Tina Lin was not like many of her classmates．She didn’t listen to popular music．She didn’t watch many movies, and she wasn’t interested in nice clothes．
When she got together with her friends, they wanted to listen to rock and top music．When Tina asked if they would like to try classical music, they all looked at her strangely．
“Classical music is for old people,”one of her friends said．
Tina was worried that something was wrong with her．She decided to talk to her father．As she entered his study, he could sense something was wrong．
“Dad, am I strange?”she asked her father．
“Of course not,”he answered．“Why do you ask that?”
“Because I don’t like the same things as my classmates．They want to listen to Mariah Carey”s music．I like Yo Yo Ma．”
“I think I understand．Tina, it’s all right to be your own person．You don’t have to copy what other people do．Everybody has different tastes．Some of them are popular, and others aren’t．”
After Tina spoke with her father, she felt better about herself．She realized that being different made her special．It was an important lesson for her to learn．
(1)
Why did Tina speak with her father?
[ ]
A．
To tell him about Yo Yo Ma．
B．
To discuss a problem she was having．
C．
To give him some advice．
D．
To tell him what her friends like doing．
(2)
How did Tina’s father make her feel?
[ ]
A．
Lonely．
B．
Better．
C．
Excited．
D．
Worried．
(3)
What does the underlined phrase“be your own person”mean?
Many new problems have appeared in our modern life．One of the biggest of every country is pollution．In America, there are laws to keep the air and water pure and clean．These are new laws and it has taken much time to clean a polluted river or lake．Now the fish are healthy again and people can enjoy swimming in clean water．
When food is brought from the grocery store(杂货店)to the home, it is packaged in paper, glass'tin, or plastic．Every day a newspaper comes to the home．Americans used to put all these materials in the garbage bag which is packed up by a large truck．The truck takes these materials to a garbage(垃圾)dump(堆)or land fill．The truck dumps the garbage into a large hole and land is pushed over the garbage until the hole is filled．Then, a new hole must be found．
As the years go by, the garbage increases as the pollution grows．Scientists suggested that some garbage could be used again．They suggested four ideas to businessmen who could make money by recycling or using paper, glass, tin, and plastic again．
Now, a recycling truck comes to each home once a week to pick up the materials．American families collect their newspapers in a box and clean all glass, tin and plastic．The truck takes them to a factory for recycling．
The newspaper is ground up into very small pieces and made into new paper again．The glass is divided into colours of green, brown, and clear mostly．The glass is crushed(捣,碾)and made into new glass．The tin is cleaned and melted so it can be made into new tin cans．The plastic is melted down so it can be used to make new container．
Recycling is a way to save the environment from pollution by using many materials again．
(1)
The food is ________ so that we can take it to home easily．
[ ]
A．
kept in fridges
B．
packaged in paper, glass, tin or plastic
C．
put in a box or a bag
D．
kept fresh
(2)
What did American use to do with the garbage?________
[ ]
A．
They burned all the garbage．
B．
They threw the garbage into the lakes or rivers．
C．
They dumped the garbage into a large hole．
D．
They pushed the land over the garbage until the hole was full then found another
new hole．
(3)
Which of the following is the right answer to the problem of pollution?________
[ ]
A．
Burying the garbage into large holes through the ground．
B．
Finding new land to fill to dump garbage．
C．
Keeping the air and water pure and clean．
D．
Recycling the used paper, glass, tin and plastic bags．
(4)
In this passage the writer suggests people ________．
[ ]
A．
to use garbage
B．
not to pollute river or lake
C．
to recycle paper, glass, tin and plastic
D．
Both B and C
(5)
This passage does not tell us that ________．
[ ]
A．
people keep cans for recycling
B．
in America, there are new laws to fight pollution
C．
air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution
D．
the newspaper can be made into new paper again
阅读理解
The Beijing Olympic Games will have 21,880 torchbearers(火炬手)for the torch relay(火炬接力)．It is the biggest in the Games' history．Here let's know about some torchbearers．
?Luis Hone, 14, is from Colombia．He lives in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province．He moved to China with his parents as a baby．“I can speak English, Chinese and Spanish．I love China, which has been my world all my life,”he said．“The torch relay is a good chance to improve the understanding between people of the world．”
?Sang Lan, 26, will complete the torch relay using her wheelchair．Sang's fingers are not agile(灵活的)because of her injury(受伤)．The IOC officials suggested adding framework(框架)to her wheelchair to hold the torch．But she insists that she will hold the torch with her hands．“I believe if you put your heart into something, you can solve any problem,”she said．
?Liu Xuan, 17, is from Nanjing Foreign Language School．He is an energetic student．He enjoys various sports including football, basketball, badminton and running．“It will be an honor to be a torchbearer,”he said．
?Zhang Jie, 23, is a reporter with Guangzhou Daily．uTorch relay is a good way to let the world know China better,“Zhang said．Tin very proud that I can be part of it．”
(Teens Daily, Feb 21, 2008)
(1)
How long has Luis Hone been in China?
