The number of the giant pandas in China is getting _________, but the red-crowned cranes are ___________.

A. more and more; more and more

B. larger and larger; fewer and fewer

C. less and less; smaller and smaller?????

D. smaller and smaller; fewer and fewer

Have you felt annoyed when a cell phone (手机)rings during the class? Something must be done to stop this. Now in New York City, USA, a rule is carried out（执行） in schools. Students can’t even bring cell phones to school. Is it a good thing or not?

Anxious（焦虑的） parents say that cell phones are an important tool in holding New York City’s families together.

“I worry about it,” said Elizabeth Lorris Ritter, a mother of a middle school kid. “It’s necessary in our everyday life. We have a washing machine, we have running water, and we have cell phones.”

 A number of Americans think cell phones connect them to children on buses, getting out from subways, walking through unknown places.

 “I have her call me when she gets out school,” said Lindsay Walt, a schoolgirl’s mother. “No one in New York is going to let their children go to school without a cell phone.

 What about the cell phone owners, the students? Most of the students said that cell phones were necessary and the cell phone was like an extra(额外的)hand or foot for them.

 “I feel so empty,” said May Chom, 14. “There is also no way to listen to music on the way to school without my phone. It will be a really, really boring trip.”

1.. Elizabeth Lorris Ritter is worried that ______________.

A. students are not allowed to bring cellphones

B. students spend too much time in listening to music on the cellphones

C. students bring cellphones to school and they often ring during the class

D. no rule is carried out to stop students from bringing cellphones to school

2.. ____________ American parents disagree with the rule that students can’t bring cellphones to school.

    A. Many       B. Some        C. Few     D. No

3. May Chom likes to ______________.

    A. go to school without a cellphone    

B. chat with her friends on the cellphone on the way to school

C. walk through unknown places with a cellphone

    D. bring a cellphone to school

4. This writer wants to tell us the __________ in carrying out the rule not

to use a cellphone in school.

   A. importance  B. problem     C. happiness      D. impossibility (不可能) 

Perhaps once you got free plastic bags when you shopped at the supermarket. But now things have changed already.

   Since June 1, 2008, China has banned(禁止) its shops and supermarkets providing free plastic bags. Shoppers have to pay for bags if they need them. “We hope it will encourage people to use cloth bags and baskets for their vegetables,” said a spokesman from the Chinese government. “Plastic bags have led to a big waste of energy and on the other hand, they pollute(污染) the air, rivers and soil. It takes around 1000 years for the bags to break down. They are also dangerous to wildlife, which eats them without knowing.”

  A large number of Chinese people have begun to make their own cloth bags. Li Linwei, a student in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, made a bag out of an old dress of her mother’s. “ I have given it to my grandmother as a Mother’s Day present. From now on, she will use it when she goes shopping.” said the girl.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（5分）

1. Since what time, supermarkets have been stopped from providing free plastic bags?

2. Without free plastic bags, what will people use when they go shopping according to the

  passage?

3. Do plastic bags pollute the environment?

4. How long will it take the plastic bags to break down?

5. What present did Li Linwei give her grandmother on Mother’s Day?

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In the past twenty years, riding bicycles has become more and more popular among people of all ages. （3） Bicycles have long played an important part in the lives of American young people. But today an even greater number of adults cycle along roadsides and bicycle paths. These new riders are often trying to become fit or lose weight. They have found that bicycling is a pleasant way to stay healthy.

This is certainly good for health. But it has also brought some problems. With all these added people on the road, bicycle safety has become a matter of real importance.

Bicycle safety is mostly a matter of common sense. People should ride only on bicycle paths where they will not be badly hurt. There are also a number of rules that riders should follow, especially when riding on streets or highways. Bicyclists should never ride against the traffic ,nor should they carry other people on their bicycles. They are also supposed to ride in single line on busy streets and to "walk bicycles across the busy intersections (交叉路口) .

（4）By following these rules, bicycle riders will not only stay healthy but also be safe.

In one recent year, the National Safety Council reported that 34 thousand bicycle riders were hurt in highway accidents. In that same year, another six hundred riders were killed. Since the introduction of crash helmets (头盔) in 1980, the number of injuries (伤者) and deaths from bicycling accidents had gone down. Today, more and more riders realize the dangers of bicycling. They are wearing helmets and paying closer attention to cycling rules.

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1.How many rules should the riders follow? Give one example.

_______________________________________________________________

2.According to the National Safety Council's report, what's the total number of injuries and deaths in one recent year?

________________________________________________________________

B. 将短文中划线部分译成汉语。

3._______________________________________________________________

4.________________________________________________________________

C. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。

5.________________________________________

Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time.  Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC if they' re in the MP3 format (格式).

1.How can you get MP3 music?

A．By turning your home PC into a jukebox

B．By taking your own music or songs with you.

C．By copying songs to a PC through the speakers.

D．By downloading from websites, which have turned music libraries into MP3.

2.What is the closest meaning of the underlined word "burn"?

A．Copy.             B．Play.              C．Store.            D．Change.

3.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free.

B．MP3 music can be with friends by e-mail.

C．MP3 music can be downloaded for free at any site.

D．A greater number of new CDs make it possible to copy songs to a computer

4.How much will you pay for a compact portable MP3 player?

A．Free.             B．At least 10 dollars.   C．About forty dollars.  D．About a dollar.

5.How many disadvantages of MP3 can we see from the passage?

A．2                B．3                C．4                D．5