We humans live in different parts of the world, but we have the same “mother”. She gives us everything we need in our daily life. She is our Mother Earth.
April 22 is Earth Day. The theme of this year is “Green Cities”.
A green city is a healthy and pleasant place for people to live, according to the United Nations. A green city can get its energy from regenerative sources like solar (太阳能的) and wind power. Also, it is connected by clean public transportation. Moreover, a green city is made up of facilities (设施) that can save energy and reduce waste.
Around the world, many cities and countries have done well to build themselves in a green way. Chicago is well known for its green roof (屋顶) program. These roofs are covered with plants. The plants get a great amount of rainwater. Later, the water evaporates (蒸发) to help make the air cool and clean. So far, there are about 360 green roofs in Chicago, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Curitiba, Brazil, has great transportation(运输). It opened the world’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) system in 1974. BRT runs on special lanes. This makes sure that buses are on time even in traffic jams. With the help of BRT, the city has the lowest level of air pollution in Brazil. Today, many other countries have copied BRT, including China and Mexico.
Singapore is home to the first zero-energy building in Southeast Asia. Zero energy means a building is able to create more energy than it uses. Zero-energy buildings work with solar panels (板) mainly on roofs. These panels can make electricity which powers the buildings. By 2030, Singapore plans to build 80 percent of its buildings like this.What is a green city according to the United Nations?
| A．A city with many green trees and flowers. |
| B．A green place for people to live. |
| C．A healthy and pleasant place for people to live. |
| D．A place is green for people to live. |
The theme of Earth Day this year is “ ”.
| A．Green Roofs | B．Green Cities |
| C．Reducing and Recycling | D．Environmental Protection |
The underlined word “regenerative” in Paragraph 3 means “ ”.
| A．getting terrible things and smells |
| B．giving new life and freshness |
| C．reducing waste things |
| D．producing old materials again |
From the passage, we learn that in the three cities .
| A．people are encouraged to grow plants on their roofs |
| B．special lanes (车道) are designed to solve traffic jams |
| C．people make good use of solar and wind energy |
| D．people are provided with a pleasant place to live |
The passage is mainly developed by .
| A．giving examples | B．explaining reasons |
| C．listing suggestions | D．showing different opinions |
Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners, but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.
Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldn’t remember where she’d put them.
Perhaps you’ve had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them haven’t realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you’ll just accept that, the following will show you how.
First, relax. If you are over worried about remembering something, you’ll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you won’t remember things. When you forget something, don’t follow up with sayings like “Oh, my God! I always forget things!” Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.
But relaxing isn’t enough. To improve your memory, you’ll need to take an active role. Like your body, your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example, if you’re learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.
If you don’t take notice of things actively, you won’t remember them. So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example, don’t just put your keys down! If you want to find them again, make a mind picture of the place where you’re putting them.The first two paragraphs just tell us ________.
| A．Barbara was a very rich person |
| B．Mark often forgot his friends’ names |
| C．examples of memory problems |
| D．language problems of two persons |
When you forget things, you ________.
| A．must be too careless |
| B．shouldn’t lose heart about your memory |
| C．must accept the fact |
| D．shouldn’t take notice of the result |
The word “opportunities” in the fifth paragraph means “________”.
| A．places | B．activities | C．positions | D．chances |
According to the passage, ________ can make your memory better.
| A．realizing your memory problems |
| B．talking to your friends |
| C．making mind pictures of what you see |
| D．doing sports every day |
The purpose of the passage is to help you ________.
| A．to improve your memory | B．to introduce the guest |
| C．to remember new words | D．to forget unhappy things |
Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don’t agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources (资源)， we are short of others， for example， fresh water. It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources， what can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. (3) I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.
In our everyday life， we can do many things to prevent (阻止) waste from happening， for example， turn off the water taps when we finish washing， turn off the lights when we leave the classroom， try not to order more food than we need， and so on. Little by little， everything will be changed. (4) Waste can be stopped one day， if we do our best.
