We humans live in different parts of the world, but we have the same “mother”. She gives us everything we need in our daily life. She is our Mother Earth.
April 22 is Earth Day. The theme of this year is “Green Cities”.
A green city is a healthy and pleasant place for people to live, according to the United Nations. A green city can get its energy from regenerative sources like solar (太阳能的) and wind power. Also, it is connected by clean public transportation. Moreover, a green city is made up of facilities (设施) that can save energy and reduce waste.
Around the world, many cities and countries have done well to build themselves in a green way. Chicago is well known for its green roof (屋顶) program. These roofs are covered with plants. The plants get a great amount of rainwater. Later, the water evaporates (蒸发) to help make the air cool and clean. So far, there are about 360 green roofs in Chicago, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Curitiba, Brazil, has great transportation(运输). It opened the world’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) system in 1974. BRT runs on special lanes. This makes sure that buses are on time even in traffic jams. With the help of BRT, the city has the lowest level of air pollution in Brazil. Today, many other countries have copied BRT, including China and Mexico.
Singapore is home to the first zero-energy building in Southeast Asia. Zero energy means a building is able to create more energy than it uses. Zero-energy buildings work with solar panels (板) mainly on roofs. These panels can make electricity which powers the buildings. By 2030, Singapore plans to build 80 percent of its buildings like this.What is a green city according to the United Nations?
| A．A city with many green trees and flowers. |
| B．A green place for people to live. |
| C．A healthy and pleasant place for people to live. |
| D．A place is green for people to live. |
The theme of Earth Day this year is “ ”.
| A．Green Roofs | B．Green Cities |
| C．Reducing and Recycling | D．Environmental Protection |
The underlined word “regenerative” in Paragraph 3 means “ ”.
| A．getting terrible things and smells |
| B．giving new life and freshness |
| C．reducing waste things |
| D．producing old materials again |
From the passage, we learn that in the three cities .
| A．people are encouraged to grow plants on their roofs |
| B．special lanes (车道) are designed to solve traffic jams |
| C．people make good use of solar and wind energy |
| D．people are provided with a pleasant place to live |
The passage is mainly developed by .
| A．giving examples | B．explaining reasons |
| C．listing suggestions | D．showing different opinions |
Mr Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr Smith asked her," But how did you spend all that money?" She answered, "I don't know . "So one Friday evening, Mr Smith gave her money together with an exercise book and a pencil. He said to his wife ,"Please write down how you spend the money . "Next Tuesday, his wife had no money again. Mr Smith took the exercise book to see how she had spent it. "I have done what you told me ,"she said gladly. She had written "Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr Smith. "on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote ,"Tuesday, I have spent it all. "Mrs Smith always spent all the money ____.
| A．the next day | B．in four days |
| C．in a week | D．on next Wednesday |
Mr Smith gave his wife an exercise book and a pencil and asked her____
| A．to do homework |
| B．to have a look |
| C．to write down how she spent the money |
| D．to draw a picture on it |
Mrs Smith was ____ to do what Mr Smith asked her to .
| A．happy | B．sad |
| C．sorry | D．excited |
Mr Smith gave his wife money ____ a week.
| A．once | B．twice |
| C．three times | D．four times |
The story tells us that Mrs Smith was not very ____.
| A．glad | B．tall |
| C．careful | D．good |
Look at this photo. The boy’s name is John. He has two sisters. The one in the white dress is his sister, Rose. The other (另外的) one in the yellow dress is his sister, Mary. Rose and Mary have the same age(年龄). They look the same. They are twins. John and his sisters are in different schools. They have good friends in the school. Their dad and mom are English teachers. They both like their students. The family (家庭) is nice.Is John Rose and Mary’s brother?
__________________________________Are Rose and Mary look different?
__________________________________What do their dad and mom do?
__________________________________How many people (多少人) are there in John’s family?
__________________________________What color is Mary’s dress?
Jack is an English boy. He is a good student. He is twelve years old. Now he is in a red coat. Linda is Jack’s sister. She is a good girl. She is fourteen years old. Now she is in a green dress. Lucy and Lily are from the USA. They are students, too. They are in red coats. They look the same. Jack, Linda, Lucy and Lily are good friends. Jack, Lucy and Lily are in the same school. Linda is in a different school. They like China. Jack is from _____.
A. the USA B. England C. ChinaLinda is _____.
A. Lucy’s sister
B. Lily’s sister
C. Jack’s sister Linda is in _____.
A. a red dress
B. a red coat
C. a green dressLucy and Lily are _____.
A. in the same school
B. in the same class
C. in different schools Jack, Linda, Lucy and Lily are _____.
A. good sisters
B. good classmates
C. good friends
Peter is an American boy. He is thirteen years old. He is a middle school student. This is his family. His father and mother are in China now. He is in Class Eight, Grade Seven in No. 105 Middle School. He likes Chinese. Peter has a good friend. His name is David. He is in Class Eight, Grade Seven, too. He is twelve. David is from Japan. His father is in China, but his mother isn’t. Peter and David are good friends.Peter is from the USA.
Peter and David are in Class Eight, Grade Eight.
David’s father and mother are in China.
Peter is 13 and David is 12.
Peter and David aren’t good friends.
词汇运用
Hello! I’m ____（一个） Chinese boy. I __
____（是） a middle school student. My ___
___（名字） isYang Lei. My English name is John. I’m 13. My ___
___（英语） teacher is Mr Smith. He is American. __
___（他） is a good teacher. I don’t know his age. My good friend is David. He’s an English _
____（男孩）. He’s 14. He’s in Class 6, Grade 1. We are in different classes. I’m in Class 1, Grade 1. Who’s ___
__（那个） girl? She’s David’s __
____（妹妹）. ____
_（她的） name is Rose. She’s _
___. She’s not a student.