【2013年江苏盐城】Every year many young people leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several organizations. They help students to find the experience they are looking for. The table below shows a few possibilities for students.
One interesting possibility is helping elephants in Thailand. Most people think o elephants as animals in zoos. In fact, many elephants in Thailand are no longer kept in cages. Now, hundreds of them are homeless. They don’t have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don’t have enough to eat.
One centre in Thailand cares for these elephants. It gives them a safe and natural living space. When they are at the centre, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help here. The student helpers work with the elephant keepers. These keepers train the students in caring for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the centre. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon, they take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.Which country can you choose if you want to prepare yourself for a medical career?
| A．India | B．Ghana |
| C．Thailand | D．New Zealand |
Which job might be suitable for the students who love children and arts?
| A．Teaching young children | B．Health care work |
| C．Saving elephants | D．Teaching Chinese |
What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph probably refer to?
| A．The keepers | B．The doctors |
| C．The students | D．The elephants |
What does the writer think of the unusual educational program?
| A．It is amazing | B．It is boring |
| C．It is helpful | D．It is expensive |
John is a very strong man. He gets a job cutting trees. His boss gives him an axe. The first day, John cuts down eighteen trees. “Good!” the boss says. Happily, John tries harder the next day, but he only cuts down fifteen trees. The third day he even tried harder, but can only cut down ten trees. Day after day, he cuts down fewer trees.
“ I must be losing my strength ( 力气 ),” John thinks. He goes to the boss to say sorry and says that he does not know what is going on.” “When is the last time you sharpen ( 使锋利 ) your axe?” the boss asks. “I’m busy cutting trees, so I have no time to do it.”
When John is working hard, he doesn’t work “smart”. He doesn’t think about the best way to do this job.How many trees does John cut down on the second day?
| A．18. | B．15. | C．14. | D．10. |
What does the writer think of John on the first day?
| A．He thinks John works hard. |
| B．He thinks John works in a wrong way. |
| C．He thinks John is very smart. |
| D．He thinks John cuts down too many trees |
Why does John cut down fewer and fewer trees day after day?
| A．Because he is losing his strength. |
| B．Because he is busy doing something. |
| C．Because he doesn’t sharpen his axe. |
| D．Because his boss lets him do so. |
What’s the meaning of the underlined word “it”?
| A．The work to sharpen the axe. |
| B．The job to cut down trees. |
| C．The way to do the job. |
| D．The time to have a rest. |
What does the story tell us?
| A．It’s really good to work hard. |
| B．It’s very bad to cut down trees. |
| C．It’s better to think of the best way |
| D．It’s so hard to sharpen the axe. |
In the world today, all of the people need leisure activities. We can not work all the time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life. Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form is to take part in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and football. There are also individual（个人的） sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular leisure activities.for people who like to be outdoor. Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to take part in them. Many people like watching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like some forms of indoor leisure activities, such watching TV, singing and dancing. It doesn’t matter whether we like indoor leisure activities or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of leisure activities.Which is the most popular form of leisure activities?
A. Sports B. Watching TV C. Singing and dancingPeople want to take part in sports in order to .
A. keep healthy and enjoy life B. make more money C. find a good jobOutdoor sports include（包括）.
A. watching TV B. singing and dancing C. skating and mountain climbingWhy do many people like watching sports on TV or listening to them on the radio?
A. Because they like sports, but they don’t like to take part in them.
B. Because they don’t enjoy life.
C． Because they don’t need leisure activities.The passage tells us that
A. basketball is a kind of team sports
B. everyone who enjoys sports should take part in them
C. different people have different ways of relaxing
Do you still get free plastic bags from the supermarkets? Things have changed.
China has banned（禁止）free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets, and people have to pay for using plastic bags. The rule started on June 1.It came because our country tried to make litter less. Making super-thin（超薄）plastic bags has also been banned.
The Chinese once used about 3,000,000,000 plastic shopping bags a day, and they have caused pollution of the environment. The bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution because they are easy to break and people throw them away here and there .So the Chinese people are encouraged to bring their own bag for shopping.
What kind of shopping bag is the best to bring? Some students in Chongqing have a good idea. They make their own shopping bags. They use old clothes to make cloth bags（布袋）. And send them to their parents as presents. They also ask their parents and friends to use cloth bags instead of plastic ones. They think it is their duty to protect the environment.People in China have to ______now.
A. throw plastic bags here and there
B. use free plastic bags
C. pay for using plastic bags at shops and supermarketsChina made this rule because plastic bags were bad for the ____.
A. environment B. litter C. shopsThe Chinese people are encouraged to bring ______ for shopping.
A. super-thin plastic bags
B. free plastic bags
C. their own bagsSome students in Chongqing________.
A. ask their parents to make cloth bags
B. make cloth bags themselves
C. buy cloth bags for their parentsWhat’s the main idea of this article（文章）?
A. Making super-thin plastic bags has been banned in China.
B. The bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution.
C. To protect the environment, free plastic bags have been banned in China.
Li Chuang is 15-year-old boy, but he has been a smoker for three years .His teeth and fingers have turned a bit yellow.
“I first tried smoking after watching TV. It makes me feel excited and I think it looks cool. ”he said.
Not all students smoke as much as Li but there are lots of child smokers.
A report says 32 % of boys and 13% of girls in middle schools in China have smoked. Some are as young as 11 when they first try!
May 31st is World No-Tobacco Day. Health experts(专家）are asking young people not to smoke.
Doctors say smoking can make people get illnesses, like lung cancer.
Not only that, smoking costs a lot of money too.
Stop smoking, children! It's bad for your health!
Li Chuang began to smoke when he was 12.
Li Chuang first learned smoking from other boys.
More girls have smoked than boys in middle schools in China.
The words “World No-Tobacco Day” means“世界无烟日” in Chinese.
Smoking doesn't cost much money.
Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter．A man with a walking stick is pictured there．A bird called a California condor(大秃鹫)is flying overhead. Who is this man，and why is he so important that he is featured(处于显著地位)on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir．Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man，he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness．He walked more than a thousand miles across the country，through fields and woods．John Muir liked writing about the places he visited，describing their beauty.
Muir also wrote about problems．In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, rnany trees were being cut down．This made Muir unhappy and worried，because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them．Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保护)instead of being changed by human beings．He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests．Soon，others began to listen．
Muir wrote letters to important people，such as President Theodore Roosevelt．The president admired Muir’s love for nature．When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California.Muir convinced(说服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation．Later，President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks．National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park，the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter．
Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died，people continue his work today．His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world．John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then，now，and for the future．
What did John Muir spend much of his life doing when he was a young man?
| A．Watching natural views． |
| B．Writing about the places he visited． |
| C．Exploring the beauty of the wilderness． |
| D．Creating farmland for sheep and cattle． |
Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?
| A．Because Roosevelt loved watching nature． |
| B．Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir． |
| C．Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature. |
| D．Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland． |
What happened after President Roosevelt went camping with John Muir?
| A．Many trees were cut down． |
| B．Five national parks were established． |
| C．More homes and businesses were built. |
| D．More farmland was used for sheep and cattle. |
Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?
| A．Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country． |
| B．Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world. |
| C．Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests． |
| D．Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt． |
What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?
| A．To advise readers to become active conservationists. |
| B．To make us interested in the story about a great man． |
| C．To tell us something about an important person in history． |
| D．To give information about how to conserve the environment． |