以”电子垃圾(e-waste)的危害”为主题写一篇作文。文章必须包括以下内容:
(1)现象:电子垃圾数量增多；
(2)电子垃圾的危害；
(3)我们应该采取的措施。
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| A．Coughing. | B．Pollution. | C．The government. | D．A quilt. |
1.
| A．Sharp. | B．Juicy. | C．Thick. | D．Green. |
| A．In deserts of North Africa and South Africa. |
| B．In deserts of North America and South America. |
| C．In deserts of North Africa and South America. |
| D．In deserts of North America and South Africa. |
| A．Storing water inside. | B．Absorbing sunlight. |
| C．Preventing animals from biting. | D．Drawing water from underground. |
| A．By examining their thorns. |
| B．By measuring the length of their root. |
| C．By checking their taproots. |
| D．By looking at their flowers. |
4 . When people argue about whether coffee is good for health, they're usually thinking of the health of the coffee drinker. Is it food for your heart? Does it increase blood pressure? Does it help you concentrate? However, coffee affects the health of the human population in other ways, too.
Traditionally, coffee bushes were planted under the canopy(树冠)of taller indigenous(土生土长的)trees. However, more and more farmers in Latin America are deforesting the land to grow full-sun coffees. At first, this increases production because more coffee bushes can be planted if there aren't any trees. With increased production come increased profits.
Unfortunately, deforesting for coffee production immediately decreases local wildlife habitat. Native birds nest and hide from predators(捕食者)in the tall trees and migrating birds rest there.
Furthermore, in the long term, the full-sun method also damages the ecosystem because more chemical fertilizers and pesticides are needed to grow the coffee. The fertilizers and pesticides kill insects that eat coffee plant, but then the birds eat the poisoned insects and also die. The chemicals kill or sicken other animals as well, and can even enter the water that people will eventually drink.
Fortunately, farmers in Central and South America are beginning to grow more coffee bushes in the shade. We can support these farmers by buying coffee with such labels as “shade grown” and “bird friendly.” Sure, these varieties might cost a little more. But we're paying for the health of the birds, the land, ourselves, and the planet. I think it's worth it.
1. What does increased production of full-sun coffee bring about?| A．More insects. | B．Better quality coffee. |
| C．Larger farms. | D．Higher profits. |
| A．They buy more land from other farmers. | B．They cut down trees. |
| C．They move to another country. | D．They turn grassland into farmland. |
| A．insects | B．air | C．birds | D．humans |
| A．Farmers are changing the way they grow coffee. |
| B．Coffee is becoming more expensive to produce. |
| C．Shade-grown coffee is more expensive than sun-grown coffee. |
| D．People should buy shade-grown coffee. |
5 . No matter who you are or where you come from, one thing is certain: You are acquainted with the mosquito-although you probably wish you weren't. Mosquitoes are everywhere. They can be found all over the world, and they come in more than 2,500 species. Somewhere, at some time, you have surely met at least one.
No one loves the mosquito. But unfortunately the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes, she. Did you know that only the female mosquito bites? Well, it's true. And it's not because she's unfriendly; she needs blood to reproduce.
Do you know how the female mosquito decides whom to bite? She's quite selective, and she chooses her victims carefully. First, she uses sensors to find her victim. These sensors are located on her two antennae and her three pairs of legs. With these sensors, she tests your body moisture, body warmth, and chemical substances in your sweat. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if you don't appeal to her, she'll reject you for someone more appetizing. The next time a mosquito bites you, just remember that you were chosen. You're special.
If the mosquito likes you, she settles onto your flesh very gently, and she breaks your skin with her proboscis tip. Proboscis tip? What's that? It's a kind of mouth and it sticks out just below the mosquito's eyes. It contains six sharp instruments called stylets. She stabs all six stylets into your skin at once, and if she hits a blood vessel, she'll get a full dinner in about a minute. All this usually takes place so quickly and quietly that you may not have suspected anything was happening.
All mosquitoes, male and female, pass through their early stages of development in or near water. In fact, mosquito eggs will not hatch without water-although the eggs can survive up to five years on dry land waiting for water. It is not surprising that heavy rains produce large numbers of mosquitoes.
