阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
People are wasting things everywhere and every day. Wherever we go, we can see that paper, bottles and cans are thrown away; food 1. (waste) just because of its poor taste; clothes are thrown around simply due to their old fashion Not only things and money are wasted, but natural resources are wasted as well. 2. (tree) are cut down merely for fuel; wildlife is killed 3. (simple) for food; coal and minerals are exploited (开采) in 4. bad way.
The worst example of man’s waste is the waste of time. Many people tend to spend their time on 5. (worth) things, such as wandering about (漫步) in the street, gossiping in the office, or 6. (sleep) too much during the day. As we know, time is so valuable to us that it never returns if it 7. (pass) by.
It is time 8. (call) for an end to waste. On the one hand, we must save natural resources and make full use of them, 9. is very important to our future; otherwise human beings will be faced with the lack of natural resources and suffer 10. pollution caused by waste. On the other hand, we must value our time. Only with our time devoted to study and work for the people will we never regret the life we have had.
Three years ago, Liu Mama was an unknown middle-aged farmer from the Dongbei region (地区), in northeastern China. Then she started ________ her life on the social-media platform (平台) Kaishou. Liu mama’s son-in-law ________ the live stream (视频直播) to her, and worked as the ________ of her trusty cameraman. They ________ to try it out for laughs. The first videos, each less than a minute ________, showed Liu, short and fat, dressed in a red cotton jacket — ________ on the kitchen chair. She was eating pork bones and fish heads while creating ________ rhymes (押韵诗歌) about the happiness of countryside life. Liu Mama’s funny live streams presented quite a ________ from other popular Chinese video-sharing platform where the videos ________ famous people, fashion and urban life.
People were ________ attracted by the loud-mouthed and red-cheeked farmer. Within months, the number of ________ to Liu mama’s channel (频道), “Liu Mama’s Everyday Life,” ________ from dozens to several thousand. Liu Mama began showing herself ________ corn, skinning potatoes, and driving a tractor around ________. A few years later, Liu Mama ________ fourteen million followers on the Kuaishou platform.
Liu Mama’s ________ is one of many stories of live streamers in China. In the past five years, live stream in China has developed into a main ________ activity — more than half of the nation’s Internet users have given it a ________. While live stream is still ________ as an unimportant culture in other parts of the world, Chinese industries ________ from education to news to daily shopping have hugged it as a business tool.
1.A.ignoring B.presenting C.celebrating D.suffering
2.A.contained B.disagreed C.introduced D.disliked
3.A.base B.voyage C.request D.role
4.A.recognized B.persuaded C.decided D.came
5.A.long B.short C.clear D.fond
6.A.organizing B.determining C.sitting D.viewing
7.A.frightening B.terrible C.silent D.interesting
8.A.recognition B.tip C.difference D.advantage
9.A.focus on B.set up C.calm down D.work out
10.A.hardly B.nearly C.only D.quickly
11.A.sailors B.followers C.survivors D.beggars
12.A.grew B.removed C.sank D.debated
13.A.replacing B.harvesting C.competing D.deserving
14.A.streets B.fields C.homeland D.stadiums
15.A.arises B.solves C.bursts D.owns
16.A.rise B.protection C.appreciation D.attention
17.A.successful B.secure C.online D.personal
18.A.appearance B.loss C.test D.try
19.A.considered B.attached C.broken D.formed
20.A.coming B.ranging C.learning D.recovering
Why do you run? Different people have different reasons. Whatever your reason is, there’s one thing we can be sure of: Running is much better injury-free. In his book, Dr. Jordan Metzl’s Running Strong, Metzl has the perfect suggestions for enjoying your running without losing your well-being (健康). Here are five must-follow rules for injury-free running:
Train for your level of fitness and your goals.
Don’t run more miles than your body can deal with. If you run for fitness and your goal is about 30 minutes a day, that’s cool. But if you are just starting out, 1.
Wear the right shoes for your feet.
You will hear lots of opinions about whether running shoes really help prevent injury and whether you should even wear them. 2. And some of you may need a little added assistance from inserts (鞋垫).
3.
Be honest about how much sleep you need and stick to it. The cool runner is the one who wins the race. Sleep will get you there.
Fuel (提供能量) your body right for running and recovery.
4. And after a workout or race, you need to deliver nutrients to all the body rebuilders in your muscles, so they can do their job and get you back into tip-top shape for your run tomorrow.
Pay attention to pain.
When pain changes the way you run, stop running. 5. And use dynamic rest (动态休息) to stay in shape until you are back on your running feet.
A. Get seven to eight hours of sleep every night.
B. Try to find out what is going on and treat the pain.
C. you need to get there slowly.
D. Running should be seen as fun rather than pain.
E. It is because of the health benefits, including lowering your risk of disease.
F. The right running shoes can help correct foot-movement problems that lead to injury.
G. A good pre-run meal plan is one that keeps you stepping strong.
If you want to become a better reader, what should you know about the speed of reading? Some people read very quickly, while others read very slowly. But which one is better?
