In the 13th century, the famous Indian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China. He saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.
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.
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
2. People in western countries first used paper money in the _________ century.
A. 17th B. 15th C. 13th D. 7th
3. About ________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.
A. 1,700 B. 2,000 C. 2,800 D. 48,000
4. Which of the following is the way of saving paper?
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.
5.Which is the best title（题目） of the passage?
A. Saving paper. B. The history of paper.
C. Cotton handkerchiefs back again. D. Cai Lun, the great inventor.
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn't worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
1.Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
A. Thomas. B. The old father.
C. Both the father and the son. D. Neither the father nor the son.
2.The farmer bought _______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
A. some food B. some water C. some cherries D. some pennies
3.When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.
A. felt very happy B. didn't say anything C. beat the son D. became a little angry
4. The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.
A. he wanted his son to eat them all B. he wanted his son to do more exercise
C. lie wanted to teach his son a lesson D. he wanted his son to pick them up
5.From the story, we can learn that _______.
A. cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them
B. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money
C. if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe
D. if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones
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The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and … |
Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop… |
Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do? |
1.The Long Night was written by _________.
A. David Reilly B. Maha C. Joanna D. Marcie Jacome
2.The story of Hard Work happened in _______.
A. Australia B. Thailand C. India D. England
3. From the passage we can see Tina is_________.
A. a doctor B. a film star C. a writer D. a college(大学) student
4._______ is about a difficult journey.
A.Hospital or Cinema B. Hard Work C. The Long Night D. Harry Potter
5.The passage above is___________.
A. an advertisement B. a story C. a novel D. a diary
Some people have very good memories and can easily learn quite long poem（诗歌）by heart. Some people have 51 memories and can only 52 things that they have said again and again.
The 53 English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down 54 street in London and then tell you the name of every shop on 55 sides of the street. Great men in the world have wonderful memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns 56 language by remembering what he hears 57 he is a small child. Some children live with their parents in foreign countries and they seem 58 two languages as 59 as one. In school it is not so easy to learn foreign languages 60 students have little time 61 it and they are busy with other subjects as well.
A man's mind is quite like a camera but it 62 photos of what we see and it can also take photos of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo 63 a camera there is much work 64 before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. 65 the same way there is much work to do before we can keep a picture forever in our mind.
1. A. wonderful B. better C. poor D. badly
2.A. speak B. study C. know D. remember
3.A. nice B. beautiful C. famous D. kind
4.A. any B. some C. many D. the
5.A. every B. each C. both D. all
6.A. her B. his C. one’s D. their
7.A. when B. since C. if D. as soon as
8.A. to keep B. to get C. to learn D. to take
9. A. badly B. hard C. easily D. happily
10.A. because B. why C. what D. when
11.A. like B. for C. to D. in
12.A. leaves B. takes C. gets D. receives
13. A. in B. by C. with D. through
14. A. to do B. to have C. to start D. to stay
15.A. In B. On C. With D. As
It took Andy two hours ____ his homework yesterday evening and I spent ____ mine. .
A. doing; less time finishing B. doing; more time to finish
C. to do; more time to finish D. to do; less time finishing
Peter is ______honest boy and he often tells me ______.
A. a; anything true B. /; something true C. an; true something D. an; something true
