题目内容
______ any trees behind the house?
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A. Is there B. Are there C. Has D. Have
In the 13th century, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China. During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In Western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.
A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.
Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not give enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.
So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially then we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchief and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper, we can save it and reuse it later.
Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.
【小题1】 When he was in China, Marco Polo ________.
| A.saw many wonderful things |
| B.read a lot of books |
| C.discovered Cai Lun invented paper |
| D.learned to make paper |
| A.48,000 | B.1,700 | C.2,000 | D.2,800 |
| A.To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones. |
| B.To grow more trees. |
| C.To use both sides of very piece of paper. |
| D.To use the paper bags from shops more than once. |
| A.About 48,000 trees can be used to make 2,800 tons of paper. |
| B.If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use. |
| C.The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries. |
| D.It is never too late to plant trees for paper. |
| A.Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again |
| B.Cai Lun, the Great Inventor |
| C.Saving Paper |
| D.The history of Paper |
Mr. Evens works in Sydney. Last week he had a two weeks’ holiday, but he didn’t know where to go. He said to his friend Robert, “I hate the hot weather here, but I can’t find a cool place in Australia. How will I take my holiday?”
“That’s easy,” said Robert. “You’d better go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground now.”
Mr. Evens agreed with his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon arrived in Moscow. He made a happy journey(旅程) there. But one day He got into trouble. After lunch he went to a park outside the city. He saw a dog following him while he was walking past a house. It was hungry and wished him to give it some food to eat. Bad luck! He had no piece of bread or cake in his pockets. He tried to send it away, but it began to bark at him. He wanted to look for a stick but couldn’t find anything except snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone in the ground. He tried to pick it up but he failed.
“How strange Russians(俄国人) are!” Mr. Evens said to himself. “They do not tie their dogs, but firmly(牢牢地) tie the ground!”
【小题1】Mr. Evens is _______________.
| A.an American | B.an Englishman | C.a Russian | D.an Australian |
| A.it was very hot in his country | B.he liked to make a long journey |
| C.he had never been to Moscow before | D.Robert told him to leave his country |
| A.by train | B.by car | C.by plane | D.on foot |
| A.there weren’t any trees in Moscow in winter |
| B.the ground was covered with snow and ice |
| C.the Russians had taken all the sticks home |
| D.the Russians didn’t tell him about it |
| A.Russians are all very strange. | B.Russians never tie their dogs. |
| C.Russians always tie the stones firmly. | |
| D.The stone was firmly frozen(结冰)on the ground.[来源:学。科。网] |