Sometimes people call ours a “throwaway society”. That means that we’re always throwing away old things and buying new ones. Many times, you no longer need something, but someone else may just need to buy one. For example, if your baby doesn’t like his toy car any longer, why not give it to a nearly family who has a little kid? That’s one less plastic toy car that they need to buy. It’s also one less plastic toy that needs to be produced, packaged and shipped to the toy store.
Here are some other ways to help save resources (资源)for the society:
★Use the other side of the paper.
★Use rechargeable (可再充电的) batteries for your electric toys, MP3 players, cell phones, and cameras.
★ Choose reusable travel cups instead of disposable (一次性的) paper or plastic cups.
★Take your own cloth shopping bags when you go shopping.
★ Drink tap water instead of buying bottled water.
And there are some things you can exchange with your friends, for example, books, toys, even clothes. It's a way for everyone to get something new without spending any money and without throwing many things away.
1.The underlined word "ours" in the passage refers to (指代) _______.
A. our society B. our old things
C. our life D. our throwaway things
2.According to the writer, if we give a second - hand toy car to a neighbor kid, we can____.
A. buy another new one B. help toy business develop
C. make the family very thankful to us D. help save resources for the society
3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. We should buy things that can be reused in our daily life.
B. We can exchange some things with others for further use.
C. It's good for us to throw away old things and buy new ones.
D. We are supposed to give the things we no longer need to our neighbors.
4.What should we do in our daily life after reading the passage?
A. Try to throw as few old things as we can.
B. Use as many disposable things as possible.
C. Drink bottled water even though there is tap water around.
D. Buy everything we need instead of exchanging them with others.
Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way to others.
One day the father decided to _46___some friends to dinner in his house. He __47____ his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got _48____his father wanted, he turned back and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t __49___enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But __ 50 of them would give way to the other. They___51___ straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. " What shall I do? My son hasn’t____52___ yet. I can’t wait any longer.” He wanted to know what the ___53____ with his son was. So he left his friends at home, and he himself went to the town to look for his son.
“You may first take the ___54_____ home for my friends. Let me stand here against him ____55____.” He said to his son when he knew what had happened.
1.A. speak B. answer C. say D. ask
2. A. hoped B. told C. let D. wished
3.A. why B. where C. what D. which
4. A. long B. wide C. high D. narrow
5. A. either B. all C. both D. neither
6. A. stood B. went C. lay D. walked
7.A. gone B. bought C. returned D. been
8.A. wrong B. accident C. thing D. matter
9. A. meat B. dinner C. bread D. money
10.A. politely B. instead C. safely D. kindly
We will celebrate the 90th birthday of the Chinese Communist Party _____ July 1st, 2011.
A. on B. at C. in D. during
Want to say "hello" from Disneyland? Send a post card!
Beautiful scenes of paradise (乐园), wild animals, silly pictures — you can find them all in one place. Where? On a post card! Have people always sent post cards? No. Before post cards, people liked sealed letters.
The idea for the first decorated (装饰) post card came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card with decorations would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, post cards with pictures appeared. By law, people had to write their note on the front ——on the picture! The back was only for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back post card. Then people could write their note on the back left side and put the address on the right. During the early 1900s, the golden age of post cards, picture post cards became a craze of the world. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million post cards. Today, post cards are the third most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins.
1.We can see some silly pictures on the post cards.
2. Post cards were produced before sealed letters.
3.In 1861, the first decorated post card appeared.
4.Post cards were most popular during the early 1900s.
5.Stamps, coins and post cards are the most popular collections in the world.
Some parents might worry that their children's hobbies can _______ schoolwork.
A. get the way of B. get on the way of
C. get on well with D. get in the way of
—________ you________ the Beatles' story?
— Yes. And their songs are popular.
A. Did; hear B. Do; listen to C. Have; heard of D. Have; listened to
