Qi Haoran, a Junior One student at High School was quite busy over the last winter vacation, not just with homework. Qi, together with ten other classmates made a group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign(光盘行动).
The students went to many restaurants and told the people the importance of food. “ Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to ? Could you please not food? ” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.
,the activity has got the support of many people. In a restaurant in Xinjing, the owner gives the guests who have eaten all the food they ordered a ticket. People can enjoy a meal
when they have ten tickets. More than 750 restaurants in Beijng have begun to offer dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers(剩菜) home.
Wasting food is a serious problem around the , not only in China. It’s said that 1.3 billion tons of food ends up as waste last year. This is as as one third of all the food in the world. The UN Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization held a “ Think, Eat, Save” program in January, 2013 to help reduce food waste.
A.volunteer B.band C.dance D.sport
A.ten B.eleven C.twelve D.thirteen
A.planting B.cooking C.buying D.saving
A.eat B.wear C.spend D.sleep
A.buy B.waste C.order D.sell
A.Luckily B.Slowly C.Unluckily D.Quietly
A.delicious B.sweet C.free D.rich
A.larger B.smaller C.cleaner D.cheaper
A.city B.country C.world D.restaurant
A.often B.expensive C.many D.much
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What do you do at the weekend? Some people like to 21 at home, but others like to go 22a walk or play football. My friend Sam works hard in a factory during the23 . At the weekend, he always 24 the same thing. On Saturday he 25 his car and on 26 he goes with his family to a village by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn’t a 27 one but there is always 28 to do on the farm. The children help with the animals and give them their 29 . Sam and his friends help in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all 30 and Sam’s aunt gives them a big meal.
A.play B.live C.stay D.enjoy
A.to B.for C.in D.at
A.day B.time C.autumn D.week
A.does B.makes C.borrows D.has
A.watches B.drives C.sells D.washes
A.Monday B.Sunday C.Saturday D.Wednesday
A.small B.big C.hard D.short
A.much B.little C.fast D.far
A.clothes B.places C.food D.water
A.clean B.late C.hungry D.friendly
When are you an adult (成年人)?
When do you think you are an adult ? Maybe different __31_ have different ideas.
Now let’s see what some American teenagers(青少年)say .
Sam: In 32 idea ,you are an adult at the 33 of 18. That’s when you can vote(投票)。You can help to 34 who rules(统治)the whole country .That’s also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn’ t vote 35 he was 21.They changed(改变) it to 18 in 1971.
Jenny:I don’t36 it’s hard to say . I can drive a car at 16, can’t I ?When you have a driver’s licence , you can37 it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things . 38 sixteen must be the age when you change from a 39 person to an adult.Because you can tell others you are not a 40 any more .
Suzie : Well , I think there is 41 wrong with American laws for when young people can 42 things . I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think 18 is a grown-up,43 16 isn’t .But then I can’t drink wine(酒)until I’m 21 ! If I’m 44 an adult at 18, how can people stop me from 45a cup of beer in a bar ?
A.teenagers B.adults C.drivers D.grandfather
A.his B.my C.her D.your
A.age B.end C.front D.number
A.make B.keep C.choose(选择) D.teach
A.after B.until C.when D.if
A.hope B.want C.like D.think
A.show B.send C.ask D.pass
A.But B.And C.So D.Or
A.old B.young C.little D.tall
A.baby B.group-up C.boy D.kid
A.anything B.everything C.something D.nothing
A.do B.buy C.like D.borrow
A.already B.still C.also D.yet
A.selling B.making C.drinking D.giving
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More than three thousand languages are spoken in the world today . Many of these languages are spoken_36 small groups of people . On the 37 ,hand , over two hundred languages are spoken by one million or more people . Chinese is the language spoken by the ___38 ___number of people in the world . But English is most 39 spoken in the world .
English is spoken by more than four hundred million people 40 their first language . It is 41 by most people in the U.S.A. , Great Britain , Canada , Australia and New Zealand . And it is 42 used very widely in many other countries of the world . Look at the back of your watch . You may see the English words “Made 43 China” , or “Japan” , even “Germany” .
English is the first language in 44 of these . Why are English words 45 on it ? That is because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries .
A.as B.by C.for D.with
A.other B.others C.another D.the second
A.biggest B.bigger C.largest D.larger
A.wide B.wider C.widest D.widely
A.of B.in C.by D.as
A.spoke B.spoken C.speak D.speaking
A.either B.as well C.also D.too
A.at B.of C.with D.in
A.no one B.none C.nothing D.no
A.written B.wrote C.write D.writing
I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman."You look36Come and sit here,she said.37are you going?"
"I don’ t know. I just want to catch a 38and see what it will be like at the
end."
"I’ m afraid you’ 11 see 39there. Why don’t you enjoy the sights on the way?"
“How can I do that while my heart’s 40 ?” I asked sadly. “My best friend had left me.”
The woman seemed to understand my feeling. "Don’ t cry, little girl. Ive had a similar experience to you.Thirty- five41ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was deadly sad.I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took 42to the sea.43they seemed to know what would happen, so they44loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me45 . How could I 46my hope to live for one of life’ s problems? Alter that,I worked hard to raise the children.Now They all live 47and one of lthem has his own family.
Then the woman gave me a 48 ,” We should never wait for the door to 49before us.We should find the key to the 50or try to find another way.”
The bus came and I got on it with a smile.A. tired B. excited C. happy
A. What B. How C. Where
A. train B. bus C. boat
A. nothing B. everything C. something
A. smiling B. breaking C. dancing
A. days B. weeks C. years
A. her B. themC. him
A. So B. Or C. However
A. laughed B. cried C. spoke
A. in B. out C. up
A. give away B. give up C. get up
A. happily B. sadly C. badly
A. cry B. shout C. smile
A. open B. close C. lock
A. classroom B. office C. door
Choose the best answer to complete the passage.
The English language is different from any 36 language. Yet English words do not 37 the same. It is always 38 . People need new words 39 new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use or older words are used 40a new way.
English can 41 by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico, the word “coffee” came from Turkey, and “tea” from 42 and so on. Now new space and science words 43 from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words 44 . The words “strawberry”, “postman” and “blackboard” are made up of two parts.
Sometimes, new words are 45 forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the 46 of the long word. The word “plane” was made by cutting off the 47 part of “airplane”.48 “smog” was made by using only the first two letters of “smoke” and cutting off the front part of “fog”. And products can become new words. Our “sandwich” was named after 49 named Sandwich, and “jelly(果冻)” was a name made up by the company that 50 made this product.
A.other B.others C.another D.else
A.leave B.change C.stay D.use
A.keeping B.changing C.kept D.changed
A.for B.of C.with D.about
A.by B.on C.in D.at
A.change B.changed C.turns D.turned
A.India B.America C.Germany D.China
A.are borrowing B.are being borrowed C.borrow D.borrows
A.alone B.out C.together D.outside
A.longer B.middle C.never D.short
A.beginning B.end C.middle D.front
A.back B.middle C.front D.end
A.While B.During C.When D.as
A.a man B.a kind of food C.a company D.a place
A.first B.last C.again D.once