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Alex，Nicole and Vickie are friends．They live in the same neighborhood．They want to make some money to buy Christmas presents．

“We need to print out fliers（传单）and pass them around to all the houses，”says Nicole．Alex’s dad helps them print out fliers．The three friends go to all the houses and put a flier in everyone’s mailbox．

“It’s winter,”says Vickie．“There is lots of snow on the ground．Maybe people will need us to sweep the snow for them．”

First，Mrs．Jones hires the children to sweep the snow from her driveway（车道）．She says，“I have twin baby girls．I am much too busy to sweep the snow myself．”

Then，Mrs．Smith calls them．She says，“I am very old，and the snow is much too heavy for me to move．”

Then，Mr．Lee visits them．He says，“My garden is much too big to sweep all by myself．Can you help me?”

The children work very hard sweeping the snow．It is cold，but they also have great fun．They make 30 dollars in all．Now they can buy nice Christmas presents for their friends and families．

1.Whose idea is it to make money by sweeping the snow?

A．Alex’s           B．Nicole’s．        C．Vickie’s．        D．Alex’s Dad’s．

2.How does Alex’s dad help?

A．He gives them some money．              B．He helps them sweep the snow．

C．He prints some fliers for them．            D．He puts the fliers in mailboxes．

3.What does the word“hire”mean in Chinese?

A．出租             B．雇佣             C．命令             D．欺骗

4.Why does Mr. Lee ask the children for help?

A．He is too busy with his babies．            B．He is too old to sweep snow．

C．His garden is much too big．               D．He wants to help the children．

5.The passage is mainly about ________．

A．helping others                          B．making money

C．spending holiday                        D．buying presents

Fashion isn’t very environmentally-friendly because it makes people buy things they don’t need, just because they’re new. We want to take care of the environment, we don’t want to pol­lute the air and we don’t want to waste energy and resources. But we also want to be fashiona­ble. How can we buy fashionable clothes and protect the environment?
Old styles are fashionable again, so one way is to buy second-hand clothes — recycled clothes. Another way is to buy’ fair trade clothes. These clothes are either recycled or made in a ’ way that protects the environment. They also protect the people who make the clothes.
Surprisingly, white cotton is one of the least environmentally-friendly crops of all. To pro­tect the cotton, the growers use chemicals that pollute water, make farm workers ill and kill wildlife. New materials, such as hemp and bamboo, grow quickly and are more environmental­ly-friendly. These materials are very soft, and look fantastic. The best materials are coloured using natural dyes, made from plants.
Environmentally-friendly clothes are practical but until now they were often dull. Now fashion-designers are working with these materials and the clothes are beautiful as well. So now we can buy fashionable clothes that are also environmentally-friendly.
【小题1】Why do people often buy things they don’t need? Because_.

 One morning, Wu Li discovered that her classroom had changed. She found that the desks were no longer in rows(排), but pushed together to make eight bigger desks. She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got used to this new classroom arrangement (安排). “Now our class is quieter,” said Wu. “What’s more, we can come up with our own ideas and learn more through discussion. It’s a better way to study.”

Li Yu liked it, too. He said, “Group members first discuss, and then show ourselves in front of the whole class. It makes us believe in ourselves.” It was part of a reform (改革) at Li’s school—Baita Secondary School. The school made this reform because they wanted to provide students with easier ways to study and more chances to discuss. “Our school hopes it can improve students’ abilities (能力) to study by themselves and work in groups,” said Zhang Yong, the principal of the school.

However, the reform has demanded (要求) more from teachers. Now they have only about 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 45 minutes before. It is difficult to teach in such a short time. The teachers have to find better ways to teach more effectively.

“The reform demands more, but I’m sure it is helpful,” added Mr Zhang.

1.After the new classroom arrangement it was easier for Wu Li and her classmates to ______ in class.

A. discuss with each other               B. sit in the classroom

C. push desks together                  D. teach a lesson

2.The school made the reform to provide students with _______ to study.

A. noisier classes            B. easier ways    C. more seats             D. fewer chances

3.The Chinese meaning of the word “effectively” in this passage is _________.

A.简单地                      B. 明确地       C. 有效地                  D. 认真地

4.The teachers __________ after the reform.

A. have to find better ways to teach

B. find it easier to teach

C. spend 45 minutes explaining to the students

D. are happy to explain for only 15 minutes

5.The best title of this passage may be “________”.

A. Students’ Friendship  B. Teachers’ Hope   

C. Discussion in Class         D. New Look in Class

This is the Green family. Mr and Mrs Green are from England. They are both good English teachers. They teach English in a junior high school in China. They like their work a lot . They have two children, Tom and Betty . They are in Beijing now. They are in the same school. But they are in different grades. Mr Green can speak Chinese. He likes reading, Tom and Betty like playing games in the park.
Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
【小题1】The Green family are from Canada .
【小题2】Now they are in England .
【小题3】They teach English in China
【小题4】Tom and Betty are in different grades , but in the same school .
【小题5】The two children like reading .