题目内容
We ________ the foreign guests because they haven't ________ the hotel yet.
- A.are worry about, reached
- B.worried about, got
- C.worry, arrived
- D.are worried about, reached
A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2,000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.
Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.
So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs(手帕) and paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and refuse(拒绝)it later.
Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.
【小题1】When he was in China, Marco Polo __________ .
| A.discovered Cai Lun invented paper | B.learned to make paper |
| C.saw many wonderful things | D.read a lot of books |
| A.17th | B.15th | C.13th | D.7th |
| A.1,700 | B.2,000 | C.2,800 | D.48,000 |
| A.To use both sides of every piece of paper. |
| B.To use the paper bags from shops more than once. |
| C.To use cotton handkerchiefs and paper ones. |
| D.All of the above. |
| A.Saving paper. | B.The history of paper. |
| C.Cotton handkerchiefs back again. | D.Cai Lun, the great inventor. |
When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive. After the ants were in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels(地道). I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had its own job.
On the fifth day a tragedy(悲剧) happened. I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake, one by one began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner the farm. My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness. They simply could not stand that their tunnels were gone.
Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, but it taught me much more.
Over the years, I came to realize the importance of teamwork. Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired for their hard work.
But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently: Adversity(逆境) is a natural part of life, and must be accepted. Unlike the ants, we cannot give up when we are sad. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone, we must build another.
Giving up, I say, is not a good choice.
1.What did the writer’s family do for him when he was seven?
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A.They built a farm of ants. |
B.They bought a few ants. |
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C.They caught a lot of ants. |
D.They found an ant city. |
2.Which statement is WRONG according to the passage?
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A.The writer knocked the glass box over because he put his face so close to the glass farm. |
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B.The ants didn’t die one by one after the tunnels were destroyed. |
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C.Like people, teamwork is very important for the ants. |
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D.Giving up isn’t a good way when we meet trouble. |
3.Among the following events, which one happened first?
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A.All the tunnels fell down. |
B.The ants died one by one. |
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C.The ants got into the glass box. |
D.The ants began making tunnels. |
4.What did the writer learn from the ant tragedy a few years later?
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A.Working together is useless. |
B.Teamwork is important. |
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C.He can’t accept adversity. |
D.Working alone is amazing. |
5.What is the best title for the passage?
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A.Ants Fear Adversity |
B.My Family and Ants |
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C.Giving Up in Adversity |
D.Don’t give up anytime |
When Susan told me that she was terribly ill and probably would die. I cried. I didn’t understand why this happened to my best friend. Then Susan 35 me a red ribbon(丝带) without saying anything.
A month later, Susan was at a hospital about two hours away from where we lived. I asked my dad to take me to see her. I wanted to give my best friend a 36 . So I took out the ribbon and cut it into two pieces with scissors(剪刀). I put one in my pocket and the other in an envelope(信封), along with a letter explaining it to her. I told her to keep her 37 beside her bed, and I would keep mine near me, too. Then I went to the hospital one Friday afternoon, wondering (想知道) if the ribbon would 38 anything to her. I walked into the room and ran over to give her a big hug. Then I gave her a teddy bear and the envelope. We talked for a while and then she started looking 39 , so I asked her to get some rest and left the hospital. All the way home I 40 the ribbon close to me.
For the next four months, the ribbon was with me 41 I went: school, home, shopping, and at friends’ houses. Where I went, it went. It was something to remind(提醒)me that I had a friend who would 42 home very soon. Susan said that she wore her ribbon 43 her arm all the time and she always had it close to her when she was being tested and treated.
Finally, Susan came home! I was so happy. That night, I looked at the ribbon which was still with me. I had a feeling it would never 44 , that I would remember what had happened during the time she had been ill.
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