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On Sunday, April 22, people all over the world take time out to appreciate(珍惜)the earth that we all share. It’s Earth Day, a special day to learn about our planet(星球)and how to take care of it.
On Earth Day, some people listen to speeches about the environment. Others help clean up their offices or save water and electricity at home. Your parents may even decide to take a day off from driving their cars．
The idea for Earth Day came from a US Senator(参议员), who was worried about pollution and the health of plants and animals. And the idea quickly caught on(流行起来). In 1970, the first Earth Day was celebrated. More than 20 million people in cities all over the US took part in. Since then, Earth Day has been used to educate people about their role in taking care of our planet.
Now, Earth Day has become a global celebration. In 1990, 200 million people from 140 countries took part in clean-ups, tree planting and other environmental events on Earth Day.
1.When is Earth Day? (No more than 2 words)
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2. Who came up with the idea for Each Day? (No more than 3 words)
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3.How many people celebrated the flint Earth Day in 1970? (No more than 4 words)
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4.Is Earth Day popular around the world now? ( No more than 3 words)
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5. What has Earth Day been used to educate people about their role? ( No more than 6 words).
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A miser(守财奴)bought a bag of gold and buried(埋葬)it in a hole by the side of an old wall. He went to have a look at it every day. 1. of his servants(仆人)noticed this and decided to 2. his acts. He soon discovered the secret and 3. it. The miser, on his next 4. , found the hole 5. and began to tear(撕扯)his hair and to cry. A neighbor, seeing this, said, “Do not be so 6. , but go and take a stone to put it in the 7. , and imagine the gold is still lying 8. . It will do you quite the same service, for when the9. was there, you didn’t have it, 10. you did not make use of it at all.”
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Peter lost his friend’s book. He felt very sad. Kate broke her mom’s favorite cup. 1. . She was so sorry for her mistake.
We all make mistakes because we are human. And it’s not always easy to get on well with everyone all the time. Sometimes we hurt people’s feelings although we don’t do it on purpose(故意的). Sometimes we hurt people’s feelings on purpose, 2. . So we apologize(道歉).
An apology tells someone that we’re sorry for our mistakes. It’s a way to show that we’ll try to do better in future.
Apologies are one of the tools to build good friendships and relationships(关系), When you say “I’m sorry”, you probably feel bad because what you did or said hurt another person.. 3. , you’re also saying that you respect the other person, and care about his or her feelings. Apologizing shows you have empathy(同感).
After apologizing, you might feel a little better. 4. . When you apologize in a caring way, you may feel good because you are trying to make things right again.
A. but we feel bad later B. Then she cried C. The other person will probably feel better, too D.When you say “I’m sorry” |
The world is not only hungry, but it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 70% of the earth's surface is covered with water. But about 97% of that is sea water, or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3%—the fresh water from rivers, lakes, underground, and other sources. And we can not even use all of that. Even worse, some of it has been made dirty.
However, as things stand today, this fresh water is still enough for us. But our need for water is becoming larger and larger quickly—almost day by day. We should take steps to do with this problem now and in this way we can get away from a serious worldwide water shortage (缺少) later on.
We all have to learn how to stop wasting our valuable water. One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing it. Today in most large cities, water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system(下水道). From there it returns to sea or runs into underground places.
But even if every large city reused its water, we still would not have enough. All we'd have to do to make use of sea water in the world is to remove the salt. If we take these steps we'll be in no danger of drying up.
1. The world is thirsty for water because .
A. man hasn't got enough food to eat
B. we haven't got enough fresh water
C. only 70% of the earth's surface is water
D. more water is sent into sewer systems
2. The underlined word “valuable” means .
A. much and salty B. fresh and enough
C. dear and useful D. clean and helpful
3.The best but the most difficult way to solve (解决) the water problem of the world is to .
A. remove the salt from sea water
B. make the water in cities clean
C. take water from underground
D. make the need for water smaller
4.What's the best title (标题) for this passage?
A. The Importance of the Water
B. The World's Water Problem
C. The Thirsty World
D. Fresh Water and Sea Water
A young woman went into a Paris hospital one day in 1816. She was having trouble breathing. Dr. Rene Laennec was trying to listen to her body to find signs of trouble. But he could not hear anything because she was overweight. Also, he thought, “She will not like it if I press my ear against her chest.”
After working hard, Dr. Laennec went for a walk in a nearby park. As the doctor was walking, he saw a group of boys playing with a long piece of wood. One boy was scratching(刮擦)the end of the wood with a pin(针). At the other end, the other boys had their ears pressed against the wood. They were listening to the scratching sound the pin made.
Dr. Laennec had a great idea. He rushed back to the hospital and rolled up some paper. With the rolled-up paper, he listened to the young woman’s chest. He could hear everything perfectly. “This idea will change medicine forever,” he thought.
Dr. Laennec used this idea to invent the first stethoscope(听诊器). This invention is still used by doctors today.
1.What’s the matter with the woman?
A. She had a high fever.
B. She had a bad cough.
C. She couldn’t breathe freely.
D. She couldn’t speak clearly.
2.Why couldn’t Dr. Laennec find any signs of trouble from her body?
A. Because the woman was very fat.
B. Because the woman no longer breathed.
C. Because the woman was unhappy.
D. Because the woman had a strange illness.
3.What were the boys doing in the park?
A. They were playing doctors.
B. They were taking care of a patient.
C. They were playing with a ball.
D. They were playing with a piece of wood.
4. Which of the following is True according to the text?
A. Dr. Laennec liked to play with children.
B. Dr. Laennec got a great idea at his house.
C. Dr. Laennec was a smart doctor who worked in America.
D. Dr. Laennec was worried about pressing his ear against the woman’s chest.
The story goes that some time ago, a man punished (惩罚) his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll (卷) of gold paper. The family was not rich and he became angry when the child tried to decorate (装饰) a box to put under the Christmas tree. However, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”
The man felt sorry for what he had done the day before, but felt angry again when he found out the box was empty. He shouted at her, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there should be something inside?” The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.”
The father was shocked. He put his arms around his little girl and said sorry again and again.
Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he felt unhappy, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
1.The father punished his daughter because she ______.
A. wasted time decorating a box
B. put the box under a Christmas tree
C. decorated a Christmas tree
D. wasted some gold paper
2.What was the girl’s Christmas gift for her father?
A. A gold box. B. A Christmas tree.
C. Some gold paper. D. Some money.
3.What did the girl do the next morning when her father shouted at her?
A. She cried. B. She went away.
C. She kissed her father. D. She said sorry to her father.
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Their family was rich.
B. The girl lost her life in an accident.
C. The father didn’t love his daughter.
D. The girl’s mother died early.
