I can’t remember the date when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of seeing litter near my home and realized that nobody else was going to pick it up.
I live close to a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there within three minutes! I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was so much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided to clean up the forest.
I made my first trip to clean the forest one afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes later, my bag was full of cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers.
Since that first trip three years ago, I’ve been to the forest four times a year to pick up litter. I’m often there for three hours. It makes me feel great to do something for the environment.
After each trip, I look at all the litter I’ve found. If any of it is recyclable(可回收的)，I’ll keep it. I can’t understand why people drop litter. But I will keep picking it up until they stop dropping it.
I know I can only do a small bit to help the earth, but I still think it is important.
1.When did the writer begin to collect litter?
A. When he was very young.
B. After his home moved to a new place.
C. When he got tired of seeing litter near his home.
2.Where does the writer live?
A. He lives in a forest.
B. He lives in a place with much litter.
C. He lives near a forest.
3.The writer collects litter________.
A. in order to make the place clean
B. in order to make fun
C. in order to make money
4.Where does the writer collect litter?
A. In the forest B. In the street C. In the park.
5.From the passage we infer(推断) __________
A．the writer always collects a lot of litter
B .the environment will be more beautiful if everyone tries to protect it.
C. the writer will go on collecting litter.
A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just become motherless. The bombing(爆炸) destroyed her home and killed her mother.
Every day we see pictures like this on TVs or in newspapers. We see young Iraqi children asking for food and water from American and soldiers as they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad(巴格达). We see these children following grown-ups, carrying bags of things almost at the same size as their small bodies as they leave their homes in Baghdad.
“Dad, why are the Americans fighting us? Are we going to be killed?” asks the son of Abu Sinar, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son.
He tries to comfort him by saying ,“The bombs（炸弹） are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We are going to be all right.” Even though Abu knows this isn’t always the truth, what else can he do? In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to make them sleep so that they won’t hear the sound of bombing. And all the schools are closed.
“All we do is to listen to and hear the war,” said Abu, “We, all the people and the children, have to live in fear(恐惧). We feel hopeless and helpless. We don’t know where the next bombs are going. We can do nothing but wait to be killed.”
1.During the war, children are ______________.
A.studying at school B.safer than their parents C.in great danger
2.The children have to flee(逃离) their homes because_________.
A.it’s dangerous to stay at home because of the bombing.
B.their parents are not at home
C.they want to get food and water.
3.Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his son, because___________.
A.he doesn’t want to tell him the real reason
B.he doesn’t want to tell a lie.
C.he doesn’t know how to explain it clearly.
4.“sleeping pills” are __________.
A. a kind of thing to help them to be away from the war.
B.a kind of medicine to help them to fall asleep
C.a kind of food to make them strong
5.According to the passage we know that__________.
A. all the children in Iraqi are looking for something to eat.
B. all the children in Iraqi are thinking about something to solve the war problem
C. the children in Iraqi are feeling fearful, helpless and hopeless during the war.
Most people in Britain live in small family groups. More than a quarter of homes in Britain have only one person living in them. Some of these persons are old but some are of twenty to thirty who choose to live alone. 35% of homes have two people living in them, and another 17% have three people. 15% have four people living in them, and the other homes have five or more.
The families in Britain are small. It is unusual for parents to have more than two children. When children are about eighteen or nineteen, they leave their parents’ home, and they often go to other cities. Sometimes they only visit their parents two or three times a year.
根据短文内容，判断正(A)误( B)。
1.The passage is a report.
2.35% of homes in Britain have 3 people living in them.
3.The families in Britain are large.
4.Some are people of twenty to thirty who choose to live alone.
5.The passage mainly tells us the population in American.
—I have never finished doing my homework. —___________.
A. Neither do I. B. So have I. C. Neither have I.
In May, 2010, I first visited Toronto when my granddaughter needed a serious operation(手术). She stayed at a hospital in the heart of the city because the hospital provide excellent medical treatment for us. 46 it was a beautiful city, my first impression of it was bad. My husband and I rented a room not far away from the 47 . Every day we walked from our apartment to the hospital. On the way we met many 48 things. Poor people asked for money. People walked around them as if they saw 49 . People there always walked quickly 50 smile. I kept smiling at them saying：“Excuse me” every time when I wanted to pass someone.
The city never 51 .. Bright lights and loud music were everywhere.
There were many firsts for me when I was in Toronto. It was the first time I saw the lack of humanity(人性的缺失) for our fellow man. The city felt crowd but __52
Though I went to Toronto many times. I had no interest to 53 any wonderful places. I felt uncomfortable when I was there.
When we were back home, I felt comfortable at home. Our neighbors 54 us back with friendly smiles. It is quiet, peaceful and safe. You don’t have to 55 the house or car doors. You can hear water gurgle(汩汩地流)。It’s the life.
1.A. Though B. When C. If
2.A. neighbor B.garden C. hospital
3.A. unpleasant B. interesting C. wonderful
4.A. something B. anything C. nothing
5.A.without B. besides C. in
6.A. walked B. slept C.drank
7.A. quiet B.lonely C. noisy
8.A.introduce B. describe C. visit
9.A. sent B. welcomed C. paid
10.A. repair B.buy C.close
—The teacher asked me to hand in our exercise books to her after class.
—________. I left mine at home.
A. Don’t mention it. B. Forget it C. Oh, my goodness
