Protect the Earth
The Earth is a beautiful place.
There are forests and rivers, mountains and fields. Some places are very hot, and some are very cold. There are many different plants. Some are large. Some are small. All plants (A) ________ light and water. There are different animals on Earth (B) as well. Some live on the land. Some fly in the sky. Some live under the water. There are also many people (C) ________ you and me on Earth. (D) The Earth provides us with air, water and food. It is our home.
Today, there is (E) a lot of pollution. We burn things to make energy. This pollutes the air. We put our rubbish into the sea and under the ground. This pollutes the Earth and kills animals and plants. (F)我们必须停止做这些事情。It is important for us to protect the Earth for our future.
1. 在文中(A)和(C)的空白处填入适当的单词:2. 写出文中画线部分(B)和(E)的同义词或近义词:
3. 将文中画线部分(D)改写为:The Earth
4. 将文中画线部分(F)译成英语:
5. 从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的词语:
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Garbage sorting is a big project worldwide. In recent years, some Chinese cities have been working hard on it. People are asked to sort garbage into four groups: wet, recyclable(可回收的), harmful and dry.
Wet waste is things you don't want but that pigs can eat.
Paper, metal, glass and other things that can be reused are recyclable waste.
Harmful waste includes things like medicine and batteries.
Finally, any waste that's not wet, recyclable or harmful will go into the "dry waste" bin.
If you don't sort your garbage, all of it will go to a landfill(垃圾填埋场). These landfills will take up large areas of ground that could have been used for planting trees or crops. The electronic waste you throw away, such as batteries, can pollute the soil and groundwater. Other pieces of garbage, like the metal part of a pen, can be used to make other things.
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【推荐2】Many people know LEGO (乐高). It is from Denmark, and appeared in 1932. The LEGO Group is working on a way to make LEGO bricks (积木) out of recycled plastic (可回收塑料).
In about 1960, people started to make LEGO bricks using a kind of plastic called ABS. With ABS plastic, the LEGO bricks won’t be broken easily. People can use them over and over again. Sadly, ABS plastic can’t be recycled and it takes a very long time to break down. It pollutes the environment. That’s a big problem. There is serious plastic pollution around the world.
To help save the earth, LEGO started to make new bricks in 2015. These bricks wouldn’t pollute the earth so much. Three years later, the factory started making some LEGO parts out of a kind of special plastic. The plastic is made from sugar cane (甘蔗).
LEGO is now trying to make bricks out of PET plastic. This kind of plastic can be found in things like bottles and clothing. People can make LEGO bricks out of recycled plastic bottles. Making bricks from used PET plastic can cut plastic pollution by about 70%. The factory is working to find out a way to add color to the bricks—right now they’re just white.
LEGO plans to make all of its main things out of environment-friendly materials (环保的材料) by the year 2030.
1、2题完成句子;3题简略回答问题;4题找出并写下第四段的主题句;5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. LEGO is from Denmark and appeared in
2. The problem with ABS plastic is to
3. Where can LEGO find PET plastic?
4.
5.
【推荐3】The first Earth Day was in 1970. People were beginning to worry about what we were doing to our environment. So they set up Earth Day to tell everyone about their worries.
In 2007 organizers in over 150 countries planned over 4,000 big events. But Earth Day is not just about marches(游行) and big events. In the week around Earth Day (22 April) there were many thousands of smaller, local events. These events dealt with environmental problems in the neighborhood.
The world Wide Fund for Nature made a list of 5 things that each person could do to save the environment.
Don’t leave the tap(水龙头) running.
Turn off lights when you leave a room.
Turn off your computer every night.
Wash your clothes, and yourself, in warm or cold water, not hot water.
Dishwashers use as little water as possible.
If we all do at least 2 of these all the time, we can make a big difference.
Answer the questions according to what you read
1. What is the purpose for people to set up Earth Day?2. When is Earth Day?
3. What should people do when the water keeps running from a tap?
4. Does the word “dishwashers” mean “machines for washing dishes”?
5. Besides the five, what else can you do to save our environment? (One example is OK.)
Every year, people use too many plastic bags and fail to deal with them in a right way. While we offer quick and useful service to customers, the plastic bags cause serious pollution as well. For example, people will throw away plastic bags after they use them. The waste plastic bags may fly with the wind and make the environment ugly. Worse still, animals may eatthemby mistake and die. Besides, It’s difficult to find new land to put the waste plastic bags in, so plastic bags are burned. The burning plastic bags give out harmful gas.
So the government encourages people to go back to carry cloth bags and use baskets for their shopping things.
