1.It is easy to protect the planet! These tips help save limited resources, especially water. So give the tips a try and get green. You can take short showers instead of having a bath and turn off the water while brushing your teeth. Be sure to ask your parents before trying any of these tips.

2.It might not seem like such a big deal, but think about how much time you spend sitting before your computer and playing computer games. And then you get up to go to school the next morning with a very heavy backpack. Now, without moving anymore, check out your posture.

3.The school year always brings new friends, new teachers, new assignments, and unfortunately some new germs. But don’t worry; a new school year doesn’t have to mean new illnesses! Follow these tips and you might score a perfect attendance (出席人数) record this year!

4.Going to school is an exciting time because everything’s new --- teachers, new package of markers when last year’s set works just well. In addition to reusing old supplies, we’ve got a great list of ways to be green in the new school year.

5.Be sure to ask your parents and yourself to save energy in the summer. You can try any of these tips. Turn off the TV and play in a garden or park. Turn off your computer before you go to bed each night.

A．Green Tips: Conserve Resources Turn off the water while brushing your teeth.

B．Green Tips: Save Power Play outside instead of using electricity.

C．Green Tips: Back to School Reusing anything possible is better for the environment

and yourself!

D．20 Tips for a Germ-free School Year Wash your hands with soap and water to kill germs.

Drinking water: Bottled or From the Tap?    For every six water bottles we use,

only one makes it to the recycling bin.

F. Bad Posture Means Pain           Kids should carry backpacks that weigh less than 10 to

15 percent of their body weight.

Daniel likes to do something to protect the environment in his daily life. Next Sunday is his friend’s birthday. He is going to buy some gifts online for his friend. Now he is visiting the following website for some information about gifts.

Welcome to Nature Posters - the world's largest collection(收集) of nature posters and fine art prints! We make a donation to help the environment when each nature poster is sold through this website! Please tell your friends about us, and remember us when you are gift shopping.

June 5^th is World Environment Day．This makes us pay more attention to our environment and the need to protect it．When Wang Boxuan，a Beijing high schoolboy，used up his exercise books，he does not throw them away．Each one is stored at his school with hundreds of exercise books given by other  students． Then they are sold to a Beijing paper making factory．

  The paper is recycled and used again by students and teachers in the school．At the same time，83 the money made from the sales goes towards schools in Inner Mongolia for planting trees and grass. 84 This place is one of the sources of the sandsorms that often attack Beijing during the springtime.

  Wang’s school is one of the schools in the capital that take part in the “Green

Promise” environmental protection activity．So far, nearly 210,000 students have taken part in the activity， collecting more than 87 tons of waste paper．

    With the Olympic Gaines coming to Beijing in 2008，students are eager to help make the capital a more pleasant place，“There are some environmental problems in the city．Such as sandstorms”said Wang．“We should do our duty and encourage others to do so as well．”

    Vice—premier(副总理)Zeng Peiyuan has written a letter to the teachers and students to encourage them to go on supporting environmental protection．

(一)根据短文内容简要同答问题。

1．What do Wang Baoxuan and his schoolmates do with the waste exercise books?

2．What is the money used for?

(二)将短文中划线的句子译成汉语

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(三)请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

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任务型阅读理解（10分）

To protect the environment, China has put a ban(禁令) on thin plastic bag (plastic bag thinner than 0.025 mm). From June 1,2008, China stopped the production, sale and use of these plastic bags to the public.

Plastic bags can cause “white pollution”, because they can take 400-1,000 years to break down. They pollute the soil(土壤) and water. Plastic bags also cause a serious danger to animals. Animals often mistake plastic bags for food. Thousands of them die each year after eating plastic bags.

So what kind of bags will be the best to use when we are shopping? Recently some students made their own shopping bags. Most students used old clothes to make their bags. They painted pictures like the Olympic rings on them. But Li Mei had a more traditional way to make her hag. She weaved(编织) a bamboo(竹子) basket. It was not an easy job. With her grandfather’s help, Li Mei spent the whole afternoon making it.

What can we do? Refuse plastic bags and persuade(说服) people to use environmentally friendly(对环境无害的) shopping bags instead of plastic ones. Try to recycle the ones we have.

根据短文内容，按要求完成各题

1.Did Li Mei make her shopping bag by herself?

2.Why do plastic bags cause a serious danger to animals?

3.What kind of material did most students use to make their shopping bags?

4.When did China stop the production, sale and use of these plastic bags?

5.According to the passage, what should we do to protect the environment? (One example is OK.)