【2012年山西】Microblogging(微博) is sweeping across the world. You Can express your ideas on any topic on it. Of course, you might also make comments(评论) on others' microblogs.
The following is Tonv's microblog at Enviroboard and its comments.
Subject: Eco-Friendly Transportation
Saturday 9th June 8:05 am "
Hi everyone! My name's Tony. I'm doing a project about greener ways to travel. I want to know if anyone has any good ideas. Thanks for your help!
Comments [4]
I think people should do more things online from home. Why pollute the air by driving your car to the supermarket, when you can order your weekly shopping on the Internet~ You can also book holidays as well.
Posted by Billy on June 1 lth 7:36 am
I try to use public transportation whenever I can. I take the bus to college and walk home. When my mum wants to give me a lift, I always refuse, as I can get there quickly by bus. Also the buses in my town are electric so they are environmentally friendly!
Posted by Carol on. June 12th 10:35 am
Why not use two wheels? Any motorcycle will use less fuel (燃料)an a car. You don't get caught in traffic jams either. But in my opinion, the best thing is a bicycle. They don't produce any pollution and help you to keep fit at the same time.
Posted by Daz on .lune 12th 16:00 nm
I can't get to my university by bus or train. So I found three other girls who live nearby to have a car share with. And now we take it in turns to drive every day. I have cut down the costs -- and most importantly,- I am helping the environment!
Posted by Angela on June 15th 9:36pm
Billy thinks that we can make less air pollution by .
A. doing things online at home
B. driving cars to shopping centres
C. taking buses to the supermarkets
Buses in Carol's town are environmentally friendly because .
A. they use fuel
B. they are cheap
C. they are electric
Daz thinks riding bicycles ___________.
A. will help us save more fuel
B. will get caught in traffic jams, too
C. can be very clean and help keep fit
Angela goes to school by car sharing because ___________.
A. she doesn't like buses
B. she wants to help the environment
C. she wants to go to school quickly
Tony wrote the message on his microblog to ____________.
A. get some good ideas on making net pals
B. get some tips on travelling to the places with green trees
C. ask for some advice on cutting down pollution while travelling
Americans love cars. They have more than 250 million (百万) cars ---about one car for every 1.2 people. But these cars cause (引起) too much air pollution. Even children know that cars need gas (汽油) to run. If there is no gas, today's cars will become tomorrow's about the cars in the future, they usually think of hydrogen (氢气) cars, electric (电的) cars and flying cars.
Hydrogen cars might be the cars of the future. They don't cause pollution and the hydrogen turns into water after it is used. The first hydrogen car was made by Honda. It was very expensive and didn't run very far.
There are some electric cars on the market, but they can't run very far or very fast. In the future, there will be a lot of electric cars on the road. When the batteries (电池) are better and cheaper, electric cars will become more popular.
There will be another kind of car --- flying cars. They will be able to run in the air. But now there is only one company, MDI, making this kind of car.We can know from the text that there are about _ people in American.
A. 250 million B. 300 million C. 208 million Hydrogen turns into after it is used.
A. water B. air C. gasWhich of the following is TRUE about electric cars?
A. They can run fast but not very far.
B. They are very popular with people now.
C. They are still too expensive for people to buy.How many kinds of cars are mentioned in the passage?
A. Two B. Three C. Four What is the best title for the text?
A. Cars in the future.
B. Americans and cars.
C. Air pollution.
Mr Smith just opened a small restaurant. To attract （吸引）People, he put up a notice (通知) in front of the restaurant. It said, "Meals on the house for three days."
The next day, a foreign student passed by the restaurant. He didn't know much English. It was lunch time and he felt very hungry. He walked to the restaurant and saw the notice. "American people are really funny; They even have dinners on the house! But how can I get up to the top of the house?" He said to himself.
He looked around and found a ladder (梯子). But when he reached the top, he heard someone shouting at him, "Hey! What are you doing up there?"
"Doesn't your notice say 'Meals on the house for three days'? Is it just a joke?" the foreign student asked.
When people heard this, they all laughed, "Do you know what that means? It means all the food here is free these days."Mr Smith put a notice in front of the restaurant, because .
A. he wanted to make a joke on people
B. he wanted more people to have meals there
C. he wanted to make the restaurant more beautifulWhat did the foreign student think of American people?
A. Friendly. B. Funny. C. Outgoing.The foreign student climbed to the top of the house in order to .
A. make a joke B. have lunch C. use the ladderHow did the foreign student get to the top of the house?
A. He used a ladder.
B. He used the notice.
C. He jumped."Meals on the house" in the passage probably means .
A. serving meals only on the house
B. eating something special on the top of the house
C. you can eat meals but pay nothing for them
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的涂A，错误的涂B。（共5小题，每小题5分；计10分）
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Are you looking for something interesting? Would you like to help other people when you're free? Then join us to be a volunteer (志愿者)! You can enjoy yourself and help others at the same time!
Driver :You must be between 20 and 40 years old. You should take the sick (生病的) children to school every day. After school, you should drive them home.
Teacher: If you're a lady, you can become a teacher. You should be good at singing and drawing. You should look after children after school, give them some classes or wait with them for their parents. Your age must be between 20 and 30.
Animals' friend: Do you love animals? You can become animals' friend by looking after dogs and cats with no homes. Animals' friend can be a man or a woman, but he or she should be between 25 and 30 years old.It is fun and helpful to be a volunteer.
The driver should drive the sick children to and from school.
The teacher must be good at singing and dancing.
Animals' friend should look after sick animals.
Each man and each woman can be animals' friend.
In many English homes people eat four meals a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge(粥) , eggs and bread and drink tea or coffee for breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is at about seven thirty. First they have soup, then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that, they eat other things, like bananas, oranges or apples. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper. And all these meals are very simple(简单).Most English people have _________for breakfast.
| A．eggs and bread | B．eggs and fish |
| C．bread, soup and meat | D．coffee and oranges |
English people have lunch ___________.
| A．at any time | B．at one |
| C．from four to five | D．at nine |
For dinner, they don’t have _____________.
| A．soup | B．fish |
| C．bananas | D．porridge |
Mr. Smith is 70 years old. Every morning he goes for a walk in the park. And he comes home at twelve thirty for lunch. But today a car stops at his house at twelve and two policemen help him get out of the car. One of them says to Mr. Smith’s daughter, “the old man can’t find his way home in the park. He asks us to help him find home.” The daughter thanks the policemen. Then she asks her father, “Dad, you go to the park every day. But today, you can’t find the way. What’s wrong with you?” The old man smiles like a child and says, “I can find my way. But I don’t want to walk home”Today Mr. Smith comes home___________.
| A．by car | B．by bike |
| C．by bus | D．on foot |
The policemen think Mr. Smith ____________ in the park.
| A．doesn’t want to walk home |
| B．can’t find his way home |
| C．knows the way |
| D．is ill |
Mr. Smith’s daughter thinks _________________________.
| A．Her father wants to go home by car |
| B．Her father wants to have lunch early |
| C．Her father doesn’t want to walk home |
| D．Something is wrong with her father |
Why does Mr. Smith come home in policemen’s car?
| A．Because he doesn’t want to walk home. |
| B．Because he likes to take a police car |
| C．Because the policemen like to send him home. |
| D．Because he is tired. |