[单项选择]The houses we live in are very important. They keep us from being cold in the winter and hot in the summer. In the winter they keep out the snow. They also keep out the wind. Even if it is blowing outside, we are nice and warm inside. In the summer houses keep the hot sun from us. When it rains, they keep us from getting wet.
Houses are also places where we can feel safe. People can’t get at us or our things. Houses give us a place to be together with our families and friends. Mothers and fathers care for their children there. The children play there. The family eat and sleep under the same roof.
Houses are different in many ways. They are made of different things. Some houses are made of wood. Some are made of stone. Sometimes more than one thing is used to make a house.
Houses come in different sizes. Some houses have only one room. Some houses have more than one room. Big apartment houses found in cities have a great many rooms. They hold many families. The rooms in w

[单项选择]The houses we live in are very important. They keep us from being cold in the winter and hot in the summer. In the winter they keep out the snow. They also keep out the wind. Even if it is blowing outside, we are nice and warm inside. In the summer houses keep the hot sun from us. When it rains, they keep us from getting wet.
Houses are also places where we can feel safe. People can’t get at us or our things. Houses give us a place to be together with our families and friends. Mothers and fathers care for their children there. The children play there. The family eat and sleep under the same roof.
Houses are different in many ways. They are made of different things. Some houses are made of wood. Some are made of stone. Sometimes more than one thing is used to make a house.
Houses come in different sizes. Some houses have only one room. Some houses have more than one room. Big apartment houses found in cities have a great many rooms. They hold many families. The rooms in w

[单项选择]Why did ancient people usually live where there were plenty of trees（）
A. Trees provided them with shades.
B. Trees indicated plenty of sunlight and rainfall.
C. Trees were materials for burning and building houses.
D. Trees provided them with fruit and food.

[简答题] The earth we live is a ball of very hot rock. It is good for us that the outside shell is cold. If it were not, no one could live here. What if our earth were only as big as an egg Then the outside part would be as deep as the egg’’s shell. The earth’’s shell has cracks in it in some places. In New Zealand, this shell seems to have more cracks than in other places on the earth. There are spots where the ground is so hot that it burns the bottom of your shoes. In some places, hot water shoots into the air from time to time. At other points, you can see steam coming up from pools of hot water. The people who live in North Island, New Zealand, make use of the heat that comes from inside the earth. Some of them cook in the hot pools. They put food into a basket and place it in the water. Washing clothes is done in much the same way. Many people bring the hot water from below the earth into their houses, They do this by putting a pipe a hundred feet or more into the ground.

[单项选择]We have to think very carefully before we take any action, because it’s a very ______ situation we are in.
A. ideal
B. favourable
C. good
D. severe

[填空题]People who live in glass houses should not throw stones .

[填空题]There are very few wooden houses in advanced countries.

[简答题]We lived in Shanghai when I was very young. We moved to Beijing later. My father found a job there. (compound-complex sentence)

[简答题]We have to live in art if we would be affected by art. We have to paint rather than look at paintings, to play instruments rather than go to concerts, to dance and sing and act ourselves, engaging all our senses in the ritual and discipline of the arts.