Parts of Africa are covered by a dark cloud. But this is no rain cloud. It is a living cloud made of billions of locusts (蝗虫) and they are eating everything in their path.
And now in order to fight against this disaster, a radio station in Senegal, West Africa, is offering listeners 5 kilograms of rice if they can catch and kill 50 kilograms of locusts. “We think this idea will get more people to take part in the fight against the locusts,” said Abdoulaye Ba, from Sud-Fm, a radio station in one of Senegal’s worst affected area.
This is West Africa’s biggest locust disaster in 15 years. Now it is moving east and it leads to the loss of crops. When they move, they have babies, so their number is getting bigger. and will soon threaten (威胁) Sudan in the northeast of Africa. Some say it may reach Asia.
Experts say many people in the areas will go hungry because of this disaster. What’s worse, governments in the areas don’t have enough things to fight the locusts.
Although leaders of 12 countries have agreed on a plan, it is not enough. ‘We are now treating 6,000 hectares (公顷) per day with pesticide (杀虫剂), but we need to treat 20,000 hectares per day in order to have any hope of controlling this disaster,’ said Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah, leader of locust control(控制) in Mauritania.What does“dark cloud”mean in the first paragraph, the writer of the article ___________.
| A．wanted to show the size and speed(速度) of the coming locusts |
| B．wanted to show the great damage that locusts may cause |
| C．wanted that locusts could cover the continent like rain clouds |
| D．both A and B |
The locust disaster ________.
| A．may be even more serious in Asia |
| B．is (was) such a big problem that people can’t do anything to solve it. |
| C．affected only the warning areas |
| D．can not be stopped if people can’t get more pesticide. |
How many kilograms of rice can Mike get if he catches and kills 450 kilos of locusts?
| A．15 | B．25 | C．30 | D．45 |
Which of the following is WRONG?
| A．Sud-Fm offered a reward(奖励) to those people would join in catching and killing locusts. |
| B．Senegal is to the northwest of Sudan. |
| C．People in West Africa often go hungry. |
| D．12 countries worked together but they didn’t have enough pesticide. |
The story is mainly about ________.
| A．Countries in West Africa worked together to fight a natural disaster |
| B．the difficulty in controlling locusts |
| C．how locusts caused great damage (破坏) to West Africa |
| D．a fight against a disaster brought by locusts in West Africa |
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1970 was World Conservation（保护）Year. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world was in danger. They hoped something could be done.
Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1,300 kinds of plants, trees and flowers in Holland（荷兰）,but now only 866 are left. The others have been destroyed（毁灭）by modern people and their science. We are polluting earth, air, water and everything around us. We can’t live without these things. If things go on like this, we shall destroy ourselves.
What will happen in the future? Perhaps it’s more important to ask “What must we do?” More and more young people have known this. Many of them are helping to save our earth. For example, they plant trees. In a small town in the United States, a large group of girls cleaned the banks of 11 kilometers of their river. Young people may hear about conversation through a song called “No one’s going to change our world”. It was made by Cliff Gichard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve tigers, elephants and pandas on the earth.The United Nations hoped something could be done .
| A．to conserve the world | B．to change the world |
| C．to develop the world | D．to destroy the world |
Why aren’t there so many plants, trees and flowers in Holland now? Because .
| A．people there didn’t need so many plants, trees and flowers. |
| B．people there want to destroy themselves |
| C．little conservation has been done there |
| D．people need more land to live on |
How many kinds of plants, trees and flowers have been destroyed in Holland?
| A．1300 | B．988 | C．3166 | D．434 |
We shall destroy ourselves if we go on .
| A．Planting trees and flowers |
| B．polluting earth, air and water around us |
| C．saving the world |
| D．helping to conserve tigers, elephants and pandas |
What must we do now according to the passage?