根据短文内容按要求完成下列各题。
1. What aren’t supermarkets and shops allowed to offer?(根据短文内容回答问题)
2. Do people deal with the waste plastic bags properly? (根据短文内容回答问题)
3. What kind of pollution do the burning plastic bags cause? (根据短文内容回答问题)
4. 从短文中找出与下面句子划线部分意思最相近的短语。
5. In the passage, the underlined word “them” refers (指) to
The water environment in most cities around the country is declining(下降). An official report from the Ministry of Environment Protection(环保总局 ) shows that among the investigated 131 rivers that flow through cities, 36 are severely(严重) polluted, and nearly 60 others polluted.
Since the Songhua River benzene(苯) pollution incident in 2005, over 140 pollution cases have been reported.
The Yellow River, an important water resource for North China, is suffering from serious pollution. Nearly 40 percent of its mainstream has been severely polluted.
And situation is no better for the Huai River, in which the country has invested(投入) most. It is also a severely polluted river.
Water, like the air, is another basic substance(物质) of human life. But the fact is that more and more water is being polluted. The available drinking water is declining. Some factories are only busy developing their factories, without any thought of protecting the environment. They pour the waste water into rivers and oceans as they like. Although sometimes they are forbidden and punished, after that they will continue to do as usual because of money.
In brief, it’s time for us to take steps to improve our living environment before it is too late.
1. What flows directly into rivers and lakes according to the first paragraph?2. How many of the investigated 131 rivers are severely polluted?
3. When did the Songhua River benzene pollution incident take place?
4. Four rivers are mentioned in the passage, aren’t they?
5. Why will the factories continue to pour waste water into rivers?
Today, plastic garbage (塑料垃圾) is everywhere in our life. And the number is getting bigger these years. Many countries (国家) start to do something for it.
In Ambikapur, a city in India, there is a special (特别的) restaurant (餐馆). People can eat food there for free, but they need to take some plastic garbage there. And people call it the “garbage” restaurant. If you have 1 kg of plastic garbage, you can have a great dinner or lunch there. The breakfast is cheaper — you can have it for a half of that number. So if people want to get the free food, they have to collect (收集) the garbage in their daily life. Also, it helps the people with no homes to have a warm place to eat healthy food.
Where does the plastic garbage go at last? Don’t worry. The city will get the plastic garbage together, and use it to build (修建) roads. The roads with plastic are strong and people can use them for a long time. Now, there are some roads made from the plastic garbage in Ambikapur. And the city will build more roads like that.
Now some other countries also like the “garbage” restaurant. They think it can keep the city clean and also make people healthy.
1. Is the number of the plastic garbage getting bigger these years?2. Why is the restaurant special?
3. How much plastic garbage do you need to take for a breakfast?
4. How do people use the plastic garbage at last?
5. What do other countries think of the “garbage” restaurant?
【推荐1】Hello, I’m Bill. I’m from America but now I’m in Wanzhou. My parents come to China for work. So I come with them.
I have many friends here. Julia is 12 years old. She is from Canada. Li Lei is 13 years old. He is from China. We are good friends but we are in different classes. Julia is in Class One, Grade Seven. Li Lei is in Class Two, Grade Seven. We have lunch at school at noon together (一起). And we often go home together, too.
Julia likes Chinese very much, but she can’t speak (说) Chinese well. She has many Chinese books. She often reads them. So she knows a lot about China. Li Lei likes English and he can speak it very well. We are good friends. On Sundays, we often do our homework together.
1. Is Bill in Wanzhou with his parents?2. What Grade (年级) are Julia and Li Lei in?
3. What does Julia have?
4. Are Bill, Julia and Li Lei good friends? What can good friends do together?
【推荐2】Americans love cars. There are over 2,470,000 cars—about one car for 1.2 people in America. But, these cars bring us too much air pollution. We know that cars need oil(石油). Without oil, today’s cars will become tomorrow’s junk(无用的东西). So when American people talk about cars, they often think of electric(电动的) cars.
There are some electric cars now, but they can’t run very far or fast. People still think that there will be a lot of electric cars on the road. When the batteries(电池) are better, there will be more and more electric cars on the road. That’s for sure.
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1. How many kinds of cars does this passage show us?2. What does the underlined word “pollution” mean in Chinese?
3. What is the disadvantage(缺点) of electric cars?
4. What’s the second paragraph mainly about?
5. Can people buy flying cars now?
World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading.
Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy books of special price, much lower than usual in any bookstore. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Reading can benefit (获益) people in many ways. Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Reading provides us with information about other culture and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that are unfamiliar to us. The more we read, the more we know, the smarter we become.
“Reading makes a full man.” Therefore, it’s necessary for us to form the habit of reading daily.
Introduction of World Book Day | |
Its celebrating time | On |
The | To encourage people to discover the |
Benefits of reading | Helping people to have more |
Helping people to go | |
The more people read, the more we know. |