It’s important to learn how we can protect the environment. Here are 5R rules for us.
Reduce If you want to reduce waste, you should use things more cleverly. A large number of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses paper carelessly, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don’t know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the amount (数量) of waste we produced.
Reuse You should always think of reusing things before throwing them out. For example, give the clothes you do not use or the ones that are too small to the poor. In a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.
Recycle Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat and melted. The metal can be used to make new coke cans.
Recover When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten (腐烂的) ones. You have two choices: one is to throw the apples away; the other is to throw the rotten ones and keep the good ones. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.
Repair If one of the legs of your table is broken, you should repair it. If you want to buy something newer and better, it is better for you to sell the old thing, or give it to people who can use it after repairing it.
Learn the rules to protect our environment. Let’s try our best to make the earth cleaner and more beautiful.
1. The “Reduce” rule mainly asks us ________.| A．to use a lot of paper | B．to cut down lots of trees |
| C．to use things more cleverly | D．to throw away your old clothes |
| A．Buying new ones. | B．Repairing. | C．Reusing. | D．Recovering. |
| A．To throw them away. | B．To put them in a cupboard. |
| C．To repair them. | D．Buy a new one. |
a. Collect the used cans. b. Melt them.
c. Smash them flat. d. Send them to a factory.
| A．a,b,c,d | B．a,d,c,b | C．b,d,c,a | D．b,d,a,c |
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【推荐1】Most people don’t know about blobfish (水滴鱼). They are the world’s ugliest animal.
Blobfish live in the sea near Australia and New Zealand. For most of time, they stay in the water between 600 to 1,200 meters deep. When some little fish swim past them, they try to catch them for food. They can grow up to 30cm long. They have very large heads, small bodies and thin tails. They look like a large jelly (果冻). So they get their names.
People don’t eat blobfish, because they are not good for people to eat. But fishermen kill thousands of them each year when they catch other fish in the sea. Scientists are worried that this will put the blobfish on the list of animals in danger.
1. What do blobfish look like?| A．Friendly. | B．Ugly. | C．Smart. | D．Shy. |
| A．Blobfish live in the sea around the world. | B．Blobfish can grow up to 50cm long. |
| C．Blobfish look like other fish. | D．Each year thousands of blobfish are killed. |
| A．shape (形状) | B．color | C．eyes | D．heads |
| A．Blobfish eat small fish. | B．Fishermen catch blobfish for food. |
| C．Blobfish’s tails are thin. | D．Blobfish’s heads are big. |
| A．there will be rules to catch blobfish | B．blobfish will become pets |
| C．there will be fewer blobfish | D．blobfish can swim fast |
【推荐2】There is good and bad news about the number of trees on our planet. The good news is that there are seven times as many trees for everyone as we thought. A few years ago, scientists believed that the world had 400 billion (十亿) trees. However, a new study from Yale University shows that there are around three trillion trees. That’s a three followed by 12 zeroes. That means there are about 420 trees for everyone in the world today.
The bad news is that thousands of years ago, the earth had six trillion trees. Humans cut in half the number of trees on the planet. Take Europe for example, it was a large forest thousands of years ago. Now much of it is cities and towns. And another 15 billion trees are lost each year.
Dr. Thomas Crow is one of the scientists from Yale University. He said the new number of trees from their study would change nothing. “The study only shows there is much to do to protect our forests.” he said.
1. The passage is about a study of ________ in the world.| A．the kind of trees | B．the number of trees | C．the change of trees | D．the importance of trees |
| A．400 | B．12 | C．60 | D．420 |
| A．many mountains | B．a large sea | C．a large forest | D．many cities and towns |
| A．We still have enough trees to cut down. | B．We can find more trees in the future. |
| C．We should do more to protect forests. | D．We should stop cutting trees down now. |
【推荐3】In the village of Muntang in Indonesia (印尼), many children do one thing after school: They pick up rubbish (垃圾) in order to borrow books from the Waste Library. Raden is the person who set up this special library. Every weekday, she rides her tricycle (三轮车) with a lot of new books to the village. Many children are already waiting for her. They pick out the books they want to read and “pay” her with plastic cups, bags and other types of waste (废品). After that, these little kids usually sit together to enjoy reading their books.
Each week, the Waste Library collects about 100 kilograms of waste. The waste is then sent for recycling (回收) or sold. Raden will use the money to buy new books for her library. “Our children should read more and spend less time playing online games,” said Raden. “I want them to get offline (下线) and start doing something good for the real world.”
