For many years scientists have said that the earth is getting warmer. Now they have found something new-hot cities! In the southern US, they have found that cities become very hot in summer. For example, the city of Atlanta in Georgia has roof(屋頂) temperature of up to 50^oC while it is 27℃ in the streets! At night, the outside of buildings stays so hot that the heat of the city causes storms over the city!

China also has the same kind of problems. Every year more farmland is used for factories or offices. More housing is needed, too. As people become richer, they buy more cars. New roads are needed and new car parks are built in the city centers. This all makes cities hotter.

It isn’t easy to change the situation. City planners say that we should plant more trees in the middle of cities. Every new street should have trees on both sides, they say. Trees make the temperature lower, so we should have more trees in our parks and squares. We should also paint our roofs white. If we do this, they do not become so hot. Every roof in a hot and sunny country should have solar(太陽的) roof panels. The electricity from these can be used to run the air conditioners (空調)in the buildings.

People continue to cut down forests around the cities. This makes the problem worse. Cities are growing faster and faster. By the year 2025, four fifths(五分之四) of the population will be living in cities. If we go on like this, there will not be enough farmland to feed everyone in the world

1.The scientists have found       .

2.The way to make the city cooler is to       .

3.What will probably happen in the future according to the fourth paragraph(段落)?

4.What is the best title(題目)for the passage?

For many years scientists have said that the earth is getting warmer. Now they have found something new-hot cities! In the southern US, they have found that cities become very hot in summer. For example, the city of Atlanta in Georgia has roof(屋頂) temperature of up to 50^oC while it is 27℃ in the streets! At night, the outside of buildings stays so hot that the heat of the city causes storms over the city!
China also has the same kind of problems. Every year more farmland is used for factories or offices. More housing is needed, too. As people become richer, they buy more cars. New roads are needed and new car parks are built in the city centers. This all makes cities hotter.
It isn’t easy to change the situation. City planners say that we should plant more trees in the middle of cities. Every new street should have trees on both sides, they say. Trees make the temperature lower, so we should have more trees in our parks and squares. We should also paint our roofs white. If we do this, they do not become so hot. Every roof in a hot and sunny country should have solar(太陽的) roof panels. The electricity from these can be used to run the air conditioners (空調)in the buildings.
People continue to cut down forests around the cities. This makes the problem worse. Cities are growing faster and faster. By the year 2025, four fifths(五分之四) of the population will be living in cities. If we go on like this, there will not be enough farmland to feed everyone in the world
【小題1】The scientists have found       .

For many years scientists have said that the earth is getting warmer. Now they have found something new-hot cities! In the southern US, they have found that cities become very hot in summer. For example, the city of Atlanta in Georgia has roof(屋頂) temperature of up to 50^oC while it is 27℃ in the streets! At night, the outside of buildings stays so hot that the heat of the city causes storms over the city!
China also has the same kind of problems. Every year more farmland is used for factories or offices. More housing is needed, too. As people become richer, they buy more cars. New roads are needed and new car parks are built in the city centers. This all makes cities hotter.
It isn’t easy to change the situation. City planners say that we should plant more trees in the middle of cities. Every new street should have trees on both sides, they say. Trees make the temperature lower, so we should have more trees in our parks and squares. We should also paint our roofs white. If we do this, they do not become so hot. Every roof in a hot and sunny country should have solar(太陽的) roof panels. The electricity from these can be used to run the air conditioners (空調)in the buildings.
People continue to cut down forests around the cities. This makes the problem worse. Cities are growing faster and faster. By the year 2025, four fifths(五分之四) of the population will be living in cities. If we go on like this, there will not be enough farmland to feed everyone in the world

1. 1.

   The scientists have found       .

   1. A.
      cities become very hot in summer
   2. B.
      Atlanta is the hottest city in America
   3. C.
      there are not as many storms as before
   4. D.
      it is not as hot on the roof as in the street
2. 2.

   The way to make the city cooler is to       .

   1. A.
      plant more trees
   2. B.
      try to use air conditioners more
   3. C.
      build more parks and squares
   4. D.
      paint the roofs of all the white buildings
3. 3.

   What will probably happen in the future according to the fourth paragraph(段落)?

   1. A.
      Cities won’t grow very fast
   2. B.
      We will not have enough food
   3. C.
      Most people will move to the countryside
   4. D.
      People will plant more trees outside the cities
4. 4.

   What is the best title(題目)for the passage?

   1. A.
      More Farmland Is Needed
   2. B.
      Trees Make Cities Cooler
   3. C.
      Cities Are Getting Hotter
   4. D.
      Scientists Are Worried About Storms

動詞填空

China has changed a lot since before．As we know, China 1 (be)a 2 (close)country．Nearly thirty years ago China 3 (open)her gate to the world and they 4 (hope)to be part of the world, especially in economy．China 5 (develop) very fast these years．In 2001, China joined the WTO．China 6 (become)much stronger and richer since entering the WTO．

However Chinese enterprises(企業)have met a lot of difficulties and challenge in having dealings(打交道)with foreign countries, and quite some of them7 (charge控告)for intellectual property disputes(知識產權糾紛)and dumping goods(傾銷)．They have lost much benefit(利益)for that．Surely they 8 (meet)more challenges in future．They need 9 (improve)their product quality(產品質量)and intellectual property management．They also have to use weapons(武器)of laws to have dealings with foreign enterprises．A Chinese government official said that Chinese government 10  (help)the enterprises to solve such problems．

A poor farmer had never left his small village. After he made a lot of money, he decided to spend a holiday in an excellent hotel in a big town.

When lunchtime came on his first day there, he went to eat it in the restaurant of the hotel in his new clothes. The headwaiter showed him to the table, took his order and went away. When he returned and looked at the farmer again, he was surprised. The farmer had tied his table cloth round his neck.

The headwaiter immediately told another waiter to go to the farmer and tell him that people mustn’t do such a thing in his restaurant. So the waiter went to the farmer and said in a friendly voice, “Good morning, Sir. Would you like a haircut.?”

(      )66.The farmer decided to spend a holiday in a big town because__________

    A. he always spent his holiday there  B. he wore his new clothes

    C. he never went to the big town

    D. he had become richer and wanted to see big town

(      )67.To his surprise, the headwaiter found that the farmer__________.

    A. was sitting at the table along          B. he wore his new clothes

    C. used the table cloth as a napkin（餐巾）D. took the restaurant for a barber’s shop

(      )68.Why do you think the farmer tied the cloth round his neck? __________.

    A. He didn’t want to make his clothes dirty  B. He want to have his hair cut

    C. The headwaiter told him to do that             D. He saw some other people doing this

(      )69.The headwaiter told another waiter to __________

    A. take some food to the farmer    B. stop the farmer tying the cloth round his neck

    C. tie the table cloth round the farmer’s neck   D. drive him out of the restaurant

(      )70.From the sentence “Would you like a haircut?” we know the waiter wanted to_______

    A. have the farmer’s hair cut            B. make an apology to the farmer

    C. cut the farmer’s hair himself          D. make the farmer know his mistake