【推荐3】“What kind of rubbish are you?” This question might normally cause anger, but in Shanghai it has brought about weary groans over the past week. On July 1st, the city introduced strict trash-sorting regulations that are expected to be used as a model for our country. Residents must divide their waste into four separate categories and toss it into specific public bins. They must do so at scheduled times, when monitors are present to ensure compliance（服从）and to inquire into the nature of one’s rubbish.

Violators face the prospect of fines and worse. They could be hit with fines of up to 200 yuan ($29). For repeat violators, the city can add black marks to their credit records, making it harder for them to obtain bank loans or even buy train tickets.

Shanghai authorities are responding to an obvious environmental problem. It generates 9 million tons of garbage a year, more than London’s annual output and rising quickly. But like other cities in China, it lacks a recycling system. Instead, it has relied on trash pickers to sift through the waste, plucking out whatever can be reused. This has limits. As people get wealthier, fewer of them want to do such dirty work. The waste, meanwhile, just keeps piling up. China churns out 80 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks a year.

Many residents appear to support the idea of recycling in general but are frustrated by the details. Rubbish must be divided according to whether it is food, recyclable, dry or hazardous（有害的）, the distinctions among which can be confusing, though there are apps to help work it out. Some have complained about the rules surrounding food waste. They must put it straight in the required public bin, forcing them to tear open plastic bags and toss it by hand. Most vexing（令人烦恼的）are the short windows for dumping trash, typically a couple of hours, morning and evening. Along with the monitors at the bins, this means that people go at around the same time and can keep an eye on what is being thrown out; no one wants to look bad.

1. What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To introduce the trash-sorting regulations.

B．To explain the four categories of the waste.

C．To present residents’ complaints about trash dividing.

D．To show the goal of trash-sorting regulations.

2. What does the underlined word “Violators” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．People who don’t sort the waste.

B．People who argue with the monitors.

C．People who don’t throw the trash on time.

D．People who are against the regulations.

3. What is the main direct environmental problem in Shanghai?

A．The massive traffic.

B．The increasing garbage.

C．Lack of a recycling system.

D．Lack of trash pickers.

4. What makes the residents upset most about the rules?

A．Complex distinction among the four categories of trash.

B．Short scheduled time for tossing the trash.

C．Being observed by monitors when throwing the garbage.

D．Being fined when blamed due to improper behavior.

5. What can be the best title for the text?

A．A Restart of Trash-sorting

B．A Great Change in Tackling Litter

C．A New Era of Garbage Classification

D．A Craze for Learning Waste Sorting

【推荐1】Age discrimination(歧视）is a large problem in the United States today. Teenagers are considered dishonest, old people are considered incapable(无能的）,kids considered noisy.

Picture this: a teenage boy, with a group of friends, walks laughing into a store.They read some magazines, walk by the candy, and then walk out without buying anything. What’s the first thought of this? It might be that they stole something. Maybe the employees would even go as far as to call the police about these boys, who didn’t steal anything but were discriminated against simply because they were “teenage boys”.

This happens every day, all over America. We don’t tell the kids much, because they won’t understand, they’re too young. We feel surprised when we see old people run marathons, or even take part in simple fun activities such as volleyball or swimming, because they are “old”, and “incapable".

People who are discriminated against, no matter what the reason, can be hurt by it.They can be offended, because it isn't something they can help.Like my example of the teenage boy above, he was simply having fun as he walked into the store.He wasn’t planning to steal anything or to cause any trouble; he could even be one of the best students in school, but he was discriminated against for being a teenager.

Of course,this doesn’t mean you should persuade your grandparents right away to run a marathon,but give them a little trust.They are capable of doing things we are,and sometimes more.So next time you tell your little brother that he’s “too young to understand” or think that your grandmother is “too old” to do sports, listen to yourself. I know you are offended by being considered as a teenager, so how do you think they feel? Remember, it all hurts. Everyone should have equal opportunities, no matter how old he is.

1. The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 2 refers to       .

A．The fact	B．The result
C．The thought	D．The problem

2. The author mentions the teenage boy in Paragraph 2 to show that       .

A．people should give more opportunities to teenagers

B．age discrimination is serious in today’s world

C．teenagers should behave in a proper way

D．it's really hard to depend on teenagers

3. The author holds the view that       .

A．we shouldn’t judge others by their age

B．we should try to help incapable people

C．we should encourage old people to run marathons

D．we shouldn’t enter a store if we don’t want to buy anything

4. The text mainly discusses       .

A．an unfortunate teenager

B．different age groups

C．equal opportunities

D．a social problem

【推荐2】My first reaction was annoyance. It was Friday afternoon, and I was within an hour of finishing my work for the week. As I was leaving, a nurse brought me one more patient message. The statement read: “Mrs. Jones called to say that she has had blurred vision (视觉模糊) ever since her medical test this morning.” I smiled. Suddenly our tests were causing eye problems.

