2018-2019学年上海存志中学六上英语期末考试卷

2024年2月26日发(作者：多元化经营)

存志学校2018学年第一学期预备年级期末测试

英语学科试卷

第一卷 100分

Part One: Listening（第一部分听力，共25分）

Ⅰ. Listen to the ntences and match the picture you hear.听句子选图片，共6分

A B C

D E F

1.______ 3.______ 5.______

Ⅰ. Listen to the dialogues and choo the correct answers.（听句子，选正确的答案）

7. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

8. A. the shop assistant B. the designer C. the manager D. the engineer

9. A. fifteen minutes B. fifty minutes car D. by underground

10. A. teacher and students B. father and son

C. classmates D. employer and employee

11. A. In a restaurant B. in a supermarket C. In a canteen D. In a bookstore

Ⅰ. Listen and choo T or F.（正确的答案选T，错误的选F，8分）

A. Listen to the page from an information booklet for students starting a condary school.

（ ）12. The students should arrive at school before 8:

（ ）13. All students must wear the school uniforms marked with their names.

（ ）14. Girls must also wear ties.

（B）Life in the 1800s:

（ ）15. Only women from rich families could go to university in the 1800s.

（ ）16. Many rich women couldn’t work becau they didn’t have enough education or

training.

（ ）17. Only rich women were allowed to travel alone.

2.______

4.______

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（ ）I8. Women from poor families had to work and gave her salary to her husband.

（ ）19. Amelia couldn’t marry without the permission of her family but the could vote（选举）.

Ⅰ. Listen and fill to the missing words

Feeding the World

1. Modem ways of growing food, new techniques to prerve it（such as canning and

20 , and faster means of transporting it（such as by airplane）have incread the variety of foods

available to the richer countries.

2. In many countries, for a lot of people, rice forms the staple diet --the 21 food they

cat each day.

3. Huge areas of North America and 22 Russia are ud to grow vast quantities of

wheal.

4. In the world’s 23 countries, many people are subsistence farmers. This means that

they grow only enough for their families to cal.

5. Even the large scooped 24 ud in China and India do not push the numbers down

very much.

6. It is the large fishing fleets（舰队）that do much of the damage, and in some places 25

have been ordered to keep fishing down to a certain level, to allow stocks to replenish（重新恢复）.

Part Two: Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar

（第二部分，音标，词汇与语法，共35分）

Ⅰ. Choo the best answer（选择最恰当的答案，10分）

（ ）26. Choo the word with sound that are the different from the others.

A. heavy B. breakfast C. weather D. meat

（ ）27. --Do you know ______ the divers can slay under water?

--About 3 minutes.

A. how soon B. how fast C. how often D. how long

（ ）28. What ______ you have ______ breakfast this morning?

...at B. for C. D. do...for

（ ）29. Why did you add so many green peppers to the soup! You know I dislike ______

food.

A. spicy B. salty C. sweet D. bitter

（ ）30. The abbreviation ______ for People’s Republic of China is PRC.

A. / B. the C. a D. an

（ ）31. ______ uful information you have brought us!

A. How B. What C. What a D. What an

（ ）32. To show our respects to the school property, we mustn’t ______.

A. cha each other B. be late for school

C. draw on the desk D. listen to the teacher carelessly

（ ）33. Which lift should we u, the one ______ the left or the one ______ the middle?

A. on…in B. in...on C. at...at D. in...of

（ ）34. Joe is a student of ______ words. We can hardly hear him talk at all.

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A. little B. much C. few D. many

（ ）35. –What would you like visit during winter holidays, Suzhou or Wuxi.

--______. I’d like to go to Hangzhou.

B. Suzhou B. Wuxi C. Both D. Neither

Ⅰ. Complete the ntences according to the given phonetic symbols.（看音标写单词，共4分）

hungry child ______ /eit/ three bowls of rice quickly.

37. Sue and her friends are ______ /plænɪŋ/ a picnic. They will find out what food and drink

to buy.

38. The ______ /’menju:z/ of that two restaurants are different.

39. The organic food’s ______ /praɪs/ is much higher that non-organic food.

Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks with words in their proper forms（词性转换，共7分）

40. After going on a diet for a few months, she became ______ than before.（thin）

41. After supper my father helps to wash ______ and put them away.（dish）

42. Mr. White is one of the most famous ______ in that five-star restaurant.（cook）

43. Airships u much ______ fuel than planes, so they are better for the environment.（little）

44. The word ‘fit’ has a couple of different ______.（mean）

45. It’s wrong of them to u ______ methods to make money.（honest）

46. People don’t believe they are twins becau they look ______ different.（complete）

Ⅰ. Rewrite the ntences（句型转换，共14分）

47. I need glass for reading.（改为否定句）

I ______ ______ glass for reading.

