Why do plants grow in some places and not in others? Why does some land have so much growing on it, while other land has almost no plants growing on it at all?

To grow, plants need several things. One is warmth. In very cold places almost nothing grows. Plants also need water. In very dry parts of the earth only a few unusual plants can grow. That’s why dry deserts everywhere are almost not covered by trees or grass.

Plants must also have a place in which to put down their roots and grow. They find it difficult to grow on hard land. The town is built on hard land. The plants here have only the soil found between the cracks of the stones to grow in.

Another thing plants must have before they can grow is food.

What will happen if we try to make things grow on the sandy beach? A few plants, such as beach grass, will grow in sand, but most plants won’t. Even if the weather is warm enough and we water the plants each day, many of them will die because the sand on this beach has almost no food for plants.

1.What things don’t most plants need to grow well according to the passage?

A．Warmth.              B．Food.                C．Sandy beach

2.What does the underlined word “cracks” mean in the passage?

A．表面             B．缝隙                 C．夹层

3.From the passage, we know that it is        for plants to grow in dry places.

A．difficult                B．impossible           C．important

4.The reason why most plants can’t grow on the sandy beach is that       .

A．there isn’t enough sunlight

B．there is too much water

C．it has little food for plants

5.The passage can most probably be found in a        book.

A．science              B．history              C．travel

This summer, Liu Hongcan, a 30-year-old Chongqing woman, had to say goodbye to her daughter again. She sent her little girl to Guizhou province to stay with her daughter’s grandparents for the summer vacation ______________ in Chongqing.

A list of “hottest cities” in China came out last month. Chongqing is No.1 on the list. Fuzhou and Hangzhou take the second and third place.

The list is based on a “heat index”(热指数).It uses temperature and humidity date(湿度数据)1981 to 2011.The scientists tried to learn how hot the weather was over a period of time, and find out how people feel.

High humidity will stop heat leaving the body. It makes people feel worse on high-temperature. Dryness, on the other hand, can allow heat to leave the body.

In July this year, Chongqing saw 25 days of high temperature (over 35℃). Forty-eight people in the city had heatstroke from the start of April to the middle of August, the local health bureau(卫生局) said.

Chongqing people have to look for different ways to cool down. Throwing themselves into water is a good choice. Lin Jing, a worker at the Caribbean Water Park has received more guests this summer than before. About 15,000 people have visited the park a day during this year’s hot season.

1.Which one should be put in the underlined of the first paragraph?

A. because it is too dry                       B. because it’s too hot   

C. because there is too much humidity           D. because it is too wet

2.According to the temperature, the order is_________.

A. Chongqing,  Hangzhou,   Fuzhou,     Ningbo  

B. Fuzhou,     Chongqing,  Hangzhou,   Ningbo

C.Chongqing,  Fuzhou,      Hangzhou,   Ningbo  

D. Ningbo,    Fuzhou,      Chongqing,  Hangzhou

3.How can humidity make people feel?

A. High humidity can make people uncomfortable.

B. High humidity can make people comfortable.

C. Low humidity can make people uncomfortable.

D. Low humidity will stop heat leaving the body

4.How many days of high temperature (over 35℃) did Ningbo probably have in July?

A.20          B.25           C.30              D.24

5.Where is the passage probably from?

A. Movies.       B. Story book.     C. Newspaper.    D. Science book.

This summer, Liu Hongcan, a 30-year-old Chongqing woman, had to say goodbye to her daughter again. She sent her little girl to Guizhou province to stay with her daughter’s grandparents for the summer vacation ______________ in Chongqing.

A list of “hottest cities” in China came out last month. Chongqing is No.1 on the list. Fuzhou and Hangzhou take the second and third place.

The list is based on a “heat index”(热指数).It uses temperature and humidity date(湿度数据)1981 to 2011.The scientists tried to learn how hot the weather was over a period of time, and find out how people feel.

High humidity will stop heat leaving the body. It makes people feel worse on high-temperature. Dryness, on the other hand, can allow heat to leave the body.

In July this year, Chongqing saw 25 days of high temperature (over 35℃). Forty-eight people in the city had heatstroke from the start of April to the middle of August, the local health bureau(卫生局) said.

Chongqing people have to look for different ways to cool down. Throwing themselves into water is a good choice. Lin Jing, a worker at the Caribbean Water Park has received more guests this summer than before. About 15,000 people have visited the park a day during this year’s hot season.

1.Which one should be put in the underlined of the first paragraph?

A. because it is too dry?????????????????????? B. because it’s too hot???

C. because there is too much humidity?????????? D. because it is too wet

2.According to the temperature, the order is_________.

A. Chongqing,? Hangzhou,?? Fuzhou,???? Ningbo??

B. Fuzhou,???? Chongqing,? Hangzhou,?? Ningbo

C.Chongqing,? Fuzhou,????? Hangzhou,?? Ningbo??

D. Ningbo,??? Fuzhou,????? Chongqing,? Hangzhou

3.How can humidity make people feel?

A. High humidity can make people uncomfortable.

B. High humidity can make people comfortable.

C. Low humidity can make people uncomfortable.

D. Low humidity will stop heat leaving the body

4.How many days of high temperature (over 35℃) did Ningbo probably have in July?

A.20????????? B.25?????????? C.30????????????? D.24

5.Where is the passage probably from?

A. Movies.?????? B. Story book.???? C. Newspaper.??? D. Science book.

This is a talk by a London taxi driver.

     "I've been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis."

    "It's a nice job most of time. you meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles (???) outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon."

    "I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning."

    "Some very strange things happened late at night .The other day I was taking a woman home from a party .She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows."

    "I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on . I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief(С?).

    Luckily the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!"

1..The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _____.

A. drive      B. make money     C. climb in through the window    D. meet a lot of people

2.The woman climbed in through the window because _____.

    A. she wanted to have a sleep      B. her husband didn't open the door for her

    C. she didn't want to pay the driver  D. she couldn't find her key

3..The story happened _____.

A. early in the morning         B. late at night

C. 20 miles outside London    D. near the police station

4.Which of the following is wrong?

A. The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning. 

B. The police made a mistake.

  C. The woman had no money to pay the driver.

  D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.

5..The driver climbed in through the window to

  A. get money from the woman          B. return the dog to the woman

  C. see what was happening in the house   D. phone the police

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April 22 is Earth Day. Everyone on earth should care about and protect the earth! The earth has warmed by about 1 °F over the past 100 years, but why and how? Well, scientists are not quite sure. Maybe the earth gets warmer and warmer on its own. __1__

First, greenhouse effect (效应) is a very important reason for the change of the earth. People give out too much energy into the air every year. It makes the earth warmer. __2__Sometimes it becomes too hot and sometimes too cold. Sometimes there is too much rain and sometimes too little. The change of the climate makes the earth warmer. In turn, the warmth of the earth changes the climate, too.

When the earth becomes warmer, there may be more rain and a rise in sea level. __3___ On a Pacific island, 100 people have to move to higher ground because the sea is rising. These people can no longer live on the coast. Before that, two islands without people went underwater in 1999. Scientists say that the seas can rise by nearly one metre by 2100.

People can affect the earth's air, land and water. As for us, we can do many things to protect the earth. __4___ We can tell more people about protecting the earth.

A.So it will affect the growth of plants, animals and people.

B. But many scientists say that people are doing many things which make the earth warmer.

C.For example, we can use fridges less.

D. People in many cities turn off the lights for an hour on that day.

E.Another important reason is climate change.