A recently study found people’s lives are made shorter in North China. It is showed the life expectancy(平均寿命) had been cut down by 5.5 years there. Researchers think that the heavy air pollution in China should be to blame(承担责任). It’s really the truth. Our government has already done something. However, it doesn’t seem to work so well.
“Air pollution in China is doing harm to people’s health. The harm is much more serious than we can imagine,” said Chen Yuyu of Beijing University, one of researchers of this study.
Dirty air brings serious problems in North China. In January this year, the air pollution was worse than that in other places. That was caused by rising temperature and waste gas(废气) from coal heating.
Chinese government should strongly fight against air pollution. They should think of more proper ways to deal with the problem. People should be encouraged to take buses, ride bicycles or walk, instead of driving cars. The factories that pollute heavily should be closed.
“We need to improve our environment, although it might be expensive. Protecting our environment means protecting ourselves,” Li Hongbin, another researcher of the study said.The passage above may come from a(n) ?
| A．story | B．advertisement | C．report | D．diary |
Which of the following is Li Hongbin’s idea?
| A．The life expectancy had been cut by 5.5 years. |
| B．Chinese government should close some factories that pollute heavily. |
| C．People need to make pollution less, although it might cost a lot. |
| D．The air problem brings us serious problems. |
What’s the main idea of the passage?
| A．Air pollution in North China is caused by waste gas. |
| B．To save the environment, our government should do something more. |
| C．The temperature becomes higher and higher in North China. |
| D．How air pollution in North China is caused. |
There is little rain in desert. Because deserts are so dry, they have no “quilt” to help stop the soil from going away. As a result, they may get very hot during the day with the sun shining, but don’t hold the heat overnight. Many deserts can quickly get cold once the sun goes down. Some deserts can reach temperatures of over 100 degrees F during the day and then drop below freezing (32 degrees F) during the night.
The largest hot and dry desert in the world is the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa. The Sahara is a sandy desert with great sand hills. It covers over 3 million square miles of Africa. Other large deserts include the Arabian Desert in the Middle East, the Gobi Desert in Northern China and Mongolia, and Kalahari Desert in Africa.
Animals that live in the desert are also used to needing little water. Many get all the water they need from the food they eat. Other animals keep water that they can use later. The camel stores up fat in its hump while other animals keep something they need in their tails.
Only certain types of plants can live in the terrible environment of the desert. You won’t see a lot of tall trees in the desert. Most plants have a way to keep water in their leaves, or trunks so they can live a long time without water.
Now deserts cover around 20% of the world’s land, but they are growing. This is called desertification and is caused by different reasons including human activities. The Sahara Desert is growing larger and larger each year. What should we do with it ?How is the weather during the night in the desert?
A. Hot. B. Cold. C. Cool.Where does the camel store up fat?
A. In its hump. B. In its stomach. C. In its tailWhy won't we see a lot of tall trees in the desert?
A. Because of few people there.
B. Because of the sun shining.
C. Because of the terrible environmentHow much of the land do deserts cover in the world?
A. One fifth. B. Less than 10%. C. Two fifthsIs the Sahara Desert growing or not?
A. Nobody knows it.
B. It's growing.
C. It's not growing.
| Mountain Sports Center (Open Daily—9 A.M. to 9 P. M. Opening SATURDAY, MAY 14 All activities and equipment（设备）in Mountains Sports Center are free to the public. Come and enjoy: 2 Baseball Fields Walking/ Jogging Track 6 Soccer Fields Skateboard Park 4 Tennis Courts Gymnasium（健身房） 8 Basketball Courts Opening Activities Healthy fun for the whole family! Free live music and healthful snacks and drinks! First door prize: A bike. Second door prize: A skateboard. Free soccer classes for players ages 5 to 10 by Thunder coach Todd Barnett. Participants(参与者) will receive a free Thunder T-shirt. Join the Mountain Summer Sports Leagues. Teams are forming for beginners (age 8—10); teens and adults. Ask Mr Jackson in the gymnasium for information on exercise and fitness classes in order to make this your healthiest summer ever. |
When is the opening of Mountain Sports Center?
