As we all know, people couldn’t live without water. Some parts of our bodies are made of water. We depend on clean water to live every day.

However, we human beings are polluting water seriously. In some areas of China, people are still in great need of clean water. Dirty water is one of the world’s biggest healthy problems. It’s harmful to our health. When water from the rain and melting(融化) snow runs through roads, it picks up some dangerous chemicals and other things along the way. Many of the rivers are short of protections, so they are easy to be polluted by factories or animals’ waste.

World Water Day has grown to become one of the important dates since 1993. In 2013, World Water Day shares the topic of Water Cooperation. If everyone tries their best to save and protect the clean water, our living conditions will be much better.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1.From the first paragraph, we know that people couldn’t live without _________.

A. fire????????????? B. water????????????? C. books????????????? D. language

2.Dirty water is ________ to our heath.

A. useful????????????? B. kind????????????? C. harmful????????????? D. cruel

3.Many of the rivers are easy to be polluted by __________.

A. schools????????????? B. factories or animals’ waste

C. fish????????????? D. human beings’ waste

4.What’s the topic of 2013 World Water Day?

A. Water and Food.????????????? B. City Water Protection.

C. Water Quality.????????????? D. Water Cooperation.

5.Which of the following is TRUE(对的)?

A. The clean water is enough in China.??????

B. We needn’t any clean water.

C. World Water Day started in 2013.????????

D. We should try our best to protect the clean water.

LIU Qian is a *magician from Taiwan. For the CCTV Spring Festival *Gala he put on two *magic shows. They were very successful. Now many people are mad about magic. We all want to know how to do a *trick!

Liu was a shy boy who was born in 1976. When Liu was 7, he saw a coin trick in a big store. At that moment Liu decided to learn magic. But he didn't go to any magic school. He learned all by himself. He worked really hard at it and he practiced hard to improve his skills. He spent lots of time studying how to play tricks. When he was 8 years old, he could do coin and card tricks really well. Then one day he was able to put on a show for his class. The tricks looked so difficult to his classmates, but Liu thought they didn't need many skills. Once he did one for his classmates. They were so surprised that they didn’t believe it! And then Liu told them how to do the trick. After that, all his classmates spoke highly of him. They all think he was so great. At the age of 12, Liu won an international prize for tricks. This is his first prize for magic. As a super magician, Liu still practices hard today. He may spend three years working on a new show. He wrote a book about tricks and it is one of the best sellers in China.

Many of the teenagers are in love with magic after Liu’s two shows for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. They’re studying how Liu’s tricks work.

（    ）49. Liu became interested in magic when he _______________.

A. went to a famous magic school                       B. saw a coin trick in a big store

C. put on a show for his class                             D. did coin and card trick well

（    ）50. The phrase “spoke highly of” in the passage means______________ in Chinese.

A. 高度评价他                                                        B. 嫉妒他

C. 对他说话很大声                                                 D. 说他坏话

（    ）51. Liu won an international prize at the age of _______________.

A. 7                        B. 8               C. 10             D. 12

（    ）52. Liu Qian makes a great success because _____________.

A. he works really hard                                       B. he can play coin and card tricks

C. he put on a show for his class                         D. he went to a famous magic school