21、A man came back home from work late, tired, to find his six - year - old son waiting for him at the door.

"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"

"If you want to know, I make $20 an hour．"

"Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down．He thought for a moment, looked up and said, "Daddy, could you lend me $10?"

The father was furious, "If you asked for money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think why you are being so selfish （自私的）! "

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door．After about an hour or so, the father calmed down, and started to think, "Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn' t ask for money very often" So he went to the little boy' s room.

"Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now," said the man．"Here' s $10．"

"Oh, thank you, Daddy!" the boy said gladly．Then, the hay took out some coins．When the father found that the boy already had some money, he got angry again.

"Why do you want more money since you already have some?" the father shouted angrily.

"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do, "the little boy replied, "Daddy, I have $20 now．Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."

1．How much does the man make if he works 10 hours?

A．$10．           B．$20．             C．$100．            D．$200.

2．In this passage, the underlined （下划线） word "furious" means ____.

   A．very angry        B．quite happy          C．too excited          D．a little nervous

3．At first, the father refused to give the boy any money because

   A．he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself

 B．he did not have enough money at that moment

   C．he thought the boy would buy something of no use

 D．the boy always borrowed money from him

4．The boy wanted to buy ____ with twenty dollars.

A．a new book for himself                    B．a race present for his father

C．a toy for his own birthday                       D．an hour of his father' s time

5．From this passage, we can infer （推断） that the boy's father

A．often played with his son                    B．spent little time with his son

C．didn' t love his son at all                    D．often came back home early

20、Many children love to play with snow in winter．But Long Chuan has come to hate it.

This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms （遭受暴风雪） for nearly a month．The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity （电） tower and turned tap water to ice.

Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water．"I couldn’t' t ride a bike and it took me 3 hours to walk to school．I can' t remember how many times I slipped（滑到） on the hard ice, "said Long Chuan.

Long is not alone．This year millions of people in central and southwest China had a freezing winter without enough water and electricity．The biggest snowstorms in 50 years killed more than 100 people．They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan.

Experts （专家） say a special type of climate condition （气候条件）, La Nina, caused the storms．During a La Nina, the water in the Pacific Ocean （太平洋） near the equator （赤道） becomes colder than usual．It changes the weather around the world.

Besides China, Canada, the US and Middle Eastern countries also met with heavy snowstorms this winter．The special climate caused the recent flooding （洪水） in Australia, too.

However, experts say that people have destroyed the environment （环境）．Global warming （全球变暖） may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often.

1．What took place in Long Chuan's hometown last winter?

A．Earthquake．                              B．Flooding.

   C．Traffic Accident．                                D．Heavy snowstorms.

2．During the snowstorms this year, Long Chuan__________.

A．had to walk to carry drinking water       B．had to ride a bike to school

C．couldn't go to school on foot            D．couldn't play with snow

3．The heavy snow________this year.

A．killed millions of Chinese           B．cost China 111.1 billion yuan

C．used too much electricity                D．lasted more than three hours

4．We can tell from the story that_____________.

A．China is the only country which suffered from the heavy snow

B． La Nina is said to have caused the snowstorms

C． La Nina also caused hot summer in Australia

D．the snowstorms have nothing to do with global warming

5．The passage tells people around the world ________.

A．to wear more clothes in winter

    B．to stop riding bikes on the hard ice

 C．to protect （保护） the environment

 D．to save water and electricity

19、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 （美国航空航天局）said it would use a high -tech machine （高科技机器） 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 （复杂的过程）．For example, different chemicals will be put in the wastewater; the water will be heated to 130℃ to get rid of bacteria （细菌）．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.

17、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.

16、He gave my sister_______useful book yesterday．

A．an         B．a          C．the        D．/