A. Saturday
B. Saturday, May 14.
C. From 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.What’s the first door prize?
A. A skateboard. B. A baseball C. A bike.How old are the players for free soccer classes?
A. 5 to 10 B. 8 to 12. C. 5 to 15.Where can we get information on exercise and fitness classes?
A. In the skateboard park
B. In the gymnasium.
C. In the sports field.How many opening activities are there in Mountain Sports Center?
A. 7B. 4 C. 5
If there is one person who has left a deep impression on me, it's my my teacher, Mrs. Pathak, who was my class teacher for three years. In my childhood, how I wished I had a mother or a sister like her. One moment she could be hard-working and strict, another moment kind and patient.
She always encouraged us to tell the truth. For example, if one had not done the homework, he need not lie. She allowed us to make mistakes, saying we couldn’t be perfect all the time, but we should try.
Another thing she taught me was punctually. She set a good example with her own actions. She was always on time, so we students tried our best to be on time.
She surprised us with her sense of humor. Her classroom teaching was always humorous. After class, she talked to us and told us jokes.
We really felt free to ask questions and Mrs Pathak would give the answers. If she did not know—there had some occasions—she would say so. We all then tried to find out the answers. Whoever came up with the answers was praised and given the prize. Now I sometimes wonder whether Mrs. Pathak just wanted to encourage us to explore and find answers by ourselves.According to the passage, which of the following words is NOT for describing Mrs. Pathak?
A. Hard-working. B. Humorous C.careless.The underlined word “punctually “ in the third paragraph probably means _______
A. being on time B. being honest C.being patientAccording to the passage, which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. Mrs. Pathak often asked us to tell jokes in class.
B. Mrs. Pathak thought telling the truth was good.
C. Mrs. Pathak was always angry in the classroom.In the writer’s opinion, why didn’t Mrs. Pathak give the answers to the questions sometimes?
A. Because she wanted the students to find out the answers by themselves.
B. Because she didn’t like answering the questions.
C. Because she didn’t know the answers to all the questions.How did the students feel when they asked Mrs. Pathak questions?
A. Shy. B. Frss. C. Nervous.
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The Dragon Boat Festival also called the Duan Wu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating Zong Zi and racing dragon boats. To hold the dragon boat races is in memory of Qu Yuan, one of the greatest poets (诗人) in China.
Qu Yuan was born in Zigui of Hubei Province over 2,200 years ago. Qu Yuan was an honest minister(大臣) of the State of Chu, during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) (战国时期). He was upright(正直的)and wise. He wanted to bring his country peace and make the State stronger, but the country was in the hands of bad officials, he failed. At last, he was very discouraged. I ended his life by throwing himself into the Miluo River. It was said that people were trying to save him. But it was too late. Also, they were very sad and they threw rice into the water to feed Qu Yuan's spirit.
Now we read his poem Li Sao which was filled with deep love for his country. We can see the dragon boat races and have a kind of Chinese food named Zong Zi to eat during the Dragon Boat Festival.When is the Dragon Boat Festival?
Where was Qu Yuan born?
What was Qu Yuan like?
Did the people try to save him?
What do we eat during the Dragon Boat Festival?
Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012.Mo,who was born in 1955 into a farmer’s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy and he experienced hunger. These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writings.
60yearold Park Geunhye(朴槿惠)was elected the new President of South Korean in December, 2012. She becomes the country’s first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else.” She told the cheering people in central Seoul as the accepted her win. “I will keep my promises.”
Barack Obama (bom in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term, fighting against Republican Challenger Mitt Romney. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard I aw school. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichita, Kansas.What prize did Mo Yan win in 2012?
| A．The first prize or Oscar |
| B．The Nobel Prize in Literature |
| C．The record in Guinness |
| D．The gold medal in Olympics |
Park Geun-hye is years old in 2015?
| A．60. | B．61. | C．62. | D．63. |
When was Barack Obama elected the 44thPresident of the United States?
| A．In 1961. | B．In 2015. | C．In 2008. | D．In 2012. |
Which of the following is NOT true about the passage?
| A．Mo Yan is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. |
| B．Park Geun-hyc will lead South Korea till the year 2016. |
| C．Obama fought against his challenger Mitt Romney in the election. |
| D．Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest. |
The three passages may be from .
A. news B. a letter C. an e-mail C. an ad