In December or early January, almost everyone wants to plan for a wonderful new year! We

plan vacations, and we hope that any goal can be achieved． We make New Year's resolutions and

set our big goals．If you carry out （執(zhí)行）your resolution successfully, then you can improve

your life and change bad habits．

What should we do to keep our resolutions? Here are some tips for New Year's resolutions:

Think about the resolutions you made last year．

Have you succeeded? If not, why did you fail? Find out the reasons and try this year．

Don't let the cup spill over（溢出）．

Do not create （創(chuàng)造）too many resolutions at a time．Go with one at a time．

Let it be for a year not a day．

The New Year is a time to plan for the whole year．Set goals that you need to do for the whole year, instead of a few days, once you have made up your mind, try your best to do it!

1．When do people usually make New Year's resolutions?

A．Always on January 1st．                       B．Only in December．

C．At any time of the year                           D．At the end of a year

2．Why do people make New Year's resolutions?

A．Because it's exciting．

B．Because we have to do it．

C．Because we can achieve our goals successfully．

D．Because it can help us improve our life and change bad habits．

3．How can we make sure that we follow our New Year's resolutions?

A．Always make new resolutions in the New Year．

B．Make lots of resolutions at the same time．

C．Try our best to do it．

D．Plan the resolutions we can realize in a very short time．

4．What does the underlined phrase "instead of" mean in Chinese?

A．可是                      B．而不是                 C．只是                    D．但是  

5．What's the best title for the passage?

A．New Year's Resolutions．

B．Try Your Best in the New Year

C．Remember to Make a Plan in the New Year．

D．How to Make New Year's Resolutions．

We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information, and so on. In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There’s no real word for it yet, so we’ll call it e-talk. People don’t like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases (短語) into a few letters called acronyms(首字母縮略詞). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms.
Some of them are:
BTW(by the way)     BRB (be right back)
LOL (laughing out loud) IMO (in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:
info (information)    puter (computer)    pic (picture)      sec (second)
We usually don’t see people when we communicate on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw “feeling”, such as:
: ) (happy)     :-( (sad) ;    : P (joking)   : O (surprised)
These days, many forums have picture feelings. For example:
happy          sad         angry        cool
There are even whole new words, like ‘newbie’ (someone who is new on a chat board or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it’s called ‘flaming’ the person.
It takes time to get used to e-talk. Also, different groups in the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbies sometimes have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
【小題1】 Why do people type acronyms?

A．To show their feelings.

B．To make jokes.

C．Because people can type them quickly.

D．In this way, newbies won’t understand them.

【小題2】What does “My puter is not working well. :-( ” mean?

A．The person is happy about getting a new computer.

B．The person has to go away from their computer.

C．The person is angry at somebody.

D．The person is sad that his computer is having problems.

【小題3】If someone is angry, what may he type?

A．

B．

C．LOL

D．BRB

【小題4】E-talk will probably_________.

A．keep changing

B．stay the same

C．be used by people on the telephone

D．be easy for newbies to understand

【小題5】People can do the following through the Internet except _________.
A. doing shopping                B. writing diaries
C. eating foods                   C. playing games

Fashion isn't very environmentally-friendly because it makes people buy things they don't need, just because they're new. We want to take care of the environment, we don't want to pol­lute the air and we don't want to waste energy and resources. But we also want to be fashiona­ble. How can we buy fashionable clothes and protect the environment?
Old styles are fashionable again, so one way is to buy second-hand clothes — recycled clothes. Another way is to buy' fair trade clothes. These clothes are either recycled or made in a ' way that protects the environment. They also protect the people who make the clothes.
Surprisingly, white cotton is one of the least environmentally-friendly crops of all. To pro­tect the cotton, the growers use chemicals that pollute water, make farm workers ill and kill wildlife. New materials, such as hemp and bamboo, grow quickly and are more environmental­ly-friendly. These materials are very soft, and look fantastic. The best materials are coloured using natural dyes, made from plants.
Environmentally-friendly clothes are practical but until now they were often dull. Now fashion-designers are working with these materials and the clothes are beautiful as well. So now we can buy fashionable clothes that are also environmentally-friendly.
【小題1】Why do people often buy things they don't need? Because_.

