Rethink, Reuse, Recycle!
Do you often throw away things you don’t need anymore? Have you ever thought about how these things can actually be put to good use? Nothing is a waste if you have a creative mind.
You have probably never heard of Amy Hayes, but she is a most unusual woman. She lives in a house in the UK that she built herself out of rubbish. The windows and doors come from old buildings around her town that were pulled down. The top of the house is an old boat turned upside down. And the gate in front of her house is made of rocks and old glass bottles. Amy recently won a prize from the Help Save Our Planet Society. The president said, “Amy is an inspiration to us all.”
Amy isn’t the only one who is good al recycling. Jessica Wong from Hong Kong uses old clothes that people don’t wear anymore to make bags. She has been doing this for a few years now. She opened a small shop where she sells her bags, and she has also set up a website to sell them online. She especially likes to use old jeans to make handbags. Her bags are cute and useful. “I plan to write a book about new ways to use old clothes,” she said. “I hope people can read my book and enjoy it!”
Wang Tao set up a small business in Shanghai four years ago. He is known for using iron and other materials from old cars to make beautiful art pieces. Some are large pieces that look like animals or humans, and some are smaller pieces you can put at home. The more popular works can even be seen in art shops around the city. Wang Tao hopes to set up a “metal art” theme park to show people the importance of environmental protection. Not only can the art bring happiness to others, but it also shows that even cold, hard iron can be back to life with a little creativity.
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle! | Amy Hayes from the UK | ★Build a house by using rubbish ★Win 1. from the Help Save Our Planet Society |
Jessica Wong from HK | ★Make bags 2. ★Set up a website to sell them ★Plan 3. about how to use old clothes | |
Wang Tao in 4. | ★Use iron and other materials from old cars to make art pieces ★Hope to set up 5. to show people the importance of environmental protection |
Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, died in a helicopter (直升飞机) crash (坠毁) with his daughter on Sunday. 1.
Mr. Bryant’s death has caused great sadness. 2. Some NBA players held onto the ball for 24 seconds when games started on Sunday. They were doing it out of respect for Mr. Bryant who had worn the number 24.
Mr. Bryant had played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 20 years. 3. During his time with the Lakers, Mr. Bryant led the team to five national championships (锦标赛). Mr. Bryant helped lead the US Olympic team to win the gold medal in 2008 and 2012. Along the way, Mr. Bryant became one of the most famous and popular basketball players of all time.
Mr. Bryant spent his early school years in Italy. His father was a professional basketball player there. His family moved back to the US when Mr. Bryant was in high school. He played and practiced hard in the high school. 4. And his performance on the court (球场) caused excitement and got much attention.
In 2016, Mr. Bryant retired (退役). During his time with the Lakers, Mr. Bryant had worn the numbers 8 and 24. 5. After he retired, Mr. Bryant focused on (关注) his family. Mr. Bryant also set up basketball camps and programs for kids, to help share his love of the game. He took up new activities, too. He started a company that produced books and movies.
A.He joined the team at the age of 17.
B.The crash killed nine people in all.
C.When he retired, the Lakers said those numbers wouldn’t be used again.
D.His goal was becoming even better than his boyhood hero, Michael Jordan.
E.Friends, fans, and well-known people from around the world were all very sad.
What surprises us most? It is that there are still couples who keep doing things to show each other love. A Japanese farmer is famous for his act of love. He has spent nearly two years planting flowers for his blind wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Kuroki live in a large flower garden. The garden has turned into a tourist attraction (旅游胜地) recently. Around 7,000 visitors come here each year, not only for the beautiful scenery (景色), but also for the special story behind the two old farmers.
In 1956, the newly married couple first moved into the house. The house would be their home for the rest of their lives. They had two children and lived happily for years. However, as years passed, Mrs. Kuroki’s health began to decline. Her vision (视力) problems were so serious that she became blind in the end. She hid herself in her home for a long time, refusing to leave unless it was necessary.
Mr. Kuroki got an idea. He wanted to give her gifts—flowers. So he got to work on his big surprise. Mr. Kuroki took advantage of the hills around their house and he began to plant a kind of flower with strong fragrance (芳香). He wanted to see if the fragrance would make her come outside. When he realized that his idea was going to work, he worked for nearly two years to completely cover his garden with the flowers.
