Nowadays, too much carbon dioxide makes the earth warmer and warmer and causes terrible effect to human beings. To save our planet and ourselves, a new lifestyle called low-carbon life becomes popular. Low carbon means low energy and no waste. It is necessary for everybody to learn to live a low-carbon life.
To live a low-carbon life, we’d better save energy as much as possible. Turn off the lights and TV whenever they are not needed. If possible, use cold water to wash clothes or dishes. Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when the weather gets warm. Don’t do the cooking with electricity.
To live a low-carbon life, we should eat less meat. Everybody knows eating too much meat makes people fat and easy to have heart disease, but maybe you don’t know keeping animals for food produces even more carbon dioxide than all the cars in the world, and being a vegetarian (素食主义者) can help reduce one and a half tons of carbon dioxide a year. Maybe it is a little difficult, but it’s really necessary.
To live a low-carbon life, we are supposed to do less shopping. When we go shopping, we may drive a car or take other transportations (交通工具). On one hand, these machines pollute the air and waste energy. On the other hand, most of us always buy some useless things because of some advertisements. It not only waste money but also causes trouble to the earth, because making everything will produce carbon dioxide more or less.
There are many other ways to live a low-carbon life, such as recycling things, planting trees and reusing textbooks. If we can keep it a habit in our daily life, the earth will become a safer planet for us to live on.
任务一：根据短文内容，用简洁的句子或短语完成下列表格。
| Advice |
How to Live a Low-Carbon Life |
| Advice 1 |
﹡ 1. |
| Advice 2 |
﹡ 2. |
| Advice 3 |
﹡ Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when it’s warm. |
| Advice 4 |
﹡ 3. |
| Advice 5 |
﹡ 4. |
| Advice 6 |
﹡ Be supposed to do less shopping. |
| Advice 7 |
﹡ Recycle things, plant trees and reuse textbooks. |
任务二：除了文中提到的建议外，你一定还有许多自己的想法，请写一条与大家分享吧。
﹡ 5.
阅读理解
Millions of children in the United States go to summer camps. Some go to play outdoors at traditional camps in the woods, in the mountains or on lakes. But families now have many choices of special camps. These can be in the middle of nature or a big city. Special camps offer young people the chance to learn about different subjects: anything from space exploration to business to medicine.
In technology camps, one subject that children can learn about is video game design. They learn how to use computer programs to create games of their own. One program that teaches video game design is called Cybercamps. Children can learn how to design their own virtual（实际上的） worlds to set their video game in. Then, they program their own rules and objects into the game.
Cybercamps also offers courses in robot building and Web design. A recent story in the Washington Post described how one child made a robot that could sing a song. Another made a robot that could follow a black line drawn on a piece of cardboard. Also, children can learn how to make Web sites. One child made a site for Pokemon, one of his favourite cartoon shows. Traditional camps are _______.
| A．in the woods | B．in the mountains | C．on lakes | D．all above |
Special camps offer young people the chance to learn _______.
| A．only space | B．only science |
| C．only medicine | D．different subjects |
In Cybercamps a child made a robot that could _______.
| A．sing | B．dance | C．speak | D．draw |
Which one is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．There are many special camps in the USA now. |
| B．Families prefer traditional camps to special camps. |
| C．Special camps can be in the middle of nature or a big city. |
| D．In technology camps, children can create games of their own. |
The best title for the passage is _______.
| A．Traditional camps | B．Special camps |
| C．Summer camps | D．Summer holiday |
阅读理解
阅读下列材料，完成每篇材料后的问题。A
| Summer Camp |
| Contact(联系) Kitty 6219-7830huamandarin@hotmail.comwww.huamandarin.cn |
| Are you looking for a place where you can enjoy Chinese study and experience Chinese culture during the summer holiday? Hua Mandarin could be your wise choice. The new summer camp will start on July 28th and end on August 18th. We provide very small groups with 2-4 people for you to learn Chinese in an effective way. Activities including calligraphy(书法), painting, culture show, Chinese movies, kung fu, swimming, and so on will help you walk into Chinese culture with fun. Welcome to call at 62197830 * Kitty for more details. |
| Comments The earlier camp finished last week. Students are happy here, although they have to learn a lot upon parents’ request(要求). Teachers here are trying to help children to learn in a funny way. — Kitty in Shanghai Please sign in to add a comment … |
Hua Mandarin is the name of a _____.
| A．person | B．school | C．Chinese course | D．summer camp |
The new summer camp will last for ____.
| A．half a month | B．twenty-two days |
| C．one month | D．two months |
If you want to take part in the new summer camp, you can call at _____.
| A．56791830 | B．62187038 | C．62197830 | D．57917380 |
The new summer camp mainly gives children a chance to enjoy _____.
| A．Chinese movies | B．some paintings |
| C．Chinese culture | D．some sports |
You can get more information about the new summer camp by _____.
| A．making a call | B．sending an email |
| C．visiting the website | D．all the above |
任务型阅读
阅读下面的短文，从文后方框中选择恰当的句子填入文中空白处。
When you read this sentence, the population of the earth has grown by 10 people.1_________
Most of these new people are born in developing countries.2_________
In the developed countries of Europe and North America, the population is growing very slowly. This is because women in these countries have, on average(平均), only one or two children. 3_________
In the developing countries, more than one billion people already live below the poverty line (贫困线).
