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　　Without plants, people could not live．We eat plants．We breathe the oxygen that plants produce．And we need them for another very different reason：We need them for their beauty．Everywhere people need the beauty of plants．That is why even in big modern cities, we have parks full of trees, green grass, brushes and flowers．Also you are sure to find some green house plants and fresh flowers in the rooms in every city．

　　But do you talk to your plants?Do you give them love and attention?According to the book The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tomkins and Christopher Bird, you should talk to them and give them love．They described a test that two seeds were planted in different places．While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and positive(積極的)ideas．After six months, the loved plant was bigger．Under the earth, it had more and longer roots, above it had a thicker stem(樹干)and more leaves．The other plant was given only negative ideas．

1．Why couldn't people live without plants?Write the three reasons that are mentioned in the passage．

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2．According to the book The Secret Life of Plants, what should we do to the plants?

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3．In the test, how are the plants treated(被對(duì)待)differently?

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4．What is the result of the test?

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5．Are you sure to find some green house plants and fresh flowers in the rooms in your city?

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　　Pollution is the price we pay for an overpopulated, over industrialized(工業(yè)化的)planet．When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish：dump it(傾倒), burn it, turn it into something you can use again, try to produce less of it．We keep trying all four methods, but the rubbish we produce worldwide can cover us．

　　Rubbish, however, is only part of the problem of polluting our planet．People need to produce cheap food, this makes a different kind of pollution．Industrialized farming methods(方法)produce cheap meat products：beef, pork and chicken．The use of pesticides(殺蟲劑)and fertilizers(化肥)produces cheap grain(谷物)and vegetables．The price we pay for cheap food may be already too high：Mad(瘋的)Cow Disease(BSE)in cattle, salmonella(沙門氏菌)in chicken and eggs, and wisteria(利斯特桿菌)in milk products．And if you think you'll not eat meat and become a vegetarian(素食者), you have to choose the very the very expensive vegetables, but when you think you're eating fresh salads and vegetables, or just having an innocent(純凈的)glass of water, you are having the pesticides every time, in fact．

1．How many ways do people usually use to deal with rubbish?

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2．Is rubbish the only pollution on the earth?

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3．Why is the price we pay for cheap food may be already too high?

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4．Is it safe for you if you only have vegetables instead of meat?

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5．Can people use industrialized farming methods to produce cheap meat?

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　　We should always remember to look after our trees as they are very important for our planet and in our lives．

　　First, trees keep the air clean because they give off the gas oxygen, which humans and animals need to breathe．They also take in other gases, like carbon dioxide, that we do not need．

　　Second, because the roots of trees hold the soil together they stop it from being washed away．In some parts of the world where a great many trees have been cut down, the land has been completely destroyed．

　　Trees provide homes for many different types of birds and animals, and they also supply their food．If trees are cut down, there will be no place for these birds and animals to live and nothing for them to eat．

　　In addition, trees often help in keeping us cool because they shade us from the hot sun．

　　Sometimes they also offer shelter(遮蔽)or protection from bad weather．

　　Finally, trees are beautiful to look at．The world would be a much uglier place if there were no trees．

　　All around the world forests are being cut down．We should look after the trees that are left and make sure that more are planted to replace those that have already been destroyed．

1．Why are trees important to animals and birds?

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2．Why might trees be very important in summer?

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3．What parts of trees do you think birds and animals eat?

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4．Write a sentence which sums up(總結(jié))the argument．

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5．Number these statements in the order in which they appear in the argument．

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Trees keep us cool because they shade us from the hot sun．

Trees are beautiful to look at．

Trees keep the air clean as they give off oxygen and take in carbon dioxide．

Trees provide homes for birds and animals．

The roots of trees hold the soil together．

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1．What is the name of the Chinese restaurant?

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2．What time is breakfast 25％ off in the Egg Place?

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3．Where is Simply Sushi?

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4．Where can you go for pizza and Italian food?

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5．How many restaurants serve food at a special price?

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　　One evening last July, my old car broke down on a highway．It was an hour before sunset, and．I was 25 miles from home．I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus．

　　After a while, a bus pulled up and I asked the driver how far she was going．“Four more lights,”she said．She dropped me off at the end of her routes and told me which bus to look for．After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home．Then a bus pulled up and the door opened．

　　“I just can't leave you here,”she said．“I'll give you a ride home．”

　　“You'll drive me home in the bus?”I asked, confused．

　　“No, I'll take you in my car,”she said．

　　“It's a long way,”I answered．

　　“Come on, sir,”she said．“I have nothing else to do．”

　　On the way, she told me a story．A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas．A good Chinese man had picked him up, taken him to a gas station and then back to his car．“I'm just passing the favor along,”she said．

　　When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn't accept(接受)it．“That wouldn't make it a favor,”she said．“Just do something nice for somebody．”Pass it along．

1．What does“pick…up”best mean in the first paragraph?

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2．How did the writer get home?

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3．What did the driver tell the man?

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4．What is the main idea of this passage?

