【推荐1】Our school is a green school. What makes it green?

First, we have a lot of trees. There are trees in front of and behind every building. Some trees are green only in spring and summer. And some are green all year round. The trees make our school look like a big forest.

And our school is a green one also because we “go green”. How do we go green? We have two green days every month. On green days, no students or teachers go to school by car. And we have Clean-up Day every month. That day, students go to streets to pick up rubbish (捡垃圾). Also, we have Tree-planting Day every spring. We plant young trees on hills. We have three Green Clubs. The members of the clubs look after those trees well, like watering and fertilizing (施肥) them.

Green is not only a color, but also about life. Please go green with us and make the world a more beautiful place.

1. How many green days does the writer’s school have every month?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

2. Students go to streets to do some cleaning on ________.

A．Green days

B．Clean-up Day

C．Tree-planting Day

D．Green Clubs

3. What does the underlined word “look after” mean in Chinese?

A．种植

B．观看

C．喜爱

D．照料

4. What can’t we do for a green life?

A．Go to school by car.

B．Go to school on foot.

C．Plant trees on hills.

D．Do some cleaning on the street.

5. What is the best title (标题) for the reading?

A．Going Green

B．Green Days

C．Our Love for School

D．A Green Color

【推荐2】Recycling has become more and more important. As time goes by, it is rapidly changing around the world.     1    

More goods will be made of reused materials. You’ll find more clothing, toys, park benches that are made of recycled water bottles. Buildings and furniture are made of renewable wood and steel.     2    

Consumers (消费) will become cleverer. Shoppers will turn to companies that produce green products.     3     They want to know how the materials come from, how food is grown and so on.

Less plastic packaging (包装). We find it difficult to open a bottle of pills or a new toy and its a waste of resources. Don’t use plastic bags when we go shopping.     4    Everyone should be a greener person though it will probably take longer for all plastics to disappear.

Actions speak louder than words. Waste is finally treated as a material. Companies should make efforts to reduce materials for packaging as well. The government will take measures to change the situation. In the next ten years, we’ll still have a long way to go.

A．Do you pick up plastics every day?

B．We should take a cloth bag instead.

C．Everyone should use reusable products.

D．What will recycling be like in ten years?

E．These consumers care a lot about the environment.

【推荐3】David Katz was sad about all the plastic(塑料)going into seas. To help stop the problem, he had an unusual idea -the “Plastic Bank”

Mr. Katz believes that one of the main reasons for plastic going into seas is that people think plastic is worthless. In poor countries, people are working so hard just to get enough food to eat, to find a place to live, and to keep themselves healthy. They don’t have time to recycle(回收利用) plastic.

The "Plastic Bank "helps the poor people solve their problems with food, houses, and health. When people recycle plastic, "Plastic Bank " pays them for recycling it

The program began in 2015 in Haiti, a poor island nation with big problems with plastic. Haiti doesn't have good programs for recycling. People just throw away plastic. It runs in rivers and seas.

“Plastic Bank” opened about 30“markets”in Haiti. At Plastic Bank markets, people can exchange(交换) the plastic they collected for money or other things they need.

The “Plastic Bank” has programs in Haiti, the Philippines, and Brazil. In the Philippines, the “Plastic Bank” works to create “Plastic Bank markets” at 1, 000 gas stations around the country.

So far(到目前为止)，the “Plastic Bank” has kept about 7 million pounds of plastic out of seas.

1. Why did David Katz start the "Plastic Bank"?

A．Because he wanted to make more money.

B．Because he thought plastic was worthless.

C．Because he wanted to make more people become rich.

D．Because he wanted to stop plastic going into seas.

2. What does the underlined word “worthless” mean in Chinese?

A．无用的

B．价值连城的

C．污染环境的

D．值得期待的

3. Why do people take plastic to the "Plastic Bank”?

A．To protect seas	B．To get what they need
C．To make the streets clean	D．To travel to other countries

4. Why did the writer write the last paragraph?

A．To show the future plans	B．To make people protect the earth
C．To create more “Plastic Bank markets”	D．To show the "Plastic Bank" is successful.

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A．David Katz	B．Keeping healthy
C．The “Plastic Bank”.	D．How to protect the earth.

【推荐1】Napoga is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana (加纳), Africa. It is hard for her family to get clean water. Every morning, she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a village far away.     1     She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are facing the problem of water shortage like Napoga. They can’t get enough clean water to keep healthy.

Earth Day is April 22.     2     The water we use is the most important natural resource (资源) on the earth. Water covers 70% of the earth’s surface.     3     We can’t use it for very many things. Fresh water coves only 1% of the earth’s surface.

