In Singapore, many middle school students spend lots of their time on their studies．Most people think good education is a ticket to success（成功）in their future. So, many of these students try their best to get a good mark in their exams. They have a lot of homework every day and exams are a big trouble. Sometimes, some of them are even made to go to after-school classes.
Schools run activities outside school hours. The students can join in sports and games, music and dance, swimming and climbing, etc. They are also very interested in community service(社区服务)．
In their spare time, most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood blockbusters(大片), Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very popular among them. They understand IT very well. Some of them also spend their free time searching the Internet, e-mailing their friends, playing computer and video games.
They sometimes go to cafes, fast-food restaurants, shopping centers and big bookshops.
So, life as a middle school student in Singapore is not easy but it is rich and colorful.
【小题1】Many students want to get good education to be ________ in the future．

A．popular

B．successful

C．interesting

D．happy

【小题2】_____ __ go to after-school classes in Singapore.

A．A11 of the students	B．Few of the students
C．Not all the students	D．Most of the students

【小题3】According to the passage，most students in Singapore like     _____．

A．Hollywood blockbusters	B．writing to their friends
C．talking to their friends	D．having exams

【小题4】The meaning of the underlined sentence in the passage is       __．

A．the middle school students' life in Singapore is easy.

B．the middle school students' life in Singapore is amazing.

C．the middle school students' life in Singapore is boring.

D．the m.iddle school students' life in Singapore is hard, but it's interesting.

The Mayan（玛雅的）Indians lived in Mexico for thousands of years before the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. The Mayan achievements were many. They had farms, beautiful palaces, and cities with many buildings. The Mayan people knew a lot about nature and the world around them. This knowledge helped them to live a better life than most people of that time, because they could use it to make their lives more comfortable and rewarding（值得的）. Knowledge about tools and farming, for example, made their work easier and more productive.

    The Maya believed in many gods, including rain gods, sun gods, and corn gods. The people built large temples to honor the Mayan gods. Skillful workers built cities around these temples. It was difficult for them to build these cities, because they had no horses to carry the heavy stone they used to build with. Workers had to carry all of the building materials themselves. Today, many of these ancient Mayan cities and temples are still standing.

    Although the cities that the Maya built were beautiful, and the people worked hard to build them, very few of the people lived in them. Usually, only the priests（牧师）lived in the cities.

    The other people lived in small villages in the forests. Their houses were much simpler than the elaborate buildings in the cities. They lived in small huts（小屋）with no windows. The walls were made of poles covered with dried mud, and the roof was made of grass or leaves. Most Maya lived a simple life close to nature.

    The Mayan priests studied the Sun, the Moon, stars, and planets. They made a calendar from what they learned. The year was divided into 18 months of 20 days each with five days left over. The Mayan calendar was far more exact than the European calendars of the time.

    Around the year 800, the Maya left their villages and beautiful cities, never to return. No one knows why this happened. They may have died from some disease. They may have left because the soil could no longer grow crops. Archaeologists（考古学家）are still trying to find the lost secrets of the Maya.

1.What does the underlined word “elaborate’’ mean?

    A. easily built    B. carefully made    C. slowly fixed    D. quickly designed

2.From the passage we can infer（推理）that    .

    A. most Maya lived in beautiful cities

    B. many Mayan cities and temples are still standing

    C. the Maya were intelligent and culturally rich people

    D. the Mayan calendar was the same as European calendars

3.Why it is said that the Mayan people lived a better life than most people of that time?

    A. They had better building skills and housing conditions.

    B. They believed in many gods, and honored the Mayan gods.

    C. They had knowledge about tools and faming.

    D. They studied about nature and the world around them.

4.What can be the best title for this article?

    A. Mayan Gods       B. Mayan Buildings

    C. Productive Maya D. Mysterious（神秘的）Maya

 

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请根据文章大意选择适当的单词并用其适当形式填入文章中,使文章意思完整。(有两项多余选项)

money  recycle  divide  help  for  electricity  brush   hard  nobody  as  take  instead

How did we help to save our earth this week? Let me tell you.

First, my family tried to save ___1___. We never left the lights on when leaving the rooms. We turned off the TV when ___2___ was watching it. Mum only used cold water in the washing machine. Second, we started ___3___ this week. We tried to write on both sides of our paper, not just on one side. We also ___4___ our rubbish into different bags. Mum kept the plastic shopping bags from the supermarket to use them __5___ rubbish bags. Third, my family started to save water. We stopped __6___ long baths and had short showers ___7___. We washed the toilet with used water. Mum and dad used less water to do the washing. My sister and I didn’t leave the tap running when we __8___ our teeth. At last, mum and dad began to save gas. Mum used to drive us to school, but now my sister and I started riding our bikes to school. It is 9____ work but good exercise. This week dad and a few of the people in his company also started to go to work in one car and share the costs.

   These are great ways ___10___ protect our environment.

 

 

Yao Ming was born in China in 1980. Now the big name from China is playing for the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He is the son of two basketball players and he learned how to play basketball when he was young. Now, as one of the stars in the NBA, he is working hard to show the world that Chinese basketball players can do well in this game, too!
Pele was a famous football player. He was born in Brazil in 1940. He started playing for Santos when he was only 16 and he didn't retire（退役） until 1977. He played for Brazil 111 times and he scored 97 international goals. Pele came from a poor family. He started playing football in the streets. He played for Santos and quickly became an international star.
Steffi Graf was born in Germany in 1969. She won the tennis semi-final（半决赛） at Wimbledon in 1985 when she was only 16, but she lost the final to another great tennis player, Martina Navratilova. People were 'surprised at the strength and power of her game. She soon became a famous tennis player and won most of the main matches.
【小题1】Who is the youngest player in the passage?

A．Pele.

B．Yao Ming.

C．Steffi Graft.

D．No one.

【小题2】 __________ comes from South America.

A．Pele

B．Yao Ming

C．Steffi Graft

D．No one

【小题3】Yao Ming began to learn to play basketball __________.

A．when he was 15	B．when he was young
C．when he was tall enough	D．when he was strong enough

【小题4】From the passage, we learn __________.

A．Steffi Graf was born in 1985 in Wimbledon

B．Martina Navratilova was also a tennis player

C．Steffi Graf won few of the main matches

D．Steffi Graf won the tennis final when she was 16

根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
【小题1】The maths problem is so difficult that few of the students can work it out_______ (easy).
【小题2】Jim is a brave man. He always tells_________ (he) to calm down when he meets trouble.
【小题3】Very few of people believe what the boy says because he is_________ (honest).
【小题4】Everyone was very happy because of the famous writer’s _________ (arrive).
【小题5】In the film, the soldiers were excited when they got their________(wife) letters.