任务1：根据要求答题。(请注意问题后的词数要求)List the wastes mentioned in the first passage： (within 15 words)
_________________________________________________________________What problems can waste bring? (within 20 words)
(1) ______________________________________________________________
(2) ______________________________________________________________
任务2：将短文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。______________________________________________________________
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任务3：请给短文拟一个适当的标题：(within 5 words)______________________________________________________________
Experts(专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night， but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard， but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger (手指) with his eyes still closed， begging(请求) for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “ early birds” in China， he has to get up before six every morning.
A report shows that without a good night’s sleep， students seem to be weaker (虚弱) than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.
Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late， they are able to work well in class. The 10-year-old boy begged for more minute to sleep because__________.
| A．he didn’t have enough sleep |
| B．it wasn’t time for him to get up |
| C．he didn’t want to go to school |
| D．he wanted his mother to wake him up |
In this passage we know if students don’t get enough sleep， they may________.
| A．become too weak to sleep | B．not work well in class |
| C．go to bed early | D．be weak in English |
In this passage “early birds” means “persons who ______________”
| A．get up early | B．get up late |
| C．sleep less | D．don’t want to sleep |
“Stay up late” here means “_____________”
| A．study late | B．watch TV late | C．not go to bed until late | D．stay outside |
According to the passage， which of the following is right?_________
| A．If you want to study better， you must work hard at night. |
| B．Sleeping less means working hard. |
| C．Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits. |
| D．Students don’t have enough sleep because they have lots of homework to do. |
Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16， 2003， landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired， Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V， smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good.” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper， “For our motherland and me， this is a great moment.”
China’s launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems（系统） to protect the spaceman， but neither Russian rockets（火箭）nor American ones have.
Yang didn’t know that he was chosen as China’s first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news， he still slept at 8p.m. as usual and was woken up at 8p.m. the next morning. Before the launch， Yang ate Chinese traditional food-dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.
A stamp Success of China First Manned Space Flight was issued（发行）on October 16， 2003， making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.It took Yang Liwei_____ to travel around the earth every circle.
| A．6 hours | B．90 minutes |
| C．2 days | D．21 hours |
How did Yang Liwei feel after he came back to the earth?
| A．Quite tired. | B．A little scared. |
| C．Tired but excited. | D．A little nervous |
Which of the following statement is right?
| A．There is no difference between China’s spaceship and other countries. |
| B．Yang Liwei knew he would be China’s first spaceman long before. |
| C．From the news， Yang Liwei was too excited to fall asleep. |
| D．Yang was proud of the flight. |
What does the underlined word “launch” mean?
| A．发射 | B．出发 | C．制造 | D．设计 |
China issued the stamps to _________.
| A．leave them in space |
| B．give them to Yang Liwei as a reward |
| C．celebrate the success |
| D．give them to Russian and American spacemen. |
Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you， and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you， and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.
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Grown-ups：＄2.00
Children：Over 12 ＄ 1.00 Under 12 Free
Opening time 9：00 a.m.— 4：00 p.m.
Except Friday 10：00 a.m. — 3 ：00 p.m.
Keep the zoo clean！
Do not touch，give food or go near the animals.How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？
| A．Four | B．Five. | C．Six. | D．Seven. |
Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons， one aged 14 and the other 10， how much are the tickets together？
| A．$4.00 | B．$2.00 | C．$3.00 | D．$1.00 |
Which of the following is the visiting time？
| A．8：30 a.m. Monday | B．9：30 a.m. Friday |
| C．3：00 p.m. Sunday | D．5：00 p.m. Tuesday |
From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very _______.
| A．fat | B．long | C．strong | D．tall |
Which of the following can we do in the zoo？
| A．To give some food to the dogs. |
| B．To touch the monkey on the head. |
| C．To throw things everywhere. |
| D．To take a few nice photos. |
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