48. It will be fun when we all go on holiday together.（改为感叹句）

______ ______ it will be when we all go on holiday together!

49. The trip to France cost the family a lot.（改为反义疑问句）

The trip to France cost the family a lot, ______ ______?

50. I’d like steamed rice with chicken and boiled cabbage for supper（对划线部分提问）

______ ______ you like for supper?

51. He runs fastest in his class.（保持句意不变）

No one el in his class runs ______ ______ as he.

52. I spent twenty minutes cleaning the room yesterday.（保持句意不变）

It ______ me twenty minutes ______ clean the room yesterday.

53. to foods, does harm to, adding, our hearts, too-much sugar or salt（连词成句）

__________________________________________________________________________

V. Fill in the blanks with words in their proper forms:

How children e their parents’ jobs

A: My dad works in a radio, but when I was little I didn’t understand what he did until he

once took me with him. Some 54 （company）here in the USA do this thing called Take

Your Child to Work Day. The idea is that when children visit their parents at work, they get to e

what mom and dad do when they’re not at home. I saw the studio with all the equipment, I was

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55 （allow）to put on headphones and speak into a microphone. It was so exciting.

B: As a child, I had no idea what my mum did at work. All I knew was she left early and

came home 56 （late）. The words ‘financial analyst’ meant nothing to me. In nurry

school, when we had to draw pictures of ‘My mum at work’, other children drew nurs in a

hospital or shop assistants lling things, or slay-at-home mums cooking. I thought the jobs were

much 57 （interesting）. I just drew a plump woman in a suit with big earrings and a laptop.

C. My mum writes 58 （children）books. I liked it when she read me stories, but I

wanted her to play with me and not sit in front of a computer and write. Then one day at school

everyone had to do a prentation about a book, and I decided to talk about one of 59

（her）. My classmates were really impresd. They asked me a lot of questions, such as, “Did you

actually e you mum 60 （write） this book?” Suddenly mum’s work emed glamorous!

D. Being a biologist’s daughter was fun. I enjoyed 61 （bind-watch）with my dad. I

knew a biologist was someone who knows about animals. I also thought it’s someone who doesn’t

have to work very 62 （ hard）. My mum’s a doctor and she was always at the hospital, all

day and sometimes all night, while dad often just sat at his desk drawing something. So at the age

of five I decided it was 63 （good）to be a scientist than a doctor.

Part Three: Reading and writing（第三部分：阅读与写作，共40分）

I. Read Helen’s blog and match the missing phras a-f to the correct place 1-6 in the

text.

A. becau it was a special occasion

B. becau I was about to be late for school

C. I don’t like fruit much

D. but she never eats breakfast at home

E. too many sweet things

F. Today was a very unhealthy day

Healthy and Me Diary

This is my ‘Health and Me’ diary. It’s homework for my Biology class. I have to write a diary

of everything I eat and decide if it’s healthy or not. I’m doing it for the next fourteen days to get a

good idea of my food habits.

Monday 17 February

Well, today is the first day. I had some fruit juice and cereal for breakfast. I didn’t have time

to finish the cereal ______（64）. My dad made a packed lunch for me but I didn’t eat it becau I

don’t like cold chicken. Horrible! My friend Aziz gave me an apple and I ate that. ______（65）,

but I was hungry so I ate it. Mum made my favorite dish, spaghetti, bolognai, in tile evening. It

was delicious.

Today’s health level: ***（Good, but eat more at lunch.）

Tuesday I8 February

I ate a lot of food today. I was hungry ALL DAY! In the morning. I got up early and had a

very big breakfast! I cooked some bacon and eggs. It was delicious! Lisa, my sister, always gets

up too late to have breakfast, so she didn’t have a big breakfast with me. Sometimes she has time

to have an orange juice, ______（66）. She usually has a sandwich on the way to school! I had a

bar of chocolate. For once, my packed lunch from Dad was tasty! I ate it all becau I love chee

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sandwiches with tomato sauce. I got home from school. I had a cup of tea and ate two cream cakes.

For tea, I made mylf a pizza and, later. I had a bowl of pasta while I was watching TV.

Today’s health level:** （Not bad, but don t eat ______（67）. Drink more water!

