Erin Brockovich grew up in Kansas, USA. She studied at a business college for a year, and then she went to California.

In 1990, when she was thirty years old, she had a car accident. A law firm (律师事务所) helped her after the accident, so she started to work for them later.

Her job was to organize papers (文件). One day Erin realized that there were lots of very sick people in a place called Hinkley. She felt it was unusual, so she started to look for more information about the town.

Erin worked very hard for five years. She visited lots of sick people in Hinkley and listened to their stories. All the sick people lived near a big factory called Pacific Gas and Electric. Then she discovered that there was something called chromium in the water they drank. It was from the factory and Erin believed that the people were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water. She planned to help them.

Erin started a law case (诉讼) against Pacific Gas and Electric. The factory wasn’t happy about this. They didn’t agree that the people were ill because of the water — but in 1996 the judge (法官) ordered Pacific Gas and Electric to pay the people in Hinkley $500,000 each.

In 2000, there was a film about Erin Brockovich. Julia Roberts played Erin and the film was very successful. Now Erin is famous — she has her own firm and she gives talks all over the world.

1.Erin worked for a law firm because_______.

A. she studied law in college

B. she wanted to help sick people

C. the firm paid her lots of money

D. the firm helped her after a car accident

2.How might Erin feel when she found many papers had to do with Hinkley?

A. Strange. B. Satisfied. C. Angry. D. Worried.

3.What does the underlined word “discovered” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese?

A. 坚持 B. 考虑 C. 发现 D. 抱怨

4.Erin found the people in Hinkley were sick because of______.

A. the food they ate B. the water they drank

C. the house they lived in D. the factory they worked in

5.The passage is mainly about _______.

A. Erin’s life experience B. a film in 2000

C. how to work on a law case D. how to care for sick people

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain as the last term in spring, starts on April 19 and ends on May 4.

Grain Rain comes from the old saying, “Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grains”, which shows that this period of rainfall is very important for the growth of crops.

Here is something that you may not know about the Grain Rain.

1.

Grain Rain falls between the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the temperature rises much higher than it does in March. With dry soil and heavy winds, sandstorms may happen more often.

2.

There is an old custom in southern China that people drink tea on the day of Grain Rain. Spring tea during Grain Rain is good for the eyes. It is also said that drinking tea on this day would prevent bad luck.

3.

People in northern China have the tradition to eat the vegetable toona sinensis during Grain Rain. An old Chinese saying goes “toona sinensis before the rain is as tender as silk (嫩如丝)”.The vegetable is good for the stomach and skin.

4.

The Grain Rain Festival is celebrated by fishing villages in northern China. Grain Rain marks the start of the fishermen’s first voyage (航行)of the year. The custom dates back to more than 2000 years ago.

1.When Grain Rain ends, starts.

A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

2.The underlined word “crops” refers to .

A. plants in the field B. trees in the forest

C. fishes in the sea D. tea in the south

3.The people in southern China on the day of Grain Rain.

A. drink tea B. eat toona sinensis

C. start the first voyage D. eat rice dumplings

4.We can infer that “toona sinensis”must be a kind of vegetable which____.

A. can bring good luck B. is delicious and healthy

C. grows at the seaside D. is good for the old

5.The right order of the titles from 1 to 4 should be .

a. Eating toona sinensis b. Sandstorms happen

c. Grain Rain Festival d. Drinking tea

A. b-a-d-c B. b-c-a-d C. b-d-a-c D. a-d-b-c

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