The quick reader may be a good reader when he reads a storybook for fun. But he may not be able to slow down enough to read directions (说明书) carefully. He may read so quickly that he does not take time to understand fully the ideas and information which are important to remember.
The slow reader may be a good reader when he reads directions for making something. But he may spend too much time in reading a simple story which is meant to be enjoyed but is not important enough to be remembered.
So, you see, either a quick reader or a slow reader is not really a good one. If you wish to become a better reader, here are four important things to remember about the speed of reading.
First, knowing why you are reading will often help you to know whether to read quickly or slowly.
Second, some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples are directions for making or doing, something, science and history books, and math problems. You must read such things slowly or remember each important step and understand each important idea.
Third, some things should be read quickly throughout. Examples are simple stories for enjoyment, letters from friends and bits of news from hometown papers.
Finally, in some of your reading, you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast, as you go along. You will need to read certain pages quickly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas.
1.What should be read quickly according to the passage?
A.Science and history books.
B.Math problems.
C.Storybooks, newspapers, personal letters, etc.
D.Directions for making something.
2.What is the important thing you should keep in mind about speed of reading?
A.To read as fast as you can.
B.To keep your reading at a certain speed.
C.To read as slowly as possible.
D.To fit your reading speed to your needs.
3.This passage is most probably from a ________.
A.textbook B.story-book
C.dictionary D.novel
4.Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?
A.What Books to Choose? B.How to Be a Rapid Reader?
C.Why Reading is Important? D.How to Read?
Give your dead batteries (电池) a new life. Recycle them!
Batteries are used to power clocks, computers, tools and more. However, your batteries have some serious power when their lives are over.
WHY TO RECYCLE BATTERIES:
Remember, batteries are harmful waste. This means we should properly throw them away. You may not think one little battery can cause that much pollution. But don’t think of it as just one battery—there can be millions. In Canada, each person uses about 20 single-use batteries every year. That’s about 700 million batteries! If all these batteries end up in landfills (垃圾填埋场), the heavy metals inside them can get into the water, land and air. It can be harmful to humans and wildlife.
By recycling single-use batteries instead of throwing them away, you can cut down pollution and also help save energy. All batteries are mainly made of plastic and valuable metals. Through recycling programs, dead batteries can be changed into something useful like steel products, or even new batteries.
HOW TO RECYCLE BETTARIES:
Make a difference by starting to collect batteries at your home or school today. You can prepare a box for battery collection and invite friends, family and classmates to bring in old batteries to be recycled.
There are many ways to deal with your batteries. You can:
● Find a Call to Recycle public collection station near you.
● Ask the store where you bought the batteries if you can return them there.
● Communicate with your local city government to find out if there are special programs for recycling used batteries!
For more information, visit https://ecokids.ca/batteries.
1.“Serious power” in the first paragraph shows that ________.
A.batteries are very useful in our life
B.dead batteries are still valuable
C.dead batteries can bring bad effects to our life
D.dead batteries can still provide power
2.The pollution caused by dead batteries mainly comes from ________.
A.water B.land
C.steel products D.heavy metals
3.If you want to recycle your batteries correctly, you can ________ in your city.
A.build a public landfill B.learn more about batteries recycling
C.sell old batteries to some stores D.no more buy batteries from stores
4.The passage is probably written for ________.
A.young children B.landfill workers
C.battery sellers D.community groups
Many years ago, my dad decided to volunteer at the local children hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He would talk to them and play with them and do arts and crafts with them.
There was a girl, Karen, who had been admitted with a rare disease that paralyzed (使麻痹) her from the neck down. She was very depressed (沮丧的). My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up against a backing, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his head would move. He would visit her whenever he could and paint for her, telling her, “See, you can do anything you set your mind to.”
At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was discharged (允许出院) because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. Some time later, my dad was at the volunteer counter in the lobby (门厅) of the hospital when Karen came in. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave my dad a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read “Thank you for helping me walk”.
My dad would cry every time he told us this story. He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctors, and my dad who died just a few months after the little girl gave him the picture—loved every single child in that hospital.
1.The writer’s father decided to volunteer ________.
A.at the children bookstore B.in the shopping mall
C.at the local children hospital D.in the community
2.How did the writer’s father help the paralyzed little girl?
A.He showed her she could still do things.
B.He painted special pictures for her.
C.He helped her practice walking.
D.He visited her and made a toy for her.
3.Why did the little girl give the writer’s father a picture?
A.Because he liked pictures very much.
B.Because she wanted to thank him for his help.
C.Because he was badly ill.
D.Because her mother wanted her to do that.
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A.The girl was discharged after she had recovered from her disease.
B.The girl became a famous painter at the end.
C.The girl who paralyzed from the neck down could do nothing.
D.Love has a magic power and can make wonders.