A．new things can be more comfortable

B．everyone wants to be fashionable

C．people are richer than before now

D．people care about the environment

【小題2】What's the topic for paragraph 2?
A. Recycled fashion. B. The problem with fashion.
C. Fashion doesn't have to pollute.       D. New materials.
【小題3】Which of the following is more environmentally-friendly?

A．Materials soft and looking fantastic.

B．Any materials coloured using natural dyes.

C．Hemp and bamboo.

D．White cotton.

【小題4】Why are environmentally -friendly clothes more fashionable now? Because______.

A．people pay more attention to our environment

B．environmentally-friendly clothes are practical

C．a(chǎn)ll old styles become fashionable again

D．fashion-designers are working to make them beautiful

【小題5】What is the best title for the passage?

A．Cotton or Hemp and Bamboo?

B．Environmentally-friendly Clothes

C．Old Style, New Fashion Again

D．Fashion and the Environment

It is December 25th, 2050. The people in the city are all celebrating Christmas. I’m the mayor of our city. My citizens* and I are holding a big party under the sea, though you wouldn’t believe it. But please do not feel excited, you should feel sad because we have to live under the sea. Because of the pollution, the earth has been completely destroyed, from top to bottom. The atmosphere* has no oxygen* and moisture*. As a result, the plants are burned by the strong sunlight with a great number of harmful rays. Of course, none of them are still alive. Not only no green, but also the temperature reaches about 121℃ all day even in winter because there is too much CO2 circling the earth.
On the land, there is no life. Luckily, the sea is not destroyed by human. So, we have to move into the sea. At the bottom of the water, people have built many new cities. There is a lot of advanced* equipment* in each city. Computers are used to control all the machines, even the people’s life. We can also make the seawater into fresh water. There are two machines making oxygen. If they stop working for only one minute, more than 10 million people will die.
The population of our city is over 30 million and, of course, it is quite crowded. We have lots of high buildings and bridges. The roads are wide, too. Our cars are miniature* UFOs, don’t be surprised, it is true. At the bottom of the sea you can’t see anything, because there is no light all day. However, we have advanced lighting equipment so that we can see the “sun” under the sea. Of course, the advanced lighting equipment is very expensive. And if it doesn’t work, we can see nothing under the sea. What should we do then?
【小題1】Where are they holding a big Christmas party?

A．On the land

B．Under the sea

C．In high buildings

D．On the road

【小題2】What controls people’s life under the sea?

A．Machines

B．Computers

C．Advanced equipment

D．Human beings

【小題3】Why do people have to live under the sea in 2050 according to the passage?

A．It is interesting to build cities and live under the sea.

B．We have advanced lighting equipment so that we can see the “sun” under the sea.

C．There is no oxygen and moisture around the earth as it is destroyed.

D．We can make oxygen under the sea with the high technology.

【小題4】What can we learn from this article ?

A．The plants are burned by the strong sunlight with a great number of useful rays.

B．There will be no lives in the world in 2050.

C．People prefer to live under the sea in 2050.

D．We should protect our environment instead of destroying it.

【小題5】What might the best title for this passage be                 .

A．A Christmas In The Future	B．A City Under The Sea
C．The Underwater Life	D．The Future Life Under The Water

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Coober Pedy is a small town in the Australian desert (沙漠). It's famous not only for its opals (貓眼石) , but also for a very unusual1. r________—the people live and work underground.

Why do people choose to live under the ground? To avoid (避開) the2.h_______ days and cold nights-daytime temperatures can rise to 50 °C or more and on a cold night they can fall to3.z_______. The locals say that their strange lifestyle is the only answer4. t________ the unpleasant climate (氣候) . In the underground homes,the temperature is always a very pleasant 19°C to 24°C .But that's not the only advantage ; the people there don't need to pay builders if 5. t_______want to build a home or make any changes.

You would be very surprised to see 6. h________well people manage to live underground. They have modern kitchens and bathrooms, sometimes even spas (溫泉)“People think it's impossible to live here and that we're like ancient people, 7. b_______ that's not true. " says Bev Smith, who has lived in Coober Pedy for over 30 years. When my husband, Larry, and I first came here, life was very8. d _______ and many people decided to leave. But now, things have9. c________a lot and we’re very comfortable. We now have underground shops, hotels, restaurants, cafes and churches!”

Abigail and Brian Tynan 10.1_______ their large house in Melbourne(墨爾本) two years ago to have in an underground home. "My mouth fell open when I saw my wonderful underground home," remembers Brian. " I really enjoy living here. "