It’s important to learn something about protecting our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us:

1 . Reduce

If you want to reduce waste,you should use things wisely (明智地）. A large number of trees are being cut down to make  paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throws it out,soon we  would  not  have  any  trees  left.  Other things

are also being wasted，and people don’t know what to do with the waste in big cities.  So  it  is  necessary to  reduce the waste.

2. Reuse

You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them away. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. In a family,you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.

3. Recycle

Bottles,cans(織子）and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so,we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans can be sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat(压平)and melted(融化)，then the metal things can be made for new coke cans.

4. Recover

When you buy a box of apples,there may be a few rotten(腐烂的）apples,and you have two choices： one is to throw the whole apples away,or you could cut off the rotten parts and eat the good parts. In this way,you are recovering the eatable parts of food.

5. Repair

If one of the legs of your table is broken,you can repair it. If you want to change for better ones,it is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repairing. It is true that North America is a “ throw — away ” society,but the time to change our way of life has come so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best.

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(   ) 56. What does the “Reduce”rule mainly require us to do?

A. To use things wisely.  B. To cut down many trees.

C. To use a lot of paper.  D. To throw away your old clothes.

(   ) 57. What’s  the right order(顺序）of recycling coke cans?

a. collect the used cans b. melt them c. smash them flat d. send them to a factory A. abed     B. adcb  C. dbca     D. cabd

(   ) 58. What does the “Recover” rule mainly require us to do?

A. To throw waste things away.  B. To cover waste things with earth.

C. To get back the useful parts.  D. To throw the whole things away.

(   ) 59. Which  is the best way to do with your broken tables?

A. Throwing them away.  B. Repairing them.

C. Selling them.  D. Putting them away.

(   ) 60. Which  of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. Reduce the waste as possible as     you can.  B. Give your old trousers to the poor.

C. Throw the part of rotten apples     away.  D. Never send bottles and cans to the factory.

 No Car Day was first started by 34 cities inFranceon September 22nd,1998. It was started to protect the environment. By now,more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.

The first No Car Day inChinawas in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities including Taipei,Shanghai and Wuhan,also support the day.

In Beijing,more and more people are taking part in the activity. It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on people not to use cars on June 5th (World Environment Day). The slogan for the day is, “ If we drive for one less day,we can have one more nice day. ”

So far,more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. “We can’t control the weather,but we can choose not to drive,” said Wu Zhonghua,a car club chairman. Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of 2007,Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period last year. Much of the dust comes from the desert,but cars cause most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.

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(   ) 51. No Car Day was started .

A. to save money     B. to  control the weather

C. to make the air cleaner     D. to  keep out dust from the desert

(   ) 52. The No Car Day activity asks Beijing drivers        .

A. to work hard to get fewer blue sky days

B. not to work on World Environment Day

C. to ride a bike or walk instead of driving to work once a month

D. to leave their cars at home for a week each month (   ) 53. When is World Environment Day?

A. On July 5th.  B. On     June 5th.

C. On September 22nd.  D. On     February 2nd.

(   ) 54. Which of the following about No Car Day  is WRONG?

A. It was started inFrancein September,1998.

B. It was first started inChinain 2001.

C. It is supported by over 1,000 cities around the world.

D. It was first started by a car club chairman in Beijing.

(   ) 55. What can we infer(推断）from the passage?

A. More and more people in Beijing are joining car clubs.

B. People will have one more World Environment Day each month.

C. More and more people won’t drive on No Car Day in Beijing.

D. The car club chairman Wu Zhonghua won’t drive any more.

   Fashion isn’t very environmentally-friendly,because it makes people buy things they don’t need,just because they’re new. We want to take care of the environment,so we don’t want to pollute the air and we don’t want to waste energy and resources. But we also want to be fashionable. How can we buy fashionable clothes and protect the environment?

Old styles are fashionable again,so one way is to buy second-hand clothes—recycled clothes. Another way is to buy fair trade clothes. These clothes are either recycled or made in a way that protects the environment. They also protect the people who make the clothes.

