Xiaomi’s founder and CEO, Lei Jun, marked the 130th anniversary of his alma mater (母校), Wuhan University, with an enormous donation of 1.3 billion yuan ($182.59 million). The contribution, the largest single donation ever received in the history of Chinese
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2 . When a child is told he is “uncool”, it can be very painful. He may say he doesn’t care, and even act in ways that are opposite of cool on purpose. But these are simple ways to handle sadness by pretending it’s not there.
Helping a child feel better in school had to be careful. If you say, “Why are you worried about what other children think about you? It doesn’t matter!” Children know that it does matter. Instead, an active way may be best. You could say, “I’m going to do a couple of things for you to help you feel better in school.”
If a boy is having trouble making friends, the teacher can help him. The teacher can arrange things so that he has chances to use his abilities to contribute to class projects. This is how the other children learn how to value his good qualities and to like him. A teacher can also raise a child’s popularity in the group by showing that he values that child. It even helps to put him in a seat next to a very popular child, or let him be a partner with that child in activities, etc.
There are things that parents can do at home, too. Be friendly when your child brings others home to play. Encourage him to invite friends to meals and then serve the dishes they consider “super”. When you plan trips, picnics, movies, and other shows, invite another child with whom your child wants to be friends.
What you can do is to give him a chance to join a group that may be shutting him out. Then, if he has good qualities, he can start to build real friendship of his own.
1. A child who has been informed of being “uncool” may ______.| A．care nothing about it | B．pretend to get hurt very much |
| C．develop a sense of anger | D．do something uncool on purpose |
| A．seeing the child as the teacher’s favorite |
| B．offering the child chances to show his good qualities |
| C．forcing other children to make friends with the child |
| D．asking the child to do something for partners |
| A．Inviting children’s friends to family activities is good for them to make friends. |
| B．It’s only teachers’ work to make children popular. |
| C．Parents should take their children out for picnic and shows more often. |
| D．Children don’t care others’ comments on them. |
| A．Who Care About Unpopular Children |
| B．Why Some Children Are Unpopular |
| C．What Good Qualities Unpopular Children Have |
| D．How an Unpopular Child Can Be Helped |
3 . Many cities around the world today are heavily polluted. Careless methods of production and lack of consumer demand (消费者需要) for environment friendly products have contributed to the pollution problem. One result is that millions of tons of glass, paper, plastic and metal container are produced, and these are difficult to get rid of.
However, today, more and more consumers are choosing “green” and demanding that the products they buy should be safe for the environment. Before they buy a product, they ask questions like these, “Will this shampoo damage the environment?” “Can this metal container be reused or can it only be used once?”
A recent study showed that two out of five adults now consider the environment safety of a product before they buy it. This means that companies must now change the way they make and sell their products to make sure that they are “green”, that is, friendly to the environment.
Only a few years ago, it was impossible to find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some supermarkets’ products carry labels (标签) to show that the product is green. Some companies have made producing of clean and safe products their main selling points and emphasize (强调) it in their advertising.
The concern for a safer and cleaner environment is making companies rethink how they do business. No longer will the public accept the old attitude of “Buy it, use it, throw it away, and forget it.” The public pressure is on, and gradually business is cleaning up its act.
1. It becomes clear from the passage that the driving force (动力) behind the green products is ______.| A．public caring for the environment | B．companies’ desire for bigger sales |
| C．new ways of doing business | D．rapid growth of supermarkets |
| A．Only the productive methods are the cause of the heavy pollution. |
| B．Manufactures made their products clean with cleaners. |
| C．In fact, it is the public who made the companies produce green products. |
| D．Not all the consumers would like green products. |
| A．a selling point | B．the company name |
| C．a great demand for health foods | D．the producing of green products |
| A．Business and People | B．Business Goes Green |
| C．Shopping Habits Are Changing | D．Supermarkets and Green Products |
