No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998. It was started to protect the environment. By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.
The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities, including Taipai, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support the day.
In Beijing, more and more people are joining the campaign(运动). It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5(World Environment Day). The slogan(口号) for the day is, “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”
So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. “We can’t control the weather, but we can choose not to drive,” said Wu Zonghua, a car club chairman. Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of 2012, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period the year before. Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.
根据上面短文回答下列问题。
1.Is China the first country to start No Car Day?
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2.When did the first No Car Day start?
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3.What was the first city to have No Car Day in China？
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4. How often does the campaign ask drivers not to drive their cars in Beijing?
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5.How many blue sky days did Beijing have in the first quarter of 2011?
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完成句子。（共7小题；每小题2分，满分14分）
1.那边的那些人没有耐心，而且容易放弃。
Those people over there and easily.
2.走进一个蓝色的房间会使人感到很平静。
a blue room will make people .
3. 因为喜欢天籁之音，谭盾多次将其运用于他的英语中。
As he likes _______________ ,Tan ____________________________.
4.现在学习不努力，将来找工作就会很困难。
You will _____________________in the future if you ________________now.
5.中国人以爱好和平而闻名，但我们不害怕战争。
The Chinese people _______ loving peace, but we aren’t ___________war
6.因此，他成功获得奖学金。
______________, he __________________ a scholarship.
7.《乡村凶杀案》是一部新晋导演辛迪克拉克执导的恐怖片。
Murder in a country house is ___________by Cindy Clark, _____________.
根据句意，用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。
1.My aunt received the present she wanted on her (forty) birthday.
2. I don’t think such a selfish person is worth (invite).
3.My sister (not reply) to any of my e-mails since then.
4.My parents offered me some __________(suggest) on how to learn English well.
5.Scientists in Dubai say they have _____ (success) produced the world’s first cloned camel.
6.The old bottle is quite _________(value) because it has a long history.
7.The _______(ship) between Li Ming and me has lasted over ten years.
8.The letter I am looking forward to ________ (reach ) me at last.
根据句子意思，从方框中选用恰当的词或短语填空。
mood, to do, around, whether, although, between, offering, make, preferred |
1.I can’t decide to tell the bad news to her or not.
2.I _______ watching documentaries to news in the past.
3.Be careful! The boss is in a bad today.
4.Everyone may mistakes at times.
5.There are 3000 workers in that factory.
6.Thank you very much for me such a good suggestion.
7.The students have no choice but their homework.
8.We should learn to achieve a balance study and play.
Do you want to know how and why a fall leaf changes color? We first have to
understand what leaves are and what they do.
Leaves are the world’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots and take CO2 from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and CO2 into glucose(葡萄糖), a kind of sugar. Plants use it as food for energy and growing.
A chemical called “chlorophyll” in the leaves gives plants their green colour. As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees “know” to begin getting ready for winter.
During winter, there is not enough sunlight or water. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories. As the green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves.
The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, like maples, sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn the glucose in the leaves into a red colour. And we can enjoy the beautiful red leaves during autumn.
1.Which should be in the box?
A. air B. sugar C. water D. wind
2.The underlined word “chlorophyll” means __________.
A. 叶绿素 B. 脂肪 C.蛋白质 D.淀粉
3.The leaves turn yellow because they are short of(缺少) __________.
A. water and CO2 B. glucose and energy
C. sunlight and water D. sunlight and CO2
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. When autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter.
B. During winter trees live on the food they store in summer.
C. During winter some of yellow and orange colors are still in the leaves.
D. Trees begin to stop making food in summer.
5.This passage tells us_____________.
A. the plants can grow well only with the sunlight
B. there are all kinds of plants on the earth
C. not all the colors of the leaves are from chlorophyll
D. maple leaves change the color as other trees
These days students often have a lot of worries. Sometimes the worries come from their schoolwork, and sometimes from their friends. What can they do about this? Some people think the worst thing is to do nothing. Laura Mills, a teenager from Washington, agrees. “Problems and worries are normal in life,” says Laura. “But I think talking to someone helps a lot. If we don’t talk to anyone, we’ll certainly feel worse.”
Laura once lost her purse, and worried for days. She was afraid to tell her parents about it. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn’t have any money. She just kept thinking. “If I tell my parents, they’ll be angry!” But in the end, she talked to her parents and they were really understanding. Her dad said he sometimes made careless mistakes himself. They got her a new purse and asked her to be more careful. “I will always remember to share my problems in the future!” Laura says.
Robert Hunt advises students about common problems. He feels the same way as Laura. “It is best not to avoid our problems. We should always try to solve them.” He thinks that you can first find someone to talk to. This person doesn’t need to be an expert (专家) like himself. Students often forget that their parents have more experience than them and are always there to help them.
In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in half. So you’re halfway to solving a problem if you talk to someone about it!
1.These days students’ worries come from at times.
A. their friends B. their teachers
C. their school work D. Both A and C
2.In Paragraph 2, the writer used the story of Laura to .
A. give an example
B. answer a question
C. introduce his friend
D. share his experience
3.The underlined word “avoid” in Paragraph 3 means ?
A. solve B. think about
C. deal with D. keep away from
4.According to the passage Robert Hunt might be .
A. Laura’s teacher
B. an expert on students’ problems
C. a person with a problem
D. the writer of the passage
5.What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Problems and worries are normal in life.
B. Talking to someone helps to solve problems.
C. Parents have more experience than their children.
D. Students often have a lot of worries at school.
