1.1. We should protect e_______ animals.

2. Money is a_______ in some situations.

3. It’s very important to choose a p_______ time to visit friends.

4.He is an o_________ student. He has been abroad for a long time.

5.What is his p_________ in doing this?

Modern zoos are different from old zoos of fifty years ago. In old zoos people could see animals from many parts of the world. The animals lived in cages. The zoo keepers(飼養(yǎng)員) took good care of them, but many of the animals did not feel well, and they often fell ill.

In modern zoos, people can see animals in more natural conditions(自然條件). The animals are free in larger places. Trees and grass grow in cages and water runs through the places. There is often a deep pool filled with water in it. In an American zoo, visitors can see some small animals and many birds when they walk through a big special cage, and it is large enough for the birds to live naturally.

   Modern zoos not only show animals to visitors, but also keep and save rare(稀罕的) animals. For this reason, people in the future will still be able to enjoy watching these animals.

1. Where did the animals live in old zoos?

   ________________________________________________

2. Were the animals taken good care of in the old zoos?

________________________________________________

3. What can visitors see when they walk through a big special cage in a modern zoo?

   ________________________________________________

4. What else do modern zoos do besides showing animals to visitors?

   ________________________________________________

5. What do you think of the animals living in modern zoos?

   ________________________________________________

The Inventions

    Paper was first made in the year 105. It was made by a Chinese named Cai Lun.

    For over 500 years paper was made only in China. People in Japan learned of paper around the year 600. As years went by, people in other places began to make paper.

    The lead（鉛）pencil is not made of lead. It is made of graphite（石墨）. People found graphite in 1564. They thought it was a kind of lead. Today we still call pencils “l(fā)ead pencils”. The first pencils were made by putting strings（線）around sticks of graphite.

    The first wooden pencils were made by Kasper Faber in Germany in 1761.

Erasers（橡皮）like those we use today were first made in France by a man named Magellan in 1752. It was Hyman L. Lipman who first put eraser on the ends of pencils. And that is how the pencils came to be.

（�。�6. How many years earlier was paper made in China than in Japan?

    A. About 100 years.                B. About 400 years.

    C. More than 500 years.             D. 495 years

（�。�7. Germans made paper _________.

    A. earlier than Japan                B. later than Japan

    C. as early as Japan                 D. as late as Japan

（　）8. At first pencils were made of ________.

    A. wood                     B. lead          C. sticks                   D. string and graphite

（�。�9. Kasper Faber was ________.

    A. an Englishman               B. a Frenchman

    C. a German                      D. an American

（　）10. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

    A. Paper was first made in China.

    B. Graphite isn’t a kind of lead.

    C. The first wooden pencils were made in Germany.

    D. Hyman L. Lipman made the first erasers.

　 Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset（不安的）if your English friends don’t invite you home. It doesn’t mean they don’t like you.

　 Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p.m. and end at about 11. Ask your hosts（主人）what time you should arrive. It’s polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a gift.

　 Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks（小吃）. If you want to be extra polite, say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember－it’s not polite to ask how much things cost.

　 In many families, the husband sits at one of the table and the wife sits at the other end. They eat with their guests.

　 You’ll probably start the meal with soup or something small, then you’ll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then dessert（甜點(diǎn)心）, followed by coffee. It’s polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it.

　 Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short “thank you” letter. British and American people like to say “thank you, thank, thank you” all the time!

（�。�1. If your English friend doesn’t invite you to dinner at home, it means he or she ______.

　 A. doesn’t like you　　　　　　　　　 B. likes you

C. can’t afford to do so　　　　　 D. is too busy

（�。�2. It’s impolite ______.

　 A. to ask about the price of a certain thing

　 B. to say “thank you” to hosts

　 C. take nothing with you when you are invited to dinner

　 D. to eat up everything on your plate

（　）3. The meal ends with _______ usually.

　 A. soup　　　　　　　 　　　 B. coffee

　 C. meat or fish　　　　　　　　　 D. dessert

（�。�4. When you are invited to a dinner party, you’d better _______.

　 A. ask what time you should arrive

　 B. take your wife with you

　 C. drink as more as possible

　 D. eat more snacks as you can

（　）5. Which of the following is true?

　 A. The hosts like the people who sit closer to them.

　 B. The hosts like the people who ask them time, price, age, etc.

　 C. The husband and the wife usually sit together.

　 D. You can call your host the next day or write a letter of thanks after that.

    Suppose （假定）every person on Earth ate only one kind of food. And maybe one year that food couldn’t   1  . If that happened, man would soon   2  .

    Luckily, man doesn’t   3   that problem. But another animal may. The animal is the giant （巨大的）panda, one of the world’s most-loved animals.

    Dr Thomas Soderstrom, a scientist, has   4   for the first time that the bamboo（竹子）the giant pandas eat is dying. As a result, many of the pandas are also dying of being   5  . Scientists estimate （估計(jì)）that so far more than 140 giant pandas have died. This number may be   6   one-quarter of the world’s giant panda population. Between 400 and 1000 giant pandas are   7   to live in mountains.

    Giant pandas were once more   8   all over many parts of Asia（亞洲）. Now they are only in small parts of China.

    Can the wild pandas be   9  ?

    The scientists want to find out more about the animals’ food. They want to see whether the pandas are able to   10   their food while the bamboo is dying.

    Chinese scientists are trying to raise（飼養(yǎng)）more pandas in zoos. The first baby panda was born in the Beijing Zoo in the fall of 1978.

 （    ）1. A. found        B. be found          C. founded           D. be founded

（    ）2. A. break         B. live                   C. die                   D. lose

（    ）3. A. want          B. work                C. answer                    D. face

（    ）4. A. found         B. invented           C. known                    D. studied

 （    ）5. A. cold            B. tired                  C. hungry                    D. ill

 （    ）6. A. almost             B. already             C. hardly                     D. really

 （    ）7. A. thought            B. believed           C. seen                 D. said

 （    ）8. A. big                  B. liked                C. interesting        D. common

 （    ）9. A. kept            B. saved                C. made               D. taken

 （    ）10. A. have              B. catch                C. change                    D. get

I ____ an expensive gift for my birthday, but I could not ____ it.

   A. accepted, received   B. received, accept  C. accepted, receive  D. accepted, received

The children were made ____ homework first.

   A. do    B. to do    C. did    D. doing

 Don’t forget  _____ the tap when you don’t use it.

   A. turn off    B. turn on    C. to turn on    D. to turn off

Her teacher was annoyed ____ Tom because he made a lot of mistakes in the English Test Paper.

   A. at    B. with    C. in     D. for

Do you need ________ to read on the train?

A. special anything B. any special thing

　 C. anything specially　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. anything special