Most supermarkets in China provided free plastic bagsIt was convenient for people to do shoppingbut things changedTo protect the environmentsupermarkets all over China stopped providing free plastic bags from June 12008If you don’t want to pay money to buy themyou’ll have to bring your own shopping bags

    What can we use to hold things we buy from shops? Students at Qingshan Middle School had some good ideasOne idea was making different kinds of eco-shopping bags54students at the school made their own eco-shopping bagsThey held an eco-shopping bag show last Friday afternoonMany students made the bags with used clothesThey painted pictures like the Olympic rings on themSome bags were made of used materials like used paperold newspapersSome were made of eco-materials like bamboo

    A boy studentWang Lin made his bag with several old newspapersWe asked him whether the bag was strong enoughWang Lin said it was.“No problemI took six bottles of water in the bag from the shop to my home yesterday evening,”he said,“I think it’s strong enough to hold even ten bottles of water.”

    Fang Yuanyuana girl studenthad a more traditional way to make her bag—a bamboo basket.“It was a hard job.”she said,“With my grandfather’s helpI spent a whole afternoon making it.”

The students also asked their parents and friends to use eco-shopping bags instead of plastic onesNext Saturday afternoonthe school will hold another eco-shopping bag show to help shops and stores get ideas from the students’ work

1The supermarkets all over China stopped providing______ from June l2008

  Aeco-shopping bags                        Bplastic baskets

  Cfree plastic bags                       Dbamboo baskets

2Wang Lin made his bag with ___________

  Abamboo    Bused clothes    Cplastic             Dold newspapers

3Why will the school hold another eco-shopping bag show?

  ATo know if the bag was strong enough

  BTo show their pictures on the bags

  CTo make money by selling them

  DTo give ideas to shops and stores

4What is the main idea of the passage?

  APeople can still use plastic bags

  BStudents encourage people to use eco—shopping bags

  CStudents have good ideas to make money

  DMost supermarkets will go on providing free plastic bags

Monty Roberts was the son of a poor familyHe liked horsesHe had a dream to own a horse ranch ever since he was a little child

    One day when he was at high school, he was asked to write a paperIt was about what he wanted to be and do when he grew upHe worked hard on itand wrote a seven-page paperIn the paper he described his dream of owning a big horse ranch someday

    The next day he handed it in to his teacherTwo days later he received his paper backOn the front page was a large red F(fail)with a note that read,“See me after class.”

    He went to see the teacher after class and asked,“Why did I receive an F?

    The teacher answered.“This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like youYou come from a poor familyYou have no moneyOwning a horse ranch needs a lot of moneyYou have to buy the landThere’s no way you could ever do itThen he added,“Write this paper againIf you write it with a realistic planyou may receive a better grade.”

    After sitting with it for a weekhe turned in the same papermaking no changes at allHe said to the teacher,“You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”

    Monty kept his dream and worked very hardToday he owns a large horse ranch with a big house on itand he keeps that school paper he wrote on the wall of his sitting room

    Last summer the same school teacher came to visit himWhen the teacher was leavinghe said,“LookMontywhen I was your teacherI was something of a dream stealerDuring those years I stole a lot of children’s dreamsIt was lucky that you hadn’t given up yours.”

    Don’t let anyone steal your dreamFollow your dreamno matter what

1What was Monty Roberts’ dream when he was very young?

  ATo write a seven—page paper

  BTo learn to ride a horse

  CTo own a horse ranch

  DTo receive a better grade

2The underlined sentenceThere’s no way you could ever do it.”means______

  AYour dream can never come true

  BYou should find a way to let your dream come true

  CYou have to work hard or you’ll lose your dream

  DI’ll show you a way to help your dream come true

3After Monty heard his teacher’s advicehe __________

  Achanged his dream                        Breceived a better grade

  Cturned in a different paper                Dturned in the same paper

4Why does Monty Roberts keep that school paper on the wall of his sitting room?

  ATo show he was a good student

  BTo tell himself never to give up a dream

  CTo make his sitting room more beautiful

  DTo show people he is a successful person

                                                       

Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide guests with things like disposable (一次性) toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo(香波) and slippers.

