Sometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike.
More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi(马拉维). Bikes are the most popular in this African country.
Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “ bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among tourists from all over the world.
If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on. You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.
Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town.
28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job. “I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says. In Malawi ________ are the most popular way for people to get somewhere.
| A．cars | B．bikes |
| C．trains | D．buses |
From the passage we can learn Panjira Khombe thinks that________.
| A．going shopping is easy |
| B．making boats for a living is difficult |
| C．riding a bike taxi is cheap |
| D．carrying heavy people is interesting |
Which of the following is True?
| A．The easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike in the world. |
| B．More and more people are using bike taxis in many places in Africa today. |
| C．People in Malawi only use bike to carry tourists. |
| D．A tourist can get around Malawi at a very low cost on a bike. |
The best title of the passage may be “________”.
| A．Bike Riders | B．A Special Country |
| C．Bike Taxis | D．A Cheap Journey |
Mary didn’t understand such sentences as “She is blue today”, “You are yellow”, “He has a green thumb(拇指）”, “He has told a white lie” and so on. And she went to the teacher Mrs. James for help.
Mary: Mrs. James, there is a colour in each of the sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs. James: In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad, yellow afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one.”
Mary: I’m afraid I don’t understand them all. Would you give me an example for “a white lie”?
Mrs. James: Certainly. Now I just give you some cakes. In fact you don’t like it, but you don’t want to let me know it. Instead you say, “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.” That’s a white lie.
Mary: It sounds very interesting. Thanks very much.
Mrs. James: You are welcome. Colours are meaningful. I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future. Please come to me if you have any questions.Blue sometimes means sad in _______________ English.
| A．good | B．everyday | C．usual | D．poor |
I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants ________________.
| A．die off | B．grow well |
| C．look nice | D．are good |
David is yellow and he is ___________ to climb the tall tree!
| A．happy | B．clever | C．brave | D．afraid |
He didn’t like me to know __________ of the accident. He told me a white lie at last.
| A．the reason | B．the true story |
| C．the meaning | D．the answer |
He is ___________today. He is told that his father is seriously ill.
| A．blue | B．yellow | C．green | D．white |
For most kids, homework is just part of their daily lives, but have you ever imagined that one day you won't need to do any homework at all? Such a thing has just happened in a school in the UK.
Nottingham East Academy, a school in the UK, has established a non-homework policy (政策) recently. The school plans to give an extra lesson and provide more activities for students to do at school. So the students no longer need to do homework after class. When the school announced this policy ， students ， parents and teachers were all shocked.
The school ， Nottingham East Academy ， is the country's largest school. It has a total of 3，570 students. Barry Day, the president of the school, thinks that homework is unnecessary and can easily cause argument both at home and at school. He once told the local newspaper ，" People give homework for children to do simply because they think it should be given. Actually, homework doesn't help with education at all."
Letting kids leave their homework at school is becoming popular in the UK. Several other schools are welcoming the policy and are taking similar measures (措施).Tiffin Boy's school has started giving students less homework. Students now spend less time on homework. The time has dropped from two or three hours to just forty minutes a night. Nottingham East Academy is asking students to read for pleasure with their parents at home instead.The underlined word" established" in the second paragraph probable means .
| A．制定 | B．抱怨 | C．发表 | D．取消 |
How much time does it take students to finish their homework at Tiffin Boy's school now?
| A．None. | B．Two hours. |
| C．Three hours. | D．Forty minutes. |
According to the passage, which statement is WRONG?
| A．Nottingham East Academy is larger than any other school in the UK. |
| B．In the UK, no school has announced a non-homework policy so far. |
| C．Letting kids do their homework at school is popular in the UK. |
| D．Reading after school is good for students. |
Barry Day thinks homework unnecessary because .
| A．most people don't think homework should be given |
| B．he doesn't think homework is helpful to education |
| C．homework taken students too much time |
| D．some schools welcome the policy |
The best title for the passage is .
| A．Homework Is Necessary | B．Reading after School |
| C．Non-Homework Policy | D．Amazing Advertisement |
When I was 19 years old, I was at a dance club. It was a very cold night. As my friend and I were walking to my car, a man walked up to us. Behind him was a woman pushing a *stroller with a child inside. The child had a jacket on but it wasn’t *zipped. The man began to tell us that he wanted to borrow some money for the night to get his wife and kid into a hotel …out of the cold. He had a job but no place to live and was waiting for his first *paycheck. He said he could get our address and send the money back to us.
