2 . The Earth is about 4,600 million years old. Man lives on the Earth for only 35,000 years. But we change our Earth in many ways. Many things we do are good, but some are not good for the Earth.

Water pollution

A lot of people, birds and fish die each day because of water pollution. Factories pollute the water. As a result, the water in many rivers and lakes is now very dirty.

Air pollution

In big cities, factories, cars and buses are the main causes of air pollution. Many people in cities now have health problems. For example, Mexico used to be a beautiful sunny capital, but today there are many clouds in the sky. And many people get ill because of the polluted air.

Soil (土壤) pollution

In order to have a better harvest, some of the farmers use chemicals too much in their fields. That’s bad for the soil.

Hope for the future

These problems are very serious for our future, so all of us should do something to protect the environment. If we can stop pollution, our Earth will become more and more beautiful.

1. How old is the Earth?

A．About 4,600 million years old.	B．About 4,500 million years old.
C．About 4,800 million years old.	D．About 4,700 million years old.

2. ________ make the Earth change a lot.

A．People

B．Animals

C．Plants

D．Clouds

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Because of the water pollution, a lot of people become healthier.

B．We must stop the factories from putting waste water into the rivers and lakes.

C．Because of the water pollution, the water in many rivers is now dirty.

D．Water pollution is very serious now.

4. There are ________ kinds of pollution in this passage.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mexico is still a beautiful sunny capital now.

B．Air pollution can make people get sick.

C．Now fewer farmers use chemicals in the fields.

D．Factories, cars and buses are the main causes of soil pollution.

3 . The best thing about going to school is learning how to read. Books are great friends. They can help you learn about anything you want to know. They can go anywhere with you. You can read about animals, places, people and anything else.

Some people in the world write books and we call them authors. Authors think of things they want to write about. They make a plan for a book and start to write. Some authors write books that give us information (信息) and teach us things. Authors are very important people because they help us learn. Find a good book to read every day, and you will enjoy your time with a good book.

1. What can you read about in books?

A．Animals.	B．People.
C．Places.	D．All of the above.

2. What is the best part about going to school?

A．Playing.	B．Having lunch.
C．Learning to read.	D．Seeing friends.

3. What does the underlined word “authors” mean?

A．Doctors.	B．Workers.
C．Writers.	D．Teachers.

4. What do authors do before they write a book?

A．They think about what they want to write about.

B．They eat lunch.

C．They make a plan for a book.

D．Both A and C.

5. Why are authors important?

A．Because they sing great songs.

B．Because they help us learn.

C．Because they take time to play.

D．Because they have animals.

4 . The Eskimos (爱斯基摩人) live near the North Pole. There are only two seasons near the North Pole: winter and summer. In winter, the nights are long. For more than two months, you can’t see the sun. In summer, the days are long. For more than two months, the sun is always in the sky, and there is no night. The Eskimos have warm clothes. They make clothes from the skin of animals.

The weather is cold. There are no trees. The Eskimos have to build their houses from snow when they are out and can’t get back home. Life is hard for the Eskimos.

1. The Eskimos live near the _______.

A．North Pole

B．South Pole

C．earth

D．We don’t know

2. How many seasons are there near the North Pole?

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

3. ______ are long in summer near the North Pole.

A．The nights

B．The sky

C．The days

D．The dark

4. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “skin”?

A．内脏

B．骨头

C．毛皮

D．身体

5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．The Eskimos’ life is very hard.

B．The nights are long in winter and the days are long in summer.

C．The weather is cold and there are no trees.

D．There is no night for more than three months in summer.

5 .

Good morning! I’m Dale. What color is my quilt? It’s yellow. What color is my jacket? It is blue. This is my key. It’s black. My cup is white. What color is the book? It’s purple.

Good morning! I’m Cindy. This is a ruler. What color is it? It’s red and white. What’s this in English? It’s a pen. It’s Alice’s black pen. This is an orange. It’s yellow.

Hello, I’m Bill. This is my classroom. Can you see my cup? It is green. That is my pen. It’s a brown pen. The pen is on (在……上) my ruler.

1. What color is Dale’s key?

A．It’s blue.

B．It’s white.

C．It’s purple.

D．It’s black.

2. The girl is ________.

A．Betty

B．Cindy

C．Alice

D．Grace

3. The ________ and the ________ are yellow.

A．quilt; orange

B．ruler; orange

C．pen; jacket

D．quilt; jacket

6 . 任务型阅读

Good morning! My name is Cindy Smith. Look! This is my schoolbag. There are many things in it. You can see a purple notebook,a blue ruler, a green pencil and an apple. There are also two black pencils, a black pen and a brown pen in it. A dictionary is in it, too. It’s not mine. It’s my friend Jane’s. And the watch is hers, too. Is the baseball mine? No, it isn’t. It’s my brother David’s. What’s that? It’s my sister Anna’s CD. Oh, where is my ID card? It’s not in my schoolbag. I lost it. If（如果） you find it, please call me at 3258-3601.

