Going green seems to be a 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 life style.
On April 22,2011,we decided to be green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond the easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 diffenent things to do and this was no easy task.
With the idea of going green every single day a year,Our Greean 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 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 lifestyles. 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 planets.
小题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 |
小题2:It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because_______.| A．they were expected to follow the green fad | | 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 |
小题3:What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?| A．They tried to get out of their ungreen habits. | | B．They ignored others’ ungreen behaviour. | | C．They chose better chemical cleaners. | | D．they sold their home-made food |
小题4:What can we infer from the last paragraph?| A．The government will give support to the green roject. | | B．The couple may continue ther project in the future. | | C．Some people disagree with the couple’s green ideas. | | D．Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign. |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:A
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【文章大意】作者通过自己改变自己的生活方式，过绿色生活经历，告诉人们如何通过自己的努力来改变我们周围的环境。
小题1:根据文章中作者叙述的自己our green year经历和文章的第一段和最后一段进行推断。
小题2:根据文章的第二段进行判断推理。
小题3:根据文章的第四段的第一句。
小题4:根据文章的最后一段，作者相信自己有能力帮助改变环境，保护地球，当然作者会继续自己的绿色行动。特别注意关键词grateful，believe等。 |
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"Look, it"s Baldy!" A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was used to regular insults(侮辱) because of the 11 on my head, it was 12 horrible to hear. I sighed as I headed back to the class.
When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious 13 after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head. I was 14 to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors 15 to save my life. "Holly"s very 16 to be alive," they told Mum and Dad. "But she"ll be 17 with scars on her head, and of course her hair won"t grow there."
As a child, I cared much about my scars, so I 18 wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home. 19 I didn"t, people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me, they never 20 understood how it felt.
Then through the hospital I was 21 to a children"s burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There, I 22 14-year-old Stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is so 23 that she never lets anyone put her down. "You shouldn"t 24 what people say about what you look like because we"re not different from anyone else, Holly," she 25 me. "And you don"t need to wear a scarf because you look great 26 it!" For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who"d been through something 27 . So weeks later, at my 13th birthday party, 28 by her bravery, I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to 29 away behind my scarf.
Now, I am 30 of what I look like and much happier, because I have realized it is your personality（个性）that decides who you truly are.
| 小题1: | | A．hat | B．scarf | C．scars | D．cuts |
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| 小题2: | | A．still | B．just | C．never | D．seldom |
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| 小题3: | | A．hunger | B．cold | C．defeats | D．burns |
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| 小题4: | | A．rushed | B．led | C．invited | D．forced |
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| 小题5: | | A．learned | B．fought | C．returned | D．decided |
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| 小题6: | | A．happy | B．lucky | C．lonely | D．poor |
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| 小题7: | | A．pressed | B．occupied | C．left | D．painted |
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| 小题8: | | A．possibly | B．usually | C．finally | D．nearly |
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| 小题9: | | A．Although | B．Since | C．If | D．Before |
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| 小题10: | | A．correctly | B．roughly | C．easily | D．really |
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| 小题11: | | A．promoted | B．introduced | C．reported | D．carried |
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| 小题12: | | A．met | B．recognized | C．remembered | D．caught |
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| 小题13: | | A．honest | B．strong | C．active | D．young |
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| 小题14: | | A．write down | B．agree with | C．pass on | D．listen to |
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| 小题15: | | A．promised | B．encouraged | C．ordered | D．calmed |
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| 小题16: | | A．in | B．for | C．without | D．beyond |
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| 小题17: | | A．similar | B．strange | C．hard | D．important |
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| 小题18: | | A．allowed | B．required | C．guided | D．inspired |
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| 小题20: | | A．sick | B．aware | C．tired | D．proud |
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On a sunny day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.
Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search for a football. Once they"d rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.
Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves. "Everything went quiet in my head," Tim recalls(回忆). "I was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line."
Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. "At one point, I considered turning back," he says. "I wondered if I was putting my life at risk." After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, "Take down the umbrella!" Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. He took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him.
"Let"s aim for the pier(码头)," Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. "Can you guys swim?" he cried. "A little bit," the boys said. Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swan toward land as water washed over the boys" faces.
“Are we almost there?” they asked again and again. "Yes," Tim told them each time. After 30minutes, they reached the pier.
小题1:Why did the two boys go to the sea?| A．To go boat rowing. | | B．To get back their football. | | C．To swim in the open water. | | D．To test the umbrella as a sail. |
小题2:What does "it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?| A．The beach. | B．The water. | | C．The boat. | D．The wind. |
小题3:Why did Tim raise his head regularly?| A．To take in enough fresh air. | | B．To consider turning back or not. | | C．To check his distance from the boys. | | D．To ask the boys to take down the umbrella. |
小题4:How did the two boys finally reach the pier?| A．They were dragged to the pier by Tim. | | B．They swam to the pier all by themselves. | | C．They were washed to the pier by the waves. | | D．They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back. |
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LONDON - A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors(探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn"t cared about potentially deadly consequences.
It is believed that James McCormick got about $77.8 million from the sales of his detectors - which were based on a kind of golf ball finder - to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.
McCormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.
"Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people," Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. "you have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt."
The detectors, sold for up to $42,000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they "lacked any grounding in science" and were of no use.
McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya, the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.
"I never had any had results from customers," he said.
小题1:Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?| A．He sold bombs. | B．He caused death of people. | | C．He made detectors. | D．He cheated in business. |
小题2: According to the judge, what McCormick had done _______.| A．increased the cost of safeguarding | | B．lowered people"s guard against danger | | C．changed people"s idea of social security | | D．caused innocent people to commit crimes |
小题3:Which of the following is true of the detectors?| A．They have not been sold to Africa. | | B．They have caused many serious problems. | | C．They can find dangerous objects in water. | | D．They don"t function on the basis of science. |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick _______.| A．sold the equipment at a low price | | B．was well-known in most countries | | C．did not think he had committed the crime | | D．had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text |
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When Joe was about to start school, all signs pointed to success. Yet things turned out to be quite 36 . The fourth grade even found him at the 37 of the class. Joe struggled day and night, but it did not 38 —until one stormy afternoon.
On that afternoon, 39 the math teacher started to introduce difficult concepts, dark clouds
covered the sky, and the storm set in. Hard though she tried to make the kid, 40 , the thunder won the battle for their attention. No one 41 the concepts. Except for Joe. He understood them and answered all the questions correctly. The teacher patted him on the back, and told him to go around to the others and explain how he had managed it. 42 by his newfound success, Joe moved quickly throughout the room. Soon math time was followed by the time for 43 . All children naturally drew 44 pictures on such a day. Except for Joe.
Since then, Joe started 45 . Though he never made it to the top, his math teacher was always 46 and curious about the change: Why had that stormy day changed Joe?
On the day Joe graduated, he presented the teacher with his most 47 possession—the picture of a bright yellow sun. On the picture Joe had written: This is the day I 48 my brightness.
| 小题1: | | A．unfair | B．boring | C．disappointing | D．dangerous |
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| 小题2: | | A．center | B．top | C．beginning | D．bottom |
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| 小题3: | | A．happen | B．work | C．finish | D．last |
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| 小题4: | | A．until | B．since | C．because | D．as |
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| 小题5: | | A．concentrate | B．change | C．hide | D．sit |
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| 小题6: | | A．challenged | B．grasped | C．doubted | D．admitted |
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| 小题7: | | A．Relieved | B．Surprised | C．Encouraged | D．Puzzled |
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| 小题8: | | A．class | B．sports | C．art | D．tea |
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| 小题9: | | A．great | B．dark | C．different | D．strange |
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| 小题10: | | A．improving | B．painting | C．recovering | D．studying |
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| 小题11: | | A．worried | B．amazed | C．friendly | D．cautious |
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| 小题12: | | A．familiar | B．expensive | C．admirable | D．precious |
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| 小题13: | | A．woke up to | B．put up with | C．got on with | D．looked down upon |
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| One of the greatest gifts one generation can give to other generations is the wisdom it has gained from experience. This idea has inspired the award-winning photographer Andrew Zuckerman. He interviewed and took photos of fifty over-sixty-five-year-olds all over the world. His project explores various aspects of their lives. The photos and interviews are now available on our website.
Click on the introductions to read the complete interviews.
| Let us now have a culture of peace.
—Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Spain
Federico Mayor Zaragoza obtained a doctorate in pharmacy(药学) from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1958. After many years spent in politics, he became Director-General of UNESCO in 1987. In 1999, he created the Foundation for a Culture of Peace, of which he is now the president. In addition to many scientific publications, he has published four collections of poems and several books of essays.
| Writing is a discovery.
—Nadine Gordlmer, South Africa
Due to a weak heart, Nadine Gordimer attended school and university briefly. She read widely and began writing at an early age. She published her first short story at the age of fifteen, and has completed a large number of works, which have been translated into forty languages. In 1991, Gordimer won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
| Jazz is about the only form of art today.
—Dave Brubeck, USA
Dave Brubeck studied music at the University of the Pacific and graduated in 1942. After World War Two he was encouraged to play jazz. In 1951, he recorded his first album(专辑). Brubeck’s 1959 album has become a jazz standard. He received a Grammy lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.
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小题1:Why did Andrew Zuckerman choose the fifty elders for his project?| A．Because their wisdom deserves to be passed on. | | B．Because they are physically impressive. | | C．Because their accomplishments inspired him. | | D．Because they have similar experiences. |
小题2:According to the web page, Federico Mayor Zaragoza_____.| A．has won many awards for his work in politics | | B．has served as the president of a university | | C．has devoted all his life to the field of science | | D．has made achievements in different areas |
小题3:Who most probably said “My education has been the library and books” in the interview when reflecting on his/her experience?| A．Andrew Zuckerman. | | B．Federico Mayor Zaragoza. | | C．Nadine Gordimer. | | D．Dave Brubeck. |
小题4:What is the main purpose of this web page?| A．To show Zuckerman’s awards. | | B．To publicize Zuckerman’s project. | | C．To spread the wisdom of the three people. | | D．To celebrate the achievements of the three people. |
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