My sister Alli and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette butts(烟蒂) for seven years. One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping butts. We called it “No Butts About It”. At first, we drew pictures with “The Earth is Not Your Ashtray(烟灰缸)” written on them. We put the pictures around our hometown---in parks, by beaches, and along roads. We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts hurts the environment. Most smokers don’t think that dropping butts hurts the earth. But it does! All rubbish does. Later, we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us. We used the money to buy ashtrays to give smokers. We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn’t have to drop butts. At the moment, we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some companies want to do it.
Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other “No Butts About It” groups in America. And there are even groups in England, Australia and India! Many newspapers have written about my sister and I over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for our good work.
But we are not interested in prizes. We just want to make the earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people. One day it will be.“No Butts About It” started___________
| A．seventeen years ago. | B．seven years ago. |
| C．seventy years ago | D．It’s not mentioned. |
Why did they start the group?
| A．Because they don’t like cigarette. |
| B．Because they want to make money. |
| C．Because they want people to know them. |
| D．Because they want to protect the environment. |
How many “No Butts About It” groups are there in America?
| A．7 | B．45 | C．46 | D．49. |
The writer lives in_________
| A．America. | B．England. | C．Australia. | D．India. |
What did the writer do the following EXCEPT__________?
| A．starting a group called “No Butts About It” |
| B．writing to companies to ask them for help |
| C．asking newspapers to write about her sister and her |
| D．managing to get some cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each cigarette pack |
When do you think of a forest, what do you see? Just trees? Or do you see many other things, such as singing birds, colorful plants and wild flowers?
The forest is a whole world of its own. It is full of many different living things(生物). But even though they are all different, they have one thing in common: they all need each other in order to live on.
The trees feed the forest “people” by making food in their leaves; by using sunlight to join water and minerals(矿物) from the soil and air. Their deep network of roots joins the soil together and stops it from dying out, making it possible for living things to live in it.
Human beings(人类) are like the living things in the forest. We need one another in order to live. We need the farmers to grow our food, railroad and truck drivers to bring it to our shops and clerks(售货员) to sell it to us. We need people to prepare our food and cook it and others to take our waste things away. Then, of course, we need doctors, nurses, government leaders, mailmen, telephone operators, and many others.
We also need other human beings in another way. We need people for friendship, to talk over our problems, exchange ideas. Think how lonely and unhappy you would be if you lived all alone.
Life is a matter of giving and taking. We need to help other people as much as we need other people to help us. Think what a good feeling you have when you have done something for someone else!According to the text, colorful plants and flowers live on _____.
| A．the leaves of the trees | B．water and minerals |
| C．the soil and air | D．all of the above |
It is the ____ that make it possible for living things to live in the forest.
| A．trees | B．birds | C．plants | D．farmers |
According to the writer, human beings are ______ the forest “people”.
| A．different from | B．like | C．dislike | D．unhappy with |
The writer mainly wants to tell us_______.
| A．we need people for friendship |
| B．we need one another in order to live |
| C．the forest is a whole world of its own |
| D．the forest is full of different living things |
Which one is the relationship(关系) between a forest and your life？
| A．We can see trees in the forests. |
| B．We like the living things in the forest. |
| C．We need farmers to grow our food in the forest. |
| D．We are the same as the forest; We need each other to live on. |
One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood (木头) near a river. Suddenly his old axe (斧子) fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy (仙女) came out and asked the man what was the matter.
“I have lost my axe.” he said, “It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.”
The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, “Is that yours?”
“No.” said the man.
The fairy then showed him a silver (银) axe and asked again, “Is this yours?”
“No.” again answered the man.
Then she showed him the old axe.
“Yes, that is mine.” called out the happy man.
“I know it well enough.” said the fairy, “I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I’ll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides (包括) your own one.”
根据短文，判断正（T）误（F）。 The man was so poor that he only had one axe.
The old axe fell into the river when the man was cutting the wood.
. The fairy asked the man if he lost a gold axe, then the man said “No”.
. When he saw his own axe, the man was very happy.
. At last, the man had two axes.
Mary was a 911 operator(接线员) in Los Angeles. One Thursday morning, she was surprised to get a call from a young child who said, “Mom is ill, Mom is ill”, again and again. Mary hurried to find the address of the call. She called the police. In a minute, the policemen and doctors arrived at the house. They broke the door open, and they couldn’t believe their eyes. The little child was so young that maybe she could not walk! She was sitting beside her mother and holding her mother’s hand. Tears(眼泪) were running down her face.
