On Lunar New Year’s Eve on Feb 18, 2015，Beijing had a good day. PM2.5 levels were below 50. However, the nice day ended with firework celebrations at night.
In the first hour after the start of the celebration, PM2.5 levels rose to 500 in certain parts of the city, with the average across the city around 400.
According to the China National Environmental Monitoring Center, on Lunar New Year’s Day, air pollution reached “dangerous levels” in 201 Chinese cities, because of fireworks, with more than 40 of them seeing “serious pollution”. As a result, the debate on whether to ban (禁止) fireworks during the Spring Festival is also heating up.
Sina surveyed 3,000 Internet users, and results show that only 38 percent of the people support setting off fireworks, and 60 percent are against it.
“I support a ban on fireworks,” a netizen (网民) nicknamed ann019 said. “Lighting fireworks can only bring problems: air pollution, disturbing sleep, causing fire and exhausting sanitation workers (环卫工人).”
Others thought it to be hard to ban traditions, and lighting fireworks during holiday seasons won’t cause lasting pollution.
Some, however, suggest a moderate (温和的) way to solve the problem.
“As a tradition, fireworks absolutely add to the festival’s happiness. They shouldn’t be banned totally,” commented netizen Tracy on the China Daily online forum (论坛). “But the time should be reduced. For example, it can be allowed just during New Year’s Eve, the first day of the Lunar New Year and the Lantern Festival.”
1. caused serious air pollution on Lunar New Year’s Eve.
A. The factories B. The cars
C. The fireworks D. The bad weather
2. cities saw serious air pollution on Lunar New Year’s Day.
A. 201 B. More than 40
C. Around 400 D. 500
3.According to Sina’s survey, over half of the Internet users setting off fireworks.
A. are against B. enjoy
C. support D. don’t care about
4. was not mentioned by the netizen nicknamed ann019.
A. Exhausting sanitation workers
B. Disturbing sleep
C. Wasting money
D. Causing fire
5.According to the passage, we know is a moderate way to solve the problem.
A. to ban fireworks totally
B. to reduce the time of setting off fireworks
C. to get more people to set off fireworks
D. to never change the tradition
6.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Air pollution.
B. A Survey on the Internet.
C. Moderate ways to reduce firework celebrations.
D. Whether to ban festive fireworks.
Are You Right Handed or Left Handed?
Which hand do you use when write? About 8 to 15 percent of people are left handed. They often have to use tools that are designed for right-handed people. So it is difficult for left-handers to use most tools. If you are right handed, try this experiment: Take a knife with your left hand and try cutting a potato into pieces. Don’t be surprised if you feel awkward（别扭的）.
In the past, people thought it was strange to use the left hand. Young students looked down upon their left-handed classmates. Some children were even punished for using their left hand to write. But these days parents and teachers have accepted that. In almost every school in the world, left-handed students can use their left hand to write.
What causes people to be left handed or right handed? Experts have searched long and hard on this. They conclude（得出结论） that left-handed people are left handed for the same reason that right-handed people are right handed.. One out of every ten people just is a left-hander. It’s simply like the color of our eyes – some people have brown eyes, while some others have black eyes.
However, many researchers think that left-handers and right-handers are different in some aspects. Right-handers are more talkative and outgoing than left-handers. Many right-handed people understand spoken words better. For example, after they listen to directions to a supermarket, they can find it easily. Right-handers are good at organizing people, too. They are also better basketball guards. Just ask Yao Ming.
Research shows that left-handers are creative and artistic. Many famous performers, like Jim Carrey and Paul McCartney, are left handed. Many left-handers learn better visually（在视觉方面）. In art, both Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were left handed. In music, Ludwig van Beethoven was left handed. In science, you find Newton and Einstein. The left-handed people are also really good at tennis and other single sports.
If you prefer one hand, but you are still good at writing with the other, you are mixed handed. Research shows mixed-handers can remember everyday things better than other people. What did you eat for lunch two weeks ago? If you’re mixed handed, you can probably remember.
1.If right-handers cut up potatoes with their left hand, they will .
A. get hurt B. give up cutting
C. feel awkward D. change their tools
2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. Causes of being left handed.
B. Encouragement to left-handers
C. Punishment for using the left hand.
D. Changes in opinions on left-handers.
3.According to the passage, right-handers .
A. learn better visually
B. are good organizers
C. are better at single sports
D. give clear directions to others
4.From the passage, we can learn that left-handers .
A. may be more talkative and outgoing
B. are ordinary people like right-handers
C. might remember everyday things better
D. no longer need to use right-handed tools
Michael Jordon is the greatest basketball player so far. Once he was making a television advertisement. All Michael needed to do in the advertisement was to miss a shot. For Michael, this was difficult. He always succeeded whenever he was throwing the ball. Every time he threw a basketball, it went in. Every time he tried to miss a shot, he failed. In total, it took him over 20 times before he missed a shot.
For Michael, success is a strong habit. He had formed a habit which was so strong that it took him a lot of time to break it and “fail”. Just like drinking, smoking and collecting things, success is also a habit. Like all habits, once it is established, it is difficult to break. Many people think that success is difficult to maintain（维持）. They feel that it will be hard work and will need too much action and focus. The truth is that it is simply a habit, and as easy to keep as any other habit.
Spend some time making success a habit in your life. Once you have developed it, it is not something you will want to change again. Then, the only thing you will fail is failing.
1.According to the first paragraph, we know that
A. Michael plays basketball very well
B. everyone likes Michael better than other players
C. Michael enjoys making a TV advertisement
D. it is difficult for Michael to make a TV advertisement.
2.In the TV advertisement, Michael
A. missed a shot quickly
B. was not able to throw a basketball
C. was asked to miss a shot
D. misses a shot without any difficulty
3.In the author’s opinion, .
A. success is hard to keep
B. success needs much action and focus
C. success is hard work
D. success is a habit that is easy to keep
4.The underlined word “established” means in the passage.
A. formed B. remembered C. offered D. accepted
5.The best title of this passage is .
A. Failure is the mother of success
B. Practice makes perfect
C. An advertisement about Michael
D. Make success a habit
同学们，你们从小到大一定度过了许多难忘的节日，比如Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Day, Children’s Day, National Day等等，请以“An Unforgettable Festival”（一个难忘的节日）为题目写一篇小短文。
提示：1.What was it?
2.When was it?
3.Who did you spend it with?
4.How did you spend it?
5.What special food did you eat?
6.Will you remember it for long? Why?
7. ... ...
要求：1.书写工整规范，标点符号使用正确。
2.段落清晰，时态使用正确。
3.词数在90词左右。
An Unforgettable Festival
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根据对话内容，从方框中选择恰当的句子，将对话补充完整。（选项中有两项多余）
A: Sorry, I’m late, Alice.
B: It’s all right, Rose._____ 1.____.
A: To the Lost&Found---I lost my mobile phone.
B: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. ______2.___.
A: After I had afternoon tea with a friend, we went shopping.
I was about ready to call my mother when I realized I couldn’t find it anywhere.
B: What bad luck! I hope that someone will pick it up and call you.
A: ______3._____.Who knows...well... ____4._____ .
B: At 7:00 pm. That’s 15 minutes from now. We don’t have enough time to get there.
A: ___5.____.
B: OK. Let’s go.
根据所给词的适当形式填空。
1.The boy always manages_________(finish) the tasks that his teacher arranges.
2.Tom has got into the habit of ________(do) his homework carefully.
3.She’s writing a review for their________(discuss) now.
4.Can you imagine what life was like in the________(twenty) century.
5.Why not_______(go) for a walk after dinner?
