To most people in the Netherlands (荷兰), bicycle riding is part of everyday life. It’s their first choice to school and work. In cities like Amsterdam, people take almost 70% of all the trips by bike. Why does cycling become popular in the Netherlands?
In the 1970s, the Dutch government (荷兰政府) began to improve its cycling facilities (设施) because many people wanted a much safer cycling condition for children. To make cycling safer, the Dutch built the widest cycling network in the world. The country marked over 40,000 kilometer lines just for bicycles. They have traffic signs and signal lights for cyclists.
Even when both bikes and cars have to share the same road of little space, you can always see a large board saying “Bike Street. Cars are guests”. It means that riders have priority (优先) over drivers. For example, cars must slow down and let bikes pass first if they run face to face.
Bicycle parking facilities are quite common in the country. The central train station in Groningen, a city in the north eastern part Netherlands, has underground space for parking 10,000 bikes.
正确“T”，错误“F”1. People in Amsterdam take all the trips by bike.
2. The Dutch built the widest cycling network in the world.
3. In the Netherlands, if a car and a bike run face to face, the bike must let the car pass first.
4. It’s easy to park bikes in the Netherlands.
5. This passage mainly talks about why cycling becomes popular in the Netherlands.
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【推荐1】We go to many places every day. How do you travel? Do you usually walk or ride bikes?
In a modern city, there are many ways for you to choose (选择) when you go travelling. If you are busy, you can take a taxi. Taxis don’t need to stop often on the road. And the driver can take you anywhere you want to go, but it is too expensive. Of course you can also choose to take the subway. It is safe and quick and you don’t pay a lot. When you aren’t busy, you can take a bus, so you can enjoy the scenery (风景) of the city on it.
If you want to get some exercise, travelling on foot or by bike may be good for you. Walking can make you healthy and it is very cheap.
Today, many people have cars. But I think it isn’t a good thing because there are many cars in the street. They have to move (移动) very slowly and it takes more time to get to the places they want to go.
1. Some people choose to take the subway because it’s a/an ________ way to travel.| A．quick | B．relaxing | C．funny | D．quiet |
| A．going on foot | B．taking a taxi |
| C．travelling by car | D．taking the underground |
| A．people never take buses to travel | B．if people are free, they can take taxis |
| C．the writer doesn’t like travelling by car | D．people like to choose the same way to travel |
| A．the cars to choose | B．the ways to travel |
| C．the places to visit | D．the scenery of the city |
1. Who usually takes Jane and Harry to school?
| A．Their father. | B．Their mother. | C．Their sister. | D．Their grandfather. |
| A．They ride bikes. | B．They walk. | C．They take the subway. | D．They take a bus. |
| A．聚会 | B．会议 | C．比赛 | D．一餐饭 |
| A．Jane and Harry aren’t in the same school. |
| B．It takes Jane’s father 30 minutes to wash his car. |
| C．Jane’s grandfather thinks kids need to ride to school. |
| D．Harry will start walking because he wants to be healthy. |
【推荐3】Some people think that they have an answer to the problems of traffic and pollution in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle or bike.
In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bicycles to work every day. In New York City, some bike riders have even formed a group called "Bike for a Better City". They claimed that if more people rode bicycles to work there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown section of the city and therefore less dirty air from car engines.
For several years this group has been trying to get city government to help bicycle riders. For example, they want the city to paint special lanes (车道)—for bicycles only—on some of the main streets, because when bicycle riders must use the same lanes as cars, there may be more accidents. "Bike for a Better City" feels that if there were special lanes, more people would use bikes.
But no bicycle lanes have been painted yet. Not everyone thinks it is a good idea. Taxi drivers don't like the idea—they say it will slow traffic. Some store owners on the main streets don't like the idea—they say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business. And most people live too far from downtown to travel by bike.
The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. On weekends, Central Park—the largest open place in New York—is closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bicycles only. But "Bike for a Better City" says that this is not enough and keeps fighting to get bicycle lanes downtown. Until that happens, the safest place to bicycle may be in the park.
