Walt Disney was born in the USA in 1901. Wall lived a poor life
 
when he was young. To have fun, Walt began drawing. In 1928, Mickey \ Mouse was created and became world-famous at once. He soon drew other cartoon characters like Donald Duck.
Then Walt decided to open theme parks. In 1955, Walt Disney himself opened the first Disney park in California, USA. Later, another Disney World opened in Florida, USA in 1971. Tokyo Disneyland opened in Japan in 1983, and Euro Disney opened in France in 1992. In 2005, the world's fifth Disneyland opened in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong Disneyland is the smallest of all Disneylands, but the Adventureland in it is the biggest one of all.
On April 8th, 2011, Shanghai Disneyland project started in Pudong New Area.
It's 12 kilometers from Pudong International Airport. The planned castle for the
Shanghai Disneyland is going to be the biggest and tallest of all the world's Disney
theme parks. "Visitors will say 'wow, look at that big castle' when they first see
it," said Robert Iger, President and CEO of the Walt Disney Company. The theme
park will be the world's sixth Disney park and the first one on the Chinese mainland, It will also be the third of its kind in Asia. The park will be built in about five years and will possibly open in 2014, at the earliest. It may attract 7.3 million visitors in its first year.
【小题1】Which may be the best title of the passage?
A.Father of Mickey MouseB.Disneyland in the USA
C.Walt Disney and his cartoon charactersD.Disneylands all over the world
【小题2】How many Disneyland parks are there in the world now?
A.Six.B.Five.C.Three.D.Two.
【小题3】Which of the following about the Shanghai Disneyland is NOT true?
A.Shanghai Disneyland will be the first Disney theme park in China.
B.About 7.3 visitors may come to Shanghai Disneyland in its first year.
C.It will take about five years to finish building the Shanghai Disneyland.
D.Shanghai Disneyland will have the biggest castle of all the Disney parks.
How do you pay for things? Do you usually use cash(现金), or do you like to pay by credit card(信用卡)? If you are like a lot of people, you probably have at least one credit card. Also, you might use it more often than you probably should.
Credit cards first became popular in the 1920s, At that time, businesses, such as hotels and companies, gave credit cards to their best customers(顾客). Unlike today's credit cards, customers could only use these cards at the Store or business that gave out the card. Customers had to pay for things in full. They couldn't pay for something a little at a time.
In 1950, a businessman named McNamara started a credit card company — Diners Club. Unlike earlier credit cards, this card could be used by customers at many restaurants. Customers liked the card because they didn't have to carry a lot of cash with them. Restaurant owners liked the card, too. Why? They found out that customers usually spent more money when they could pay by credit card.
In its first year of business, Diners Club issued 200 cards, The customers who got the cards from the Diners Club could use them at 27 different restaurants. Today, Diners Club has about 8 million customers, and they can use their cards in over 7. 6 million businesses in more than 200 countries.
【小题1】What can we know about the earlier credit cards from the passage?
A.They could be used everywhere.
B.Customers had to pay for things in full.
C.They were very popular before the 1920s.
D.Everyone could get this kind of credit card.
【小题2】 The underlined word "issued" here probably means "      ".
A.showed B.took C.borrowed D.provided
【小题3】 This passage is mainly about       .    
A.part of the development of credit cards
B.how to use cash
C.the number of people who use credit cards in the world
D.how credit cards help businessmen
阅读短文,根据短文内容回答下面的问题,将答案写在答题卡相应题号后的横线上。
Charter schools in the US operate with public money but without many of the rules that govern traditional public schools. In the United States the rules for charter schools are different from state to state. But in general these schools have greater freedom to decide what and how to teach.
A charter school might have nothing to do with the local public school system. It might be started by teachers, parents, community groups or a profit-making business.
Forty-seven million students go to traditional public schools. And more than a million students go to charter schools.
And now a group of charter schools have formed the Green Charter Schools Network. The idea is to have environment friendly school buildings but also to go further than that.
The schools teach students to give lots of time and attention to the community problems that affect them and the environment. For example, young children grow vegetables in a school garden and learn about healthy eating. Older students help recycle waste from restaurants. And local schools share what they grow in community gardens with people in need.
Jim McGrath is president of the Green Charter Schools Network. He says there are about two hundred “green” charter schools across the United States. And the Green Charter Schools Network holds its first national conference this October in Minnesota. Supporters of green schools say their goal is to let the movement be popular across the country.
【小题1】. Are the rules for charter schools the same in the US?  
【小题2】. How many students go to charter schools? 
【小题3】. What do students in charter schools often do?
【小题4】. Do teachers teach students to protect the environment or to know the Network?  
【小题5】. Why do supporters hope charter schools to be popular across the country?



