He Junquan is a Chinese swimmer and has won many Paralympic(殘奧會(huì)) gold medals. Born in Jingmen, Hubei province, He Junquan was a healthy boy. But one day at the age of three, he climbed up to the high-voltage electricity(高壓線(xiàn)) box and lost both of his arms forever. He became a disabled boy!
From then on he learnt to do everything with his feet: writing, eating, getting dressed and taking things. Seeing other pupils swimming in the river, he jumped in, too. Without arms, he suffered a lot in the river at the beginning. But he finally learnt to balance himself in water and could swim much faster than the other pupils. Once he even saved a little boy who fell into the water and couldn’t swim. His father was so happy to see that this son had a talent in swimming.
In 1995, He Junquan became a real swimmer. He practices swimming for more than four hours every day. Since 1996, he has won more than twelve gold medals of the world class. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, he won a silver medal. Reporting on the competition at the 2008 Games, Will Swanton of the Sydney Morning Herald wrote:
“The Water Cube has been a sight for sore(氣憤的) eyes. China’s He Junquan, with no arms, was leading the 50m backstroke(仰泳) final. … He came to the finish— and had to crash into the wall with his head. As he slowed down to lessen(減少) the impact(撞擊力), Brazilian Daniel Dias hit the wall first with a hand. You’ve never heard a silence like it.”
【小題1】What happened to He Junquan when he was three?

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1970 was “World Conservation(保護(hù)) Year”. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is at risk(危險(xiǎn)).They hoped that people would do something quickly to conserve nature.

Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1,300 plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 860 are existing. The others have been destroyed by modern man and his technology.

Here is another example. In 1620, about half the USA was covered by forests. In 1850, about a third was covered by forests. Today the forests have almost gone. A lot of good land has gone with them, leaving only sand. Today too many trees are still being cut down.

We’re changing the earth, the air and water. We can’t live without these things. If we go on like this, we shall destroy ourselves. A lot of people know that conservation is necessary. Many things have been done to save our world. For example, people plant more and more trees on the hills. In a small town in the USA a large group of girls cleaned the banks of 11 kilometers of their river. Young people may hear about conservation through a record by the name of NO ONE’S GOING TO CHANGE OUR WORLD. It was made by Scales, Cliff Richard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve wild plants and animals. In China, a new Great Wall has been built across the northern part of the country to stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland in the south.

1.What year was 1970?

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2.What did the United Nations hope ?

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3.How much land in the USA is covered by forests in 1850?

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4.Can you give us an example that people have done to save our world?

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5.What has a new Great Wall been built for?

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Mike didn't live too far away from school. He liked to ____ to school every day. When it rained, like many _____ boys, Mike liked playing in the water. One afternoon, when the boy came______, he was all wet. His mother became very ___ and said, “Don’t play in the water after school.” The next day he was very ____ again, and his mother became ___ angrier. "I'll tell your father ___ you go to play in the water again," she said. The third day the boy was dry when he came ___ from school. "You are a ____ boy today,” his mother said. “You didn't play in the water.”

? "No," Mike answered. "Because there were _____ older boys in the water, I couldn't play in it.”????

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3.A. house???????? B. family????????????? ????????????? ??? C. home?????

4.A. angry???????? B. happy????????????? ????????????? ??? C. good??????

5.A. dry?? .??????? B. late????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ??? C. wet

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9.A. good????????? B. well????????????? ????????????? ??? ????????????? C. bad????????

10.A. many so?????? B. so many????????????? ????????????? ??? C. much too????

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On a very hot day, it is hard to know what to do to feel good. If you run around, you may feel sick in your stomach. However, if you just sit quietly and do nothing, you may feel bored. Are there things you can do to feel good and have fun when you’re hot?

Perhaps playing in water is a good choice to make you cool down. Taking a cool bath or shower, or even washing toys in a pan of cool water can also make you feel good on a hot day. Besides, you can read stories or paint in front of a fan. You don’t need to move your body very much. These are just some of the cool things to do on a hot day.

In addition, it’s important for you to drink water. On hot days, you can lose about 16 glasses of water in one day. If you feel thirsty, you are already short of water. So don’t wait for thirst before you start to drink. You should try to drink as much water as you lose every day. Mixing a little fruit juice into your water is a fun way to help you drink plenty of water.

The food you eat also makes a difference in how you feel in the heat. Cold foods such as ice cream and drinks with some ice can cool down your bodies. Fruits and vegetables are also helpful to stay cool in hot weather. So plan a healthy menu for a hot day---one that doesn’t need any cooking.                                                                

1.Is it easy to know what to do to feel good on a hot day?

2. Is playing in water a good choice or a bad one?

3.How much water do we lose one day in hot weather?

4.What is a healthy menu for a hot day?

5.What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?

Napoga Gurigo，a 12-year-old girl，lives in a village in Ghana. It is   1  for her family to get clean drinking water. The nearest place to get water is a muddy （混濁的） water hole half a kilometer away from her   2 . Animals and villagers use it alike. Each morning, Napoga leaves home at half past five to collect water for her family. Sometimes it   3  a few hours to get enough water. Napoga has no time to go to school for learning. In the neighboring areas, many boys and girls   4  Napoga. They can't keep strong and   5  just because they have not enough drinking water.
In fact, 70% of Earth's surface is water. But most of   6  is sea water. We can't use salty water in our daily life. Fresh water is what we __7__ drink, take showers and cook food. And fresh water covers only 1 percent of Earth's surface. In some areas people try to make deep wells （水井） to get water from   8 . But there still   9  enough for farming. Scientists say that 10  30 years, more people in the world will face all kinds of water problems than now. So we must do something to take care of our water resources (資源).