When your pen is broken, the battery in your toy runs out, or you have some leftover food. What do you do with these things? You will probably throw them all into one bin. But actually, all of these pieces of trash need to be sorted separately. In recent years, some Chinese cities have been working hard on it.

Shanghai has worked with Alipay to create a“ green account(绿色账户)”service for people. Account holders get points by correctly sorting their garbage. Through the Alipay app, they can exchange the points for milk, phone cards and other products. The city is asking all of its people to sort their garbage into four groups: wet, recyclable, harmful and dry.

Wet waste is also known as household waste. “They are things you don’t want but that pigs can eat,” Guangzhou Daily explained.

Paper, metal, glass and other things that can be reused are recyclable waste.

Harmful waste includes things like medicine batteries and fluorescent bulbs(荧光灯泡).

Finally, any waste that’s not wet, recyclable or harmful will go in the “dry waste” bin.

Many other Chinese cities are also using this method to sort their garbage. For example, Shenzhen has been sorting its garbage into the same four groups since 2012. Students there also receive waste-sorting guidebooks that they must study.

China is improving its waste-sorting efforts. There is still a long way to go. But it’s never too late to learn how to sort your trash properly and protect the environment.

If you don’t sort your garbage, all of it will go to a landfill and be buried together. These landfills can take up large areas of ground that could have been used for planting trees or crops. The electronic waste you throw away, such as batteries, can pollute the soil and groundwater. Other pieces of garbage, like the metal part of a pen, can be used to make other things if they are properly recycled.

根据材料内容选出最佳答案。

1.How is Shanghai encouraging people to sort their garbage?

A.By paying people to sort their trash correctly.

B.By providing its people with guidebooks to help them.

C.By allowing people to exchange garbage with each other.

D.By creating a “green account” service with the help of Alipay.

2.Which of the following would be sorted as wet waste?

A. B. C. D.

3.What does the underlined word “landfill” mean?

A.里程碑 B.地下水 C.填埋场 D.风景区

4.What do we know about garbage sorting in China?

A.It started its garbage sorting system in 2012.

B.There is still a lot of work to be done in this area.

C.Landfills are a great method of dealing with garbage.

D.Students have to take waste-sorting classes in school.

5.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.Where we can deal with our waste.

B.Why we should sort our garbage properly.

C.What kinds of waste can pollute the environment.

D.How some kinds of waste can be reused and recycled.

A long time ago, there was a very big tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it _______ He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by. The little boy had grown up and he no longer (不在) played around the tree. One day, the boy came back and the tree was so_________“Come and play with me!”the tree said. “ I don’t have time _______. I have to work for my family. We need a house. Can you help me?” “ Sorry, I don’t have a house. _________you can cut off my branches (树枝) to build your house.”So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left _______

The tree was glad to see him happy, but the boy didn’t come after that.

The tree was lonely and sad. One hot summer day, the boy came back and the tree was happy.“Come and play_______me!” the tree said. “ I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing (航行) to relax_______. Can you give me a _______?”“ Use my trunk (树干) to build the boat. You can sail and be happy.”So the boy_______the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and did not show up for a long time.__________, the boy came back after he left for so many years. “ Sorry, my boy, but I don't have anything for you. The only thing left is my dying roots.” The tree said with tears. " I don’t need much now, just a __________to rest. I am tired after all these years.”

The boy answered. “ Good! Old tree roots are the __________place to rest. Come here, please sit down with me and have a rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears.

This is a story of everyone. The tree is our __________

When we were young, we loved to play with Mom and Dad. When we __________, we leave them, and only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there and give everything they have to make us happy. You may think that the boy isn't nice to the tree but that's __________all of us are doing to our parents.

1.A.any day B.some day C.one day D.every day

2.A.interested B.excited C.relaxed D.sad

3.A.to play B.to come C.to sleep D.to reply

4.A.So B.And C.But D.Or

5.A.happily B.quietly C.quickly D.finally

6.A.for B.on C.down D.with

7.A.myself B.yourself C.himself D.oneself

8.A.house B.steamboat C.boat D.ship

9.A.cut B.climbed C.killed D.picked

10.A.Luckily B.Finally C.Suddenly D.Happily

11.A.room B.place C.tree D.boat

12.A.worst B.first C.best D.last

13.A.friend B.child C.teacher D.parent

14.A.get up B.stand up C.give up D.grow up

15.A.how B.why C.what D.when

How long does a year last? Children might say that a year lasts forever. But your parents might say that a whole year can pass "in the blink of an eye". Why does time seem to pass faster as we get older?

According to scientists from Duke University, US, our brains degrade(退化)and change over time. This physical change causes the rate at which we take in and deal with new information to fall down.

Babies, for example, move their eyes much more often than grown-ups because they're dealing with images at a faster rate, Adrian Bejan from the university told the Daily Mail. They take in a lot of information and do many things in a single day. This makes them feel like· a single day lasts for a long time.

However, as people's brains degrade over time, fewer images are dealt with in the same amount of time. Therefore, older people receive less information during a day than younger people. This causes things to seem as it they're happening more quickly.

What's more, people may also "feel" time differently due to psychological(心理的)reasons. People may measure time by the number of memorable events that can be recalled(回忆)within a certain period.

Have you ever noticed that when you recall your firsts (first day of school. first family vacation, first birthday party, etc.), they seem to be in slow motion! That's because when something is a "first", there are many exciting things to remember. Recalling these memories makes you feel like they took forever, according to David Eagleman of the Baylor College of Medicine in the US.

For many grown-ups, life is made up of daily things. When they look hack they might feel like there are not many interesting things to remember. Therefore, time seems to be moving faster to them.

1.The phrase "in the blink of an eye" has the similar meaning to "____________".

A.carefully B.directly C.slowly D.quickly

2.Time seems to pass faster as we get older because _____________.

A.human brains become smaller and smaller over time

B.grown-ups often forget things easily and quickly

C.grown-ups don't deal with information as quickly as babies

D.babies are able to do a lot of things in a single day

3.What can we know according to David Eagleman?

A.Babies move their eyes much more often than grown-ups.

B.Psychological factors can affect how a person feels about time.

C.Recalling memories makes people feel like time is going faster.

D.Memorable events can slow down the pace of brain degradation.

4.The author writes this article to ___________________________.

A.explain why people feel time differently as they get old

B.explain why babies learn things faster than grown-ups

C.encourage people to make better use of their time

D.encourage people to create more memorable memories

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