When people talk about air pollution, they are usually thinking about outdoor air____ .But do you know that there is ____ air pollution inside homes , offices, hotels and other buildings ? The air in your home can be 2 to 100 times more polluted than the air outdoors! In fact, some American doctors say that 50% of illnesses have____ to do with polluted indoor air. A lot of pollution comes from indoor activities ___ smoking and cooking. As most people ___ about 80-90% of their time inside buildings, it is important to take indoor air pollution seriously, too. Air pollution influences our health ____ . When the air is polluted, not only young children and old people suffer from it, ____ people with health problems suffer as well. Indoor air pollution can ____ people's eyes, noses and throats. Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, can also lead to lung cancer（肺癌）and heart disease! In the great London fog in 1952, 4,000 people died in a few days ____ the pollution! ____ is said that half a million young children and women die each year in India because of indoor air pollution!
A．pollution B．sadness C．illness D．business
A．too B．none C．also D．neither
A．nothing B．everything C．something D．anything
A．as well as B．such as C．instead of D．for example
A．take B．cost C．give D．spend
A．in many ways B．in many things C．in many houses D．by the way
A．and B．but C．or D．until
A．hit B．hurt C．polluted D．destroyed
A．because of B．thanks to C．related to D．or
A．This B．That C．What D．It
Music forms an important part of many cultural and social activities. People use music to feeling and ideas. Music also serves to entertain(娱乐) and relax.
Music is a performing art. It differs from such art as painting and poetry, in which artists create works and then display or publish them. Music composers(作曲家) need musicians to explain the meaning of their works --- perform them. Thus, musical performances are partnership between composers and performers.
Music is one of the arts. Hunting tools struck together may have been the first musical instruments. Many ancient people, including the Egyptians, Chinese and Babylonians, and the people of India, used music in court and religious ceremonies(宗教仪式). The first written music dates from about 2500 B.C.
Classical music, also art music, is composed according to certain rules and performed by musicians from written music. Classical composers have written different styles of music during different periods of .
Popular music includes many kinds of music, country music, jazz, rock music and music from films. Popular music is generally much simpler than classical music.
Folk music is made up of the old songs. Most folk songs began in distant areas. One person makes up a song and other people it and learn to sing it. Some folk songs have been passed on in this way for thousands of years. Many composers of classical music have used folk music in their works.
A．write B．express C．find D．take
A．oldest B．finest C．loudest D．softest
A．calls B．to call C．calling D．called
A．language B．society C．history D．art
A．such as B．instead of C．for example D．as well
A．pay B．hear C．invite D．take
完形填空。（ 1´× 15 ）
There're different kinds of animals in the zoo. We see the zoo keepers give them to eat. They don't have to food by themselves. They just eat, walk and all day. So many of may think that the animals there happy and lucky. But most them are sad. Why? They're free.
Animals like elephants, monkeys and tigers live freely and happily in or mountains. Tigers, example, run, jump, play with their children catch small animals for food. But now they have to stay in rooms in the zoo. Their life in the zoo is different from their life in the forests.
Now many of us think animals should go back to forests and mountains so that earth will become better.
A．meat B．food C．fruit D．drink
A．take B．bring C．find D．get
A．sleep B．run C．rest D．leave
A．me B．we C．they D．us
A．is B．are C．were D．was
A．in B．on C．of D．to
A．no longer B．not any long C．not more D．no any more
A．never B．usually C．now D．seldom
A．fields B．zoos C．parks D．forests
A．for B．in C．on D．at
A．but B．and C．or D．yet
A．good B．short C．small D．tall
A．too B．quite C．even D．really
A．much B．many C．more D．most
A．the B．an C．this D．that
完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Colour helps you see things. But man and some monkeys and apes (猿) are the only mammals (哺乳动物) that can see colour. any other mammals, such as the dog, the world a black-white photo. Dogs hunt mainly by listening and smelling.
Like animals, dogs see best when things move. The animals they hunt seem to know this. A rabbit or deer will freeze when they find that they are being hunted. Then the dog see it at all.
Birds can see colour. They need to, because when they fly, they need to find places to land. Colour helps them know the place is and what it is like so that they are able to catch flying things in the air or to something they think safe.
Some birds see things even than man. The birds that eat bugs (虫子) can see them from far away. And even a very young bird can see a hawk the sky. So good eyes and being able to see colours help birds food and also help them find out there are other animals that are dangerous to them.
