In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were not many people on earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.
Today, things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue like this, human life on earth will not survive.
Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we continue to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. However, in most countries waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the population of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food.
What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less meat, we will easily get more food. Land that is used to grow crops can feed five times more people than land where animals are kept.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner living place in the future.
| The importance of protecting the environment |
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| Problems |
◆ More fish being caught. ◆ More ◆ More waste products being put into rivers. ◆ More |
| Causes |
◆ The world is becoming too ◆ Modern methods make the situation worse . |
| Result |
We human beings will not survive on the earth. |
| Solutions |
◆ Eat more vegetables and less meat so that more food will be available for everyone. ◆ Use modern methods of ◆ Educate people so that the |
The Dress That Turns into a Coca Cola Machine
This specially designed dress looks like a normal dress，but if you unfold it and cover yourself，you may look like a Coca Cola vending machine（自动售货机）. Because there are many vending machines like that on the street，it must be easy for you to hide．If you feel that someone is following you or there is some danger，you can disappear within five seconds．But don’t use it to scare your classmates．That’ll be rude.
The M-Dress is a nice black dress．It is also a mobile phone．It accepts a standard SIM card and allows the wearer to receive calls without carrying an actual(真实的) phone in their pocket or purse．You just need to bring your hand to your ear when you want to answer a phone call．When you finish talking and release your hand，the call will close．It is fashionable and useful．But it will certainly be an embarrassing moment when your dress rings in public．
Air Conditioned Jackets
You will love these air-cooled jackets in summer time when it is very hot outdoors．The jacket has fans that draw air in．The fan is powered by an inside battery．Now it is possible to spend nearly every second of your day with cool air．What’s the main purpose of the first dress?
| A．To protect the wearer. | B．To scare your classmates. |
| C．To make the wearer look better. | D．To help sell more Coca Cola. |
The underlined word release in the 2nd paragraph means ________.
| A．put up | B．put down | C．put on | D．put out |
The second dress is called M-Dress probably because ________.
| A． it is made by men | B．it is made for men |
| C． it is medium-sized | D．it is also a mobile phone |
The best title for the second paragraph is ________.
| A．A Fashionable and Useful Dress |
| B．M-Dress That Is Also Your Phone |
| C．An Embarrassing Moment in Public |
| D．A Mobile Phone with a Standard SIM Card |
Which of the following is TRUE of the Air Conditioned Jackets?
| A．They keep you warm in winter. |
| B．The fans must be turned by hand. |
| C．The fans in them provide cool air. |
| D．The ice in them makes them cool. |
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In the modern society, the traffic problem has become more and more serious, which has aroused(引起) wide public concern（关心）, especially in the rush hour , at some time or other, people would rather walk on the street than drive the car, and the line people waiting for the bus can be as long as 10 meters. Because a great number of office workers go to work and go off work at the same time, most private cars and buses are on the roads at the same time, which of course leads to traffic jams(交通堵塞).
But how to solve it? As far as I’m concerned, for one thing, the government should build more roads to meet the needs of cars; for another, we should call for people to take a bus instead of driving their own cars. At times, we can also ride bikes to go to work or visit somewhere. Not only do we strengthen ourselves in this way, but also we protect the environment. In a word ,if all of us take actions to solve it, I believe there will not be a word named traffic jam .
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Last Saturday night Jenny was walking through a mall in London , texting on her phone. She wasn’t watching where she was going , so she fell into a sewer (下水道) and got trapped. Luckily she didn’t hurt badly. She quickly climbed out and walked away. But her accident was caught on a mall camera. Then someone posted it on YouTube. The video was viewed almost 2 million times and received national attention. Jenny was angry with this, but she learned a deep lesson: Texting while walking is dangerous. This time I just fell into a sewer. Next time I didn’t know what would happen. Maybe I would be knocked down by a car or something else. It was horrible.
Jenny may be famous for her mistake. After that, she was laughed at by her friends and workmates. She regretted what she had done. But it was too late. However, she wasn’t the only one who got into trouble while texting on the phone. In 2008, more than 1000 Englishmen visited hospital for similar reasons. They were walking and texting or talking on the phone. Suddenly a wall appeared! Or a hole or something like that got in the way. There were cuts, bumps, broken bones and even worse result happened on them.
So we must be careful when we are walking. Don’t send messages or talk with somebody on the phone while walking. Or you may hurt yourself and become another Jenny in the future.The story happened in ______ last Saturday night.
| A．China | B．America | C．England | D．Canada |
Jenny’s accident received national attention because______.
| A．she posted the accident video on YouTube |
| B．her accident was caught on a small camera |
| C．her accident video was on TV |
| D．her accident video on YouTube was viewed almost 2 million times |
The underline word “regretted” here means ______.
| A．高兴 | B．后悔 | C．以…为自豪 | D．为… 伤心 |
In 2008 ,______ had the similar accident like Jenny and visited hospital in her country.
| A．nobody | B．a few people | C．many people | D．millions of people |
What’s the best title of this passage?
| A．An Unforgettable Lesson |
| B．A Horrible Accident |
| C．Texting on the Phone While Walking |
| D．Don’t Send Message While Walking |
 Spring is coming . The flowers will start blossoming (开花)and the trees will be filled with colors. It’s time of the year for people to plant trees. Planting trees is a good way to protect our environment. But most of us don’t have a place to plant trees. So what can we do for protecting the environment? We can make a difference from the others. For example, we can think about a way to make people cut down fewer trees. As we know, paper is made from trees. If we use less paper, we can save a lot of trees. Then we may have a problem that how to use less paper. Let me tell you my ideas. |
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| Reducing Our Paper Waste Every day we just use the paper and we don’t think about where the paper comes from.Let us think about wasting a piece of paper is like wasting a tree. We can start with reducing the amount of paper products that we use. This could be done by such a simple way as using e-mail instead of writing notes. |
Reusing We could reuse paper that is clean on one side for drafts, notes and even photocopies. As students, we could reuse paper by doing our research online or at libraries rather than buying lots of written paper. Sharing books or buying a used textbook for school is another way of reusing. |
Recycle We should consider recycling notebook paper, newspapers, magazines and colored paper. We can buy paper towels, tissues, and toilet paper that have been made from recycled paper. Don’t throw away the wasted newspapers or books which are not useful to you.  |
People can protect the environment by doing the following things except ______.
| A．planting trees | B．reusing paper |
| C．drinking less water | D．cutting down less trees |
We can reduce our paper waste by______.
| A．sending e-mail | B．writing letters | C．sending cards | D．using paper bag |
______isn’t a way for you to reuse paper.
| A．Doing research online | B．Buying lots of written paper |
| C．Sharing books | D．Buying a used textbook |
______can be recycled to make paper towels, tissues and toilet paper.
| A．Colored paper | B．Newspapers |
| C．Magazines | D．All of the above |
From the passage we know that.
| A．we can reuse paper for drafts, notes and even photocopies |
| B．the paper is made from clothes and trees |
| C．four ideas are mentioned here to save paper. |
| D．we should cut down more trees to make more paper |