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Sun Liping, 6 , lives in a small village in Yunnan. Her biggest wish is to have running water in her home. All 35 families in Sun’s village have a serious problem--- they don’t have enough water. Every day, the villagers have to walk 20 minutes to get water.
Last year, the worst drought since the 1950s hit Yunnan, making more than 2 million people short of drinking water. This year, the drought is even worse.
Not only Yunnan, but many other provinces in China are short of water as well, such as Gansu and Qinghai.
According to a report on February 17, each Chinese person has about 28% of the world’s average(平均的) person’s amount of available(可用的) water. Two thirds of China’s cities are short of water and nearly 300 million people in rural areas don’t have safe water for drinking.
Every drop of water is important. Waste a drop of water a day and you lose a bucket(桶) a year. How can we use water in a smart way? Here are some tips for you to save water in your daily life:
1. Put plastic bottles of water in your toilet to cut down the water waste when you flush (冲洗) your toilet.
2. Don’t keep the water running while you’re brushing your teeth or washing your face and hands.
3. Use low-flow(低流量) shower heads .
4. Use a bucket to collect shower water while you wait for it to warm up.
5. Make your shower time shorter.
6. Set up a rain bucket to collect rainwater for watering plants or flowers.
【小题1】 What is the problem in Sun’s village?

A.They don’t have enough food.
B.They don’t have enough water.
C.They have to walk far away to go to school.
D.There are fewer and fewer villagers.
【小题2】 What does the underlined word drought mean in the second paragraph?
A.饥饿B.干旱C.水灾D.贫穷
【小题3】 According to the report, __________________________________.
A. China has just 28 percent of the world’s available water.
Each Chinese person can use more water than the world’s average person.
There is not enough water in two thirds of China’s cities.
D. There are about 300 million people in China’s cities who don’t have enough water.
【小题4】Which of the following would lead to a waste of water?
A.Using low-flow shower heads.
B.Collecting shower water while waiting for it to warm up.
C.Taking a quick shower.
D.Keeping the water running while brushing one’s teeth.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案,并将其标号填入题前括号内。

Computer course
This computer course is for people who don't know much and need to learn about computers. You will learn what computers are, what they can and can't do, and how to use them.
★Course fee :$75
★Equipment fee :$10
★Time :Every Sunday in March (9:00-11:50am)
★Teacher :A famous professor of computer science
Stopping smoking course
Do you want to stop smoking? Have you tried to stop it but failed? Now it's time to stop smoking by using the latest methods.  This course will help you stop smoking.
★ Course fee:  $ 30
★ Tune: Every Sunday in March (3:00 pm- -6:00 pm)
★ Teacher: Dr John Smith, who has helped hundreds of people stop smoking 
Typing course
This course is for those who want to learn to type and those who want to type faster. You are tested in the first class and begin practicing from one of the eight different skill levels. This allow you to learn at your own speed. Bring your own paper. 
★Course fee : $125
★Equipment fee: $25
★Time: Two hours each evening for two weeks in April. New classes begin every two weeks.  
★Teachers: A number of the best business education teachers
【小题1】If Linda wants to take the computer course ,how much should she pay?
A.$10.B.$30.C.$75.D.$85.
【小题2】If Mr Green wants to stop smoking,  he may take the course_______
A. every morning in January
B. every Sunday afternoon in March
C.every evening in April
D. every Sunday morning in March
【小题3】If you want to meet Dr John Smith,  you can take______.
A.the computer course
B.the typing course
C.the stopping smoking course
D.the smoking course
【小题4】If will take you______ to take the typing course in a month.
A.28 hoursB.14 hoursC.12 hoursD.2 hours
【小题5】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A.The computer course is 3 hours each time.
B.The typing course has eighteen skills levels.
C.For the stopping smoking course, you have to pay $10 for the equipment
D.Stopping smoking course is the cheapest of all.

Except for a few times, Americans are not big present-givers. There’s no exchange of presents among business people, and if one American tries to give another a present, it may look like that he wants to bribe (贿赂) him. Americans have learned that in some other countries people like to give presents to others, but among ourselves we don’t see the need for presents.

Even friends may never exchange presents. When I go to foreign countries, I try to bring back little things for close friends, but nobody would feel unhappy if I didn’t. I don’t often re­member a friend’ s birthday, and few people outside of my family remember mine. If someone gave me presents too often, I’d get unpleasant. But a present from a foreigner — that kind from his or her homeland — won’t go wrong, except to government employees (政府职员) who can’t be given presents.

You usually open a present at once and in front of the person who gives it except Christmas and birthday presents. You should only say, ‘It’s so nice. Thanks…’when you get Christ­mas or birthday presents.

You may want to bring a bottle of wine (葡萄酒) or flowers to a dinner party, but you’re never asked to. Nobody will mind if you bring wine, but your friend may not use it that evening.

At Christmas we often give presents to our family and sometimes our friends. We also give presents to people who have been helpful during the year like doormen, babysitters, housecleaners , newspaper senders — anyone who has often helped us.

1.What do the underlined words ‘close friends’ mean in the passage?

A.The friends who are very kind.

B.The friends who live close to each other.

C.The friends who were once classmates.

D.The friends who you like most.

2.What kind of presents don’t Americans usually open in front of the givers?

A.The small presents

B.Christmas or birthday presents.

C.The expensive presents.

D.The presents for dinner party.

3.Why do Americans also give presents to housecleaners at Christmas?

A.To pay them.

B.To help them.

C.To thank them.

D.To make them work harder.

4.Which of the following do you think is right?

A.American business people don’t want presents because they are rich enough.

B.The writer of this passage must be an American.

C.Everyone must give presents to one’s family and friends at Christmas.

D.Government employees can get little presents from a foreigner.

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Present-giving in the United States.

B.Customs (习俗) in the United States.

C.American people and present-giving.

D.When and how to give presents.

 

As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” (DIY) is getting more and more popular in the USA.

    “We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Rose,” and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Roses took a 2-week courses for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.

Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has much work at home as well as a job in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for$420. “I was deeply unhappy about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”

John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can do to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a DIY, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who didn’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.

1.Many newly married people in the USA ______.

   A. find it hard to pay for what they need

   B. must take some courses

   C. have to learn to make their own furniture

   D. seldom go to a shop to buy things.

2.John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ______.

   A. make furniture                  B. make or repair things

   C. improve the quality of life         D. save time and money

3. Jim Hatfield’s job is to ______.

   A. make shoes at home               B. do housework in a shoe factory

   C. run a shoe-making factory at home   D. work in a shoe factory

4.Jim decided to become a DIY when ______.

   A. he enjoyed doing everything by himself

   B. he becomes an unusual person

   C. his car repairs cost very much

   D. the car repair class wasn’t helpful

5.Which of the following statement is right?

   A. If you want to become a DIY, you can only go to DIY classes.

   B. People who take DIY courses are quite different from the others.

   C. DIY is becoming more and more popular because of the raising living cost.

   D. Most families in the country are doing everything because they enjoy the life style. 

 

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