The Big Lottery is giving money to groups of teenagers between 14 and 19 who want to become active citizens. The teenagers who would like to help make the area you live in better,cleaner, safer and more friendly can actually get money for improving your local community (社区).We have $ 80,000 to give away. We are looking for young people to take part inschemes(规划) and projects near to where they live.
Here are a few easy things you could do to get started.
Meeting the neighbors Everybody needs good neighbors. Knock onpeople's door and find out what they would like improving in your area. Set a date for a meeting and then make some plans together. If you don't want to go round to their houses, then you could always put a note through their doors.
Neighborhood watch Neighborhood watch schemes are very popular in the UK. If you go away on holiday and leave your house, it's very nice to know that a neighbor is keeping an eye on it. It's a good way to make the area you live in safer. You could set one up easily and quickly.
Lending a hand There are often elderly people living in the neighborhood who may not be able to do the things that you can. Offer to do iheir shopping once a week, look after their garden for them or maybe walk their dog.
No littering Nobody likes picking up other people's rubbish, but a clean street can make all the difference. Take it in turns to go out once or twice a week and see what you can find. You never know, one day you might find something valuable.
Recycling Nearly two-thirds of your rubbish can be recycled. Some areas already provide places to people to recycle bottles, tins, plastic and paper. Find out if this is done in your neighborhood. Ifit's not, do something about it.
So go on...Just tell us what kind of project you want to join jn. Then we'll send you more details. Take positive action and help make your neighborhood a better place to live in.The aim of the Big Lottery is_ .
| A．to make the neighborhood busier |
| B．to help the old people in the community |
| C．to improve the local community |
| D．to help young babies in the neighborhood |
Who is needed to take part in the project?
| A．Anyone who wants to. | B．All the teenagers. |
| C．Students in the neighborhood. | D．Teenagers from 14 t0 19. |
Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 5 tell us_ .
| A．neighborhood watch is good to make the community cleaner |
| B．how to make the community safer and morefriendly |
| C．lending a hand means to lend some money to others |
| D．to help neighbors do what they wouldn't like to do. |
What should you do ifyou want to make the neighborhood cleaner?
| A．Recycle the rubbish and take tums to pick up others' rubbish. |
| B．Pick up the rubbish and find something valuable in the street. |
| C．Find out the recycled rubbish and throw them everywhere. . |
| D．Try to recycle three-fourths ofyour rubbish once or twice a week. |
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Discuss plans with your neighbor for improving your area. |
| B．Do some shopping once a week for old people who can't do it. |
| C．Pick up the rubbish everywhere in the street to make your area cleaner. |
| D．Look after the garden, walk the dogs for the old in order to get much money. |
It’s important to learn about protecting our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us:
1. Reduce
If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely. Millions of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don’t know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste
2. Reuse
You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. With a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.
3. Recycle
Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so, we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat（压平）and melted (融化) and the melted things are made for new coke cans.
4. Recover
When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten（腐烂的）apples. You have two choices: one is to throw the whole apple away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and eat the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.
5. Repair
If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it instead of throwing it away. If you want to change for better ones, It is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repairs. It is true that North America is a “throw-away” society（社会）. But the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best. _______ can be recycled.
| A．Only hard things | B．Many things | C．Few soft things | D．All things |
The “recover” rule mainly requires us _______.
| A．to throw waste things away | B．to cover waste things with earth |
| C．to get back the useful parts | D．to throw the whole things away |
We can infer（推断） that the writer of this passage may live in _______.
| A．China | B．Japan | C．Australia | D．America |
Vision-phones(可视电话)
Radio，telephone and television are widely used in the world. When you switch on the radio, you can listen．But when you use a telephone，not only can you listen to others but also you can chat with them，however, you can’t see anything at all. Television is much better than both of them. People can watch TV and listen to it，but they can’t take part in what they see.
