One afternoon just before Christmas, an old man was walking __1__ the city center. The shops were all full of good things and they __2__ with cheerful shoppers. Suddenly he saw a dirty boy sitting on the ground crying sadly. When the __3__ old man asked him why he __4__, the little boy told him that he had __5__ a ten penny piece that his uncle__6__ him. At once the old man pulled out a handful of coins. He__7__ out a shining new ten penny piece and handed it to the child. “Thank you very much,” said the little boy, drying his __8___. He cheered up at once.

An hour or so later, the old man was making his way __9__ home by the same road. To his __10__he saw the dirty little boy in the same place, crying sadly as 11__. He went up to the boy and asked him 12 he had lost the ten penny piece he had __13__given him as well. The boy told him that he had not lost the second coin 14 he still couldn’t find the first one. “__15__ I could find my own piece,” he cried, “I would have twenty pence now.”

1. A. by B. between C. through D. over

2. A .were crowded B. were crowding C. crowded D. had crowded

3. A. angry B. sad C. happy D. kind 

4. A. cried B. had cried C. was crying D. would cry

5. A. spent B. left C. paid D. lost

6. A. had taken B. had brought C. had given D. had borrowed

7. A. picked B. made C. gave D. left

8. A. mouth B. eyes C. feet D. ears

9. A. on B. back C. to D. for

10. A. surprise B. joy C. sadness D. excitement

11. A. usually B. usual C. before D. well

12. A. where B. when C. why D. if

13. A. just B. just now C. right now D. now

14. A. and B. but C. while D. as

15. A. When B. Since C. If D. As

D

The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means（通讯设备）.     1    today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago，but it has brought new     2    ．One of the biggest is pollution．To pollute means to make things dirty．Pollution comes in many ways．We see it，    3    it，drink it and even hear it． 

Man has been polluting the earth．The    4   people，the more pollution．Many years ago，the pollution was not so serious    5   there were not so many people．When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place，man     6     to another place．But this is no longer true．Man is now slowly polluting the whole world． 

Air pollution is now the most serious．It’s    7    for all living things in the world，but it is not the only one kind of pollution．Water pollution    8    our fish and pollutes our drinking water．Noise pollution makes us become   9   more easily． 

Many countries are making rules to fight pollution． They   10    

people from burning coal（煤）in houses and factories in the city，and from putting dirty    11   into the air．

Pollution by SO2 is now the most   12   kind of air pollution．It is caused by heavy traffic．It is true that if there are fewer people   13   ，there will be less air pollution． 

The earth is our home．We must take care of it．That means   14   the land，water and air clean．And we must take care of the   15   in pollution at the same time． 

1．A．Flight B．Sleeping C．Life D．Meeting 

2．A．difficulties B．business C．jobs D．problems 

3．A．smell B．touch C．dream D．want 

4．A．better B．more C．fewer D．stranger 

5．A．if B．because C．until D．when 

6．A．flew B．ran C．moved D．arrived 

7．A．bad B．safe C．hard D．possible 

8．A．helps B．treats C．frightens D．kills 

9．A．hungry B．angry C．excited D．sad 

10．A．continue B．finish C．stop D．start 

11．A．fire B．litter C．wind D．smoke 

12．A．dangerous B．important C．interesting D．popular 

13．A．driving B．playing C．swimming D．dancing 

14．A．increasing B．producing C．keeping D．making 

15．A．rise B．information C．price D．progress 

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C篇 1.C 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.B 10.A

11.C 12.D 13.A 14.B 15.C

D篇 1.C 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.C 

11.D 12.A 13.A 14.C 15.B