Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either. Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution （污染）. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and polluted our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It’s bad to all living things in the world. Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog（烟雾）.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, they mustn’t blow dirty smoke into the air. We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw it on the ground. We can go to work by bus or with our friends in the same car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution.
Rules are not enough. Every person must help to fight pollution. Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today because _______.
| A．there were not any modern machines | B．there was no modern medicine |
| C．both A and B | D．there were not many people |
What is the biggest problem in today’s life?
| A．Water pollution | B．Air pollution |
| C．Noise | D．Pollution |
The most serious kind of pollution is ________.
| A．noise pollution | B．air pollution |
| C．water pollution | D．A, B and C |
Factories must clean their water ________.
| A．before they are thrown away | B．when they are thrown away |
| C．after it is thrown away | D．before it is thrown away |
From the passage we know that ________.
| A．a few years ago, there was no smog at all |
| B．today people don’t have to talk to each other in a loud voice |
| C．we can drink water from the polluted rivers and lakes’ |
| D．people are making rules in order to fight pollution |
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
C
What do you think of black cats? Are they unluckier than cats of other colors? Many people in Western countries think so．Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), did a study on cat colours and people’s understandings of cat personalities．
The study found that people do judge(判断) cat personalities by color．Scientists did a survey on the Internet．There were 49 statements (描述) matching five cat colorings with 10 personalities．People think orange and bi-coloured (双色的) cats are friendly, tri-coloured (三色的) cats are not generous, and white cats are calm, lazy and shy．As for black cats, people think they don’t have special personalities．
But why do so many people dislike keeping black cats as pets? People think black cats have less special personalities, which might be because of their bad reputation (口碑)．They think black cats may bring bad luck, especially at Halloween．Movies and television shows also make people believe that.
Although people have these ideas, UC Berkeley scientists give another reason: people don’t think black cats are pretty enough．After all, nothing can show black cats are unluckier than other cats．“You can’t judge a cat by its colour, because it’s the personality of the cat, not the colour, that will let you know if the cat is right for you,” Cathy Marden, a scientist said.
Many people in Western countries may think black cats are___________.
| A．lovely animals |
| B．a sign o f bad luck |
| C．a sign of good luck |
| D．unfriendly animals |
The main idea of paragraph 2 is that___________.
| A．people often complain about black cats on the Internet |
| B．people think cats of different colours have different personalities |
| C．black cats are less popular than other cats |
| D．the study is a great success |
According to the study, people think that___________.
| A．black cats have special personalities |
| B．orange and bi-coloured cats are generous |
| C．cats with three colours are friendly |
| D．white cats are calm, lazy and shy |
People don’t like black cats for the following reasons EXCEPT___________.
| A．black cats often appear in TV shows |
| B．black cats bring bad luck to people |
| C．black cats have bad reputations |
| D．they don’t think black cats are beautiful |
The passage mainly talks about___________
| A．why black cats are popular in movies |
| B．why people are not willing to keep black cats as pets |
| C．different colour cats have different personalities |
| D．different people have different ideas on black cats |
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
B
Today is Sunday, June 14th．Andy is planning a trip to South Island with his family．He loves doing water sports, especially swimming．However, his parents won’t allow him to swim when the highest temperature is below 30℃．Here is the weather forecast(预报) for South Island for the coming week.
On which days can Andy go swimming?
| A．June 17th and June 18th． |
| B．June 19th and June 20th． |
| C．This Tuesday and Wednesday． |
| D．Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow． |
What should Andy’s family take with them if they go to South Island on June 21st?
| A．Kites． |
| B．Sunglasses． |
| C．Umbrellas． |
| D．Sun hats． |
阅读理解（共4小题）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Mr and Mrs Brown have two children, Mike and Liz．The whole family are all busy, so they often leave notes(便条) for each other．Read these four notes of today and answer the following questions.
Who should walk the dog today?
| A．Mike |
| B．Mrs Brown |
| C．Liz． |
| D．Mr Brown |
What is Mike doing at 6:50 pm ?
| A．Practicing football． |
| B．Doing his homework |
| C．playing tennis． |
| D．looking for shoes |
According to the notes, Teddy is ______.
| A．Mike’s mother |
| B．Mike’s brother |
| C．the dog in the family |
| D．Mike’s friend |
考点：日常生活类阅读
A sandstorm is a kind of strong wind that blows over the desert. It raises sand and dust into the air and makes it difficult to see the sun and it reduces visibility of most to zero. It is also known as a dust storm. Some storms are usually the result of convection currents（对流气流）caused by the strong heating of the ground. Then wind is usually strong enough to move a small hill of sand. It can make travel very difficult and can even destroy roads in flat dry areas such as those in the United States.
The Simoom is the strong hot wind that comes across the Sahara and Arabian desert. This wind is the reason for much of the dust in the air over Europe. Evidence（证据）of the dust from Simoom wind has also been found at the bottom of the sea at a long distance from the shore.
Alasksi is the strongest sandstorm. It can destroy all the things in his way. It is very dangerous. It has killed more than one hundred people in the area. The Haboob is a sandstorm that often happens in the area of Sudan around Khartoum. Sandstorms, the height as 5,000 ft (1,525m), also happened, although not often in the United States. It is stronger than the Simoom. One that appeared near Tucson, Arizona, on July 16, 1971, was widely proved by meteorologists.（天文学家）。Which of the following is not a name of sandstorm?
A. Simoom
B. Haboob
C. KhartoumThe underlined word "visibility" may mean_______ in Chinese.
A. 模糊度
B. 能见度
C. 对流度Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Sandstorms carry lots of sand and dust.
B. Sandstorms are also known as rainstorms
C. Sandstorms are usually the result of wind._____shows the right picture of the three sandstorms in the correct way.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. When sandstorms happen
B. Where sandstorms happen
C. What sandstorms are
A man once visited a temple(寺院) which was being built, where he saw a sculptor (雕塑家) making an idol (神像)of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor,” Do you need two statues of the same idol?”
“ No,” said the sculptor without looking up, “ We need only one, but the first one got damaged during the last stage (时期).”
The gentleman examined the idol and found no damage on the outside. “ Where is the damage?” he asked.
“There is a scratch on the nose of the idol.” said the sculptor , still busy with his work.
“Where are you going to place the idol?” he asked the sculptor .
The sculptor said that it would be put on the top of a pillar(柱子) twenty feet high.
“If the idol is that high up, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?” the gentleman asked.
The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman , smiled and said ,“ I will know it.”
The moral of the story: “Excellence” is a desire from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and efficiency.
根据短文内容判断正，误正确填“A”错误填“B”
The sculptor needed either of the two statues of the same idol.
Both of the idols were damaged.
The sculptor would put the idol up 20 feet high.
We can see the sculptor was a very careful and serious man.
This story explains that we should be very careful with our work if we want to be satisfied by others.
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