She is a ________ .

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She is a ________ .

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Napoga is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana(加納)，Africa. It is hard for her family to get clean water. Every morning，she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a village far away. It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are like Napoga. They can't get enough clean water to keep healthy.
Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days，we must also remember it. The water we use is the most important natural resource(自然資源) on the earth.
Water covers 70% of the earth's surface. But most of that is sea water. We can't use it for very many things. Fresh water covers only 1% of the earth's surface.
You probably feel lucky that your life isn't as hard as Napoga's. But that doesn't mean you don't have to worry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution. All kinds of things from cars，factories，farms and homes make our rivers，lakes，and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish，too. Now, 34% of all kinds of fish are dying out.
How do cars and factories make our water dirty？First，they pollute the air. Then，when it rains，the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain，called acid rain(酸雨)，is also bad for plants，animals and buildings.
Scientists say that in 30 years，more than half of the people in the world won't have enough clean water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children. Here is some advice for saving water：
●Turn off the water while you brush your teeth. You can save as much as 450 liters(升) each month.
●Leaky taps(漏水的龍頭) waste a lot of water. Fix them right away！
●You can easily cut your 10-minute showers in half----and you'll be just as clean.
●When you wash dishes，don't let the water run.
●Only wash clothes when you have a lot to wash. If your washing machine isn't full，you're  wasting water！

1. 1.

   On the earth，_______.

   1. A.
      sea water is more widely(廣泛地) used than fresh water
   2. B.
      there is very little water for our living
   3. C.
      there is 71% of fresh water
   4. D.
      we don't need to worry about water
2. 2.

   Acid rain _______.

   1. A.
      is only bad for living things
   2. B.
      can be produced in factories
   3. C.
      doesn't do harm(傷害) to people，but it's bad for plants，animals and buildings
   4. D.
      doesn't just do harm to human beings but to animals，plants and buildings
3. 3.

   Which of the following wastes water？

   1. A.
      We need ten minutes if we want a clean shower.
   2. B.
      We should put in enough clothes when we wash them in washing machines.
   3. C.
      You can keep yourself clean by having a shower for five minutes.
   4. D.
      Don't let the water run when we brush our teeth and wash dishes.
4. 4.

   What's the main idea of the passage？

   1. A.
      Something must be done to prevent water from being polluted.
   2. B.
      Clean water means much to human beings and living things around us.
   3. C.
      It's time to take care of the water we use.
   4. D.
      Water is the most important natural resource on the earth.

She is a ________ girl.

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I have a ________ child. She is a lovely little girl.

A. five-years-old

B. five-year-olds

C. five-year-old

D. five-years-olds

My daughter is only ___________. But you are a ______________girl. She can’t understand those passages in the newspaper.

    A. five-year-old, sixteen years old B. five years old, sixteen-year-old

    C. five-year-old, sixteen-years-old D. five years old, sixteen years old

閱讀理解

Grace was fourteen years old and was in Grade Eight. She had a part-time job, so she had to get up at five o’clock. She was a newspaper girl.

Each morning, Grace left the house at 5:15. She always rode a bike to the corner to carry the newspapers.

In winter it was still dark when she got up, but during the rest of the year it was bright. Grace had to send newspapers to people’s houses in all kinds of weather. She tried to put each paper in the box where it would be kept safe from wind, rain or snow. Her customers thought she did a good job. Sometimes they gave her tips(小費).

Grace made about $70 each month and she was saving some of the money to go to college. She spent the rest on tapes and clothes. Once a month she got the money from her customers together. Since many of them worked during the day, Grace had to get the money at night. Sometimes when Grace was ill, her elder brother had to send the newspapers and Grace’s father had to help her.

Grace had 70 customers now, but she hoped to get more soon. Some day, if she got more customers, perhaps Grace could win a prize(獎賞) for being a very good newspaper girl. She wanted to win a visit to Europe, but she would be happy if she won a new bike.

根據(jù)短文內容，完成下列各題。

1.What was Grace’s part-time job?

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2. There is a word “customers” in the third paragraph. Please translate it into Chinese. _____

3. Why did Grace choose a part-time job?

________________________________________________________________________

4. From the story, we know customers liked ____ people to work for them.

5. What do you think of Grace?

________________________________________________________________________

    A lady has a problem with her daughter.

    My daughter Maria is a girl of nine years old, She is in Year Four. Every evening we get into homework battles（爭執(zhí)）． Three afternoons a week, she has activities (net-ball, singing) after school and by the time we get home, homework is the last thing she feels like doing. The other two days, she gets home early and we argue（爭論）about whether she should do her homework right after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play first. When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time. I do want to help her, but I'm sure that she is going to need to be able to do it on her own. And in fact, most of the time, I have other things I need to be doing. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond（超越） their abilities（能力）． As you can see, I'm really worried about homework and I really don't know what I should do. Any ideas?

39. The woman's daughter is_______.

    A. four years old        B. six years old     C. eight years old   D. nine years old

40. Maria doesn't have any activities after school for _______ afternoons.

      A. two                      B. three              C. five                D. seven

41. Maria wants to_______ first when she gets home early.

    A. do her homework                               B. play netball and sing

    C. have supper                                              D. have a rest and play.

42. The woman thinks that her daughter should do her homework_______.

    A. by herself                                          B. with the mother

    C. with the father                                   D. with the classmates

43. Can you guess where this passage is from?

    A. A diary.                    B. A newspaper.     C. A novel（小說）．    D. A story.