    4     But that does’t mean you don’t have to worry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution. All kinds of things from cars, factories farms and homes make our rivers, lakes and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish, too. Now, 34% of all kinds of fish are dying out.     5     First, they pollute the air. Then, when it rains, the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain, called acid rain, is also bad for plants, animals and buildings.

Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won’t have enough clean water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children.

A．How do cars and factories make our water dirty?

B．Unfortunately, most of that is sea water.

C．It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily cooking and drinking.

D．But on all other days, we must also remember it.

E．You probably feel lucky that your life isn’t as hard as Napoga’s.

【推荐2】On the evening of September 26th, the streets of Geneva in Switzerland went dark. This usually happens when there is a problem with the electricity, but this time the lights were turned off to allow people to go outside and look at the stars. This is often impossible in a city because of light pollution.

Light pollution is caused when light from streetlights or buildings makes the night less dark. There are many reasons why this is a problem. Animals sleep less because they think it is still the daytime. Birds that fly to warmer countries in the autumn need to see the moon and stars to find their way, but light pollution makes this difficult. Insects and birds in cities often fly towards lights at night. They knock into buildings and die.

Light pollution is also detrimental to us. It can stop us sleeping and give us headaches. Also, we don’t see the same sky that people in the past did. This means we almost never see one of the greatest scenes in the world; millions of stars. Hundreds of thousands of people have never seen it in their lives.

However, it is not difficult to do a few things to reduce (减少) light pollution. We can all turn off lights when we don’t need them and we can cover our windows. If there is less light pollution, we will once again be able to enjoy the beauty of the night sky.

1. How does the writer start the passage?

A．By using a saying.	B．By giving an example.
C．By listing numbers.	D．By asking a question.

2. The underlined word “detrimental” probably means “________” in the passage.

A．bad

B．good

C．easy

D．hard

3. From the last paragraph, what can we do to reduce light pollution?
①Turn off lights.               ②Go outside often.       ③Cover our windows.        ④Sleep more.

A．①③

B．①②

C．②③

D．③④

4. In which part of a newspaper can the text be found?

A．Culture.

B．Science.

C．Sports.

D．Environment.

【推荐3】

Passenger ships, trade ships, and fishing boats are a normal part of life on the open sea. However, all their activity creates a great deal of noise underwater. Scientists from the United States and Canada recently reported their observations (观察) that the ocean is getting noisier.

Scientists at the University of Victoria have studied the recordings recorded with equipment placed underwater near the busy shipping lanes off Vancouver Island in Canada. They say engine(发动机) noise is continuous during the day, and a little less strong at night.

Scientists say it is likely that whales must call out more loudly to be heard over this noise. The noise could make it more difficult for orca whales to find food. The orcas find fish by producing clicking sounds and other noises. Loud engine noise could be interfering with their efforts.

Michael Jasny is a policy expert for the Natural Resources Defense Council. He says the rise of underwater noise is limiting the ability of whales to communicate.

Shipping noise falls across the same frequencies (频率) that these animals use for all their vital(重大的，紧要的) behaviors — for feeding, for finding mates, for avoiding predators (捕食者) and for going ahead.”

Mr. Jasny says sound travels very effectively underwater. And it is not just whales he is worried about.

“The whole web of life in the oceans depends on sound. And as more and more research has been done, it’s been very clear that what we have on our hands is really a major problem. It’s a serious problem. It’s a global problem. Fortunately, in shipping we have a problem that has a solution.”

One answer is to design quieter ships. America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has four new ships that are made to be quieter. Michael Bahtiarian works for Noise Control Engineering, the company which helped design the boats.

Mr. Bahtiarian says the main source of noise pollution is the propeller(螺旋桨). Better shaped propellers and ship designs can help to reduce noise. NOAA’s ships also have costly engines, which produce less noise. Mr. Bahtiarian says the technology to make quieter ships does exist and has been used in the army for some time.

1. The underlined phrase “interfering with” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.

A．controlling

B．troubling

C．encouraging

D．stopping

2. We can tell that whales depend on sound for ________.

A．communicating with their mates	B．stopping predators from fishing
C．fighting against the shipping noise	D．telling the night time from the day

3. From the passage we can learn that ________.

A．expensive engines produce less noise in the ocean

B．many animals in the ocean depend on sound for living

C．people should stop making big ships in order to save whales

D．it is difficult to find a way to stop noise pollution in the ocean

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．The Ocean is Getting Noisier.	B．Whales and Ships in the Ocean.
C．Whales are Facing a Serious Problem.	D．Quiet Ships are Needed in the Ocean.

