In the 13th century, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things.

  One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century.

  But people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.

  A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2000 years ago. How did he do it? He took 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 Beijing. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper.

  This means that we are cutting down 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 choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper cups. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs, not 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 reuse 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.

(1) People in western countries first used paper money in the ________ century.

[  ]

A.17th

B.15th

C.13th

D.7th

(2) About _______ tons of paper are thrown away every day in Beijing.

[  ]

A.1700

B.2000

C.2800

D.48000

(3) Which of the following is NOT a way to save paper?

[  ]

A.To use both sides of every piece of paper.

B.To use paper bags from shops more than once.

C.To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones.

D.To grow more trees.

(4) Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

[  ]

A.If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use.

B.The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western    countries.

C.About 48 000 trees can be used to make 2 800 tons of paper.

D.It is never too late to plant trees for paper.

(5) Which is the best title of the passage?

[  ]

A.Saving Paper

B.The History of Paper

C.Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again

D.Cai Lun, the Great Inventor

  Thanksgiving Day is a holiday in the U.S.A.It is celebrated(庆祝)every year on the fourth Thurs- day of November. On Thanksgiving Day members and friends get together for a turkey dinner. People living in cities, if their relatives live out of town, leave work early on Wednesday afternoon and drive their cars to distant places for a family reunion(团圆). Many people also take Friday off and make it a long weekend because most Americans don’t work on Saturdays and Sundays. During the holiday travel between big cities can be a headache.

  The Thanksgiving Day’s holiday began in 1621. When the first English settlers arrived in New World, they didn’t have enough food, and the Indians helped the white men and taught them how to grow corn and vegetables. So in the autumn after they came to the New World, they had a good harvest. The English settlers decided to celebrate, and they invited their Indian neighbors to banquet(赴宴)in order to go to give thanks to them for their help and to the God.

(1) Thanksgiving Day means ________.

[  ]

A.to give thanks to the Indians and the God

B.to give thanks to their neighbors

C.to give thanks to the nature

D.to give thanks to the weather

(2) When the first English settlers arrived in America, _______.

[  ]

A.the Indians didn’t have enough food

B.they had a good harvest

C.they learned how to grow crops from the Indians

D.they were good at planting crops

(3) As usual, it’s difficult to travel by cars between big cities on_______.

[  ]

A.Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday

B.Friday, Saturday and Sunday

C.Saturday afternoon and Sunday

D.Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

(4) If November 1, 1994 is Friday, then Thanksgiving Day will be ________.

[  ]

A.November 21

B.November 26

C.November 27

D.November 28

(5) The festival began in_______.

[  ]

A.1862

B.1621

C.1761

D.1921

  Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June. Usually American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.

  But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class. After class they do all kinds of interesting things.

  After high school, many students go to college. They may go to a small or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot for their higher education. So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies.

(1)In America .summer vacation lasts(持续)________.

[  ]

A.one month

B.two months

C.three months

D.more than three months

(2)Students only stay at school for about ________ years before they go to college.

[  ]

A.five

B.six

C.twelve

D.fourteen

(3)The word“college”means________ in Chinese.

[  ]

A.大学

B.公司

C.研究院

D.工厂

(4)Many American students work after class, because they________.

[  ]

A.want to see interesting things

B.have to help the other people

C.want to make more friends

D.have to get money for their studies

(5)The article is mainly about________.

[  ]

A.the difference between schools in China and in America

B.schools in China

C.schools in America

D.American students' school life

  A boy came in our classroom. He's new and few of us know him. But after class Peter went to say hello to him. I asked, “Do you know him, Peter?”

  “Yes. He lived next to us last year.”

  “What do you think of him, then?”

  Peter didn't answer it but told us a story about the boy:

  It was half past eight in the morning. The telephone rang and Mary went to answer it.

  “Hello, who's that?” she asked.

  “It's me--Peter.”

  Peter was a friend of Mary's eight-year-old brother,Johnny.

  “Oh, hello, Peter. What do you want?” said Mary.

  “Can I speak to Johnny?”

  “No, “ said Mary, “You can't speak to him now. He is busy. He is getting ready (有准备的) for school. He is eating his breakfast. Grandmother is combing (梳) his hair. Sister is under the table, putting his shoes on. Mother is getting his books and putting them in his backpack. Goodbye, I've got to go now. I have to open the door for him. The school bus is coming.”

(1) Few people know Johnny because ____.

[  ]

A.he's a shy boy

B.he's a serious boy

C.he's new in his class

D.he doesn't have any friend

(2) What are the family doing now?

[  ]

A.They're helping Johnny to get ready for school.

B.They're getting ready for breakfast.

C.They hope to take the school bus.

D.They're going to take Johnny to school.

(3) How does Johnny go to school ?

[  ]

A.He gets there in a car.

B.He goes there in the school bus.

C.He often takes a taxi to school.

D.His mother takes him there on a bike.

(4) There're ____ people in the room.

[  ]

A.four

B.five

C.six

D.seven

(5) The girl has to go because ____.

[  ]

A.she has to go to school, too

B.she's late for class

C.she doesn't have breakfast

D.she has to help her brother, too

  Many years ago, in a small town, there lived a doctor. He was good and kind. At any time of day and night, he was always ready to go and help sick people. Everyone in the town liked him and people always went to him when there was anything wrong with them.

  But many years went past and the doctor became old. He began to lose his memory (记忆). This made him do foolish things sometimes. When people noticed this, they did not go to him any more. “He may give us the wrong medicine.” They said and they were afraid.

  “Why does no one come to me now?” he wondered. But no one wanted to tell him because they did not want to hurt the good old man, so they said, “You have cured (治好) all the sick people in the town. There is no one sick now. “ The doctor was pleased when he heard that and then went away happily.

(1) The doctor lived ____.

[  ]

A.in a town

B.in a hospital

C.in a village

D.in a city

(2) People did not go to the doctor any more because ____.

[  ]

A.he didn't want to cure them

B.they were afraid of him

C.he didn't want to see them

D.he might give them wrong medicine

(3) When the doctor heard what people said, he ____.

[  ]

A.was sorry

B.was surprised

C.was pleased

D.was worried

(4) The doctor ____.

[  ]

A.was quite foolish

B.always gave the wrong medicine

C.believed what the people told him

D.was not kind to the sick people

(5) Why didn't people tell the truth to the doctor?

[  ]

A.Because they were angry with the doctor.

B.Because they did not want to hurt the old doctor.

C.Because the doctor did not like to listen to them.

D.Because they did not need to tell him the truth.

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