This week my patients had questioned everything. My patient with high blood pressure had stopped coming to her treatment on the advice of an Internet chat room. A woman who had a mental problem was substituting (用……代替) St. John’s word for her medication. Now Mrs. Jones was imagining problems. I rolled my eyes.

My second reaction was worry. As I looked through her record, I tried to figure out why she would have blurred vision, but nothing in her record explained the new problem. She’s probably just anxious, I thought. Still, she wouldn’t have called if she had been all right. I picked up the phone.

What I next felt can only be described as delight. Before I made the call, the nurse ran in: Mrs. Jones called. Her vision is fine. Turns out she picked up the wrong glasses when she left the office. The X-ray technician has been having the same problem. I let out a laugh. Mrs. Jones had been right. Her vision had been blurred. Now we know why.

Finally I felt shame. I came to realize what Mrs. Jones had taught me. I had first known she was wrong, that her anxiety had clouded her judgment. Instead, my medical training had clouded mine. Now I feel thankful that Mrs. Jones figured it out before I made a mistake about our relationship. Patients come to me for my help. They pay me to listen, diagnose, treat and talk. That suggests trust; I must remember that, and trust them too.

1. I rolled my eyes because I was .

A．delighted	B．angry
C．worried	D．anxious

2. Why did I pick up the phone?

A．Because I was told to by a nurse.

B．Because nobody cared about Mrs. Jones.

C．Because I wanted to point out Mrs. Jones’ mistake.

D．Because I was concerned about Mrs. Jones.

3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．I felt embarrassed and ashamed.

B．Mrs. Jones would never trust doctors any more.

C．Mrs. Jones’ worry made her less able to think clearly.

D．I had made a mistake about my relationship with Mrs. Jones.

4. The purpose of writing the passage is to .

A．share a story about trust between doctors and patients

B．inform people of the importance of medical science

C．teach people how to choose a good doctor

D．persuade people to trust doctors completely

【推荐3】Fur Babies

Kong Qin, a 32-year-old white-collar worker in Beijing, recently noticed that Cheese, her cat, had been acting oddly since she gave birth to her son several weeks ago. The cat started using the bathroom all over the house, and she was never like that before.

Kong did not know what happened to the cat, and she asked for advice from a friend of hers who is also a cat owner. Her friend told her that Cheese may be acting out as she may be feeling neglected since the baby was born. She added that behaving this way was probably a trick to win over her master’s attention.

Kong remembered that in a family in Baba Huilaile (Dad is Back), a Chinese reality show that she watched around one year ago, the dog often pushed the kid aside when the kid asked his dad for a hug. When she was watching the show, she only took the pushing as a joke and did not think too much of it, but she is now beginning to wonder if the dog was actually trying to steal the limelight.

Zhang Yu, a veterinarian (兽医) in Beijing, advises that if fur babies start to misbehave after a baby is born, pet owners should not punish them, which may stress the pet out. Pets rarely actively attack kids, but if kids hurt pets out of curiosity, like pulling their tails, pets may bite kids to run away. She also recommends that parents should be with the kids who are younger than two years old when there are pets around to protect pets and kids from being hurt by each other. As children get older, parents can help introduce their kids to the pets to help them become familiar and comfortable around each other. “Pets will eventually get used to having kids around after some time, and pets owners need to wait some time,” she said.

Kong has happily found that Cheese is more like her usual self over the past few days. She is conscious that the cat has gone through the toughest stage. The next thing she is planning to do is to take Cheese to her son’s bed more often so that she will like him more.

1. The underlined expression“limelight”in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to __________.

A．food.

B．glance.

C．attention.

D．ownership.

2. According to paragraph 4, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Pets won’t start a fight with babies when parents are around.

B．Pets are always safe alone with those younger than 2-year-olds.

C．Owners should be patient before pets get used to having babies around.

D．Owners should stress pets out when they are not behaving themselves.

3. How does Kong feel about Cheese’s reaction to the birth of her son these days?

A．Comfortable.

B．Thankful.

C．Depressed.

D．Hateful.

4. What does the writer mainly want to tell us in this passage?

A．Children need to be smart enough to avoid being hurt by pets.

B．Owners should learn to help fur babies coexist with newborns.

C．Parents’ fur babies can become friends with the newborns easily.

D．Pets, like some parents, will feel delighted when newborns come.