C．pessimistic D．sad

　　4．The main idea of the passage is about ________.

　　A．Edison's good personalities and qualities

　　B．Edison's famous work

　　C．Edison as a great scientist

　　D．Edison as a workaholic

　　B

　　Many people in the United States like eggs for breakfast. There are many different ways to cook eggs. One of the most common kinds of eggs for breakfast is scrambled eggs. In addition, this is one of the easiest dishes to cook. Read this recipe (秘法) for scrambled eggs and you will see how easy it is.

Scrambled Eggs Utensils Ingredients a frying pan

a spatula (刮勺)

1 tea spoon

a fork or spoon

a small bowl eggs

2 tablespoons of milk or butter

salt

black pepper (胡椒) 　　Steps:

　　★Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium (适中的) heat.

　　★In a small bowl, mix the eggs and the milk. Use the fork (or the spoon) to mix these well.

　　★Pour this mixture into the pan.

　　★Stir the eggs from time to time with the spatula. Continue until the eggs are no longer liquid.

　　★Add salt and black pepper. Add a little or a lot, as you like.

　　5．For this recipe, you do not need __________.

　　A．a knife B．a spatula

　　C．a bowl D．a fork

　　6．Which of these steps comes first?

　　A．Stir the eggs with the spatula.

　　B．Eat the eggs for breakfast.

　　C．Add salt and pepper.

　　D．Mix the eggs and the milk.

　　7．Which of these words means "to change from solid to liquid"？

　　A．Pour. B．Melt.

　　C．Stir. D．Scramble.

　　C

　　Sports can help you keep fit and get in touch with nature. However, whether you are on the mountains, in the waves, or on the grassland, you should be aware that your sport of choice might have great influence on the environment.

　　Some sports are resource­hungry. Golf, as you may know, eats up not only large areas of countryside, but also tons of water. Besides, all sorts of chemicals and huge amounts of energy are used to keep its courses (球场) in good condition. This causes major environmental effects. For example, in the dry regions of Portugal and Spain, golf is often held responsible for serious water shortage in some local areas.

There are many environment­friendly sports. Power walking is one of them that you could