This is a bike rental station in Paris. The worker is showing how to use a new self-service bike. They say that Paris will become “a green capital of bikes” and they plan to park 20,000 bicycles at 1,600 stations. Paris created this plan to improve the city traffic environment and reduce the waste gas displacement (废弃排气量).
At a rental station, you only have to put your credit card into the machine to rent a bike. It provides French, German, English and Chinese services. If you ride the bike for only 30 minutes to relax, you needn’t pay for it. A two-hour bike rent only costs you 4 euros.
These stations work for 24 hours every day, so a bike is rented for 10 to 14 times a day. In this way there are 200,000 people using bikes a day,
In the past few years, Paris has encouraged its people to ride bikes, but something unhappy has happened now and then. Some people break the traffic rules during rush hours. Some park their bikes everywhere. So how to park bikes is a problem that Paris will face. But this project is still a helpful way to improve its traffic environment. Don’t you think so?
1. Bicycle rental system can help Paris become a ________.
A.fashion capital | B.sleepy city |
C.polite city | D.green capital of bikes |
A.relax travelers | B.improve the environment |
C.reduce traffic accidents | D.get money |
A.two | B.three | C.four | D.five |
A.1,600 | B.20,000 | C.24,000 | D.200,000 |
A.thinks bicycle rental systems are great |
B.doesn’t agree the idea of bicycle rental system |
C.thinks Paris is a bicycle capital |
D.thinks bikes are better than cars |
Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it’s impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream.
In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.
1. Which of the following isn’t mentioned in this passage?
A.You may think you’re not good at some school subjects. |
B.Making your dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. |
C.You must never give up your dream. |
D.Listening to English more can help you realize your dream. |
A.can’t be realized | B.can be very small |
C.will come true | D.can be very big |
A.Remember what your dream is. |
B.Don’t let your dream leave your heart. |
C.Keep telling yourself what you want every day. |
D.A, B and C are all right. |
A.to remember what your dream is |
B.to decide what is the most important |
C.to learn something more useful and find new hobbies |
D.to get better exam results |
A.How to Become a Writer |
B.How to Make Your Dream Real |
C.A Big Dream Is Made Up of Small Dreams |
D.Everyone Can Realize His Dream |
The World Wide Web(www.万维网)turned 25 years old on March 12th. It has become a very important part in our daily lives. We can’t imagine living without the web, the short form of the World Wide Web.
In 1989, a British engineer named Tim Berners-Lee came up with the idea of the Web. It is a group of “pages” of information that are connected to each other around the world. That is the very beginning of the Web. Since then, the Web has greatly changed the way people live. With a click(点击)of a mouse we can read news, buy things, make friends and learn anything we’re interested in.
Now, 25 years after its birth, how will the Web influence life in the future? Scientists believe there are both advantages and disadvantages. w W w .x K b 1.c o M
A growing Web will help build “better relationships” between different cultures. Also in the future, everyday items could be connected to the Web. We could share plenty of information to make our daily lives more convenient(方便的). So one day in the future, your front door could send you a message. “Dear sir, everyone has left the house, but I’ m still open!”
But scientists warn(警告)us that if we share personal information on the Internet it could get into the wrong hands.
“It’s not wise to spend a whole day in front of the screen. People need to get close to nature and enjoy the sun. Never be controlled by the Internet.” said Berners-Lee.
1. How old is the World Wide Web?
2. Who came up with the idea of the Web?
3. What can we do by clicking a mouse according to the passage?
4. Will the Web influence life in the future?
5. What could happen if we share personal information on the Internet?
4 . Have you ever been ill? When you are ill,you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot,and there are pains all over your body. You don't want to work,you stay in bed,feeling very sad.
What makes us ill? It is germs(细菌). Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can't find them with your eyes,but you can see them with a microscope. They are very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing. Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope,we shall see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.
Germs aren't found only in water. They are found in air and dust. If you cut your finger,if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut(伤口),some of the germs would go into your finger. Your finger would become big and red,and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body,and you would have pain everywhere.
1. Which of the following is TRUE?A.If things are very small,they are germs. | B.If things can't be seen,they must be germs. |
C.Germs are only in dirty water. | D.Germs are everywhere around us. |
A.Making very small things look much bigger. | B.Making very big things look much smaller. |
C.Helping you read some newspapers. | D.Helping you if you can't see things clearly. |
A.You haven't looked at it carefully. | B.Water can't be drunk in this way. |
C.There must be lots of germs in it. | D.Water will make you ill. |
A.Germs can be found both in water and in the air. |
B.Germs can go into your finger if it is cut. |
C.If your temperature is not OK,there must be germs in your body. |
D.If your finger isn't cut,there aren't any germs on it. |
A.Germs may make us ill. | B.Germs are in dirty water. |
C.Don't drink dirty water. | D.Take care of your fingers. |
To make a hot-air balloon go up, turn on the burner(燃烧器). That will make the air inside the balloon hotter. Then the balloon will go up.
To make the balloon go down, turn off the burner. The air inside the balloon will get cooler. Then the balloon will go down. Underneath(在….下面) the balloon there is a large basket. That is where the pilot and the passengers go.
The burner is just above the basket. You can stand in the basket and turn the burner on and off. The balloon will go where the wind is blowing the right way! Do you want the balloon to go somewhere special? First make sure the wind is blowing the right way!
People have been flying in hot-air balloons for over two hundred years. Before planes it was the only way of flying. Today people fly in hot-air balloon for fun. Some people like to race hot-air balloons.
1. A hot-air balloon is ____
A.smaller than a toy balloon | B.bigger than a toy balloon |
C.the same as a toy balloon | D.lighter than a toy balloon |
A.Inside the basket | B.On top of the balloon |
C.Under the basket | D.Inside the balloon |
A.jump out of the balloon |
B.let the air out of the balloon |
C.make the air inside the balloon hotter |
D.let the air inside the balloon cool down |
A.make your friends go out of the basket |
B.make a hole in the balloon with a knife |
C.make the air inside the balloon hotter |
D.make the air inside the balloon cooler |
A.Towards the sun | B.To the seaside |
C.Where the wind blows you. | D.To the nearest mountains |