五、短文填空
When a company planned to cut down trees near our community, many adults were against the idea. My friends and I decided to (56) for ways to protect the environment. (57) of waiting for help, we developed a creative plan.
We made posters with slogans like “Trees Are Our Friends!” and handed them out (58). To explain the (59) of trees, we even drew cartoons showing how they clean the air. However, some people laughed, saying kids should care more about (60), not “solving” grown-up problems.
Unexpectedly, our persistence(坚持) (61) off. A local reporter saw our efforts and wrote an article. Soon, (62) joined us to plant more trees. Through this experience, I also learnt to get (63) with people who have different opinions.
Of course, there were other good (64) at last. The company changed their plan! Our small team proved that age doesn’t matter when (65) for what’s right. Now, those saved trees stand tall, reminding us that courage and friendship can grow even in tough soil.

56. search
57. Instead
58. everywhere
59. importance
60. studies
61. paid
62. volunteers
63. along
64. results
65. fighting

(56) 根据上下文，这里表示寻找保护环境的方法，search for是固定短语，填search。
(57) 根据“we developed a creative plan”可知是没有等待帮助，instead of“而不是”，句首首字母大写，填Instead。
(58) 此处表示到处分发海报，everywhere“到处”，填everywhere。
(59) 根据“we even drew cartoons showing how they clean the air”可知是为了解释树的重要性，the importance of...“……的重要性”，填importance。
(60) 根据“kids should care more about... not ‘solving’ grown - up problems”可知孩子应该多关心学习，study“学习”，表泛指用复数studies。
(61) pay off“取得成功”，是固定短语，且事情发生在过去，用过去式paid。
(62) 根据“A local reporter saw our efforts and wrote an article”及“joined us to plant more trees”可知是志愿者加入，volunteer“志愿者”，表泛指用复数volunteers。
(63) get along with“与……相处”，是固定短语，填along。
(64) 根据“The company changed their plan!”可知是有好的结果，result“结果”，were可知用复数results。
(65) fight for“为……而战”，when引导的时间状语从句，省略主语，用现在分词，填fighting。


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五、短文填空
当一家公司计划砍伐我们社区附近的树木时，许多成年人都反对这个想法。我和我的朋友们决定**寻找**保护环境的方法。**我们没有**等待援助，而是制定了一个有创意的计划。
我们制作了带有“树木是我们的朋友！”等标语的海报，并**到处**分发。为了解释树木的**重要性**，我们甚至画了卡通画来展示树木是如何净化空气的。然而，一些人嘲笑我们，说孩子们应该更关心**学习**，而不是“解决”成年人的问题。
出乎意料的是，我们的坚持**得到了回报**。一位当地记者看到了我们的努力并写了一篇文章。很快，**志愿者们**加入我们一起种更多的树。通过这次经历，我也学会了与有不同意见的人**和睦相处**。
当然，最后还有其他好的**结果**。那家公司改变了他们的计划！我们的小团队证明了，当为正义而**奋斗**时，年龄并不重要。现在，那些被拯救的树木高高耸立，提醒着我们，即使在艰难的环境中，勇气和友谊也能茁壮成长。

六、阅读与回答问题
Last week, I visited my friend Pete in the new home where he lives with his wife and daughter. In the past, Pete spent his holidays travelling around the world, visiting the pyramids in Egypt or scuba diving(潜水) in the Caribbean(加勒比海地区). Now he enjoys spending his holidays and weekends making his house look more beautiful. Like millions of other British people, he has discovered the joy of DIY, which means if there are any things that need fixing around the house, he will try to do the job himself.
As he showed me his new kitchen and the newly painted walls, I asked Pete where he got his inspiration. He told me that he got his favourite ideas from a DIY programme on TV.
I guess it is not really surprising that DIY programmes are so popular. Two common sayings in Britain—“An Englishman’s home is his castle.” and “There’s no place like home.”—show how important our houses are to us. With the economic downturn(经济下滑), many people don’t have enough money to buy a bigger house, so they are looking at how they can make their house better without spending a lot of money. DIY is the best choice.
But be careful! I read a report that said over 230,000 people were hurt while doing home improvements in the UK in just one year, including 41,000 who fell off ladders and 5,800 who were seriously hurt by hammers. So I won’t be going down to the hardware(五金制品) store. I’ll just enjoy watching DIY on TV with a nice cup of tea!
66. What does Pete like doing during his holidays now?
67. Where did Pete get his inspiration from?
68. What do the two common sayings in paragraph 3 show?
69. Why won’t the writer start DIY himself?
70. What do you think of DIY?

66. He enjoys spending his holidays and weekends making his house look more beautiful.
67. He got his inspiration from a DIY programme on TV.
68. They show how important our houses are to us.
69. Because many people were hurt while doing home improvements and the writer is afraid of getting hurt.
70. It can make our house better without spending a lot of money, but it can be dangerous. (答案不唯一，符合题意即可)

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### 六、阅读与回答问题
上周，我去拜访了我的朋友皮特，他和他的妻子、女儿住在新家。过去，皮特会在假期环游世界，去参观埃及的金字塔或者在加勒比海潜水。现在他喜欢在假期和周末把他的房子装扮得更漂亮。和数百万其他英国人一样，他发现了自己动手做（DIY）的乐趣，这意味着如果房子周围有任何需要修理的东西，他会尝试自己动手做。
当他向我展示他的新厨房和新粉刷的墙壁时，我问皮特他的灵感从何而来。他告诉我他最喜欢的想法来自电视上的一个自己动手做的节目。
我想自己动手做的节目如此受欢迎并不真的令人惊讶。英国有两句常见的谚语——“英国人的家就是他的城堡。”和“金窝银窝，不如自己的狗窝。”——表明我们的房子对我们来说是多么重要。随着经济下滑，很多人没有足够的钱买更大的房子，所以他们在考虑如何在不花很多钱的情况下把自己的房子弄得更好。自己动手做是最好的选择。
但是要小心！我读到一份报告，说在英国仅一年就有超过23万人在进行家庭装修时受伤，其中包括41000人从梯子上摔下来，5800人被锤子重伤。所以我不会去五金店。我只会就着一杯好茶，享受在电视上看自己动手做的节目！
66. 皮特现在假期喜欢做什么？
67. 皮特从哪里得到他的灵感？
68. 第三段中的两句常见谚语表明了什么？
69. 作者为什么不会自己开始自己动手做？
70. 你觉得自己动手做怎么样？