When your pen is broken, you think that's the end of its life. You throw it away. It then joins tons of other rubbish that is becoming a big problem in cities. This happens in other countries, too. Most Americans are making 7 pounds (3.17kg) of rubbish a day. So, an American makes about 102 tons of rubbish in a lifetime.

If you simply throw away that broken pen, it goes to a landfill (垃圾填埋场) and is buried with other rubbish. To prevent polluting the groundwater, workers cover the rubbish with soil and keep it dry. And your pen will stay there for a long time, without having further use. But it could have a better place to stay in -the recycling bin. Have you ever noticed the different colors of rubbish bins in the street? Many cities in China have been running a waste-sorting campaign (垃圾分类运动). "They divide rubbish into "recyclable waste" and unrecyclable waste". Recycling waste can save energy, reduce (减少) greenhouse gas and keep landfill space free for unrecyclable waste.

Take your pen as an example. At the recycling factory, its metal parts could be taken out and reused to make other things.

But according to the experts, recycling is not enough. Making less waste should be put in the first place. They think that the best thing to do is just to keep using your things for as long as you can.

1.How much rubbish are most Americans making every day?

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2.How should we deal with broken pens in order to reuse them?

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3.What are the advantages of recycling waste?

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4.Which parts of the pen can be recycled?

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5.In the experts opinions, what should we do to make less waste?

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On a cold January day, Jimmy and his father were skating on a lake. Suddenly the ice near Jimmy _______, and he fell into the cold water. Jimmy’s father jumped into the water, but he couldn’t find Jimmy. Several minutes passed. The father _______ couldn’t find Jimmy. Some firemen (消防队员) arrived. Twenty minutes later they found Jimmy and got _______ out of the water. Jimmy was not breathing, and his heart was not beating. The situation seemed _______. However, the firemen didn’t give up and still did CPR (心肺复苏) on Jimmy. Luckily, Jimmy began to breathe, and his heart began to beat. He was taken to the hospital at once.

After six weeks in the hospital Jimmy got _______. He began to walk, talk and play again. Jimmy was in the water _______ more than 20 minutes. He couldn’t breathe in the water. _______ today he is alive (活着) and healthy. How is that possible? That’s because the water was ice-cold. When it’s really cold, the brain (大脑) slows down. It does not _______ much oxygen (氧气). Jimmy’s father believes there is another _______ . He says, “Jimmy is alive today because he is a ________ little boy.”

1.A.lost B.broke C.left D.grew

2.A.still B.even C.almost D.never

3.A.he B.him C.they D.them

4.A.true B.free C.hopeless D.meaningless

5.A.older B.younger C.better D.worse

6.A.of B.for C.like D.with

7.A.If B.So C.But D.Unless

8.A.need B.bring C.feel D.share

9.A.example B.symbol C.reason D.prediction

10.A.serious B.quiet C.careful D.strong

Who is Li Ziqi? For 7 million YouTube viewers and 20 million Weibo users, that's an easy question to answer. These days, the 29-year-old vlogger's videos about her country life went viral (走红). Her fans call her "the goddess of nature".

She is worthy of this title. In her video, she is a master of many kinds of skills such as cooking, painting, designing and farming. Li wears hanfu that she made herself. She also feeds silkworms in order to make quilts. Li grows plants as well. She is often seen preparing meals with vegetables picked from her backyard. She eats a seasonal diet.

Li grew up with her grandparents in a small village in Sichuan province. When she was 14, she went to the city to work, but returned to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her sick grandmother.

To make a living, Li runs an online store. At first, she just used her videos to make people know about her products. But the simple pleasures she showed quickly won her many fans around the world. For her foreign fans, what is even more interesting is Li's deep knowledge of food, nature and Chinese culture. "I can see how good Chinese people are at cooking! I never thought of preserving (保存) meat like that!" one foreign fan wrote on YouTube.

As China Daily said, Li shows the world that Chinese people love good food and are good at making art out of the simplest things. With her videos, the graceful (优雅的) girl has spread Chinese culture to the world.

1.Who is Li Ziqi?

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2.What is Li good at in her video?

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3.Why did Li return to the countryside?

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4.Is Li popular in foreign countries?

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5.What do you think of Li Ziqi?

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People do volunteer work for many reasons. Let’s look at several top reasons. After each reason, there is an example. Check (打上钩) the box if the example matches (与…相一致) what you want to get from the volunteer experience:

You want to help in a place which is important to you. For example, you might choose to clean up the city parks because you want them to be better places.

You want to meet others. When I moved to the town I now live in, I volunteered at my son’s school because I wanted to meet other people with their children.

You want to learn something new. 我的儿子过去很喜欢戏剧,但是他害怕上台。After watching so many plays on stage (在舞台上)by others, he now volunteers for one theater.他想得到一些训练并且慢慢地学到舞台经验。

Which did you check? Your reason or reasons for becoming a volunteer will help guide you along your way. Maybe you didn’t check any. That is fine. There are other reasons why you want to become a volunteer. Although everyone has his or her own reason, becoming a volunteer will open a new door for us and may change our life, and you will feel like you really make a difference!

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