There are some easy things you can do to protect the environment and the earth .Choose ideas from
the list or come up with a few of your own.
Plant flowers ,grass or trees .
     Whenever you visit a park or  a beach ,take away what you bring there —keep rubbish in a bag until  
you can put it in a dustbin.
Turn off the lights ,Tv  sets when you leave the room .This saves a  lot of electricity.
     Turn off the tap(水龙头) when you brush your teeth. You can save some water by not letting it run .
Also,use a glass cup instead of a paper cup ,because this saves paper.
     Keep the doors and windows closed in winter to keep warm air in .
     Give your old books and magazines to library instead of throwing them away.
     Give your okd clothes to poor children you know instead of throwing them away.
     Use both sides of paper.
     Stop pouring dirty water into the rivers or lakes nearby.
     Encourage all your friends to do the same things you do to help protect the earth.
     You don’thave to wait until Earth Day to do these  things.Make every day Earth Day .
     If everyone make’s a contribution to protecting the environment ,the world will become much more
beautiful.

1.From the above,we know that this is _______
A.a  sign  
B.a proposal(倡议书)
C.an advertisement
D.a notice
2.The writer tells us_______.
A.to throw rubbish into a dustbin
B.to pour dirty water into the rivers
C.to save water by letting it run while we are brushing our teeth
D.that we cn’t do all these things until Earth Day
3.We can _______to save paper.
A.use a paper cup
B.use both sides of paper
C.give lkd books to a library
D.pick up waste paper at a school
4.Which of the following is wrong according to the writer?
A.Turn off the lights when you leave the room.
B .Close the doors in winter.
C. Use a paper cup when you brush your teeth.
D.Gve your old clothes to the poor children.
5.The main idea of this passage is how to _______
A.save money
B. save water and electricity
C. make better use of old things
D.protect the earth

     Why do we need to throw less away? There are two reasons. One is that some resources (资源) are
nonrenewable (不可再生的) That means there is only a certain amount of that resource in the world .
One example of this is oil. When we use up all the oil in the world, there will be no more.
     There is another reason for throwing less away. All of our trash has to be put somewhere. Often , it is
put into garbage dumps (垃圾场). Much of that trash will be there for hundreds of years. The dumps will
be filled up with all this trash.
     There are three ways to cut down on trash.
     One way is to recycle. When you recycle something, it means it is made into another shape and used
again. Old newspaper may become paper bags. A glass jar can be melted(熔化)and made into a bottle .
     Another way to cut down on trash is to reuse things. You can wash and use again a bottle that can hold mustard (芥末酱)or something else .
     The third way to cut down on trash is to reduce the amount of trash you make, stop buying thing that
you don't need in the first place. That reduce the amount of the earth's resources that you use.

1. How many reasons do we need to throw less away?
A. Three
B. five
C. two
2. When you reuse something, it means ________.
A. it is made into another shape and used again
B. it is used again
C. it isn't used any more
3. All the ways of cutting down on trash in the passage are to________ .
A. recycle and reuse things
B. recycles and reduce the amount of trash you make
C. reuse things recycle and reduce the amount of trash you make
4. If a broken plastic box is changed into a plastic ruler , the way is to________ .
A. recycle
B. reuse
C. reduce
5. The word "reduce" in the passage means________.
A. 还原
B. 减少
C. 增加

                                                  Just A Quick Nap
        Do you feel a little sleepy after lunch? Well, that's normal.  Your body slows down then. What
should you do about it? Don't drink coffee! You should take a nap.
        It's good to have a daily nap.  First of all, you are more efficient (有效地) after napping. You
remember things better and make fewer mistakes. Also, you can learn things easily after taking a nap.  
A nap may increase your self-confidence (自信) and make you more active. But, there are some rules
you should follow about taking a nap.  First,  take a nap in the middle of the day,  about eight hours
after you wake up.  Next, a 20-minute nap is best.  If you sleep longer, you may fall into a deep sleep.  
After waking from a deep sleep, you will feel worse.  Also, you should set an alarm clock.  That way,
you can fully relax during your nap.
        Now, the next time you feel sleepy after lunch, don't get stressed out. Put  your head down and
close your eyes.