【推荐1】Around the world, people are more and more worried about the environment. Many people now prefer products and companies (公司) that care about the earth and cause less pollution. This need for green products has led large companies to change their business.

Before, customers used cheap plastic (塑料) bags, and then threw them away. But now most supermarkets and stores usually provide reusable shopping bags for them. This causes less waste. They also offer more local products, because less energy is needed for carrying them one place to another.

To help lower air pollution, big car factories are looking for other ways to control the amount of oil. Cars that use much less oil are very popular. Many companies are also developing fully electric cars. They produce no air pollution at all. Both kinds of cars have another advantage: They are cheaper to run and people don’t need to worry about oil prices.

The airline companies face an even greater green challenge. Airplanes use much more oil than cars. So many airlines are now developing planes that can run on some other kinds of oil. They create less pollution and cost less. The companies are also developing a new kind of planes, and some of them use only solar panels (太阳能板) to fly!

Green businesses used to be popular with only a small group of people. But now, more and more companies have to show they care about the environment. Many products are marked “green” in order to look nice. However, people still have to be careful when choosing green products. It’s important to make sure that products are as environmentally friendly as the businessmen say.

1. What does the word “them” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Local products

B．Reusable shopping bags

C．Cheap plastic bags

2. The last sentence of the passage is written to ________.

A．show the green products are healthy

B．tell people to choose green products carefully

C．explain the importance of the environment

3. Which is the right structure of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Green Is Cheaper

B．Green Saves the Earth

C．Green Is Good Business

【推荐2】

My name is Nana. I’m a very big animal. I live in a zoo in the UK. I have a long neck(脖子) and long legs. I eat leaves(树叶) on the trees. Do you know what animal I am?

I’m Bob. I live in a zoo in Thailand. Many people like my friends and me because we’re smart and friendly, but some people like us because of our ivory.

I’m Ann. I’m a koala. I live in Australia. Many people come to the zoo to see me. I sleep a lot every day, but that’s not because I’m lazy. I need a lot of sleep to help me conserve energy(保存能量).

My name is Beibei. I am a panda in a zoo in America now, but my home is in China. I’m black and white. Bamboos are my favorite food. Everyone says I’m cute. Do you like me?

1. Nana is a ________.

A．panda

B．tiger

C．cat

D．giraffe

2. Bob lives in ________.

A．Thailand

B．the UK

C．Australia

D．America

3. The underlined word(划线单词) “Bamboo” means “________”in Chinese.

A．羊肉

B．树皮

C．竹子

D．白菜

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Nana likes eating meat.

B．Bob is an elephant.

C．Anna sleeps a lot every day, because she is lazy.

D．Beibei comes from Australia.

【推荐3】To make iced drinks at home is a perfect activity with family in summer! Have you ever made that before? It’s tons of fun and not nearly as hard as you would think.

	What you need	What to do
Iced chocolate milk tea	*1 spoon of sugar *1/2 cup of milk *A bar of chocolate *A bottle of black tea *10 ice cubes (冰块)	◆Pour black tea and milk into the blender. ◆Add sugar and chocolate. ◆Turn on the blender for two minutes. ◆Pour the chocolate milk tea into the cup. ◆Add ice cubes into milk tea.
Iced strawberry milk shake	*2 spoons of sugar *1/2 cup of milk *200g strawberry pieces *10 ice cubes	◆Pour milk into the blender. ◆Add strawberry pieces. ◆Add ice cubes. ◆Add sugar. ◆Turn on the blender for one minute. ◆Pour the iced strawberry milk shake into the cup.
Iced lemon tea	*3 spoons of sugar *A bottle of green tea *150g lemon pieces *12 ice cubes	◆Pour green tea into the blender. ◆Add sugar. ◆Turn on the blender for thirty seconds. ◆Pour the mixture into the bottle. ◆Put lemon pieces and ice cubes into the tea.

1. How much sugar is needed to make the iced chocolate milk tea?

A．1/2spoon.

B．1 spoon.

C．2 spoons.

D．3 spoons.

2. When should we add ice cubes while making strawberry milk shake?

A．Before adding milk.	B．While adding sugar.
C．During turning on the blender.	D．After adding strawberries.

3. What tea should we prepare if we want to make iced lemon tea?

A．Green tea.

B．White tea.

C．Black tea.

D．Milk tea.

4. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To show a healthy eating habit that teenagers should have.

B．To introduce different iced drinks.

C．To show how to make drinks with family in summer.

D．To encourage people to drink tea.