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Do you still get free plastic bags from the supermarkets? Things have changed.
China has banned (禁止) free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets, and people have to pay for using plastic bags. The rule started on June 1. It came because our country tried to make litter less. Making super-thin (超薄) plastic bags has also been banned.
The Chinese once used about 3,000,000,000 plastic shopping bags a day, and they have caused pollution of the environment. The bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution because they are easy to break and people throw them away here and there. So the Chinese people are encouraged to bring theft own bags for shopping.
What kind of shopping bag is the best to bring? Some students in Chongqing have a good idea. They make their own shopping bags. They use old clothes to make cloth bags, and send them to their parents as presents. They also ask theft parents and friends to use cloth bags instead of plastic ones. They think it is their duty to protect the environment.
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。
People in China have to _____ now.

A．throw plastic bags here and there

B．collect plastic bags in the street

C．pay for using plastic bags at shops and supermarkets

D．use free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets

China made this rule because plastic bags were bad for the ______

A．environment

B．litter

C．shops

D．supermarkets

The Chinese people are encouraged to bring _____ for shopping.

A．no bags

B．free plastic bags

C．their own bags

D．super-thin plastic bags

Some students in Chongqing ______

A．ask their parents to make cloth bags

B．make cloth bags themselves

C．pick up plastic bags everywhere

D．buy cloth bags for their parents

What’s the main idea of this article?

A．Making super-thin plastic bags has been banned in China.

B．The bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution.

C．Some students in Chongqing begin to make their own shopping bags.

D．To protect the environment, free plastic bags have been banned in China.

Driver wanted
① Clean driving licence
② Must be of smart appearance
③ Aged over 25
Apply to: Capes Taxi, 17 Palace Road, Ruston.

Air Hostesses for International Flights Wanted
① Applicants must be between 20 and 33 years old.
② Height 1.6m to 1.75m.
③ Education to GCSE standard.
④ Two languages, must be able to swim.
Apply to: Recruitment office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West, HR 37KK.

Teachers Needed
For private language school, teaching experience unnecessary.
Apply to: The Director of Studies, Instant Languages Ltd, 279 Canal Street, Ruston

根据以上信息，选择最佳选项。
You are 26 years old and want to be a teacher. You should apply to

A．Caps Taxi, 17 Palace Road, Ruston

B．The Director of Studies, Instant Languages Ltd, 279 Canal Street, Ruston

C．Recruitment Office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West, HR 37K

D．any of the three

Why can’t John, an experienced taxi driver, work for Capes Taxi?

A．Because he doesn’t have college education.

B．Because he likes doing sports.

C．Because he is unable to speak a foreign language.

D．Because he was punished for speeding and wrong parking.

Tom, aged 22, has just graduated from a college. Which job may be given to him?

A．Driving for Capes taxi.	B．Working for Southern Airlines.
C．Teaching at Instant Languages Ltd.	D．None of the three.

Why can’t Lucy, aged 27, become an air hostess?

A．Because she can speak only Japanese.	B．Because she is 27 years old.
C．Because she can’t skate.	D．Because she likes junk food.

Which of the following is not mentioned in the three advertisements?

A．Marriage.

B．Male or female.

C．Education.

D．Working experience.

Everyone worries. But how do you deal with your worries? Whether your worries are big or small, you can take these three steps to deal with your worries:
1. Try to find out what you're worded about
Sometimes, you will know what you're worried about. Other times ,you might not. Try to find it out first; if you can't, you can’t ask for help.
2. Think of ways to make it better
There is always something you can do to help you feel less worded. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it won't solve your problem.[
Grades at school are often top worries for kids. If you're worded about grades, ask yourself these questions:
★ Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?
★How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes even when there isn't a test?
★Do I have a good place to do my homework?
★ Have I tried different ways of studying?
If your worry is about a fight you had with a friend, you might write down all the things you could do: write a note to him or her, invite him or her to a basketball game, say sorry to him or her, etc. Once you have a list of things you could do, you can choose the one that gets your friend back.
3. Ask for help
When you're worried, it can help to find someone to talk to. You can ask your parents, friends, or teachers for help.
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。
How many steps of dealing with your worries are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Seven.

