In the 13th century, Marco Polo travelled a long way to China. He was a famous Italian 31 During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he 32 was that the Chinese used paper money. People in 33 coun­tries didn't use paper money until the 17th century. However,people in China began to use paper money in the 10th century. 34     was invented by a Chinese about 2 000 years ago. His name was Cai Lun. He then 35 these pieces of paper together and made them into a 36 .

Now paper mainly comes from trees. We use it every day. 37 we waste a lot of it. If we keep on doing so, people 38 cut down many more trees. Then there will not be any trees left. If there are no 39 , there will be no paper.

So how can we 40 paper? When we mak­ing notes,we can use 41 sides of each piece of paper. We  can  buy  drinks  in bottles instead of 42  in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs ( 棉手帕) and not the paper ones.

43  we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the salesman gives us a paper bag, we can keep it and 44  it later. We can help to protect trees if we think 45 . We should to it now,before it is too late.

1.	A．traveller B．actor C．doctor D．driver

 

2.	A．disliked B．disagreed C．invented D．discovered

 

3.	A．Eastern B．Western C．Southern D．Northern

 

4.	A．Iron B．Paper C．Television D．Silk

 

5.	A．collected B．divided C．moved D．put

 

6.	A．magazine B．newspaper C．book D．dictionary

 

7.	A．Sometime B．Some time C．Sometimes D．Some times

 

8.	A．have to B．mustn't C．used to D．shouldn't

9. A. books         B. trees          C, leaves        D. factories

10.	A．make B．use C．save D．buy

 

11.	A．all B．each C．every D．both

 

12.	A．them B．those C．these D．ones

 

13.	A．Before B．After C．As soon as D．When

 

14.	A．repair B．record C．reuse D．return

 

15.	A．carefully B．badly C．quickly D．freely

 

Mike didn’t do his English homework. The teacher asked him    31  . “I’m sorry, I   32  .” “But why did you forget?” “It didn’t seem   33   or important,” said Mike. “Are you going to punish (惩罚)me?” asked Mike. “   34  . The punishment is for me. I didn’t teach you well,” said the teacher.

“Thank you,” said Mike. “You are the best    35  in the world. I can never know as much as you , but you taught me a lot.” “How can I be a good teacher if the students do not know more than me? I will not succeed until that happens,”   36  the teacher.

Mike’s   37   teacher was a strict（严厉的） man.. Every day Mike played the same piece of music,and the teacher said it was not good and he must practise   38  . After two years of hard work, Mike left and felt sad.   39  when he played it in public, everyone said it was perfect, and he found he could play other pieces of music easily.   

What do you think of these two   40  ?

1.	A．how B．what C．why D．when

 

2.	A．forgot B．forgets C．forget D．was forgetting

 

3.	A．interest B．to interest C．interested D．interesting

 

4.	A．Yes B．No C．Of course D．OK

 

5.	A．student B．doctor C．scientist D．teacher

 

6.	A．asked B．said C．cried D．laughed

 

7.	A．Maths B．music C．Chinese D．PE

 

8.	A．more B．a little C．many D．a lot of

 

9.	A．And B．So C．Or D．But

 

10.	A．students B．doctors C．teachers D．artistst

 

When are you an adult (成年人)？

When do you think you are an adult ? Maybe different __31_ have different ideas.

Now let’s see what some American teenagers(青少年)say .

Sam: In  32 idea ,you are an adult at the  33  of 18. That’s when you can vote(投票)。You can help to   34  who rules(统治)the whole country .That’s also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn’ t vote   35 he was 21.They changed（改变） it to 18 in 1971.

Jenny：I don’t 36  it’s hard to say . I can drive a car at 16, can’t I ?When you have a driver’s licence , you can 37 it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things .  38    sixteen must be the age when you change from a  39  person to an adult.Because you can tell others you are not a  40   any more .

Suzie : Well , I think there is  41   wrong with American laws for when young people can  42  things . I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think 18 is a grown-up,  43  16 isn’t .But then I can’t drink wine（酒）until I’m 21 ! If I’m 44   an adult at 18, how can people stop me from  45   a cup of beer in a bar ?

