John is a very strong man. He gets a job cutting trees. His boss gives him an axe. The first day, John cuts down eighteen trees. “Good!” the boss says. Happily, John tries harder the next day, but he only cuts down fifteen trees. The third day he even tried harder, but can only cut down ten trees. Day after day, he cuts down fewer trees.
“ I must be losing my strength ( 力气 ),” John thinks. He goes to the boss to say sorry and says that he does not know what is going on.” “When is the last time you sharpen ( 使锋利 ) your axe?” the boss asks. “I’m busy cutting trees, so I have no time to do it.”
When John is working hard, he doesn’t work “smart”. He doesn’t think about the best way to do this job.
1.How many trees does John cut down on the second day?
A. 18. B. 15. C. 14. D. 10.
2.What does the writer think of John on the first day?
A. He thinks John works hard.
B. He thinks John works in a wrong way.
C. He thinks John is very smart.
D. He thinks John cuts down too many trees
3.Why does John cut down fewer and fewer trees day after day?
A. Because he is losing his strength.
B. Because he is busy doing something.
C. Because he doesn’t sharpen his axe.
D. Because his boss lets him do so.
4. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “it”?
A. The work to sharpen the axe.
B. The job to cut down trees.
C. The way to do the job.
D. The time to have a rest.
5. What does the story tell us?
A. It’s really good to work hard.
B. It’s very bad to cut down trees.
C. It’s better to think of the best way
D. It’s so hard to sharpen the axe.
书面表达
请根据以下三个方面的提示，以“Let's do something to protect our environment.”为题写一篇80--100字的短文。1 重要性：只有一个地球。 2 主要问题： 各种污染。 3 措施：做些什么减少污染，保护大自然。
在下面的空白处填入适当的话语（话语可以是句子、短语或词）
A： Hi, Frank! I have a question to ask you .1.____________________________?
B： My hobby is playing football.
A： It’s good for you. 2._____________________________________?
B： Four times a month. I play football with my classmates on weekends.
What about you?
A： I like reading. I’m very happy every time I sit down to read books.
B： By the way, 3.________________________________?
A： I prefer books that are humorous（诙谐的，幽默的） and exciting. I’m reading a book called The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer（汤姆·索亚历险记）. It’s written by Mark Twain. 4.________________________________?
B： No, I haven’t. Can I borrow it from you?
A：5._________________. After I finish reading it , I’ll lend it to you.
B： Thank you.
Australia is the greatest island in the world.1.澳大利亚比中国小一点.
Australia is big, but there are fewer people there. The population(人口) of Australia is smaller than that of Shanghai, a city of China.2.Australia is in the south of the earth. So when it is hot summer in our country, Australia will be cold winter. The seasons in Australia and in China are just opposite(相反的). Summer in Australia is from December to February, and winter is from July to August.3.When it’s spring in China, it will be autumn in Australia.
4.澳大利亚因绵羊和袋鼠而著名. They are both popular in Australia.
5.You can see kangaroos(袋鼠) not only in zoos but also outside the cities and towns. There are ten sheep for everyone in the country. So people call Australia “The country on the backs of sheep”. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep are everywhere.
Have you seen a kangaroo? It has a “bag” on its body. The mother kangaroo keeps its baby kangaroos in the “bag”. It’s very strange, isn’t it?
根据首字母提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意通顺。
Every minute , about 261 babies are b1.in the world. The world's population _g2.faster and faster. It has become one of the biggest social p3.today. China has the largest population in the world .There are about 1.3 b4.people in China .China has carried out some policies to c5.the population,and these policies have worked well.
We spend money everyday. But, do you know how to design them? David, a 15-year-old boy from the UK, just became the designer of the new one-pound(一英镑) coin.
To fight against fake(假的) coins, the UK government(政府) had a design competition（竞赛） in September last year. Among about 6000 works, David’s design was the best one and won the competition.
The new coin has 12 edges. On one side is the picture of the queen. And on the other side,he designed a crown(皇冠) and four plants. And the government will use the coins in 2017.
1.Whose design was the best in the design competition?
__________________________________________________________________
2.Why did the UK government have the design competition?
__________________________________________________________________
3.How many works were there in the competition?
___________________________________________________________________
4.What is on the other side of the coin?
__________________________________________________________________
5.When will the coins be in use?
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