You can be proud of yourselves, even if you can only make one or two of these green changes. The goal here is to limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which are closely connected to the big problem of global-warming (全球变暖).
WAY 1: Bring your own cup to Starbucks. You’ll get a 10-cent discount, and it’s one less paper cup to end up in a dustbin. The store won’t create more waste when they throw away a cup.
WAY 2: Turn off your computer. When in standby mode, your PC is still using energy. Turning off a monitor (显示器) for 40 hours a week may only save $ 5 a month, but it reduces CO2 by 750 pounds.
WAY 3: Reuse plastic bags. Instead of throwing away 100 billion plastic bags a year, try and get a second, third, or tenth use out of them. Better yet, next time you shop, try a reusable bag. The amount of oil it would take to make just 14 plastic bags would run your car for one mile.
WAY 4: Use recycled paper in the bathroom. Most of the toilet paper we use is made from trees found in forests. If every family replaced(替换)one roll of toilet paper with a recycled one, 424,000 trees would still be standing.
WAY 5: Plant a tree. Adding green to your garden is beautiful and earth-pleasing. Just one tree will help make cleaner air and save the environment from 5, 000 pounds of hot carbon dioxide each year.How many ways are mentioned(提及) in the passage?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
What will happen if our PC is turned off when it isn’t in use?
| A．It will help to save a large amount of money. |
| B．It will help to reduce a great deal ofCO₂. |
| C．It will save the amount of oil that runs your car for a mile. |
| D．It will be like planting 1.7 million acres of new trees. |
Which ways suggest recycling or reusing of things?
| A．Ways 3 & 4. | B．Ways 2 & 3. |
| C．Ways 3 & 5. | D．Ways 2 & 4. |
How do these ways do good to our environment?
| A．They all help reduce the use of energy like electricity. |
| B．They all cut down the number of the use of paper. |
| C．They all produce less greenhouse gases as a result. |
| D．They all help protect our trees and forests. |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．Ways toSave Money | B．Waysto Be Earth-Friendly |
| C．Ways to End Global-Warming | D．Waysto Limit Carbon Dioxide |
In the 13th century, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China. During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In Western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.
A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.
Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not give enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.
So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially then we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchief and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper, we can save it and reuse it later.
Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late. When he was in China, Marco Polo ________.
| A．saw many wonderful things |
| B．read a lot of books |
| C．discovered Cai Lun invented paper |
| D．learned to make paper |
About ________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.
| A．48,000 | B．1,700 | C．2,000 | D．2,800 |
Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper?
| A．To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones. |
| B．To grow more trees. |
| C．To use both sides of very piece of paper. |
| D．To use the paper bags from shops more than once. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．About 48,000 trees can be used to make 2,800 tons of paper. |
| B．If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use. |
| C．The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries. |
| D．It is never too late to plant trees for paper. |
Which is the best title of the passages?
| A．Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again |
| B．Cai Lun, the Great Inventor |
| C．Saving Paper |
| D．The history of Paper |
Japan is made up of a chain of islands that lie off the coast of Asia. People came to live in Japan from the nearby countries of China and Korea. From these older countries, the Japanese borrowed ideas, inventions and habits.
For many years, the Japanese built houses like those in China. They dressed themselves like a Chinese. From China came their way of writing and their habit of drinking tea.
In more recent times, the Japanese have borrowed things from our country, the United States. They have a government like ours. They do much work in science, as we do. Baseball is a favorite sport in Japan, just as it is here.
Things change when they come to Japan. The Japanese improve on almost everything they borrow. The art of garden making came from Korea and China, but the Japanese gardens are special. Each garden has a waterfall, a pond, and small bridges. There are few flowers in Japanese gardens. But the gardens are green during all the year round because they have many evergreens. Japanese gardens have a different kind of beauty. The first paragraph of the passage tells us that ________ centuries ago.
| A．the Japanese borrowed ideas only from China and Korea |
| B．people came to live in Japan from neighbouring Asian countries |
| C．Japan is much older than Korea |
| D．many Japanese came from the United States |
In the third paragraph of the passage the italic (斜体)words “just as it is here” mean”________”
| A．just as it is in the United States |
| B．just as it is in China |
| C．just as it is in Japan |
| D．just as it is in Asia |
Why did the Japanese change the things they had borrowed?