1.	A．teenagers B．adults C．drivers D．grandfather

 

2.	A．his B．my C．her D．your

3..

A．age

B．end

C．front

D．number

 

4.	A．make B．keep C．choose（选择） D．teach

 

5.	A．after B．until C．when D．if

 

6.	A．hope B．want C．like D．think

 

7.	A．show B．send C．ask D．pass

 

8.	A．But B．And C．So D．Or

 

9.	A．old B．young C．little D．tall

 

10.	A．baby B．group-up C．boy D．kid

 

11.	A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing

 

12.	A．do B．buy C．like D．borrow

13.A,as if           B.even though    C.ever since    D.above all

14.	A．already B．still C．also D．yet

 

15.	A．selling B．making C．drinking D．giving

 

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　　It happened at about 6 yesterday evening, when I was coming home from work. Whenever I can, I walk to work except when it's __1__ because I like the exercise. I was coming down Station Road, and just as I was walking past No.38, I heard a noise. It was such a loud noise that I __2__ I knew that a lot of people lived alone on this street, so I was a bit worried. At first, I didn't know what to do. I went up to the front door and listened to see if I could hear something. __3__ the front door was open, so I __4__ the door and went in. It was so dark that I couldn't see anything, although my __5__ soon got used to it.

　　I went into the kitchen, and there on the __6__ lay an old woman. __7__ she had been badly beaten up, she was still alive luckily. I __8__ her phone and dialed 999. I stayed with her until the ambulance arrived. And later when the __9__ came, she had woken up and told them about what had happened. Actually, she had been working in her __10__ when a man jumped on her. She didn't see him, and she didn't hear him, either.

　　The old woman is now in hospital, and I hope she will be well soon.

(1）A．cloudy	B．rainy
C．sunny	D．windy
(2）A．stopped	B．ran away
C．thought	D．shouted out
(3）A．In time	B．At once
C．In fact	D．At first
(4）A．locked	B．broke
C．knocked	D．pushed
(5）A．eyes	B．head
C．ears	D．hands
(6）A．bed	B．floor
C．table	D．wall
(7）A．Since	B．As
C．Although	D．After
(8）A．rang	B．called
C．received	D．found
(9）A．doctors	B．strangers
C．police	D．soldiers
(10）A．garden	B．bedroom
C．living-room	D．kitchen

My dad was a fisherman，and he loved the sea. He had a boat，but it was ___35___to make a living on the sea. He worked hard and stayed out ___36___he caught enough(足够的)fish for the family.

When the weather was ___37___, my father didn’t work，and he drove me to school. Before he left，he would give me a big kiss(亲吻)on the face ___38___tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing(尴尬的)for me.

I remembered(记住)the day. I was 12 years old. I thought I was too old for a good-bye kiss. We got to school and came to a stop. He had his usual big smile and started to kiss ___39___ before he left, but I put my hand up and said，“No，dad. ”It was the ___40___time that I talked to him in that way. and he felt very surprised(惊讶的).

I said，“Dad，I’m too old for a good-bye kiss. I’m too old for any kind of kiss. ”My dad looked at me ___41___a long time, and his eyes were filled with tears. I never saw him ___42___. “You are right，”he said，“You are a big boy…a ___43___. I won’t kiss you any more.”

It wasn’t long after that when my dad went to the sea and never came back. I was so sad that I wanted one more ___44___from my father.

1.                A．easy           B．hard           C．careful   D．careless

 

2.                A．if             B．when          C．until D．after

 

3.                A．bad            B．fine            C．cold D．hot

 

4.                A．but            B．so             C．or   D．and

 

5.                A．you            B．me            C．him D．her

 

6.                A．one           B．next           C．first D．last

 

7.                A．for            B．in             C．of   D．on

 

8.                A．smile          B．cry            C．say D．move

 

9.                A．boy            B．child           C．man D．baby

 

10.               A．time           B．look           C．thing D．kiss