Mike Reynolds builds houses from recycled materials. These houses are a symbol of his war against waste. Mike’s houses are built using the things that other people throw away. His Earthships (as his houses are called) are beautiful buildings. They are shaped and colored to reflect the fields around them. He uses bottles to create beautiful walls full of light. There are plants everywhere, inside and outside. But the plants and the bottles, like everything else in the Earthships, are not only there for decoration (装饰).
Every single material in an Earthship is carefully chosen. Old car tires are used to build strong outside walls. The rubber protects the houses from the cold winds in winter. These walls are built at the back of the house. The walls at the front of the house are built from metal cans or glass bottles. They’re held together with earth from the ground around them.
The beautiful bottle walls are built to the south to give light during the day. The larger front windows heat the house. They also create perfect conditions for growing all kinds of fruits and vegetables because the plants are protected against the bad weather. When you live in an Earthship, you don’t need anything from the outside world. You grow your own food. You get electricity from the sun and wind, and you get water from the rain and snow.
Mike and some other Earthship builders use their ability and experience to help people all over the world. In 2010, they visited Haiti in the earthquake. They taught people there how to build safe, new homes quickly and cheaply from materials that they could find around them. Mike points out that waste is always there because we humans create it—but we can also learn to recycle it.
根据短文内容, 判断句子正（T）、误（F）。
1. Mike uses recycled materials to build his house.
2. The plants and the bottles in Mike’s Earthships are only used for decoration.
3. The outside walls at the front of the house are made from glass bottles or metal cans.
4. Mike doesn’t need to buy anything from the outside world except for water.
5. In 2010, Mike sold some new Earthships to Hiaiti people.
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【推荐1】Trees are useful to man in three important ways.
The first important way is that they provide man with food, wood and other products. Trees provide not only man with food, but also many animals with food. Without trees many animals could not live on the earth. It’s not easy for man to live on the earth without trees, either.
The second important way is that trees give us shade (阴凉). On a hot summer day, people are eager (渴望) to have a rest under a tree after they have a long walk. You can imagine how important the shade of a tree is to man and animals.
The third important way is that trees help to prevent droughts and floods (防止干旱和洪水). However, in many parts of the world, man doesn’t realize the third way. They cut trees down in large numbers. In the end they find that they have lost the best friends they had.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. How many important ways are trees useful to man?
| A．Two ways. | B．Three ways. | C．Four ways. | D．Five ways. |
| A．food | B．wood | C．some products | D．all the above(上面) |
| A．They give us food on a hot summer day. | B．They give us wood on a hot summer day. |
| C．They give us shade on a hot summer day. | D．They give us leaves on a hot summer day. |
| A．The men who cut down trees in many parts of the world. | B．The humans. |
| C．The men who enjoy the shade. | D．The men who enjoy the food. |
| A．What Is a Tree | B．How to Plant Trees |
| C．The Importance of Trees | D．How to Protect Trees |
Have you ever seen a sandstorm (沙尘暴)? They usually happen in deserts (沙漠) when winds blow lots of sand into the air.
Desertification (荒漠化) has made sandstorms worse.
| A．There are many reasons, |
| B．So more desert areas came out. |
| C．Sandstorms can do great harm(伤害) to plants, people, and buildings. |
| D．Planting trees is a good way to stop desertification. |
| E．We should plant as many trees as we can. |
| F．They caused(引起) serious air pollution in both of the two provinces. |
【推荐3】When looking at a pair of old chopsticks, most people would see nothing but waste. ▲
In 2016, Felix Back, a doctoral student at the University of British Columbia, Canada, found out people threw away about 100,000 pairs of chopsticks every day in Vancouver alone. He felt he needed to do something. So he started the company Chop Value in the same year. The company collected used chopsticks from restaurants, schools and shopping centers in Canada and the US and turned them into furniture and other artworks. Now in its seventh year with the rapid growth of the company, Bock employs (雇佣) 40 people, and using his special methods of steam and press machines, he has recycled 32 million pairs of chopsticks.
Bock takes pride in his work. And he hopes the idea behind Chop Value will help people rethink what they see as waste. “I believe every small action can help,” he said. “And I am happy that my business provides a new way for people.” Hundreds of restaurants across North America pay a small sum of money to Bock for the recycling of their used chopsticks. Bock doesn’t stop there. Now he is busy taking his business to more countries and has set up factories for recycling local wood like chopsticks in 10 countries.
1. Which of the following is the best sentence to fill in the blank?| A．But Felix Bock would see boxes, tables, shelves and so on. |
| B．They would throw the waste away and never use it again. |
| C．In fact, people have different opinions towards waste. |
| A．I only started the book yesterday. |
| B．I can’t get the car started because the weather is so cold. |
| C．He started a health centre a month ago, and now everything goes smoothly. |
| A．One year. | B．Six years. | C．Seven years. |
| A．The new way to rethink what waste was. |
| B．The plan for recycling local wood. |
| C．The use of chopsticks. |
Last year, my daughter did not like her teacher at all. It was so bad that she did not look forward to school. It was a year full of trouble and worries.
