“If I had one million yuan, I would buy you a palace! Do I have one million yuan? No, I don’t! So I only can spend ten fen on this short message, sending you my best wishes!”

Today, SMS—Short Message Service is popular, and China Mobile says that every second, there are 410 messages being sent.

Look around you! People are watching their mobiles, smiling or laughing. Thumbs are moving quickly on mobiles, bringing happiness to their friends. Through SMS, we know the weather report, share jokes and news, express love and friendship.

SMS is becoming more and more popular. It is reported that 67% of young people like to send short messages to greet each other. Internet SMS will be more helpful to people. I am thankful for the progress because SMS saves me much money. Just on the top end of a thumb, so much joy can be found!

1. Is SMS—Short Message Service very popular in China? ___________________

2. How much does one short message cost according to the passage?____________

3. Which finger plays the most important role (角色) when sending short messages on mobiles?________________________________________

4. Who like SMS better, the young or the old? _______________________________

5. The passage is mainly about _________

IV还原短文。

Scientists are trying to make the deserts (沙漠) into good land again, They want to bring water to the deserts,______1________ They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.

__________2_____Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth. Some places on the earth don't get very much rain. But they still don't become deserts.______3______. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places._____4_______ When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. ____5______.

A. This is because some green plants are growing there

B. so people can live and grow food

C. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.

D. Plants don't let the hot sun make the earth even drier.

E. Why is more and more land becoming desert?

V. 词汇考查。

(A) 选词并用其适当形式填空.( exercise two little die health dance enjoy )

1.Doing sports is good for our _____. You’d better keep _____.

2.We teenagers need at _____ eight hours’ sleep every night.

3.We are ____to climb Mount Tai.

4. His grandpa’s _____ made him sad.

5.Tina has two ________ lessons every day.

6.We should brush our teeth ____ a day.

7. My grandmother is well because she ____ every day.