【推荐1】Patricia has a large glass jar (罐子). The girl filled it half full with _______ water. The water glittered (闪闪发光) in the sunlight. Each drop was proud of its own purity. One day, Patricia’s cousin, Robin, came for a visit. While Patricia was away, the boy saw the jar and thought: “What _______ if I put some ink in the water?”

Robin searched Patricia’s desk and found a _______. Just as he was going to put a few drops of ink in the jar, Patricia walked in. “Robin, what are you doing?” she asked. But it was already too _______. Patricia watched in horror (惊恐) as the ink slowly _______ in, turning the water blue. “Don’t you know that once a jar of water gets dirty, it’s very hard to get it clean again?” Patricia sounded _______.

        “I’m sorry,” Robin replied in a low voice. “I was just curious (好奇的).” Patricia tried to get the water clean, but the jar was too heavy for the two of them to _______. She could only pour some pure water into it. The jar of water, however, would _______ be as clean as it was before.

The world’s _______ are not unlike this jar of water. Once we pollute them, it will be very difficult—if not impossible—to make them clean again. Unfortunately, some people seem to pay no attention ________ this. They’ve poured many dirty or even toxic (有毒的) drops into the world’s jar. “But unlike Robin, they are not curious.”

1.

A．cold

B．clean

C．sweet

D．blue

2.

A．will happen

B．has happened

C．happened

D．is happening

3.

A．box

B．cup

C．pen

D．book

4.

A．quick

B．slow

C．busy

D．late

5.

A．mixed

B．filled

C．put

D．stuck

6.

A．honest

B．angry

C．harmful

D．dangerous

7.

A．try out

B．set up

C．hand in

D．lift up

8.

A．always

B．never

C．hardly

D．usually

9.

A．animals

B．plants

C．seas

D．earth

10.

A．of

B．with

C．for

D．to

【推荐2】As an old Chinese saying goes, “Out with the old, in with the new(旧的不去，新的不来)”. It’s time to buy some new clothes for winter. But ______ will you do with your old clothes?

Years ago, used clothes were _____ to younger brothers or sisters in one family. But now, most of us are the _____ child in the family, so we often wear new clothes. And people are buying more clothes ______they are richer than before. Every year in China, people throw away about 26 million tons of used clothes   ___ waste.

In many countries, charity shops collect and resell second-hand clothes. In those countries, people often shop for used clothes at charity shops like Oxfam. The British singer Victoria Beckham often buys from Oxfam. She said, “Here is a(n) ____ I want more people to know about: used clothes are not useless. We can give them away to people in poor areas. We can also try to make full use of these clothes in creative ways. For example, they can be used to make ____ like toys. ”

Few Chinese cared about fashion years ago, but now more and more people are   ____ in it. YiShion(以纯)，a fashion clothing brand(品牌), is inviting people ___ their used clothes into special boxes in its 45 stores in China. They resell some of the clothes _____cleaning them at a lower price, so people don’t have to worry about any health problem. As much as 95% of clothes thrown away can be re-worn or recycled. This helps people to cut down resource waste and give their clothes a new life.

1.

A．how

B．where

C．what

D．why

2.

A．raised

B．passed

C．bought

D．sold

3.

A．only

B．last

C．first

D．other

4.

A．so

B．but

C．because

D．and

5.

A．to

B．as

C．in

D．by

6.

A．advice

B．information

C．story

D．message

7.

A．rules

B．things

C．plans

D．mistakes

8.

A．interested

B．surprised

C．worried

D．popular

9.

A．putting

B．put

C．to put

D．puts

10.

A．while

B．before

C．until

D．after

【推荐3】I am a plastic bottle. I had a _______ life, the same as all my brothers and sisters-other bottles full of water. I felt really happy.

Then a woman picked me up and put me in her basket! The woman took me home and put me in the _______. It was cold, but I soon make friends with bottles in it. However, only a few hours later, she took me out of the fridge and drank the water _______me. Then she threw me into a dustbin.

The next morning, a man took me out of the dustbin. He threw me and the other rubbish in a smelly truck. Then I was _______ together with the rest of the rubbish. I cannot believe how thin I became. I slept for a while. When I woke up, I found myself in a terrible place. Huge trucks cane and covered us with soil. I asked another bottle what would happen to us. He said we would never leave this horrible crowded place, _______ would have to stay here for thousands of years. “Why can’t they reuse or recycle us?” I cried.

1.

A．sad

B．normal

C．formal

2.

A．fridge

B．oven

C．dustbin

3.

A．outside

B．beside

C．inside

4.

A．pushed

B．pulled

C．produced

5.

A．or

B．but

C．so

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，从短文后各小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Do you know how rice first came to China? There is an old Chinese story. It is about a little girl _______ went out to fish. There was a famine (饥荒) and everybody was very _______.

The little girl felt her net growing heavy and was very happy. _______, it was the King of Frogs that she caught. When the frog knew the girl wanted _______ to eat, the frog promised her that he could help her. The frog let her hold out her fishing net to the sun’s rays and he would sing a magic song. The little girl _______ his instructions. She was greatly surprised to see the sunshine falling through the net. And it was changed into golden grains (谷粒) of rice. The first rice was thought to arrive _______ this way.

We do not know _______ this story is true or not, but it tells us that rice has the _______ value as gold to the Chinese. Rice is always the main food for the Chinese. For _______, much land has been devoted (奉献) to rice-planting and many Chinese people are ________. They work very hard for each grain.

1.

A．who

B．whose

C．whom

2.

A．tired

B．hungry

C．thirsty

3.

A．However

B．But

C．While

4.

A．nothing

B．something

C．anything

5.

A．supported

B．followed

C．broke

6.

A．by

B．on

C．in

7.

A．if

B．whether

C．that

8.

A．same

B．different

C．similar

9.

A．days

B．months

C．centuries

10.

A．farmers

B．workers

C．doctors

【推荐3】先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

We pay for some food at the restaurants and supermarkets, and then we throw one third of it into the rubbish bin at home. This may sound crazy, ____ millions of us are doing this around the world.

A new report _____ over 30 percent of the food in the world goes to waste. Shops _____ much food because they aren’t able to sell it in time. Some people buy more than they actually need, so they throw some away.

Do we have to do so? We should say no. When we have some extra (额外的) money, we put it in a _____. So how about setting up “banks” for food that we can’t eat? Many countries, including China, ____ on this great idea.

Some people in Shanghai put a fridge in a community, filling it with cakes and canned food from nearby markets and restaurants. They are free for _____ to enjoy. The Real Junk Food Project is a company in the UK. It says food that will be past _____ sell by date (最迟销售日期) may still be OK to eat. So people _____ such food from supermarkets and put it on shelves in cafes (咖啡馆). There, the food has no ______ label (标签). You can _____ as much money as you want. There are now more than 120 Real Junk Food Project cafes around the world.

Do you often buy too much food? Where is the food that you bought but can’t eat? Will it become junk? It’s up to your decision.

1.

A．so

B．or

C．but

D．and

2.

A．shows

B．learns

C．looks

D．plans

3.

A．clean up

B．cut out

C．throw away

D．eat up

4.

A．fridge

B．bank

C．restaurant

D．club

5.

A．fight

B．live

C．believe

D．agree

6.

A．something

B．everything

C．everyone

D．someone

7.

A．its

B．our

C．their

D．his

8.

A．sell

B．borrow

C．ask

D．collect

9.

A．price

B．color

C．place

D．name

10.

A．take

B．offer

C．win

D．plan