Most Chinese people these days know what it is like to have an “English teacher”, since almost all pupils study English from their third year. Usually that first English teacher will be a young and lovely lady in primary school. But my first English teacher is no other than my father. Looking back, I can see that, when I was only a little girl, he created an English environment by providing me with flashcards，fun English- language toys and even dolls which can sing English songs! My interest in English had certainly been awakened (唤起) when I began to learn English at school. Just imagine, he went a step further and asked me to learn New Concept English by myself! I was puzzled and even angry. I could not understand why a father could be so strict with his little girl. All the same, he never gave up and he gently insisted that I follow through with his idea. At first, I read stories with tears and I actually hated them because they were too difficult for me. In the end, I came to love the funny stories and, to be honest, my father was always there with a helping hand. I am sure that my English would never have got so far without his support. And that’s why my father is not only my first English teacher but also my lifelong teacher. He is one who awoke my interest, and who gave me much confidence .

1.Most pupils in China begin to learn English________.

A．in primary school  B．from parents  C．at three years old  D．at home

2.The underline part ”no other than my father” in the passage probably means________.

A．like my father     B．not my father  C．my father himself D．not only my father

3.From the whole passage we can see that________.

A．the girl preferred playing to learning English

B．the girl hates her father because he was strict

C．the girl is very thankful to her father

D．the father gave up after knowing his daughter could not understand

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．How I learned English at school    

B．My father---my first and lifelong English teacher

C．The relationship between my father and me 

D．I’ve made progress in English learning

 

I am sure that everybody in his/her life has used computers. Nowadays you can feel their presence everywhere at home，at school，at work and they certainly make life easier．On the other hand，there are people who can’t work with them．
Anyway，I believe their presence is a good thing. Life with them seems easier, less difficult and more comfortable You can use them to choose your meal，to withdraw your money, and also save your time，because these operations are all controlled by computers. Therefore you can hardly imagine the modern world without them；the whole planet seems to be one big computer society．
Nevertheless，problems can often appear in this area, too．To have a computer means you have to be quite well－off and have the necessary skills to use it．However，think about questions like “Are computers so available for everyone, or rich and poor people，for people from villages and people from cities. Aren’t they too expensive？Is everyone able to learn how to use them and not everyone has the chance to access and work with them，how could everything in the future be dependent on them？”Therefore，I think our society will be split into two parts．One part will work with them and enjoy the benefits that computers can bring and the other part will be pushed out and will actually be far behind the other group．
Another question that bothers me is，on the one hand，computers are important  and good things in our life，but they aren’t everything．They are good as a help at school，quite often as entertainment，especially for young people，as an necessary tool to help in research etc，but I think we shouldn’t be so dependent on them，because computers are only machines and machines can’t feel anything be human and sympathetic，and every action performed by computer can be interfered with another person，which could cause these machines to crash or work badly．
In conclusion，I would like to say I am not against computers．I use computers，too，but people should be wary all the time．
【小题1】By saying “wary”（In the last paragraph）,the writer is trying to say “People should_______.

A．be strongly for the use of computers because of its convenience

B．be careful with computers that will also cause problems

C．master more necessary computer skills

D．not do something that causes computers to work badly

【小题2】Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage？

【小题3】 In the third paragraph，the author presents his idea by________

A．asking questions for people to think about

B．giving examples to support his argument

C．raising questions and answering them

D．expressing his opinion directly

【小题4】 The writer’s main purpose in writing the passage is__________

A．to encourage us to use computers in our society

B．to advise us to say no to computers from now on

C．to remind us to care about the problems that computers bring.