The doctor gave the woman some medicine and soon she woke up. Later, she told people , “Everyone was surprised that my daughter could call 911. One Monday I tried to teach her how to call 911.” “It’s the first time I’ve seen a two-year-old child call 911.” What did Mary do every day? ______________
| A．She answered the telephone calls. |
| B．She talked with the policemen and the doctors. |
| C．She played with the children. |
| D．She dealt with emergencies(紧急情况). |
How did she feel when she answered the little girl’s call? _______________
| A．She was worried. | B．She was sorry. |
| C．She was surprised. | D．She was happy. |
How did the police and the doctors get into the house?_________________
| A．They went in through the windows. | B．They broke the door open. |
| C．They didn’t go in. | D．The woman was outside. They didn’t need to go in. |
How could the little girl learn to call 911?________________
| A．She learnt it by herself. | B．She called it by chance.(偶然地) |
| C．Her mother taught her one Monday | D．Her mother often taught her. |
How old was the little girl?_________________-
| A．Only two. | B．She was nine. |
| C．She was five. | D．She couldn’t walk, so she must be less one. |
Mr. Evens works in Sydney. Last week he had a two weeks’ holiday, but he didn’t know where to go. He said to his friend Robert, “I hate the hot weather here, but I can’t find a cool place in Australia. How will I take my holiday?”
“That’s easy,” said Robert. “You’d better go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground now.”
Mr. Evens agreed with his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon arrived in Moscow. He made a happy journey（旅程） there. But one day He got into trouble. After lunch he went to a park outside the city. He saw a dog following him while he was walking past a house. It was hungry and wished him to give it some food to eat. Bad luck! He had no piece of bread or cake in his pockets. He tried to send it away, but it began to bark at him. He wanted to look for a stick but couldn’t find anything except snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone in the ground. He tried to pick it up but he failed.
“How strange Russians（俄国人） are!” Mr. Evens said to himself. “They do not tie their dogs, but firmly(牢牢地) tie the ground!”Mr. Evens is _______________.
| A．an American | B．an Englishman | C．a Russian | D．an Australian |
Mr. Evens wouldn’t spend his holiday in Australia because .
| A．it was very hot in his country | B．he liked to make a long journey |
| C．he had never been to Moscow before | D．Robert told him to leave his country |
Mr. Evens went to Moscow _______________.
| A．by train | B．by car | C．by plane | D．on foot |
Mr. Evens couldn’t find a stick because _______________.
| A．there weren’t any trees in Moscow in winter |
| B．the ground was covered with snow and ice |
| C．the Russians had taken all the sticks home |
| D．the Russians didn’t tell him about it |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Russians are all very strange. | B．Russians never tie their dogs. |
| C．Russians always tie the stones firmly. | |
| D．The stone was firmly frozen（结冰）on the ground. |
Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence (智力) developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. In some degree, our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no education can make a genius (天才) out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich environment. Therefore, the limits of person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This point of view, now is held by most experts.
It is easy to show that intelligence is something that we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligence. If we take two strangers by chance from the population, it seems that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we compare two twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.
Imagine now that we take two twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory separately where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this shows that environment as well as birth plays an important role. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact (接触) with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.How is man’s intelligence given?
| A．At birth | B．Through education |
| C．Both at birth and through education | D．Neither at birth nor through education |
What does the underlined word mean in the first paragraph?
| A．稳固 | B．确定 | C．修理 | D．安排 |
According the passage, if a child is born with low intelligence, what might happen to him later?
| A．Become a genius. |
| B．Still become a genius if he should be given special education. |
| C．Reach his intelligence limits in rich environment. |
| D．Never reach his intelligence in his life. |
What can we learn from the example of the twins going to a university and to a factory?
| A．The importance of their intelligence. |
| B．The role of environment on intelligence. |
| C．The importance of their jobs |
| D．The part that birth plays |
What statement is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．No education can help make a genius. |
| B．Personality is important as intelligence which was given to people at birth. |
| C．People who have similar degree of intelligence must be relatives. |
| D．Environment influences people in intelligence developing. |
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