单词拼写 根据所给首字母或中文写出单词（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）

71.  Your v___________ is too small; you need to learn more words.

72. 2010 Shanghai World Expo needs a good many v________ to do the work for free.

73. The word “not” are p          differently in the UK and the USA.

74. Both Pompeii and Loulan became lost c__________ about 2,000 years ago.

75.The old couple have decided to a________ a boy and a girl from Yushu though they have three daughters and two sons of their own .  Zxxk

76.He has a good sense of __________________ (方向).

77. Red is the          ____ (象征) of revolution (革命)

78. ________ ( 不幸地)，he got injured in the football match.

79. It is a pity that so many buildings were ___________(毁坏) in the big fire.

80.Your performance in the driving test didn’t reach the required _______ (标准)----- in

other words , you failed [来源:]

 

 

Cities alarmed by deaths and injuries of pedestrians are taking efforts to make crosswalks safer for people on foot, especially seniors and children who need more time to cross streets.

A pedestrian is killed in a traffic accident in the USA every 110 minutes；one is injured every nine minutes, according to official date. Crosswalk can be especially dangerous for the elderly. Among people 70 and older, 36% of pedestrian deaths in 2006 occurred in crosswalks, compared with 21% of those younger than 70, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

The Federal Highway Administration（FHWA）advises that next year states increase by nearly 15% the amount of time traffic lights provide for pedestrians to cross the street after the flashing orange hand appears .

FHWA spokesman Doug Hecox says reasons for the change include an aging population that needs more time to cross, health-conscious Americans walking more, children encouraged to walk to prevent getting overweight and high gas prices pushing people to walk instead of drive.

Pedestrian deaths went down by 12% from 5,449 in 1996 to 4,784 in 2006. But among those in 2006, 471 were killed in crosswalks, down slightly from 488 ten years earlier, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says.

1.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. Among 100 pedestrian deaths there were 21 people younger than 70.

B. Old people are more likely to meet with accidents in crosswalks.

C. Traffic accidents killed more old people than young people.

D. About seven traffic accidents happened per hour.

2.What is FHWA’s suggestion to states?

A. Fixing more traffic lights.

B. Providing more crosswalks.

C. Giving pedestrians more time to cross streets.

D. Increasing the time before the orange lights appear.

3.What’s the cause of the crosswalk safety problem according to the test?

A. There’re many cars and buses on the road.

B. Pedestrians are careless.

C. Crosswalks are crowded.

D. Drivers don’t give way.

4.The report from NHTSA suggests that              .

A. fewer people were injured in crosswalks

B. crosswalk safety has been greatly improved

C. much has been done to reduce traffic accidents

D. pedestrian deaths in crosswalk remain a serious problem

 

The word “day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning(旋转) of the earth. At the equator(赤道) day and night are sometimes the same length. They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 in the morning and sets at 6 in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted(倾斜) toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere(半球) gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than night. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.

1.When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having ______.

A.both day and night      B.day             C.neither day nor night       D.night

2.A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by ______ of the earth.

A.the pushing          B.the pulling      C.the spinning        D.the passing

3.At the equator day is as long as night ______.

A.sometimes            B.never            C.usually             D.always

4.When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere gets _____ sunlight.

A.less                  B.more              C.all                 D.no

5.When it is winter in China, ______.

A. the USA is tilted toward the sun            

B. the South Pole is tilted away from the sun

C. the North Pole is tilted toward the sun    

D. the North Pole is tilted away from the sun

 

Many Americans have been leaving their cars at home and riding to work on bicycles. Andy Clark is the leader of the League of American Bicyclists. His group supports bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation.

Clark says this is good news for the environment. He says riding a bicycle to work does not burn fossil fuel or creates dangerous pollutions. Experts say the effects are the most important on short trips. The Department of Transportation says fifty percent of Americans drive eight kilometers or fewer to work. Shorter car trips set out more pollution into the air for each kilometer drive. This is because the car engine will set out the harmful air when it warms up before it can work well.

James, a members of Congress (国会), is a strong supporter of bicycle use. He says cities, counties, state governments and state highway transportation agencies are planning the roadways of the future. They are creating roads and paths for bicycles in cities and between communities.

Last year, Portland, the Pacific Northwest city in the state of Oregon, had the highest percentage of bicycle users in the United States. Portland has been doing progressive city planning for many years to create special paths for bike riders.

1. What happened in America now according to the news?

A．Many Americans lost jobs now.

B．Many Americans prefer short trips.

C．There are more and more bicyclists now in America.

D．The pollution is getting worse and worse in America.

2. Where is Portland?

A. One  of the cities in the USA.    B. One of the counties in the USA.

C. One of the states in the USA.    D. A country in the northwest of the USA.

3.What does the underlined word “harmful” mean in the second paragraph? The closest meaning is “_______”.

A．polluted

B．dangerous

C．clean

D．foolish

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Many Americans like bike-riding for fun.

B．Short car trips can reduce pollution.

C．American government suggests people riding bicycles.

D．Many Americans ride bicycles to support environment protection.

 

A teacher of English as a second language is the 2004 Teacher of the Year in the United States .Kathy Mellor of Rhode Island will spend the next year as an international spokeswoman for education. President Bush and his wife, Laura ,honored her during a ceremony at the White House last week.

   For the past nineteen years ,Kathy Mellor has taught English as a second language at Davisville Middle School in North Kingstown, Rhode Island ,in the northeastern United States .She redesigned the program for E.S.L students at her school to provide each student with one to three periods per day in classes for English learners .How much instruction the students get depends on their level of skill in listening ,speaking ,reading and writing. The amount of time they spend in these classes in reduced as their level of English increases.

   A teacher describes this as the most successful E.S.L. program in North Kingstown. She also praises Kathy Mellor for providing help to students and their families by forming a local parents group for speakers of other languages .This improved their ability to help their children.

   Kathy Mellor earned a master’s degree in education from Rhode Island College. She studied teaching English as a second language.

   She was chosen for the national honor of Teacher of the Year from among top teachers in each of the fifty states .As Teacher of the Year ,Kathy Mellor will travel around the United States and to other countries .She will talk about the importance of education and the work of teachers.

1.This passage is mainly about________.

    A．Teacher of the Year 2004 in the United States

    B．Ms Mellor’s English teaching instruction

    C．Ms Mellor’s teaching skills of learning English

    D．praises to Ms Mellor from other teachers

2.What does “E.S.L.” in the passage stand for?

    A．English study learners.             B．English speaking and listening.

    C．English special learners.           D．English as a second language.

3.From this passage we can learn that ________.

    A．middle school teachers from each state are honored Teachers of the Year

    B．middle school teachers in the USA have to get master’s degrees

    C．Ms Mellor’s students have no problems in learning English

D．the American government pays much attention to education