【正文】 y look small only __10__they are much farther away than the sun. ( ). rainy B. windy C. sunny D. bad ( ). near B. the nearer C. nearest D. the nearest ( ). second B. minute C. hour D. day ( ). more than B. less than C. much more D. as ( ). far B. near C. high D. away ( ). far B. away from C. far rom D. away ( ). near B. very farther C. more farther D. much farther ( ). small B. big C. far D. near ( ). little bigger B. very bigger C. much bigger D. more bigger ( )10A. when B. because C. if D. as （ 25 分） One morning in London, the weather was very cold, and many people caught a cold. They had to see a doctor, so there were many people in the doctor39。s waitingroom. At the head of the line was an old woman. The woman did not live in London. She lived in the country. She came here to visit her daughter. She wanted to see the doctor because she got a bad cold and coughed day and night. “ If I get there early, I can see the doctor quickly, ” she thought. So she was the first in the line. She sat nearest to the doctor39。s door. The old woman thought he was a queue jumper. She stood up and took his arm slowly, she said, “ We were all here before you. You must wait for your turn. Do you understand?” The American answered, “ No, madam. You don39。m the doctor! ” ( )1． ________ were there in the doctor39。s the time it takes the earth to travel around the sun. So every four years we have one more day, then we have a Leap Year, and we put it at the end of Februarythe shortest month of a year. ( ) 6. How often can we have a Leap Year? A. Every year. B. Every February. other year. D. Every four years. ( ) 7. What is a calendar? It is a kind of clock _______. A. for the whole year B. only for Leap Year. C. for the usual year D. for the unusual year ( ) 8. It takes the earth _______ to travel around the sunaround the sun. A. a day B. a little longer than 365 days C. a year D. a month ( ) Green was born on February 29. 1972. Now she is 34. How many birthdays has she had? A. 34. B. 16. C. 8. D. 10. ( )10. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. People who were born(出生 ) on February 29th can have more birthdays than others. B. Usually we have 365 days in a year. C. There were 29 days in February, 1992. D. The next Leap Year will be the year 2021. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution(污染 ). Pollution es in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even(甚至 ) hear it. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world. The more people, the more pollution. Air pollution is still the most serious. It39。 life today harder than hundreds of years ago?