We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why.
"Look down, Elsa," Father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village, And I saw the criss-cross（纵横交错） of streets leading to the square. "See, my dear," Father said gently, "There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can't get to the place where you want to go by one road. try another."
Now I understood why I was there, Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she didn't believe the lunches were as bad as I said.
When I turned to Father for help, he would not interfere（干涉）. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a plan.
At school the next day, I secretly poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to serve it to Mother at dinner. The plan worked perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered, "The cook must have gone bad!" Quickly I told what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would deal with the matter of lunches at school the next day!
In the following years I often remembered the lesson Father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn't stop working until I tried every possible means to my goal. Father's wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square,
| A．enjoy the beautiful scenery of the whole town |
| B．encourage her to find out another way to solve her problem |
| C．find out how many ways lead to the square |
| D．help her forget some unpleasant things earlier that day |
| A．Do something delicious for lunch. |
| B．Taste her awful lunch. |
| C．Dismiss the cook. |
| D．Speak to the school about lunch. |
| A．It wasn't so bad as the author said. |
| B．It was delicious. |
| C．It couldn't be worse. |
| D．It was as good as her cook did. |
| A．the cook agreed to serve the soup to Mother |
| B．the matter of lunch was successfully settled |
| C．her father persuaded her mother successfully |
| D．the way the author thought of was successful |
Why do we need to throw less away? There are two reasons. One is that some resources（资源）are nonrenewable（不可再生的）. That means there is only a certain amount of that resource in the world. One example of these resources is oil. When we use up all the oil in the world, there will be no more.
There is a second reason for throwing less away. All of our trash has to be put somewhere. Often, it is put into garbage dumps（垃圾场）. Much of that trash will be there for hundreds of years. The dumps ill be filled up with all this trash.
There are three ways to cut down on trash.
One way is to recycle. When you recycle something, it means it is made into another shape and used again. Old newspapers may become paper bags. A glassware can be melted（熔化）and made into a bottle.
Another way to cut down on trash is to reuse things. You can wash and use a bottle again that can hold mustard（芥末酱）or something else.
The third way to cut down on trash is to reduce the amount of trash you make, for example, stopping buying things that you don’t need in the first place. That reduces the amount of the earth’s resources.
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In many countries, people produce power from coal, but it is very dirty and causes acid rain. Some countries use nuclear energy to produce power.1 . To solve the energy problem, people all over the world are looking for new ways to produce power.
China is one of the first countries in the world to use biogas technology. 2 . This renewable energy is used in people’s everyday life.
3 . Now there are electric vehicles in many countries. They are very efficient and cost very little to run. 4 , there will be an increase in electricity needs if they are widely used.
In China, the best—known maglev train is the German—built one in Shanghai. The train can reach a top speed of 431 km per hour.5 . There is no wheel noise, because there are no wheels. However, maglev guide paths are much more expensive than traditional steel railways.
| A．Farmers recycle straw, grass and animal waste to make biogas. B．Although electric vehicles produce no pollution. C．However, nuclear power can be very dangerous. D．It is quiet and quick. E．Electric vehicles were developed in the 1990s. |
（Four students are talking about the future after class.）
Deng Yu ：In 2050, China will be richer than it is now, Beijing will be getting ready for the 40th Olympic Games in 2052. We will see the blue and clear sky and smell the fresh air. There will be more pandas living happily China. I believe that 2050 will be the year of China.
Liu Yuan ：A holiday to the moon will no longer be a dream. We can also travel far to other planets and talk with the spacemen. We might also eat something like pills（药丸）instead of today’s meals. Everyone will enjoy a longer life.
Sun Wei ：Robots will be very popular. They will do what people don’t want to do. We’ll build new homes on other planets. By then, I’ll be sixty years old. Maybe we will have an exciting talk in my new home on another planet!
Zhang Lan：By the year of 2050, cloning（克隆）will be used in many ways. It will bring back animals which disappeared many years ago. There will be no pollution, the whole world will be one big family. There will be no wars. As time passes, we’ll live a much easier and better life. thinks that people can spend their holidays on the moon in the future.
A．Deng Yu B．Zhang Lan C．Liu Yuan．What does Zhang Lan think will happen in the future.
A．There’ll be more animals which disappeared many years ago.
B．Robots will do the things that people don’t want to do.
C．People can talk with the spacemen.The 40th Olympic Games will be hosted in .
A．Paris B．Beijing C．LondonHow old will Sun Wei be by 2050?
A．50 B．60 C．70．From the talk, we can know that .
A．the 40th Olympic Games will take place in 2052.
B．we will have the same food in 2050 as we do now.
C．all the people will move to another planet in the future.
I can’t remember when I started collecting litter（垃圾）. But it was when I got tired of seeing litter near my home and realized that no one else was going to pick it up.
I live close to a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there in three minutes! I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was so much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided to clean up the forest. I wanted to feel happy going there again.
I made my first trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes after starting to pick up litter, my bag was full! It had cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers in it.
Since that first trip three years ago, I’ve gone to the forest four times a year to pick up litter. I’m often there for three hours. It makes me feel great to do something for the environment.
After each trip, I look at all the litter I’ve found. If any of it is recyclable（可回收的）, I keep it. I can’t understand why people drop litter. But I will keep picking it up until they stop dropping it.
I know I can only do a small bit to help the earth, but I still think it is important.．When did the writer begin to collect litter?
A．When he was very young.
B．After his home moved to a new place.
C．When he realized no one else was going to pick it up.．Where does the writer live?
A．He lives in a forest.
B．He lives near a forest.
C．He lives in a place with much litter.．The writer collects litter .
A．in order to make money
B．in order to get a prize
C．in order to make the place cleanWhere does the writer collect litter?
A．In the forest. B．In the street. C．In the park.From the passage we infer（推断） .
A．the writer will go on with collecting litter
B．the writer always collects a lot of litter
C．the writer thinks he does a great thing
My grandfather is eighty years old. He sometimes complains（抱怨）about how fast things have changed.
He often says that families aren’t the families they used to be. A lot of families have broken up（破裂）. If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they will no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home to take care of their children, but now they’re busy working. They have no time to look after children at home. What’s more, more and more people drive. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. But now children don’t. And in school, children don’t have to think more as we used to. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide（加、减、乘、除）using our heads. But now most students use calculators. Most families have computers now. In the past, we didn’t have computers. We even had no lights. My mother to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now few people eat home-cooked food. And people seldom talk to each other. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think… Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.
根据短文内容，判断句子是否正确，正写（A），错写（B）。The writer’s grandfather thinks people now are much busier than they used to be.
Students have to think more at school now than past.
．People like to eat home—cooked food now.
．Lots of couples（夫妇）don’t live together because of unhappy problems.
5．People have too much time to talk with each other now.
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