Many guests like the idea because they don't' have to bring their own. However, if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests these disposables. They want to ask people to use less disposable things.

Many disposable things are made of plastic. People throw them away after only using them once. It is a waste of natural resources and is very bad for the environment. It is said that one Chinese person makes as much as 400 kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about l9, 000 tons of plastic bags every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. The less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.

 Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your daily life Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a cloth bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups. At your school dining room, use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.

1. Many hotels provide guests with some disposable things because they____.

A. wish their guests to save money

B. hope their guests use more disposable things

C. want their guests to pay for disposable things

D. let their guests be convenient during their traveling

2. Some Beijing hotels will no longer provide guests with ____.

A. cheap food and drinks    B. disposable things

C. rooms to live in         D. free TV programs

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Plastic breaks down easily.

B. Plastic is very bad for the environment.

C. Many disposable things are made of plastic.

D. Throwing disposable things away is a waste of natural resources.

4. What can we do to make our world a better place according to the passage?

A. Do not throw away paper cups.

B. Use shopping bags made of plastic.

C. Use disposable plates, bowls and chopsticks.

D. Do not forget to reuse daily necessities (日用品).

5. We can learn from the passage that______

A. people don’t like disposable things at all

B. plastic bags and disposable bowls won't be provided in public

C. we should use less disposable things and protect our environment

D. hotels won't provide disposable things because they want to save money

Do teenagers in small villages do chores at home? How about the teenagers in big cities? Here is a surveyWe asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questionsHalf of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and GuangzhouThe others are from small villagesWe made a diagram of the result of our surveyLet's have a look at it

We found out that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big citiesMaybe it is because they live a harder lifeOur advice to parents in big cities is that parents should give their children some chores to doDoing chores teaches teenagers to look after themselves

根据短文选择最佳答案。

1They surveyed         teenagers frown small villages

A1,000                     B2,000                    C4,000                    D3,000

2There are 1,000 teenagers from the cities who             

Atake out the trash   Bdo the dishes      Cmake the bed             Dfold the clothes

3Fewer than           teenagers in big cities sweep the floor and make the bed

A500                    B1,000                   C1,500                   D2,000

4The number of teenagers           in big cites is bigger than that in small villages

Amaking the bed                                      Btaking out the trash

Cfolding the clothes                                  Ddoing the dishes

5Why did they make the survey?

ABecause they don't want teenagers in China to do chores at home

BBecause they thought it'll help teenagers to look after themselves to do chores at home

CBecause they wanted to know if teenagers in China do chores at home

DBecause they thought it's not necessary for teenagers to look after themselves

In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games(现代奥运会) were on in Athens, Greece(希腊). After it, many countries successfully had the Olympics, like England, France, Germany, Canada, the USA, Spain and Australia. After more than one hundred years, the Games got back to their home---Athens, in the year of 2004.

When people have the Olympic Games, they always make an emblem (会徽). The emblem of the Athens Olympic Games last year is a white circle of Oliver branches (橄榄枝) in the sky. It means "Peace"(和平).

    This year, the Olympic Games will be on in China. And China had already made a red seal (印章) as the emblem of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. It means "Chinese Seal Dancing Beijing (中国印,舞动的北京)". It is also like a runner or a dancer. Below it, there are the words" Beijing 2008". The running emblem shows the spirit of the Olympic--faster, higher and stronger.

1. Which country had the 1st modern Olympic Games?

     A. Greece        B. China           C. Australia                D. France

2. What do people always make when they have the Olympic Games?

     A. A picture       B. An emblem      C. A seal                  D. A map

3. What did the Athens Olympic Games want to give the world?    

A. Luck          B. Illness        C. Safety                 D. Peace

4. How long did it take Athens to wait for the Olympic Games for the second time ?

     A.100 years.       B.108 years.       C.116 years               D.98 years.

5. The spirit of the Olympic Games is     

     A. history and problems                  B. faster, higher and stronger

C. running and dancing                   D. peace and friendship

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