1 . Across the world, 1.1 billion people have no access to clean drinking water. More than 2.5 billion people lack basic sanitation. The combination proves deadly. Each year, diseases related to inadequate water and sanitation kill between 2 and 5 million people and cause an estimated 80 percent of all sicknesses in the developing world. Safe drinking water is a precondition for health and the fight against child death rate, inequality between men and women, and poverty.
Consider these facts:
●The average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect water is 6 kilometers.
●Only 58 percent of children in sub-Saharan Africa are drinking safe water, and only 37 percent of childrenin South Asia have access to even a basic toilet.
●Each year in India alone, 73 million working days are lost to water-borne diseases.
Here are three ways you can help:
(1) Write Congress
Current U. S. foreign aid for drinking water and sanitation budgets only one dollar per year per American citizen. Few members of Congress have ever received a letter from voters about clean drinking water abroad.
(2) Sponsor a project with a faith-based organization
Many U.S. religious groups already sponsor water and sanitation projects, working with partner organizationsabroad. Simply putting a single project by a U.S. organization can make safe water a reality for thousands of people.
(3) Support nonprofit water organizations
Numerous U.S.-based nonprofits work skillfully abroad in community-led projects related to drinking water and sanitation. Like the sample of non-profits noted as follows, some organizations are large, other small-scale, some operate worldwide, others are devoted to certain areas in Africa, Asia, or Latin America. Support them generously.
1. How many people are killed because of the diseases related to inadequate water and sanitation problem each year?2 . Some years ago industries had more f
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Today many governments have special departments that protect customers and workers. In the U.S., for example, there is a department that tests new airplanes and gives w
3 . Heredity(遗传) is not the only thing that influences our color. Where we live and how we live after we are born are important too. For instance, our genes influence how fat or thin we are. But our weight depends mainly upon how much we eat and how much exercise we get. In the same way, our skin color depends to a large extent upon how much sunshine we get.
When summer arrives and light-colored people go to the beaches, some will tan darkly, some will tan lightly and few will not tan at all. Each one has inherited a different ability to tan, but the differences do not appear until the conditions are right. An outdoor man will soon become pale if he changes to an indoor job, while a desk clerk will take on tan after a short vacation in the sun.
Sometimes people decide that being tanned is better than being pale. Sometimes they decide the opposite.
Centuries ago, most of the people in Europe were peasants and they had to work in the fields all day. Noblemen, on the other hand, did not have to work. They stayed indoors and remained pale. You could always tell a nobleman from a peasant because a peasant had a tan. As a result, a shin so pale that the veins (血管) showed was considered a mark of great beauty.
During the Industrial Revolution things changed. Farmers left their fields and went to work in factories, mines and mills. Working for long hours in dimly-lit factories and mines made their skins pale. Wealthy people, however, could afford to travel so sunny countries. They had the leisure to lie around on the beaches and get tan. Having a tan became a sign of wealth.
In Western Europe and North America pale skin is no longer desirable. Instead of bleaching themselves white with lemon juice, many women spend their time under a sun-lamp. The desire for a quick tan has led to the invention of pills and lotions(涂剂) that darken the skin artificially without exposure to sunlight. These pills and lotions can be bought by anyone at any drugstore. A rich man can spend hundreds of dollars on a vacation in the sunny West Indies and get his suntan there. But his lowest-paid clerk can have what looks like the same tan out of a bottle for a few cents.
So there are three answers to the question “Where does our color come from?” It comes from the genes we inherit. It comes from the conditions in which we live. And it can come from a bottle that we buy at the drugstore on the corner of the street.
1. Besides genes, our skin color has much to do with __________.A.exercise | B.weight | C.food | D.sunshine |
A.pale skin | B.a suntan | C.dark-colored skin | D.light-colored skin |
A.good health | B.great strength | C.wealth | D.youth |
A.to protect people from sunburn | B.to make people look wealthy |
C.to smooth people’s skin | D.to help people to have a quick tan |
A.the genes we inherit | B.the sort of food we live on |
C.the condition in which we live | D.the lotions we buy at a drugstore |
Many people believe that a bird’s home and place to sleep is its nest, but is that true?
Zoologists (动物学家) have found that birds don’t stay in their nests all night long, even if a storm is coming. Ducks often hide their heads u
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a music maker. He was born in Salzburg, Austria. He lived from 1756 to 1791.
Mozart was very good at music. Both his father and mother wanted him and his sister Maria Anna to study music. When he was four, Mozart started taking music lessons. At the age of five, he began to write his own music.
Soon people all over Europe began learning about Mozart. When he was seven years old, he and his sister began playing for the people of Germany. Later, they gave concerts in Vienna, Paris, and London.
Mozart never stopped surprising people with his talent. When he was thirteen, people invited him to hear some special music in Italy. He didn’t see the music. After he listened to it, Mozart returned to his room and wrote out all the music from memory.
