题目内容
As is known to all, waste has become a more and more serious problem. We can easily see many people throw a lot of food into the garbage can. Some people spend thousands of yuan buying fashionable clothes. What do you think of them? Here are some of students’ opinions:
| Mary |
| As for me, I believe “Waste not, want not.” As we know, there are still millions of Chinese living in a poor condition. We can never afford waste. Therefore, it is no doubt that saving is still a good habit that we should not give up. I do not like the men who spend their money in a wrong way. They do not know waste is a bad thing. It can only make them happy for the time being. |
| Jacky |
| More and more people are no longer interested in the simple life style, including me. And I feel embarrassed to save the things I used. What I love is the latest fashion. In my eyes, saving is already out of style. |
| Sally |
| One of the best ways we students can do in this situation is to recycle the textbooks we are using everyday. After we've used them and are moving on to new ones, we should find ways to recycle these books instead of simply throwing them away. There are different ways to do so such as sending them to a recycling factory, reusing them for other purposes, passing them on to new students and so on. |
| Tim |
| The negative effects of waste can be shown as follows. Firstly, it makes some students ask their parents for money quite often, which is harmful to their development. If they don’t learn to support themselves, they will be “useless people” when they graduate. Secondly, it is not easy for our parents to arrange for our schooling. Last but not the least, just like what Mary said that our country is still poor. There are many people who cannot go to university and many poor people still need our help. |
| The things people spend thousands of yuan on | 【小题1】 | |
| What a good habit still is | 【小题2】 | |
| What makes Jacky feel embarrassed | 【小题3】 | |
| One of the best ways we students can do | 【小题4】 | |
| The students should depend on themselves, or they will be | 【小题5】 | |
【小题1】Fashionable clothes
【小题2】Saving
【小题3】Saving the things he used
【小题4】To recycling the textbooks
【小题5】Useless people
解析试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述节俭问题。文章介绍了几个学生对节俭问题的不同看法，拷问在当今社会是否还需要节俭。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据短文Some people spend thousands of yuan buying fashionable clothes的描述可知，一些人花成千上万元钱买的是时尚衣服。故应填Fashionable clothes 。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据玛丽的观点it is no doubt that saving is still a good habit that we should not give up的描述可知，节俭依然是个好习惯。故应填Saving。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据佳琪的观点And I feel embarrassed to save the things I used的描述可知，令佳琪感到尴尬的是节省用过的东西。故应填Save the things he used。
【小题4】细节理解题。根据莎莉的观点One of the best ways we students can do in this situation is to recycle the textbooks we are using everyday.的描述可知，学生可做的最佳节俭方式之一是循环使用教科书。故应填To recycling the textbooks。
【小题5】细节理解题。根据蒂姆的观点If they don’t learn to support themselves, they will be “useless people” when they graduate的描述可知，学生应该学会依靠自己，否则毕业以后将会成为无用的人。故应填Useless people。
考点：社会现象类短文阅读。
How do you get to school? Do you walk or ride a bike? Do you go by bus or by train? For many students, it is easy to get to school. But for the students in one small village in China, it is difficult. There is a very big river between their school and the village. There is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats. So these students go on a ropeway to cross the river to school. One 11-year-old boy, Liangliang cross the river every school day. But he is not afraid.“ I love to play with my classmates. And I love my teacher, He’s like a father to me.” Many of the students and villagers never leave the village. It is their dream to have a bridge. Can their dream come true? I think they can! Do you think so?
【小题1】How do the students in one small village in China go to school?
| A．By bus | B．By boat |
| C．By train | D．Go on a ropeway. |
| A．Because they like to go on a ropeway. |
| B．Because there is a river and no bridge. |
| C．Because there is no boat. |
| D．Because they don’t like boat. |
| A．10 | B．11 | C．12 | D．13 |
| A．Yes, he does. | B．No, he isn’t. |
| C．Yes, he is. | D．No, he doesn’t. |
| A．To have a bus. | B．To have a train |
| C．To have a bridge. | D．To have a car. |
When something becomes fashionable very quickly , we say that it’s a “craze”. The latest craze is sometimes a style of clothes or a hairstyle. Sometimes it is a game or a TV programme.
In the 20th century a lot of crazes started in the USA and then became popular in the USA andthen became popular in other parts of the world. American youth culture has spread through tourism , TV , films, magazines and music videos.