Today, some people are using a type of telephone called vision-phone. With it two people who are talking can see each other．
Vision-phones can be of great use when you have something to show the person whom you are calling，It may also have other uses in the future．Some day you may be able to call up a library and ask to read a book right over your vision-phone. You may be able to do some shopping through it, too. Perhaps in the near future, vision-phones will come into wide use in our everyday life. According to the passage, we can guess that the_______ was invented last.
| A．radio | B．vision-phone | C．telephone | D．television |
Maybe the vision-phone can take the place of______ some day.
| A．the telephone | B．the radio | C．the television | D．all the above |
In the future, you can use a vision-phone to ________
| A．ask an assistant to read a book for you |
| B．read a book |
| C．ask an assistant to bring you a book |
| D．ask an assistant to do some shopping for you |
There are two websites I think you should know about. Do you find it difficult to say a word correctly? Do you want to hear the correct pronunciation(发音)? If so, what you’ve been looking for is cooldictionary. com. This site is designed to pronounce words and phrases in precise(严谨的) manner. All you have to do is to go to the Pronunciation Help and type in a word. You can also practice your spoken English and improve your communication skill.
Another useful site is www. nutsandboltsguide. com. It has been specifically designed to help you with every step of writing. This site is a must-visit for all those who want to become a writer. It not only talks about different kinds of writing but also discusses a lot about grammar. I’m sure that this site will help you with your writing skills and different writing styles with its sound tips. So get connected and log in to play. Happy surfing!We can know from passage that the cooldictionary. com is _______.
| A．a website on the Internet |
| B．an electronic dictionary that can pronounce words |
| C．a website teaches you how to write |
| D．a part of the Pronunciation Help |
What is not offered on the website www. nutsandboltsguide. com?
| A．Sound tips on how to write |
| B．Guide to different stages(步骤) of writing |
| C．Advice on grammar learning. |
| D．The pronunciation of each word in your article. |
This passage is probably from ________.
| A．a magazine about computer | B．a novel |
| C．a newspaper | D．a comic book |
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
This is an old English saying. It means that we should go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning. If we do, we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich and clever.
Is this true? Perhaps it is. The body must have enough sleep. Children of your age need ten hours’ sleep every night. If you do not go to bed early, you can not have enough sleep. Then you can not think properly and you can not do your work properly. You will not be wise and you may not become wealthy!
Some people go to bed late at night and get up late in the morning. This is not good for them. We should sleep at night when it is dark. The dark helps us to sleep well. When the daylight comes, we should get up. This is the time for exercise. If the body is not used, it will become weak. Exercise keeps it strong.
Exercise helps the blood to move around inside the body. This is very important. Blood takes nutrition (营养) to all parts of our bodies. The brains in our heads also need blood. We think with our brains. If we keep our bodies healthy, and take exercise, we can think better!
Our bodies also need air to breathe. Without air we will die. Get up early in the morning and we can have plenty of clean, fresh air. That will keep us healthy and happy. The old English saying“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. ”mainly shows _______.
| A．what good habits are |
| B．how to become healthy, rich and clever |
| C．what bad habits are |
| D．it’s easy for people to get up and go to bed early |
It’s important for people to have enough sleep. If not, they _______.
| A．may not be strong |
| B．may not become wealthy |
| C．can not think and do their work properly |
| D．will not get up early |
The word“perhaps”means“_______”.
| A．maybe | B．carefully | C．quickly | D．easily |
The last paragraph but one (倒数第2段) tells us that _______ helps the blood to move around inside the body.
| A．fresh air | B．enough sleep | C．good habits | D．exercise |
This passage is probably written for _______.
| A．old people | B．middle-aged people |
| C．weak people | D．children |
The giraffe is the tallest modern land animal. It can be over 5. 5 meters tall. Its neck alone may be 1. 9 meters long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones in its neck, the same number as in the humans’. Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe’s neck is very long, while the bones in a human’s neck are short. That makes the difference. A female giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby, called a calf, is about 1. 9 meters tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck, it can reach the leaves high up on the trees. In this passage the underlined word “giraffe” means _______.
| A．鲸鱼 | B．长颈鹿 | C．大象 | D．河马 |
The bones in a bird’s neck are _______.
| A．as big as in a human’s neck | B．as big as in a giraffe’s neck |
| C．many more than in a human’s neck | D．much smaller in a giraffe’s neck |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．A giraffe has only seven bones. |
| B．The giraffe is the largest animal on the land. |
| C．It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up. |
| D．Most of the leaves on the trees are eaten up by giraffes. |
When a giraffe is born, it is about _______.
| A．5. 5 meters long | B．5. 5 meters tall |
| C．1. 9 meters long | D．1. 9 meters tall |
We can guess when a giraffe sees a tiger _______.
| A．it will run away as fast as possible |
| B．it will run to eat the tiger |
| C．it will make the tiger bring it something to eat |
| D．it will make one of the smallest animals bring the tiger something to eat |
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