1.  People often feel _______ after lunch. 

A. happy    
B.  bored    
C.  sleepy    
D. hungry

2.  After taking a nap, you may feel more________.

A. active    
B.  strcssed    
C.  angry    
D.  tired

3.  How long should you take a nap? 

A.  8 minutes.   
B.  20 minutes.    
C.  8 hours.    
D.  20 hours.

4.  What can help you fully relax during your nap according to the passage?    

A.  A cup of coffee.    
B.  A big meal.
C.  An alarm clock.    
D.  A deep sleep.

5.  What is the passage mainly about? 

A. Why and how to take a nap.
B.  How to make your body slows down.
C.  Rules to make fewer mistakes.
D.  How to remember things better.

     I am in Grade 8 now. My new teacher always asks us to learn something about green foods by
ourselves, At first we don't have any ideas. Then our five-member group have a discussion and decide to
do some research in a supermarket. Two of us write down the names of the green food on the shelves.
The other three interview shoppers with questions like "Which are green foods? How often do you buy
green foods?" and so on. We interview more than (多于) 20 shoppers! Later we write a report on the
research and hand it in. Our teacher chooses the best reports and posts them on the classroom wall.  
Mine is among them. We learn a lot from this fun way.
1. The writer is in _______.
A. Grade 9    
B. Grade 8    
C. Grade 7    
D. We don't know.
2. There are _______ members in the research group.
A. 7    
B. 6    
C. 5    
D. 4
3. Where do they do the research?
A. In the laboratory.      
B. In the classroom.
C. In the supermarket.    
D. In the library.
4. They interview more than _______ shoppers.
A. 10    
B. 15    
C. 20    
D. 25
5. Which of the following is not mentioned (提到)?
A. They ask shoppers questions like "Which are green foods?".
B. Their teacher only chooses the writer's report and puts it up on the wall.
C. Two of them write down the names of the green foods on the shelves in the supermarket.
D. They hand the report to their teacher.

     Good health is very important for us. If we don't have good health, how can we work hard? And if
we cannot work hard, how can we succeed and how can we be happy? Money can do many things and
make one enjoy the world in many ways, but it has no meaning to one who is not in good health.
     A number of useful rules can do much to make good health, if we follow them.
     Firstly, we must take food at regular times and never eat too much.
     Secondly, keep our rooms airy (通风的). Fresh air is good for health, and also we must always
keep our bodies clean. Cleanliness (干净) keeps sickness away.
     Thirdly, we must have enough sleep. Late to bed and late to rise will spoil and ruin (摧毁) our health.
And we must have exercises. Exercises make our muscles (肌肉) strong and protect (预防) ourselves
against illness.
     Finally, there is one important thing to do: work. Making ourselves busy at work helps much in
keeping good health. Lazy people can never enjoy good health and can never succeed and be happy.
1. Having money but without good health can't _______.
2. Rule One tells us that we should _______ and never eat too much.
3. Rule Two shows us that we should stay in the fresh air and _______
4. Rule Three says that _______ can make us strong and stay away from illness.
5. Lazy people can _______ enjoy good health and can never _______ and be happy.

     As the cold weather comes,  eating candied hawthorns(糖葫芦)is a cheap and tasty way to keep
warm. Candied hawthorns are bright red. Street vendors(小贩)put the hawthorns on bamboo sticks,
then dip(蘸)them into hot sugar syrup (糖浆). This makes them harden into a shiny candy coating.
     According to Chinese traditional(传统的)medicine,hawthorns are warm and can help the stomach.
They are often used to help with digestion(消化)problem8,e8pecially(尤其)when people eat too much
meat or fatty food.

1. As the weather gets older, eating candied hawthorns is a cheap and tasty way to     __    .
2. Candied hawthorns are   __  _    red.
3. The candied hawthorns have      __    candy coating.
4. According to Chinese traditional medicine，hawthorns can help the      ___  .
5. Hawthorns are often used to help with   ___    . when people eat too much   ___    or fatty food.