A．For B．With C．As D．Before
A．seem like B．looks like C．likes D．like
A．other B．the other C．another D．others
A．may not B．should not C．must not D．need not
A．how soon B．how long C．how fast D．how far
A．land B．land on C．land for D．be landed
A．worse B．nearer C．better D．less
A．for B．from C．on D．at
A．to look at B．look at C．find D．found
A．what B．when C．if D．how
How many things can you see in the night sky? A lot! a clear evening you might see the Moon and some planets. And thousands of sparkling stars , too.
You can see even with a telescope. You might see stars where you only saw dark space before. You might see that many stars look larger than others. You might see that some stars look white are really red or blue.
But scientists believe there are some things in the sky that we . We can’t see them with the biggest telescope in the world, even when it is the clearest night of the year. That’s they’re invisible. They’re the mysterious dead stars called black holes. You might find hard to imagine that stars die. After all, our Sun is a star. Year after year we see it up in the sky, burning brightly, giving us heat and light. The Sun certainly doesn’t seem getting old or weak. But stars do burn out and die after billions of years. As a star’s gases burn, they give off light and heat. But when the gas runs , the star stops burning and begins to die.
So the next time you stare up at the night sky, remember: there’s more in the sky than that meets the eye. amazing space it is!
A．On B．In C．At D．For
A．see B．were see C．can be seen D．will be seen
A．much B．many C．most D．more
A．what B．which C．who D．where
A．never see B．never saw C．will never see D．had never seen
A．when B．how C．because D．so
A．it B．you C．yourself D．itself
A．to be B．being C．been D．is
A．around B．off C．away D．out
A．How B．What C．What an D．How an
Much meaning can be carried clearly with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak. Do you have such kind of ? On a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he finds that he is being looked at, he may uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself , to see if there is anything wrong with you. If goes wrong, you will feel angry towards the person who is looking at you that way. can speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be . But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman more than 10 seconds, it may mean that he wishes to attract(吸引) her , to let her understand that he loves her. When two people are in a conversation, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure the listener does pay attention to what he or she is speaking. For lovers, they enjoy looking at each other longer to show the love that words cannot .Clearly, eye communication should be done according to the relationship between the two people and the certain situation.
A．chance B．experience C．message D．feeling
A．feel B．sound C．seem D．turn
A．day and night B．all the time C．up and down D．here and there
A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything
A．Ears B．Eyes C．Mouth D．Nose
A．polite B．normal C．unfriendly D．impolite
A．with B．for C．by D．since
A．direction B．lesson C．attention D．trouble
A．what B．while C．which D．that
A．write B．print C．read D．express
Man has a big brain. He can think and s languages. Scientists once thought that man isn’t the same as animals b
man can think and learn. They know now that dogs, monkeys and birds can learn, too.
They are beginning to u that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals can’t speak. They make much n
when they are afraid, or unhappy. Apes(猿) can learn some things more quickly than man. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they cannot join w
to make sentences. They cannot think l
us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been a
to build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very w
when he is four or five, b
no animals learn to speak.
How do children learn it? Scientists don’t really know w happens inside our body when we speak. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.
The word “blog”is a short way of web log (网络日志). A“blogger” is a person who writes a blog on the Internet. can start a blog. and they can write about anything they like.
There are a lot of blogs on the Internet today. They give information, news and ideas to many people read them. And they give people a place their ideas and talk about other people's ideas. If you want to open a biog. the first step is to link(链接) to the website. Then you can surf the Internet, find interesting articles and write comments about each one. This is called an online diary of links. Also there are personal diaries. The writers talk about their lives and there. Sometimes these blogs can be very personal.
Blogs are growing very fast. Compared other websites, blogs are special in many ways. Most , they are updated (更新) more often. Many blogs are updated every day, and some are updated several times a day. Also, there are many special websites for blogs, so you don't need to be a computer expert (专家) to start blog.
Many people think that as blogs become more common, news reporting will depend on TVs or radios, and more on people posting news to the Internet. They think that then the news will be less like a lesson, but more like a conversation, which anyone can .
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“Er, er, er…… I’m sorry I forget my words.” Tom rushed out of the hall with his face red. People afraid of speaking in public are suffering from “Stage Fright”. Stage fright makes a person . In that it can make one's mind go blank(空白) and forget one ought to say, or to act. Actors, musicians, dancers, lawyers, even TV show hosts suffered from stage fright at one time or .
