Have you ever seen an animal without a head ? There is such an animal ! It has no tail or legs. Its body is full of holes. It eats and breathes but never moves. It lives under water. The water brings the ani8mal air. The water brings the animal little plants and animals to feed on. What animal is it ? It is the sponge（海绵）.

The sponge is a water animal. Some sponges are found where the water is not very deep. Other sponges live on the floor of the sea. Sponges grow in many sizes, shapes, and colors.

Men have been diving for this animal since ancient times. People in ancient times used dried sponges for cleaning and painting.

Men still dive for sponges, Animal sponges are needed for many things. But most sponges sold in the store are not animals. Men make them.

1．What's the name of the animal without a head?

2．Where does the animal live?

3．Why can this kind of animals live without moving?

4．What's the use of the animals for people in ancient times?

5．Are the sponges sold in the store?

Over thirty thousand years ago, people from northern Asia went to America. Today, we call these people Indians.

The Indians went to America because the weather began to change. Northern Asia became very cold. Everything froze. They had to move or die. How did the first Indians go to America? They walked!

Later Columbus found the New World in 1492. At first, only a few Europeans followed. They traveled to America in boats. For the next three hundred years, about 500,000 people went there. Then the number grew very quickly. From 1815 to 1915, over thirty-two million Europeans left their countries and went to the United States. The biggest groups were from Germany and Italy. These Europeans spoke many different languages. Most of them took almost no money. They went to America so that they could find a better life.

1．Who went to America first？

2．Why did the Indians go to America?

3．How did the first Europeans go to America?

4．Did these Europeans speak the same language？

5．From 1815 to 1915, how many Europeans left their countries and went to the United States?

What do you think life on earth will（A）________in 100 years? More comfortable ?More high-tech? Maybe. But many scientists see a different future. （B） They say that by the year 2100 the earth will become a worse place for us to live.

   Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）are warming up the earth, melting（熔化）ice, and raising the level of the oceans. All these changes may bring more disasters（ 灾难）,including earthquakes and floods（ 洪涝）.

   Sounds scary, doesn’t it? Luckily, things may become so bad. Most countries in the world have agreed to slow down earth warming.

   In February, the Kyoto Protocol （京都议定书）began.（C） 这是全世界141个国家间的协议。 They want to produce less greenhouse gas and slow the rising temperature. （D） By 2010,35 developed countries will cut greenhouse gas by 5 percent of the amount they produced in 1990. （E） In order to produce less greenhouse gas, countries have to use cleaner cars and fewer coal power stations. They also need to look for new types of energy（能源）.Countries that signed the agreement include China, Japan, Russia and the countries in the European Union（ 欧盟）.

1．在（A）的空白处填入一个适当的词语：________________

2．将划线部分（B）译成汉语：___________________________

3．将划线部分（C）译成英语：________________________

4．将划线部分（D）译成汉语：______________________________

5．将划线部分（E）改写为：Countries have to use cleaner cars and fewer coal power stations _____________they can produce less greenhouse gas.

A cheap sweater

Mr. Ford saw a nice sweater in the shop window. It was very cheap. So he bought one.

When he went back home he put the sweater on, （B）it was all right and he was pleased with it.

In the afternoon he went out to work in his garden. It soon began to rain, and Mr. Ford had to   （D）   into his house. He ran quickly, but he still got wet.

Then his sweater started to （A）shrink. It got smaller and smaller. Mr. Ford tried to take it off, but he couldn’t.

（C）In the end, with the help of his wife, he got out of the sweater. Mrs. Ford laughed, “You see, you bought a cheap thing, but…”

1．用英语解释A处画线词的意思：

2．翻译B处画线的句子

3．写出C处词组的同义词组

4．在D处填入一个适当的词                      

5．写出文章的中心词或词组                     

假如你是辽宁省实验中学学生李东，最近参加了由辽宁电视台举办的中学生英语演讲比赛并获奖，该台准备组织获奖者去青岛参加一次英语夏令营活动。现就有关事项征求你的意见。请根据下面所提供的信息用英语以书信形式给予答复。

请注意：

1．选择适合你的时间，并说明理由；    

2．选择两项你喜欢的活动，并说明理由；

3．针对活动内容提出至少一个建议；           

4．词数：80～100；          

5．参考词汇 英语夏令营：the English Summer Camp

6．信的开头和结尾已给出。

  Dear Sir or Madam，

  I’m very glad _______________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

   Thank you very much.

                                                       Yours truly,

                                                        Li Dong

Ail my exams were easy and I passed them __________.

A．two days ago                                    B．in two days   

C．for two days                                     D．between two days

The problem is hard to solve. __________.

A．Don't be late                                     B．Have a seat    

C．Use your brain                                    D．Give him the paper

Danny chose some _______ for lunch. It's ￥8.

A．salads                 B．soup          C．oil            D．chicken legs

Mrs. Li is taking Polly and Mickey across the street. She is ______ mother.

A．her             B．your           C．his            D．their

Lo is poor at painting pictures. He _______ paint them well.

A．mustn't                 B．must                C．can't                D．can