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If you live in Shanghai, you might have taken a “lesson” in sorting (分类) garbage, as the city introduced new garbage-sorting regulations on July 1, 2019.
As China’s first city to carry out strict regulations(规则) on garbage sorting and recycling, Shanghai requires its residents to sort garbage into four categories, namely recyclable, harmful, dry and wet waste. If people fail to sort their garbage properly, they can be fined up to 200 yuan.
Since the regulation took effect, the amount of total daily waste in Shanghai has been reduced by an average of 15,500 tons, dropping 26 percent from the end of 2018, while the average daily weight of recyclables hits 4,500 tons, five times higher than the end of 2018, according to the Shanghai Landscaping and City Appearance Administrative Bureau.
The city also rebuilt 21,000 waste-sorting stations and more than 40,000 waste bins have been updated. The city’s waste collection and transportation system is complete, according to the bureau.
“Proper waste sorting is to protect the environment and save natural resources,” said Deng Jianping, director of the bureau. “Led by the central government, Shanghai is making efforts to develop long-term solutions to garbage management.”
However, there have also been some problems. Some people complained that it is difficult to deal with wet garbage, as they are asked to remove wet garbage from its bag when dumping (倾倒). According to the sorting rules, the wet garbage must go in the wet waste bin and the bag must go in the dry waste bin.
This separation is necessary, as it ensures that the wet garbage will decompose (分解) properly and become useful organic (有机的) waste, the bureau said.
Plastic bags can affect this process. Some people in Shanghai are instead using paper bags that can biodegrade（生物降解）or plastic containers that can be washed and reused, according to Xinhua.
1.When did the new garbage-sorting regulations come into effect in Shanghai?（不多于4个单词）
2.According to the passage, people in Shanghai are asked to sort their garbage into four categories, and what are they?（不多于8个单词）
3.Why should we sort garbage? （不多于11个单词）
4.How do people deal with wet garbage when dumping? （不多于7个单词）
In the West, people are taught to wear masks only when they get sick. Masks are seen as a tool to protect sick people and prevent the disease from spreading, so healthy people don’t need to wear them. Therefore, during the novel coronavirus outbreak, overseas Chinese students said that they would be “stared at like a virus spreader” if they go out with a mask. According to a survey done by Global Times among some European and American people, wearing a mask in public can make them feel “worried”, “shy”, and “afraid of being looked at differently.”
But as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow around the world, many people in the West are changing their attitudes. In the US, for example, the need for masks is very high now. The US surgeon general (卫生局局长) has been asking people to avoid hoarding too many masks, as they are more needed in hospitals than by the general public.
However, in Asian countries like China and Japan, there has been a long tradition of mask-wearing. In China, for example, when doctor Wu Liande invented the modern medical mask during the pneumonic plague (肺鼠疫) in 1910, the mask became a symbol of China’s position as a modern, scientific nation, according to Scottish medical anthropologist (人类学家) Christos Lynteris. The 2003 SARS epidemic led to the wide use of masks as a form of anti-viral (抗病毒的) protection in China and elsewhere in East Asia.
In Japan, wearing masks has long been seen as a manner to reassure (使安心) others when one catches a cold or flu. Some Japanese also turn masks into fashion accessories (配饰), with different colors and patterns to match their clothes. Wearing masks is also a way to “hide” for young women when they don’t have their makeup (化妆) on.
In more collectivist (集体主义的) cultures in Asia, wearing masks might also be a symbol of solidarity (团结) during the outbreak, according to Lynteris. People wear masks “to show that they want to stick together” in the face of danger, Lynteris wrote.
1.Why don’t healthy people in the West wear masks?
A.They don’t think masks can prevent disease.
B.Only medical workers need to wear masks.
C.They think masks are for sick people to wear.
D.Wearing a mask looks funny.
2.What does the underlined word “hoarding” in paragraph 2 mean?
A.wearing B.making C.throwing D.keeping
3.Masks have been widely used in China since _____.
A.the outbreak of SARS in 2003
B.the pneumonic plague in 1910
C.Christos Lynteris wore one publicly
D.the invention of the modern medical mask
4.The main idea of the passage is_________.
A.proving the importance of wearing masks during an epidemic
B.showing opinions about masks between different countries
C.explaining why Westerners don’t wear masks
D.introducing the history of wearing masks
Guan Moye, better known as Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. He has been referred to by Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine, TIME, as “one of the most famous and widely pirated（盗版）of all Chinese writers”. He is best known to Western readers for Red Sorghum Clan（红高粱家族）, which was later adapted for the film, Red Sorghum. In 2012, Mo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Mo Yan was born in Gaomi County, Shandong Province. He was 11 years old when the Cultural Revolution started, at which time he left school to work as a farmer. At the age of 18, he began to work at a factory. During this period, his access to literature was largely limited to novels.
At the close of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, Mo joined the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and began writing. During this period, the works of Chinese literature, as well as translations of foreign authors such as William Faulkner, made an impact on his works. In 1984, he received a literary award from the PLA Magazine, and at the same year he began attending the Military Art Academy, where he first used the pen name of Mo Yan. “Mo Yan” means “don’t speak” in Chinese. He explained that the name came from a warning from his father and mother about not saying what he thought when he was outside. It also related to the subject matter of his writings.
