dog. There was a police officer next to them. The police officer said to Linda, "I think my dog found your dog."What was Linda doing when Davy ran away?
How was the station?
What did Linda do when she couldn't find her dog?
Who gave Linda the tip (提示) to find Davy?
Who found Davy finally?
A lot of people are crazy doing shopping through the Internet now. Why is it so popular? There are some reasons. First, more and more people have their own computers and their computers can be joined with the Internet. So it is possible for many of them to do shopping through the Internet. Second, shopping through the Internet can save them some money and a lot of time. Third, they don't need to go to the shop themselves. Because of these good facts, few people refuse it.
On the other hand, some people don' t like this new way of shopping. They are worried about the safety of shopping online. Customers(顾客) can only see the pictures of productions (商品) on the Internet. And they can' t enjoy the pleasure of buying things in large supermarkets or some wonderful stores. These are the reasons why they do not like it.
But I think more and more people will like this new kind of shopping in the future.Many people are interested in shopping online.
Shopping on line can only save money.
All the productions on the Internet are good.
Some people dislike shopping online because they don' t have their own computers.
The writer of the passage supports (支持) shopping on line.
Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.
Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.
Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.
"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."What did Nathan put on his desk at college?
| A．The Statue of Liberty. |
| B．Superman. |
| C．His serf-portrait. |
| D．A Greenwich Village modal. |
Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?
| A．Because he made little money out of a lawyer. |
| B．Because he wanted to make toys for the children. |
| C．Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks. |
| D．Because he was going to work in the museum instead. |
What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
| A．Nathan's work. | B．Nathan's exhibition. |
| C．Nathan's art. | D．Nathan's self-portrait |
What would be the best title for the passage?
| A．The Brick Artist | B．The Brick Exhibition |
| C．Toy Bricks for Adults | D．The Artist's Childhood |
When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭), It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw, He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages, When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (装载)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(发动机) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problem with this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
| A．The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata. |
| B．Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata. |
| C．Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata. |
| D．Rickshaws are very useful for the people' s daily life in Kolkata. |
What does the underlined word "ban" mean?
| A．make | B．increase | C．forbid | D．collect |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns. |
| B．The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata. |
| C．The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven. |
| D．The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars. |