4_________ Children get little or no time at school and suffer from many kinds of diseases.
The UN has said that the world’s population will reach 12.5 billion people by the year 2100. If the number makes your head spinning(眩晕), you’re not alone. Many experts are worrying that so fast population growth could have very bad results. 10_________
| A.These countries are found in much of Africa, South America and parts of Asia. B.These people don’t have enough food to eat and they live in poor housing. C.That may not sound much, but it’s about 14,000 people per hour. D.But in the developing countries, many women have five or more children. E.It could hurt the environment and increase the number of poor people. |
阅读理解
C
China Youth says that more and more girl students have entered colleges to study in the recent few years. As we know, once the number of boys was larger than that of girls and boys did much better than girls in our country for a long time. Now, things have changed a lot.
In recent years, the proportion of girl students is growing fast. In 1998, about 39.7% of college students were girls. In 2000, it was 41.07% and in 2001, the number was 42.14%.
There are several reasons for this.
Firstly, there is little difference between boys and girls in their intelligence(智力). That’s to say, girls are as clever as boys. And boys have more interests than girls, so they may not always do well in their study.
Secondly, girls are more careful than boys. They work harder at school and they do better in all exams.
Another reason is that with the development of society, people pay more and more attention to girls’ education.China Youth says that more and more ______.
| A．boys are clever than girls |
| B．boys can’t go to school |
| C．girls have entered colleges |
| D．girls begin to study at school |
42.14% refers to(指) the number of ______.
| A．girls at schools in 1998 |
| B．girls in colleges in 2001 |
| C．boys at schools in 2001 |
| D．boys in colleges in 1998 |
The writer gave us ______ reasons to explain the question.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
What does the underlined word “proportion” mean in Chinese?
| A．身高 | B．比例 |
| C．特性 | D．速度 |
Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
| A．Boys may not do well in their study as girls because they don’t like studying. |
| B．Boys are much cleverer than girls because they’re interested in many things. |
| C．Girls’ intelligence is the same as boys’. |
| D．Girls study harder, but they couldn’t get higher marks than boys. |
阅读理解
B
How much pocket money do you get from your parents every month? Maybe 200 yuan? But for Li Beibei, 30 yuan each month is enough. The only thing she buys is lunch—1.5 yuan each day. “Meat is too expensive for me,” said Li.
Li, 14, is a Junior 1 student at Beijing’s Xingzhi Experimental School. Her parents are migrant workers(外来务工人员). They came to Beijing from a village in Luohe, He’nan two years ago. Her father now works as a cleaner and gets 500 yuan every month. Her mother has no job.
Li Beibei has 460 friends at Xingzhi. Every day, Li gets up at 5:30 am and rides her bike for 20 minutes to get to school. Like many teens, Li has a lot of homework—usually at least one hour every day. But that is not all her work. During the weekdays she helps her mum cook. On weekends, she helps wash clothes. “I could cook when I was eight. Dad said sometimes I cook better than Mum!”
Li said she wanted to be a doctor. “I watch TV and find out there are many people with AIDS in He’nan. Some are kids. They need help,” said Li.
But she is afraid to leave school. “I hope I will always be in school,” said Li. “Dad works hard to get money. I promise him I will study hard to be a good student and a good doctor in the future.”Li Beibei came from ______.
| A．Beijing | B．Liaoning | C．He’nan | D．Xingzhi |
Which of the following sentences is TRUE? ______.
| A．The girl’s parents are both cleaners |
| B．Her parents gave her 30 yuan to buy books |
| C．The girl often helps her mother do some housework |
| D．She studies hardest in her class |
She spends ______ on her homework everyday.
| A．20 minutes | B．over one hour |
| C．half an hour | D．two hours |
Her wish is to be a doctor because she wants to ______.
| A．help poor farmers |
| B．help the people with AIDS |
| C．make her parents healthier |
| D．help poor kids |
The best title of the passage should be ______.
| A．A City Girl |
| B．Hard But Happy Life |
| C．A Village Girl’s Hope |
| D．A Girl’s School Life |