—________ will your headmaster come back from Australia?

—In a few days．

A．How often                     B．How soon               C．How fast                D．How much

—Would you like to go fishing with me?

—I don’t feel like it．I would rather _________ at home and have a sleep．

A．stay                 B．to stay             C．staying                  D．stayed

To tell the truth , not only you but also she ________ given away all the pocket money to Project Hope．

A．have                B．has              C．a(chǎn)re               D．is

Last week when she walked____ the lake, she saw someone _______ in it．

A．passed, swim                                             B．passed, swimming

C．past, swim                                                        D．past, swimming

Liu Qian, as a little boy, was so _____ his own magic world that he seldom went out to play with other children．

A．good at            B．mad about             C．popular with            D．a(chǎn)fraid of

_______ I know, many thousands of tourists from the Mainland have been to Taiwan．

A．As soon as              B．As well as               C．As much as             D．As far as

The passenger told the police he couldn’t believe ______ at first．

A．what does the captain say                                   B．what the captain says

C．what did the captain say                              D．what the captain said

—How fantastic your paintings are!

—_________

A．Thank you!             B．Of course!              C．Just so so            D．Really?

Many scientists say that the world is getting hotter and hotter．If they are right , the ice at the North and South Pole will melt eventually．If this happens, the sea will  1  and may cover most  2  all of Singapore．This will force everybody to move to a  3  country．

       We know that the sun  4  the earth．The heat from the sun hits the  5  , and some of 6  goes back into the sky．However, factories and cars  7  a lot of carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）．When the gas rises into the sky, the heat from the sun can come  8  them but the heat from the ground cannot．It  9  near us in the sky and makes the  10  hotter and hotter every year．

Scientists call this the “greenhouse effect” because a greenhouse is a small glass  11  which is hot inside．It is used for  12  plants in cool countries．Many countries are  13  about the greenhouse effect．They are trying to stop factories and cars from sending  14  gases into the sky．Scientists are not sure when the world will get much hotter．Some people say that the greenhouse effect has  15  already and has begun to affect the world’s weather．

1．A．rise                          B．fall                         C．change                   D．disappear

2．A．a(chǎn)nd                          B．or                           C．but                         D．till

3．A．better                       B．larger                      C．safer                      D．farther

4．A．shines                   B．circles                    C．covers                    D．heats

5．A．ground                     B．sky                         C．mountain                D．forest

6．A．them                        B．it                            C．those                      D．such

7．A．make                        B．spread                    C．produce                  D．from

8．A．through                    B．over                       C．into                        D．toward

8．A．hides                        B．continues                C．follows                   D．stays

10．A．cloud                      B．a(chǎn)ir                          C．season                    D．temperature

11．A．building                   B．flat                         C．tool                        D．machine

12．A．putting                    B．storing                    C．cutting                    D．growing

13．A．excited                   B．disappointed            C．worried                  D．pleased

14．A．dangerous               B．harmful                   C．heavy                     D．useful

15．A．meant                     B．improved                C．started                    D．stopped

Different people have different ideas about time．People in the USA think that it is important to know the time．In cities in America, there are clocks in stations , factories and other buildings．Radio tells the correct time during the day．Most Americans also have watches with them wherever they go．They want to do certain things at certain time．They don’t like to be late．

But time is not so important to everybody in the world．When you visit a country in South America, you will find that people there don’t like to rush．If you had an appointment with somebody, he could probably be late, because he may not want to arrive on time．

In South America, even the radio program may not begin on time．The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time．People in South America think that clocks or watches are just machines．They think that you let a clack or a watch control your life if you do everything on time．

1．Time is very important to _______．    

       A．people in North America                              B．people in South America

       C．the men on the radio                                          D．everybody in the world

2．The underlined word “control” probably means _______ in Chinese．

       A．改變                      B．控制                       C．創(chuàng)造                      D．?dāng)[脫

3．People in South America think __________

       A．they wouldn’t like to meet friends in public places

       B．they don’t have to do certain things at certain time

       C．it’s wrong of a radio station to tell wrong time

       D．it’s their habit to be a little earlier

4．What is the best title of the passage?

       A．Is your life relaxing?

       B．Most radio tell the exact time?

       C．Different people have different ideas about time．

       D．Differences between North and South America are everywhere．