We are going to buy some __________ (家具) for our new house.

The Great Wall is one of the ___________ (奇跡) of the world.

The ________ (花瓶) belong to the Ming Dynasty.

    以Nature為題寫一篇100詞左右的英語短文。要點如下:

    1. 簡述人類對大自然的依賴。

    2. 隨著人類的發(fā)展,生態(tài)平衡遭到破壞,人類生存的環(huán)境受到嚴重污染。人類正在受到大自然的懲罰。

    3. 我們要善待自然,自然也會關照我們。

    注意: 內(nèi)容可適當增減,但不可逐字翻譯。

    Language is always changing. In a society where life continues year after year with few changes, the language does not change either. The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. Over the century, the grammar changed, and the vocabulary grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth century gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast, and language is changing fast too.

   There are several major(主要) language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families, but other scientists divide them differently. The languages in each family are connected, and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. About 3 percent of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these major families.

48. The early language had ________.

     A. a lot of problems                    B. words and easy grammar

     C. words but no grammar           D. grammar but not many words

49. In the next few hundred years we can expect language to _____.

     A. stay exactly the same            B. change a great deal

     C. change only a little                D. ask more words and drop some grammar

50. What this article shows is that _____.

   A. languages change fast                            B. languages really don't want to change

   C. language really with changes in society    D. Spanish and English change

     In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them as their good friends. Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections（注射） so that they won’ t carry disease. They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every kind of store. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people’ s houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it.

     People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be: Their family ties are not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel lonely. But pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.

45. The passage mainly talks about ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ .

     A. how to keep disease from pets

     B. pets in Canada

     C. how to take good care of pets

     D. life of the old in Canada

46. In Canada, children leave their parents when they grow up because ＿＿＿＿＿ .

     A. they don’ t love their parents any more

     B. they can only find jobs far from their parents

     C. their parents’  houses are too small

     D. they wouldn’t depend on their parents any more

47. Which of the following is TRUE？

     A. People buy animal food only at the animal food stores.

     B. Pets eat better than people.

     C. Almost every family has a birdcage in his house.

     D. Any bird can come to the bird feeders to eat.

    Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.

    Why is more and more land becoming desert？ Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.

    Some places on the earth don’ t get much rain. But they still don’ t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’ t let the sun make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become desert more easily.

41. Deserts ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ .

     A. never have any plants or animals in them

     B. can all be turned into good land before long

     C. are becoming smaller and smaller

     D. get very little rain

42. Small green plants are very important to dry places because ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ .

     A. they don’ t let the sun make the earth even drier

     B. they don’ t let the wind blow the soil away

     C. they hold water

     D. All of the above.

43. Land is becoming desert little by little because ＿＿＿＿＿＿.

     A. plants can’ t grow there

     B. there is not enough rain

     C. people haven’ t done what scientists wish them to do

     D. scientists know little about the deserts

44. After reading this passage, we learn that ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ .

     A. plants can keep dry land from becoming desert

     B. it is good to get rid of the grass in the deserts

     C. all places without much rain will become deserts

     D. it is better to grow crops on dry land than to cut them

      I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the 21 we discuss in our classes is the 22 of quality employees （雇員）

   “What has caused you to stay 23 enough to become a manager?" I asked. After a while a new manager took the 24 and said slowly, "it was a baseball glove.”

     Cynthia said she used to 25 a Circle K clerk job as an interim (時臨的.) one while she looked for something 26 . On her second day behind the counter, she received a ( an)27 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He 28 a baseball glove for the little League. She 29  that as a single mother, money was   30   , and her first check would have to go for paying 31.

     When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “I overheard you 32 to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is 33 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills 34 you can buy gloves. You know we can’t 35 good people like you as 36 as we would like to; but we do 37 and I want you to know how 38 you are to us.”

    The thoughtfulness, empathy (同情) and love of the store manager show vividly that people  39 more how much a( n) 40 cares than how much he pays.

_____ in her best skirt, the girl tried to make herself ____ at the party.

A. Dressed; noticed            B. Dressing; noticing

C. Dressing; noticed           D. Dressed; noticing