Mooncake Box Recycling (回收利用) Activity
People in Beijing throw away about two million mooncake boxes every year. These boxes weigh up to 750 tons and can fill up about a hundred 50-meter-long swimming pools. They are going to become garbage (垃圾).
Let’s have a green Mid-Autumn Festival this year!
Bring your mooncake boxes.
Show that you care!
Date: September 28, 2014 ~ October 14, 2014
Time: 9:00 am ~ 9:00 pm
Collection point: Sunshine Shopping Center
Please keep the mooncake boxes clean.
We will sell all mooncake boxes to recycling companies.
We will hold a tree-planting activity with the money collected.
Save Our Earth (Beijing)
An organization for environmental protection
Telephone: 2123 1234
Website: www.saveourearth.org
E-mail: info@saveourearth.org
1. How many mooncake boxes do people in Beijing throw away every year?
A. About 1,000,000. B. About 1,500,000.
C. About 2,000,000. D. About 1,300,000.
2.How long will the Mooncake Box Recycling Activity last?
A. For one week. B. For half a month.
C. For 17 days. D. For one month.
3.Who will buy the mooncake boxes?
A. Recycling companies.
B. Mooncake factories.
C. Mooncake box companies.
D. Sunshine Shopping Center.
4. Which organization holds this activity?
A. Green Mid-Autumn Festival.
B. Save Our Earth (Beijing).
C. Save Ourselves (Beijing).
D. Save Our Earth (Chengdu).
完形填空,阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。
I started to love running at a young age. I loved to race my father and my sister around the backyard. I wished I could run in the Olympics and win lots of medals.
One day my mother saw ______ for a race in a newspaper. “Would you be interested in _____ part in this race ? ” she asked me, pointing to the advertisement.
“Yes, of course.” I answered.
I _______ the next few days practicing for my big race. My sister set up a table in the backyard so she could ______ me water and time ..
On the day of the race, just before the race , my _______ said to me , “ Don’t use up all your energy at the beginning of the race. You need to have energy _______ you can run much faster at the end. ”
The race _______. Following Dad’s words, I didn’t run as fast as I could. Then the other runners started passing me, which made me feel _______. I began to feel tired, and I started slowing down and breathing _______ .
Just at that moment I heard, “ _______, Kelly! You can do it ! Don’t give up . keep running!” Out of the comer of the corner of my eye I saw Dad running beside me around the outside or the track .
I took a ________ breathe and tried my best to go on running. I didn’t win the race. I came fifth, but I felt like a _________. I had done my best, and I hadn’t given up.
Later, as I thought about the race, I felt thankful that my dad had________ left my side. He always encourages me when I _______ giving up. He runs alongside me through my life. I’ll ________ my dad’s words forever, “Never give up. You can be a winner, even if you lose.”
1.A. a story B. a report C. a piece of news D. an advertisement
2.A. choosing B. entering C. taking D. watching
3.A. spent B. cost C. paid D. took
4.A. buy B. carry C. fill D. offer
5.A. teacher B. mum C. dad D. sister
6.A. because B. so C. since D. but
7.A. began B. finished C. reached D. stopped
8.A. proud B. happy C. nervous D. hopeful
9.A. easier B. harder C. shorter D. longer
10.A. Come down B. Come on C. Come out D. Come back
11.A. deep B. easy C. free D. lazy
12.A. player B. winner C. soldier D. runner
13.A. already B. yet C. once D. never
14.A. look like B. stop C. feel like D. enjoy
15.A. forget B. remember C. talk D. Write
My father spends much money on books,_____he’s not rich.
A. but B. because C. even though D. Unless
—Could you tell me ________?
—Go down this street to the end and you’ll find one.
A. where the bank is B. how can I get to the bank
C. if can he find a bank D. What can I do for you
—The transportation in our country is much more ______than it used to be.
—But traveling becomes much easier!
A. convenient B. expensive C. difficult D. trendy
—Are you sure you can do well in this mid-term exam, Lucy?
—______.I’ve got everything ready.
A. It’s hard to say B. I’m afraid not
C. I think so D. I hope not