Now Mrs. Kuroki goes out every day with her husband to enjoy the fragrance of the flowers and the fresh air of a new day.
1.From Paragraph 1, we can know ________.
A.the farmer loves his wife very much
B.the famer has planted some trees for his wife
C.there is nothing wrong with the farmer’s wife’s eyes
D.it has taken the farmer over three years to plant flowers
2.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “decline” in the passage?
A.好转 B.控制 C.恶化 D.拒绝
3.After Mrs. Kuroki became blind, she ________.
A.managed to go out B.hid herself in her home for a while
C.planted the flowers with her husband D.refused to leave unless it was necessary
4.Mr. Kuroki planted the flowers to ________.
A.get more visitors’ attention B.make his wife love flowers
C.enjoy the fragrance of the flowers D.make his wife come out and enjoy the fragrance
5.Which is the best title of this passage?
A.A Famous Japanese Farmer B.A Beautiful Act of Love
C.A Large Flower Garden D.A Kind of Flower with Strong Fragrance
A man named Randy in Canada liked to hunt for trees. He looked for big trees and old trees in Canada. He made maps to show where these trees were. He did not want to cut them down. Actually he wanted people to take care of them.
Ancient trees are today rare (稀少的) everywhere in the world. On Vancouver Island in Canada, there are so many big trees. The biggest trees are about 800 years old. They are the survivors of a forest fire. The fire brought damage (损害) to the area about 350 years ago. Randy was told of a very tall tree on Vancouver Island. The tree was said to be 314 feet tall. That would make it the tallest tree in Canada. Randy set out to find the tree.
But someone else found it first. It was found by a logger—a person whose job is to cut down trees. The loggers wanted to cut down Canada’s tallest tree and all the trees around it.
Randy made a path (小路) in the forest in order that people could see the tall tree. The tree was so big and beautiful that even more and more people wanted to save that forest. Thanks to these people, that forest is now a park. Canada’s tallest tree is still there.
There may still be a bigger tree out there. Maybe you will find it. But there are only a few old forests left in Canada. Many are still at risk of being cut down.
1.Why did Randy make maps?
A.To look for more big trees. B.To show the positions of the big and old trees.
C.To cut trees down later. D.To help loggers.
2.The underlined word “survivor” means ________ in Chinese.
A.受益者 B.制造者 C.控制者 D.幸存者
3.What did the loggers want to do with Canada’s tallest tree?
A.They wanted to take care of it. B.They wanted to save it.
C.They wanted to cut it down. D.They wanted to know its height.
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Randy is from Canada. B.The fire happened about 350 years ago.
C.Randy made a path in the forest D.Canada’s tallest tree is cut down now.
5.What happened to the forest according to the passage?
A.It has disappeared. B.It became a park.
C.It was not famous anymore. D.The passage doesn’t mention it.
There was once a farmer. He had a very big rabbit and a smart dog. One day, he organized a(n) _______ between his dog and his rabbit. He made a hole in one of his biggest fields, and _______ a carrot and a bone (骨头) in it. He wanted to see which animal would find them first.
The rabbit was very _______, and he was busy looking for the carrot, digging here and there. He was completely sure that he would find the carrot and the bone. But the dog wasn’t optimistic (乐观的) at all. After he looked for the bone for a short time, he _______ on the ground sadly. And then he began to complain. He thought _______ was difficult for him to find one bone in such a big field.
The rabbit dug for hours. With every new hole, the dog complained about _______ this was, even for the rabbit. The rabbit, _______ the other hand, kept on working hard. _______ there was no place in the whole field left to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel (隧道) to right under where the dog was lying all that time. There he found the carrot and the bone.
And his is how the dog lost the competition. _______, he found the right place at the very beginning. But he failed to find the bone because he ________ complained and didn’t try at all. When we do something difficult in our life, we should learn from the rabbit.
1.A.event B.party C.activity D.competition
2.A.found B.hid C.discovered D.saw
3.A.excited B.angry C.relaxed D.shy
4.A.sat down B.fell asleep C.lay down D.ran around
5.A.this B.that C.one D.it
6.A.how difficult B.what difficult C.how easy D.what easy
7.A.in B.on C.at D.for
8.A.If B.Before C.When D.Unless
9.A.In total B.At last C.In fact D.At first
10.A.only B.never C.seldom D.sometimes
You can NOT see ________ in a history museum.
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