Ⅴ.完形填空(每小题1分，满分10分)

Each one of us is supposed to save the environment.

Hundreds of years ago, life was   51   than   52   today. People didn’t use modern machines, and there   53   modern machines,   54  .

Life today   55   new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has   56

our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and affects our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us

57   louder and   58  . Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It affects   59

living thing in the world.

Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the pollution is so   60

that it is like a quilt over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog(烟雾).

51. A. more hard B. more harder C. much harder D. much more harder

52. A. they B. they were C. it was D. it is

53. A. was not B. were no C. were D. was

54. A. either B. too C. also D. neither

55. A. bring B. have C. have got D. has brought

56. A. made B. let C. taken D. changed

57. A. say B. talk C. tell D. spoke

58. A. feel happy more quickly B. get angry much easier

C. become angry more easily D. feel sad more slowly

59. A. most B. all C. one D. every

60. A. thin B. bad C. hard D. light

Ⅵ.阅读理解(每小题2分，满分20分)

A

What will you do when you have something difficult to do? I used to ask my mother for help. But she always said, “Do it yourself, dear.” I was not glad at all. I thought she was the laziest mother in the world!

For example, one day, I decided to invite some friends to my home. My bedroom was not in order. Books were everywhere. And I didn’t make the bed. I asked my mother to help me to clean it, but she still said, “Do it yourself, girl.”

Because of my “lazy mother”, I have to wash my clothes and clean my room. I have to help my parents do some housework. I even have to go to the dentist by myself. It is really hard for me to do everything well, but I have learned a lot.

As time goes by, I come to understand my mother. She makes me clever and active! What a great mother! A good mother is worth(值……) one hundred teachers! Don’t you think so?

61. The writer used to ________ when she had something difficult to do.

A. give up B. be helped by her mom

C. ask her mom for help D. ask her friends to help her

62. What does the underlined phrase “in order” mean in Chinese?

A.不整洁的 B.订购中 C.正常的 D.出故障的

63. What would the mother NOT say when the writer asked her for help?

A. Do it yourself, girl. B. Do it yourself, dear.

C. Let me help you, dear. D. God helps those who help themselves, girl.

64. The writer has learned a lot by ________.

A. asking her mom for help B. doing everything by herself

C. talking with her mother often D. inviting her friends to her house

65. What does the writer think of her mother?

A. She is a lazy mother. B. She is an active mother.

C. She is always doing things for her. D. She is a clever and great mother.

B

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66. When do the volunteers help others?

A. In their spare time. B. At weekends.

C. On weekdays. D. In the evenings.

67. ________ can be a volunteer.

A. Children B. Old women

C. Anyone aged from 12 to 70 D. Young people

68. Volunteers want to get ________ when they help others.

A. money B. computers C. everything D. nothing

69. Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with ________.

A. animals B. children C. computers D. older people

70. We can read such a passage ________.

A. in a newspaper B. in a storybook C. in a picture book D. in a textbook