Read the passage and answer the following questions (根据文章内容回答下列问题)
1. Where was Mozart born?
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2. At what age did Mozart begin to write his own music?
3. According to the passage, who wanted Mozart to study music?
4. How old was Mozart when he showed he could write out music from memory?
He
5. What is the main idea of the story?
6 . Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written 3 books.
Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about.
When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary(字典). At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. He likes reading, too. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales (童话) and his fairy tales are all from his life.
At the age of 6, he wrote a novel(小说) about his own life in different cities with his parents.
Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called “Eyes of Children”. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.”
1. . Dou Kou is called to be a(n) ________.A.worker | B.baker | C.assistant | D.writer |
A.his mother | B.his school life |
C.his life experience | D.his father |
A.when he wrote fairy tales | B.before his father taught him to study |
C.after he went to school | D.when he went to Shenzhen |
A.Dou Kou is not proud | B.Dou Kou doesn’t tell the truth |
C.Dou Kou is very ordinary | D.Dou Kou doesn’t like himself |
A.Three Books by a Child | B.How to Write Fairy Tales |
C.Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer | D.Travel in Other Cities |
There is a one-day holiday in most countries on New Year’s Day. The real celebrations for New Year happen on the night before—on New Year’s Eve. There are several interesting customs in the West, and there are many differences from country to country.
Though Christmas is a family get-together festival, New Year, for some, is a time to be with friends. Parties are often held to welcome New Year. At such parties, there is food and drink and dancing until the coming of the New Year.
At midnight, people say “Happy New Year”to each other. Champagne is a favourite drink for New Year. In many Western countries fireworks are let off at midnight, and many people like to make a noise,possibly to drive away bad spirits.
One important song is often sung at New Year—the Scottish song Auld Lang Syne.
1. People usually have great celebrations for New Year on the night of New Year’s Day.2. In the West, Christmas is a family get-together festival.
3. The word “customs” in the passage means “习俗”.
4. At midnight, on New Year’s Eve Western people often let off fireworks.
5. Auld Lang Syne is a Japanese song.
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A beautiful actress was the star of a new musical show (音乐表演). Her home was in the country. She did not want to
It was very
At that moment, the actress was so angry that she could not say anything.
9 . The western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool.It is a
The
But the geeks are taking over. Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and
The most important
But there are also
A.time | B.division | C.group | D.part |
A.show | B.act | C.copy | D.represent |
A.uncool | B.unimportant | C.clever | D.strange |
A.personal | B.attractive | C.experimental | D.social |
A.tasteless | B.careless | C.hopeless | D.helpless |
A.introduce | B.bring | C.prefer | D.add |
A.score | B.lack | C.take | D.save |
A.discovery | B.industry | C.progress | D.improvement |
A.excite | B.discourage | C.demand | D.promise |
A.world | B.challenge | C.chance | D.heaven |
A.However | B.Therefore | C.Still | D.Besides |
A.imaginative | B.uncool | C.attractive | D.cool |
A.remember | B.understand | C.receive | D.know |
A.dangers | B.questions | C.possibilities | D.wonders |
A.secretary | B.trainee | C.friend | D.boss |
10 . Once there lived an old man in a mountain village. He was a famous hunter. He often went hunting alone in the mountains. He was not afraid of any wild animals, not even a tiger.
One night, someone saw a tiger come into the village, and stole two sheep away. The next night the tiger came again. The villagers were frightened. They asked the old hunter to catch it so that they could have a safe life.
When the old man heard about the tiger, he thought hard. He wondered why the tiger came at night twice but only stole the sheep. The next night he walked outside the village. Suddenly he saw the tiger coming. He quickly threw himself on the ground. To his surprise, the tiger did not come at him, but went away. He followed it quietly and found it was running on two of its feet just like a man. Then everything was clear.
On the fourth day, when it got dark, the hunter took some animal skins with him and hid himself behind a big tree near the village. He was waiting for the "tiger". As soon as the "tiger"came near the tree, the old hunter jumped out, caught the "tiger" by the "leg" and said,"Don't he afraid. I do not mean to hurt you. You know who l am, don't you"
The "tiger" said "Yes" and took off the tiger's skin.
"You are poor. But you mustn't steal anything from others. Here are some animal skins for you. You may sell them at the market. With the money, you can buy food and clothes for your family. Work harder and try to make a living. " With tears in his eyes, the poor man thanked the kind-hearted old hunter and walked home.
1. Where did the old hunter live ?_______________________________________________________
2. What did the tiger get from the village at night?
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3. How many times did the tiger come into the village altogether?
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4. How was the ‘Tiger” running?
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5. Why did the old hunter give some animal skins to the ‘tiger’ ?
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6. What do you think of the hunter ? Tell your reason.
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