Going green seems to be fad （时尚）for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can’t really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.
On April 22, 2011, we decided to go green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.
With the idea of going green every single day for a year, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.
Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyle. We now shop at organic（有机的）stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don’t need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.
Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet.
1.What might be the best title for the passage?
A．Going Green.
B．Protecting the Planet.
C．Keeping Open-Minded.
D．Celebrating Our Green Year.
2.It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because .
A．they were expected to follow others
B．they didn’t know how to educate other people
C．they were unwilling to reduce their energy
D．they needed to perform unusual green tasks
3.What is the couple’s main reason for going green every day for a whole year?
A．To follow a green fad like many other people.
B．To completely change their unhealthy lifestyle.
C．to show people how to go green to help our planet.
D．to show they never do anything ungreen.
4.What did the couple do over the course of their Green Year?
A．They sold their home-made food.
B．They ignore others’ ungreen behavior.
C．They tried to get out of their ungreen habits.
D．They chose better chemical cleaners.
5.What can we infer form the last paragraph?
A．The government will give support to the green people.
B．The couple may continue their project in the future.
C．Some people disagree with the couple’s green ideas.
D．Our Green Year is becoming a national action.
Mrs. Obama spoke to the graduates of Martin Luther King Jr. High School on Saturday in her only high school commencement（毕业典礼）speech this year. The ceremony took place in the gymnasium of Tennessee State University.
The first lady told the 170 graduates that she spent too much of her time in college focusing on academic achievements. While her success in college and law school led to a good job, she said, she ended up focusing on public service. “My message to you today is that don’t waste a minute living someone else’s dream,” she said. “It takes a lot of real work to discover what brings you joy and you won’t find what you love simply by checking mailboxes or surfing the net.”
She said MLK reminded her of her own high school experience in Chicago. “My No.1 goal was to go to a high school that would push me and challenge me,” she said. “I wanted to go somewhere that would celebrate achievement. Unfortunately, schools like this don’t exist for every kid.” she said. “You are blessed.”
The first lady told graduates that failure may be a part of their college lives and careers, and that how they respond determines what they will become. “That’s when you find out what you’re really made of in those hard times,” she said. “But you can only do that if you’re willing to put yourself in a position where you might fail.” Overcoming difficulties has been the mark of many great people, she said, “Oprah was demoted（降职）from her first job as a news reporter, and now she doesn’t even need a last name,” she said of media giant Oprah Winfrey “And then there’s this guy Barack Obama, I could take up a whole afternoon talking about his failures. He lost his first race for Congress”, the first lady joked, “and now he gets to call himself my husband.”
1.When choosing her high school, Mrs. Obama .
A．was willing to meet challenges
B．was pushed to make a choice
C．failed to find an ideal school
D．wanted to study law
2.By mentioning Oprah’s example, Mrs. Obama wanted to tell graduates .
A．to start as a news reporter
B．to work hard to get promoted
C．to be brave enough to risk failing
D．not to waste time doing what they dislike
3.What do we know about Mrs. Obama from the text?
A．This was the first time she gave a speech to graduates.
B．She complained about her school life in her speech.
C．She is a graduate of Tennessee State University.
D．She is enthusiastic about public service.
4.Mrs. Osama’s speech is aimed to .
A．show how Mr. and Mrs. Obama overcame difficulties.
B．encourage graduates to face their future lives bravely.
C．tell graduates that failure is a part of their lives and careers.
D．to call on graduates to focus on public service.
5.Where can you probably find this text?
A．On a news website. B．In a politics book
C．In a graduation paper. D．On Mrs. Osama’s blog.
The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I’m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”
“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”
“I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”
I noticed every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I looked down on the computer and asked her, “What do all you people do?”
“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”
“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”
“That’s good, sir.”
“How long will the computer be down? I wanted to know.”
“I have no idea. Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There’s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down it won’t answer us.”
After the girl told me they had no backup computer, I said. “Let’s forget the computer—What about your planes? They are still flying, aren’t they?”
“I couldn’t tell without asking the computer.”
“Maybe I could, just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he is flying to Washington,” I suggested.
“I wouldn’t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn’t take you if you didn’t have a ticket.”
“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”
“I wouldn’t know,” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only ‘IT’ knows. It can’t tell me.”
By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The words soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.
1.Where do you often hear the frightening words “Our computer is down”?