It’s a long-awaited day for China. The navy now has its first aircraft carrier(航空母舰), Liaoning.
It’s a unique experience to get to know the life in the carrier. The carrier is just like a small city on the sea. It has all the functions for daily life. There are 4 words to sum up its characters: big, small, much and high. The carrier Liaoning is such a huge one that the total length of the whole corridor(过道)could reach over 20 kilometers. But the living space for the sailors(水手)is quite small. That’s because the carrier is designed for researching purposes, rather than comfortable living. Over 1,000 sailors, both men and women, are living onboard. They are arranged among over 3,000 tiny rooms below the deck. For visitors, it’s so easy to get lost. So the first thing the new sailors have to learn is their way around. The number of female sailors is much less than that of the males, taking about 5 percent of the total. But they play a key role in carrying out some special missions.
Also, you will be surprised by the high level of education of today’s sailors. The captain said that over 90 percent of the sailors are college graduates. Six hold Doctor’s Degrees and 45 have a Master’s. The whole team is young but vigorous. The complex work on the carrier requires high management abilities for the commanders onboard(在船上).
【小题1】Why do we visitors get lost easily inside the carrier?

A.Because they don’t have a map.
B.Because the living space is quite small.
C.Because there are too many corridors for rooms.
D.Because the corridor inside the carrier is too long.
【小题2】What does the word “high” in Line 6 refer to(指代)?
A.The aircraft carrier is high since it is just like a small city.
B.Most of the soldiers received good education.
C.The expense(花费)to run a carrier is high.
D.The high-level of their training.
【小题3】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A.Liaoning is our country’s first aircraft carrier.
B.Most of the sailors on the carrier are college graduates.
C.There are far fewer women sailors than men sailors on the carrier.
D.It is comfortable for the sailors to live in the carrier.

阅读下面的材料,然后根据材料内容回答所提问题。

You may have known several kinds of police, traffic police and street police. But have you ever heard of energysaving (节能) policemen?

A group of 22 of these new policemen went to work last week in Beijing. They go around the city to see the use of energy in hotels, office buildings, shopping centers and other public places. One of their aims is to make sure that these places have set their air conditioning (空调) no cooler than 26℃.

 “If everyone sets their air conditioning at 26℃, Beijing will save 400 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in one summer,” said a TV advertisement.

At the beginning of this month, China made its first action plan to fight pollution. It aims to reduce energy usage by 20% and increase renewable (可再生的) energy up to 10% from 7% by 2011.

To introduce the public to a green life, last week Beijing held a show on energy-saving technology and products.

“We want to tell people that there are certain ways to protect the environment. Each of us can find effective ways to do it in our daily life,” said Liu Qianguang, an environmental engineer in Beijing.

1.What do the energy-saving policemen usually do in Beijing?

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2.How much electricity will be saved in one summer if everyone in Beijing sets their air conditioning at 26℃?

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3. Has China planned to reduce energy usage by 20% by 2011?

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4.Why did Beijing hold a show on energy-saving technology and products?

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5.Who is Liu Qianguang?

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