If you are in Shanghai and want to throw away a cup of milk tea, be careful. You need to follow these steps: first, pour out any leftover(残留物）into a wet waste bin; second, put the paper wrapper(包装材料)into a recyclable waste bin; third, throw the single-use cup into a dry waste bin.
Sound difficult? You'll have to get used to it. From July lst, people in Shanghai are required to sort(分类)their garbage according to strict rules.
Why should we sort our garbage? The answer lies in the increasing amount of waste we are producing. Chinese cities produce over 200 million tons of waste each year, according to China Economic Net. Most of this waste is buried in landfills, which may pollute the water and soil. Moreover, we are running out of space for new landfills.
In fact, more than half of our waste can be recycled. Recyclable garbage can be made into new materials. For example, wet garbage can be used to make gas, heat and many other kinds of useful things. But in order to recycle garbage efficiently（有效地）, we need to sort our garbage.
Can't garbage-processing companies do the sorting job? They can. But that requires a lot of work and costs lots of money. Things will become much easier if each of us can sort our own garbage. Besides, the difficult task of sorting might encourage people to produce less waste. Do you still want to buy that milk tea?
1.If you want to throw some paper, which of the following dustbins should you throw in?
A.a recyclable waste bin B.apoisonous waste bin
C.a dry waste bin. D.a wet waste bin
2.What does the underlined word "landfills" mean in Chinese?
A.沙漠 B.森林地区 C.郊区 D.垃圾填埋
3.What can be used to make gas and heat?
A.wet garbage. B.dry garbage.
C.recyclable garbage. D.harmful garbage.
4.What's the best title for the text?
A.The reasons for sorting garbage B.Wonderful ways of sorting garbage
C.An introduction of sorting garbage D.An environmental city-Shanghai
The world’s largest radio telescope was finished in China.
FAST is a five-hundred-metre telescope. It is also called Tian-yan (“The Eye of Heaven”), with a dish the size of 30 football grounds, deep in the mountains of south-west China’s Guizhou Province. The giant dish is built on a bowl-like valley.
The surrounding area has “radio silence” as there are no towns and cities within a 5-kilometre radius(半径范围）and only one county centre within 25 kilometres.
FAST is made up of 4,450 panels(面板). The second largest radio telescope is in Russia. The bigger dish will e able to pick up weaker signals.
The radio telescope is like an ear, listening to meaningful radio messages from white noise in the universe. With the help of the telescope, we can receive weaker and more radio messages far away in space. It will help us to search for intelligent life outside of the Galaxy(银河系)and explore the origins of the universe. “Any of its discoveries will lead to a Nobel Prize,” said Joseph Taylor, a Nobel Prize winner.
The telescope is expected to remain the global leader for the next 10 to 20 years.
1.The passage may appear in the “_______________” section of a newspaper.
A.business B.advertisement C.literature D.science
2.FAST is used to ________________.
A.explore the origins of human beings
B.receive distant radio messages from the universe
C.watch the beautiful scenery of the Galaxy
D.help scientists to win the Nobel Prize in the future
3.The sentence “The FAST project began in 2011.”can be put at the beginning of ____________.
A.Paragraph 6 B.Paragraph 4 C.Paragraph 3 D.Paragraph 2
It's known to us all that New York is the biggest city of the USA. A long time ago, it was called Lenapehoking. In 1626, Dutch(荷兰)people bought the land for only $24! They called it New Amsterdam. Then in 1664, the British took it over and changed the name into New York.
New York had an excellent harbour. Many people from all over the world came by sea and landed in New York. These people wanted a better life. New York seemed to give that to them. By 1835, New York became the largest city in the United States. New York City used to have five smaller towns but now they are all parts of the same city. They are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island.
Today, New York is home to millions of people from all over the world. These different cultures make New York an exciting place to visit. There's much to do in New York. You can take a helicopter travelling around the city, ride horses in Central Park, see a movie in the afternoon and watch the sunset over the Brooklyn Bridge. Don't worry if you get hungry. Some restaurants are open 24 hours a day!
1.In 1626, New York was called_______________.
A.Lenapehoking B.New Amsterdam C.New York D.Manhattan
2.New York became the largest city in the United States _____________.
A.before the 1800s B.about two hundred years ago
C.at the end of last century D.less than one hundred years
3.Which of the following is NOT True about New York?
A.The city got the name "New York" in 1664.
B.New York is a big and exciting city.
C.New York has five smaller towns now.
D.If you are hungry at 3 a. m., you can go to a restaurant in New York.
根据短文内容,从各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, _______disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas_______for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while—then no more. If the same two people meet again_______, even years later, they_______ the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to _______.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be happy if we_________their hospitality（好客）easily. Another difficult point for us Chinese_______. Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their_______to us if it needs a great deal of time.
This is usually the _______ of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a __________, we may take days off to ________ guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, ________their welcome usually at homes, but truly cannot ________ the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily activities. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the __________to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For the Americans, it is often ________ friendlier to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, so accept their hospitality at home!
1.A.so B.but C.or D.until
2.A.greetings B.subjects C.sayings D.manners
3.A.in public B.in need C.by themselves D.by accident
4.A.make up B.pick up C.end up D.put up
5.A.discuss B.remember C.understand D.communicate
6.A.accept B.avoid C.attend D.advise
7.A.understanding B.understand C.understood D.to understand
8.A.sadness B.politeness C.darkness D.loneliness
9.A.truth B.secret C.same D.opposite
10.A.friend B.teacher C.boss D.host
11.A.try for B.depend on C.act as D.deal with
12.A.end B.enter C.express D.explain
13.A.manage B.make C.mention D.shape
14.A.address B.airport C.home D.hotel
15.A.confirmed B.considered C.committed D.controlled
–I’m in a bad mood. You know I failed in this exam.
– . A bad grade doesn’t mean you’re not clever. Just study harder.
A.Forget it B.Cheer up
C.Never mind D.Don’t mention it
—Steve, I hear that Peter has won another championship.
—It’s not surprising. _____________. He practises hardest in the team.
A.Every dog has its day
B.No pain, no gain
C.Many hands make light work
D.Actions speak louder than words