This year, Miss Purity is gentle and humorous. It’s hard not to like her. Here are the changes in my daughter.
She becomes an early bird. Last year, mornings were like a fight because I had to force Tasha to hurry up when she was preparing for school. I had to pull her out of bed, tell her to take breakfast and then drove her to school. But now, our mornings are like a party. She wakes up early, prepares everything at a high speed and then rushes to school to be with Miss Purity.
She’s happy. She enjoys school and school work and keeps talking about what they did at school when she comes home.
She’s responsible. She used to be careless and forgetful. But now she never forgets even her water bottle at school. She makes her bed and helps in the kitchen.
Her diary is full of praises. The diary is the tool of communication between the teacher and the parents. Last year, her diary was always full of negative reports. One time, she poured water in a child’s lunchbox, another time she threw another kid’s textbook in the toilet. Now she began to share her snacks with those who did not have anything. She’s always volunteering to clean the blackboard, the teacher’s chair and desk.
She does well in school. Finishing her classwork was such a big problem. She had to do it at home. But now, she finished both the classwork and homework at school.
1. What is the big worry of Tasha’s father every year?
| A．Who will be Tasha’s class teacher. | B．Which class Tasha will be in. |
| C．How Tasha goes to school in the morning. | D．What Miss Purity looks like. |
| A．She had a fight with her mother in the morning. | B．She didn’t want to go to school. |
| C．She missed a lot of classes. | D．She refused to do classwork and homework. |
| A．It is a lovely little child. | B．It is the most beautiful bird. |
| C．It is someone who lives alone. | D．It is someone who gets up early. |
| A．She couldn’t finish her classwork at school. | B．She often forgot things at school. |
| C．She didn’t get on well with her classmates. | D．She was careless and silent. |
| A．The progress with Miss Purity | B．Her hobbies |
| C．Her habit of living | D．Her behaviors at school. |
【推荐2】My name is David Miller. I’m in No. 8 Middle School in Beijing. Look! Three nice photos are on my desk.
In the first photo, you can see two girls. The girl in red is my sister Jenny. Can you see the girl in a blue jacket? Oh, she is my sister Helen. Helen has six nice hats. But she lost two in the school library. If you find them, please call her at 359-6481.
My aunt Anna and my uncle Paul are in the next photo. Anna is an English teacher in my school. She is a good teacher. She is nice and always helps her students. Paul is a teacher, too. He is in Shanghai now.
In the last photo, you can see a boy and a girl. They are my friends Jack and Jane. Jack is a tidy boy. His books, pencil box and dictionary are on the desk. His basketball is under the desk.
Jane and I are in the same (相同的) school. I always go to school with her in the morning.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Who is the girl in red?
| A．Jenny. | B．Anna. | C．Helen. |
| A．Two. | B．Four. | C．Six. |
| A．Anna is a teacher in Shanghai. |
| B．Jack’s books are under the desk. |
| C．Jane is a student in No. 8 Middle School. |
A． | B． | C． |
【推荐3】My name is Linda. I don’t feel right today. I tell my mom about this and she says I need to clean (打扫) my room I open the door of my room. It is not so tidy! I always do my homework on the desk. But now, there is a cup of milk, two old ping-pong bats and a T-shirt on my desk. My floor is like a vacuum cleaner (吸尘器). It eats all my clothes! There are sweaters, skirts and shoes.
I stand in the middle of the room and feel very bad. I can’t find the photo of my mom and me in Hainan, my baseball cards and my favorite toy bear…I want to clean my room now!
I find a letter from my grandfather in a box. The box is under my old notebooks. I also find the photo of my mom and me. It is behind my bookcase.
After the cleaning, I put the photo on my wall and I feel great.
1. What can you see on Linda’s desk?| A．Two old ping-pong bats. | B．A jacket. |
| C．Three cups of milk. | D．A sweater. |
| A．Linda’s parents. | B．Linda and her mom. |
| C．Linda and her grandfather. | D．Linda’s mom and grandfather. |
| A．In a box. | B．On the desk. | C．Under her bed. | D．Behind the bookcase. |
| A．Bad. | B．Tired. | C．Happy. | D．Difficult. |
How are you getting on with your study? Maybe you are the best in your class. In the last few exams one or two even several classmates have got higher marks than you. How do you feel? Are you jealous of them? Are you grateful to them? Please think it over after reading the following text. You will probably learn a lot.
Once a zoologist worked on antelopes (羚羊) which were living on both sides of a river in the Republic of South Africa. He discovered that the antelopes on the east side multiplied (繁殖) more quickly and ran faster than those on the west.