Diana Nichols is an expert in helping people free from stage fright at a medical center in New York City. She helps actors learn to themselves. Miss Nichols says some people have always been to perform before the audience. Others, she says, develop stage fright after a terrible experience.
She offers them advice to control the fear. One way is to smile going onto the stage. Taking two deep breaths helps. Deep helps you get control of your body.
Miss Nichols asks her patients to tell themselves that their speech or performance does not have to be . It's to make a mistake. She tells them they should not be too nervous while they are performing. It is important that they should continue to perform while she is helping them. After each performance, they discuss what happened and find out what helped and what did not.As they perform more and more, they will fear . Miss Nichols says the aim is only to reduce stage fright, not to smooth it away . This is a little stage fright makes a person more careful, and improves the performance.
A．joyful B．unhappy C．nervous D．hopeless
A．case B．mood C．sense D．condition
A．when B．what C．how D．whether
A．others B．other C．another D．the other
A．cure B．control C．hold D．protect
A．satisfied B．happy C．afraid D．surprised
A．since B．until C．during D．before
A．too B．as well C．also D．either
A．breathing B．to breathe C．to have breathed D．breathes
A．perfect B．fine C．good D．pleasant
A．incorrect B．important C．unnecessary D．all right
A．people B．advice C．words D．measures
A．less and less B．fewer and fewer C．more and more D．smaller and smaller
A．practically B．easily C．completely D．really
A．why B．that C．since D．Because
完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分；满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
In the middle of a forest there was a little tree standing among many big trees. He was very at not being as big as the others. When the birds flew into the forest and their houses, he used to say to hem, “Come and have a rest in my body!” But the birds always said, “Oh, no. You’re too small!” The worst part was when people came to choose trees, they would pass him by he was too small. The other trees said that when they were taken away by people, they might be the mast (桅杆) of a large ship, go far away from the , and see many wonderful things; or they become part of a fine house in a great city, and experience life there. All these were just dreams to the little tree.
One cold morning, some people came searching the forest. “There are that are little enough,” they said.
“Here is one,” said one man. “It’s just the right .” And he chose the little tree.
The little tree was very happy because he knew they were about to take away. Later all kinds of beautiful things were all over him. The children all said, “ beautiful!” “It’s the Christmas tree we’ve ever seen!”
, the little tree knew what he was. He was a Christmas tree! He was just little enough to be the nicest Christmas tree in the world!
A．unhappy B．proud C．nervous D．excited
A．built B．found C．asked D．watched
A．by B．out C．down D．up
A．though B．because C．unless D．so
A．asked for B．welcomed to C．sold into D．made into
A．mountain B．land C．forest D．ocean
A．might B．need C．must D．should
A．summer B．winter C．Spring D．autumn
A．some B．both C．none D．any
A．size B．colour C．price D．taste
A．them B．her C．him D．it
A．hung B．compared C．shared D．taken
A．When B．How C．What D．Which
A．strongest B．nicest C．biggest D．longest
A．Sadly B．Strangely C．Recently D．Finally
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在1—10各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。
Now in some places of our country, many people are cutting down the trees in the forests. They need more ________ to build houses and more farmland to grow crops and so on. The areas（面积）of forests are getting ________ . Some scientists say that there ________ no big forests in 20 or 30 years. It is really a(n) ________ thing. ________ the forests, we will have sandstorms（沙尘暴) often. The weather will get ________ . The earth will become a big desert（沙漠）. A lot of plants and animals will ________ . Crops will not grow anywhere. Life will be ________ for everyone.
So we should do our best ________ our living environment and keep our mountains ________ , the water clean, and the sky blue.
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Hearing is very important to all of us. We can beautiful music, nice songs of birds, the laughter of people or other different kinds of in the world with our ears. we must try to protect our ears. The following will tell you protect ears.
Listening to music a lot can be bad for ears, when headphones (耳机) are used. So the volume(音)when you're wearing headphones or try not to wear headphones. You should give your ears a rest if you like wearing headphones.
Before swimming, remember earplugs （耳塞) into your ears or wear a swim hat
to stop water into your ears.
If you are going to a concert, wear earplugs to protect your ears the terrible music! , special earplugs can be made for you if you go to concerts a lot or if you are a musician yourself.
See a doctor if your ears . some medicine if the doctor asks you to do so. the advice above now and you won't be saying “what?" when you are getting .