| A．They wanted very much to be different from others. |
| B．They didn’t like them the way they were. |
| C．They wanted visitors to like the change. |
| D．They tried to make them better. |
From the passage we can see that ________.
| A．Japanese gardens are different from those in other countries but not very beautiful |
| B．Japanese gardens are full of life during all the seasons |
| C．Japanese gardens are not very big |
| D．There are many flowers in Japanese gardens |
Choose a statement from the following sentences that is NOT true.
| A．The government of Japan is like that of the United States. |
| B．People in the United States like playing baseball. |
| C．The Japanese invented the habit of drinking tea. |
| D．Japan is made up of many islands. |
阅读与表达（共5小题，每小题2分）
Wang Xiaojun is 12 years old. He lives in the country in Hubei Province. Today is his birthday. His parents prepare a nice dinner for him, but the boy says, “I won’t have the dinner because after the dinner, today is over, and parents are leaving for Shenzhen tomorrow. I don’t want to let them go.”
It is the first birthday that Wang Xiaojun is spending with his parents stayed in Shenzhen and worked to make money. They haven’t seen their son for three years. Tomorrow they have to leave home to go to Shenzhen.
Wang is not the only stay-at-home child. In the country of China, there are more than 20 million children staying at home without their parents. Stay-at-home children face a lot of problems. Many of them stay with their grandparents. They get less care from parents. They often feel lonely. Some of them don’t study well because their parents can’t help them with their study.
The Chinese government now cares about the children very much and is trying to solve their problems.Is it Wang Xiaojun’s first birthday?
There are many stay-at-home children in the country of China, aren’t there?
Why don’t some of the stay-at-home students study well?
How long haven’t Wang Xiaojun seen his parents?
In China,how many children staying at home without their parents?
图表选择。（共5小题，每小题2分）The telephone message is written by_______.
| TELEPHONE MESSAGE FROM: JaneTo: Lucy DATE: April 16 TIME: 5:30 MESSAGE: Please meet at 3:40 pm. Tomorrow. Lily |
A. JaneB. LucyC. Lily“ The Zoo” is _______.
| Do you want to hear “The Zoo”? “The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will Give their first concert this Saturday night. |
A. a US concertB. a musical group C. give their last concertIf you only have thirteen dollars, you can buy ___with all the money.
| Clothes |
Price |
| a T-shirt |
$ 30 |
| a sweater |
$ 10 |
| a pair of socks |
$ 7 |
| a hat |
$ 6 |
| a pair of pants |
$ 12 |
A. a T-shirt and a hat B. a pair of pants and a sweater
C. a pair of socks and a hatYou can visit Ocean Museum _____.
| Ocean Museum 9:00--- 17:00 From Thursday to Sunday. Ticket: 50yuan Tel: 5439871 Show you a full picture of sea lives! |
A. on Saturday B. on Wednesday C. on MondayHow many trains are there from Boston to New York in the morning?
| (Leave) Boston |
(Arrive) New York |
| 5:10 AM |
10:00 AM |
| 7:00 AM |
12:45 AM |
| 9:10 AM |
2:45 PM |
| 3:40 PM |
8:15 PM |
A. ThreeB. FourC. Five
判断（共5小题，每小题2分）（T="True," F=False）
Mother’s Day is a holiday for mothers. And on this day, mothers don’t work. It is on the second Sunday in May. It is celebrated in the United States, England, Sweden, India, Mexico and some other countries. Little by little, it becomes widely celebrated. On the day, many people send presents of love to their mothers. Those whose mothers are still living often wear a pink or red rose or carnation(康乃馨). While those whose mothers are dead wear a white one.
The idea of a day for mothers was first given by Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. The celebration of the first American Mother’s Day was held in Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. Soon the holiday became popular around the country and the world.Mothers don’t go to work on Mother’s Day.
The first Mother’s Day was celebrated only in the USA.
Mother’s Day is on May the second.
On Mother’s Day many mothers send presents to their children.
Those whose mothers are dead wear a white rose or carnation.