Global warming is a big problem that we have to stop. One of the best things we do is to plant more trees. Trees can take in CO2 in the air and stop global warming.(1)
A team of scientists at Boston University has been working with NASA to study Earths green vegetation(植被). They used a special NASA camera and found that global leaf area had increased by 5 percent since the early 2000s. (2) That's about one﹣quarter of the size of the entire Amazon rainforest.
The growth mainly came from China's forest protection programs, NASA said. For example, since 1962. China has been planting trees in Saihanba. Hebei Province. It was once a desert,(3)
(4) Ant Forest, a feature in Alipay app, gives users points for doing eco﹣friendly things such as walking and going paperless in the office. Users can then use these points to water and grow their own virtual(虚拟的)trees. When the virtual trees are big enough, Ant Forest will plant real trees somewhere in the world.(5)
A. More than 55 million trees have been planted in this way.
B. The Chinese public has also joined in these activities recently.
C. And China was responsible for 25% of that gain. according to the study.
D. However, people there can produce vegetables without any difficulty now.
E. But now, China has turned the area into the country's largest man﹣made forest.
F. According to a news report, China is doing a great job of"greening"the world.
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Chores weren’t popular at my house.My children didn’t like to do chores.They always saw me do chores,but they hardly ever helped me do them.
A year ago,I made a game called“The Endless Chore Game”.It’s really great.Here’s how the game works.
I make a card with forty squares(方框),and I write a different chore on each square.These chores can be easy and interesting like making dessert.Then my family roll the dice(骰子)to decide what chores we have to do.The card also has a few squares with fun things,like watching TV and singing.If you’re lucky,you can watch TV when the others are doing the chores.
My son likes the game very much.He goes to the kitchen happily every morning to do the game.It’s really a good way to make my children do chores.You can have a try if you have the same problem as me.The writer’s family began to do the game________ago.
A.one year |
B.one month |
C.two years |
D.two months |
What do you need to do“The Endless Chore Game”?
A.A card. |
B.A dice. |
C.A card and a dice. |
D.A card and forty dice. |
When do the writer’s family do the game?
A.In the morning. |
B.In the afternoon. |
C.In the evening. |
D.The other day. |
We can learn from the passage that________.
A.the writer only has one child |
B.everyone in the writer’s family likes playing the game |
C.the writer wrote this passage to the parents |
D.everyone in the writer’s family has to do the chores every day |
The writer made this game to________.
A.do less chores
B.tell us an interesting game
C.make her children happy
D make her children do chores
The students were having their chemistry class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students,“What's water?”No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, "Why don't you answer my question? Didn’t I tell you what water is like?”
Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no color and no smell. But where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has bad smell.”Most of the children agreed with him.
“I'm sorry, children.”said the teacher,“Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That’s a serious problem.”
根据短文内容,回答问题。Did the teacher tell the students what water is like?
What did the teacher tell the students water is like in chemistry class?
Why does the water in the river have color and smell?
One morning, Wu Liang discovered that her classroom had changed. She found that the desks were no longer in rows, but pushed together to make eight bigger desks. She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got used to this new classroom arrangement (安排). “Now our class is quieter,” said Wu. “What’s more, we can come up with our own ideas and learn more through discussion. It’s a better way to study.”
Li Yu liked it, too. He said, “Group members first discuss, and then show ourselves in front of the whole class. It makes us believe in ourselves.” It was part of a reform (改革) at Li’s school. The school made this reform because they wanted to provide students with easier ways to study and more chances to discuss. “Our school hopes it can improve students’ abilities (能力) to study by themselves and work in groups,” said Zhang Ming, an English teacher.
However, the reform has demanded (要求) more from teachers. Now they have only 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 45 minutes before. It is difficult to teach in such a short time. The teachers have to find better ways to teach more effectively.
The reform demands more, but I’m sure it is helpful,” added Zhang Ming.After the new classroom arrangement it was easier for Wu Liang and her classmates to ______ in class.
A.discuss with each other |
B.sit in the classroom |
C.push desks together |
D.teach a lesson |
The school made the reform in order to provide students with _______ to study.
A.noisier classes |
B.easier ways |
C.more seats |
D.fewer chances |
The Chinese meaning of the word “effectively” in this passage is ___
A.简单地 | B.明确地 |
C.有效地 | D.认真地 |
The best title of this passage may be “________”.
A.Students’ Friendship |
B.Teachers’ Hope |
C.Discussion in Class |
D.New look in class |
When you see the girl for the first time, you may think she is a boy. She is very outgoing(外向). Who is she? Wang Meng, the Chinese top skater.
On the evening of February 26th, 2010, Wang Meng first got to the finishing line in 1 minute and 29.213 seconds in the women’s 1000 meters short track speed skating final (短道速滑决赛) at the Vancouer Olympic Winter Games (温哥华冬奥会). After she succeeded in the 500-meter and 3000-meter races, she won her third gold medal this time. With this one China won four gold medals in the women’s short track speed skating. That helped China first win the team gold medal in Winter Olympics history.
Just before the final race Wang Meng caught a bad cold and coughed terribly. With the words of “You can, you can do!” she won at last. She said, “I really feel these three gold medals belong to my team, to China. It was with the help of my team that I won the prize.”
Though Wang Meng is only twenty-four, she has been the most successful Chinese skater. Chinese are proud of her and her team. We hope she will be faster in Sochi Olympics in 2014.China won _______ gold medals in the women’s short track speed skating.
A.2 | B.3 |
C.4 | D.5 |
It took Wang Meng 1 minutes and 29.213 seconds to finish the ______ short track speed skating final.
A.women’s 1000 |
B.men’s 1000 |
C.women’s 500 |
D.men’s 500 |
In Wang Meng’s opinion, _______ made her win the prize at last.
A.a strong body |
B.a bad cold |
C.her team’s help |
D.much exercise |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Wang Meng is very outgoing like a boy. |
B.Wang Meng is the most successful Chinese skater. |
C.Chinese people are proud of Wang Meng and her team. |
D.China has got the team gold medal twice in Winter Olympics history. |
As we know, Chongqing has changed a lot. Most of the people feel much safer now. More and more trees are being planted in the city. And every day you can see many old people play sports everywhere. The change makes the people in the city live a happy life. The small survey below is from the people who live in Chongqing. One hundred persons were chosen to answer the questions last week.
What they want Health Safety Food
52% 33% 15%
Where they like to live In a quieter place In a busier place In a greener place
15% 5% 80%
What they think of working in the city Bad Good No idea
8% 80% 12%
Whether they plan to change their living places Yes No Difficult to say
39% 41% 20%From the survey, ____ of the people in Chongqing care about health.
A.41% | B.80% |
C.39% | D.52% |
Most people think working in Chongqing is _______.
A.bad | B.good |
C.hard | D.sad |
From the survey, we know most people want to live ________.
A.in a busier place |
B.in a quieter place |
C.in a greener place |
D.on the mountain |
According to the passage and the survey, we know that ________.
A.most people plan to change their living places |
B.in Chongqing all the people have a lot of food |
C.the people in Chongqing don’t like planting trees |
D.the change in Chongqing makes people enjoy living there |