Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotel often provide guests with things like disposable(一次性的)toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. Many guests like the idea because they don’t have to bring their own. But ,if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables. They want to ask people to use fewer disposable things.
Many disposable things are made of plastic. People throw them away after only using them once. It is a waste of natural resources(资源)and is very bad for the environment. Do you know that one Chinese person makes as much as as 400kg of waste a year? Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to bread down. So wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your daily life: use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups. At your school canteen(食堂). use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of(代替) disposable ones. Which of the following may still be provided(被提供) in Beijing hotels after June?
| A．toothbrushes | B．tea cups | C．shampoo | D．paper slippers. |
Why do many hotels provide guests with some disposable things?
| A．To let their guests take fewer things while travelling. |
| B．To hope their guests use fewer disposable things. |
| C．To wish their guests to save money. |
| D．To want their guests to use more disposable things. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Many disposable things are made of plastic. |
| B．Throwing disposable things away is a waste of natural resources. |
| C．Plastic is very bad for the environment. |
| D．Plastic breaks down easily. |
What can we do to make our world a better place at home and school?
| A．Using shopping bags made of plastic. |
| B．Using paper cups instead of plastic ones. |
| C．Using disposable plates, bowls and chopsticks. |
| D．Using everything over and over again. |
We can tell from the story that____________________________.
| A．People don’t like disposable things at all. |
| B．We can’t use paper or plastic bowls at school. |
| C．We should use fewer plastic things and protect our environment. |
| D．Hotels won’t provide disposable things to save money. |
A lift is wonderful. It is really only a small room. Rooms usually stay in one place. Lifts travel up and down all day long.
Sometimes a worker stands in the lift. He or she operates(操作)it up and down. In modern lifts there is no worker. The people walk in. They know which floor they want. They push a button(按纽)and the lift goes to the floor. It is very fast and easy.
Lifts are very important for us. Why? Think about a tall building. Maybe it has twenty floors. Maybe it has fifty or more. Who can walk up all the stairs? Perhaps people can climb them one time. Can someone climb thirty floors to an office everyday? Can small children walk up to their rooms on the twenty–forth floor？Can their mother and their father carry food up all those stairs? Of course not.
We can have high buildings because we have lifts. We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings in the world without lifts. They are really wonderful.
根据短文内容，判断正误。正确（T）,错误（F）.(10分)The lift is a room’s name.
In modern lift there must be a worker operating it.
If you go into a modern lift, you can’t put any buttons.
A small children can go to the thirty floor of a building easily.
It is convenient(方便)to live in a tall building without a lift.
When my son, Mark, was in the third grade, he saved all his pocket money for over three months to buy holiday presents. The third Saturday in December Mark said he had made his list and had twenty dollars in his pocket.
I drove him to a nearby supermarket. Mark picked up a hand basket and went in while I waited and watched in the car. It took Mark over 45 minutes to choose his present. Finally he came to the checkout counter and reached into his pocket for his money. It was not there! There was a hole in his pocket, but no money! Mark stood there holding his basket, tears falling down his face.
Then a surprising thing happened. A woman came up to Mark and took him in her arms. “ You would help me a lot if you let me pay for you,” said the woman. “It would be the most wonderful gift you could give me. I only ask that one day you will pass it on. When you grow up, I would like you to find someone you can help.When you help others, I know you will feel as good about it as I do now.”
Mark took the money, dried his tears and ran back to the checkout counter as fast as he could. That year we all enjoyed our gifts almost as much as Mark enjoyed giving them to us.
I would like to say “thank you” to that very kind woman, and tell her that four years later, Mark went house to house to collecting blankets and clothes foe the homeless people in the fire. And I want to promise her that Mark will never forget to keep passing it on.When did the story probably happen?
| A．On Christmas Day. | B．Before Christmas Day. |
| C．On New Year’s Day. | D．After New Year’s Day. |
What happened to Mark in the supermarket?
| A．His gifts were stolen. | B．He broke his basket. |
| C．He lost his money. | D．He lost his way. |
Which is RIGHT according to the passage?
| A．When they got to the supermarket, Mark went in with the woman. |
| B．Mark’s family has no money. |
| C．Finally Mark accepted the woman’s help. |
| D．The woman asked Mark to collect the clothes and blankets. |
Why did the writer want to say “thank you ” to the woman?
| A．Because she bought Mark a nice gift. |
| B．Because she always paid money for others. |
| C．Because she collected clothes for the homeless. |
| D．Because she taught Mark to help people in need. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．A big supermarket. | B．A kind woman. |
| C．A happy holiday. | D．A wonderful gift. |
When I was a foreign teacher in China, every day I taught English to my students and they taught me about China. One day the topic turned to saying “ I love you”. I was shocked to learn that not one of my students has said this to their mothers, nor had their mothers said it to them. “Does your mother love you?” “ Of course,” they answered.
