Perhaps once you got free plastic bags when you shopped at the supermarket. But now things have changed already.
Since June 1, 2008, China has banned(禁止) its shops and supermarkets providing free plastic bags. Shoppers have to pay for bags if they need them. “We hope it will encourage people to use cloth bags and baskets for their vegetables,” said a spokesman from the Chinese government. “Plastic bags have led to a big waste of energy and on the other hand, they pollute(污染) the air, rivers and soil. It takes around 1000 years for the bags to break down. They are also dangerous to wildlife, which eats them without knowing.”
A large number of Chinese people have begun to make their own cloth bags. Li Linwei, a student in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, made a bag out of an old dress of her mother’s. “ I have given it to my grandmother as a Mother’s Day present. From now on, she will use it when she goes shopping.” said the girl.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（5分）
1. Since what time, supermarkets have been stopped from providing free plastic bags?
2. Without free plastic bags, what will people use when they go shopping according to the passage?
3. Do plastic bags pollute the environment?
4. How long will it take the plastic bags to break down?
5. What present did Li Linwei give her grandmother on Mother’s Day?

阅读与表达（共5小题，每小题2分）
Wang Xiaojun is 12 years old. He lives in the country in Hubei Province. Today is his birthday. His parents prepare a nice dinner for him, but the boy says, “I won’t have the dinner because after the dinner, today is over, and parents are leaving for Shenzhen tomorrow. I don’t want to let them go.”
It is the first birthday that Wang Xiaojun is spending with his parents stayed in Shenzhen and worked to make money. They haven’t seen their son for three years. Tomorrow they have to leave home to go to Shenzhen.
Wang is not the only stay-at-home child. In the country of China, there are more than 20 million children staying at home without their parents. Stay-at-home children face a lot of problems. Many of them stay with their grandparents. They get less care from parents. They often feel lonely. Some of them don’t study well because their parents can’t help them with their study.
The Chinese government now cares about the children very much and is trying to solve their problems.
【小题1】Is it Wang Xiaojun’s first birthday?
                                                            
【小题2】There are many stay-at-home children in the country of China, aren’t there?
                                                            
【小题3】Why don’t some of the stay-at-home students study well?
                                                            
【小题4】How long haven’t Wang Xiaojun seen his parents?
                                                            
【小题5】In China,how many children staying at home without their parents?
                                                           

Mr. Chen is a farmer who 1 in western China with his wife and two sons. One year ago, he discovered that he had cancer. The doctor told him that he needed 2 at once. And he said the operation would 3 thousands of yuan. It was too much money for Mr. Chen and his wife. They had no job and 4 were at school. The situation seemed 5 .
Two weeks later, however, Mr. Chen got some 6 new. He was told about a health care project which provides medical treatment for poor patients in 7 China. They 8 to pay only half the cost or even less. Thanks to the project and the kindness of 9 family and neighbors, he was able to receive an operation just 10 to prevent the illness from getting worse. 11 he has return to his family.
The 12 of this health care project is to improve the situation for poor people in western China. So far, the project has helped more than 5,000 people
13 medical aid. The Chinese government is 14 working together with other countries and international organizations to do this. They hope to develop a new health care model 15 China. As our country develops, we must remember the responsibilities (责任) of caring for the weakest members.

Singles’ Day (光棍节)falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(庆祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.

An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong（麻将）.

One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles’ Day.

For breakfast on Singles’ Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart.

1.__________ first called November 11^th Singles’ Day.

A．The Chinese government                 B．People who have been married

C．Four people playing Mahjong              D．People who don’t want to get married

2.The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

A．盲人聚会         B．相亲会            C．化妆舞会         D．盲人党派

3.Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles’ Day.

A．some bread        B．noodles           C．4 youtiao          D．nothing

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Singles’ Day is on November 11th.

B．Singles’ Day is celebrated by no countries but China.

C．Singles’ Day is for people who don’t have lovers.

D．To celebrate Singles’ Day, people play Mahjong from from 11 in the morning until 11 at night.