I think ______ is necessary ______ us to do something useful to protect the birds.

A. this; for        B. it; of           C. this; of         D. it; for

I really wanted to help those homeless children in the flooded areas, ______ I donated all the pocket money that I had saved for months.

A. so           B. because          C. since            D. for

--- May I use your dictionary, please?

--- Sorry. My dictionary      . I’ve looked for it everywhere but I ______ it yet.

A. has lost; don’t find                B. is missing; haven’t found

C. has lost; haven’t found             D. is missing; don’t find

______ of the workers in the computer factory is about two thousand, and ______ of them are women workers.

A. The number; second third         B. A number; three quarters

C. A number; half second                D. The number; two thirds

        weather! Shall we go to the park?

______. Let’s go.

A. What a fine, Sounds great           B. What fine, Sounds great

C. What a fine, You’re right          D. What fine, You’re right

What did John ask you just now?

--- He wanted to know how long _________ when I reached the cinema.

A. had the film been on            B. the film had started

C. the film had lasted              D. had the film ended

Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was only twelve years old, Jeff had cancer. Doctors had to 　16　 off most of his right leg.

　17　 Jeff puts on an artificial leg(假肢). The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg, Jeff can ski, ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.

Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, 　18　. They decided to  　19　 across America. They all wore special T-shirts. 　20　 it was “Run, Jeff, Run, Jeff Keith’s Run Across America”.

Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west 　21　 he was twenty-two years old. He started running in Boston(波士頓). Seven 　22　 later, he stopped 　23　 in Los Angeles（洛杉磯）. He ran 3,200 miles (1 mile = 1.6093km). Jeff wore out thirty-six pairs 　24　 running shoes and five plastic legs. Jeff 　25　 in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff, 　26　 for the American Cancer Society. The Society used the money to help people know 　27　 about cancer.

On the way to Los Angeles, Jeff talked to people about 　28　. Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer(律師). Jeff says, “People can do 　29　 they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran 　30 for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”

1.A. take       　B. cut            C. put               D. set

2. A. Every day 　B. One day      C. Some day       D. A day

3. A. also      　B. too            C. either           D. neither

4.A. walk       　B. fly            C. swim         D. run

5. A. On              B. In         C. With          D. Above

6.A. while      　B. because        C. when          D. if

7. A. months    　   B. days        C. hours            D. minutes

8.A. running      B. to run     C. walking      D. to walk

9.A. at     　B. for            C. in               D. of

10.A. reached   　B. studied        C. stopped      D. started

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

12.A. more　　　 B. less        C. fewer            D. little

13.A. cancer    　 B. walk      C. society      D. America

14.A. any       　 B. thing     C. nothing  D. anything

15. A. not only    B. not       C. only         D. just

For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable” in the same way: 

“She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable color.”

    But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages.

Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.

    Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspaper, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours. New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.

1. From this passage we know that “fashion” means ______.

A. clothes                          B. many things

C. most of the popular things           D. everything

2.Today fashions change very quickly because _______.

A. people read newspaper every day

B. radios send information from one country to another

C. new things that people like are often shown on TV

D. people quickly learn what is happening in the world

3.“There is money in fashion” means ______.

A. clothes are expensive                B. money comes from fashion

C. people like new things           D. fashions make big money

4. The best title for the passage is ______.

A. Fashions                         B. Fashion mean clothes

C. Fashion means money              D.A fashionable

Cross Income(總收入)=$26000;  Income Tax(收入稅)= $6000 

Net Income (純收入) =$20000.

(Net Income = Gross Income — Income Tax)

The circle shows how Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their two children spend their family income. Mr. Brown is the only wage earner (靠工資為生的人). Mrs. Brown is a housewife. The children are too young to do any part-time work.

1.How many people earn money for the family? ___________

A. One          B. Two          C. Three            D. Four

2.How much of the net income is spent on housing? ______________

A. $2000        B. $3000            C. $4000        D. $5000

3.$3000 is Tespent on _____________.

A. telephone Power Rates            B. Food   

C. Motor Vehicle（交通 ）       D. Clothing and Incidentals

4.If the Brown family decided to sell their car, how much extra money wouldn’t they have to spend?_____________

A. $28000       B. $2000            C. $26000       D. $4000

People often say that the earth is like our mother. She gives life to all the living things on the earth and provides us with air, food, water and other essential things we need for living.

Once she was beautiful and rich, but now she becomes dirtier and dirtier, poorer and poorer. It is due to what we have done to her. Please have a good look at her: polluted rivers and lakes, growing deserts, the destruction of the forests and wild life, and the depletion (消耗，用盡) of the ozone layer (臭氧層)...

Can she bear to see her children putting the waste here and there? Can she bear to see her children cutting down the trees and destroying the grassland, to see the acid rain destroying everything? Can we bear to see our mother suffering (受苦) so much? Isn’t it time for us to ask ourselves whether this is the way to treat our mother?

Floods, droughts, acid rain..., these are the punishments (懲罰) from nature. Everyone should know that there is only one earth. If we go on treating her like this, it won’t be fit for us to live in any longer. It’s time for us to love her, take good care of her and cure her. We should save the earth so as to save ourselves.

1. What does the earth look like now?

A. It has clean rivers, lakes and green forests.

B. It is like a beautiful girl.

C. It is more beautiful and richer.

D. It is dirtier and dirtier, poorer and poorer.

2. What is the meaning of the underlined word?

A. Know     B. Stand     C. Imagine     D. Hear

3. What is the best title of the passage?

A. The earth—our mother.

B. Defenders of the Earth (地球衛(wèi)士).

C. The earth is very beautiful and healthy.

D. The water on the earth is very clean.