Napoga is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana, Africa．It is hard for her family to get clean water．Every morning, she leaves home at 5：30 to get clean water for her family in a village far away．It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily cooking and drinking．She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends．Millions of people in the world are like Napoga．They can’t get enough clean water to keep healthy．

Water covers 70% of the earth’s surface．But most of that is sea water．We can’t use it for very many things．Fresh water covers only 1% of the earth’s surface．

You probably feel lucky that your life isn’t as hard as Napoga’s．But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry about water．We all face serious water problems．One of them is water pollution．All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes, and oceans dirty．Polluted water is very bad for people to drink．And dirty water is bad for fish, too．Now, 34% of all kinds of fish are dying out．

How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First, they pollute the air．Then, when it rains, the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty．Dirty rain, called acid rain, is also bad for plants, animals and buildings．

Scientists say that in 30 years, over half of the people in the world won’t have enough clean water．We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children．

1．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

　 A．On the earth, there is very little water for our living

　 B．Acid rain doesn’t do harm to people, but it’s bad for plants, animals and buildings

　 C．We don’t need to worry about water because water covers 70% of the earth’s surface.

　 D．34% of all kinds of fish are dying out because of cars and factories make our water dirty

2．Every morning Napoga went to get clean water _______.

　 A．before she went to school B．after she finished school

　 C without going to school 　　 D．after she played with her friends

3．The following is taken from the passage:

　　 Earth Day is April 22．But on all other days, we must also remember it．The water we use is the most important natural resource on the earth.

We can put it __________

　 A．between Paragraph 1 & Paragraph 2

　 B．between Paragraph 2 & Paragraph 3

　 C．between Paragraph 3 & Paragraph 4

　 D．between Paragraph 4 & Paragraph 5

4．According to the last paragraph , perhapas the author will give _______ in the following paragraphs．

　 A．some advice for saving water

　 B．how to protect water from acid rain

　 C．the importance of natural resource on the earth.

　 D．how to make full use of sea water

 

　

第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

Text One

1. How long has the woman collected stamps?

A. One year. B. Two years. C. Three years.

Text Two

2.What is the woman's feeling towards her work?

A. She is disappointed. B. She is excited. C. She is satisfied.

Text Three

2. Who's going to speak to the woman next?

A. The operator. B. The manager. C. The secretary.

Text Four

4. How long is the Changjiang River?

A. About 6,000 kilometres. B. About 5,000 kilometres. C. About 4,000 kilometres.

Text Five

5. Where are the speakers?

A. In an office. B. In a classroom. C. In a hotel.

第二节 （共15小题）

Text 6

6. Which flight does the man take actually?

A. The 8:30 flight. B. The 20:30 flight. C. The 9:30.

7. What do you know about the flight which the man planned to take?

A. The tickets are all sold out. B. It has changed its taking-off time.

C. The plane is too crowded.

Text Seven

8. What did the woman do last night?

A. She cooked a good meal. B. She invited Lanlan to dinner. C. She had a wonderful dinner.

9. What do you know about Jim?

A. He is good at cooking. B. He is an old man. C. He likes good food.

Text Eight

10. What is the man's plan for his future?

A. Take a business course in Shanghai.

B. Learn some English in Shanghai.

C. Do some business in Shanghai.

11. What can you tell about the man?

A. He used to live in Shanghai. B. He used to live in Xi'an. C. He used to live in Beijing.

12. What do the two speakers agree to?

A. Going to the evening school. B. Improving their English. C. Practising business.

Text Nine

13. Where does the man work?

A. In a bank. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hotel.

14. Where does the woman work?

A. In a bank. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hotel.

15. Does the man think his work is hard?

A. Yes , he does . B. No , he doesn't . C. It is difficult to answer.

16. How did the man spend last Saturday?

A. He prepared for working in a bank.

B. He had a good time in a hotel.

C. He was very busy receiving guests.

Text Ten

17. What is the speaker's favourite subject when he was at school?

A. Language. B. Maths. C. Physics.

18. Why did he like to learn his subject?

A. He liked training people. B. He liked solving problems. C. He liked explaining things.

19. How many students did he give his make-up lessons to?

A. Four . B. Two. C. Three.

20. Why did he refuse the parents' pay?

A. Because he loved to help his teacher.

B. Because he loved to help his parents.

C. Because he loved to be a maths teacher.

    A straight-A student got a C in her cooking class and didn’t like it．She didn’t like it so much that her dad filed a complaint in federal court about it．He said that the teacher, who is white，discriminated against his daughter, who is black．He hoped to have her grade changed from a C to an A and asked for unspecified financial damages(赔偿金)．

