Alex Rawlings, from Oxford University, Has been named the UK’s most multilingual(说多种语言的)person. The 21-year-old British student can speak 11 language and is learning a 12th, He knows English, Greek, German, French, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish,Catalan,ltalian, Russian and Hebrew.Rawlings’ mother, who is half Greek, spoke to him in English, Greek and some French when he was growing up. Rawlings is studying German and Russian at university now. He taught himself other languages like Dutch because he wanted to talk to people on his travels or simply because he thought the language was interesting or beautiful.“When I was a kid, I always wanted to speak different languages,” Rawlings said. “My parents often took me to my mom’s family in Greece. My dad worked in Japan for four years. I was always frustrated that I couldn’t talk to other kids in those countries because of the language. ”
Thanks to his talent for languages, Rawliings has made many friends. He also thinks that picking up new languages getseasier over time.Rawlings plans to perfect his Russian while studying in the small Russian city of Yaroslavi and the next language he plans to learn is Arabic.“No matter how many languages I Iearn, my favorite language is always Greek because I have spoken it since childhood,” he said.Where does Alex Rawlings come from?
A. The UK. B. The USA. C. Germany. D. Italy.Alex Rwlings’ mother spoke to him in the following languages EXCEPT when he was young.
| A．Greek | B．Dutch | C．French | D．English |
How is Alex Rawlings going to improve his Russian?
| A．By getting a Russian tutor. |
| B．By reading Russian books. |
| C．By watching Russian movies. |
| D．By studying in a Russian city. |
Alex Rawlings likes Greek best because .
| A．his parents speak it |
| B．he thinks it’s interesting |
| C．he thinks it’s easy to learn |
| D．he has spoken it since childhood |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Alex Rawlings’ father’s family is in Japan. |
| B．Chinese is the next language Alex Rawlings plans to learn. |
| C．Alex Rawlings showed great interest in learning languages from a young age. |
| D．Learning new languages becomes more and more difficult for Alex Rawlings. |
More and more people like bicycling. It is fun, healthy and good for the environment. Maybe that’s why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil cost!
Get on a bicycle and ride around your neighborhood. You may discover something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car. You can bike to work and benefit(受益) from the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environment. You don’t even have to ride all the way.
Folding(折叠)bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the same on an airplane. A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a common bike with you when you fly. But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle-friendly to travelers.
It helps to prevent heart diseases. Bicycling helps to control your weight. A 15-minutes bike ride to and from work three times a week burns off five kilos of fat in a year. Bicycling can improve your mood(心情).
Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-confident. Bicycling is healthier than driving.
From the passage, we know that bicycling is becoming very .
A. popular B. exciting C. expensive
When you are riding your bicycle around your neighborhood, you may .
A. pollute the environment around
B. find something you didn’t notice
C. go everywhere and use a little oil
If you travel with a folding bike, you can fold it and .
A. get out of the car
B. take it onto a train
C. put it in your purse
One of the benefits from bicycling is that .
A. you can fold the bicycle
B. you will be friendly to others
C. you will be more relaxed
Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Bicycling is enjoyable exercise for people.
B. Driving cars is healthier than riding bikes.
C. Riding a bike pollutes your neighborhood.
Nobody knows how many different languages there are in the world. The most widely use language is English. It’s used by business people, airline pilots and sea captains all over the world. It’s also the first language of sports and science. So it’s very important for us to learn English.
English is most widely spoken in the world, while Chinese has the largest number of speakers. There are not only one billion people living in China, but also many Chinese people living outside China. You can find large or small groups of Chinese people living in almost every country in the world. Wherever they live, they are Chinese sperkers.
There are some other important languages in the world, too. Chinese is of course very important, especially in Asia. Arabic(阿拉伯语) is widely spoken in many parts of Asia and Africa. Russian is spoken in both Europe and Asia. French is widely understood, not only in Europe, but also in parts of Canada, Africa and Asia. Spanish has a growing number of speakers all over the world, especially in Central and South America.