My friend reached into his pocket to give this man a $20 bill. As the man was holding his hand out to take the money. I put my hand on my friend’s hand and said, “Can I talk to you for a minute?”
I told him about how my mother works in Seattle and every day people ask her for money. She said they make more money than she does, simply by *begging for money. These people were scamming those with soft hearts. And if they were truly worried about their child, they would have at least zipped his jacket or covered him with his *blanket.
My friend said “Michelle，I know there are people that take advantage of (占便宜)others. I also know there are people that are one paycheck away from being homeless. If I give money to 10 people and only one of them really needs it and uses it for the right thing, it is *worth it.”
I am now 37 years old. But I do remember that the experience changed the way I look at different situations.
| A．find a hotel for his wife and child |
| B．buy food for his wife and child |
| C．let his child join in the dance club |
| D．pay some bills |
| A．挽救 | B．帮助 | C．欺骗 | D．理解 |
| A．thought that someone might really need help. |
| B．had enough money to give away to others |
| C．didn’t think that the man tell a lie (谎言)to him |
| D．had pity for the kid in the cold weather |
| A．Some poor people often tell stories to win pity. |
| B．Never believe what a stranger says to you. |
| C．Look with pity instead of only thinking someone might be telling a lie. |
| D．The homeless need love rather than money. |
Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide *guests with things like * disposable toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. Many guests like the idea because they don't have to bring their own. It’s convenient for them to travel during their traveling .But, if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables. They want to ask people to use fewer disposable things.
Many disposable things are made of *plastic. People throw them away after only using them once. It is a waste of natural *resources and is very bad for the *environment. Do you know, one Chinese person makes as much as 400kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from dispos -able things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 *tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your daily life. Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups. At your school dining hall, use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.
| A．toothbrushes | B．tea cups |
| C．shampoo | D．paper slippers |
| A．To let their guests take fewer things while travelling |
| B．To hope their guests use fewer disposable things |
| C．To wish their guests to save money |
| D．To want their guests to use more disposable things |
| A．Many disposable things are made of plastic |
| B．Throwing disposable things away is a waste of natural resources |
| C．Plastic is very bad for the environment |
| D．Plastic breaks down easily |
| A．Using shopping bags made of plastic |
| B．Using paper cups instead of plastic ones |
| C．Using disposable plates, bowls and chopsticks |
| D．Using everything over and over again |
| A．People don’t like disposable things at all |
| B．We can’t use paper or plastic bowls at school |
| C．We should use fewer plastic things and protect our environment |
| D．Hotels won’t provide disposable things to save money |
You’re going to high school, aren’t you? Maybe you don’t know what to do. Well, here’s a list of the top six things to do when you’re in high school. These things will give you ideas of what your high school life could be like. Here you go!
①Find your﹡passion and what kind of person you are: Whether it’s dance, basketball, or drawing, the important thing is that you have found something you are interested in.
②Talk to people you wouldn’t usually talk to: Meet new people, find new friends and even talk to people you don’t like. It will show what a great person you are. You never know what will happen after high school.
③Take part in at least one contest: This will give you﹡tears of laughter, happiness and memories.
④Get a job: This will help you understand what﹡responsibility is. It can also help you make a little money to spend on yourself.
⑤Take a trip with your friends: It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do, the memories will happen on the way and go on till the final place.
⑥Do your best at school: Don’t ever get lazy. Being hard-working now will help you in the future.
| A．in your high school years |
| B．at the beginning of your high school years |
| C．before your high school begins |
| D．after you finish your high school |
| A．you will feel sorry if not |
| B．it will show how great you are |
| C．you can show how clever you are |
| D．you can make your study better |
| A．get lots of tears |
| B．have a strong body |
| C．get good grades in high school |
| D．have different feelings and memories |
| A．Find your interest. | B．Get a job. |
| C．Take a trip with your friends. | D．Get lazy. |
| A．Have a happy school life. |
| B．How to get along with your schoolmates. |
| C．Ideas of successful high school life. |
| D．Make your school life easy. |
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