Do you think that living a hungry life is last century’s story? Well, it may be this century’s headline.
The world has growing worries about a global food shortage. Right now, there are still 870 million hungry people in the world, according to a survey of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Children can’t escape this, either. Around fifteen million children die of hungry each year.
What’s causing food shortages? There are several reasons.
There are now more droughts and floods. This is very harmful to farmers and their ability to grow food.
Besides, with the growing population, feeding everyone becomes more difficult. There are a little more than seven billion people in the world. By 2050, the world population will be more than nine billion.
Another reason is food waste. The average person throws away 50kg of food every year.
How can we help with food shortages? The easiest way is to cut down on food waste.
Next time before throwing away the food on your plate, just think how much work has been done to make it. By buying less, we waste less. This takes the pressure off producing so much food. And it helps to solve the problem of food shortage.
You can also ask your schoolmates to join you.
In 2013, researchers at Kansas State University in the US put up short anti-waste slogans(标语) in dining rooms “Think Before You Waste”. Guess what happened? Students wasted fifteen percent less food after that!
The author of the study said, “You don’t need a huge activity to make a difference.”
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看图写句子：根据图示和提示词，写出恰当的句子，每图一句。（每题2分，共8分）
（要求：1. 使用全部的提示词；2. 写出完整的句式结构。）
Jim, usually, school, bike
do some reading, at seven, last night
cut down, by us, every year
Mike, ill, for two days
My cousin Mark is much healthier now. But he used to have some bad habits. For one thing, he was a couch potato. He is one of those overweigh people who sit on a sofa and eat junk food while they watch TV. He used to watch TV for six or seven hours some days. Now, he never watches TV for more than two hours. Five years ago, he didn't use to exercise. In fact, he hated exercise! He didn't use to watch exercise programmes on TV. Now, he exercises every morning. He loves to exercise now, because it makes him feel wonderful.
Mark used to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day three years ago. Now he only misses smoking when he is nervous. He chews gum at those times.
Mark also does something else to lose weight. He used to eat lots of meat, but now he always likes fruit and vegetables, so he is mostly a vegetarian now. (85) So, by changing his diet and doing daily exercise, he is in much better shape than before.
（一）补全下面的句子。A couch potato is_ _ __
（二）根据短文内容，回答下面的问题。What is Mark's opinion about exercise programmes now?
When does Mark miss smoking?
What does "vegetarian" mean in Chinese?
（三）将文中划线句子翻译成汉语。
仔细阅读下面的短文并按要求完成后面的小题。7分
Men have always wondered about the earth they live on and about the ①_____ above them.
When early men looked at the night sky, they asked themselves a lot of questions. They looked at the moon, and wondered what this strange bright object in the sky was. They did not understand why it changed its shape from night to night. They looked at the stars and planets. They also wondered why some of them changed their positions, while others did not.
②他们也思考地球的形状。 Most early people believed the earth was flat.
③In different parts of the world, there were different ideas about the universe. The ancient Greeks were the first people to study the universe(宇宙) more scientifically. In the sixth century BC Pythagoras put forward the idea that the world was round. However, he could not explain why people at the bottom of the world did not fall off.
It was not until the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that scientists found the answers to some important questions. ④With the help of Galileo’s telescope, people could see the sky more clearly, and find the positions of the stars and planets. Finally in 1665, Isaac Newton explained to the world what gravity (重力) was and people at last understood why they did not fall off the earth.在文中①处填写一个单词，使得句意完整、上下文通顺。___________________ （ 1分）
将文中②句翻译成英语。
______________________________________________________________(shape) 将文中③句翻译成汉语。
_________________________________________________________________________ 写出文中④句的同义句，每空限填一词。
Galileo’s telescope made ________ __________ for people to see the sky more clearly, and to find the positions of the stars and planets.
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成表格中所缺的信息，并将答案填写在答题卡相应题号的位置上。（共5个小题，每小题2分；计10分）
How do you get on with your teachers? Every day, we spend hours with our teachers at school. We learn from them, and they teach us to be good people. The relationship between students and teachers is very important.
Teachers care about our studies and lives, and it seems they know everything about the subjects they teach. They also have the right to decide who should be the class leaders or represent the class to take part in the activities.
So, many students want to be the teacher’s pet. We show teachers great respect. In class, we obey the rules and keep quiet if the teacher doesn’t ask us to speak. We seldom have opinions different from our teachers'. When they make a mistake, we are afraid to point it out. Some of us don’t want to contact teachers after class because we don’t want to bother them.
At American schools, the situation is a little different. Teachers and students are more like friends. Calling a teacher by his or her name is common. In class, students express their opinions freely and challenge teachers when they don’t agree. If it turns out that a teacher made a mistake, the teacher will say "sorry" in front of the whole class. Students and teachers also communicate through e-mail, Facebook or Twitter after class. They chat about studies and life experiences.
Teachers are like our parents and our friends. So we should respect our teachers.
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Students call teachers by their names. |
| Students will obey the rules and keep quiet_ |
Students express their opinions freely. |
| Some students never communicate with teachers after class. |
Teachers _ |
| Students don’t dare to_ |
Teachers say sorry to students when they make mistakes. |
任务型阅读：阅读下面的对话，并回答问题
Kangkang: Hello, Tom. It’s Kangkang. Would you like to play football now?
Tom: No, I’m sorry, Kangkang. I can’t. I’m busy.
Kangkang: What are you doing?
Tom: I’m helping mom. We’re painting (粉刷) our house. It’s interesting.
Kangkang: Can I help you? I love painting.
Tom: Yes, if (如果)you like. Come now. But you must wear some old clothes.
Kangkang: OK. See you in 15 minutes. See you later!
Tom: See you!Who is talking with Kangkang on the phone?
________________________________________________Why can’t Tom play football now?
________________________________________________Does Kangkang like painting?
________________________________________________Does Kangkang want to help Tom?
________________________________________________What must Kangkang wear?
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遣词造句：根据提供的图画和提示词，写一个符合图意的完整、正确的句子。(10分)
happy,see
often, newspaper
they, now
pay, for
teach, ten years
任务型阅读。阅读短文，并回答问题。
The Wilsons decided to go overseas for vacation. They had a family meeting(会议) to plan the vacation. “First,” Mr Wilson said, “we should decide where we are going.”
“I don’t agree,” Mrs Wilson said, “I think we should decide when we are going first. We don’t want to go to places when they are cold.” Mr Wilson agreed, so the family’s first decision was when to go on vacation. They decided to go in July.
“Now we can decide where to go,” said Mr Wilson.
“But, Dad,” Ben said, “don’t you think that where we go depends on how we go? If we plan to fly, we can go a long way. If we plan to drive, we can’t go far.”
Again, Mr Wilson agreed, and they discussed this. At last they agreed to travel by plane.
And so the planning meeting went on. The next day, one of Mr Wilson’s friends at work asked, “Where are you going for vacation?”
“Well,” Mr Wilson told him, “we are going in summer by plane, but I don’t know where we are going!”
根据短文内容回答下列问题。Why did the Wilsons have a family meeting?
What did they decide first?
When did they decide to go?
How did the Wilsons decide to travel?
What they didn’t decide？
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