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On Lunar New Year’s Eve on Feb 18, 2015,Beijing had a good day. PM2.5 levels were below 50. However, the nice day ended with firework celebrations at night.

In the first hour after the start of the celebration, PM2.5 levels rose to 500 in certain parts of the city, with the average across the city around 400.

According to the China National Environmental Monitoring Center, on Lunar New Year’s Day, air pollution reached “dangerous levels” in 201 Chinese cities, because of fireworks, with more than 40 of them seeing “serious pollution”. As a result, the debate on whether to ban (禁止) fireworks during the Spring Festival is also heating up.

Sina surveyed 3,000 Internet users, and results show that only 38 percent of the people support setting off fireworks, and 60 percent are against it.

“I support a ban on fireworks,” a netizen (网民) nicknamed ann019 said. “Lighting fireworks can only bring problems: air pollution, disturbing sleep, causing fire and exhausting sanitation workers (环卫工人).”

Others thought it to be hard to ban traditions, and lighting fireworks during holiday seasons won’t cause lasting pollution.

Some, however, suggest a moderate (温和的) way to solve the problem.

“As a tradition, fireworks absolutely add to the festival’s happiness. They shouldn’t be banned totally,” commented netizen Tracy on the China Daily online forum (论坛). “But the time should be reduced. For example, it can be allowed just during New Year’s Eve, the first day of the Lunar New Year and the Lantern Festival.”

1. caused serious air pollution on Lunar New Year’s Eve.

A. The factories B. The cars

C. The fireworks D. The bad weather

2. cities saw serious air pollution on Lunar New Year’s Day.

A. 201 B. More than 40

C. Around 400 D. 500

3.According to Sina’s survey, over half of the Internet users setting off fireworks.

A. are against B. enjoy

C. support D. don’t care about

4. was not mentioned by the netizen nicknamed ann019.

A. Exhausting sanitation workers

B. Disturbing sleep

C. Wasting money

D. Causing fire

5.According to the passage, we know is a moderate way to solve the problem.

A. to ban fireworks totally

B. to reduce the time of setting off fireworks

C. to get more people to set off fireworks

D. to never change the tradition

6.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Air pollution.

B. A Survey on the Internet.

C. Moderate ways to reduce firework celebrations.

D. Whether to ban festive fireworks.

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2.Marcia is a fan of Jacky Chan. She likes his movies very much.

3.Lydia is a good college student. Next month she will go to Canada to study. She is afraid of the language.

4.Wendy is a Chinese girl. This winter she wants to go to Canada on vacation.

5.Julia prefers the fashion but cheap clothes. She doesn’t want to spend too much money on them.

A. Big Star House

It is a big store. It sells the things that have been used. It is going to hold an end-of-season sale. The price of them will be lower than usual.

B. Children’s Cinema

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C. Spring Art

More than 100 artists get together and sell the works of painters and photographers(投影师). There are many famous pictures for sale, too.

D. English Corner in the Open air

The students from the English department of Foreign Language University hold an English Corner in the People’s Square in the evening.

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18.Different gestures(手势) mean different things in different countries.Sometimes a gesture that is polite in one country is not polite in another an should not be used.Different meanings of gestures can also cause problems in understanding what another person is trying to say.A gesture that many people do not understand is one that uses the thumb.Most westerners will sometimes show that they like something by holding out a closed hand with the thumb lifting in the air.This is called give someone or something"the thumb up".Often,only one thumb is used,so it should be"the thumb up".
The usual explanation(解释) for the origin of this gesture is not really correct.It says that in ancient Roman times,when people werwe pleased with the way a gladiator(角斗士) had fought,they showed their thumbs up.When they were not pleased,they gave the thumbs down.When a gladiator was given the thumbs up,the emperor allowed him to live.When a gladiator was given the thumbs down,the emperor ordered hme to be killed.
The truth is,however,it was translated into a wrong meaning by mistake.If people wanted to save the gladiator,they put out their hands and hid their thumbs in their hands.If they wanted the gladiator to die,they pointed their thumbs stright at him.
46.Westerners lift their thumbs when theyC.
A.want someone to die                          B.want to go to a play ground
C.like something                               D.want someone to live
47.Most people think that in ancient Rome,"thumbs up"meant thatB.
A.the emperor could die                     B.the people wanted the gladiator to live
C.the fighting could continue                 D.the people were not pleased
48.In fact,if people wanted a gladiator to live,theyA.
A.hid their thumbs                          B.pointed their thumbs down
C.lifted their thumbs up                      D.pointed their thumbs at him
49.From the article we know thatA.
A.different gestures have different meanings in different countries
B.a friendly gesture is always the same in different countries
C.the meaning of"thumbs up"is the same both now and the past
D.we should often use the thumbs
50.The main idea of this article is aboutD.
A.gestures around the world                B.closed thumbs
C.gestures in ancient Rome                 D.the thumbs-up gesture.

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