The zoologist was puzzled after long thought about the difference. As two groups of antelopes lived in the same environment and they fed on the same kind of grass.
One year, with the help of the Animal Protecting Society, he caught ten antelopes on each side and exchanged them. A year later, the ten antelopes sent to the west bank multiplied by fourteen while only three of the ones sent to the east remained. Where are the other seven? They had been eaten by wolves!
At last the zoologist understood why the antelopes on the east were stronger. That was because on the east side there were living a group of wolves ---their natural enemy!
Now everything is plain sailing in your life. It's your opponents (对手) that you are improving indeed, so thanks must go to your opponents. It's a true!
1. The zoologist was puzzled when he found________.| A．the antelopes on the west side multiplied more than those on the east. |
| B．the antelopes on the east side ran faster than those on the west. |
| C．the two groups of antelopes lived in the same environment. |
| D．the two groups of antelopes fed on the same kind of grass. |
| A．害怕的 | B．生气的 | C．嫉妒的 | D．憎恨的 |
| A．Antelopes should be raised on the same side of the river. | B．Antelopes should be raised with wolves. |
| C．We should learn from the zoologist. | D．We should be grateful to our opponents. |
Every day some people are killed(死) while they are crossing the roads. Most of these people are old people and children. Old people are often killed because they can't see or hear very well. Children are killed because they are not careful. They forget to look and listen before they cross the roads.
A car or a bus can't stop quickly. If a car is going very fast, it will travel many meters before it stops. Some people don't always understand this. They think a car can stop in a few meters. It's difficult to know how fast a car is moving. The only way to cross the roads safely is to look both ways, right and left. Then if the roads are empty(空的), you can cross them.
1. What kind of people are often killed when crossing the road?
| A．Young people. | B．Older people. |
| C．Little children. | D．The old and the children |
| A．they are able to see | B．they are able to hear |
| C．they can see and hear very well | D．they can't see or hear very well |
| A．they like to cross the roads | B．they are careless |
| C．they are careful | D．they can’t see or hear very well |
| A．will not stop | B．will travel a few meters after it stops |
| C．will move many meters before it stops | D．will be easy to stop in a few minutes |
| A．Some people know a traveling car can't stop in a few meters. |
| B．The only way to cross the roads safely is to look right and left of the ways. |
| C．If the roads are busy, you can't cross the roads. |
| D．It's not easy to know how fast a car is traveling. |
In every country, there are thousands of people who want to help out．Many join organizations run (管理) by their governments, for example, the Peace Corps in the United States and Voluntary Service Overseas in Britain．Since the powerful (猛烈的) earthquake took place in Sichuan, more than 200 thousand volunteers across China have been helping there! They do all kinds of work or come up with ways to help improve life．Some offer their professional skills for free．Others have no qualifications (资历), but they love to work hard to help．
One of the most famous volunteers in the world was Mother TeresA． She could be the best volunteer because she gave her life to helping the poorest people of CalcuttA．
Now more and more teenagers actively look for volunteering opportunities, too．They volunteer because they think it will be fun or they will learn something．They also like the idea of being helpful to others, even if it is just handing out books for the teacher．As they get older, these reasons are still the same, but there are other important reasons for volunteering such as learning on-the-job, getting work experience, and improving their social life．
All volunteers bring joy to the people they help in so many ways．They might read books to the blind, fix up broken homes, find ways to get water for villages．Could you be a volunteer? What kind of volunteer work could you do? There is someone in the world who needs you．
1. The underlined word those in the passage means __ ．
| A．the homeless |
| B．the sick |
| C．the poor |
| D．the kids |
| A．They want to make more friends． |
| B．They want to be helpful． |
| C．It helps them get work experience． |
| D．It can improve their social life． |
| A．Volunteers need qualifications． |
| B．Volunteers offer their help without any pay． |
| C．Young kids can’t be volunteers． |
| D．Some volunteers bring joy to others． |
| A．The world needs volunteers． |
| B．Mother Teresa was a great volunteer． |
| C．Volunteers do all kinds of work． |
| D．There are different ways of volunteering． |
【推荐1】An old man lived in a village. He was one of the rudest (粗鲁的) persons in the world. The whole village was tired of him; he was always unhappy; he was always complaining (抱怨) and was always in a bad mood. When people tried to cheer him up, he would rudely turn them away.
The longer he lived, the more bad-tempered he became. People stayed away from him because his bad mood was contagious (传染性). It was even unusual and impolite (不礼貌的) to feel happy around him. By behaving(表现) like this, he made the rest of the village feel unhappy as well.
But one day—the day he turned 80 years old, in fact—an unbelievable (令人难以置信的) thing happened. The villagers said among themselves: “The old man is happy today, he hasn’t complained about anything, he is smiling, and his face looks kind.”
