If you like or are interested in kites, you will find Japanese kites excellent. These Japanese kites are both beautiful and original. The sizes alone can change greatly — from being as small as a stamp to being so large that a hundred people must cooperate(合作)to fly it. Traditionally? the kite is simply paper stretched(延伸)over a bamboo or wood frame (框架).But on this kite paper ， you can find an amazing array( —批，一系列)of paintings, motifs (基本圖案)，colors and meanings. The kites may-just be toys, but in the hands of Japanese craftsmen(工匠)，these kites can be works of art.

Throughout(遍及)Japan, there are lots of Giant Kite Festivals that have their own special meanings. The Sagami Giant Kite Festival, held every May 5th, is well known for the size of its kites. The Sagami Large Kite is 14.4 meters wide, 14.4 meters high and it weighs 880 kilograms, which is incredible. To fly this kite, 90 people are needed. If you ever tell someone to " fly a kite", have them fly this one!

1.    In which way are Japanese kites interesting? 

A.   The kites all have craftsmen.

B.    They are of different sizes and designs.

C.    They are flown on festivals.

D.   They were made of paper before.

2.    What is special about the Sagami Festival? 

A.   Sagami kites are traditional.

B.    The kites are traditional.

C.    We can see it every winter.

D.   A huge kite is flown.

3.    What is traditionally inside a Japanese kite?
A. Specials.           B. Strange motifs.
C. A bamboo frame.       D. Toys.

4.    Why must kite flyers cooperate sometimes?  

  A.   It's not as expensive in that way.

B.    Their kites are too big.

C.    Flying it is more interesting.

D.   They are as big as stamps.

5.    What do you think some Japanese kites have on them? 

A.   People trying to ride them.

B.    Real animals that yell(大喊；大叫）.

C.    Colors that we see in the dark.

D.   Words with special meanings.

It's very important that we all recycle (再利用) things. In nature, everything  1  again. For example, when an animal dies, it becomes  2  animal's food. Nothing is wasted. But humans have created things like plastic bags  3  can't be broken down by nature. Our rubbish kills animals and  4  water and soil.  5  we continue making too much rubbish, the problem will only get worse. If nature can't reuse the rubbish, we must recycle- it. We should clean up the rubbish we've made because nature can't.

Recycling is also the right thing to do for another reason. The earth is rich in natural  6  like water and trees,  7  these materials are not endless. We use up our natural materials much  8  than the earth is able to reproduce them. For example, each year we cut  9  more than 6，000 square miles of forest. But it takes an average of 25 years for a new tree 10

Recycling can help us save the earth, so let's take action right now.

1.    A. use    B. using C. is used    D. used

 2.    A. another   B. other C. others   D. the other

 3.    A. who  B. which  C. how   D. where

4.    A. pollutes     B. polluted C. polluting  D. is polluted

5.    A. When    B. Whether C. Why    D. If

6.    A. materials   B. material C. things   D. thing

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

 8.    A. fastly   B. fast    C. faster    D. fastest

 9.    A. out     B. down   C. in    D. up

 10.  A. grows  B. for growing C. growing      D. to grow

10.  I like Mr. Wang's classes? because they are__________ 

A. lovely                 B. live

C. lively                D. living

9.   The sport of basketball__________ by many people in the world.

A. is short                B. is made

C. is played               D. is taught

8.  It takes me half an hour__________  the piano every day.

A. play        B. playing     C. to play

7.   We won't allow__________ in the cinema. But you are allowed__________ in the rest room.

A. smoking; smoking

B. to smoke; to smoke

C.smoking; to smoke

D. smoke; smoking

6. ________ the legend, the boy lived a happy life in the end.

A. Because of               B. According to

C. As for                  D. Thanks to

5.  I'm sure to avoid __________late for school.
A. be              B. to be

C. being            D. was

4.. (2013 • 長沙)-―Does she like singing English songs?

―Yes. She __________    to sing English songs in her room.

A. often does               B. is often heard

C. often hears

3.   I found________ relaxing to take a walk near the lake.

A. it          B. those      C. its        D. that