1. The underlined word "automobiles" in the second paragraph means ________.| A．trains | B．cars | C．planes | D．ships |
| A．Special lanes are needed on every street. |
| B．The Central Park is closed to cars on weekdays. |
| C．"Bike for a Better City" members ride bicycles to work. |
| D．Accidents won't happen if cars and bikes are on different lanes. |
| A．the idea isn't accepted by all |
| B．the main streets are not wide enough |
| C．the store owners on the main streets will have less business |
| D．there's no need for most people to travel by bike |
| A．city problems and "Bike for a Better City" |
| B．"Bike for a Better City" and the city government |
| C．the government's idea on traffic and city pollution |
| D．a suggestion on the city problems of traffic and pollution |
【推荐1】If you go to a fast food restaurant, you will probably see a lot of teenagers. Today, many teenagers are overweight, and some of this is because of their bad eating habits. Most teenagers love food with a lot of fat, oil, salt, and sugar. People often call this kind of food “junk food”.
But bad eating habits go beyond fast food. We find many teenagers have bad eating habits. Some don’t have breakfast before they go to school. During the day, some don’t have a proper meal for lunch. In a recent survey at one school, scientists found that over two-thirds of the students didn’t follow a healthy diet. They didn’t like vegetables, and many of them didn’t like to eat fruits. They preferred to eat food with a lot of salt, sugar, or fat.
Parents today also worry about their children’s diet. Some doctors give the following advice:
★ Teenagers shouldn’t eat too much junk food.
★ Teenagers shouldn’t eat food with too much salt. Salt can cause high blood pressure in the future.
★ Teenagers should eat food with less fat, oil, and sugar.
★ Teenagers need to eat some fruits and vegetables every day. Fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins and have little fat.
★ Teenagers need to drink more milk. Milk will help their bones grow.
★ Teenagers need to eat breakfast every day. This is good for their body and mind.
1. “Junk food” contains a lot of ________.
| A．milk and sugar | B．fruits and sugar |
| C．vegetables and salt | D．fat, oil, salt and sugar |
| A．超出 | B．不如 | C．相等 | D．在后面 |
| A．Today all teenagers are overweight. |
| B．Scientists found two thirds of the students didn’t have a healthy diet. |
| C．Parents are worried about their children’s diet today. |
| D．Milk, fruit and vegetables are not good for children. |
| A．eat junk food |
| B．eat food with too much salt |
| C．drink milk and eat junk food often |
| D．eat vegetables |
| A．how to keep a healthy diet |
| B．to eat fruit and vegetables |
| C．how to have right food for lunch |
| D．not to eat too much junk food |
【推荐2】Many of us probably don’t remember how many times we’ve been thankful for someone’s small acts of kindness.
It’s like when your friend gives you a pen as you search your pockets, or when a classmate leaves his seat to help you pick up your book as it falls onto the floor. Researchers say these small acts of kindness are common and are found in all cultures.
The study found that people usually agreed to the requests (请求) and were happy to help others they knew. However, it did not focus on kindness between strangers.
Helping others is a general part of human nature. The researchers studied videos of more than 350 people in Australia, Ecuador, Ghana, Italy, Laos, Poland, Russia and the United Kingdom. They tried to answer the question: Does kindness come mainly from different cultural traditions, or does it come from common human action? Earlier studies of kindness usually focused on cultural traditions, such as Indonesian whale hunters (捕鲸人) sharing their meat or rich Kenyans paying for village roads. The new study found that people from all cultures are similar in the ways they show kindness. The study showed that cultural differences are less important than people’s general “tendency (倾向) to give help when needed”.
1. What did earlier studies of kindness usually focus on?| A．Living places. | B．Human nature. |
| C．Cultural traditions. | D．People’s appearances. |
| A．By listing studies about kindness. |
| B．By explaining the meaning of kindness. |
| C．By raising questions about human behavior. |
| D．By giving examples about showing kindness. |
| A．The Research on Culture |
| B．People’s Social Behavior in Towns |
| C．The Importance of Cultural Differences |
| D．Small Acts of Kindness Are Common |
【推荐3】Of all the inventions of the last century, none has changed our lives more than the computer.
A German named Konrad Zuse is considered to be the inventor of the computer. In 1941, he built the world’s first computer that was controlled by programs. It was used to do difficult math problems.
From 1937 to 1942, a teacher and a student from Iowa State University in the United States worked on a new computer. It was the world’s first electronic digital computer (电子数字计算机). It was the size of a desk and weighed over 700 pounds. That is the weight of a strong bear!
In 1946, two inventors worked together and built an even bigger and better computer. They called it ENLAC. It filled a huge room and weighed 30 tons, or about as heavy as 5 elephants. It used lots of electricity and needed a way to help keep it cool.
