六、短文填空。(共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The famous writer Tolstoy once said, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing 74. (he).”
He was right. We always plan to do or dream of doing something great so that we can change the world. For example, we hate 75. (pollute), so we try to find new energy sources(能源) to keep the environment clean. However, we still litter on the ground. Also, we are not 76. (satisfy) with the heavy traffic, 77. we plan to build more highways to stop it. But in fact, 78. main reason is that many people don’t follow the traffic rules.
Now, lots of students always think their homework is very difficult. And they find it hard 79. (pass) exams. In their eyes, the problems 80. papers are too difficult. But actually, the real reason is that they don’t study hard. They never think of 81. (change) their attitudes(态度) towards study or working hard at their lessons.
In my opinion, before we decide to change the world, we should change ourselves 82. (one). As common people, it is not easy for us to change the world, but we can 83. (easy) give up our bad habits, such as littering and breaking traffic rules. If we can do that, we’ll be strong enough to change the world some day!

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75. pollution
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七、阅读表达。(共 3 小题；84 题 2 分，85 题 2 分，86 题 3 分，满分 7 分)
阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题。
In the 1980s, women in the Jiangnan countryside wore special clothes. They wore headscarves(方头巾) and blue calico(印花布) clothes. These were comfortable for working in rice fields. Recently, students in a school got the chance to see and learn about these cool traditional clothes.
The “exploration of old Chinese costumes” class at the school went deep into learning about blue calico. The students took on the challenge of making their own bags through tie-dyeing(扎染). It is a dyeing skill used to make blue calico.
“First, fold the cloth bag the way you like,” said He Xinyue, a Grade 8 student. “Then use rubber bands to hold it. Next, add colourful dye. Push it down well so the colours go through. Wash it a few times to get rid of extra dye(去掉多余的染料).”
“Tie-dyeing is a magical art. Everyone does it a bit differently, and you never know exactly how it will be in the end. Tie-dyeing combines the style of traditional ink wash paintings(水墨画) with the excitement of impressionist oil paintings,” said Ma Qianyu, a Grade 8 student, happy with her work. “The dye and cotton material used to make blue calico both come from nature. It is a symbol of folk people and their labour,” she said.
“Clothing is a part of traditional culture,” said Chen Xi, the teacher of the class. “Our students will later go to Nanjing Museum to get more knowledge about life in Jiangsu and the folk customs there.”
84. What did students in a school get the chance to see and learn about?

85. How did the students take on the challenge of making their own bags?

86. What do you think of tie-dyeing? Why?

84. These cool traditional clothes. 85. Through tie-dyeing.
86. It is a magical art. Because you never know exactly how it will be in the end.（言之有理即可）