     Swimming is very popular. People like swimming in  summer  because water makes people feel cool.
If you like swimming and swim in a wrong place,  it  may not  be  safe. These years, a lot of people died
when they were enjoying themselves in the water, and most of them were students. But some people are
not careful in swimming. They  often  thinks  they  can  swim  so  well that nothing will happen to them in
water.
     If you go swimming in summer, don't  forget  that better swimmers  have  died  in  water. They died
because they were not careful, not because they could not swim. So don't get into water when you are
alone. If there is a "No swimming" sign, still don't get into water. If you remember these, swimming will
be safe.

1.                     like swimming in summer.

A. Few people
B.A lot of people
C. Only students
D. Only young people

2. People like to swim in summer because        

A. they feel cool in water
B. they are free
C. it makes them strong
D. they like water

3. These years      people died in the water when they swim happily.

A. few
B. many
C. no
D. some

4. Some swimmers died in water because        .

A .they think they can swim well
B. they are not strong enough
C. they are not careful
D. they can't swim

5. The writer wants to tell us        .

A. swimming is a good sport
B. many people like swimming
C. that we should go swimming in summer
D. that we must be careful in swimming

       Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need.  They say there are some kinds
of food that people should eat every day. They are (1) green and yellow vegctables of all kinds; (2) citrus
fruit and tomatoes; (3) potatoes ancJ other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs;  (5)
milk and foods made from milk;(6)  bread or cereal (谷类),  rice is also in this kind of food;  (7)  butter
or something like butter.
     People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things.  Food are
cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways.  People in different countries eat at different times
of the day.  In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four
times a day.  Scientists say that none of the differences is really important.  It doesn't matter whether
foods are eaten raw (生的) or cooked,  canned (罐装的)  or frozen (冷冻的).  It doesn't matter if
a person eats dinner at four o'clock in the afternoon or at eleven o'clock at night.  The important thing
is what you eat every day.
      There are two problems,  then,  in feeding the large number of people on earth.  The first is to find
some way to feed the world's population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that
people everywhcre have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.
1. According to the scientists, which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch?
A. Chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages
B. Potatoes, carrots, rice, bread
C. Oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes
D. Beef, pork, fish, milk
2.  It is important for people to cat________
A. three times a day
B.  dinner at twelve o'clock
C.  cooked food all the time
D.  something from each of the seven kinds of food every day
3.  People in different countries and different places of the world________.
A.  have the right kinds of food to eat
B.  cook their food in the same way
C.  have their meals at the same time
D.  eat food in different ways
4.  Which of the following is not true?
A.  People in some places don't have cnough to cat.
B.  There are too many people in the world.
C.  One of the problems is that no one is hungry.
D. The scientists are trying to make peoplc grow to be strong and hcaltliy.
5. If there is Paragraph (段落) 4, what do you think is going to to talk  about?
A.  When people eat their lunch.
B.  What to do with the two problems.
C.  How to cook food in clifferent ways.
D.  Why people eat different kinds of food.

     May 20 is National Student Nutrition Day (营养日). Why is student nutrition important?
     Just as a cell phone needs energy from charging (充电), we humans need energy from food. While
eating food is the only way to  (A) 使我们强壮, what we eat and the way we eat it are also very
important, because they decide ( B )  whether we can get good nutrition.
     Many of us have bad eating habits. For example, some don't eat breakfast. Others eat too  
(C) _______ fast food. These bad habits may cause nutrition problems, which are bad for the growth
of our bodies.
     A study by the government in 2005 showed that (D) over 20 percent of people aged 13 to 20 have
nutrition prob-lems, such as obesity (肥胖) and high blood pressure.
     More students of Chinese middle and primary school sare (E) ________ having nutritious meals,
such as milk and fruit. This year, the theme (主题) of National Student Nutrition Day is "improve the
nutrition of students in the country-side". (F) The government will spend quite a lot helping students get
nutritious meals.
1. 将文中划线部分（A）译成英语。
    _____________
2. 写出文中划线部分（B）和（D）的同义词语或近义词语。
    _____________  _____________
3. 在文中（C）和（E）的空白处分别填上适当的单词。
    _____________  _____________
4. 将文中划线部分（F）改写为：
    _____________ will ____________ the government quite a lot to
    help students get nutritious meals.
5. 从文中找出一个有关营养不良症状的词语。
    _____________