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One cool April 22 morning, people started the day as usual．Yet it was not a normal day．What’s so special about April 22?The answer is simple．It is Earth Day．People all over the world celebrate this important day．The idea of having a special day to celebrate Earth began in the 1960s．Life was very different then．Few people talked or even thought about the environment．Most people had no idea how dirty our air and water were．
On April 22, 1970, twenty million(百万)Americans joined the first Earth Day activities．They showed that people really did want to do something about the environment．Since then laws have been passed to protect the air, water, land, and animals．
The vehicles such as cars and buses you ride in must pass tests to make sure they don’t cause too much pollution．Thanks to this law, cars today release(排放)about half as many bad chemicals as cars did back in 1970．As a result, the air we breathe is cleaner than it once was．
Rivers and lakes are also cleaner today than they were in the 1970s．It’s a good thing because they needed a lot of help．The Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so polluted that rubbish and oil on the river even caught fire!Today, the river is cleaner．It no longer burns．It’s healthy enough for birds, fish, and other animals．
Now the celebration has spread to other countries．More than 175 countries take
part each year．
In 2007, people in China paid much attention to a big problem．People were throwing away 27 million plastic bags a day!People had “Bye-Bye Throwaway Culture Week．” They wanted everyone to see how polluted it was to throw away so many plastic bags．In 2008, China passed new laws against them．
Every April 22, millions get together to clean and protect Earth．They also celebrate how far we have come．Our job is to put this knowledge to work．You can help keep our planet healthy too!
1．Is Earth Day on April 22?
2．What caught fire on the Cuyahoga River?
3．How many countries take part in the celebration each year now?
4．Why did Chinese people have“Bye-Bye Throwaway Culture Week”?
5．What the purpose of celebrating the Earth Day?
Arbor Day All over the World
All Over the world，people are planting trees，caring for them, and learning about their value．A special day was set aside for planting trees．
Here in the United States，we call this tree-planting festival Arbor Day．In Japan，it is called Greening Week In Israel it is called the New Year's Day of the Trees．Korea has a Tree-Loving Week．Iceland has a Student's Afforestation Day．This means “to change open land into forest”．People in India celebrate a National Festival of Free Planting．Whatever people call this special time of year．they are saying that trees are important to us all．
Arbor Day began in the United States in 1872 in Nebraska．J．Sterling Morton，a newspaperman，knew how important trees were to the land so he began the idea．The state（蛩）offered prizes to the groups and people who planted the most trees．On that first Arbor Day，the people of Nebraska planted more than one million trees．Today，Arbor Day is celebrated in all 50 states and around the world．
Why trees are so important to us all：
*Trees give us shade（树荫）to keep us and our homes cool on hot summer days．
*Trees give off oxygen which you and I and animals need to breathe
*Trees reduce（减少）noise pollution．
*Trees provide a home and food for wildlife（野生生物）．
*Trees are beautiful to look at，nice to listen to，fun to explore，exciting to climb，and great to stream under．
1．We can infer（推断）from the article that the writer is from___________．
A．America B．Japan C．Israel D．Iceland
2．Which is true about the first Arbor Day?
A．It began in Nebraska，India．
B．A book writer first thought of the idea．
C．J Sterling Morton planted the most trees that day．
D．The people who planted the most trees got the prize．
3．What is the importance of trees?
A．They keep us cool on hot days．
B．They give off oxygen we breathe．
C．They provide a home and food for wildlife．
D．All of the above．
4．In China，we celebrate Tree Planting Day on __________.
A．March 2nd B．March 12th C．April 2nd D．April 12th
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The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle，Washington，in the United States．It was a small coffee shop that roasted its own coffee beans．The coffee shop’s business did well，and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks stores in Seattle．
Things really began to change for the company in 1981．That year，Howard Schultz met the three men who ran（经营）Starbucks．Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment．He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers．
and he was curious about the company．Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did，and he liked what he saw．He wanted to become part of the company．In 1982，the original（原先的）Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing．
In 1983，Schultz travelled to Italy．The unique atmosphere of the coffee bars there caught his eye．To Schultz it seemed that Italians spent their daily lives in three places：home，work，and coffee bars．His experience in Italy gave Schultz a new idea for Starbucks back in Seattle．
Schultz created an atmosphere for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable，and customers everywhere seemed to like it．Between 1987 and 1992，Starbucks opened 150 new stores—and that was only the beginning．In fact，by the year 2000，three new Starbucks stores opened somewhere around the world every day!
Today，Starbucks has thousands of stores，including stores in twenty-six countries．One thing that helps make Starbucks succeed in cities outside the United States is the way Starbucks works with local stores and restaurants．By working together with a store already in the city，Starbucks gets an understanding of customers in the city．This understanding helps Starbucks open stores in the right locations for their customers．
1．What is the main idea of this passage?
A．How Starbucks has grown
B．What Starbucks makes．
C．Starbucks’ customers．
D．How Starbucks makes its coffee．
2．Which is true about Starbucks’ first ten years of business?
A．It grew very quickly．
B．It was run by Howard Schultz．
C．It made special coffee makers．
D．It was a small company．
3．Who is Howard Schultz?
A．A coffee seller in New York．
B．An Italian coffee maker
C．The man who changed the company．
D．One of the original owners of the company．
4．What helps Starbucks succeed in places outside the United States?
A．Opening restaurants in just a few locations each year．
B．Only selling locally produced coffee beans．
C．working with other major coffee-making companies．
D．Learning about local customers．
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