Ⅲ.微写作

　　现在到了我们采取措施保护环境和拯救地球的时候了(It is time that...)。众所周知，许多树木被砍倒(cut down)用作一次性筷子，只用一次便被扔掉了。森林被破坏(destroy)导致(result in)越来越多的土地沙漠化。如果我们继续(go on)砍伐树木，地球将来便不适合居住了。

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　　It is time that we should do something to protect the environment and save the earth.As is known to all，a lot of trees are cut down to make disposable chopsticks，which are used only once and then thrown away.Now forests being destroyed results in more and more lands becoming desert.If we go on cutting down trees，the earth will be unfit to live on in the future.

IV.阅读理解

　　Babylon was founded in 3000 BC by a man named Nimrod.In later centuries，city builders came and went.In 1790 BC，Hammurabi began to rule over Babylon.He enlarged the city，strengthened it，and made it the capital of an empire and society based on the rule of law.

　　After this，the city was occupied by various powers.Eventually，around 645 BC，the Chaldean Nabopolassar founded a new dynasty in Babylon.His son，Nebuchadnezzar，made Babylon the most famous city in the world.He conducted numerous building projects，including palaces，temples，walls for protection，and，his most famous project，the hanging gardens of Babylon.Babylon's gardens consisted of vaulted terraces(拱形梯田)，one above another，which were big enough to contain full­grown trees.These gardens were also known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

At its height，it seemed that Babylon couldn't be taken over by any enemy.It lay on