A very important world problem is the growth of population on the earth. The population of the world today is more than 6,500,000,000. That is a great number and we know it quite well. The important thing is not how large the population of the world is now, but is the rate (速度) of the growth. It is about 1.63% every year after the number of dead people has been taken away.
To give you some ideas of the birth rate, look at the second hand of your watch. Every second, four babies are born in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! You can not speak quickly enough to keep up with the birth rate. The population is growing faster and faster. So it goes on, hour after hour. In one day, people have to find food for over 350,000 mouths more.
This great growth of population will make a big problem by the year 2013—there will be as many as 7,000,000,000 people on the earth! So this is one of the biggest problems that you are going to meet within your life.
根据短文内容，回答问题。What’s one of the important world problems today according to the passage?
________________________________________________What is the growth rate of population every year?
________________________________________________What is the important thing about the population?
_____________________________________________From the passage, how many new babies are there to be born in a minute?
________________________________________________What may be the population of the world by the year 2013?
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---It’s late and I have to(必须) go home. ---OK, Mike. __________.
| A．Goodbye | B．Good morning |
| C．Good afternoon | D．Good night |
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单词拼写
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The old man has been _d _(死) since three years ago.
He often visits his _r _(亲戚) on Sundays.
People in the UK don't use dollars or euros(欧元)，and they use _p _．
Mary is a shy girl.Her face always turns red when she speaks to a _s _．
When I failed my exams，my parents usually encouraged me instead of _p _ me.
This sad story happened on a cold winter evening. It was so cold and snow was falling so heavily that the roads were covered with ice and a strong wind was blowing. Being outside in such weather was very unwise. However, Peter Lee had to walk home from work. Peter walked with difficulty along a country road, the cold wind beating against his chest. He thought, “If I wear my coat backwards, maybe, it will be a little bit warmer for me.” He stopped walking, took off his coat, and put it on backwards. “That’s much better,” he said to himself happily. Walking on through the thickly falling snow, he was thinking about drinking a cup of warm coffee by the burning fireplace.
A few minutes later, a car knocked down Peter. The driver hadn’t seen him soon enough. When he tried his best to put on the brakes (刹车), the car skidded (打滑) on the icy road. The frightened driver got out of the car and ran to see how the poor man was.
After a while, a police car arrived. A policeman went up to see Mr Lee who was lying on the ground. He told the driver, “I’m afraid he’s dead.”
The driver was so surprised. “This can’t be the case, because I hardly touched him. Check my car carefully. There’s not a mark on it.”
The policeman said, “I’m sure he’s dead.”
“It’s impossible,” the driver said anxiously. “As soon as I hit him, I ran to help him. He was lying on the road, but he was breathing and there was no blood.”
“Did you touch him?” the policeman asked.
“Yes, but only to turn his head around the right way,” the driver answered.Why did the writer say this story was a sad one?
| A．It was rather cold that day. |
| B．Snow was falling heavily that day. |
| C．The man in the story was made dead by mistake. |
| D．An accident happened on the road. |
According to the writer, Peter Lee _______ .
| A．was wise |
| B．didn’t need to walk home in such bad weather |
| C．was in bad need of going home |
| D．had difficulty in finding the road leading to his home |
Peter Lee wore his coat backwards _______.
| A．to keep himself a little bit warmer |
| B．to help walk forward more easily |
| C．not to let others know him |
| D．not to let the cold wind blow |
The driver failed to see Peter Lee soon enough, ______.
| A．so the car skidded on the icy road |
| B．so he tried his best to put on the brakes |
| C．and he had to get out of the car |
| D．so his car knocked him down |
What did the driver do to make Peter Lee die?
| A．He touched him carefully. |
| B．He turned his head around the right way. |
| C．He helped him to sit up. |
| D．He turned him over gently. |
I often hear some students say English is difficult, and it gives them a headache. But English is very easy for me. I’m good at it. I’m very glad to tell you something about how I study English.
First, I think an interest in English is very important. When I learned English first, it was fresh for me. I was interested in it, so I worked hard at it. Soon we had an English exam and I got a very good mark. How happy I was! After that, I learned English harder and harder. Our English teacher often teaches us English songs, and the songs sound nice. I often think how interesting English is!
Second, I think English is a foreign language. I should learn it well in the following ways: Listen to the teacher carefully, speak bravely, read aloud and have a good vocabulary. Then practice again and again, never be tired. And I also have a good habit: Asking whenever I have a question. I must make it clear by asking our English teacher. How happy I am when I understand!
Besides this, I often read English stories, jokes and easy novels. They help me understand a lot of things. So to do more reading is an important way to learn English well. And I also write English diaries. English has become a close friend of mine.Why do some students often “have a headache”？
| A．Because they are easy to catch a cold. |
| B．Because it’s often very cold |
| C．Because they think English is easy. |
| D．Because they don’t think English is easy. |
The writer tells us that we should be ________ in English if we want to learn it well.
| A．kind | B．interested | C．angry | D．strict |
The sentence “I got a very good mark” means ________.
| A．I got a good way |
| B．I had a good idea |
| C．I did badly in the exam |
| D．I did well in the exam |
The writer thinks English is interesting because ________.
| A．English is full of stories |
| B．English is full of jokes |
| C．his teacher often teaches them nice English songs |
| D．of nothing |
Which of the following is not the way the writer studies by?
| A．Speaking bravely. | B．Writing to foreign friends. |
| C．Reading aloud. | D．Writing English diaries. |
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