One of the biggest crazes was the hula hoop（呼啦圈）. Hula hoops are not popular now, but in the1950s they were a sensation. An American company called Wham-O started to make plastic（塑料的）hoops toys, and in the USA the company sold 100 million hoops in a year.
Frisbees（飞盘）were another Wham-O product（产品）. Some people say that the idea
started in the factory of the Frisbee Baking Company in Connecticut. Workers there threw metal pans to each other during their breaks. Two businessmen made a plastic type of the flying pans, and sold their products to Wham-O. They became a big business.
So businesses usually help to produce a craze. Yoyos were another example. In the Philippines, where its name means “comeback”, the yoyo was a popular toy in the 1920s. But it didn’t become a global (世界性的) craze until an American called Donald Duncan bought the idea and sold it to the world. Around 100 million people bought yoyos in 1962 and 1963.
Most crazes come and go, but sometimes they survive. When the big skateboard started in California in 1965, many parents and governments said that the boards were dangerous, and they were not allowed in some areas. But the boards became popular again and they are still an important part of youth culture today.
【小题1】What is a “craze” ?
A. A special culture in the western country.
B. Something that is liked by the young.
C. Something that first spreads in the USA.
D. Something that becomes very popular over a short period (时期) of time.
【小题2】What does the underlined word “sensation” mean ?
| A．昂贵的物品 |
| B．值得珍藏的物品 |
| C．轰动一时的物品 |
| D．昙花一现的物品 |
| A．All crazes in the world come and go quickly. |
| B．Skateboards are not allowed in most areas of America. |
| C．In the last century the USA introduced many new crazes. |
| D．Crazes have nothing to do with culture. |
| A．Something about Crazes |
| B．Wham-O products |
| C．A successful Company |
| D．American Youth Culture |
Lion is a special animal to Chinese people. A couple of stone lions, a male (雄性) and a female (雌性), can often be seen in front of the gates of old buildings. The male lion is on the left with his right paw (手掌) on a ball, and the female on the right. And her left paw is touching a baby animal.
The lion is the king in the animal world because he is powerful. The ball shows the country or the family will be together forever, and the baby animal with the female shows that you will have many children.
The stone lions were also used to show the families were powerful. If you had no money or power, you couldn’t put the stone lions in front of your houses.
It was also popular to make bridges with stone lions. The best known of this is the Lugou Bridge (also as Marco Polo Bridge), built from 1189 to 1192. The stone lions on the bridge are most famous. Maybe there are 485 lions in all, maybe there are 498 or 501. A famous saying is that “the lions on the Lugou Bridge are uncountable(不可数的).”
【小题1】What is a special animal in Chinese people?
| A．Dragon(龙). | B．Tiger. | C．Lion. | D．Dog. |
| A．2 | B．3 | C．1 | D．4 |
| A．Tigers | B．Lions | C．Elephants | D．Bears |
| A．The male lion is on the left with his right paw on a ball. |
| B．The female is on the right with her left paw touching a baby animal. |
| C．The common people couldn’t put a pair of stone lions in front of the gates of old buildings. |
| D．If someone puts a pair of stone lions in front of the gate, he must have a lot of babies. |
| A．On bridges. | B．In Hebei. |
| C．On towers. | D．By a river. |
People enjoy taking trips. But what are the reasons they leave home? One reason is for education. People travel because they want to learn more about other people and other places. They are curious about other cultures. When people are tourists, they get a quick look at different ways of living. Even a short look at another kind of lifestyle is an important lesson. On a trip, a person can learn directly by visiting museums and historic spots. What does a tourist learn who sees the art museums, visits the historical palaces and other scenic spots in Paris and shops along the River Seine? He gets a vivid picture, a real life of one of the French people. He learns about their attitudes（态度）, how they feel about business, beauty and history.
What about the tourist who goes to Hong Kong? Does he get the same information that he could get from a book? He might read that Hong Kong is crowded, that there is less than 200 square meters of space for each person. But seeing and feeling the lack of space will impress him much more. He might read that there are nearly 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway. But the sight of so many vehicles parked along the roadside would be a much more vivid lesson. The tourist to Hong Kong will never forget the contrasts(对比，对照): the straight vertical lines of tall modern buildings and the moving lines of boats that people live in.
