These days haze（雾霾）is around us here and there. In fact, everyone has the power to change their living habits to help reduce it. Many local governments call on their people to take action to make the air cleaner.
Transport is one of the biggest contributors（促成物）to haze. When, where, how, why and what you drive all affect air quality (质量). When one drives to work for one year, he uses as much energy as a bus rider uses in 10 years. So walk or ride your bicycle to work or school whenever possible. If necessary, you can use public transport instead of your car. Each person using public transport for a year instead of a car can save nearly a ton of pollutants, including CO2, from going into the air.
Carpooling (拼车) is another way to reduce carbon emissions (排放). Carpooling is the sharing of car journeys so that more than one person travels in a car. It immediately reduces your car’s emissions by half.
Lots of our energy supply comes from burning coal, another contributor to haze. By cutting down your electricity use, you are cutting down on haze. So you may try to reduce your use of electricity by turning off lights, using your air conditioner wisely during the summer months, or updating (更新) your electrical appliances (电器) to low-energy models. For example, you can use energy-saving lamps that require less energy and last 10 times longer than common bulbs.
1.Who should play an important role in reducing haze?
A. City cleaners.
B. Common people.
C. Local governments.
2.From Paragraph 2, the writer thinks we should ________ .
A. try not to drive so much
B. give up driving cars
C. improve our cars
3.What is the main cause of haze?
A. Transport. B. Carpooling. C. Coal.
4.We should reduce the use of electricity because ________.
A. coal is now expensive
B. we can save a lot of money
C. it’s good for our environment
5.Which can be the best title for the passage？
A. What is haze
B. How to reduce haze
C. When haze happens
Taking away a city's rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can't eat or use. If we kept these things, we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of city to a dump (垃圾场). Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system (系统). The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs (浴缸) and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you'd never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything except the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles (堆) and they slowly change into something that looks like black earth. It is rich with the kinds of things that feed plants and help them grow.
1.You can most probably read the passage in _________.
A. a science book B. a TV guide C. a history book
2.The underlined word "sewage" in the passage means _________.
A. 洗涤 B. 吸尘 C. 排污
3.According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used to_________.
A. feed animals B. feed plants C. clean soil
4.The passage talks about _________.
A. the need for rubbish collection
B. ways to do with rubbish
C. the process to burn rubbish
5. How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?
A. By burning it off.
B. By putting it in water.
C. By reusing and recycling it.
阅读理解
Dear neighbors,
We are writing this letter to you because our school has started a group. It is called “Help the Environment”. It works to look after the environment.
Here are some interesting facts that our group has learnt:
Most things that we throw away can be reused or recycled.
Some European countries, for example, Germany, already recycle half of their waste.
90% of people in our country would like to recycle more.
We think that most people would agree with these statements:
We need to recycle our waste, not use up the world’s sources.
It is better to recycle waste than to burn it in the earth or the sea.
Our environment group has decided that one of the best things we can do is to collect reusable waste. We will sell this waste to recycle companies and give the money to Friends of the Earth. We would like people living near the school to bring their recyclable waste to the school. But if you are too busy, we will collect it from you once a week.
We hope that you will agree to this. If you do, please sign your names below this letter.
Yours,
John Cooper
根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂（A），错的涂（B）。
1.Few things that we throw away can be used again or recycled.
2. Most people in our country would like to recycle more.
3. It is better to burn waste than to throw it into the sea.
4.If you need, our school group will collect your recyclable waste every day.
5.John Cooper from the school “Help the Environment” wrote the letter.
补全对话
阅读下面对话，从方框中选择适当的句子补全对话。
A:Hello, Jack! Did you see a movie last night?
B:No. 1.
A: What did it say?
B: 2.
A: What bad weather it will be!
B: I think so. 3.
A: It’s reported that people have destroyed the environment in Inner Mongolia. 4.
B: That’s too bad. Why not plant trees to stop sand from moving toward the rich land?
A: 5. But we still have a long way to go.
A. So the wind which blows with a lot of sand causes sandstorm. B. Our government has done something for it. C. I watched the weather report on TV. D. It said that there would be a sandstorm this afternoon. E. Do you know why there are so many sandstorms recently? |
完形填空
阅读下面短文, 从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
What comes to your mind when you talk about donations (捐赠)? You probably a group of people with boxes in hand asking people to donate money. But my school came up with a way of raising money—Fun Night.
Fun Night is like a party. Students money to get in and have dinner at school. The money will be used to help poor children in need.
Two months ago, I took part in Fun Night. There were all kinds of in Fun Night. The most popular game was the “jousting ring”(夺环). I “jousted” with several of my and managed to knock plenty of them off the ring. However, they attacked (进攻) me I was ready. It would usually be considered as cheating, but we didn't care and playing. After all, it was just a game, not a competition.
The best of Fun Night was not the fun activities. The fact was that we raised a lot of money ________ having a good time. A lot of students at my school wouldn't donate money if they were asked to hand it over. But this kind of event not only made them glad to give allowed them to have a great time playing games with friends. I realized that charity (捐助) can be fun. We raised 2,000 yuan on that night.
1.A. think of B. look for C. talk with
2.A. strange B. common C. different
3.A. pay B. cost C. take
4.A. drinks B. games C. people
5.A. cousins B. relatives C. friends
6.A. after B. before C. until
7.A. continued B. stopped C. began
8.A. for B. on C. by
9.A. quickly B. simply C. nearly
10.A. but B. and C. so
-- We’d better ________ the electricity when you are not using it.
-- You’re right.
A. cut down B. shut off C. think about
