Most people want to work, but in today’s word ,it is more difficult to find work for everybody.The economics of the world need to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people.
Often this is not possible,and so more people are out of work.
Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people do in a short time.Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holidays. In all the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people ,not only in factories but also on the farms.
One machine can often do the work of forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs ,but only 70% of them can find jobs .
1.The economics of the world need to grow to______.
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A．get more money |
B．keep the old number of jobs of people |
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C．make new machines |
D．let people look for jobs |
2.Some people are out of work because _______.
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A．of the machines |
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B．they are old |
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C．they ask for more money and longer holidays |
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D．they want to move to the cities |
3.About machines,which of the following is NOT RIGHT?________.
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A． Machines can do the work of many people do in a short time. |
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B． Machines do not ask for more money and holidays. |
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C． Two machines can do the work of eighty people. |
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D． Machines cant’t take work from people at all. |
4..How many people can’t find jobs every day _______?
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A．75,000 |
B．52500 |
C．22500 |
D．52500 |
5..From the passage, we know _______.
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A． it’s not possible for everybody to find work. |
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B． Machines can only take work from people in factories. |
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C． In the future , there will be enough jobs for everybody |
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D． Machines will do the work instead of people |
Canada geese are large blue and white birds .When autumn arrives ,they have to fly south where the weather is warmer .The winters are so cold in Canada that the birds will die if they stay there .
Last spring ,Bill Lishman found sixteen young Canada geese on his farm “They had lost their parents , ”Bill thought . “These young birds won’t know what to do in the autumn .
Bill had a small plane and he decided to teach the birds to follow him .All through the summer ,he went on short trips in his plane and the young geese flew after him .”
When the cold weather arrived in autumn ,Bill flew to Virginia in the United States ,600 miles south from his home in Canada .The geese follwed him all the way .Bill flew to Virginia and returned home .
This spring ,Bill was waiting for the birds to come back .They didn’t arrive ,so Bill flew to Virginia to get them .He looked for them for two weeks but he couldn’t find them .
When he arrived back home ,Bill found the geese waiting for him .Then had found the way home without him !
1. Canda geese have to flly south______.
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A．in spring |
B．before autumn |
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C．in the winter |
D．after summer |
2.The young birds_____,so they could follow Bill to Virginia .
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A．were well trained |
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B．went on trips in Bill’s plane |
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C．liked Bill |
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D．lost their parents |
3.Bill took the birds to virginia because ______.
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A．it’s warmer there |
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B．it’s 600 miles away from his home |
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C．he wanted the birds to fly after him |
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D．it’s a beautiful place in the United States |
4.The birds returned to Bill’s home_______.
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A．in Bill’s plane |
B．by themselves |
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C．in the winter |
D．in the autumn |
5..From the passage we can know that Bill _____.
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A．likes the birds very much |
B．in an American bird-lover |
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C．stayed in Virginia with the birds |
D．taught the birds to fly |
In 1620,about half the USA was covered by forests .Today the forests have almost gone .A lot of good land has gone with them ,leaving only sand .China doesn’t want to copy the USA’s example.We’re planting more and more tress .We’ve built the “Great Green Wall ”of tress across northern pat of our country .The “Great Green Wall”is 7,000 kilometers long ,and between 400 and 1,700 kilometers wide .It will stop the wind from blowing the earth away .It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland in the south .More “Great Green Wall ”are needed .Trees must be grown all over the world. “Great Green Wall ”will make the world better .
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1.In 1620 ,about_____ the USA was covered by forests
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A．a third |
B．half |
C．to thirds |
D．a fourth |
2. A lot of good land has gone with _____.
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A．sand |
B．water |
C．wind |
D．forests |
3. The “Great Green Wall”In China is _____long
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A．7,000 kilometers |
B．1,700 kilometers |
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C．7,000 meters |
D．400 kilometers |
4. Trees must be grown in _____.
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A．China |
B．the USA |
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C．some countries |
D．every part of the world |
5._____ will make the world better .
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A．the Great Wall |
B．Tall buildings |
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C．Great Green Wall |
D．Flowers and glass |
从方框中选出单词，用它们的适当形式填空，是短文意思正确通顺（每词只能用一次）
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George Wilson was the owner of a watch shop .One day he told his son James, “I will 1 you all I know about watches .” For the 2 few weeks , James looked after the front of the shop . He wored hard and was 3 to the customers( 顾客). George was very 4 with him.
After about six months , James said to his father, “Is there anything else you want to teach me?”
“Yes,” said George , “ It’s time for me to teach you how to make 5 ..”
“I know that ,”said James, “You buy watches at one price and sell them at a 6 price.That’s how we get so much money .”
“That’s ture . 7 we don’t make most of the money from it .” He picked up a watch from the counter (柜台). “What do you think of this watch?”
“That’s a cheep watch . We can only get a few dollars from 8 it .”
“You are 9, my son ,” George said , “Those cheap ones get us more money than any other watch in the shop.”
“I don’t understand,” James said .
“Becausa they are really cheap , they are always breaking, and we make our money from fixing 10.”
In the universe,there is the earth,the moon,the sun,the stars and all the other things too far away to see.The earth is one of the sun’s 1 ,and the moon is our satellite.The moon is about three hundred and eighty thousand kilometers away 2 the earth ,but it’s our 3 neighbor in space.It 4 more than three days to get there by spaceship No man 5 fathar than the moon ,but spaceship 6 people has reached other planets.
Of 7 the stars ,the sun is the nearest to the earth 8 other stars are even bigger and brighter than the sun.They look small only 9 they are much farther away.You 10 see them in the daytime .But if you go out at night ,you’ll be able to see many of them.
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Yo-Yo Ma was born in Paris in 1955.He is Chinese but has never lived in China .He began to learn to play the cello (大提琴),when he was four years old .He became a cellist when he was 21 years old .He won 15 Grammy Awards altogether .He is one of the most famous cellists in the world now .54.In New York ,people named a street after him .
In 1998 ,he started the “Silk Road Progect ”55.He wanted to take a trip along the old road and make new music.
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