A．at the airport. B．At the gate.
C．On business D．In the ticket office
2.What could the girl in the ticket office do without asking the computer?
A．She could do nothing.
B．She could write out a ticket.
C．She could still sell a ticket.
D．She could answer passengers’ questions.
3.What does the underlined word “down” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A．White B．Broken C．Black D．Dark
4.We can learn from the last paragraph that .
A．a modern computer won’t be down
B．computers can take the place of human
C．there will be great changes in computers
D．sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people
5.The best title for the article is .
A．Asking the Computer
B．When the Computer Is Down
C．The Computer of the Airport
D．The Most Frightening Words
Halloween falls on October 31st, the last day of the Celtic calendar. Halloween dates back to over 2000 years ago.
The American tradition of "trick-or-treating" probably dates back to the early All Souls' Day marches in England. During the festivities, poor people would beg for food and families would give them pastries called "soul cakes" in return for their promise to pray（祈祷）for the family's dead relatives.
The act of giving out soul cakes was encouraged by the church as a way to replace the ancient practice of leaving food and wine for homeless ghosts. The practice was finally taken up by children who would visit the houses in their neighborhood and be given sweets, food, and money.
The tradition of dressing in costume（服饰）for Halloween has both European and Celtic roots. Hundreds of years ago, winter was an uncertain and frightening time. Food supplies were often not enough because people were afraid of the darkness and would stay at home without doing businesses.
On Halloween, when it was believed that ghosts came back to the earthly world, people thought that they would meet with ghosts if they left their homes. To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for their fellows（同伴）.
On Halloween, to keep ghosts away from their houses, people would place bowls of food outside their homes to satisfy the ghosts and prevent them from trying to enter their houses.
1.Halloween falling on October 31st , has a history of more than 2,000 years.
2.During Halloween in America, poor people would be given food like pastries called “soul cakes” by rich family relatives.
3.Children would be treated to sweets and food while visiting the houses in their neighborhood on Halloween.
4.On Halloween, people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark in order to avoid being recognized by their fellows.
5.Halloween is a day honoring the dead and respecting the old.
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的（A、B、C、D） 四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I returned from a trip abroad, I felt that something was wrong between Keith （one of our twin sons） and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done anything that really your feelings?”
Instantly, he said, “Yes. Last Christmas you promised me a special that I really wanted and you gave it to me.”
The is that I’d completely forgotten about it. I , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but I have never asked for your forgiveness?”
Again, his was immediate, “Remember when Mom said you had to go to the because Stephen was going to be born? You left us at home and hurriedly. Remember?” I did.
“Well, you left in a hurry and the suitcase with all the things.” I couldn’t believe all the he remembered! “After you left Mom at the hospital, you came back and you were . When you got here, the suitcase had been opened and was thrown all over the place. And you me.”
“And you didn’t do it?” I asked.
“No.”
My heart . I felt terrible. I hugged Keith and asked him to me. His honesty made me think of our other twin son, Kevin. Perhaps I’d hurt him, too. I went to ask him the question. Kevin’s answer was as immediate as his had been, “Last Christmas you us a special toy and you never bought it for us.”
the Christmas was past, I still took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The thing wasn’t the toy. The problem was I’d made a promise all too lightly and didn’t keep it as their father.
1.A．showed B．hurt C．hid D．expressed
2.A．sweet B．book C．picture D．toy
3.A．never B．often C．always D．ever
4.A．warning B．message C．news D．fact
5.A．complained B．apologized C．continued D．explained
6.A．suggestion B．answer C．action D．blame
7.A．hospital B．church C．school D．garden
8.A．set off B．set up C．went up D．went down
9.A．took B．forgot C．brought D．opened
10.A．excuses B．plans C．ideas D．details
11.A．angry B．moved C．happy D．satisfied
12.A．nothing B．somebody C．everything D．nobody
13.A．praised B．punished C．helped D．saw
14.A．sank B．lied C．warmed D．stopped
15.A．tell B．leave C．forgive D．support
16.A．easy B．hard C．same D．funny
17.A．mother’s B．brother’s C．sister’s D．father’s
18.A．bought B．borrowed C．left D．promised
19.A．Until B．Before C．Since D．Though
20.A．strange B．interesting C．important D．difficult
It is common sense that fever is a of the flu.
A．symbol B．symptom
C．signal D．sign