[ ]
A．
5 years．
B．
10 years．
C．
Less than 10 years．
D．
More than 10 years．
(2)
Who comes from Jiangsu among these four torchbearers?
[ ]
A．
Luis Hone．
B．
Sang Lan．
C．
Liu Xuan．
D．
Zhang Jie．
(3)
What can we learn from this article?
[ ]
A．
Zhang Jie is a reporter living in Zhuhai and working for Guangzhou Daily．
B．
Sang Lan will hold the torch with her hands．
C．
Luis is a student in a foreign language school．
D．
Liu Xuan can speak several languages．
阅读理解
Which country grows the most tea?The answer is India．It grows three times as much as China．Which country drinks the most tea?It’s neither China nor Japan．It’s Great Britain．
In the wild, tea plants may be 30 feet tall．But a plant grown for market is pruned(修剪)．Pruning keeps the plant only three or four feet tall．This is an easy height for tea picking．Only the two top leaves of each new shoot(芽)are picked．So to make money, tea plantations must be huge．
In general, there are two kinds of tea, black tea and green tea．They are made in different ways．When black tea is made, it loses nearly all of its healthy qualities．But green tea retains its healthy qualities．For instance, it may prevent heart disease(病)．
How did we get tea bags?The answer：by accident．People used to send tea in tin boxes．This was expensive．Someone thought of a cheaper way．He sent tea in small silk bags．Customers would open the bag．They would put the leaves into a pot as usual．One customer put the bag into a pot．Then he just poured hot water over it．And the tea bag was born．
Shen Nung was the first to drink tea．This was about 2737 B．C．Shen was ill, so he drank several cups of hot water daily．One day something happened．Leaves from a wild tea tree fell into the hot water pot．The next cup was poured．The water was now colored．Shen tasted it．He liked it．He drank it all．Shen was proud of his new drink．He served it to his guests．Word spread．People thought this way．Tea is good enough for the King．So it must be good enough for the people．Tea became the drink of China．
(1)
The best title for this passage might be ________．
[ ]
A．
An Ancient Drink
B．
Green Tea
C．
A Favorite Drink for Centuries
D．
Tea Plant
(2)
The author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to ________．
[ ]
A．
persuade you
B．
make you laugh
C．
tell you how to do something
D．
give you information
(3)
In this passage retains means ________．
[ ]
A．
keeps
B．
makes
C．
takes
D．
loses
阅读理解
One morning Mrs Petty said to her husband, “Jack, there's a meeting of our Ladies Club at Mrs Young's house at lunchtime today, and I want to go there．I'll leave you some food for your lunch．Is that all right?
“Oh, yes．” her husband answered, “That's quite all right．What are you going to leave for my lunch?”
“This tin of fish．” Mrs Petty said, “And there are some eggs and vegetables and some bread here, too．”
“Good．” said Mr Petty．Then Mrs Petty went to her meetings．All the ladies had lunch at Mrs Young's house and at 3 o'clock Mrs Petty came home．
“Was your fish nice, Jack?” She asked．
“Yes, but my feet are hurting．” He answered．
“Why are they hurting?” Mrs Petty asked．
“Well, on the tin was written－OPEN THE TIN AND STAND IN HOT WATER FOR FIVE MINUTES．”
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