| A．Save the world | B．Clean the banks of river |
| C．Sing songs | D．Get money |
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children—like boys and girls who live abroad(国外）with their parents—seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
Our mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way, there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever in our mind. Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.We usually begin to learn our own language by_______ it.
| A．speaking | B．hearing | C．saying | D．teaching |
If you have a good_______, you’ll have less difficulty in learning something.
| A．teacher | B．camera | C．memory | D．family |
The children who live abroad with their parents can learn two languages more easily, because_______.
| A．they are very clever |
| B．they have good teachers |
| C．they have more chances to use these languages. |
| D．they have a better life |
____ can take photos of what can be seen, felt, heard, smelt and tasted.
A camera B. Memory C.A diary D. A man's mindMemory is______ that we keep in our mind and carry about.
| A．the best diary | B．the best camera |
| C．a great help | D．a beautiful picture |
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Michael Jordan is the best basketball player in the world. He was born in New York, 1963. There are 5 children in his family. He is the fourth one. When he was a child, he was small but quick. So he played basketball very well.
When he was a high school student, he was the star of each game and he could score 40 points in a game. In 1984, he played in the US men’s Olympic Basketball Team. And later he played for the Chicago Bulls.Michael Jordan is a football player.
Michael Jordan comes from America.
Michael Jordan can play basketball very well when he was a child.
Michael Jordan was strong when he was a child.
Michael Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls first, then for the US men’s Olympic Basketball Team.
A recent report from China Daily says that about 18% of our teenagers can have problems with their minds. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble getting on well with others.
Zhang Qiang, a Junior 2 student from Sichuan, could not understand his teachers in class and was doing badly in his lessons. He was afraid of exams. When he looked at the exam paper, he would be very nervous and couldn’t think of anything to write.
Another student, a 15-year-old girl called Wu Yan from Guangdong often argued with her classmates even her parents because of some different ideas. She became so angry with them that she started to cut her finger with a knife.
However, many students who have problems won’t go for advice or help. Some think they will look strange if they go to see a doctor. Others don’t want to talk about their secrets. In order to solve the teenagers’ problems, here is some advice:
●Talk to your parents, teachers or friends often and ask them for help.
●Take part in group activities and play sports.
●Go to see a doctor if the problem seems to be serious.
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| Problems |
Zhang Qiang |
He doesn’t do |
| Wu Yan |
She often argues with her parents and classmates |
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| Advice |
We should talk about our problems and try to get advice or |
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| We should do sports and join in group ___ |
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| If the problem becomes ___ |
Who wants to carry a bulky bag to school? No children. Nobody wants one shoulder to be lower than the other, and paining, too. In India, most of people would look at the reduction(减少) of textbooks as a way out. But in a country like America, there are always more choices. A company called goReader has created a “school bag” which is the size of a laptop computer, weighing about 1.5 kg. The goReader has a color screen and can “hold” all the textbooks that a student may need, says a report in The Asian Age newspaper.
The company plans to work closely with the publishers(出版商) of textbooks so that these books can be supplied on the Internet. All the students will have to do is to download their textbooks from the Internet. Taking notes and marking important parts of a lesson can be done just as lots of students have done on their textbooks before.
At present, the plan is being tested out in a university. Richard Katzmann, the owner of this company is having his creation tested at Chicago's DePaul University, where he studied. Does that mean it is goodbye to the new paper, and the smell of the black ink?
What does the underlined word “bulky” in the first line mean?
A. old and dirty
B. big and heavy
C. small and lightAccording to the passage, what would Indians do to solve the problem?
A. They would reduce the textbooks.
B. They would invent a new machine.
C. They would work with the publishers.The writer may think that Americans have a ________ way to solve the problem.
A. worse B. better C. more impossibleThe goReader may be a machine ________.
A. that is like newspaper
B. that can work as a teacher
C. that can be used as textbooksWhen the new machine is used, it is possible that ________.
A. students might study at home
B. students might study by themselves
C. students might study without paper textbooks