配对阅读。左栏是五则新闻，右栏是七位学生的读后感。请为每则新闻匹配对应的读后感。选项中有两项为多余项。
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（1） A British scientist has discovered that, 200 to 300 million years ago, it rained non-stop for two million years on Earth. （2） A fashion designer from Europe collects hair cuttings and changes them into material for clothes. The designer thinks this material helps reduce waste. （3） Climate change is harming Earth greatly. People on a Pacific island have to leave their homes because the sea level is rising rapidly. （4） Mexico City is facing serious drinking water problems. Many people are forced to buy expensive bottled water for drinking. （5） The athletes’ village of Paris Olympics will have a special cooling system（系统）. It will save 40% of the electricity and natural gas. |
A. I wonder who designed this raincoat. It really helps when it rains non-stop. B. Unbelievable! In that period, there must have been water everywhere on Earth. C. I am planning to fly to the city to have a taste of the famous street food. D. It sounds scary, to be honest. I don’t think this kind of clothes will become fashionable. E. How terrible it is for the people there! Perhaps the place will disappear under water one day. F. Who is the smart inventor of this cooling system? He or she must be a cool scientist. G. I hope I can do something for the people there so that they will have enough drinking water. |
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
B
A rich man was riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden．There was a young tree lying on the grounD．The rich man asked the old man．” what kind of tree are you planting there, my good man?”
“This is a fig（无花果）tree, sir．” He said．
“A fig tree? the rich man was very surprised．” Why, how old are you, may I ask?”
“I am ninety years old．”
“What! “ shouted the rich man．“ You're ninety years old, You are planting a very young tree now and it'll take years to give fruit．You certainly don' t hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree．” The old man smiled and said, “Tell me, sir, did you eat figs when you were a boy?”
“Sure” the man did not know why he asked this question．
The old man asked, “who planted the fig trees?”
“ well, I don’t know．”
“You see, sir．” The old man said slowly, “our forefathers（祖先）planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me．”
The rich man was quiet, then said, “ you are right, my good man．We should do some things for the people after us．Thank you very much．” Then he rode away．The old man was planting _________when the rich man saw him．
| A．an apple tree |
| B．a fig tree |
| C．a pear tree |
| D．a banana tree |
The old man was planting the tree____________．
| A．to get himself some fruit to eat |
| B．for the people after him |
| C．to make his garden more beautiful |
| D．just for fun |
The sentence in the, last paragraph “The rich man was quiet” means_________
| A．he was thinking about who were his forefathers |
| B．he didn't want to disturb the old man |
| C．he couldn't communicate with the old man |
| D．he understood why the old man planted the young tree |
What kind of personality does the old man has?
| A．creative |
| B．brave |
| C．wise |
| D．curious |
We can express the main idea of this passage”_________” in Chin ese．
| A．前人栽树，后人乘凉 |
| B．光阴似箭，一去不返 |
| C．君子爱财，取之有道 |
| D．财多惹祸，树大招风 |
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Last year some groups of students in their community(社区) make a survey about "How do people spend their free time?' The following diagrams (图表) show some results of it．
Diagram (1): Hours for people of different ages who surf the Internet in a week．
Diagram (2): Different days people go to the library．(library attendance)
Diagram (3): Different programs people like．
根据上面三个图表内容，选择正确答案People aged__________spend the most time surfing the Internet every week．
| A．7 ----16 |
| B．17 ------ 30 |
| C．31 ----- 55 |
| D．over 56 |
On Wednesday, __________people go to the library every week．
| A．over sixty |
| B．less than sixty |
| C．about twenty |
| D．more than one hundred |
According to the third diagram about ______of people like watching Cartoons?
| A．16%． |
| B．19% |
| C．13% |
| D．37%． |
Which statement is right according to the survey?
