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June 5 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, uses 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, the money made from the sales goes towards schools in Inner Mongolia for planting trees and grass. This place is one of the sources of the sandstorms that often attack Beijing during 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.

Students are eager to help make the capital a more pleasant place.

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

A. Throw them away.　　　               B. Store and sell them.

C. Cut them into pieces.                   D. Give them to the students in Inner Mongolia.

2. What is the money used for?　　

A. Buying new exercise books.　　     B. Helping poor students.

C. Planting trees and grass.　　　      D. Being stored.

3.What can we infer from the third paragraph？　

A. Students will have no exercise books to use in many years.

B. There will be no waste paper in many years.

C. The sandstorms will be weaker in Beijing in many years.

D. Beijing will be much dirtier in many years.

4.Choose the right order according to this passage?

1     Trees and grass were planted.

2     Schools in Inner Mongolia received the money.

3     Students collected waste paper.

4     Students sold the paper to a paper making factory.

A.③②④①　　    B.②①④③　　    C. ③④②①　　   D.③②①④

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Planting Trees.　　　　　　　      B. Green Promise.

C. Collecting Waste Paper.　　　       D. Making Money.

 

Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a  26   job which gets him  27  at five o'clock every morning. He is a  28  .

Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner  29  the newspapers are. The newspapers are delivered to the  30  by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推车) to carry them.

In  31  , it is still dark and cold when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is bright and warm. Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route (线路) in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each  32  on the porch (门廊) where it will be protected from     33  , rain or snow. His  34  think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him  35  .

Billy  36  about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest  37  records and clothes. Once a month, he has to  38  money from his customers. Since many of them  39  during the day, Billy has to collect the money  40  . Sometimes, when Billy is   41  , his older brother has to  42  the newspapers. Once Billy's father had to help as well.

Billy has seventy customers now,  43  he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets many more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的) newspaper boy. He wants to win a  44  to Europe, but he will also be happy  45  he wins a new bicycle.

1.A. full-time          B. strange          C. good         D. part-time

2.A. indoors            B. outdoors         C. down         D. up

3.A. schoolboy  B. newspaper boy    C. cowboy       D. clever boy

4.A. that       B. where            C. which       D. whether

5.A. house          B. porch            C. school   D. corner

6.A. autumn         B. winter           C. morning      D. summer

7.A. newspaper      B. magazine         C. letter       D. email

8.A. air                B. wind             C. water        D. fire

9.A. teachers       B. parents          C. bosses       D. customers

10.A. books         B. some bread       C. a new bike   D. tips

11.A. makes             B. saves            C. spends      D. pays

12.A. in                B. at      C. to       D. on

13.A. give              B. borrow       C. collect          D. catch

14.A. play          B. study    C. work            D. rest

15.A. in the morning    B. at night     C. in the afternoon D. at noon

16.A. sick          B. angry    C. at school       D. sad

17.A. carry         B. collect     C. deliver          D. sell

18.A. then          B. but       C. so              D. for

19.A. trip          B. car      C. bicycle          D. job

20.A. because           B. whether      C. unless           D. if

 

Our quarrel with efficiency is not that it gets things done, but that it is a thief of time when it leaves us no leisure to enjoy ourselves, and that it strains our nerves when we try to get things done perfectly. In building bridges, American engineers calculate so finely and exactly as to make the two ends come together within one-tenth of an inch. But when two Chinese begin to dig a tunnel from both sides of a mountain both come out on the other side. --The Chinese’s firm belief is that it doesn’t matter so long as a tunnel is dug through, and if we have two instead of one, why, we have a double track to boot.

　　The pace of modern industrial life forbids this kind of glorious and magnificent idling. But, worse than that, it imposes upon us a different conception of time as measured by the clock and eventually turns the human being into a clock himself. (This sort of thing is bound to come to China, as is evident, for instance, in the case of a factory of twenty thousand workers. The luxurious prospect of twenty thousand workers coming in at their own sweet pleasure at all hours is, of course, somewhat terrifying.)Nevertheless, such efficiency is what makes life so hard and full of excitement. A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o’clock has the whole afternoon from one to five ruined for him already. Every American adult is arranging his time on the pattern of the schoolboy - three o’clock for this, five o’clock for that, six-thirty for change of dress, six-fifty for entering the taxi, and seven o’clock for arriving at the destination. It just makes life not worth living.

The writer objects to efficiency mainly on the grounds that it ____.

　　 A. gives us rights to have too much leisure time

　　 B. urges us to get things done punctually

　　 C. robs us of leisure time

　　 D. imposes on us a perfect concept of time

In the eyes of the author, the introduction of industrial life gives rise to ____.

