success, luck, friend, none, to, number, look, failure, other, if, nobody, into
What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hardwork, 1. suggest knowledge, love and luck. If you arrange (排列) the 26 English letters in order and use 2. to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c… 26 for z, you can change an English word 3. a number. So hardwork becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98, meaning 98 is its mark. Knowledge: 11+ 14+ 15+ 23+ 12+ 5+ 4 + 7+ 5=96, love: 12+15+22+5=54, and 4. : 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. 5. of these words can give one a full mark. What about money? It can’t, either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer 6. a problem in your life, when you change your way of 7. at things or doing things, or your attitude(态度). Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude: 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100, a full mark. Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most time people hope for a better life. It is possible that they will have a better life 8. they change their attitudes. When you change your manner and become 9. towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive attitude towards 10. , you’ll find it’s also rewarding(有益的) though it has caused you losses(损失).
Do you often travel? Do you often stay in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide guests with disposable (一次性的)things, like toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. 1.__________. But, if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables. 2.______.
Many disposable things are made of plastic. 3._______.It is a waste of natural resources(资源) and is very bad for the environment. Do you know, one Chinese person makes as much as 400 kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 2,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! 4.___________. So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. 5.________: Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups. At your school dining-room, use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.
To protect our environment and our home, it is very necessary and important for us to save natural resources.
A. Try to do these things in your daily life
B. People throw them away after only using them once.
C. They want to ask people to use less disposable things.
D . Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down.
E. Many guests like the idea because they don’t have to bring their own.
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1.When does the plane reach Milan?
A. At 11:30 B. At 14:35 C. At 10:00 D. At 18:00
2. Where can you have fun and watch displays?
A. In Flight No. BA564 B. In people’s Education Press
C. At Zhonglu Hotel D. In Deeside Animal Park
3. If you want to buy English books, you’d better call the number_______.
A. (8610) 64622288 B. (010) 67661423
C. (8610) 64612502 D. (024)46364148
4. If you travel to Beijing, you’d better live in ________.
A. Milan B. PEP Teaching Materials Center
C. Zhonglu Hotel D. Southdene
5. From the information, we can guess Yang Kai is ________.
A. a bookseller B. a student
C. a waiter D. a teacher
Henry Smith taught science at the City School. One day, he went to a bookstore and bought some books. Most of them were expensive. He left them in his Car in a quiet street. Then he went and bought some other things at other shops. At 6 o’clock he came back to the car. One window was open and the books were gone. Henry drove back to his home in Lake Street.
That night he wrote a letter to a newspaper. The next day he went to the police station.
On Friday people read an advertisement(广告) in the newspaper.
BOOKS WANTED
DO YOU HAVE ANY BOOKS THAT YOU NO LONGER WANTED? I BUY OLD AND MODERN BOOKS. OPEN ALL DAY ON SATURDAY. HENRY SMITH, 18 LAKE STREET.
Henry stayed at home on Saturday. His first visitor came at 8 o’clock.
Henry took him to the kitchen. At half past nine another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
“Mr Smith?” the man asked.
“That’s right,” Henry said, “Can I help you?”
“I have some good books. You buy books, don’t you?”
“Yes, bring them in. I’ll have a look at them.”
Soon the books were on the dining-table.
“Come in now, ” Henry called out, “And bring the list.”
A policeman came into the dining-room. He read the titles(书名) on the books and those on the list in his hand. They were the same.
“Come with me, Sir,” the policeman said to the man.
1.How did the man get the books? _____________
A. He bought them from Henry.
B. He bought them at a bookstore.
C. He found them lying in a quiet street.
D. He stole them from the car.
2. Henry got his books back ___________.
A. by fooling the man into bringing the books to his house
B. by buying them from the first visitor
C. with the help of the bookstore
D. with the help of the City School
3.The man who stole the books found Henry’s address ___________
A. in the car B. in the newspaper
C. at the book store D. at the police station
4. What happened to the man?
A. He ran away.
B. He was very happy to sell the books.
C. He was caught by the policeman.
D. He was very clever.
5. What is the best title for this reading?
A. A Book Advertisement B. Mr Henry Smith
C. How Mr Smith Lost His Books D. A clever man
A city in South Korea has added a new attraction to its cultural landscape(景观)—the world’s first “Toilet Theme Park”. The Restroom Cultural Park in the city of Suwon is proving a huge hit with locals and tourists alike.
The park was built to memorize the former city mayor Sim Jae-duck, known as “Mr Toilet”. He believed the toilet is a very important place and full of culture. Visitors to the park can enjoy its toilet- bowl- shaped exhibition hall as well as lots of bronze statues(铜像) in all kinds of toilet positions. They can even sit on Mr Kim’s original toilet, which includes a full-length glass door that mists(蒙上薄雾) up when it is being used.
Suwon has become well known because of the promotion(宣传) of toilet culture. The city attracts toilet- related artwork from around the world to its galleries. It famously hosts the Golden Poop Art Festival- a celebration of one of the calls of nature. The city also lists lots of its own public toilets as tourist attractions on its website. Sim Jae-duck’s toilet-shaped house, now a museum, should be the must-see for enthusiasts. It’s said that Mr Sim was born in the loo of his mother’s house, so he loved toilets very much. He said in 2007, “The toilet can save humankind from diseases and is a place for introspection(反省). The toilet is also a central living place that has culture.”
1. What’s the theme park’s name?
A. Restroom Park
B. Toilet World
C. The Restroom Cultural Park
D. The Park of World Toilets.
2. What was the nickname(绰号) of Sim Jae-duck?
A. Captain Lavatory B. Mr Toilet
C. Bathroom Bill D. Number Two
3. What happens to Sim Jae-duck’s toilet when someone uses it?
A. The toilet slowly moves around.
B. “The Toilet Song ” starts playing.
C. The water comes out.
D. Its glass door fogs up.
4.Where do reports say Sim Jae-duck was born?
A. In a toilet- shaped bed.
B. In the WC of his mother’s house.
C. In a public toilet in Suwon.
D. In a hospital toilet.
5. The underlined word “enthusiasts” means ______ in Chinese in the passage.
A. 思想者 B. 智障者
C. 残疾人 D. 爱好者
The hippo(河马) is the most dangerous animal in Africa, but that hasn’t stopped a South African animal lover from making friends with one.
Marius Els is 40 years old. He______ around 20 different kinds of animals on his ranch(饲养场),in South Africa. He has a real soft spot for Humphrey, a 6-year-old hippo that’s like a son to him. While all of his friends are too ___ to go near the animal, and his wife told him not to get too close, Marius climbs on Humphrey’s back as he swims ______ the lake.
Marius has kept the hippo______ he was just five months old. And over the years, the two have ________ a special relationship that people just don’t understand. Marius looks on Humphrey as a son, although the 1,200 ton animal could_______ a person with ease. Only sometimes the hippo can throw Marius off his _______ in the water. Humphrey is very friendly to his owner, especially after Marius offers him a dinner of his favorite __8_____, apples.
Humphrey feels very in his life. He had another good friend, a goat, but she got eaten by a jackal(), so now he’s all by .Marius says he’s been trying to get a female friend for Humphrey, but there’s no such thing in Africa right now.
1.A. kept B. swept C. bought D. stayed
2.A. worried B. tired C. scared D. excited
3.A. under B. across C. along D. into
4.A. since B. when C. after D. before
5.A. invented B. found C. appeared D. developed
6.A. come up B. get up C. eat up D. look up
7.A. head B. back C. front D. tail[
8.A. juice B. fish C. bread D. food
9.A. lonely B. angry C. happy D. funny
10.A. her B. them C. himself D. us