Thank you very much!

1. Is this Cindy’s schoolbag?
______________________________________
2. What color is the notebook?   
______________________________________
3. How many pencils are there in the schoolbag?
______________________________________
4. Whose（谁的） dictionary is it?
______________________________________
5. What did Cindy lose?
______________________________________

7 .

There are many trees and two rivers in my neighborhood. The air here is very good. There is a big supermarket next to my home, and my family often go shopping in it. Across from the supermarket is my middle school. So it only takes ten minutes to walk from my home to school. There is a big bookshop on the left of the school. It’s quiet and I enjoy reading there. Time goes by quickly when I read. —Emma

My home is in the center of the town. There are many shops and restaurants there. And it’s usually noisy in the day. My home is between a hospital and a post office. Behind the post office is a hotel. Many visitors（游客）come to live there. —Diana

There is a big park not far from my house. It’s on Bridge Street. There are a lot of people there every day. I like to exercise there in the morning because I love the clean air and sunshine there. There is a restaurant on the right of the park. The food in the restaurant is very delicious. I often have dinner in it with my parents. —Jenny

1. Which of the following is not in Emma’s neighborhood?

A．The supermarket.

B．The school.

C．The post office.

D．The bookshop.

2. Where is the post office in Diana’s neighborhood?

A．Between the hospital and the hotel.	B．In front of the hotel.
C．Across from the hotel.	D．Behind Diana's home.

3. What does Jenny like to do in the morning?

A．Do some sports in the park.

B．Have breakfast in the restaurant.

C．Go shopping in the supermarket.

D．Read books in the bookshop.

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．Emma’s school is far from the bookshop.

B．Diana lives in a quiet neighborhood.

C．Jenny often has lunch in the restaurant.

D．Emma likes reading books in the bookshop.

5. The passage is mainly about________.

A．the three students’ favorite places.	B．the three students’ neighborhoods.
C．what the three students do in their free time.	D．where the three students go on vacation.

8 . Hundreds of years ago, life was 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. 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 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 (被状物) over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog.

Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Factories must clean their water now before it is thrown away and they mustn’t let dirty smoke go into the air.

We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw them 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.

1. The most serious kind of pollution is ________.

A．noise pollution	B．air pollution
C．water pollution	D．A, B and C

2. 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

3. 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 loudly

C．we can drink water from the polluted rivers and lakes

D．people are making rules in order to (为了) fight pollution

9 . Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying, “Friends are God’s(上帝的) way of taking care of us.” But how do you find a real friendship(友谊) and keep it?

The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding a friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed(种子) and take care of it to make it grow.

     First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. If you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his or her best to help you. To make a friend, you cannot be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your life.
     But things cannot always be happy. Even the best friends have fights. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn’t want to talk, you could write a letter.
     There are three steps to be friends again: Tell him or her how you are feeling, say what your friend did wrong, and explain(解释) why you did this or that.

Remember that friendship is one of the most important things in your life.

1. What does Sally want to tell young students?(不超过10个词)
________________________________________________________________________
2. What should we do if our friends have a bad day according to(根据) the passage?(不超过15个词)
________________________________________________________________________
3. How many steps can you take to be friends again?(不超过5个词)
________________________________________________________________________

10 . For many people, fashion means (意思是) clothes. In fact, there is fashion in many other things, not only in clothes. There is fashion in holidays, restaurants, films and books. There is also fashion in jobs, building styles, etc.

Fashion changes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past (过去) , you can find the changes in fashion. An English house in the 1750s is quite different from one in the 1650s. A young boy today looks very different from his fashionable (时尚的) grandpa in the 1940s. Today, fashion changes fast. We can get new information in a short time from newspapers, radios, telephones, televisions and the Internet. When new fashion comes, fashionable people will buy new things. So, many people like fashion designers and dress-makers will make a good money.

1. Fashion means ________ in the passage.

A．clothes only

B．many things

C．houses

D．newspapers and radios

2. Fashion in the 1940s was ________ fashion today.

A．the same as

B．different from

C．like

D．better than

3. People can get information in a short time from _________ .

A．newspapers

B．radios

C．televisions

D．all the above

4. What does “make a good money” in the last paragraph mean in Chinese?

A．造一些好钱。

B．赚一大笔钱。

C．用掉很多钱。

D．借很多钱。

5. Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A．Fashionable people only buy old things.

B．We can never find changes in fashion.

C．There was fashion only in the 1940s.

D．Fashionable people like buying things in fashion.