There are some easy things you can do to protect(保护) the environment and the earth. Choose ideas from the list or come up with a few of your own.

● Plant flowers, grass or trees.

●Whenever you visit a park or beach, take away what you bring there----keep rubbish in a bag until you can put it in a dustbin (垃圾箱).

●Turn off the lights, TV sets when you leave the room. This saves (节约)a lot of electricity.

●Turn off the tap (水笼头)when you brush your teeth. You can save some water by not letting it run. Also, use a glass cup instead of a paper cup because this saves paper.

●Keep the doors and windows closed in winter to keep warm air in.

●Give your old books and magazines to a library instead of throwing them away.

●Give your old clothes to poor children you know instead of throwing them away.

●Use both sides of paper.

●Stop pouring (倒)dirty water into the rivers or the lakes nearby (附近).

●Encourage all your friends to do the same things you do to help protect the earth.

You don’t have to wait until Earth Day to do these things. Make every day Earth Day.

If everyone makes a contribution (贡献)to protecting the environment, the world will become much more beautiful.

1.From the above, we know that this is ____________.

A．a sign            B．a notice           C．an advertisement   D．a proposal (提议)

2.The writer tells us _____________.

A．to throw rubbish into a dustbin

B．to pour dirty water into the river

C．to save water by letting it run while we are brushing our teeth

D．that we can’t do all these things until Earth Day

3.We can ___________to save paper.

A．use a paper cup                        B．use both sides of paper

C．give old books to a library                 D．pick up waste paper at school

4.Which of the following is WRONG according to the writer?

A．Turn off the lights when you leave the room.   B．Close the doors in winter.

C．Use a paper cup when you brush your teeth.  D．Give your old clothes to the poor children.

5.The main idea of this passage is how to _________.

A．save money                           B．save water and electricity

C．make better use of old things              D．protect the earth

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Mr. Smith works in New York. Last month he had a fifteen-day holiday, but he didn’t know where to spend it. He spoke to his friend Bill,“I   1  the hot weather, but I can’t find a cool place in America. How should I spend my holiday?”

“That’s easy, ” said Bill, “You’d   2  to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground now. ”

Mr. Smith agreed   3  his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon   4  Moscow. He had a happy trip there, but one day he   5 . After lunch he went outside the city, he saw a dog  6  him while he   7  past(走过) a house. The dog 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 drive it away. But it began to bark at(对……大叫) him. He wanted to look for a stick but he couldn’t find anything   8  snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone on the ground. He hurried to  9 but failed.

“How strange Russians are!” Mr. Smith said to himself, “They don’t tie dogs, but firmly (紧紧地)  10  the stones. My God!”

1.                A．like            B．unlike          C．not like   D．hate

2.                A．would go       B．would not go     C．better go D．better to go

3.                A．to             B．with           C．at   D．about

4.                A．arrived in       B．arrive in        C．reach    D．reached in

5.                A．made a mistake   B．get into trouble   C．got into trouble D．find the trouble

6.                A．to follow        B．is following      C．followed D．following

7.                A．was walking     B．walked         C．was crossing   D．crossed

8.                A．except         B．besides         C．beside   D．without

9.                A．picked it up     B．picked up it      C．pick it up  D．pick up it

10.               A．tied           B．lied            C．tie   D．lie

Reading is a good habit, but the problem is, there's too much to read these days, and too little time to read every word of it. There are hundreds of skills to help you read more in less time. Here are two skills that I think are especially good.
Preview--if it's long and hard. Previewing is especially useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine articles and business reports.
Here's how to preview.
●Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully.
●Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.
Previewing doesn't give you all the details. It keeps you from spending time on things you don't really want--or need--to read.
Skim--if it's short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get a general idea of light reading --like popular magazines or the sports and entertainment of your daily paper.
Here's how to skim.
●Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep them across each line.
●Pick up only a few key words in each line.
Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we'll get a similar idea of what it's all about.
【小题1】How many skills are recommended in this passage?