Wednesday 19 February

______（68）!! I didn’t have any breakfast becau I fell full from yesterday’s food. I only had

a snack at twelve o’clock becau Dad got up laic this morning and forgot to make my packed

lunch. After school I was really, really hungry and I had a headache. There was nothing to cat in

the fridge, but luckily dad brought home a Chine take away ______（69）-his birthday.

Today’s health level: * （Bad, don’t miss meals!）

Ⅰ. Read the two articles about two jobs and choo the best answers （读以下俩篇短文，选择最佳答案，共5分）

A job no one did twenty years ago

Today there are nearly a million call-centre workers in the UK but twenty years ago the job

didn’t exist.

What’s it like to work in a call center? Nicki Mathews, 18 says she’s typical. “It’s a job for

people like me, who don’t know what they want to do! You have to answer calls all day so it’s

every repetitive. It’s stressful, the caller shout at you aren’t allowed be rude. It’s really strict-the

supervisors（主管）make you follow a script and they listen to your calls to check.

“They don’t let you take breaks between calls. In some call centers, they don’t let you go to

the loo! IT’S not so bad where I work. If a caller upts us, they let us have a break until we feel

better. And they let s chat between calls-in some call centers, that’s not allowed! We have a laugh.

and you meet lots of people, becau no one stays long!

（ ）70. The underlined word repetitive means

A. 竞争性强的 B.有创意的 C. 重复的 D. 复杂的

（ ）71. What will the supervisors do to check whether you have followed the script?

A. They will listen to your calls.

B. They will talk to other call-centre workers.

C. They will ask the callers.

D. They will speak to you.

（ ）72. What is True according to the article?

A. The employees in the call center gel a respectable job.

B. Some supervisors are very strict with call-centre workers.

C. Most callers upt call-center workers.

D. In most call centres, going to the loo and taking a break between calls are not allowed.

A job no one does now

150 years ago, it was the only job that a ‘lady’ could do.

Thousands of governess（家庭女教师）in Britain lived in rich families, teaching their

children. Young ladies became governess becau their own families had no money. so they had

to earn a living. The heroine of Jan Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, was a governess. Jane was lucky

and married her employer. But what was life like for real governess?

The governess gave lessons, and in return, the employers let her live in their home and paid

her only pocket money. But they often treated her badly: they made her eat her meals alone, and

sometimes she had to share a bedroom with the children. Often, they didn’t let the governess leave

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the hou and she wasn’t allowed to meet young men, In real life, it was very difficult for

governess to marry … and escape!

（ ）73. Why did women become governess in the past?

A. Becau they loved teaching. B. Becau they had to earn a living

C. Becau their family is wealthy. D. Becau they could marry their employers.

（ ）73. We can tell that governess were ______.

A. highly-respected B. badly-treated

C. well-educated D. generously-paid

Ⅰ. Read the passage and choo the best answers（选择正确的答案，共5分）

The class of 2005

Five years ago my classmates and I finished middle school and went out different ways. On

the last day, we promid to meet again exactly five years later and e how everyone is doing.

This week we kept that promi. So what’s becoming of my class?

Matthew’s a 75 . No surpris there –that’s what he’s always wanted to do. Back at

school he was focud on his music and his only dream was to become a concert pianist. He

finished music college a year ago and right now he’s preparing for a ries of concerts in the USA.

I remember Krishni as a very hard-working student who always got good marks and t herlf

clear goals. She’s going to be a dentist in months’ time –she’s just finishing her degree. I’m going

to e her and ask her to check my 76 !

Danny was 77 good student. He works for a big company now, cams a good salary,

and he’s just got promotion…but he ems a bit bored. He didn’t tell us much about his work.

Dean has always liked football more than studying. Some teachers made comments such as

“Kicking a ball round is not a 78 , young man!” Well guess what? He’s running a local

football club for children. He’s a great coach, the kids love him and he’s making quite a lot of

money!

Rachel says she’s still thinking about what she to do in life. She travels a lot She’s already

been to India, Iran, South Africa, Iceland and about a million other places. She’s had veral jobs.

79 she’s preparing for a trip to Nepal. She’s the one who’s really enjoying life. And what

about me? I’m studying to be a journalist. I’ve just applied for a job with one of the national

newspapers.

