China, the biggest developing country in the world, is opening its gate to the whole world. It is preparing for the coming world. Every day 1ots of foreigners come here as business people or tourists. And even more people will come after Beijing has held the 29th Olympic Games successfully in 2008. When they come to China, we should do something to help them enjoy themselves and like China and the Chinese people.But there are some things they may not like:

1. Bumping (碰撞) Too many people are crowded onto buses and trains. This makes people feel terrible, and it is not safe, either.

2. Traffic problems Cars park on sidewalks. Bus drivers drive so fast that they make people who are trying to cross the street afraid.

3.Littering I notice this everywhere.Some people throw rubbish(垃圾) onto the ground even when there is a rubbish bin right next to them.

4.Queue jumping At the post office,or even at McDonald’s, people push to the front of a line instead of waiting.

Most Chinese people are just as unhappy with these kinds of things as I am. And,certainly,the government has known the problems and is trying to do something about them.

China is on her way!

1.The writer thinks we Chinese people should do the following except_____.

A. park our cars at right places B. hurry onto buses before others

C. throw rubbish into rubbish bins D. wait for our turn in public places

2.Someone throws an empty Cola bottle onto the ground. This is called_____.

A. queue jumping B. bumping

C. traffic D. littering

3.We can conclude from the passage that_____.

A. things will get better and better in China

B. fewer and fewer foreigners will visit our country

C. there will be more and more traffic problems in Beijing

D. fewer and fewer Chinese people will eat hamburgers

4.When the writer says “China is preparing for the coming world” he means that______.

A. most Chinese people are as unhappy with these problems as him

B. China is going to be a fast--growing country

C. it is time for the Chinese to change their bad behaviors

D. the Chinese will do a good job in the 2008 Beijing Olympics

From that day on, when eight-year-old Jack with gray eyes began riding my school bus, he was a troublemaker. His father passed away and he did not live with his mother. If a fight_________, it must have Jack. If a girl was crying, _____were that Jack had pulled her hair. I practiced every bit of ________, talking to him again and again, but no use. No matter how I spoke to him,________or strictly, he would stare at me with those big gray eyes________a word.

Towards the end of the year, I received many small gifts from kids on my bus. A little girl sent me a star key chain. She had written, “I love Polly and Polly loves me.” On the last day of school I was_________because of talking to the headmaster. When I got on the bus I___________that the star key chain was gone. “Jack was the first one to get on the bus. Check his__________,” insisted the girl who had given me the gift.

I asked him to come forward. I________my hand into one pocket. Then I felt it – the_________shape of the key chain. Jack stared at me for a long time. There was no__________in those big gray eyes, and no plea(请求)for _____. He seemed to be waiting for what would happen. I was about to_________the key chain out of Jack’s pocket when I __________myself.” Let him keep it,” a_________seemed to whisper. “It must have fallen off before I got here,” I said to the kids.

Many years later, I was in a department store________someone said, “Polly?” I turned to see the big gray eyes. To my____________ , he hugged me and pulled________from his pocket ---the key chain that_________, “I love Polly and Polly loves me.”

“You were the only one who kept________,” he explained. We hugged again…

1.A. build up B. gave up C. broke out D. picked out

2.A. challenges B. changes C. choices D. chances

3.A. interest B. respect C. patience D. hope

4.A. slowly B. gently C. coldly D. rudely

5.A. without B. through C. after D. upon

6.A. observed B. delayed C. complained D. punished

7.A. wondered B. doubted C. admitted D. realized

8.A. seat B. hands C. pockets D. schoolbag

9.A. expanded B. raised C. hid D. reached

10.A. charming B. original C. familiar D. normal

11.A. pride B. regret C. pleasure D. anger

12.A. encouragement B. admission C. mercy D. escape

13.A. pick B. slide C. rid D. pull

14.A. stopped B. enjoyed C. helped D. prepared

15.A. sound B. voice C. tone D. noise

16.A. until B. when C. before D. while

17.A. delight B. fear C. surprise D. amusement

18.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

19.A. wrote B. repeated C. appeared D. said

20.A. asking B. persuading C. trying D. arguing

Your house may have an effect on your figure. Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off. You can make your environment work for you instead of against you. Here are some ways to turn your home into part of your diet plan.

