In most parts of the world, many students help their school make less pollution. They join in “environment(环境) clubs”. In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.
Here are the things students often do.
Turn off the water! Do you know that some toilets can waste(浪费) twenty to forty tons of water an hour?
In a year, that would fill a small river! In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.
No-car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car—not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to our air, so remember:
Walk, jump, bike or run.
Use your legs! It’s lots of fun!
No-garbage(垃圾) lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school!
We love our environment. Let’s work together to make it clean! Environment clubs ask students .
| A．to run to school every day | B．to play sports every day |
| C．not to throw away lunch bags | D．not to forget to take cars |
From this passage we know the students usually have lunch .
| A．at school | B．in clubs | C．at home | D．in shops |
The writer wrote the passage to tell students to .
| A．join in clubs | B．help teachers | C．make less pollution | D．clean schools |
Young people can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with people like their parents and classmates.
Liu Wei, a junior 2 student from Hefei, could not understand his teacher and was doing badly in his lessons. He became so worried about it that he started to cut his finger with a knife.
Another student, 14-year-old Yang Fang from Guangzhou, was afraid of exams. She got very worried in the exam, and when she looked at the exam paper, she couldn’t think of anything to write.
A recent report from Jiefang Daily says about 18% of Shanghai teenagers have mental problems. Their troubles include being worried and very unhappy, and having problems in learning and getting on with people. Many students who have problems won’t go for advice or help. Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor. Others don’t want to talk about their secrets.
Liang Yuezhu, an expert on teenagers from Beijing Hospital has the following advice for teenagers:
Talk to your parents or teachers often.
Take part in group activities and play sports.
Go to see a doctor if you feel unhappy or unwell.The students who often become worried or have trouble getting on with others may
have .
| A．mental problems | B．a headache |
| C．a knife with them | D．no parents |
Liu Wei cut his finger with a knife because .
| A．he was afraid of his teacher |
| B．he wanted to frighten his parents |
| C．he was so worried about his studies |
| D．his finger was badly hurt |
Yang Fang’s problem happened when .
| A．she studied very hard |
| B．she had exams |
| C．she talked with her parents |
| D．she thought of something |
Students who have problems won’t ask others for help because .
| A．they won’t let others think they are stupid |
| B．they don’t think doctors can help them |
| C．they think the problems are not serious |
| D．they have no secrets about others |
Liang Yuezhu’s advice tells us that .
| A．it’s unnecessary for them to be with others |
| B．only group activities and sports can help them |
| C．teachers and parents can’t do anything about mental problems |
| D．it’s better for the students who have mental problems to join others. |
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the world, is now making efforts to reinvent （以新形式出现）the toilet. Gates has donated a big part of his wealth to charity. Now his charitable organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for future toilets that can improve the living conditions of millions of people.
The flush toilet （抽水马桶）we use today was invented in 1775. While it works well in getting rid of our waste, it also uses a lot of water and needs a costly sewage system（下水道排污系统）. Besides, it’s not necessarily practical for the developing world. In some developing countries, lack of toilets leads to poor hygiene（卫生），and that could kill people. According to the World Health Organization, 1.5 million children under the age of five die each year because of hygiene problems.
Last year, the Gates Foundation gave money to eight universities around the world and asked them to start inventing the toilet of tomorrow: a toilet that uses little or no water is cheap and easy to fix, and is safe and hygienic.
At the “ Reinvent the Toilet Fair（展销会）” competition recently held in Seattle, twenty-eight designs were displayed. The winners, from the California Institute of Technology（加州理工学院）, were awarded a $ 100,000 prize by the Gates Foundation.
“We couldn’t be happier with the response that we’ve gotten,” Bill Gates said at the event. Many of the new designs would not only greatly improve hygiene in the developing world, but also help change the dependence on traditional flush toilets in developed nations, he said.What are disadvantages of the flush toilet we use today?
| A．Wasting a lot of water and energy. |
| B．Washing a lot of water and needing a costly sewage system. |
| C．Spending too much time and energy. |
| D．Improving hygiene and environment. |
How many designs were displayed at the “Reinvent the Toilet Fair”?
| A．Eight. | B．Eighty. |
| C．Eighteen. | D．Twenty-eight. |
What does the underlined word “that” refer to?
| A．The flush toilet we use today. |
| B．The old toilet we used long ago. |
| C．Lack of toilets in some developing countries. |
| D．Lack of toilets leads to poor hygiene in some developing countries. |
Which would be the best title for the passage?
| A．Bill Gates of Microsoft | B．Revolution （革命） of the toilet |
| C．Fair of the toilet | D．Type of the toilet |
Have you ever watched movies in a 4D cinema? It is going to be the next wave in movie theatre experience, and it will take your experience to the next level.