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5．Please write down the best title for this story．

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　　Students learn their lessons in class．In class teachers teach them．Students sit in the classroom listening to the teacher．This is a way of learning．Is this the only way for students to learn something?Of course not．There is another way to learn．That is students can teach themselves．For example, if you cannot remember something when you are doing your homework, you can look at your book to find the answer．This is a way to teach yourself．And it is not a difficult thing．We can do this at any place and at any time．

　　How do you teach yourself?The first thing you must do is reading．Read something you are interested in, or you have to read．The second is that you must ask yourself questions．The question is something you don't understand, or you want to know more about．You can write down these questions．A clever student is usually good at asking questions．The third is to answer the question yourself by thinking hard, by reading the text or other books, and sometimes by asking other people．This is the way of teaching yourself．And you must do this all by yourself．If you keep doing like this for a long time, you are sure to succeed in your study．

1．Is listening to the teacher the only way for students to learn something?

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2．What is another way of learning?

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3．In teaching yourself, what is the first thing you must do?

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4．What does a clever student usually like doing?

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5．If you want to succeed, what do you have to do?

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　　Tom went into the station soon after five o'clock in the afternoon．This is a bad time to travel in London, both by bus and by train, because lots of people go home from work at this hour．He had to join a long queue of people who were waiting for tickets．When at last his turn came, he got the right ticket．By asking several people the way, he also found the right platform．It was crowded and he was not able to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the edge of the platform to be ready to get on the next one．When a train came in, Tom was thrown on to the train by the rush of people from behind．The doors closed and the train moved off before he was able to get his breath out．Since he was not able to see the names of the stations where the train stopped, he had to count the number of stops so that he knew where to get off．His station was the seventh along the line．

　　When the train reached the seventh station, Tom got off．But he was surprised to see that he had got off at a station that he had never heard of．A man on the platform told him that he had traveled on a train going in the wrong direction

1．When did Tom get to the station?

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2．Why was he not able to get on the first train?

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3．What did Tom have to do before he bought the ticket?

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4．Why did Tom fail to see the names of the stations?

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5．What did Tom do when he was on the train?

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6．Who made Tom take the wrong train?

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　　Hank Stram was on traveling through Europe by train with his two children, Tina and Max．Their seats were in the last carriage of the train．

　　After they had eaten their lunch, Hank got up．“I'm just going down to the dining-car to get a coffee．I'll be back soon．We won't get to the station till five this afternoon．”, he said．

　　The dining-car was near the front of the train．As the train was traveling fast and moving from side to side, Hank decided to drink his coffee there and not to carry it back to his seat．Soon he got talking to another person who happened to be from America, too．They found that they had a lot in common and got on well．There was an announcement in German when the train started moving again．But Hank paid no attention．

　　Finally they said goodbye to each other and Hank started to walk through the carriages when he found he couldn't go on further．He was in the last carriage!

　　Meanwhile, his children were enjoying their trip．They looked out of the window and talked happily．They thought their father was on the same train．At about three o'clock Tina decided to see what their dad was up to．But when she went through just a few carriages, she found herself at the front of the train．Finally she discovered the truth．The train had divided in the station where they had stopped．The front part was going to Frankfort and the other part was going to Bonn．Then they knew they had lost

their dad．

　　At five o'clock their train stopped in Bonn Station．But Hank was not with them．Where was he?

1．Where were Hank and his two children traveling to?

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2．Why did Hank leave his children?

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3．Why didn't Hank get back to his seat immediately after the announcement?

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4．When did the two children realize that they had lost their dad?

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5．Where was Hank from the passage we can conclude?

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　　In China, more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before．Most students sleep less than nine hours every night because they have much homework to do．Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by their parents．Also, some students don't know how to save time．They are not careful enough while they do their homework, so it takes them a lot of time．Some students spend too much time watching TV programmes or playing computer games．They stay up very

late．Some students have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus or bike．It can be a long way from home to school．

　　Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that the children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health．As we all know, children are our country's future．They should be well cared for．

1．Are most students getting longer sleeping time than before?

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2．Why don't most students sleep more than nine hours?

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3．Why do some parents give their children some homework?

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4．Should students play computer games?

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5．As children are our country's future, they should be taken good care of．Do you think so?

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　　Many years ago, there was a family named Franklin．They lived in Boston．There were five girls and six boys in the family．On a January day in 1706 another baby was born．The boy's mother and her husband gave the boy a name－Benjamin(本杰明·富蘭克林　美國(guó)杰出的科學(xué)家和政治家)．

　　Benjamin was the cleverest of all the children．He could read when he was five and he could write when he was seven．The next year his parents sent him to school．

　　In school Benjamin was good at reading and writing, but not good at maths．He read all of his father's books．And when he had money, he always went to buy books．He liked books．They told him how to do something．The boy liked to use his head and tried to find ways to help people enjoy life more．For example, he tried to know if there was some way to swim farther, maybe with something on his hands or feet．Slowly a picture of swimming shoes, or paddles(槳形工具), grew in his mind．The paddles must be neither too big nor too small．And they must be neither too heavy nor light．At last he invented the paddle for swimming．

1．How many children did Mr．Franklin have?

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2．Why was it said Benjamin was clever?

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3．When did Benjamin begin to go to school?

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4．Why did Benjamin like books?

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5．What did Benjamin invent the paddles for?

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