（ ）75. A. scientist B. teacher C. coach D. musician

（ ）76. A. eyes B. teeth C. mouths D. heart

（ ）77. A. another B. other C. the other D. others

（ ）78. A. way B. career C. failure D. success

（ ）79.A. Just now B. Right now C. Soon D. Up to now

Ⅰ. Cloze（首字母填空，共8分）

Read the play about “Preston the Pig” and “Big Bad Wolf” and fill in the word with

their correct form:

Narrator（旁白）: One fine day, the big bad wolf was sitting under the roof of the Preston

family.

Preston the pig: Mister Wolf What are you doing down there?

Big bad wolf: If you must know. Nosy Pork （好管闲事的猪排）, I’m w______（80）for you

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to come out so I can gobble you up!

Preston the pig: Why would you want to do that?

Big bad wolf: Becau I’m hungry, stupid!

Preston the pig: Why don’t you get a job? Then you could u your salary to buy as m______（81）food as you like.

Big bad wolf: Well, clever chops, what son of job do you suggest?

Preston the pig: What do you want to be?

Big bad wolf: I want to be full! I want to have a full stomach!

Preston the pig: What are you good at?

Big bad wolf: Hmm…Eating pigs.

Preston the pig: And what do you e______（82）?

Big bad wolf: Eating pigs and being full-up.

Preston the pig: You could be an astronaut.

Big bad wolf: I wouldn’t mind shot a ball or two it I’m playing

Preston the pig: You could be an astronaut.

Big bad wolf: I’d be over the moon with that!

Narrator: The big bad wolf is picturing landing on Planet pigs, with lots of pigs in view and

caring

Preston the pig: You could be a school t______（83）.

Big bad wolf: I could certainly teach you a lesson or two.

Preston the pig: You could be a poet.

Big bad wolf: Hmm…I could do a ver, I suppo.

There is nothing so beautiful in this world,

As a fresh plump pig with a tail that curled.

Yes, the pig ‘s the creature l like the m______（84）.

So sweet and tender, especially roasted.

Preston the pig: You could be a sailor.

Dig bad wolf: Good idea! Now b______（85） my ship, little chop!

Preston the pig: You could be a c______（86）.

Big bad wolf: A very tasty idea! And you look gorgeous in my pot!

Preston s father: Preston! Have you left that window open? Dinner’s ready!

Preston the pig: Coming, Dad!

Big bad wolf: Oh, no, my dinner’s gone. People don’t realize what hard work it is catching

pigs! All that scheming and creeping about—all that A wolf could starve! I

haven’t had a bite since breakfast I could eat a hor! It’s not fair—he’s inside stuffing his snout

while I’m out here with a rumbling tummy! When will dinner ever be s______（87）?

Ⅰ. Read the interview and answer the questions:（读一则采访回答问题，共8分）

News prenter: Now the latest news from Waytown where protestors want to stop the

building of a new motorway. First, an interview with Jamie Doyle from the environmental group,

Greene Planet. Jamie, why are you against this road?

Jamie Doyle: Anew road is bad for the environment and bad for people of Waytwon. We

believe that it will create pollution and destroy local wildlife, and that it will also make life noisier

and more dangerous for local families.

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NP: So, what are you going to do to stop this road?

Jamie Doyle: It’s very simple. We’re going to stay here—we’re not going to move. The

builders plan to start work tomorrow but they won’t be able to do anything.

NP: That was Jamie Doyle speaking a little earie. Now let’s go to our reporter in Waytwon.

Jane Fry, what’s happening now?

Jamie Doyle: Well, things are getting very ten. About twenty protestors are refusing to

move and about thirty riot police are moving slowing towards them. The police are obviously

going to remove the protestors…on and people are throwing objects at the police.. .ow! That

nearly hit me! This is really dangerous…someone’s going to hurt,

Answer the questions:

88. What’s Jane Fry?

__________________________________________________________________________

89. Give three reasons why Jamie Doyle thinks the new road a bed thing.

（1）___________________（2）____________________（3）____________________

90. What did Jamie Doyle plan to do to stop the road.

__________________________________________________________________________

91. What would the police do to the protestors who refud to move?

__________________________________________________________________________

92. Do you think the protestors are doing the right thing? Why or why not?

___________________________________________________________________（2分）

V. Writing “I have got a good habit”（作文，我有个好习惯8分）

以下问题必须回答

What is your god habit?

Why did you develop his habit?

What has tis habit bough you?

