There is a huge library in my school．It is much bigger than our classroom．There are a lot of books in it．Some are for students and some are for the teachers．You may borrow books from the library at any weekdays．

Some of the books help us to study the subjects well．Some are on art，math，English，and some are story hooks and picture--books．There are many kinds of newspapers，too．You may read in the library．There are some desks and chairs in it．

When you come into the library，the librarian may say，“Can I help you?” or “What can I do for you?” You tell him the name of the book you want．You may say，“Do you have…?” or “I want to borrow…” You must write the name of the book on your card and give it to the librarian．Then you may have it．

When the librarian gives you a book or you give him the card，you may hear or say “Here you are．” and some other words．If you can't finish it in time．you must come and renew（续借）it．But you mustn't give it to others．

1．Our classroom is ________ than our library．

A．bigger                  B．biggest                 C．smaller                 D．smallest

2．The books in the library are ________．

A．only for students     B．only for teachers    C．very interesting       D．helpful

3．If you want to borrow a book，you should say “________”

A．Here you are．                                        B．Give me a book．

C．Can I have……?                                         D．That's all right．

4．When you go into the library，the librarian may say “________”

A．Can I help you?                                         B．Give me

C．Thank you．                                              D．Glad to meet you．

5．Which is right?

A．You needn't renew the book if you can't finish it in time．

B．You can give the books to others．

C．You may borrow books without a card．

D．You may read many kinds of newspapers in the library．

Learning about the environment is very important. There are many good books that will help you learn. To get started, ask your teacher or a librarian for some suggestions. You can also look at some good websites with information about the environment and climate change. Climate change may be a big problem, but there are many little things we can do to make a difference.

Driving a car or using electricity is not wrong. We just have to be smart about it. Some people use less energy by carpooling. For example, four people can ride together in one car instead of driving four cars to work. Whenever we use electricity, we put greenhouse gases (气体) into the air. By turning off lights, the television, and the computer when they aren't needed, you can help a lot.

Don't buy products that use too much energy. Some products, like certain cars, are made specially to save energy. These cars can travel longer on a smaller amount of gas. They don't pollute as much, either. Products like computers, TVs, and VCRs with the ENERGY STAR label （标签） ® are made to save energy. Buying products with these labels will help protect the environment.

Buy recyclable products instead of non-recyclable ones. Recyclable products are usually made out of things that have already been used. It usually takes less energy to make recyclable products than to make new ones. So when you go shopping, look for the recycle mark on the package — three arrows that make a circle. The less energy we use, the better.

58. The passage is mainly written for     _.

A. car producers     B. school students   C. parents   D. housewives

59. The underlined word "carpooling" in Paragraph 2 most probably means_     .

A. sharing a car      B. pulling a car      C. selling a car       D. improving a car

60. From the passage, we can learn that      _.

A. turning off the electricity when it isn't needed can save a lot of energy

B. electricity will cause great trouble to our environment'

C. cars using less energy will not put greenhouse gases into the air

D. recyclable products are marked with the ENERGY STAR label ®

61. Which of the following can be the writer's opinion?

A. No pains, no gains.                  B. Rome was not built in one day.

C. Little things can make a big difference.  D. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.

 ( A )

Cut the Carbon Footprint

Everything you do leaves a “ carbon footprint”(碳足迹). For example, When you travel in a taxi, the car gives off (排放) CO₂ into the air. CO₂ is a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases make the earth become warm. To protect our environment, we need to leave less of a “carbon footprint”. How big is your carbon footprint? To get an idea, take a look at the following numbers.

Living areas

l  TV sets and DVD players produce 723kg of CO₂ a year.

l  If you turn them off when you’re not using them, you can cut that number by 108kg.

Laundry room (洗衣房)

   Drying clothes in a dryer produces a lot of CO₂

l  If you use your dryer five times per week, you produce 185kg of CO₂ per year.

l  Dry your clothes in the sun instead.

Bathroom

l  If you take an eight-minute shower every day, you produce 616kg of CO₂ a year.

l  If you only use six minutes to take a shower, you can cut that number by 154kg a year.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“T”，错误的用“F”。 1 CO₂ is a greenhouse gas that can make the earth warm.

2 Watching TV and traveling in a taxi can produce little CO₂.

3 If we use a dryer five times per week, we produce 154kg of CO₂ per year.

4  If we spend less time taking a shower, we can cut the number of CO₂.

5 The less of a “ carbon footprint” we leave, the better our environment will become.

( B )

The students of Grade 9 at the Clean City School collect empty bottles. In June, they are going to take them to a recycling centre. They’re going to sell the bottles and buy some books for the school library.

Jimmy has started a graph (图表) to show the number of the bottles they have collected. This is the graph.

 

请根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

6 How many bottles did the students collect in October?

A. 40         B. 60         C. 75          D. 85

7 The students collected       more bottles in December than in February.

A. 60         B. 30         C. 20          D. 70

8 The students collected the same number of bottles in March and        .

    A. January and November       B. January and June

    C. May and June               D. April and May

9 In which month did the students collect the fewest bottles?

    A. September       B. October      C. February       D. December

10 Why do the students collect the empty bottles?

     A. Because they are in the Clean City School.    

B. Because they are in Grade 9.

     C. Because they wanted to start a graph.

D. Because they want to do something good for the school library.

( C )

The world is becoming smaller by using modern traffic, TV, telephone and so on. Life today is easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has also brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.

The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.

Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad to all living things in the world. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water, noise pollution makes us become angry more easily. The pollution of SO₂ is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. It is true that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.

Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city. So the less pollution there is, the better life people will have.

请根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

11Our world is becoming much smaller__________.

    A. because of science development   B. because there are fewer people

    C. because there are more people    D. Because the earth is being polluted day and night

12 Hundreds of years ago, life was _________ it is today.

A. easier than     B. as easy as       C. harder than       D. as hard as

13 Pollution comes in many ways . We can even hear it. Here “it” means_______.

A. air pollution    B. noise pollution   C. water pollution    D. soil pollution

14 Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because________.

A. it makes much noise                B. it’s bad to all living things in the world

C. it has made our rivers and lakes dirty   D. it causes unhealthy food

15 Which of the following is NOT true?

    A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.

B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world’s population does.

C. There will be less air pollution if fewer people drive cars.

D. The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are so many people.