The Waste Library has over 6,000 books now. The number is still growing. Raden’s act of kindness is brightening (照亮) the hearts and minds of many children.
1. How many times does Raden go to the village a week?| A．Two days. | B．Three days. | C．Four days. | D．Five days. |
| A．Plastic waste. | B．Online games. | C．New money. | D．Kind hearts. |
| A．To play online games. | B．To buy other books. |
| C．To send for recycling. | D．To buy a new tricycle. |
| A．Because she has too much free time. |
| B．Because she likes to sell new books in the villages. |
| C．Because she wants to play offline games with the children. |
| D．Because she hopes children can do something good for the real world. |
| A．She likes riding tricycle. | B．She has a kind heart. |
| C．She loves reading stories. | D．She likes to keep waste. |
Many people believe Henry Ford (亨利·福特) invented the automobile (汽车). But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the world's first automobile. Actually, what Henry
Ford did was to use other people’s ideas and made the whole factory a moving production line (生产线).
At that time, almost every carmaker raced (赛车) his own cars. It was the best way of advertisement. After building his own car, Henry Ford took part in his first and most famous race. It was in 1901. Before the race, most people believed that the Winton will surely win. At first, the Winton took an early lead. But halfway through the race, it began to lose power. Ford started to catch up and finally became the first. Ford won the race. His name appeared in newspapers and he became well-known all over the United States.
Within weeks of the race, Henry Ford set up a new car company. Ford said: “I will build a car large enough for the family, but also small enough for one person to operate and care for. It will be built of the best materials. It will be built by the best workers. And it will be built with the simplest plans that modern engineering can produce. It will be so low in price that most people can own one.”
Finally, he did it. The Model T was a car of that kind. It only cost $850. It was a simple machine that drivers could depend on. A lot of people loved and bought the Model T. They wrote stories and songs about it. Thousands of Model Ts were built in the first few years.
1. What is the right order according to the passage?a. The Winton lost its power.
b. Henry Ford won his first car race.
c. Henry Ford built a new car company.
d. The Model T was successfully developed.
e. People thought that the Winton would win the race.
| A．e-a-b-c-d | B．e-c-a-b-d | C．a-d-b-c-e | D．a-c-e-b-d |
| A．It was the first car made by Henry Ford. |
| B．Henry made it very practical so it was very popular. |
| C．Henry Ford won the race against the Winton with its help. |
| D．It was big enough for a family but too difficult to operate. |
| A．To Win the Race. |
| B．Henry Ford and the Model T. |
| C．The Development of Early Cars. |
| D．A Kind of Perfect Car—the Model T. |
【推荐2】There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But only a few of them are very important. English is one of them. People use it in England and the USA as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a foreign language. Millions of people are trying to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different answers. Have you ever noticed ads (广告) of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? “Learn English in six weeks, or give your money back…” “Easy and funny” “Our records and tapes help you master (掌握) English in a month.” Of course, it never happened quite like that.
The only language that is easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should remember that we all learned our-own language well when we were children. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Think of what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears.
1. How many languages are very important in the world?| A．Few | B．A few | C．Many | D．Little |
| A．China and France | B．Japan and Italy | C．Germany and France | D．England and America |
| A．English | B．Chinese | C．Japanese | D．The mother tongue |
【推荐3】New York City isn’t the biggest city in the world, but it is the biggest city in the United States. Most Americans live in much smaller cities and towns, but almost 8 million people live in New York City. Why do so many people come to live in New York City?
New York City has a very good port (港口). The Dutch settlers (new comers) wanted to do business at the port. In 1626, the Dutch paid the Indians twenty-four dollars for the island of Manhattan. Its Dutch name was New Amsterdam. Then the British took the land in 1664 and changed its name to New York.
The United States became an independent country in 1783, and New York was its capital for a short time. The city became famous and a good place for business. People from all over the world are pouring into the city.
1. Which of the following is the biggest city in the United States?| A．New York. | B．Washington. | C．New Amsterdam. | D．Chicago. |
| A．New York has the largest population (人口) in the United States |
| B．New York is as beautiful as a picture |
| C．New York is a rich city |
| D．they think it is a good place for business |
| A．花费 | B．耕耘 | C．占领 | D．测量 |
| A．The Indians | B．The Dutch | C．The Englishmen | D．The Americans |
| A．much about the Dutch |
| B．some cities of the United States |
| C．something about the history of New York |
| D．how people from different countries came to the USA |
