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Dear Earthmen,

I have enjoyed my stay on your interesting unusual planet. I think I understand the life on earth now and I would like to give you my impressions.

First of all you live in boxes. Every morning you leave your big boxes and get into smaller boxes on wheels. All these small boxes race around and around, and finally stop to rest. You then leave these boxes on wheels and go to very large tall boxes.

After testing all days you get back in your little boxes and return to your big boxes. There you sit and stare at tiny glowing boxes with moving pictures on the front.

Only one thing puzzles me. One day, I went to a football game. A bunch of angry boys fought over a little round ball. Everyone yelled for them to stop but they kept on fighting. They were angry, I suppose, about being cooped up（被关起来）in boxes all day.

Thank you earthmen for this chance to get to know you.

Gratefully,

The man from the Mars（火星）

1.The small boxes on wheels are ________.

A. toys

B. cars

C. houses that can be moved

D. boxes in which there are wheels

2.The tiny glowing boxes with moving pictures on the front are ______.

A. cameras

B. cinema screens

sets

D. telescopes

3.In the football game ________.

A. the players were very angry because there was only one ball on the playground

B. the man from the Mars saw a close match

C. the man from the Mars saw fighting among the angry boys

D. the players were very angry because everyone yelled at them

4.The best title of this passage is ______.

A. The Man from the Mars

B. Something about Boxes

C. A Letter from the Mars

D.A football Game

5.The man from the Mars thinks _______.

A. it is interesting to live on our unusual planet

B. there are so many boxes on the earth

C. the tiny glowing boxes are moving pictures

D. the angry boys are too foolish to fight over a little round ball

答案：

1.B 从讲的box的特征可知是汽车。

2.C 根据第三段第二句：在那儿，你坐下来，看着那带有生动画面的盒子（看电视）。故选C。

3.B 根据第四段最后一句：我想他们可能整天被关在盒子里。可知B为正确答案。

4.C 根据本文开头：亲爱的地球人。可知写信人不是地球人。又落款为：The man from the Mars（火星），可知，这是一封来自火星的信，故选C.

5.A 根据全文第一句可知：火星人认为生活在这样一个不平常的星球上很有意思。

B

Do you remember the big flood(洪水)in 1999? Our country suffered a lot and some people lost their lives in that flood.

There are many floods here and there each year in our country. In summer it rains a lot, the rain water runs everywhere because there are not enough reservoirs to hold water and the drainage (排水系统) is bad. In cities, streets flood. Water goes into houses, shops, factories and schools. In the country, fields are filled with water. Some houses fall down because they are badly made. In a word, people and property（财产）are in great danger when the flood comes.

We met the biggest flood in 1999 in the latest one hundred years. Many villages, towns and cities were flooded. A large number of soldiers were sent to help stop flood from spilling out of the banks of big rivers. They carried many bags of sand onto the banks and even stood in the water to stop the water when they were short of bags. They were also busy saving people trapped in the water. Sometimes they faced danger, but they were brave enough to put the interest (利益))of the people before everything, including their own lives. Several soldiers lost their young lives during the fighting against the flood.

The cause for the flood is that more trees have been cut down, and earth is washed away the rainwater. Some people do not realize the importance of keeping the balance of water and earth. When it rains heavily, much rainwater cannot be kept. Something must be done to stop such things from happening.

1. A reservoir is a place where _______.

A. water is kept

B. people keep fish

C. people row boats

D. people swim

2. In cities streets flood because ____.

A. streets are too low

B. there is much water

C. houses are badly built

D. the drainage is not good

3. Why were so many soldiers sent to the places which were flooded?

A. They helped to fight against the flood.

B. They wanted to save the houses.

C. They helped to plant trees.

D. They wanted to build a reservoir.

4. When there is a big flood, _____.

A. all the houses fall down.

B. many soldiers lose their lives.

C. no farmers are killed.

D. people suffer a lot.

5. ______, there may be big floods.

A. If so many trees are planted.

B. If too many trees are cut down.

C. If there are small reservoirs.

D. If so many people live in the country.

Keys: ADADB

C

Wind, water, fire and ice—these powerful natural forces have shaped the land of America in the past. They are still changing it today.

The Colorado Rive slowly cut down through stone to make the Grand Canyon(大峡谷)。Long ago, ice sheets cut Yosemite Valley ( 山谷，盆地) and the Great Lakes, and glaciers(冰川) are still on the move in Alaska.