The whole village went to see the old man. One of the villagers asked the old man, ”What happened to you?”
“Nothing special has happened, in fact,” the man said. “For 80 years, I’ve been looking for happiness, and it was no use. And then I decided to live without happiness and just enjoy life. That’s why I’m happy now.”
It is important to realize that your mood can affect (影响) the moods of those around you. Everyone has bad days sometimes. If someone tries to cheer you up, don’t be rude to them. Just try to accept (接受) their help.
1. Where did the old man live?| A．In a town. | B．In a city. | C．In a village. | D．In a new apartment. |
| A．accept their help | B．turn people away | C．complain a lot | D．feel happier |
| A．having bad luck | B．being in a good mood | C．being polite and usual | D．becoming angry easily |
| A．He let go of his happiness. | B．He found happiness. | C．He got a contagious disease. | D．He accepted help from others. |
| A．not everyone knows what they’re really looking for | B．we should know that our moods can affect others |
| C．bad moods can be contagious, while good moods can’t | D．don’t bother people who are in a bad mood |
【推荐2】Ann was born on October 3, 1997 in Victoria Canada. Her mother is Philippine and her father is a Polish. Although she is young, she has become an inventor, a speaker, and a writer.
Ann is creative. As early as 11, Ann entered the world of science fairs. She took part in 10 science fairs and all of her projects were about green energy.
Ann is friendly and helpful. When she was 14 years old, she found out that her friend Maria in the Philippines failed at school because she didn’t have any light to study with at night. Her family couldn’t afford electricity. In order to help Maria, Ann came up with an idea. After a year of research, Ann invented the “Hollow Flashlight”, a flashlight that uses the heat of human hands.
Ann is strong and brave. After finishing high school in 2015, Ann went to university. But in January 2017, she was seriously ill. The whole right side of her body couldn’t walk normally, but she wasn’t frightened by it. She spent over two weeks in the hospital and continued to recover (恢复) for months at home. Finally, she was in full health.
Ann always works hard and keeps trying. Her dreams are to use technology to make the world a better place and to keep the environment clean.
1. What’s Ann good at according to the passage?①Writing ②Exercising ③Speaking in public ④Inventing things
| A．①②③ | B．①③④ | C．②③④ | D．①②④ |
| A．13 | B．14 | C．15 | D．16 |
| A．Ann was busy with invention. | B．How Ann spent the days in hospital. |
| C．Ann always likes showing herself. | D．Ann fought against the illness bravely. |
【推荐3】Tommy and his sister Maggie visited their grandparents on their farm. One day, Tommy found a slingshot in his grandparents’ home. He wanted to try it out, so he went into the woods to find the target but failed. Getting a little sad, Tommy headed back for lunch. As he was walking home, he saw Grandma’s pet duck.
The duck was sleeping. What an easy target! Without much thought, Tommy picked up a stone, placed it in the center of the slingshot and fired. The stone hit the duck on the head and killed it!
Tommy never thought he would really hit the duck. He also felt upset that he had killed Grandma’s pet. Feeling afraid that Grandma would punish him, he hid the dead duck in the woods.
Maggie had seen it all from the window, but she said nothing. After lunch the next day, Grandma said, “Maggie, let’s wash the dishes.” Maggie said, “But Grandma, Tommy told me he wanted to help in the kitchen.”
Then she said quietly to Tommy, “Remember the duck?” Tommy got nervous, knowing his sister knew about the duck. So without saying anything, he did the dishes.
Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing. Grandma said, “I’m sorry but I need Maggie to help me prepare for the dinner.” Maggie just smiled and said, “Well, that’s all right because Tommy told me he wanted to help.”
She turned again to Tommy, “Remember the duck?” So Maggie went fishing and Tommy stayed to help. That night, Tommy lay on the bed, thought about the whole thing and decided that he wouldn’t be taken advantage of any longer.
The next morning, he told Grandma that he had killed the duck. Grandma said, “I know, sweetheart. I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing. I was just wondering how long you would let Maggie take advantage of you.”
| Word bank slingshot弹弓 target靶子 |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. How did Tommy feel when he saw Grandma’s pet duck on his way home?
| A．Excited. | B．Proud. | C．Upset. | D．Bored. |
| A．None. | B．Once. | C．Twice. | D．Three times. |
| A．She wanted to comfort her brother. |
| B．She felt sorry for their grandparents. |
| C．She reminded Tommy to buy a duck. |
| D．She warned Tommy to do as she said. |
| A．Grandma saw Tommy kill the duck. |
| B．Grandpa taught Tommy to use the slingshot. |
| C．Maggie was angry with Tommy for killing the duck. |
| D．Tommy was willing to help Maggie with the housework. |
| A．Seeing is believing. |
| B．Bad news has wings. |
| C．Doing is better than saying. |
| D．Don’t let others walk all over you. |