【小题1】Why do people leave home to travel according to the passage?
| A．For education. |
| B．For adventure. |
| C．To enjoy themselves. |
| D．To look for a different lifestyle. |
| A．It has a large population. |
| B．It has many tall buildings. |
| C．There are 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway. |
| D．There are many museums and palaces. |
| A．It has many big and beautiful parks. |
| B．It is very crowded. |
| C．It has many historical spots. |
| D．It is an important industrial center. |
| A．It makes our life more interesting. |
| B．It enables us to get first-hand knowledge. |
| C．It helps develop our personalities. |
| D．It brings about changes in our lifestyle. |
Much has been said and written about heroes now, mainly because many people think we have too few of them. There are many different kinds of heroes, but they usually seem to have two things. First, heroes show their great power by actions. Second, heroes can be tested by the time. Because of these good points, we need to choose our heroes carefully.
Olympic winner Jackie Joyner-Kersee tells young people to work hard. She hopes that if someone tries to copy her, it will be because she has got success by working hard. She says that a hero should affect another person’s life.
Poet Maya Angelou believes that a hero encourages people to treat others well. A hero should show politeness, courage, patience, and strength all the time. A hero should encourage others to follow him with actions, even though only in small ways.
Author Daniel Boorstin suggests that, “Celebrities are people who appear on newspapers, but heroes are people who make history.” If a person is truly a hero, he or she will not be soon forgotten.
We all need heroes. We need to be able to respect (尊重) people around us. Many times , the greatest heroes are the people we can see every day — our relatives, friends, and neighbours — who will never give up when facing difficulty. The parent who supports our family, the teacher who will make more money at another job but chooses to help students — all these people can be considered as heroes. A hero sets a good example, an example that encourages others to follow.
【小题1】Joyner-Kersee hopes that young people ___________.
| A．will work hard | B．will become heroes |
| C．will follow her | D．will achieve her goal |
| A．志愿者 | B．记者 | C．政客 | D．名人 |
| A．there are fewer heroes than before |
| B．many common people set examples to us |
| C．heroes should be polite, patient and famous |
| D．heroes have to do some great things |
| A．What Heroes Do | B．Who Are Heroes |
| C．How Heroes Live | D．Where Heroes are |
Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the local people of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the local people become unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy(经济). It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance(推进) the well-being (health and happiness) of local people.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a lot of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first-class roads and other support facilities needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international-class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel will lose money.
Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.
【小题1】What is probably the reason if local people dislike tourists?
| A．Tourists come to enjoy the customs and beauty. |
| B．Local people lose jobs. |
| C．A lot of hotels are built. |
| D．Too many tourists cause traffic problems. |
| A．Make plans properly. |
| B．Help the country’s economy. |
| C．Build fewer hotels. |
| D．Advance the well-being of local people. |
| A．businesses will lose money |
| B．other parts of the country’s economy will make more money |
| C．local people will be happier |
| D．more local people will work for tourists. |
①public places ②hotels ③airports ④roads ⑤electricity ⑥sewers
| A．①②③④⑤ | B．②③④⑤⑥ | C．①②③⑤⑥ | D．①③④⑤⑥ |
| A．whether people need to build more hotels |
| B．whether people need to plan tourism properly |
| C．how to deal with the problems above |
| D．how to prevent tourism growing too quickly |
BEIJING—Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has visited the "left-behind"(留守) children whose parents are working in cities before Children's Day.
During a visit to northwest China's Shanxi Province, Wen visited the home of Yang Saike, a primary school boy in a village of Xingping City. Yang, whose parents were working in Fujian, thousands of kilometers away, was cared for by his grandparents. His parents fail to go home even once a year. Wen talked with many children and asked them many questions about their schooling and life.
"You are so pretty," Wen said to Liu Mengqi, a seven-year-old girl living with her grandmother. Liu's parents were also working in the city.
"Have you been to school yet?" Wen asked two other girls.
"We are going to the pre-school class," said one.
"Mom and dad at home?" Wen asked. The children shook their heads.
"Children cannot see their parents very often, which is a new problem in the country-side. We should give them more care and love," said the premier.
The premier asked local governments to do something to protect and care for such children at home and freeing their parents in cities from worries about their children.
【小题1】Wen says a new problem in the country is that "left-behind" children _________.
| A．seldom get care from the government |
| B．seldom get together with their parents |
| C．cannot do well in school like others. |
| D．cannot get any love from their parents |
| A．to do more for "left-behind" children and their parents |
| B．to let the parents see their children only once a year |
| C．to stop the local people from going to work in cities |
| D．to build more schools for the "left-behind" children |
| A．poor children | B．disabled children |
| C．country children | D．'left-behind' children |