In 1947, the transistor (晶体管) was invented. This make it possible to build a smaller computer. The invention of integrated circuits (集成电路) then took the jobs of many electronic parts and put them into one part.
Then microprocessors (微处理器) were invented, which took lots of integrated circuits and put them into one microchip (微芯片). These improvements led to the computers we use today. But scientists still developed other inventions to make the computer do different things and easier to use.
Computers paved the way for the Internet, a whole new way of communicating. Web-pages, e-mails, and high-speed Internet connections soon followed. These things made communicating with people all over the world easy. What might computers do in the future? What will be invented then?
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1. What do we know about the first program-controlled computer?
| A．It was invented in 1944. |
| B．In was built by two Americans. |
| C．It was an electronic digital computer. |
| D．It was used to do difficult math problems. |
| A．70 pounds | B．30 tons | C．an elephant | D．a strong bear |
| A．send e-mails | B．create webpages |
| C．connect the world better | D．build smaller computers |
| A．提供模型 | B．设定目标 | C．创造条件 | D．筹集资金 |
| A．History of the computer. | B．Inventors of the computer. |
| C．Use of the computer in life. | D．Importance of the computer. |
【推荐1】My name is Ann Smith. I’m an English girl. I’m twenty. I learn (学习) Chinese in Nanjing University (大学). I have a good friend. Her name is Nancy King. She is nineteen. She is from the U. S. A. We are in the same grade. But we are in different classes. My Chinese teacher is Mr. Yang. He is from Shanghai. Nancy has a Chinese teacher, too. Her name is Zhou Dan. Mrs. Zhou is a good teacher. Nancy likes (喜欢) her very much.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案
1. Ann Smith is from .
| A．the U. S. A. | B．China |
| C．England | D．Canada |
| A．Beijing | B．Shanghai |
| C．Hainan | D．Nanjing |
| A．nineteen | B．eighteen |
| C．twenty | D．thirteen |
| A．Yes, they do. | B．No, they don’t. |
| C．I don’t know | D．No, we don’t. |
| A．相同的 | B．不同的 |
| C．困难的 | D．不友好的 |
【推荐2】You may drink bottled water when you are thirsty. But plastic bottles (塑料瓶) are bad for the environment (环境). Is there a way not to use a plastic bottle?
Try the Ooho bubble (泡状物). It is a small ball of water. The water is in a soft container (容器) . If people use it to hold water, they will not use the plastic bottles. It has no color, no smell and no taste. It is made from seaweed (海藻) and is safe for people to eat.
You can make a hole in the container to drink water from the Ooho bubble. Or you can just put the whole water ball into your mouth.
Three creators from the Imperial College London made the Ooho bubble. It is good for the environment. And people can only spend 0.14 yuan buying one ball. It is much cheaper than a bottle of water, so many people like it.
But there are still many problems to solve. For example, each water ball doesn't hold much water. People may have to drink a lot of them if they are very thirsty. Or some people may feel it's not clean to hold the water bubble in their hands. What do you think?
1. The Ooho bubble is a kind of ________.| A．plastic | B．bottle | C．water |
| A．A plastic bottle. | B．A soft container. | C．The Ooho bubble. |
| A．it has no color or smell | B．it is inexpensive | C．it is made from seaweed |
| A．It difficult to make a hole in the container. |
| B．People cannot just hold the water ball with hands. |
| C．The ball can just hold a little water. |
| A．A Bottle of Water | B．Save the Environment | C．A New Way to Drink Water |
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【推荐1】One weekend in May 2015, over 48 centimeters of rain fell in Houston, Texas, USA. Soon the city was covered with water. The rising water rushed into the cars on the roads. There were 16 deaths that weekend.
Changing Weather
The weather is changing. Over the last few years, heavy rains have caused floods (洪灾) in Brazil, Pakistan, and Thailand. Droughts (干旱) have struck Russia and Australia. Heat waves have killed thousands in Europe. There are more different kinds of terrible wild weather all over the world. In 2011 alone, the bad weather caused the world to lose 150 billion dollars.
Warmer and Wetter
As more wild weather events happen, a worried world is beginning to ask questions like: What is going on with the weather? And why? Many also want to know: Is this natural, or are we to blame (责怪)?
