Sports can help you keep fit and close to nature. However, whether you are on the mountains, in the waves, or on the grassland, you should realize that sport you choose might have great influence on the environment.
Some sports are resource-hungry. Golf, as you may know, eats up not only large areas of countryside, but also lots of water. Besides, huge amounts of energy are used to keep its courses（球场）in good condition. This causes major environmental changes. For example, in the dry places of Portugal and Spain, golf is often held responsible for (为...承担责任） serious water shortage(短缺) in some local areas.
There are many environment-friendly sports. Power walking is one of them that you could take up today. You don't need any special equipment except a good pair of shoes, and you don't have to worry about resources and your purse. Simple and free, power walking can also help you stay healthy. If you walk regularly, it will be good for your heart. Experts say that 20 minutes of power walking daily can make you feel less anxious, sleep well and keep thin.
Whatever sport you take up, you can make it greener than by using environment-friendly equipment and buying products made from recycled materials. But the final goal should be "green gyms." They are better replacements(替代) for traditional health clubs and modern sports centers. Members of green gyms play sports outdoors, in the countryside or other open spaces. There is no special requirement for you to start your membership(会员身份)． And best of all, it's free.
1.Which of following does the author most probably support according to the passage?
A. Bicycling around the lake. B. Car racing on the road.
C. Playing basketball in a gym. D. Swimming in a sports center.
2. What does the phrase "resource-hungry" in this passage mean in Chinese?
A. 广为流行的. B. 亲近自然的. C.低成本的. D. 耗费资源的.
3. The author uses power walking as an example mainly because
A. it is an outdoor sport. B. it is loved by many people.
C. it uses fewer recourses. D. it is supported by experts.
4.The author writes the passage to_______.
A. show us disadvantages of golf.
B. encourage us to take part in green sports.
C. explain the major sports influence of popular sports,
D. discuss different kinds of environment-friendly sport.
King's College Summer School is an annual(年度的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King's College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year's summer school will be from July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows:
1.The summer training program includes all of the following except_______.
A. doing a part-time job. B. taking courses.
C. having sports. D. travelling.
2. If you want to live at a relative's home in New York, you will have to pay the school______.
A. $200. B. $400. C. $500. D. $900.
3.What correct information can you get from the passage?
A. The program will last two months.
B. You can e-mail or ring up the school.
C. You should write to Thompson only in English.
D. Students in China can send applications only on July 14.
Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12,a white gardenia（栀子花）was sent to my house. No card came with it．Calls to the flower shops were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender's name and was just very pleased with the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.
But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be, Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged this imagining. She'd ask me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness. Perhaps it was the old man who I looked afier when he was ill. As a girl, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy.
One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt very sad and didn't want to go to the coming graduation dance at all. And I didn't care whether I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery.
My mother died ten days after l was married.1 was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.
1.Which statement is true according to the passage?
A. The author found the sender by calling the flower shops.
B. In fact, the flower was sent by a boy.
C. It was a pleasant moment for the girl to imagine the sender.
D. The author got a gardenia every year after she was married.
2.The mother let her daughter go to the graduation dance because_______.
A. She hoped she would miss her father.
B. She thought education was most important.
C. She hoped she would find a friend.
D. She wanted her to be happy and strong.
3.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Childhood Dream. B. A Mother's Love.
C. A Graduation Party. D. A Special Birthday.
Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight, "You need fortune(运气)，" his father said. "But you work hard, no fortune will come."
What made him was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn't like him. "You have no talent(天赋).You will never be a pianist." As an eight-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly . He decided that he didn't want to be a pianist any more. For the next two weeks, he didn't touch the piano. Wisely(明智的)his father didn't ,but wait.
Luckily the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn't want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he he could show other people that he had ability to do it well. That day he told his father that he wanted to with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.
He started competitions. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition when it was announced that Lang Lang had won, he was too to hold back his tears. Soon it was clear that he couldn't stay in China forever-he had to play on the world's big stages. In 1997 Lang Lang again, this time to Philadelphia, US. There he spent two years practicing and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over．After his performance at Chicago's Raviniu Festival, gigs（演奏会）in Lincoln Center and Camegie Hall started pouring in. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(找到)him, and lets him shine.
1.A. if B.unless C. when D.since
2.A. energetic B.happy C. lucky D.sad
3.A.hurt B. ill C. broken D.scared
4.A.hear B. push C. eat D.sleep
5.A.realized B. explained C.forgot D.noticed
6.A. argur B.dance C. study D.interview
7.A. winning B. beating C. watching D.refusing
8.A. annoyed B.mad C. tired D.excited
9.A.started B. left C. moved D.performed
10.A.helpful B.meaningful C. successful D.useful
- Could you tell me_______?
- At nine o'clock, in ten minutes.
A. how will he leave B. when he has left
C. why he is leaving D. when he will leave
- Don't you see the sign "No Parking!" on the right?
-Sorry, I didn't. But now I know parking_______ here.
A. wasn't allowed B. isn't allowed C. won't allow D. doesn't allow
