Napoga is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana(加纳),Africa. It is hard for her family to get clean water. Every morning,she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a village far away. It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are like Napoga. They can't get enough clean water to keep healthy.
Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days,we must also remember it. The water we use is the most important natural resource(自然资源) on the earth.
Water covers 70% of the earth's surface. But most of that is sea water. We can't use it for very many things. Fresh water covers only 1% of the earth's surface.
You probably feel lucky that your life isn't as hard as Napoga's. But that doesn't mean you don't have to worry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution. All kinds of things from cars,factories,farms and homes make our rivers,lakes,and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish,too. Now, 34% of all kinds of fish are dying out.
How do cars and factories make our water dirty?First,they pollute the air. Then,when it rains,the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain,called acid rain(酸雨),is also bad for plants,animals and buildings.
Scientists say that in 30 years,more than half of the people in the world won't have enough clean water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children. Here is some advice for saving water:
●Turn off the water while you brush your teeth. You can save as much as 450 liters(升) each month.
●Leaky taps(漏水的龙头) waste a lot of water. Fix them right away!
●You can easily cut your 10-minute showers in half----and you'll be just as clean.
●When you wash dishes,don't let the water run.
●Only wash clothes when you have a lot to wash. If your washing machine isn't full,you're  wasting water!
【小题1】On the earth,_______.
A.sea water is more widely(广泛地) used than fresh water
B.there is very little water for our living
C.there is 71% of fresh water
D.we don't need to worry about water
【小题2】Acid rain _______.
A.is only bad for living things
B.can be produced in factories
C.doesn't do harm(伤害) to people,but it's bad for plants,animals and buildings
D.doesn't just do harm to human beings but to animals,plants and buildings
【小题3】Which of the following wastes water?
A.We need ten minutes if we want a clean shower.
B.We should put in enough clothes when we wash them in washing machines.
C.You can keep yourself clean by having a shower for five minutes.
D.Don't let the water run when we brush our teeth and wash dishes.
【小题4】What's the main idea of the passage?
A.Something must be done to prevent water from being polluted.
B.Clean water means much to human beings and living things around us.
C.It's time to take care of the water we use.
D.Water is the most important natural resource on the earth.

Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump(垃圾站). Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.
【小题1】You can most probably read the passage in _______.

A.a history bookB.a TV guideC.a science bookD.a telephone book
【小题2】The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_______.
A.排污B.染色C.洗涤D.吸尘
【小题3】According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again_______.
A.to feed animalsB.to feed plantsC.to build a house D.to make machines
【小题4】How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?
A.By burning it off.B.By putting it in water.
C.By throwing it away.D.By reusing and recycling it.

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Some people are successful, while others may not. This is because some people have some qualities, which others do not.

  The first thing you must remember is that in order to be successful, you must have optimism(乐观). If you do not look forward to winning, you will not try as hard as those who look forward to winning. You also need to have a clear aim and a reason for doing something because motivation(动机) is a key to achieving success. If you do not have an aim, then you will not be motivated to work hard and put your performance under the microscope (显微镜) to make sure that every detail is right.

Another quality that helps people to be successful is creativity---thinking about things in a different way and wondering how others would do the same thing. Think about some successful people you know. They might be successful with a little creativity, but the most successful people are the most creative ones.

  Reading is another to success, as it will help you learn about how other people have achieved success. If you want to learn how to set up a successful business, you should read books about people like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, who have achieved amazing success in their areas of business.

Practicing is also very important if you want to have success because practice makes perfect. Practice every day at whatever career you are in, and by doing so, you will see yourself, your business and your self-confidence begin to grow. If you feel confident about what you do, this confidence will make other people believe in you as well. Your partners will be happy to work with you, and your boss will give you more chances. Finally if you are a successful person, you will be able to look at people in the eye and smile confidently.

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Optimism

●Try hard   3. people who look forward to winning.

●Have a clear      4.  and a reason for doing something because a key to achieving success is motivation.

  Creativity

●Think about things      5. .

●Study how other people would do the      6.  thing.

 

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●Help you know about how      8.have achieved success.

●Read books about famous people such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

to encourage yourselves.

 Practicing

●Understand the saying “Practice makes     9. .”

●You will be     10.more chances because of confidence.

 

 

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