I. 26.D 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. A 31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. D

II. 36. ate 37. planning 38. menus 39. price

III. 40. thinner 41. dishes 42. cooks 43. less 44. meaning 45. dishonest 46.

completely

47. don't need 48. What fun 49. didn't it 50. What would 51. as far 52. took, to

53. Adding too-much sugar or salt to foods does harm to our hearts.

54. companies 55. allowed 56. late 57. more interesting 58. children's 59. hers

60. writing 61. bind-watching

62. hard 63. best

64. B 65. C 66. D 67. E 68. F 69. A

70. C 71. A 72. B

73. B 73. B

75. D 76. B 77. A 78. B 79. B

80. waiting 81. many 82. eat 83. teacher 84. most 85. boat 86. coach 87. rved

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第二卷（满分50分）

Ⅰ. Translation（中译英，共8分）

1. 我没有自己的宠物，因为我没有时间照顾它们。

__________________________________________________________________________

2. When we get a call from someone.______________________________________（我们马上上救护车并且以最快速度赶到他们那里）

3. 有的时候我们要工作到深夜。我喝很多咖啡来保持清醒。

__________________________________________________________________________

4. 石油钻井平台从海洋深处抽取油和天然气。

__________________________________________________________________________

Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks with words in their proper forms.（用所给单词的正确形式填空6分）

5. We don’t play a game from ______（begin）to end.

6. We have to check that the buttons all work and that’s the ______（bored）part of the game.

7. Oil platforms are dangerous places. Everyone needs to work ______（safe）.

8. An ______（explode）on the platform killed eleven people.

9. He ______（food）each dog when they arrive home every day.

a ______（create）way it is to solve the problem!

Ⅰ. Choo the best answers（选择最恰当的答案，共6分）

11.（ ）After Kent took the dogs for a walk, he _______ each dog with a towel before

taking them borne.

A. drives B. drove C. dries D. dried

12.（ ）______ it like to work as a paramedic, Georgia?

A. What does B. What is C. How would D. What would

13.（ ）We usually test one small part of a game again and again. The underlined part

means:

A. totally B. originally C. repeatedly D. confidently

14.（ ）The restaurant ______ from to every day,

A. opens B. open C. is open D. is opened

15.（ ）The people on oil platforms do ______ different jobs.

A. a number of B. much C. huge amounts of D. few

16. （ ）Which of the following is WRONG?

A. Accidents can still happen. B. Accidents can still take place

C. Accidents can still occur D. Accidents can still be taken place

Ⅰ. Choo the best answer（选择最恰当的答案，共10分）

（A）Ocean Zones

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Oceans cover more than two thirds of Earth’ surface. Oceans can be 17 into three

zones according to how far down sunlight reaches. To e which zones animals live in, look at the

picture below.

Sunlit zone

Sunlight reaches down to about 200 meters deep. Most a 18 live in the sunlit water.

Sunlight reaches through shallow as and the upper waters of the open ocean. Schools of fish,

such as sliver snappers, swim in the sunlit zone.

Twilight zone

Light becomes dim below 200 meters. The twilight zone reaches from here down to about

1,000 meters deep. Octopus and squid live in all the ocean zones, 19 the twilight zone.

Midnight zone

No sunlight reaches below l t000metcrs, so the midnight zone is pitch black and extremely

cold. The deepest parts of the ocean may be more than 4,000 meters deep. The far down is known

as the abyss and there is 20 food there.

The 21 ocean is the Pacific, followed by the Atlantic, then the Indian. The Arctic is

the shallowest of all the oceans.

17.（ ）A. changed B. turned C. mixed D. divided

18.（ ）A. mammals B. living C. creations D. creatures

19.（ ）A. except B. including C. except for D. despite

20.（ ）A. little B. a little C. few D. a few

21.（ ）A. deadliest B. deepest C. biggest D. widest

（B）Fantastic Fish

Fish can be weird and wonderful! They 22 in size from tiny a hor to giant manta

rays. Some have unusual shapes that help them to hide or scare off predators.

Lionfish have striped bodies to 23 away other fish. Any predator that bites a lionfish

will be pierced by poisonous spines.

Leafy a dragons live in shallow, a weedy waters, Here, they 24 predators by

looking like aweed. Their other name is weedy a dragons.

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Sharks are survivors! They have lived in the world’s oceans since prehistoric times. The

largest of all fish, they have streamlined bodies, good hearing, and a keen n of 25 for

sniffing out food.

Dolphins are small toothed whales. Intelligent and curious, they are 26 towards

people. They have even rescued shipwreck survivors and helped them back to shore!