But why? Why did nature bother to create mosquitoes? Just to annoy us? Probably that wasn't the main reason. Male mosquitoes live on the nectar of flowers, and some scientists believe that they pollinate the flowers as they fly from one to the other. Of course, mosquitoes have to reproduce, and unfortunately that's where you and I come in. Like it or not, mosquitoes are here to stay. Ouch! (Slap!) One just bit me!
1. The female mosquito bites human beings because_____.| A．she is hostile to humans |
| B．she needs blood to produce the young |
| C．she lacks certain chemical substances |
| D．she is forced to play such a role in nature |
| A．your blood type | B．your body moisture |
| C．your body temperature | D．your sweat |
| A．after heavy rains | B．when it gets dark |
| C．quickly and quietly | D．during the mating season |
| A．A mosquito escaped before the writer could hit her. |
| B．A mosquito flew away, and the writer hit himself. |
| C．A mosquito hit the writer and flew away. |
| D．A mosquito bit the writer, and the writer tried to hit her. |
6 . Weather Report
(8:00 a. m. December 17-8:00 a. m. December 18)
Influenced by a cold front, northern Xinjiang, the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau(高原)and the northern and eastern parts of Heilongjiang are expected to experience light snow today. Drizzle(小雨) is forecast for most areas of Sichuan and western coastal areas of South China. Northerly winds of force 4-6 are expected to affect western and southwestern Inner Mongolia, and most parts of Northeast China, while northerly winds of force 5-7 will sweep across the Bohai Sea, the northern parts of the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, the Taiwan Straits, and the central and northern parts of the South China Sea.
Weather forecast for major Chinese cities
| City | Max ℃ | Min ℃ | Weather |
| Beijing | 10 | -2 | clear |
| Changchun | 0 | -6 | clear |
| Changsha | 19 | 5 | clear |
| Chengdu | 9 | 4 | drizzle |
| Chongqing | 10 | 5 | overcast |
| Dalian | 12 | 3 | clear |
| Fuzhou | 18 | 12 | cloudy |
| Guangzhou | 23 | 15 | cloudy |
| Guilin | 19 | 4 | clear |
| Haikou | 19 | 14 | overcast |
| Hangzhou | 18 | 5 | clear |
| Harbin | -3 | -8 | clear |
| Hong Kong | 21 | 16 | cloudy |
| Jinan | 14 | 3 | clear |
1. From December 17 to December 18, if you go to ____ , you may be caught in the snow.
| A．Northern Xinjiang and Qinghai | B．Sichuan and South China |
| C．Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang | D．Qinghai and Sichuan |
| A．a cold front | B．light snow |
| C．northerly winds of force 4-6 | D．northerly winds of force 5-7 |
| A．23 | B．31 | C．26 | D．7 |
7 . Tayka Hotel De Sal
Where: Tahua, Bolivia
How much: About $95 a night
Why it’s cool: You’ve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? That’s something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt - including the beds (though you’ll sleep on regular mattresses and blankets). The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake that’s the world’s biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste of wet salt that hardens when it dries. When rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.
Green Magic Nature Resort
Where: Vythiri, India
How much: About $240 a night
Why it’s cool: Riding a pulley (滑轮) -operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open window - there is no glass! -you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy. Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You don’t even have to come down for breakfast - the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator”.
Dog Bark Park Inn B&B
Where: Cottonwood, Idaho
How much: $92 a night
Why it’s cool: This doghouse isn’t just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30-foot-tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps to the loft in Willy’s head, or hang out inside his nose. Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant outside.
Gamirasu Cave Hotel
Where: Ayvali, Turkey
How much: Between $130 and $475 a night.
Why it’s cool: This is caveman cool! Experience what it was1 like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65 ℉ in summer. (Don’t worry - there is heat in winter.)
1. Which of the following about Tayka Hotel de Sal is true?| A．The hotel is the cheapest among the four mentioned. | B．Everything in the hotel is made of salt. |
| C．The glue can prevent the rain from dissolving the hotel. | D．It is located on a prehistoric dried-up lake. |
| A．The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B& | B．B. The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner. |
| C．The name of the hotel. | D．The name of the hotel owner. |
| A．Tayka Hotel De Sal | B．Green Magic Nature Resort |
| C．Dog Bark Park Inn B&B | D．Gamirasu Cave Hotel |
