In Europe, small cars have always been more popular than large cars. In the United States, large cars and midsize cars are more popular than smaller cars. As a result, European automakers used to make different kinds of small cars while American automakers used to build bigger, heavier cars. However, these days, automakers in both America and Europe produce cars of different sizes. This is because most automakers sell their cars all over the world.

The price of gasoline (汽油) is one reason for differences in car choices. Since gasoline is more expensive in Europe, many Europeans want smaller, lighter cars that will travel a long way on a gallon (加仑) of gasoline.

Other reasons also enter into the big or little car decision. Many European cities have narrow, winding (弯曲的) streets. In these cities a small car is easier to control than a large one.

For a long time, few Americans bought small cars. Instead they chose large cars, because these roomy cars were more comfortable for large families and long trips. Some people also liked the powerful engines (发动机) that large cars had. Since gasoline was cheap, drivers did not mind that the large cars used a lot of gasoline.

But in the 1970s, there were gasoline shortages in the United States. The price of gasoline went up. Though large cars were still more popular than smaller cars, sales of small cars increased. Some people also bought small cars because these cars caused less air pollution than larger cars.

Today, Americans’ car choices are still changing. Though Americans are still buying many small cars, the fastest growing sales are for certain kinds of large cars. These types of cars are called minivans and sport utility vehicles (SUV). They are very popular today. But of course, that could change tomorrow.

1.Which of the following does the article lead you to believe?

A. Sport utility vehicles are small cars.

B. Minivans are becoming less popular.

C. European car companies sell many cars in America.

D. Cars with powerful engines caused less air pollution.

2.What does the word “roomy” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. having much space B. having little space

C. having a large room D. having a small room

3.What can we infer (推断) from the article?

A. Small cars are better than large cars.

B. The price of gasoline is always rising.

C. Large cars will always be popular in the United States.

D. People like to have different kinds of cars to choose from.

A pretty well-dressed young lady stopped a taxi in a big square and said to the driver. “Do you see that young man at the other side of the square?” “Yes,” said the taxi-driver. The young man was standing outside a restaurant and looking impatiently at his watch every few seconds. “Take me over there,” said the young lady.

here were a lot of cars and buses and trucks in the square. So the taxi-driver asked, “Are you afraid to cross the street,” “Oh, no,” said the young lady, “but I said that I would meet that young man for lunch at one o’clock, and it is now a quarter to two. If I arrive in a taxi, it will at least be seen as if I have tried not to be late.”

1.The young women stopped the taxi and got in because she _______.

A. was too tired to walk B. wanted to be seen in a hurry

C. was afraid of being late D. saw the street was too busy

2.The young man standing at the other side of the square _______.

A. had probably been waiting for a long time B. found something was wrong with his watch

C. was probably a waiter of the restaurant D. had just come out of the restaurant

3.The young woman had promised to have lunch with the young man, but _______.

A. she didn’t keep her word B. she didn’t take a taxi

C. she hated to do that D. she was late for some reason

4.The young woman was _______ late for the meeting of her friend .

A. two quarters B. about a quarter

C. about 45 minutes D. less than half an hour

5.The taxi driver became puzzled (迷惑) at first because _______.

A. It was too short from one side to the other side of the square

B. he thought she would not give him money

C. he couldn’t get much money

D. he didn’t see the young man

It’s not WASTE until it is WASTED!

With the World Environment Day coming, our school is now requiring every student to form a habit of sorting the waste. Here in our schoolyard we lay four different colors of rubbish bins for different kinds of rubbish. The red is for harmful waste; the blue is for waste that can be recycled (循环再用); the green is for kitchen waste; the yellow is for other waste.

The followings are some instructions for you.
Glass: Empty bottles without caps can be recycled to make new
glass bottles.
Warning: Mirrors and light bulbs (电灯泡) must not be included in
the glass waste.
Paper: Newspapers, magazines, boxes must be clean enough to be recycled.
Warning: Paper tissues (餐纸) and wall paper are not recyclable as paper and should be kept separately.
PMD waste: Packaging made of Plastic or Metal and Drink boxes are used to make new packaging.
Warning: Plastic pots (e.g. yoghurt pots), plastic bags must not be included with the PMD waste.
Harmful waste: out-of-date drugs, used batteries(电池), paint and oil …
Besides, if you don’t need your old bikes at all, our school volunteers will collect them. We’re going to fix them up and then give them away to kids who don’t have enough money for a bike.
To find out more about recycling, you can visit our school website.
 

1.According to the passage, __________ different colors of rubbish bins are laid in the schoolyard.

A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

2.The fish bones (骨) should be thrown in the __________ bin.

A. red B. green C. blue D. yellow

3.From the passage, we can see that __________ are harmful to the environment.

A. paper tissues B. empty bottles

C. drink boxes D. out-of-date drugs

4.If you give your old bike to the volunteers, it will be __________.

A. sold to collect money for the poor kids

B. fixed up and given back to you for free

C. fixed up and given away to the poor kids

D. given away immediately to the poor kids

5.The main purpose of this passage is ________.

A. to look for volunteers for waste sorting

B. to introduce waste sorting to the students

C. to introduce the World Environment Day

D. to advertise glass, paper and plastic products

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