“ How do you know?” was my logical question. They responded that their moms cooked and always told them what they were doing wrong to show their caring. I was stunned. So mom’s cooking and criticizing read out as “I love you”. “Then do you say‘I love you’to her?” They agreed that getting good grades, followed by good jobs would be how they showed their love.
I come from a culture where most people are expressive enough, so I repeated these questions in classes over time. Gradually, I began to get different responses. Some of them had exchanged those sentiments with their moms.
One of my favourite stories of change came from a girl. When she came home from university, her mother met her at the door and hugged her. This had never happened before, but her mom said, “ Now that you have gone, I have more time to myself. I noticed that in some places mothers and children hug each other and decided it was a good idea and that I would begin hugging you.”
In my family we all say “I love you” a lot. While it is true that we often say the words without having great depth of feelings at that moment, it is almost like a blessing we give each other. Those three words carry a world of meaning, even when said as a greeting, but most especially if they are the last words we say to or hear from those we love. Chinese people prefer to show love by __________.
| A．saying “I love you” | B．cooking |
| C．getting good grades | D．doing something helpful |
The underlined word “stunned” mean________ in Chinese.
| A．好笑 | B．难受 | C．震惊 | D．有趣 |
In paragraph 4, what’s the real meaning of the mom’s hugging?
| A．She is meeting her daughter at the door. |
| B．She loves her daughter and misses her. |
| C．She is glad that she has more time to herself. |
| D．She finds it interesting to hug her daughter. |
Which of the following statements is RIGHT?
| A．Chinese people never show love to their mothers. |
| B．Chinese students express love to their mothers by studying hard and trying to get good jobs. |
| C．In foreign countries people have great depth of feelings to say “I love you”. |
| D．People from different countries will never understand each other. |
What’s the main idea of the passage?
| A．Say “I love you” more to your family. |
| B．Say “I love you” a lot to Chinese people. |
| C．Say “I love you” as a greeting to others. |
| D．Say “I love you” without great depth of feelings. |
阅读下列材料,从各题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。
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If you want to buy a little dog, you can call _______.
A. 555-5019 B 555-0001 C. 555-4140 D. 555-2732 If you tell the owner where Bluey is, you will be given____.
| A．a gold medal | B．a large pet |
| C．a great prize | D．a lot of money |
Who has kittens of different colors on sale?
| A．Tom | B．Sandy | C．Carl | D．Barbara |
Who is available to answer the phone 24 hours a day?
| A．Barbara | B．Tom | C．Carl | D．Sandy |
The above four notices are all about _______.
| A．dogs | B．cats | C．pets | D．selling pets |
Students these days often have a lot of worries. Sometimes they have problems with their schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends. Some people think the worst thing is to do nothing. Laura Mills, a teenager from Washington, agrees. “Problems and worries are normal in life,” says Laura. “But I think talking to someone helps a lot. If we don’t talk to someone, we’ll certainly feel worse.”
Laura once lost her purse, and worried for days. She was afraid to tell her parents about it. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn’t have any money. She just kept thinking. “If I tell my parents, they’ll be angry!” But in the end, she talked to her parents and they were really understanding. Her dad said he sometimes made careless mistakes himself. They got her a new purse and asked her to be more careful. “I will always remember to share my problems in the future!” Laura says.
Robert Hunt advises students about common problems. He feels the same way as Laura. “It is best not to avoid our problems. We should always try to solve (解决) them.” He thinks that you can first find someone to talk to. This person doesn’t need to be an expert (专家) like himself. Students often forget that their parents have more experience than them, and are always there to help them.
In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in half. So you’re halfway to solving a problem if you talk to someone about it!Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph One?
| A．What can they do about this? |
| B．Where do the problems come from? |
| C．When did they have these problems? |
| D．Why do they have so many problems? |
In Paragraph 2, the writer used the story of Laura to ______.
| A．answer a question | B．give an example |
| C．introduce his friend | D．share his experience |
According to the passage Robert Hunt might be ______.
| A．Laura’s teacher |
| B．the writer of the passage |
| C．a person with a problem |
| D．an expert on students’ problem |
What is the main idea of this passage?
| A．Few children are careful with their money. |
| B．Parents are more experienced than children |
| C．Talking to someone helps to solve problems. |
| D．Students often have a lot of worries at school |