Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and pollutes 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.
Polluted air from cars, planes and factories is so thick that it is like a quilt(被子) 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. And 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 fewer modern machines at that time than today |
| B．people didn’t like to use modern medicines |
| C．there were no modern machines at all |
| D．there was no pollution at all |
What is the biggest problem in today’s life?
| A．Dirty water. | B．Pollution. |
| C．Noise. | D．Too crowded |
The most serious kind of pollution is ___ ___.
| A．noise pollution | B．air pollution |
| C．water pollution | D．waste paper |
Factories must clean their water ___ ___.
| A．before they use it | B．when they use it |
| C．before it is thrown away | D．whenever they use it |
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．people are making rules in order to fight pollution |
| D．people can only use rules to fight pollution |
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Alice: Good morning, Bob.
Bob: Good morning, Alice.
Alice: Bob, this is Grace.
Bob: Hi, Grace.
Grace: Hi, Bob.
Alice: Oh, what is that?
Bob: It’s my green key.
Alice: What’s this?
Bob: It is a ruler.
Alice: Is it your ruler?
Bob: No. My ruler is red. This ruler is blue.
Alice: Grace, is it your ruler?
Grace: Oh no. It is Frank’s ruler.
Alice:
| A．in the morning | B．in the afternoon |
| C．in the evening | D．at night (在夜里) |
| A．key | B．pen | C．map | D．jacket |
| A．red and blue | B．white and black |
| C．blue | D．black |
| A．Alice’s | B．Bob’s |
| C．Grace’s | D．Frank’s |
| A．It’s your ruler. | B．Thank you. |
| C．No, it’s my ruler. | D．It’s a pen. |
A lift is very useful. It looks like a small room. It goes up and down all day. Sometimes a worker stands in the lift. He or she operates（操作） it up and down. In modern lifts there's no worker. People walk in. They know what floor they want to go. They push a button(按钮)and the lift goes to that floor. It's very fast and easy.
Lifts are very important to us. Why? Think about a tall building. Maybe it has twenty floors. Maybe it has fifty or more. Who can walk up all the stairs(楼梯)?Maybe people can climb them once. Can someone climb thirty floors to an office every day? Can small children walk up to their rooms on the twenty-four floor? Can their mothers or fathers carry food up to all those stairs? Of course not. We can have very high buildings because we have lifts. We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings without lifts. Because it is too tired for people to climb the stairs every day.
根据短文的意思回答问题或完成句子。What is a lift like? ____________________________
What does a worker do when he or she stand in the lift? _____________
Can small children walk up to their room on the twenty-four floor? __________
Why do we have many high buildings? ____________________________________
Can you give a title for the passage? ______________
People use money to buy food, books and hundreds of other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in the time long ago, people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells(贝壳).
In China,cloth and knives were used as money.Elephant tusks(牙)，monkey tail and salt were used in some parts of the world.Rice was also a kind of money used by the people in some islands(岛).Some animals were used as money,too.
The first copper coins(硬币) were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later, some countries began to make coins of gold and silver (银). But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.
Money has had an interesting story from the days of shell money till today.People usually use money .
| A．to buy gold | B．to get something they want |
| C．to buy shells | D．to buy something expensive |
Long, long ago people all over the world used as money．
| A．the same metal |
| B．the same paper |
| C．the different metals |
| D．all kinds of things |
In the past, the ancient(古代的) Chinese used to have cloth and knives .
| A．as a tool | B．as money |
| C．as a gift | D．as a kind of goods |
was also a kind of money used by the people on some islands．
| A．Gold | B．Animals | C．Rice | D．Knives |
The first paper money ___ .
| A．looked like the same as the paper money used today |
| B．looked interesting |
| C．looked like a note |
| D．had a square hole in the center |
One day a young woman walked into a hat shop.
"Good morning, madam. "Said the shop assistant with a smile. "Can I help you?"
" Yes, please. " said the young woman. "'There is a green hat with red flowers on it in the window. Would you please take it out of the window?"
Certainly. madam. "said the man happily," I shall be very glad to do that for you."Usually ladies look at a lot of hats before then finally choose one. So the shop assistant was happy because he thought he could sell that hat without much trouble. "Do you want it in a box ,madam?" he asked.
"Oh. no" said the lady. "I'm not going to buy it, I only want you to take it out of the window. I have to pass your shop every day, and I always feel sick when I see that thing. "
根据短文内容,判断正(T)误(F)One day a young lady went by a hat shop.
The hat in the window was green.
The shop assistant thought the woman wanted the hat.
The lady went to the hat shop every day.
The lady was tired of the hat.
Being a writer
Some children wish to be writers some day. They want to write stories or books for people to read. That’s good! It’s good to write something for people to read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they really are good writers. They should read a lot of books. And read for hours every day instead of watching TV and spending a lot of time to do the reading homework. Then you have time to read many other books for fun. Because of more fun in reading , you want to look for more books to read.
Before you decide to be a good writer, you’d better say to yourself, “I must read and read and read and read more and more!”This article mainly tells us that_______.
| A．some children wish to be writers some day. |
| B．it is good to write something for people to read. |
| C．reading can make you a good writer |
| D．writers like to read more books for fun. |
Some children want to be writers______.
| A．because they want to be good readers. |
| B．to write stories or books for people to read. |
| C．to find good work some day |
| D．to get more money to keep a family |
It’s good for children________.
| A．to do a lot of reading |
| B．to watch TV in the evening |
| C．to have wishes sometimes |
| D．to be good writers right now |
Reading can__________.
| A．help you to do a good player. |
| B．help you write well |
| C．make your work better |
| D．make you watch more TV at home |
From the passage we know that_________.
| A．all children like to be writers |
| B．people like to read for children |
| C．all writers are children |
| D．children need to read more and more books. |
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