Mike has a new computer. Now he is wondering what will happen to the old one. “Well, after being broken up into small pieces, it will be sent to China by ship. “ his friend tells Mike.
Things like this _______. Every day. Last month Hong Kong officers found 131,000kilograms of broken computers, TVs and phones. They had been sent to China illegally (非法地）. Computers are filled with _______things like mercury(水银）and lead (铅）. So every time an old computer is broken , it needs to be dealt with safely. Of course , _______to deal with broken computers has been a problem. Some countries like Japan and the US send their e-waste to China. Guiyu, a town in Guangdong Province, has been called the e-waste capital of the world. The town has to _________1.5 million kilograms of e-waste each year. This earns $75 million, but it comes at immense cost (以巨大的代价）.
Many harmful things in e-waste find ______own way into the environment. Plastic is burned outdoors and acids (酸性物质）are _______rivers or seas. Greenpeace, an environmental group , has said that the earth and rivers of Guiyu have been _______ polluted. This year _______ will make its first law about waster-recycling. The Chinese government wants to develop cities and towns, but in a way_________ doesn’t damage the environment or people’s lives. Money has been given by computer companies like Lenovo and Founder to ______ deal with computer waste. These companies will also be asked to take back their old computers. This is because they know best how to deal with them safely.
A．happen B．take C．reply D．discover
A．useful B．amazing C．dangerous D．helpful
A．where B．when C．what D．how
A．compare with B．think of C．deal with D．get over
A．their B．it C．them D．its
A．looked into B．run into C．poured into D．followed into
A．fine B．well C．badly D．better
A．India B．US C．Japan D．China
A．that B．what C．whom D．how
A．consider B．try C．learn D．help
完形填空。(10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
More than three thousand languages are spoken in the world today . Many of these languages are spoken_36 small groups of people . On the 37 ,hand , over two hundred languages are spoken by one million or more people . Chinese is the language spoken by the ___38 ___number of people in the world . But English is most 39 spoken in the world .
English is spoken by more than four hundred million people 40 their first language . It is 41 by most people in the U.S.A. , Great Britain , Canada , Australia and New Zealand . And it is 42 used very widely in many other countries of the world . Look at the back of your watch . You may see the English words “Made 43 China” , or “Japan” , even “Germany” .
English is the first language in 44 of these . Why are English words 45 on it ? That is because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries .
A．as B．by C．for D．with
A．other B．others C．another D．the second
A．biggest B．bigger C．largest D．larger
A．wide B．wider C．widest D．widely
A．of B．in C．by D．as
A．spoke B．spoken C．speak D．speaking
A．either B．as well C．also D．too
A．at B．of C．with D．in
A．no one B．none C．nothing D．no
A．written B．wrote C．write D．writing
I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman."You look36Come and sit here,she said.37are you going?"
"I don’ t know. I just want to catch a 38and see what it will be like at the
end."
"I’ m afraid you’ 11 see 39there. Why don’t you enjoy the sights on the way?"
“How can I do that while my heart’s 40 ?” I asked sadly. “My best friend had left me.”
The woman seemed to understand my feeling. "Don’ t cry, little girl. Ive had a similar experience to you.Thirty- five41ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was deadly sad.I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took 42to the sea.43they seemed to know what would happen, so they44loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me45 . How could I 46my hope to live for one of life’ s problems? Alter that,I worked hard to raise the children.Now They all live 47and one of lthem has his own family.
Then the woman gave me a 48 ,” We should never wait for the door to 49before us.We should find the key to the 50or try to find another way.”
The bus came and I got on it with a smile.A. tired B. excited C. happy
A. What B. How C. Where
A. train B. bus C. boat
A. nothing B. everything C. something
A. smiling B. breaking C. dancing
A. days B. weeks C. years
A. her B. themC. him
A. So B. Or C. However
A. laughed B. cried C. spoke
A. in B. out C. up
A. give away B. give up C. get up
A. happily B. sadly C. badly
A. cry B. shout C. smile
A. open B. close C. lock
A. classroom B. office C. door
Choose the best answer to complete the passage.
The English language is different from any 36 language. Yet English words do not 37 the same. It is always 38 . People need new words 39 new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use or older words are used 40a new way.
English can 41 by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico, the word “coffee” came from Turkey, and “tea” from 42 and so on. Now new space and science words 43 from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words 44 . The words “strawberry”, “postman” and “blackboard” are made up of two parts.
Sometimes, new words are 45 forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the 46 of the long word. The word “plane” was made by cutting off the 47 part of “airplane”.48 “smog” was made by using only the first two letters of “smoke” and cutting off the front part of “fog”. And products can become new words. Our “sandwich” was named after 49 named Sandwich, and “jelly(果冻)” was a name made up by the company that 50 made this product.
A．other B．others C．another D．else
A．leave B．change C．stay D．use
A．keeping B．changing C．kept D．changed
A．for B．of C．with D．about
A．by B．on C．in D．at
A．change B．changed C．turns D．turned
A．India B．America C．Germany D．China
A．are borrowing B．are being borrowed C．borrow D．borrows
A．alone B．out C．together D．outside
A．longer B．middle C．never D．short
A．beginning B．end C．middle D．front
A．back B．middle C．front D．end
A．While B．During C．When D．as
A．a man B．a kind of food C．a company D．a place
A．first B．last C．again D．once
A goal for life
Do you have a goal for life? What is it? Do you want to become a great writer, a 16 singer or just become a rich person?
A survey 17 that in modern society (现代社会), most people choose practical 18 such as “making money to buy a house and a car”, “making one’s life better” or “finding a good job”.
Wang You 19 in a small company in Nanjing 3 years ago. The job was good and he didn’t need to work on Saturday or Sunday. However, he felt the work wasn’t 20 at all and the life was _21 . So he gave up his job and went to Beijing in February, 2009. When he 22 in Beijing, he had his new __23 as finding a good job.
Now 24 people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress __25 people’s life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody 26 his or her own life goal. If one man is poor, 27 life goal will be to make more money. If one man doesn’t __28 a diploma (文凭), studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal. And if one man doesn’t have love, his life goal will be to look 29 it. If one man has no life goal, he 30 idle away (虚度) his lifetime.”
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Everybody needs water. Everything 16 water，too. We use water 17 the bowls, the clothes, and 18 .We use water to plant trees, flowers and crops. 19 does all water come from? It 20 from clouds. Some of rain 21 into the ground. Many people get 22 from under the ground. Some rain water goes 23 the hills. It runs 24 lakes and rivers. Many people get it 25 .
A．need B．needs C．use D．needing
A．wash B．washing C．to wash D．to washing
A．we B．us C．ourself D．ourselves
A．What B．Where C．When D．How
A．comes B．come C．at D．to
A．go B．goes C．to have D．to there
A．them B．their C．it D．go
A．into B．on C．it D．its
A．here B．there C．to D．down