There are many ways for us to reduce (减少) waste. For example, we can reuse paper and plastic bags. We can also recycle newspapers, glass, and cans (易拉罐) 1 new things. Here are some useful 2 to reduce waste.
Write on both sides of paper
Many people write on only one side of their paper. Why not try using both sides? Some students only use half the pages of their 3 before getting new ones. Try to use up all the paper. People often give cards on birthdays or festivals. How about trying to 4 e-cards (电子贺卡) instead?
Don’t throw away your old batteries (电池)
Maybe you do not know that old batteries make the soil 5 . This is because they have poisonous (有毒的) parts in 6 . So, don’t throw away batteries. 7 them together. Try to use rechargeable (充电的) batteries for your games and CD players.
Give 8 all your unwanted clothes
There are many poor families in China. You may ask your mother to keep your unwanted clothes. Then you can pass them on to those poor children. You will feel happy that you are 9 someone else. Also, you can see 10 your friends or relatives (亲戚) want them before throwing them away.
A.make B.to make C.making D.be made
A.plans B.helps C.ways D.things
A.exercises B.schoolbags C.notebooks D.papers
A.send B.buy C.receive D.waste
A.dry B.rich C.clean D.dirty
A.those B.it C.them D.much
A.Throw B.Keep C.Try D.Lose
A.away B.in C.off D.up
A.helping B.giving C.enjoying D.interesting
A.unless B.if C.though D.but
The bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is most surprising is that it was not ___1__ earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo Da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced___2___ long after he died.
A person riding a bicycle uses ___3___ energy to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so, in developed ____4___, most people don’t travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel___5____ if they ride to work. It’s because __6___ cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes ___7___ to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work ___8___ their cars , and in this way, the situation is made more serious.___9___ the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create paths (开设通道) only for bicycles, and to make ___10___ so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bicycles.
A.invent B.inventing C.invented D.to invent
A.before B.when C.since D.until
A.much B.quite a lot of C.very little D.many
A.world B.countries C.land D.earth
A.lucky B.glad C.sorry D.tired
A.the number of B.a number of C.this kind of D.all kinds of
A.safer B.more dangerous C.much dangerous D.safe
A.by B.in C.use D.drive
A.Hardly B.May be C.Perhaps D.Nearly
A.it B.them C.us D.that
Umbrellas are common in our daily life. On rainy days, many people hold them to prevent the 36 . But it’s not easy to hold an umbrella if there is heavy rain and 37 wind. And it’s harder to make a phone call or ride a bike 38 an umbrella in the hand. An American named Alan Kaufman and his company spend 6 years inventing a hand-free umbrella. 39 , they made it.
They called it Nubrella. Just touch a button(按钮),and the Nubrella will open 40 With the help of its “shoulder support(支持)”,the umbrella can rest on the user’s shoulders. So the user needn’t hold the umbrella any more. He can walk with hands 41 even in the strong wind.
The hand-free umbrella is $ 59.94 each. People all around the world like it very much. Because of this smart 42 ,they can use their phones to talk and send short messages in the rain now. 43 in the rain under a Nubrella is really cool, isn’t it?
A.snow B.water C.sun D.cloud
A.tall B.short C.weak D.strong
A.by B.without C.with D.use
A.At first B.At last C.At most D.at the end
A.easily B.hardly C.nearly D.easy
A.free B.busy C.difficult D.easy
A.invention B.magazine C.book D.history
A.Lying B.Flying C.Running D.Walking
Mosquitoes(蚊子)can be seen everywhere all over the world, especially in summer. And there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.
__43_likes the mosquito, but the mosquito may like you. She thinks your blood is delicious. She? Yes, she. It’s true that the male(雄性)mosquito doesn’t bite(咬)and only the female mosquito bites because she 44 blood(血液)to lay eggs. She is always 45 things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she will bite. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she 46 to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you’re different from others.
If the mosquito likes you, she will land on your body 47 letting you know. She bites you 48 quickly and quietly that you may feel nothing. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒)on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itch begins, she has 49 .
And then what happens? Well, after her delicious 50 ,it’s dark. The mosquito feels 51 . She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, 52 eggs.
A.Everyone B. No one C. Someone
A.needs B. need C. want
A.finding B. wants C. looking for
A.will turn B. turns to C. turn
A.with B. without C. after
A.so B. such C. very
A.flies away B. flew away C. flown away
A.breakfast B. dinner C. lunch
A.tiring B. tired C. relaxing
A.3 hundreds B. hundred of C. hundreds of