We are lucky to live in a rich country where we have many things.However, most of us usually 1 some things.
Electricity is one thing 2 we waste most.Lights, TVs, 3 and other things are often kept on even when no one is using them.We should turn them off when we do not need them.It 4 less than a second to do it.Anyhow, not wasting electricity save money, because we do not have to 5 the electricity we do not use.
The second thing that we often waste is water.Fresh water is precious, 6 it shouldn’t be wasted.It is only a simple matter of turning off a tap.I am sure 7 can do this easily if he wants to.
8 big waste is food.My mother 9 cook so much food that much of it was thrown away.I told her we had wasted so much 10 .She thought I was right and now cooks 11 what we can eat.
It is not 12 to be wasteful.I find there is a simple 13 of not wasting things.That is to use only what we 14 .Do not touch what we do not need. 15 this way we can stop being wasteful.
仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. Have you ever stayed in a hotel Most Chinese hotels often provide guests with things like disposable(一次性的) toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. Many guests like the idea because they don't have to bring their own. But, if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables. They want to ask people to use less disposable things. Many disposable things are made of plastic. People throw them away after only using them once. It is a waste of natural resources(资源) and is very bad for the environment. Do you know, one Chinese person makes as much as 400 kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again. Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your daily life: Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups. At your school canteen(食堂), use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.
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Why do many hotels provide guests with some disposable things
A. Let their guests be convenient during their travelling.
B. Hope their guests use less disposable things.
C. Wish their guests to save money.
D. Want their guests to use more disposable things.
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Some Beijing hotels will no longer provide guests with ____.
A. cheap food and drink
B. disposable things
C. good service
D. free TV programmes
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Which of the following is NOT true
A. Many disposable things are made of plastic.
B. Throwing disposable things away is a waste of natural resources.
C. Plastic is very bad for the environment.
D. Plastic breaks down easily.
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What can we do to make our world a better place at home and school
A. Use shopping bags made of plastic.
B. Do not throw away paper cups.
C. Use disposable plates, bowls and chopsticks.
D. Do not forget to reuse daily necessities(日用品).
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We can tell from the story that ____.
A. people don't like disposable things at all
B. we can't use paper or plastic bowls at school
C. we should use less plastic things and protect our environment
D. hotels won't provide disposable things because they want to save money
There was a robbery near Harry’s home one night.Harry was looking out of his window 1 .He saw a robber run out of a shop and he saw the robber 2 his mask (面具).He saw his face.
Harry told his father what he had seen.When the police came, Harry and his 3 went to talk to them.“I saw the robber,” Harry told the police.“I can 4 him.He was about fifty years old.He 5 a big red nose.His ears were big.He was quite tall and thin.He had 6 wrong with his right leg.”
“ 7 do you know that ?” one of the policemen asked Harry.
“He limped (跛行),” Harry said.
“What was he wearing?” the other policeman asked.
“He was wearing black trousers and a shirt,” Harry said.“His mask was a lady’s stocking.His shoes were white sports shoes.”
“You are a very clever boy,” the policeman said.“ 8 !Now we can send out a description of the robber.”
The police did this and the next day they caught him.They put him in a line 9 some other men.They asked Harry to point him out.Harry did this 10 .The police arrested (逮捕)the man.Then Harry went home with his father happily.
The little boy entered the house, unhappy.His mother was 1 cakes in the kitchen.She smiled as she 2 but stopped when she saw his face.“Tyler, 3 happened? Is everything okay? ”
“Nothing is okay, mom.” said the boy, “Today, in our science lesson, Mrs.Green was talking about the 4 .She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying.She wants us to think of something we can do to help.I thought all the way, but there is 5 I can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you 6 .” the mother said after thinking for a while.“One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 7 , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by 8 .The man shook his head as he walked along, ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very sorry 9 those starfish.He went on walking and just at that time he was 10 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 11 as he could, ‘how silly you are! My 12 , ’ the man said, ‘There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back? ’ The boy didn't stop but kept throwing, ‘ 13 I can't help them all.I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.”
“Thinking for a moment, the man 14 to help return the starfish to their home.He smiled and said to himself, ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the 15 person.
Can we make animals work for us?Some scientists think that one day we can teach animals to do a lot of things for people.They say that in a film or on TV you may see elephants, monkeys,dogs or some other animals doing a lot of things.If you watch carefully,you may find those animals are always given a little food to eat after they have done something.Scientists say that people can teach many different animals to do some easy work if they know they will get something to eat.
We all know elephants can carry large logs(圆木) and dogs can look after houses.And we can even teach animals to work in factories.In America,for example,people use apes(猿) to help make cars.Scientists think that those big monkeys may,one day,drive trains.Now people are trying to let them do something just like man.
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People can teach animals to do some easy work if __________.
A.the animals have enough food to eat
B.the animals learn they'll get something to eat
C.the animals are as clever as man
D.the animals are big enough
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At present people are letting elephants do some __________ work.
A.difficult B.heavy C.light D.busy
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We can use dogs to __________.
A.drive trains B.help make cars
C.keep the houses safe D.carry logs
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Scientists are trying to let big monkeys __________.