2019 is the Year of the Pig. Do you know what pigs are really like? People sometimes say, "You are as stupid (愚蠢) as a pig." But pigs are not stupid at all. 1. They can remember things well and tell different shapes apart. Many experts think pigs are easier to train than dogs or cats.
People in ancient China really liked pigs. 2. If someone had a round and fat face, he or she was thought to be lucky. People also believed the animal had to do with wealth (财富). 3. Most children had piggy banks that they could use to save money.
People born in the Year of the Pig are said to be fun, outgoing and understanding. They care about others too much and forget bad things quickly.
4. In the story The Three Little Pigs, a mother pig sends her three children to live on their own. Each of them builds a house with different materials. When the bad wolf comes, each pig hides in his own house. Whose house will survive (幸存)? Another popular pig is McDull. He is a little pink pig who lives in Hong Kong. He is not smart, but he works hard. One of his simple wishes is to make his mother happy. He also wants to go to the Maldives and have a turkey dinner for Christmas.
A.Piggy banks were a symbol of this.
B.Pigs often appear in short stories, cartoons and movies.
C.They would like to keep pigs at home.
D.Actually (实际上), they are one of the ten smartest animals.
E.They thought the pig's big head and ears were the symbol of good luck.
Out with the old, in with the new (旧的不去，新的不来). It's time to buy some new, fashionable clothes for the winter. But what do you do with your old clothes?
In the past, clothes were passed down to younger brothers or sisters. But now most of us are only children. The economy has developed and people are buying more clothes.
Every year in China, people throw away about 26 million tons of old clothes, according to the China Association of Resource Comprehensive Utilization (中国资源综合利用协会). Most of them are buried (填埋) or burned (焚烧) as waste. It's a huge waste of energy.
"In many countries, charity shops collect and resell second-hand clothes," Zhao Guoliang, a professor at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, told Beijing Morning Post. "It's the best solution to this problem."
In some countries, it can be fashionable to shop for used clothes at charity shops like Oxfam. British singer Victoria Beckham has said she buys from Oxfam. "It's amazing to see what people throw out and it's good to help such a great place," she told Heat magazine.
Recycling clothes is catching up in China. Fashion brand H&M is asking people to put their old clothes into special boxes in their 45 stores in China. Some of the clothes will be resold after being cleaned. Some will be used to make other things, such as toys or cloth rags.
1.How did people deal with old clothes in the past?
A.They gave clothes to younger kids.
B.They directly threw the old clothes away.
C.They buried or burned old clothes.
2.What do we know from Zhao Guoliang?
A.Recycling old clothes will take lots of energy.
B.China has too many old clothes.
C.Recycling is a good way to deal with old clothes.
3.The underlined word "collect" in Paragraph 4 probably means ______.
A.捐赠 B.收集 C.收藏
4.What do H&M stores do with old clothes?
A.They pack them in boxes and then throw the boxes away.
B.They resell old clothes after cleaning them.
C.They resell old clothes with toys or cloth rags.
5.The writer wrote this story to ______.
A.suggest ways to deal with old clothes
B.say that people should buy new clothes often
C.call on more people to protect the environment
Most people will think about erasers only when they need to change something on their paper. In fact, erasers have a long history.
The history of the eraser began in the 1700s. There were lots of rubber trees (橡胶树) in South America. People got rubber from the trees and made many things with it. A man from France visiting South America saw this material (材料). He thought it was special and useful. So he sent some to his friends in Europe to study. Some went to a man in England. His name was Edward Nairne.
One day, Edward was writing on his table and needed an eraser. But he didn't use a piece of bread, a popular eraser at that time. Instead, he used a piece of rubber that was on his table. To his surprise, it worked better than bread. That was when Edward had an idea. Soon, he started to make rubber erasers and sell them.
How does the eraser work? When you write on paper, small pieces of graphite stick (粘贴) to paper. Graphite is the black material inside pencils. When you move an eraser on paper, it becomes warm. When it's warm, graphite sticks to it and words come off the paper.
1.What can we know about the eraser we use now?
A.A French man brought it to other countries.
B.It has a history of about three hundred years.
C.People in South America first started to use it.
2.The underlined word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
A.the eraser B.the tree C.rubber
3.What was Edward's idea?
A.To make rubber erasers and sell them.
B.To learn how to plant rubber trees.
C.To write articles on his table.
4.What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A.How the eraser works.
B.How to get rubber.
C.How to use an eraser.
5.Which can be the best title for the passage?
A.Erasers Around the World
B.Erasers in Different Times
C.The History of the Eraser
High School Art Show
Featuring art by students in Grades 8-9.
Opens on Dec. 18, will be open on weekdays.
Some works will be for sale.
If you are interested in buying one of the art pieces, please contact Ms. Carleen Green at 632-336-0945 or email carleenhede@fc.hsds.ca.
Visual arts show at South Belleon High School. Enjoy until the end of February.
Follow our updates (更新) at www.southbelleonhs.ca.
1.Where will the art show be held?
A.A public library. B.South Belleon High School. C.The South Belleon art center.
2.How can people get updates about the show?
A.Call 632-336-0945.
B.Email carleenhede@fc.hsds.ca.
C.Visit www.southbelleonhs.ca.
3.What do you know from the poster?
A.Some works of art will be made by 7th-graders.
B.People can buy some of the art pieces.
C.People can see the show at any time before February.
Sunny Restaurant
Meals ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thai chicken and rice £5.50
Vegetable curry (咖喱) and rice £5.00
Cheeses and tomato pizza with salad £5.00
Fish and chips with peas (豌豆) £6.00
Desserts -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Apple pie £3.00
Chocolate cake £2.50
Ice cream (green tea or strawberry) £2.50
Drinks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cola £1.50
Orange juice £1.50
Milk shake (banana or chocolate) £2.50
Coffee £3.00
1.If you have £10, you can have ______ in the restaurant.
A.fish and chips with peas, apple pie and cola
B.vegetable curry and rice, apple pie and coffee
C.Thai chicken and rice, ice cream and orange juice
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Both the milk shake and the ice cream have three flavors (口味).
B.The fish and chips with peas are the most expensive of all.
C.The prices of the chocolate cake and the milk shake are the same.
A rich man had a son with bad habits. On day, he took his son to an old scholar (学者) to ask for good _______.
The scholar took the boy for a walk _______ a garden. Stopping suddenly he asked the boy to _______ out a small plant growing there. The boy held the plant between his thumb (拇指) and forefinger and pulled it out. The old man then asked him to pull out a little _______ plant. The boy pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all.
"Now pull out that one," said the old man, pointing to a bush (灌木丛). _______, the boy tried his best and pulled it out.
"Now take this one out," said the old man, pointing to an apple tree. The boy held the tree and tried to pull it out. _______ it would not move. "It's _______ to pull it out," said the boy.
"So it is with bad habits," said the scholar. "When _______ are young it is easy to pull them out. But when they grow bigger, they cannot be pulled out easily."
The lesson with the old man changed the boy's life. He gave up his bad _______ and became an excellent man.
Don't ________ for bad habits to grow in you, drop them while you have control over them, or they will get control over you.
1.A.question B.class C.advice
2.A.through B.across C.on
3.A.take B.cut C.pull
4.A.younger B.bigger C.smaller
5.A.In the end B.At the beginning C.At first
6.A.So B.But C.Or
7.A.easy B.possible C.impossible
8.A.we B.you C.they
9.A.hobbies B.habits C.mistakes
10.A.hope B.wait C.leave