　　 A. the excitement of life

　　 B. magnificent idling of time

　　 C. more emphasis on efficiency

　　 D. terrifying schoolboy

The passage tells us ____.

　　 A. Chinese workers come to work when it is convenient

　　 B. all Americans are forced to be efficient against their will

　　 C. Chinese engineers are on better terms with the management

　　 D. Americans ought not to work so hard for efficiency

The author believes that relaxing the rule of punctuality in factories would lead to ____.

　　 A. great trouble                       B. increased production

　　 C. a hard and exciting life                D. successful completion of a tunnel

 

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION (24分)

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

       He was a real big spender. He stayed at the best hotel and ate in the most expensive restaurants.

   To the management of Disneyland Pairs, he was a very welcome guest, even though he was only 12 years old. In the end, the police discovered that the schoolboy was living the high life  on the ￡10,000 stolen from his father’s safe.

   The boy, named Lamine, had disappeared from the family hotel in Paris 10 days earlier. While police all over France searched for him, he was living it up at a 250-a-night Disneyland hotel. He went on all the rides and went on every other attraction in the place.

   And when he’d had enough of Disneyland for a while, he paid ￡650 to hire a large and very comfortable car which is usually used by very rich or important people to take him to a park for a day. Then he was driven back to Disneyland, where he treated new-found friends to expensive rides and dinner. By the time the truth about him was discovered, Lamine had spent ￡7,000 of his father’s money.

41. What does the underlined phrase “ high life”(paragraph 2) probably mean?

 A. A way of living that involves spending a lot of money.[来源:学|科|网]

 B. A way of living that is as good as that of other people.

 C. A way of living that draws attention from the police.

 D. A way of living that is envied by young and rich people.

42. What was the possible reason that the police all over France searched for Lamine?

A. The police found that Lamine stole his father’s money and ran away.

B. His family found that the boy was lost and called the police for help.

C. The police thought that it was dangerous to live an expensive life.

D. The family wanted Lamine to go back to school.

43. Why was Lamine a very welcome guest of Disneyland Paris?

A. Because he was only 12 years old.

B. Because he liked the riders in the Disneyland.

C. Because he made the Disneyland famous.

D. Because he spent a lot of money in Disneyland.

44. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Lamine moved from one expensive hotel to another with his father’s money.

B. The police began to search Lamine when they discovered that he stole his father’s money.

C. Lamine was found ten days after he left his parents.

D. Lamine had made some new friends and went to a park with them.

 

 Billy is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He has a  36  job which gets him  37  at five o'clock every morning. He is a  38  .

Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 5: l5 to go to the corner  39  the newspapers are. The newspapers are delivered （递）to the  40  by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon (手推车) to carry them.

In  41  , it is still dark and cold when he gets up, but during the rest of the year it is bright and warm. Billy must deliver the newspapers to the houses of people on his route (线路) in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each  42  on the porch (门廊) where it will be protected from  43  , rain or snow. His  44   think he does a good job. Sometimes they give him  45  .

Billy  46  about $70 per month, and he is saving some of the money to go to college. He spends the rest  47  records and clothes. Once a month, he has to  48  money from his customers. Since many of them  49  during the day, Billy has to collect the money  50  . Sometimes, when Billy is   51  , his older brother has to  52  the newspapers. Once  Billy's father had to help as well.

Billy has seventy customers now,  53  he hopes to get more soon. Some day, if he gets many more customers, Billy might win a prize for being an outstanding(杰出的) newspaper boy. He wants to win a  54  to Europe, but he will also be happy  55  he wins a new bicycle.

1.	A．full-time B．strange C．good D．part-time

 

2.	A．indoors B．outdoors C．down D．up

 

3.	A．schoolboy B．newspaper boy C．cowboy（牛仔） D．clever boy

 

4.	A．that B．where C．which D．whether

 

5.	A．house B．porch(门廊) C．school D．corner

 

6.	A．autumn B．winter C．morning D．summer

 

7.	A．newspaper B．magazine C．letter D．email

 

8.	A．air B．wind C．water D．fire

 

9.	A．teachers B．parents C．bosses（老板们） D．customers(顾客们)

 

10.	A．books B．some bread C．a new bike D．tips（小费）

 

11.	A．makes B．saves C．spends D．pays

 

12.	A．in B．at C．to D．on

 

13.	A．give B．borrow C．collect D．catch

 

14.	A．play B．study C．work D．rest

 

15.	A．in the morning B．at night C．in the afternoon D．at noon

 

16.	A．sick B．angry C．at school D．sad

 

17.	A．carry B．collect C．deliver D．sell

 

18.	A．then B．but C．so D．for

 

19.	A．trip B．car C．bicycle D．job

 

20.	A．because B．whether C．unless D．if