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　　在世界环保日到来前夕，联合国教科文组织就如何处理城市垃圾向世界中学生征文。请你以“Saving Our City”为题，写一篇120～140词的作文。文章的第一句已经为你写好。

　　提示：

　　（1）城市垃圾的危害：污染环境，有害健康。

　　（2）你所在的城市是如何处理垃圾的：

　　①垃圾分类；

　　②报纸、玻璃的再利用；

　　③填埋有害垃圾；

　　④处理废水、废气；

　　⑤尽我们所能，爱护环境，保护环境。

　　参考词汇：环境environment

Saving Our City

　　It is very important to deal with the rubbish in cities…

　　近几年业，全球空气、水等环境资源受到人为的的破坏极大。水的缺乏已成为摆在人们面前的一个严峻的问题。现请你根据下面的内容要点，写一篇短文，谈谈“保护水质，节约用水”的问题。

　　内容要点：

　　1．水是人们赖以生存的基础，没有水就没有生命。

　　2．随着工农业生产的迅猛发展，越来越需要更多的水。有的地方已变得越来越缺乏，有些河流已出现断流现象。

　　3．有限的水资源也受到严重严重的污染。有的工厂污水未作任何处理就排入河中。

　　4．有些同学不注意节约用水。如洗完脸，漱了口后，不关水龙头，让水日夜长流。

　　5．希望同学们能注意节约用水。同时，做力所能及的事情来防止水污染。

　　注意：

　　（1）短文必须包括所有内容要点。

　　（2）词数：120左右

　　（3）参考词汇：水龙头water tap；缺乏scare。

To what degree can a computer achieve intelligence (智力)? The answer to this question may lie in a newly-developed US computer program called Smarter Child and the Internet．

If you ran into Smarter Child online , you would be surprised at this kid’s huge memory．It can recite many facts． For example , Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season．

He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city areas across the US． However , if you ask Smarter Child other questions , you get stranger answers． A question about Smarter Child’s age returns． “One year , 11 days , 16 hours , 7 minutes , and 47 seconds!” Asking where he lives gets , “In a clean room in a high-tech building in California．”

Smarter Child uses the vast information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank． To answer questions about spelling , for instance , Smarter Child goes to American Heritage Dictionary online． For the weather , he visits www．intellicast．com．

Some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the Internet , an artificial being with the combined knowledge of , say , Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon and Britney Spears could be born． However if Smarter Child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer David in the movie A．I． , Artificial Intelligence , he must overcome two problems．

The first is that computers find it difficult to read web pages because the files are labeled in different ways． That’s why programmers need to tell Smarter Child where to look for the weather． It would be a much more difficult task to let him find it himself．

Another problem is that while Smarter Child can process (处理) information more exactly and faster than any human , he lacks common sense—a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young child．

1．From the text we can infer that www．inte3llicast．com is a website　　　　 ．

　 A．which is specially designed to help Smarter Child．

　 B．where we people can find Smarter Child

　 C．where weather forecasts are made

　 D．which is about artificial intelligence

2．It is probably most difficult for Smarter Child to　　　　 ．

　 A．tell us how to spell a difficult word

　 B．tell us how the American government is run

　 C．provide us with a famous poem by Shakespeare

　 D．learn how to tell right behaviors from wrong ones.

3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text ?

　 A．Smart Child has his own memory bank big enough for all kinds of information．

　 B．A．I． Artificial Intelligence is probably the name of a film about a boy-computer．

　 C．Smart Child can recognize different files and find information needed on his own．

　 D．We have similar product now which has the knowledge of Einstein , Nixon and Spears．

4．Which of the following is the bet title for the passage ?

　 A．A New Web Child B．Smarter Child

　 C．The Future of Internet D．Intelligence Development

 

阅读理解

　　In the 1940's, Pinehaven Park was one of Crafton City's loveliest recreation(娱乐)areas. Over 40 acres(英亩)of woods and fields were open to the public. In the 1950's, part of the park was taken over by Crafton City's garbage(垃圾). Fifteen acres were to be used for landfill disposal(处理). As time went on, more and more of the park was used for garage disposal and less for recreation. Two years ago, the park was closed to the public for good. Along with household garbage, industrial chemicals had for years been dumped(倾倒)in the Pinehaven landfill. These poisonous chemicals had begun to seep(渗、漏) back up through the soil. All of Pinehaven Park had become dangerously polluted.

　　Last year, the fish in the Crafton River began to die. After a series of investigations(研究), it became clear that the people of Crafton City were not to blame. 100——150 miles upstream(在上游), big paper mills were dumping industrial wastes into the river. Little by little, the level of poison in the river began to rise. Finally, it became so polluted that the fish themselves could no longer survive.

　　Downtown Crafton used to be a quiet area. Ten years of remarkable growth changed that in a big hurry. But with Crafton City's new prosperity(繁荣)came a new problem: air pollution. And it is a serious problem. Air pollution levels in Crafton are regularly reaching those of the nation's large industrial cities.

(1)Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage?

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A．Chemical dumping is a serious threat to Crafton City's soil.

B．The rapid growth of industry has brought air pollution to Crafton City.

C．The disposal of garbage can destroy recreation areas.

D．Industrial growth and progress have resulted in the pollution of Crafton City's water, air, and soil.

(2)According to the passage, what portion of the park had originally been marked for use as a garbage dump?

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A．Less than half.　　　　B．Exactly half.

C．Three quarters.　　　　D．Most of it.

(3)As it is used in the passage, the phrase“for good”means ________.

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A．practically　　　　B．for ever

C．thoroughly　　　　D．advantageously

(4)According to the passage, one result of dumping industrial chemicals into the landfill was that ________.

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A．the land became unsafe for humans

B．the animals on the land died

C．the poisonous chemicals were washed into the nearby river

D．the smoke from the chemicals polluted the air surrounding the landfill