If you knew a bottle of water had been recycled from urine （尿）, would you drink it? Astronauts at the International Space Station （ ISS ）may soon do so.

NASA （美國航空航天局）said it would use a high -tech machine （高科技機(jī)器） to recycle wastewater at the ISS．The machine will recycle everything from sweat （汗）, the water for washing hands, shower water, water used for brushing teeth, and even urine, to make drinking water．It will save NASA millions of dollars each year．At present, each ISS astronaut uses about 4.4 liters （升）of water every day．It costs about $24 million a year to transport water up to ISS．NASA says that a liter of water costs about $11,000.

The machine will be sent to the ISS in October 2008．NASA hopes it will recycle about 93% of all water used on the station.

Will the water be clean? Scientists say the wastewater will go through a very complicated process （復(fù)雜的過程）．For example, different chemicals will be put in the wastewater; the water will be heated to 130℃ to get rid of bacteria （細(xì)菌）．The recycled water is thousands of times better than the water from a city tap, scientists say.

1．NASA will use a high - tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS to________.

A．protect the ISS

B．make astronauts at ISS work harder

C．provide better water and food for ISS astronauts

D．save the cost of transporting water up to the ISS

2．At present it costs NASA about_________dollars to transport water up to an astronaut at the ISS a day.

A．4.4 thousand    B．11 thousand    C．48.4 thousand  D．24 million

3．Scientists plan to get rid of bacteria in the wastewater by_____________.

A．freezing           B．heating          C．shaking         D．precipitating （沉淀）

4．The reading mainly tells us something about _______.

A．water recycling                           B．the International Space Station

C．a high - tech machine                 D．the cost of NASA

5．Which of the following sentences is true, according to the passage?

 A．The recycled water is much better than that from a city tap.

 B．The high - tech machine will recycle all the water used on the station.

   C．At present, each ISS astronaut uses more water than the people living on the earth.

   D．The high - tech machine can only recycle urine to make water at present.

根據(jù)句意完成已給出首字母或漢語提示的單詞，使補(bǔ)全后的句子意義通順，語法正確。

1．In the north of China, autumn is the best s_________ of a year.

2．Lisa is such a shy girl that it' s hard for her to sing in p_____________.

3．Teenagers should be allowed to make decisions by t ___________.

4．His uncle went abroad five years a___________.

5．Camels can live quite a few days w_________ water and food in the desert.

6．Some animals, for example, elephants and koalas, live on grass and ______ （樹葉）.

7．There are eleven members in our English Club__________（包括） Li Mei and me.

8．______ （千） of visitors will come to Beijing to attend the Olympic Games.

9．CCTV - 9 is looking forward to _________ （采訪） President Bush.

10．He was lying in bed ______ （安靜） looking at the ceiling.

A: Excuse me．I am a reporter from Qufu TV. 1．________________________

B: Sure.

A: Your name, please?

B: My name is Wang Hua.

A:2．________________________

B: I'm in grade three.

A:3．________________________.

B: I like surfing the Internet and e-mailing people in different countries in my spare time.

A:4．________________________

B: Yes．I think it can improve my English this way.

A: That sounds great．What are the other advantages of your interests?

B: They can also help me learn a lot about Net - pals' countries and their cultures and customs.

A: Good for you．5．_______________________

B: You' re welcome.

初中的學(xué)習(xí)生涯即將結(jié)束。三年來，在你獲取知識的同時，你的外貌、興趣愛好、習(xí)慣…都有了一定的改變吧!請你以“How I Change”為題，寫一篇短文，字?jǐn)?shù)在80詞左右。

1．參考詞匯：hobby，habit，used to，enjoy oneself

2．短文開頭已為你寫好（字?jǐn)?shù)不計入總數(shù)）。

How I change

My life has changed a lot in the past three years.____________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

After dinner he often_____ in the park．

A．take a walking      B．take a walk       C．taking a walk       D．takes a walk

What language does she______________？

A．tell        B．speak        C．talk        D．say

—__________was the weather yesterday?

—It’s rainy．

A．How        B．What       C．What a         D．How a

—Do you know what they did yesterday?

—They_____________．

A．play soccer      B．goes to movies      C．went shopping       D．stay home

He didn’t have_____ money for a taxi，_____he walked back to the hotel．

A．any；and       B．much；because       C．any；so       D．some；so