What languages do people speak in the UN? There are so many different languages in the world, but they decide to use only six of them. They are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Everything spoken or written in one language is translated(翻译) into the other five
is the first language of sports and science.
A.Chinese B. English C. Russian
The underlined (划线)sentence shows .
A. English is spoken by the most people
B. English is spoken in most parts of the world
C. Chinese is spoken by the most of people in the world.
languages are used in the UN.
A. Two B. Five C. Six
According to the passage, which of the following languages is not widely used in Asia?
A. Spanish. B. French C. Russian.
The best title for the passage is .
A. The Important of English
B. The Skills to Learn English Well
C. Different Languages in the World
Leisure activities are the kinds of things people like to do to relax and enjoy themselves when they are not working or going to school.Leisure activities play an important part in people’s lives. In the past,there were few leisure activities.Children often got together to play hide-and-seek. People met to play cards or chess in the street. Few people had chances to travel. Watching operas and listening to the radio were the main activities in their spare time.
Since the reform and opening-up,Chinese people have had more time to spend on various kinds of leisure activities. A lot of people love both to play and to watch team sports like basketball or football. Many people stay at home having a rest, reading books and watching TV. Young people like to play games on computers or chat on the Internet. In recent years, more and more people even make a tour abroad to see the world. Chinese people now have the time and chance to do more kinds of leisure activities.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂（A），错的涂（B）。People often do leisure activities when they are not working or going to school.
In the past, though there were few leisure activities, many people had chances to travel.
Chinese people can do more kinds of leisure activities since the reform and opening-up.
Both young and old people like to play games on computers or chat on the Internet.
In recent years, going abroad to see the world is becoming easier and easier..
These days haze（雾霾）is around us here and there. In fact, everyone has the power to change their living habits to help reduce it. Many local governments call on their people to take action to make the air cleaner.
Transport is one of the biggest contributors（促成物）to haze. When, where, how, why and what you drive all affect air quality (质量). When one drives to work for one year, he uses as much energy as a bus rider uses in 10 years. So walk or ride your bicycle to work or school whenever possible. If necessary, you can use public transport instead of your car. Each person using public transport for a year instead of a car can save nearly a ton of pollutants, including CO2, from going into the air.
Carpooling (拼车) is another way to reduce carbon emissions (排放). Carpooling is the sharing of car journeys so that more than one person travels in a car. It immediately reduces your car’s emissions by half.
Lots of our energy supply comes from burning coal, another contributor to haze. By cutting down your electricity use, you are cutting down on haze. So you may try to reduce your use of electricity by turning off lights, using your air conditioner wisely during the summer months, or updating (更新) your electrical appliances (电器) to low-energy models. For example, you can use energy-saving lamps that require less energy and last 10 times longer than common bulbs.
Who should play an important role in reducing haze?
A. City cleaners.
B. Common people.
C. Local governments.
From Paragraph 2, the writer thinks we should ________ .
A. try not to drive so much
B. give up driving cars
C. improve our cars
What is the main cause of haze?
A. Transport. B. Carpooling. C. Coal.
We should reduce the use of electricity because ________.
A. coal is now expensive
B. we can save a lot of money
C. it’s good for our environment
Which can be the best title for the passage？
A. What is haze
B. How to reduce haze
C. When haze happens
Taking away a city's rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can't eat or use. If we kept these things, we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of city to a dump (垃圾场). Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into thesewagesystem (系统). The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs (浴缸) and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you'd never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything except the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles (堆) and they slowly change into something that looks like black earth. It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants and help them grow.
You can most probably read the passage in _________.
A. a science book B. a TV guide C. a history book
The underlined word "sewage" in the passage means _________.
A. 洗涤 B. 吸尘 C. 排污
According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used to_________.
A. feed animals B. feed plants C. clean soil
The passage talks about _________.
A. the need for rubbish collection
B. ways to do with rubbish
C. the process to burn rubbish
How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?
A. By burning it off.
B. By putting it in water.
C. By reusing and recycling it.
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