牛津版（深圳•广州）初中英语七年级下学期期中考试模拟试卷（2）

    Trees are useful to man in three important ways.

    The first important way is that they provide man with wood and other products. Trees provide not only man but also many animals with food. Without trees, many animals could not live on the Earth. It's not easy for man to live on the Earth either.

    The second important way is that trees give us shade. On a hot summer day, people are eager（渴望）to have a rest under the tree after they have a long walk. You can imagine how important the shade of a tree is to man and animals.

    The third important way is that trees help to prevent droughts and floods. However, in many parts of the world, people haven't realized the third way. They cut trees down in large numbers. In the end, they find that they have lost the best friends they had.

Dear friends,

    I am writing this letter to draw your attention to the disasters（灾难）these days. Too much rain destroyed the crops and washed the earth away. Sometimes it was too little and made plants dead. Also there was too much dust in the air. All these did great damage to our life.

    However, we made them! So it is time for us to try our best to save the Earth.

    The most important thing is to plant trees as many as possible. At the same time, we should stop cutting down trees and protect the forests. And we can save our planet through many other ways, such as saving water and using both sides of paper. Besides, don't keep TVs or computers on when you are not using them. When you leave a room, turn off the lights.

    A small action is very helpful to our planet. Please join us in the action of protecting the Earth. Let's start from the little things right around us.

Bruce

Leader of the Students' Union

    One Sunday morning Mr. Green and his child, Bill, are in a big shop. Mr. Green wants to buy a new blouse for Mrs. Green. Bill likes oranges, so his father buys two kilos（公斤）of oranges for him, too. Bill wants to buy some picture—books and colour pencils, too. There are many people in the shop. They are men and women, old and young. They all want to buy something there.

—He's Mr. Wang's son. He's smart and does well in his subjects.

—He's excellent as a student. He's good at all his subjects.

—Yes. It was an amazing day for me.

—OK! I just want to buy something.

—Don't give up doing it. Work hard and you will finish it successfully.