   Surprisingly,white cotton is one of the least environmentally-friendly crops of all. To protect the cotton,the growers use chemicals that pollute water,make farm workers ill and kill wildlife. New materials,such as hemp and bamboo,grow quickly and are more environmentally -friendly. These materials are very soft,and look fantastic. The best materials are coloured by using natural dyes which is made from plants.

  Environmentally-friendly clothes are practical but until now they were often dull. Now fashion-designers are working with these materials and the clothes are beautiful as well. So now we can buy fashionable clothes that are also environmentally-friendly.

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(   ) 46. Why do people often buy things they don’t need? Because          .

A. new things can be more comfortable  B. everyone wants to  be fashionable

C. people are richer than before now   D. people care about  the environment

(   ) 47. What’s the topic for paragraph 2?

A. Recycled fashion.  B. The problem with     fashion.

C. Fashion doesn ’ t have to pollute.  D. New materials.

(   ) 48. Which of the following is more environmentally-friendly?

A. Materials soft and looking fantastic.  B. Any coloured materials using natural dyes.

C. Hemp and bamboo.  D. White cotton.

(   ) 49. Why  are environmentally-friendly clothes more fashionable now? Because          .

A. people pay more attention to our environment

B. environmentally-friendly clothes are practical

C. all old styles become fashionable again

D. fashion-designers are working to make them beautiful 

(   ) 50. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Cotton or Hemp and Bamboo?  B. Environmentally-friendly Clothes

C. Old Style,New Fashion Again  D. Fashion and the Environment

 In most parts of the world，many students help their schools make less pollution. They join 36       . It’s a meaningful (有意义的）club,and people work together 37       our environment clean. Here are some things students often do.

No   garbage(废料，垃圾）lunches. How much do you throw away 38       lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can 39       again. Every week,they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school.

No-car day. On a no-car day,40       comes to school by car. Neither the students nor the teachers!Cars give pollution to the air. 41       remember： walk,jump,ride or run. Use your legs!It’s lots of fun.

42       the water!Do you know that some toilets could 43       twenty to forty cubic meters of water an hour? In a year,to your 44        ，that would fill a small river!In environment clubs,students repair those broken toilets 45      

We love our environment. Let’s work together and make it clean.

(   ) 36. A. no-car day        B. environment clubs

          C. new music groups  D. no-garbage lunches

(   ) 37. A. make     B. making  C. to make     D. will make

(   ) 38. A. since     B. until  C. before     D. after

(   ) 39. A. use     B. be used  C. throw     D. be thrown

(   ) 40. A. somebody     B. anybody  C. everybody     D. nobody

(   ) 41. A. So     B. And  C. But     D. Or

(   ) 42. A. Turn on     B. Turn up  C. Turn off     D. Turn down

(   ) 43. A. waste     B. give  C. keep     D. throw

(   ) 44. A. surprise   B. surprised  C. surprising  D. surprisingly

(   ) 45. A. their     B. they  C. them     D. themselves

(   ) 35. —What do you think of the talk show?

A. Never mind.  B. It doesn’t matter.

C. I don’t think so.  D. I can’t bear  it.

(   ) 34. —You look so happy!

—Jack says I am pretty.          has  ever  told me that before.

A. Somebody     B. Anybody  C. Everybody     D. Nobody

(   ) 33. A “workaholic” works too much  and usually forgets to have meals and go to bed.          ，he/she

doesn’t have good health.

A. As a matter of fact     B. As a whole

C. As a result     D. As a rule

(   ) 32. My pet dog sometimes makes lots  of  noise  and        me  when  I  am  doing  my homework.

A. shows     B. disturbs  C. remembers     D. refuses

(   ) 31. —There is        with  my eyes.

—Don’t worry. Let me help you.

A. wrong nothing     B. nothing wrong

C. wrong something     D. something wrong

(   ) 30.—Mom,may I have some cakes?

—Sorry，there’s        left in the box. I’ll go and buy some for you tonight.

A. nothing     B. no one  C. no     D. none