A．listen B．hear C．listening D．hear of
A．sounds B．noise C．voices D．barks
A．Because B．Although C．So D．But
A．what B． how C． what to D． how to
A．loud B．aloud C．loudly D．quiet
A．specially B．especial C．special D．especially
A． turn on B． turnoff C． turn down D． turn up
A． put B． to put C． putting D． to putting
A． get B． to get C． with getting D． from getting
A．for B．from C．with D．at
A．In fact B． In short C． In general D． In a word
A．break B．sick C．ill D．hurt
A．Drink B．Eat C．Take D．Have
A．Listen B．Hear C．Follow D．Fetch
A．young B．old C．sick D．tired
Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then ? Here is an example.
There was a farmer who grew corn all his life. Each year he took his corn(玉米) to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the and won the first prize.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something surprising about how he grew it. The farmer his seed corn to his neighbors.
“How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbors?”the reporter asked. “You know they are taking part in the with you each year.”
“Why, sir,” said the farmer, “didn’t you know? The picks up pollen(花粉) from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbors grow bad corn, cross-polination(异花传粉)will affect(影响) the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must my neighbors to grow good corn.”
The farmer knows much about the connection of life. His corn cannot improve if his neighbor’s corn doesn’t improve.
As a great man says, “We make a living by what we ; we make a life by what we give.”We can’t live without food, clothes, and many other things. Howerer, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us from other animals. So those who choose to live well must help others to live well, and those who choose to be happy must help others to find in their life.
A．why B．how C．when D．where
A．cheapest B．prettiest C．best D．shortest
A．lent B．showed C．offered D．recommend
A．game B．fight C．activity D．competition
A．wind B．water C．farmer D．neighbor
A．teach B．warn C．help D．advise
A．do B．own C．get D．grow
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．different B．free C．safe D．far
A．hope B．success C．friendship D．happiness
完形填空
Hearing is very important to all of us. We can beautiful music, nice songs of birds, the laughter of people or other different kinds of in the world with our ears. we must try to protect our ears. The following will tell you protect ears.
Listening to music a lot can be bad for ears, when headphone(耳机) are used. So the volume(音) when you’re wearing headphones or try not wear headphones. You should give your ear a rest if you like wearing headphones. You should give your ears a rest if you like wearing headphones.
Before swimming, remember earplugs(耳塞) into your ears or wear a swim hat to stop water into your ears. If you are going to a concert, wear earplugs to protect your ears the terrible music! , special earplugs can be made for you if you often go to concerts or if you are a musician. See a doctor if your ears . some medicine if the doctor asks you to do so. the advice above now and you won’t be saying “what? what?” when you are getting .
A．listen B．hear C．listening D．hear of
A．sounds B．noise C．voices D．barks
A．Because B．Although C．So D．But
A．what B．how C．what to D．how to
A．loud B．aloud C．loudly D．quiet
A．specially B．especial C．special D．especially
A．turn to B．turn off C．turn down D．turn up
A．put B．to put C．putting D．to putting
A．get B．to get C．from getting D．with getting
A．for B．from C．with D．at
A．In fast B．In short C．In general D．In a word
A．break B．sick C．ill D．hurt
A．Drink B．Eat C．Take D．Have
A．Listen B．Hear C．Follow D．Fetch
A．young B．old C．sick D．tired
These days, a new kind of restaurant is becoming popular. People who go there can not only enjoy their , they can also enjoy playing computer games and with their family and friends on the Internet. uWink is the restaurant’s name. It is in Los Angeles, and it’s about fun and food.
In uWink, there are waiters or waitresses around you. The screens have replaced (取代) them. You can order the food you want by touching the screen in front of you and runners will bring to the tables. You can play video games with the people at the next table. The screens can show music videos, movies and so on, though mainly they show video games.
It’s an interactive (互动) restaurant you will control your meal and your fun. The service is fast and the runners know clearly where to go. There will be no waiting for a waiter, and no misunderstandings (误解) in the . Different kinds of foods are at any time of a day. uWink is a place which hosts “room games” too, where every table in the restaurant can have a video game competition at the same .
The owner of the restaurant hopes that uWink can make it easy for people to be interactive, have fun and enjoy a delicious meal.
A．music B．meals C．activities D．smile
A．put off B．cheer up C．set up D．have fun
A．no B．enough C．some D．few
A．them B．her C．him D．it
A．only B．hardly C．also D．always
A．used to B．are used to C．are used for D．get used to
A．which B．where C．what D．that
A．shop B．school C．window D．kitchen
A．served B．cleaned C．bought D．taken
A．year B．money C．time D．food
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