The 4D cinema experience has actual smells, mists and vibrations (震动）. While you’re watching a movie about water fighting, tiny nozzles (喷嘴）in the seats might let out a mist of water. What about watching a movie about street racing or war? The nozzles can give out the smell of burning rubber or gunpowder (火药）. Those all-important little nozzles have about 1,000 options for you, everything from mists to smells.
Seats in the theatre are movable as well. When a car crash happens on the screen, it can also feel like it’s happening in your chair. Large fans set around the theatre can make you feel like you’re caught in a windstorm, and a lot of lights set around the cinema can be used to create huge flashes like you might see in a lightning storm.
Watching movies in a 4D cinema can offer you an amazing and unusual experience. You can not only see the movie, but also feel and smell it.The nozzles in a 4D cinema can let out ____________.
| A．street racing or war | B．a mist of gunpowder |
| C．the smell of water | D．everything from mists to smells. |
The second and third paragraph mainly tells us ____________.
| A．the4D cinema will be in the field |
| B．great changes about the 4D cinema |
| C．seats in the theatre are movable as well |
| D．large fans make you feel like at home |
The underlined word “tiny” in the second paragraph means ________.
| A．small | B．Huge | C．unusual | D．movable |
| News One Recently a cloned dog named Ruppy became the world’s first transgenic(转基因的）dog . She and four other dogs all gave off red light under certain conditions. A team led by Byeong-Chun Lee in korea created the dogs. Lee and researcher Woo Suk Hwang were also part of the team that created the first cloned dog, Snuppy, in 2005. “This new experiment should open the door for transgenic dogs to be models of human illness,” said one of the team members, Che Myong Ko. “The next step for us is to make a true illness model.” |
| News Two A company in Japan has said they will soon sell a new kind of T-shirt. The T-shirt can protect people from knives. It is more than three times stronger than cotton because it is made of a special kind of material. This material is thick enough to protect you, but it is not too heavy to make you look like you are wearing protective clothing. This material is like the one that is used in body armor, but it is lighter and can be washed by a washing machine. These T-shirts are created because of the increased knife accidents that happen to children. |
From News One we can learn that ________.
| A．Ruppy can give off red light all the time |
| B．Snuppy is the world’s first transgenic dog |
| C．Byeong-Chun Lee created Snuppy |
| D．Ruppy will be used to study people’s illness |
What does the underlined phrase “body armor” in News Two mean in Chinese?
| A．警服. | B．保暖衣. |
| C．消防服. | D．防弹衣. |
News Two shows that ________.
| A．the special T-shirt is made of a special kind of cotton which is thick enough to protect you |
| B．you might break the T-shirt if you put it in a washing machine |
| C．the number of knife accidents is increasing in Japan |
| D．the special T-shirt makes you look like you are wearing protective clothing |
Delegates from nearly 200 countries have spent the past two weeks in Warsaw, Poland. More than 9,000 representatives gathered for a United Nations conference on climate change. Organizers called the meeting to work toward a treaty to fight rising temperatures on our planet. The treaty would be signed in 2015 and take effect after 2020.
It doesn't matter whether you play a guitar, a piano, a horn, or a drum. And what kind of music you play is not important. Just play itl It will do good things for your body. The research at Northwestern University shows that playing a musical instrument is good for your brain. And although our ears may not work well as we age, the brain remembers how to "Iock onto" the important sounds. And that helps us to hear better.
Powerful, intense fires have been burning out of control in parts of the western United States. In a new report, scientists are predicting more and bigger wildfires over bigger areas and for longer periods in the western United States. Scientists at Harvard University in Massachusetts looked at past weather conditions and wildfires to find out why. Atmospheric chemist Loretta Mickley is a researcher and helped to organize a new study. She says high temperatures and rainfall in other years can create the conditions for large fires.
The western state of California is known for wildfires. This year the fire season has been extremely active. California has some of the most experienced firefighters in the country because of its high risk of fire. Prisoners who have no history of violent crime and are in good physical condition may train and work as firefighters. They may get their prison sentences reduced in exchange for their help fighting fires. But that is not the only appeal of the work program, says Louie Orozco, who was sentenced to prison for robbery.
Americans have been volunteering to make a difference around the world through the Peace Corps for more than 50 years. A community development program for the United States began 20 years ago. Its name is AmeriCorps. And now, another volunteer effort is making a difference in people's lives______ with music.
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| A．Working to fight climate change |
| B．Rising temperatures could mean more wildfires |
| C．Prisoners in California help fight wildfires |
| D．Music and the human brain |
E. Volunteers bring music to those in need