In the 13th century, the Italian traveler, Marco polo , traveled a long way to China , During his stay in China , he saw many wonderful things . One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money . In western countries , people did not use paper money until the 15th century . However , people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century .
A Chinese man called CaiLun invented paper almost 2000 years ago. He made it from wood . He took the wood from trees and made it into paper . He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book .
Now paper still comes from trees . We use a lot of paper every day ! If we keep on wasting so much paper , there will not be any trees on the earth . If there are no trees , there will be no paper . Every day , people throw away about 2800 tons (吨) of paper in our city . It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper . This means that we are cutting nearly 48000 trees every day . Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow , we must start using less paper now . If we don’t , we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper .
So how can we save paper ? We can use both sides of every piece of paper , especially when we are making notes .We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets . We can also use cotton handkerchiefs (手帕) and not paper ones . When we go shopping , we can use fewer paper bags . If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later .
Everyone can help to save paper . If we all think carefully , we can help protect trees . But we should do it now , before it is too late .When he was in China , Marco polo ___________ .
| A．discovered CaiLun invented paper |
| B．learned to make paper |
| C．saw many wonderful things |
| D．told people about it |
About _______ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.
| A．1700 | B．2000 | C．2800 | D．48000 |
Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper ?
| A．To use both sides of every piece of paper |
| B．To use the paper bags from shops more than once |
| C．To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones |
| D．To grow more trees |
Which of the following is NOT TRUE ?
| A．If we keep on wasting paper , we will have no paper to use |
| B．The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries |
| C．About 48000 trees can be used to make 2800 tons of paper |
| D．It is never too late to plant trees for paper . |
Which is the best title (标题)of the passage ?
| A．Saving Paper | B．The history of Paper |
| C．Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again | D．CaiLun , the Great Inventor |
Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world. Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines of the passages.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers. Some newspapers are published once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.People read newspapers in order to _____________.
| A．learn the latest (最新的) news |
| B．meet their own different needs |
| C．read the short stories |
| D．find the morning news |
From the passage we can see that __________ when people get newspapers.
| A．they read them very carefully |
| B．they just read the headlines |
| C．not everyone reads all the pages |
| D．they have no time to read them |
Newspapers have so many pages because _______________.
| A．more and more people like to read them |
| B．people enjoy reading something different |
| C．newspaper become cheaper |
| D．more pages mean more money |
The most popular in the world are newspaper ____________.
| A．in English | B．in Chinese |
| C．in other language | D．with many pages |
According the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from ___.
| A．magazines | B．advertisements |
| C．e-mail | D．Internet |
The Young Pop King
He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn't smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he'll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou, the 33-year-old Taiwanese pop king(天王). His fans are so excited because he will sing songs on November 30, 2012 in Wuhu, Anhui Province. Many pop stars will come, too.
Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.His mother noticed the boy's special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has a lot of fans. "He is really good at music. It makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me, " said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No. 101 Middle School in Beijing."He is true to himself. He never follows others, "said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at No.23 Middle School in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.From this passage, we know that Jay Chou_________.
| A．is very handsome | B．has a bright smile |
| C．often makes too much noise | D．is a pop music star |
His fans are so excited because_________.
| A．he is quiet and shy. |
| B．he will sing new songs in Wuhu. |
| C．he can play the piano very well |
| D．Many famous stars will come to Wuhu. |
When he was a little child, he_________.
| A．talked a lot every day |
| B．did well in his study at school |
| C．started to like music |
| D．had a lot of fans |
According to one of his fans, Jay_________.
| A．is a good student |
| B．has long and beautiful hair |
| C．is a well-known pianist |
| D．is very attractive to them |
The sentence "He never follows others" in the last paragraph means_________.
| A．he always has his own style. |
| B．he likes to walk alone |
| C．he doesn't like other people's songs at all |
| D．no one can catch up with him |
American schools begin in September after the long summer holidays. There are two terms in a school year, the first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children go to public schools.
High school students study only four or five subjects at a time. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have an assignment(课外作业) for every class. After class they have many activities.
After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot of money for college education (教育). But there are scholarships (奖学金) for good students, and many college students work part time in order to get money for their education.How long do American students study in school every year?
| A．8 months | B．9 months | C．10 months | D．11 months |
High school students take ______ subjects at a time.
| A．all | B．four | C．five | D．B or C |
______ can get scholarships.
| A．Many college students | B．All the students |
| C．Good high school students | D．Good college students |
Many college students work part time because ______ .
| A．they have many activities |
| B．they have a lot of free time |
| C．they like doing things |
| D．they have to pay a lot of money for their education |
According to the passage, which sentence is Not true?
A. American schools have long summer holidays.
B. There are two terms in the USA.
C. American students don’t do exercises after class.
D. They do part time job to get money to pay for their education.
My mother was telling me about how she and her family got their first television when she was a teenager. Of course it was black and white. She said she only watch it at night. She doesn’t remember over watching it in the morning or afternoon. When I was young we had only about 3 or 4 different channels(频道). My bothers, my sisters and I would sometimes fight(打架) about which channel to watch. But we usually enjoyed the same shows. Now we can get hundreds of channels on TV. I can’t believe it! There are channels with old films, cooking, fishing and so on. It’s surprising! There is a channel for everything. I wonder how much my bothers, my sisters and I would fight if we had hundreds of channels when I was a child. Of course we had only one television set. These days I find families with 2 or 3 or more television sets in their homes. I guess it stops people from arguing(吵架) about which channel to choose from .In those days, how many television sets did people have?
| A．more than one | B．one | C．3 or 4 | D．more than 4 |
What kind of TV channels do we have now?
| A．Channels with cooking | B．Channels with old films |
| C．Channels with fish | D．A, B&C |
Now how many channels can we get on TV?
| A．3 or 4 different channels. | B．Only one channel. |
| C．Hundreds of channels. | D．Less than 10 channels. |
When my mum was a teenager, her brothers, sisters and she usually enjoyed______.
| A．different channels | B．the same shows |
| C．different shows | D．all the shows |
Which of the following in NOT true?
| A．My mum’s brothers and sisters would fight about which channel to watch when she was a child. |
| B．These days, there is only one channel with old movies, cooking and fishing. |
| C．People have many channels to choose from now. |
| D．Family members will not fight for the television set. |
I am Kate. I’m a nineteen-year-old girl. I work in a small shop. Every day, many people come to the shop to buy things.
I live in a house. It is near the shop. I usually take some food along in my lunch box. I get to the shop at about 8:30 in the morning. At 9:00 people begin to arrive. They buy meat, eggs, sugar, salt, cookies and many other things. We don’t sell vegetables or fruit. I take out my lunch box and have my meal at noon. At 5:30 in the afternoon we close the shop. Then I go home for supper.
根据要求完成问题。（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
判断正（T）误（F）。 Kate works in a shop near her house.
根据材料完成句子。Kate takesfor her lunch when (当…时候) she goes to work every day.
简略回答问题。Where does Kate have lunch?
When does Kate get to the shop?
将画线句子译成汉语。