D．to inform us that the computer has become a necessary part of our life

We produce 500 billion of plastic bags in a year worldwide and they are thrown away polluting oceans, killing wildlife and getting dumped in landfills where they take up to 1,000 years to decompose. Researchers have been unsuccessfully looking for a solution.
The 16-year-old Canadian high school student, Daniel Burd, from Waterloo Collegiate Institute, has-discovered a way to make plastic bags degrade(降解) in as few as 3 months, a finding that won him first prize at the Canada Wide Science Fair, a ＄10,000 prize, a ＄20,000 scholarship, and a chance to revolutionize a major environmental issue.
Burd’s strategy was simple: Since plastic does eventually degrade, it must be eaten by microorganisms (微生物). If those microorganisms could be identified, we could put them to work eating the plastic much faster than under normal conditions.
With this goal in mind, he grounded plastic bags into a powder and concocted(调制) a solution of household chemicals, yeast(酵母) and tap water to encourage microbes growth. Then he added the plastic powder and let the microbes work their magic for 3 months. Finally, he tested the resulting bacterial culture on plastic bags, exposing one plastic sample to dead bacteria as a control. Sure enough, the plastic exposed to the live bacteria was 17% lighter than the control after six weeks.
The inputs are cheap, maintaining the required temperature takes little energy because microbes produce heat as they work, and the only outputs are water and tiny levels of carbon dioxide.
“Almost every week I have to do chores and when I open the closet door, I have piles of plastic bags falling on top of me. One day, I got tired of it and I wanted to know what other people are doing with these plastic bags. The answer: not much. So I decided to do something myself.” Said Daniel Burd.
【小题1】Daniel Burd won first prize at the Canada Wide Science Fair because      .

A．he found a new kind of microorganism

B．he contributed much to environmental protection

C．he found a way to degrade plastics in shorter time

D．he could encourage microbe growth in an easier way

【小题2】 Daniel Burd exposed one plastic sample to dead bacteria to      .

A．make the live bacteria work better	B．test how effective his method was
C．know which bacteria worked faster	D．control the temperature in the process

【小题3】
Maintaining the required temperature takes little energy because       .

A．plastics can get hot easily	B．microbes can produce heat themselves
C．much carbon dioxide is produced	D．the temperature can be controlled

【小题4】 Daniel Burd got his idea from       .

A．his school textbook	B．the failure of researchers
C．his everyday work	D．the practice of other people

_______, his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting.

A. Strange as might it sound                               B. As it might sound strange

C. As strange it might sound                                       D. Strange as it might sound  

Sometimes, the simplest ideas are the best．For example, to absorb heat from the sun to heat water, you need large, flat, black surfaces．One way to do that is to build those surfaces specially, on the roofs of buildings．But why go to all that trouble when cities are full of     black surfaces already, in the form of asphalt （柏油） roads?
Ten years ago, this thought came into the mind of Arian de Bondt, a Dutch engineer．He finally persuaded his boss to follow it up．The result is that their building is now heated in winter and cooled in summer by a system that relies on the surface of the road outside．
The heat-collector is a system of connected water pipes．Most of them run from one side of the street to the other, just under the asphalt road．Some, however, dive deep into the ground．
When the street surface gets hot in summer, water pumped through the pipes picks up this heat and takes it underground through one of the diving pipes．At a depth of 100 meters lies a natural aquifer （蓄水层） into which several heat exchangers （交换器） have been built．The hot water from the street runs through these exchangers, warming the ground-water, before returning to the surface through another pipe．The aquifer is thus used as a heat store．
In winter, the working system is changed slightly．Water is pumped through the heat exchangers to pick up the heat stored during summer．This water goes into the building and is used to warm the place up．After performing that task, it is pumped under the asphalt and its remaining heat keeps the road free of snow and ice．
【小题1】Which of the following is true according to the first two paragraphs?

A．Arian de Bondt got his idea from his boss．

B．Large, flat, black surfaces need to be built in cities．

C．The Dutch engineer's system has been widely used．

D．Heat can also be collected from asphalt roads．

【小题2】For what purpose are the diving pipes used?

A．To absorb heat from the sun．	B．To store heat for future use．
C．To turn solar energy into heat energy．	D．To carry heat down below the surface．

【小题3】From the last paragraph we can learn that ________．

A．some pipes have to be re-arranged in winter

B．the system can do more than warming up the building

C．the exchangers will pick up heat from the street surface

D．less heat may be collected in winter than in summer

【小题4】What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A．What we shall do if the system goes wrong．

B．What we shall do if there are no asphalt roads．

C．How the system cools the building in summer．

D．How the system collects heat in spring and autumn．