1970 was World Conservation Year. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger. They hoped that governments would act quickly in order to conserve nature. Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1,300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland but now only 866 remain. The others have been destroyed by modern man and his technology. We are changing the earth, the air and water, and everything that grows and lives. We can’t live without these things. If we continue like this, we shall destroy ourselves.
What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask “what must we do now?” the people who will believe in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know that conversation is necessary. Many are helping to save our world. They plant trees, build bridges across rivers in forests, and so on. In a small town in the United States a large group of girls cleaned the banks of 11kilometers of their river. Young people may hear about conservation through a record called “no one’s going to change our world.” It was made by the Beatles, Cliff Richard, and other singers. The money from it help to conserve wild animals.
1.There are fewer plants, trees and flowers in Holland now because________
A. There has been a lot of conservation in Holland
B. Holland does not need so many plants, trees and flowers
C. many plants, trees and flowers do not grow there any more
D. some plants, trees and flowers are dangerous
2.We shall destroy ourselves if we don’t change_______
A. The United Nations
B. modern technology
C. our rivers and forests
D. the government of Holland
3.“No one’s going to change our world” was________
A. an important book published in 1970
B. an idea that nobody would accept
C. a record calling all people to conserve nature
D. a rule worked out by the United Nations
4.What is the most important thing for us to do to save our world?
A. we should plant more trees and flowers
B. we should clean the banks of our rivers
C. we should know what will happen in the future
D. we should know what we must do and begin to do now
My husband is a born shopper(天生的购物者). He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same items(产品) in different shops. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several different shops. On the other hand, I’m not a shopper. I think shopping is boring and unpleasant. If I like something and I have enough money to take it, I buy it at once. I never look around for a good price or a better deal. Of course my husband and I never go shopping together. Doing shopping together would be too painful for both of us. When it comes to shopping, we go our different ways.
Sometimes I ask my son Jimmy to buy some food in the shop not far from our home. But he is always absent-minded. This was his story.
One day I said to him, “I hope you won’t forget what I have told you to buy.” “No,” said Jimmy, “I won’t forget. You want three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”
He went running down the street to the shop. As he ran, he said to himself over and over again. “ Three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”
In the beginning he remembered everything but he stopped several times. Once he saw two men fighting outside a clothes shop until a policeman stopped them. One of them was badly hurt. Then he stopped to give ten cents to a beggar. Then he met some of his friends and he played with them for a while. When he reached the shop, he had forgotten everything except six eggs.
As he walked home, his face became sadder and sadder. When he saw me he said, “ I’ m sorry, mum. I have forgotten to buy oranges and the meat, I only remembered to buy six eggs, but I’ve dropped three of them.”
1. The husband loves shopping because _______
A. he has much money
B. he likes the shops
C. he likes to compare the prices between the same items
D. he has nothing to do but shopping
2.The wife doesn’t like shopping because ______
A. she has no money
B. she has no time
C. she doesn’t love her husband
D. she feels it boring to go shopping
3.They never go shopping together because _______
A. their ways of shopping are quite different
B. they hate each other
C. they needn’t buy anything for the family
D. they don’t have time for it
4.Jimmy cannot do the shopping well because ______
A. he is young B. he is absent-minded
C. he often loses his money D. he doesn’t like shopping
One day a stranger came to the nearest village and asked where he could find wild pigs. Somebody told him, and he went off. He had no 36 with him, and the village people 37 what he was going to 38 with the pigs.
When he came back a few months later and said that he had 39 all the pigs, the villagers were still more surprised, but some of them agreed to go with him 40 he asked for help in bringing the pigs out. They wanted to see whether he was telling 41 .
They soon discovered 42 he was. All the pigs were inside the enclosure(围栏) which had a fence round it and a 43 in one of its sides.
“44 did you do it?” they asked the stranger.
“ well, it was quite easy really,” he answered. “ I began by 45 some Indian corn. 46, they would not touch it, but after a few weeks, some of the younger pigs 47 to run out of the bushes, take some of the corn quickly, and then run back. Soon all the pigs were eating the corn I 48 out there. Then I began to build a fence round the corn. At first it was very 49, but little by little I built it higher and higher without 50 the pigs away. When I saw that they were 51 me to bring the corn each day 52 going and searching for their own food 53 they had done in the past, I can 54 one day while they were all eating inside the enclosure. I can catch any animal in the world in the same way if I can get it into the habit of 55 me for its food.
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1.A. money |
B. food |
C. tools |
D. guns |
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2.A. understood |
B. surprised |
C. wondered |
D. knew |
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3.A. say |
B. do |
C. treat |
D. fight |
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4.A. bought |
B. found |
C. seen |
D. caught |
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5.A. and |
B. so |
C. then |
D. when |
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6.A. a story |
B. the truth |
C. a joke |
D. a bad word |
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7.A. that |
B. what |
C. who |
D. how |
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8.A. gun |
B. hole |
C. gate |
D. window |
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9.A. How |
B. Why |
C. When |
D. Where |
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10.A. looking |
B. growing |
C. getting in |
D. putting out |
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11.A. After all |
B. At first |
C. By and by |
D. Above all |
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12.A. began |
B. risked |
C. tried |
D. decided |
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13.A. had taken |
B. had lain |
C. had laid |
D. had lied |
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14.A. low |
B. slow |
C. shabby |
D. small |
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15.A. driving |
B. frightening |
C. sending |
D. shooting |
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16.A. looking at |
B. interesting in |
C. searching for |
D. waiting for |
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17.A. besides |
B. except |
C. instead of |
D. because of |
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18.A. as |
B. though |
C. since |
D. it |
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19.A. shoot it |
B. shoot them |
C. shut them |
D. shut it |
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20.A. satisfying with |
B. living on |
C. depending on |
D. asking for |
I wonder why they’re so late. They ______ here an hour ago.
A. should be B. might be
C. should have been D. might have been
Danby left word with my secretary _______ he would call again in the afternoon.
A. who B. that C. as D. which
It’s helpful to put children in a situation ______ they can see themselves differently.
A. that B. when C. which D. where
