下列划线的词解释有错误的一项是（  ）。

I plan to build an unusual house. It        out of old things.

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面方框内的七个选项中，选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整，并在答题卡上将其序号涂黑。

Humans’ Greatest Achievements

     The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, but the human race has lived on it for just 200,000 years. In that short time, we have achieved some amazing things.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} The list is almost endless. The invention of the airplane has changed our lives. The discovery of antibiotics (抗生素) has saved the lives of millions of people. Can you imagine living without electricity? What about the printing press (印刷术)? Without the printing press, you wouldn’t be reading this. In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in communication, such as radio, TV, computers, the Internet, and smartphones (智能手机). {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    What about the arts? The arts have brought pleasure to many people, but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

Finally, we must not forget humans' early achievements. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} We can't imagine modern life without cooked food and cars.

    What are humans' greatest achievements? To answer the question, we need to decide what we mean by “great”. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Or is it just something that makes us say “Wow,” like the Great Wall? What do you think?

请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

    Carlton Joseph is a fashion designer(服装设计师), but not just any fashion designer. He appears on television, he writes books, and he owns his fashion house.

    Born in 1980, Carlton started designing clothes when he was eleven. His father owned a clothes store, and Carlton used to work there at the weekend. Then he did a design course at college.

    When he was 21, someone suggested doing a TV program. He made his first show “Carlton's Clothes” in 2004, and he wrote his first book in the same year. Since then he has written four more. Carlton got married to TV producer Susan Mills in 2005.

Three months ago, Carlton started his new company. He called it “Design Carlton”.

At work Carlton always wears black trousers and a blue coat, but at home, or when he goes out, he wears clothes with bright colors (red, blue and yellow). He is especially crazy about new glasses, he buys a new pair every few weeks. “I like to look different every day,” he says.

     Carlton started wearing glasses when he was twelve. He dyed(给……染色) his hair red when he was 18. It is still red, and this year, for the first time, he has grown a beard. “My wife likes it, that's why” is his explanation. But his beard is black.

请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

    Carlton Joseph is a fashion designer(服装设计师), but not just any fashion designer. He appears on television, he writes books, and he owns his fashion house.

    Born in 1980, Carlton started designing clothes when he was eleven. His father owned a clothes store, and Carlton used to work there at the weekend. Then he did a design course at college.

    When he was 21, someone suggested doing a TV program. He made his first show “Carlton's Clothes” in 2004, and he wrote his first book in the same year. Since then he has written four more. Carlton got married to TV producer Susan Mills in 2005.

Three months ago, Carlton started his new company. He called it “Design Carlton”.

At work Carlton always wears black trousers and a blue coat, but at home, or when he goes out, he wears clothes with bright colors (red, blue and yellow). He is especially crazy about new glasses, he buys a new pair every few weeks. “I like to look different every day,” he says.

     Carlton started wearing glasses when he was twelve. He dyed(给……染色) his hair red when he was 18. It is still red, and this year, for the first time, he has grown a beard. “My wife likes it, that's why” is his explanation. But his beard is black.

请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框中所给的词的适当形式填空，并写在答题卡的相应位置。每个词限用一次。

     Many people have cars in the city. But pollution is a problem because of the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Nowadays some downtown (市中心) areas around the world don't have cars. These car-free zones (无车区) are{#blank#}2{#/blank#} for people, bicycles, and public transportation only.

     Eight million people{#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the center of London and another two million people go to work there every day. The downtown area is very{#blank#}4{#/blank#} with hundreds of cars, buses, and taxis, but there are {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a lot of beautiful parks with free music concert. At lunchtime, many people go there for a rest {#blank#}6{#/blank#} they get off work.

     Parts of Tokyo are always crowded with hundreds of people - but no cars! These modern car-free zones are{#blank#}7{#/blank#} popular and people like shopping there.

     In the past, Bogota was polluted because there{#blank#}8{#/blank#}lots of cars and traffic. Now the downtown area is car-free zone and the air is{#blank#}9{#/blank#}! Many people don't have a car and half a million people take the bus{#blank#}10{#/blank#}. There are lots of stores. It's not expensive.

— May I speak to Mrs. Black?

— Sorry, mum can't come to the phone now. She        a shower.

The water        dark and dirty. It's no longer safe to drink.

The water        dark and dirty. It's no longer safe to drink.

The water        dark and dirty. It's no longer safe to drink.

The water        dark and dirty. It's no longer safe to drink.

He won in the story competition and his parents were very        .