When you don't know what you're worried about,_________

A．you should try to find it out.	B．you can't ask for help
C．you don't need to think of ways	D．you can sit there worrying

If you're worried about grades, you can ask yourself these questions except”_____”"

A．Why are grades important?	B．What do grades mean to me?
C．How do I get ready for class?	D．Why don't my friends like me?

According to the passage, what will you do if you have a fight with your friend?

A．Invite him or her to a basketball game.	B．Don't talk to him or her any more.
C．Have another fight with him or her.	D．Make a new friend.

The passage mainly tells us .

A．who is often worried	B．when people are worried
C．how to deal with our worries	D．what kind of worries people have

One day, two young men went to a small city. They stayed outside a shop for a long time, and they seemed to have nothing to do. The owner of the shop felt they were unusual. So he used his new mobile phone to take a picture of them. After that he sent a message with the picture to the police. The picture surprised the police because the persons in the picture had done something wrong before. And the police were trying to catch them! A police car was immediately sent to the shop. The two young men were caught there. Later a policeman told the reporter, "We think this is the first time in the world that a picture message has been used to help catch criminals(罪犯)."根据
短文内容，判断正误，正确的写T，错误的写F。
The owner of the shop sent the picture message to the police.
The two young men went to the shop to buy a new mobile phone.
The shop owner thought the two young men were kind.
The two young men were caught by the police.
The police thought a picture message was often used to help catch criminals.

The world would be a very different place if someone hadn’t invented the lift. There would be few, if any, high-rise buildings because people would refuse to climb many stairs. By the time workers reached their offices on the top floors of a tower building, it would be time to go home – if they were not too tired for the long walk down！

The first lift that we know about was used by the Greek scientist, Archimedes, in about 230 BC. It was a simple place that could be pulled up and down with a rope. A lift like this was used much later in the 12^th century by priests who lived on top of a mountain at Metereo in Greece. Because they were afraid of killers, the priests had not built any stairs up the mountain. The only way up was by lift, which priests worked from the top of the mountain.
A few hundred years later, a Frenchman, Villayer, invented a ‘flying chair’ which used a rope and a place. A number of rich people had these ‘flying chairs’ built in their homes, including Queen Anne of England in Windsor Castle and Louis XVI of France at Versailles. Unluckily, Louis’ daughter was badly hurt when using one of the chairs, and Villayer ran away, afraid that he would be punished.
The main problem for lift engineers was that either humans or animals were needed to pull the ropes. This problem was not worked out until the discovery of steam power. But even steam powered lifts were not always safe because they also used ropes which sometimes broke. If the rope broke - which it sometimes did - the lift fell to the ground and people in it were killed or hurt. This problem worked out in 1854 when an American, Elisha Otis, invented something which stopped the lift from falling if the rope broke. At first Otis lifts were used only in factories, then in 1857 he built one in a large New York store. Now lifts use electric power and are completely safe. They also travel very quickly. Some lifts travel faster than 60 kilometers an hour.
The writer thinks that lifts are important today because __________.

A．people like playing on them

B．they are the best way of using steam power

C．we need them for tall buildings

D．workers are lazy

The 12^th century priests had a simple lift instead of stairs because ___________.

A．they thought the stairs were broken

B．they liked having stairs and a lift

C．the lived at the bottom of a mountain

D．they were afraid of killers

Villayer thought he would be punished because ____________.

A．poor people could not afford his ‘flying chair

B．someone was hurt in one of his ‘flying chairs’

C．his ‘flying chair’ did not work at all

D．he ran away with Louis XVI’s daughter

Steam power meant that ________ .

A．they did not need a living thing to pull the ropes

B．Elisha Otis could invent a lift that would not fall

C．the rope always broke

D．they could use lifts in factories

A．My Teacher	B．My Family
C．My Teacher and Me	D．My Friend and Me