22. （ ）A. different B. change C. vary D. show

23. （ ）A. warm B. wear C. prevent D. dare

24. （ ）A. protect B. avoid C. tell D. follow

25（ ）A. taste B. eyesight C. touch D. smell

26. （ ）A. familiar B. unfamiliar C. friendly D. unfriendly

Ⅰ. Cloze（首字母填空，共10分）

Street food around the world

Belgium: Home of French Fried: You can find French fried potatoes all over the world, but

as Belgians will tell you. they, not the French, i 27 this popular street food back in the

venteenth century. The Belgian city of Antwerp has the world’s only French fries muum.

Crispy French fries, eaten from a paper cone with salt and plenty of mayonnai are the Belgians’

favorite snack. They are sold at special kiosks all over mayor towns. Secret of perfect French fries

is that they are fried not once, but t 28 , in hot oil -the first time to cook the inside, and

cond time to give a perfect, golden outside.

Vietnam: Soup for breakfast. The food stalls in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,

open early in the morning and stay busy until late at night, lling snacks to hungry pasrs-by.

The most famous dish is pho, a noodle soup with slices of tender beef or chicken and a v 29

of vegetables. It’s usually eaten for breakfast-many Vietname people say they cannot start the

day w 30 this delicious savory snack! Many Vietname live and work a 31 , and

pho has been exported all over the world. There are now chains of pho restaurants in the United

States, Australia and Canada.

Mexico: The food of the people. It’s lunchtime in Mexico City and everywhere people are q

32 up for Mexico’s favorite fast food -tacos. They’re soft pancakes with chicken, beef or

vegetables as fillings, and then covered with spicy sauce, lettuce and sour cream.

Morocco: Food as theatre Street food in the main square of Marrakesh, Morocco is like an

exciting performance. As the sun s 33 at the end of the day, street llers t up their

charcoal grills and the air is filled with smoke and delicious smells of cooking. Crowds of locals

and I 34 sit on wooden benches and eat off paper plates, surrounded by the sights, smells

and tastes of African culture: harira, for example, a rich soup made with lamb and spices. Or how

about sheep’s head or tiny boiled snails, eaten with a toothpick?

Australia: Fancy a pie floater? Feeling hungry? No visit to South Australia is complete if

you don’t t 35 the local speciality -a pie floater. They are traditionally sold at roadside

kiosks, some of which s 36 open all night It consists of a meat pie floating in a thick given

pea soup. Finally, the pic is covered with plenty of bright red tomato ketchup. Enjoy!

Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks with words from the box with its proper forms （从表格中选出单词的正确形式填，共10分）

melt, ri, sad, begin, journey,

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spill, effect, as, slow, cau

The world’s fresh water is constantly on the move. It flows in and out of lakes, roars down

rapids, and runs in rivers to the a. Its 37 never ends. The flow of water over land 38

wears away the rocks and moves the pieces about Over time, vast canyons and dramatic valleys

have been carved out by moving water.

The water cycle

1. Water from the oceans and the ground heals up and 39 into the air as vapour. 2.

Winds carry the warm, damp air up over higher ground. 3. The water vapour cools and forms

clouds. 4. Eventually, rain drops from inside the clouds. Then the water falls back down as rain,

hail or snow. 5. This water makes its way into stream and rivers, over land, or through the ground.

6. Rivers then carry the water back into the ocean and the cycle 40 again.

Frozen solid

Most of the world’s fresh water is stored in its frozen form, 41 ice and snow, in the

Earth’s polar regions. In cold climates, where the snow never 42 , “river” of ice called

glaciers are formed. Glaciers often occur in mountainous regions, where a lot of snow falls. Fresh

layers of snow push down on the older layers beneath, turning them to ice. Over many years, the

thick layers of ice form an ice cap. The weight of this ice 43 it to move, gradually,

downhill.

Polluted Water

Imagine living somewhere that is always dirty. 44 , this is the ca for some wildlife

as a result of pollution in rivers and lake. Factories are often built clo to rivers, which can be

ud as a water supply. However, waste from pools and industries located near rivers can have a

rious 45 on wildlife. Oil can 46 from boat engines or tankers, and this blocks

the supply of oxygen to fish.

5. beginning 6. most bored 7. safely 8. explosion 9. feeds 10. creative

11. D 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. A 6. D

17. D 18. A 19. B 20. A 21. C

22. C 23. D 24. C 25. D 26. C

27. including 29. variety 30. without 31. abroad 32. queuing 33. ts

34. loacls 35. taste 36. sometimes

37. journey 38. slowly 39. ris 40. begins 41. as 42. melts 43. caus 44.

Sadly 45. effect 46. spill

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