    Virginia Brown is in the ninth grade at Ashley High School．Since her first year in school, she had perfect attendance and all her grades had been A's．Virginia’s father said her heart was broken when she got the C．

    “She cried the whole weekend,” he said. “She wouldn’t come out of her room．My little girl hasn’t been so upset since her cat was run over by a car when she was 6 years old．’’

    Virginia is a model student and is the class president．She’s on：the swim team，the volleyball team，and the track team．She also belongs to the chess club…

    The home economics teacher is 28-year-old Jessica Smith．This is her first year teaching．Ms. Smith said that discrimination (歧视) was absolutely not the issue．“Some of my best friends are African-Americans,” she said. “This isn’t a black and white problem．Everybody in America wants to charge everybody else．I’m going to charge them with defamation(诽谤)of character and whatever else my lawyer comes up with．”

    The school principal said that he supported Ms．Smith l00％. He said that Virginia was an excellent student who would have no problem getting into the best universities even with a C in cooking．“She won’t have any difficulty finding a great university, but she might have problems finding a husband,” he laughed．“She’d better look for a mail who likes to eat out a lot.”

51．Virginia’s father filed a complaint in federal court because he thought        

  A．his daughter was upset about her grade

  B．the teacher looked down upon his daughter

  C．his daughter took too many courses at school

  D．the school was not fair to excellent students

52．Which of the following cannot be used to describe Virginia?

  A．She always get s A’s in her courses．

  B．She is equal to her position in the class．

  C．She does with her weakness properly．

  D，She is keen on school activities，

53．The fifth paragraph implies that Jessica Smith          

 A．doesn't give pupils right grades     B．is not good at cooking herself

 C．1ikes making friends with blacks    D．intends to fight back in court

54．The principal spoke jokingly to show that          

A．it will be hard for Virginia to find a husband

B．universities care little about cooking course

C．even top students have their weak points

D．Virginia should try to learn to cook well

55．What can we infer from the passage?

A．Virginia’s grade will be changed to an A．

B．Virginia is probably poor at cooking．

C．Mr. Brown is sure to win in the end．

D．Jessica Smith will be removed from her job．

　

第1节

Text One

1. How long has the woman collected stamps?

A. One year. B. Two years. C. Three years.

Text Two

2.What is the woman’s feeling towards her work?

A. She is disappointed. B. She is excited. C. She is satisfied.

Text Three

3. Who’s going to speak to the woman next?

A. The operator. B. The manager .C. The secretary.

Text Four

4. How long is the Changjiang River?

A. About 6,000 kilometres. B. About 5,000 kilometres. C. About 4,000 kilometres.

Text Five

5. Where are the speakers?

A. In an office. B. In a classroom. C. In a hotel.

第2节

Text 6

6. Which flight does the man take actually?

A. The 8:30 flight. B. The 20:30 flight. C. The 9:30.

7. What do you know about the flight which the man planned to take?

A. The tickets are all sold out. B. It has changed its taking-off time. C. The plane is too crowded.

Text Seven

8. What did the woman do last night?

A. She cooked a good meal. B. She invited Lanlan to dinner. C. She had a wonderful dinner.

9. What do you know about Jim?

A. He is good at cooking. B. He is an old man. C. He likes good food.

Text Eight

10. What is the man’s plan for his future?

A. Take a business course in Shanghai. B. Learn some English in Shanghai.

C. Do some business in Shanghai.

11. What can you tell about the man?

A. He used to live in Shanghai. B. He used to live in Xi’an. C. He used to live in Beijing.

12. What do the two speakers agree to?

A. Going to the evening school. B. Improving their English. C. Practising business.

Text Nine

13. Where does the man work?

A. In a bank. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hotel.

14. Where does the woman work?

A. In a bank. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hotel.

15. Does the man think his work is hard?

A. Yes, he does. B. No, he doesn’t. C. It is difficult to answer.

16. How did the man spend last Saturday?

A. He prepared for working in a bank. B. He had a good time in a hotel.

C. He was very busy receiving guests.

Text Ten

17. What is the speaker’s favourite subject when he was at school?

A. Language. B. Maths. C. Physics.

18. Why did he like to learn his subject?

A. He liked training people. B. He liked solving problems. C. He liked explaining things.

19. How many students did he give his make-up lessons to?

A. Four. B. Two. C. Three.

20. Why did he refuse the parents’ pay?

A. Because he loved to help his teacher. B. Because he loved to help his parents.

C. Because he loved to be a maths teacher.