A long time ago, there lived a very old man. He was so old that he could not see or hear very well. He also could not walk very well, or eat very well for his hand shook. The old man's son and daughter-in-law thought he might make trouble at table. So, they had him eat his meals in the corner of the kitchen without a table.

They gave him very little to eat. The old man would have a sad look on his face as he looked at his son and daughter-in-law’s dinner table. One day the old man’s hand shook so terribly that he dropped his dish on the floor. The daughter-in-law became angry and shouted at the old man. And after that, his meals were served in a broken dish.

Not long afterwards, the family was sitting having their dinner while the four-year-old grandson was sitting on the floor carefully checking pieces of wood. The father asked, “What are you doing?” “I am making a small bowl.”

“Why are you making it?” The son answered. “So that I can fill it with your and mother’s food when I grow up.”

The old man’s son and daughter-in-law looked at one another and without saying a word started crying. The two quickly brought their old father to their dinner table. From that day on, the old man sat with the family when they had their meals. Even when the old man’s food fell here and there, the son and the daughter-in-law did not say anything.

1.The son and his wife made their father eat in the kitchen to ______.

A. teach their son a good lesson B. stay away from trouble

C. punish him for his shaking hand D. give him peace and comfort

2.The old man dropped his dish _______.

A. out of carelessness B. to ask for a new one C. against his own will D. to draw his son's attention

3.By making that small bowl, the grandson wanted to ______.

A. follow his parents' example B. eat the way his grandfather did

C. enjoy making things with his own hands D. show his parents how clever he was

4.The end of the story suggests the old man would _______.

A. no longer drop his dishes B. continue to eat in the kitchen

C. stop shaking his hands while eating D. live a comfortable life in the family

5.What does the writer want to tell us with the story?

A. The young should look after the old. B. Family members should have meals together.

C. It's terribly wrong to serve meals in broken dishes. D. Parents should set a good example for their children.

Do you know that a student can produce up to 240 pounds of school waste and lots of waste gas during a term? This includes transportation, food, paper, pens, pencils and so on.

Transportation

Many parents like driving their kids to school every day. We all know waste gas from cars is a main cause of air pollution. If parents who live in a neighborhood can take turns to drive their kids to school each day, that’ll be better. Another way of going green is to walk to school if students live near it.

Food

It is surprising that only one primary school could produce up to 19,000 pounds of lunch waste each year. That is only one school. One way to help take care of the environment is to stop using plastic bags. There are all kinds of environmental boxes for students to put their food in.

Paper, pens and pencils

A lot of paper is thrown away by American students. They throw away about 1.6 billion pens every year. They waste many pens and the chemicals of them are bad for the environment. Much more pencils are thrown away than pens. Pencils are made of trees, so if more pencils are thrown away, more trees will be cut down. So students should reuse paper, pens and pencils instead of throwing them away.

Backpacks

As fashion comes and goes, almost every kid needs a new backpack every year. They can save a lot of money and materials if they reuse the same schoolbags.

1.What’s the good way of going green for the students who live near the school?

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2.How much lunch waste does one primary school produce each year?

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3.What are pencils made of?

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4.What will happen if more pencils are thrown away?

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5.What’s the advantage of reusing the same backpacks?_____________

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