Mo’s first novel was Falling Rain on a Spring Night, published in 1981. Several of his novels were translated into English by Howard Goldblatt, professor of East Asian languages and literature, at the University of Notre Dame. He published his first novella（中篇小说）, A Transparent Radish, in 1984, and released Red Sorghum Clan in 1986, making him a nationally recognized novelist. Five years later, he obtained a Master’s degree in literature from Beijing Normal University.
1.The first paragraph tells us __________.
A.his achievements B.his education C.his works D.his experiences
2.The inspiration of the pen name “Mo Yan” comes from ______.
A.His parents. B.William Faulkner.
C.Howard Goldblatt. D.Donald Morrison.
3.Mo got his Master’s degree in literature in __________.
A.1981 B.1984 C.1986 D.1991
4.This passage is a (an)____________
A.brochure B.biography C.survey D.letter
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The National Park Service offers many volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups as part of the Volunteers-In-Parks program. We are aimed to promote all parks to be a better place for people of all ages and colors to live a nicer life. We would regularly organize activities like collecting litters, watering young plants or killing pests on trees and so on. Besides, posters and signs of bettering parks are also in our daily doings.
We provide a one-time service or a longer term position in many partner organizations. Opportunities are available for anyone who are willing to serve for the society. And the working specific places are various ,from your nearby parks in your community to all other places throughout the United States, including the territories(边境) in the Pacific and the Caribbean（加勒比海）. Some positions are specialized and need particular talents, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as a background check, such as writers or editors need to have good abilities of words. Other positions only require a willingness to volunteer. If you want to be a part of a shared future and do something for the world, please join us and your coming can make a big difference!
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1.The National Park Service aims at helping ______.
A.better parks B.water young plants C.collect litters D.kill pests
2.What kind of service does this organization provide?
A.one-day tour in USA
B.weekend services for community
C.services in Canada
D.a one-time and long-term activity
3.The passage is probably taken from________?
A.a newspaper B.a magazine C.a text book D.a website
4.What is the purpose of this passage?
A.to call on people to attend the National Park Service
B.to introduce a volunteer group to readers
C.to show how to visit parks in the USA
D.to make people know the value and importance of protecting parks
Worth the pain in the end
I used to hate running. It seemed too hard and pushing outside my comfort zone was not something I was raised to do.
In fact, I wouldn’t have become a _______ if it weren’t for my husband Charles. He had been a serious competitive runner for many years. After our marriage, he wouldn’t stop talking about how much he missed it.
“So start running again, why don’t you?” I was getting _______ of hearing about it.
So he picked it up again, and after about a year, I started to join him at the track (跑道). Just a few weeks later, Charles signed us both up for a five-kilometer race. I _______about doing it. It was too soon.
But on _______ day, there I was.
The gun went _______.Thousands of runners pushed forward.
The first kilometer was _______.
“I don’t think I’m going to make it.” I was already breathing heavily and painfully aware of the group of runners pounding past me.
“No, you’re doing _______”, said Charles. He was trying to encourage me, to get me focused on something other than my _______.
“I can’t,” I said, barely audibly (听得见地).
He tried a different way to _______ me. “Just make it to that house and let’s see how you feel.”
After another minute I saw the three-kilometer ________. All I could think of was that I was dying and that my husband was torturing (折磨) me.
Miserable doesn’t even begin to describe ________ I felt. And there was so much pain.
“You’ll be fine. You’ve got less than a kilometer to go.”
I rounded a corner and saw both sides of the street thick with people watching the race, all cheering the runners on. I willed my legs to keep going.
Then I looked up and saw the clock. The seconds ticking away (一分一秒地过去) gave me an incentive (助力). I knew that if I finished this race, I would have achieved something. So, I straightened up, and kicked it.
I had my arms held higher when I passed ________the finish line. A volunteer put a ________ around my neck.
“You did great! I’m so proud of you!” Charles was thrilled that I’d ________ it.
“That was AMAZING! I want to do another race. This running stuff is amazing!” I proudly hugged my medal as we started to walk to the post-race festivities.
My lungs and my comfort zone both ________.
1.A.runner B.traveler C.racer D.cheerleader
2.A.afraid B.tired C.aware D.confident
3.A.thought B.dreamed C.hesitated D.cared
4.A.race B.sport C.show D.task
5.A.on B.off C.up D.down
6.A.long B.short C.easy D.tough
7.A.wrong B.right C.great D.bad
8.A.disability B.dishonor C.disgrace D.discomfort
9.A.advise B.persuade C.urge D.force
10.A.signal B.symbol C.point D.mark
11.A.how B.what C.when D.why
12.A.by B.over C.across D.through
13.A.ring B.necklace C.medal D.scarf
14.A.done B.made C.taken D.caught
15.A.developed B.expanded C.changed D.progressed
Most people assume that the human brain is set on “automatic” — that means it learns all by itself. But this isn't always true. We need to train ourselves to be better 1.(learner) — to actively take part in the learning process and to reflect on2.we have learnt. These kinds of learning behaviors3. (call) “active learning”. I suggest doing five things 4.( take) an active role in your learning.
