Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide guests with things like disposable (一次性的) toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. Many guests like the idea because they don't have to bring their own. But, if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables. They want to ask people to use less disposable things.
Many disposable things are made of plastic(塑料). People throw them away after only using them once. It is a waste of natural resources and is very bad for the environment. Do you know, one Chinese person makes as much as 400kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your daily life:
Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones.
After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again.
Do not use paper cups. At your school canteen(食堂), use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.
【小题1】Why do many hotels provide guests with some disposable things?

A．Let their guests be convenient during their travelling.

B．Hope their guests use less disposable things.

C．Wish their guests to save money.

D．Want their guests to use more disposable things.

【小题2】Some Beijing hotels will no longer provide guests with ____.

A．cheap food and drink	B．disposable things
C．good service	D．free TV programs

【小题3】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Many disposable things are made of plastic.

B．Throwing disposable things away is a waste of natural resources.

C．Plastic is very bad for the environment.

D．Plastic breaks down easily.

【小题4】What can we do to make our world a better place at home and school?

A．Use shopping bags made of plastic.

B．Do not throw away paper cups.

C．Use disposable plates, bowls and chopsticks.

D．Do not forget to reuse daily necessities(日用品).

【小题5】We can tell from the story that ____.

A．people don't like disposable things at all

B．we can't use paper or plastic bowls at school

C．we should use less plastic things and protect our environment

D．hotels won't provide disposable things because they want to save money

You can find language pollution whenever you open a newspaper or turn on your TV set, listen to a popular song at various advertisements. Language pollution exists almost everywhere and can be seen in the following places:
1. Chinese characters are written in the complex (复杂的 ) form. Although simplified Chinese characters were accepted for use many years ago, it seems that more and more people like Chinese characters written in the complex form.
2. Many goods are produced in China but carry foreign names, which sound strange and have no meaning at all.
3. Words and expressions being used have a bad meaning. "Ba"(霸), which means bully in Chinese, is one example. Now there are a lot of goods, restaurants, even factories or firms, with "Ba" in their names.
4. There are too many incorrect grammatical expressions. Some films have strange names and incorrect grammatical structures. "Ai ni mei shang liang', which means "I love you without consulting", is grammatically incorrect and this kind of expression is now becoming popular.
Some language experts point out that language pollution must be done away with, which is an idea shared by myself and many others.       
FanYongqin
【小题1】The writer of the letter suggests that ______.

A．something be done to make our language pure (纯正)

B．the Chinese language not have the word "ba"

C．everything have a good name and a good meaning

D．everybody try their best to stop pollution

【小题2】What the writer wants to say is that ____.

A．great difference exists between the Chinese characters written in the complex form and simplified form

B．many people agree with the experts on language pollution in China

C．our newspapers, TV programs, pop songs and advertisements are getting polluted

D．some film writers haven't studied Chinese grammar

【小题3】What do you guess Fan Yongqian is? He or she probably is _____.

A．a reader	B．a singer of pop songs
C．a language expert	D．an expert of grammar

单词拼写 (共5小题, 每小题1分, 满分5分)

根据句子的意思和括号里的中文提示， 写出下列的单词。

61. According to the plan, three ____ (申请人) will hand in their forms after they register. 

62. I did what I could to make our guests _____ (舒服的).

63.There are many ____ (目击者) who saw the fighting right on spot.     

64. It is ____ (非法的) for anyone to sell or buy marijuana (大麻) in our country.

65. China is a country with a long history of ____ (文明).    

 

短文改错（共 10 小题; 每小题 1.5 分， 满分 15 分）

Last week I went to the concert with my classmates. We got seating 86．______

at the end of the row because of we failed to make our reservations.        87．______

But we still listened good. The theme of the concert was “Human and      88．______

Peace”. It was great success. The four-hour concert was not only “good    89．______

value”, but also “good rocking”. The audiences were carried away    90．______

by the performance. They didn’t applaud enthusiastically after the           91．______

conductor and the orchestra rose up and took a bow. The orchestra   92．______

really made a hit through their dedication. They performed and               93．______

recorded most of the classical pieces. It has reported that they          94．______

have released many albums and people enjoyed their music.              95．______

The more accessible a company's services are, the more business it will do. Why are the same ___1___ not applied when it comes to Internet websites then? A Hong Kong study has found that the local sites of two leading ___2___, McDonald's and Motorola, are the most user-unfriendly of the 30 websites tested. The lack of ___3___ means they are not only losing customers, but ___4___ to meet their social responsibilities.

         In an ever-more Internet-connected world, ___5___ are as important as physical shops or offices. They are ___6___ used as a way of banking, shopping and getting news. This is especially so for the disabled, who find it ___7___ to shop on-line than go to a store in person. A website that does not let them do this is the same as having a(n) "___8___" sign on a door. 

         In Hong Kong, it is ___9___ not to provide the disabled with access to schools and buildings, but at present there are no specific laws on Internet accessibility. However, companies are morally responsible for ensuring that their websites can be ___10___ by people who are visually disabled or have difficulty walking around. Ideals for design have long been put forward by the World Wide Web Consortium, a global community working on open standards to ___11___ accessibility and development.

         Computer technology is ___12___ fast and it is now much easier to create websites that are ___13___ for all people, sighted or disabled. Companies should ensure that the designers of their websites ___14___ guidelines for accessibility. We should try to make our city as ___15___ as possible, on-line and off.

1.A. data                            B. principles             C. experiences                  D. technologies

2.A. companies                B. products              C. stores                                D. factories

3.A. power                         B. study                     C. attraction                             D. access

4.A. deciding                B. attempting          C. failing                                 D. stopping

5.A. computers                B. hotlines                C. signals                           D. websites

6.A. increasingly              B. possibly                C. extremely                     D. randomly

7.A. cheaper                     B. safer                     C. easier                                      D. quicker

8.A. waiting                       B. sale                       C. open                               D. closed

9.A. unreasonable           B. illegal                        C. unimportant                 D. impolite

10.A. found                        B. read                      C. known                            D. created

11.A. permit.               B. discover               C. start                               D. ensure

12.A. weakening              B. dropping              C. changing                       D. flying

13.A. wonderful               B. usable                   C. harmless                       D. profitable

14.A. follow                       B. write                     C. break                              D. ignore

15.A. beautiful                  B. wealthy                C. accessible                     D. respectable