The answer seems to be: a little of both. Wild weather is natural. ▲ This global (全球的) warming makes heat waves more likely to happen. The higher temperatures also cause more water to enter the air. This causes much more rain. Some scientists also believe global warming makes some storms stronger.
This means we’re likely to see more wild weather. “But we don’t have to just stand there and take it,” says Scientist Michael Oppenheimer. He and other scientists say we need to stop the Earth from getting warmer. We also need to be prepared, to do things that will help save lives.
1. What is the purpose of the second paragraph?| A．To give examples of wild weather events. |
| B．To guess how the weather will change. |
| C．To explain why the weather is changing. |
| D．To describe the weather events in 2011. |
| A．And wild weather happens more and more. |
| B．And nature also influences human activity. |
| C．But humans have already paid enough attention to the wild weather. |
| D．But most scientists agree human activity has made the Earth warmer. |
| A．It is too late to stop global warming. |
| B．Humans have nothing to do with global warming. |
| C．The weather will get better if we can stop global warming. |
| D．To find ways to keep our things safe is the most important. |
| A．In May 2015, there was a deadly flood in Houston, Texas, USA. |
| B．There are more kinds of terrible wild weather all over the world. |
| C．Many scientists believe global warming makes some storms stronger. |
| D．Global warming causes wild weather events and that makes people worried. |
【推荐2】Though very cold temperature continue to trouble the US, an act of kindness has warmed. Everyone. In Chicago a young man provided a homeless old man with the proper footwear—from his own feet. Jessica Bell, a passenger, saw everything and posted the story on Facebook.
According to her Facebook post, Bell was taking the train home on Friday when she noticed a homeless old man sitting across from her Bell wrote that the man was wearing tattered shoes, and many pairs of socks to keep his feet warm, but there was blood through.
On the same train was another man. According to Bell's description, he was young, was carrying a bag and a suitcase. He was wearing big black snow boots（靴子）,which looked new and expensive. They were built for a Chicago winter. Then he did a good thing.
Bell described that the young man took off his own boots and passed them to the old man. He opened his suitcase and gave him a pair of socks as well. Then the young man put on a different pair of socks as well. After that the young man put on a different pair of shoes--not as nice as the ones he had given away. He told the old man to try them on and helped him clean his feet and change into the new boots as quickly as he could, and then left the train.
At the end of her post, Bell wrote, “I love my city. I love that in a time and place where a quiet act of kindness appears without warning.”
The story has received thousands of comments（评论）, with many people describing how moving they found the act of kindness. One wrote, “We can all learn from that young man.” Others are thanking Bell for sharing the story--there are still good people in the world.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。
1. The story happened _______.（ ）
| A．on a train | B．on a weekend | C．in summer | D．in a shoe store |
| A．He carries a suitcase | B．He was sick and weak |
| C．He wore many pairs of socks | D．He wore a pair of big black shoes |
| A．What the young man did to the old man |
| B．Why the young man helped the old man |
| C．How Bell praised the young man |
| D．What the young man looked like |
| A．舒适的 | B．暖和的 | C．崭新的 | D．破烂的 |
| A．A poor old man | B．Warmest boots | C．Best passengers | D．a journey home |
【推荐3】Clothes are important and necessary to us, but do you know how to choose suitable(合适的)clothes in a right way? Here are some ideas for you.
When you go shopping and want to buy some clothes, you should think about which kind of clothes you really need and decide how much money you can spend on them. Then look at the labels that are inside the new clothes. They tell you how to take care of the clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash it in cold water. The label on a coat may say "dry clean only" and cleaning in water may ruin(损坏) this coat. If you do as the directions say on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best.
Many clothes today must be dry-cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, you had better check if they need to be dry-cleaned. You can save money if you buy clothes that can be washed or that are well made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times.
Clothes that cost more money don't always mean they are better made. They may not fit you, either. On the other hand, less expensive clothes may sometimes look better and fit you well.
1. The first thing for you to do before you buy clothes is ________| A．to know how to wash them | B．to look for well-made clothes |
| C．to read the directions inside them | D．to see which kind of clothes you need |
| A．品牌 | B．标签 | C．价格 | D．尺寸 |
| A．washed in cold water | B．washed once a week |
| C．washed in hot water | D．dry-cleaned only |
| A．how to buy expensive clothes | B．how to wash clothes in a right way |
| C．how to become a clever clothes shopper | D．how to take care of clothes |
