More and more kids become unhappy ______ they have too many activities to do.

A. but                   B. or                     C. because             D. so

—How much time do you ______ surfing the Internet every week?

—Less than an hour.

A. cost                  B. pay                   C. take                  D. spend

Many young people prefer the songs ______ have great lyrics.

A. which              B. who                  C. where               D. whom

—Would you please help me with the questions?

—Sorry. You ______ go and ask Mary. She ______ know the answer.

A. must; can          B. can; may           C. need; can          D. must; may

Loud noise may cause hearing ______ for a short time or even for ever.

A. results               B. questions           C. accidents           D. problems

—Look, it’s raining ______.

—That’s great. It’s too hot these days.

A. greatly                     B. heavily              C. quickly              D. hardly

—How was your weekend, Mary?

—I had a busy ______. I did a lot of things.

A. it                      B. this                   C. one                   D. that

I have only seen my father cry once. It was at the Alton train station, back when the trains still ran. I was on my way to Philadelphia to   1   the train that would take me to Boston and college. I was eager （熱切的） to go. College, with its   2   and the promise of the better future had become more interesting. It   3   me to see tears in my father’s eyes as he shook my hand and said goodbye.

For eighteen years, we had never had a（n）   4   to say goodbye like this. He was taller than me,   5   I was not short. I was going somewhere, and he was seeing me off. He   6   me, but he had not needed to say before, and now his tears were   7   it.

The tears in my father’s eyes told me that we would have less and less to do with each other. I had taken my   8   from his, and now I was learning it. The train   9   and I boarded （登上） it. My father looked smaller from the train. We   10   goodbye to each other through the window. I was wearing the heavy winter coat that my father had bought for me to keep me from catching a cold in New England.

1. A. return                   B. catch                C. design               D. watch

2. A. habits                   B. license               C. courses             D. advertisements

3. A. shocked               B. supposed           C. helped               D. encouraged

4. A. time                            B. luck                  C. chance                     D. interest

5. A. because                B. though                     C. so                     D. and

6. A. taught                  B. beat                  C. forgot               D. loved

7. A. saying                  B. knowing            C. creating             D. describing

8. A. money                  B. time                  C. present              D. life

9. A. continued             B. broke                C. arrived                     D. left

10. A. reached                     B. waved               C. talked                D. cheered

A friend’s grandfather went to America from Eastern countries. After he was processed （移民入境檢查） at Ellis Island, he went into cafeteria （自助餐廳） in lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for a waiter to take his order.

Of course no waiter came at all. At last, a woman held a plate full of food and sat down opposite him. When she saw the old man without any food, she told him how a cafeteria worked.

“Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay. After you pay for the food, you can bring it here and eat it.”

“I soon knew how everything works in America,” the grandfather told a friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring to you. You have to get up and get it by yourself.”

1. Maybe the old man came from ________.

A. Poland              B. India                 C. Canada              D. Egypt （埃及）

2. Who came when he sat down at an empty table?

A. A waiter.           B. A man.              C. A woman.         D. No person.

3. From the text, we know if you want to get success in America, you should ________.

A. get help from your friends               B. know how a cafeteria works          

C. get up again if you fail              D. try to get it by yourself

4. At last, the grandfather________.

       A. got the food himself               B. was very angry with the waiter

       C. ate the woman’s food              D. had nothing to eat

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. From Eastern countries to America  B. Life is Like a Cafeteria in America

C. How to Eat in a Cafeteria                D. Eating in America

China had decided to take action to stop the use of plastic bags. Supermarkets, shops and outlets （經(jīng)銷店） in China will not be allowed to hand out free plastic carriers and all plastic carriers must be clearly marketed with prices from June 1.

“People use too many plastic bags every year and fail to deal with them properly, wasting valuable oil and littering the country,” China’s government said in a statement.

While providing convenience for consumers （消費(fèi)者），the plastic bags have also caused serious pollution and waste of energy and resources.

“We should encourage people to return to carrying cloth bags, and using baskets for their vegetables.” the statement said.

In addition, the production, sale and use of bags less than 0.025 mm thick is banned from the same date. The firms that break the rules will face fines or confiscation （沒收） of goods and profits （利潤(rùn)）.

China also said it would consider increasing taxes （稅） to discourage the production and sale of plastic bags and encourage the recycling industry.

Rubbish collectors have to separate plastic for reprocessing and cut the number of plastic bags that are burnt or buried （掩埋）.

The move brings China into line with a growing international trend （趨勢(shì)） to cut back on the use of plastic bags. From Ireland to Uganda and South Africa, governments have experimented with heavy taxes, with the aim of getting rid of plastic bags.

1. China decided to take action to stop the use of plastic bags because _______.

A. they are not free any more               

B. they can’t provide convenience for consumers

C. they have polluted the environment and wasted valuable oil                        

D. the firms have increased the cost

2. The underlined word “banned” in the fifth paragraph probably means ________.

   A. 計(jì)劃         B. 禁止    C. 打破      D. 消費(fèi)

3. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

   A. The company that won’t obey the rules will face fines.

B. Taxes will be increased to discourage the production and sale of plastic bags.

   C. Rubbish collectors will burn or bury all plastic bags.              

D. Plastic should be separated for reprocessing.

4. From the passage, we can infer （推斷） that _______.

   A. China will be among the strongest nations in the world

B. people all carry cloth bags or baskets for their vegetables

   C. more energy and natural resources will be saved

   D. supermarkets and shops will get more profits

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Plastic Bags are Free                        B. Recycling industry

C. How to Protect the Environment    D. Free Plastic Shopping Bags to be Banned