| A．Some students made the survey in their school last year． |
| B．More people like sports than chat in the survey． |
| C．Less than 80 people join in the survey about library attendance． |
| D．People of different ages spend different time surfing the Int ernet． |
The three diagrams show us the results of the survey about__________．
| A．what people do every day |
| B．how people spend their free time |
| C．people's different lifestyles |
| D．people's different habits |
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
The owner of a large company，who was about to take a trip overseas，dropped into his office early in the morning to make some arrangements．He was telephoning for a ticket for his trip when the night watchman came in，who was back from work，and said“Good morning”to the owner．Then he told him that he had dreamed that very night of the owner’s plane crashing after take-off．The owner was surprised to hear this．He decided，however，there was something in what the night watchman sad． He put off his trip．
As things turned out，the night watchman's dream was correct．That day the plane crashed shortly after leaving the groud． The owner sent for the night watchman and gave him 5,000 dollars and a letter．He said，“I'm very sorry to do so．But I have to do so．Read the letter when you get home．”
The puzzled man hurried home and tore the letter in a hurry．After taking a look，he turned pale．There was only one sentence in it．And he knew that he had been fired(解雇)．Early in the morning the owner was ________．
| A．preparing for his trip |
| B．waiting for the night watchman |
| C．thinking if he should believe the night watchman |
| D．writing a letter |
The owner gave the night watchman 5,000 dollars______________
| A．as extra pay． |
| B．as his warning |
| C．as a prize for his hard work． |
| D．to show his thanks for having saved him |
T he sentence in the letter would probably be______________
| A．“I don't want to use a man who has saved me．” |
| B．“I don't like a man who dreams strange dreams．” |
| C．“The night watchman's duty is to stay awake the whole night．” |
| D．“Thanks a lot for your dream．” |
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
XI′AN ------ Today more than 2000 people have written their names on a paper．They promise to use less energy and live a low-- carbon(低碳) life．Let′s follow them．Cut off the power of your computer when you don′t use it．Turn off the lights when going out．Use buses more．Share your cars with others．Eat less meat．Let′s do our best to stop the earth from warming.
XINING ------ A special train is now leaving Xining for Shanghai．It carries the last 300 Tibetan(藏族的) children．The platform is crowded with people．Most of them are parents ．These children will study in some famous schools in Shanghai until they finish high school．Those schools will pay all their expenses(费用)．The children will get 100 yuan as pocket money each month．Many parents asked us to give their thanks to the Party.Where can you see these articles ?
| A．In a book． |
| B．In a magazine． |
| C．In a newspaper． |
| D．In a paper |
Which of the following is a way of low-carbon life ?
| A．Never turn on your computer． |
| B．Always keep the lights off. |
| C．Never drive to work． |
| D．Eat less meat. |
The second news says that ________ ．
| A．the children will get 100 yuan from their parents each month |
| B．there are only parents at the station |
| C．all the children will go to the same school |
| D．the parents are very thankful |
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A well-known speaker started his talking by holding up a $20 bill．In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?"
Hands started going up．He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this." He began to crumple(弄皱) the 20 dollar note up．He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air．
"Well," he replied, "what if I do this?" He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe．He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty．
"Now, who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air．
"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson．No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value．It was still worth $20."
"Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way．We feel as though we are worthless; but no matter what happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value." "Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you．The worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by ...WHO WE ARE."
"You are special — don’t ever forget it."This passage is mainly about ________．
| A．a famous professor |
| B．the value of $20 |
| C．the value of a person |
| D．the importance of money |
By making the money crumpled and dirty , the professor wanted to show ________．
| A．the value of the money never changed |
| B．he was not interested in the money |
| C．he was a very special person |
| D．the money was valuable any more |
The underlined word “ decrease” most probably means “________”．
| A．become more |
| B．become less |
| C．change fast |
| D．stay the same |
The writer implies (暗示) in the passage that ________．
| A．we should try our best to make more money |
| B．we should try to make ourselves special |
| C．we can word hard to prove ourselves |
| D．we might meet with a lot of difficulties in our life |