Open the curtains and turn up the lights. Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating, for people are often less self-conscious(难为情) when they’re in poorly lit places — and so more likely to eat lots of food. If your home doesn’t have enough window light, get more lamps and flood the place with brightness.

Mind the colors. Research suggests warm colors fuel our appetites. In one study, people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room. Warm colors like yellow make food appear more appetizing, while cold colors make us less hungry. So when it’s time to repaint, go blue.

Don’t forget the clock — or the radio. People who eat slowly tend to consume about 70 fewer calories(卡路里) per meal than those who rush through their meals. Begin keeping track of the time, and try to make dinner last at 30 minutes. And while you’re at it, actually sit down to eat. If you need some help slowing down, turning on relaxing music. It makes you less likely to rush through a meal.

Downsize the dishes. Big serving bowls and plants can easily makes us fat. We eat about 22 percent more when using a 12-inch plate instead of a 10-inch plate. When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake(摄入) jumps by 14 percent. And we’ll pour about 30 percent more liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass.

1.The text is especially helpful for those who care about ________.

A. their home comforts

B. their body shape

C. house buying

D. healthy diets

2.A home environment in blue can help people ________.

A. digest food better

B. reduce food intake

C. burn more calories

D. regain their appetites

3.What are people advised to do at mealtimes?

A. Eat quickly.

B. Play fast music

C. Use smaller spoons

D. Turn down the lights

4.Which of the following is correct according to the passage?

A. House with enough brightness is helpful for people to go on diet

B. The more slowly you eat, the more food you will take in

C. Your house environment will certainly affect your weight

D. Cool colour will make food appear more attractive

When Tom Szaky sees a juice container thrown away, he doesn't see rubbish, but he sees a pencil case. Sweet wrappers? A beautiful kite! But these are not the imaginings of a dreamer. For the 28-year-old CEO of Trenton, New Jersey-based TerraCycle, they’re a business model.

The fast-talking Szaky is leading the new industry of upcycling(升级改造). Instead of recycling (shredding or breaking down materials and enabling them to be reproduced as other products), TerraCycle takes packaging headed for landfills(废物填埋地)and reuses it - more or less whole. TerraCycle’s 85 employees make nearly 200 products, sold at shops such as Petco, Kmart, Whole Foods Market, and Target.

Szaky’s $7.4 million company, now also moving ahead in Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom and Brazil, is quite different from the business he founded with classmate Jon Beyer in 2002 as a freshman at Princeton University. The two entered a business competition with a plan to sell organic plant fertilizers made from worm waste. They lost the competition, but started the business anyway.

With their goal - to make products entirely out of rubbish - suddenly clear, Szaky knew the time was right to drop out of Princeton.

TerraCycle’s first product used dining-hall waste to feed the worms and thrown-away bottles to package the fertilizer. The result: a cheap, green breakthrough. Word spread, and in 2004, Home Depot began carrying the fertilizer in its Canadian stores.

To Szaky, waste does not exist in nature. TerraCycle is a “second chance” employer of, say, a piece of furniture, an ice-cream container. As Szaky points out, “The biggest problem with most green, fair-trade, and organic products is that they tend to cost more. At TerraCycle, everything is made from rubbish, and rubbish is free. People should be able to protect the planet without having to pay a cost for that right.”

1.What is Tom Szaky now?

A. The CEO of TerraCycle. B. An employee of Home Depot.

C. A student at Princeton University D. The manager of a food company.

2.How did Szaky get the idea of upcycling?

A. From his visits to foreign companies.

B. From his studies at Princeton University.

C. Through shopping at big stores in America.

D. Through the experience of a business competition.

3.What is the goal of TerraCycle?

A. To make cheap and green products.

B. To recycle waste materials in another way.

C. To make products completely out of rubbish.

D. To change worm waste into organic plant fertilizers.

4.What is the advantage of upcycling according to Szaky?

A. The cost is kept rather low. B. More materials are available.

C. It has a large promising market D. Its products are environmentally friendly.

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