It’s important to learn things about protecting environment. Here’s a 4Rs rule for us.

·Reduce

If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely (明智的). A large number of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses paper carelessly and then throws it away, soon we would not have any trees left. Some other things are also being wasted, and people don’t know what to do with waste in big cities, so it’s necessary to reduce waste.

·Reuse

You should always think of reusing the usable (可用的) things before throwing them away. Give your clothes or things you don’t use to the poor. In a family, you may pass such clothes on to your younger brothers or sisters.

·Recycle

Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so we save lots of time and money, for example, cola cans are sent to a factory, where they’re smashed flat（壓平）and smelted (熔化), and the metal things are made into new cola cans.

·Repair

If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it. If you want to change for better ones, it’s better for you to sell the old ones or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair.

(    )61.The “Reduce” rule mainly requires us _____.

A. to use things wisely                            B. to cut down many trees

C. to use paper carelessly                           D. to use more and more things

(    )62.What’s the right order of recycling cola cans?

a. smash them flat                        b. collect the used cans

c. smelt them                               d. send them to a factory

A. a-b-c-d                   B. d-c-b-a              C. b-d-a-c             D. b-d-c-a

(    )63.The “Reuse” rule mainly requires us _____.

A. to throw away the old clothes

B. to collect waste paper and soft drink cans

C. to use both sides of paper

D. to give the old but usable things to the poor

(    )64.Which sentence is about the “Repair” rule?

A. When you leave a room, turn off the lights.

B. Take a cloth bag when you go shopping.

C. Don’t use plastic bags.         

D. If your chair is broken, you can repair it.

(    )65.Which is the best title for this passage?

A.   Save energy                             B. Protect the environment

C. A 4Rs rule                                 D. Good habits

One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently （輕輕地）shaking his head and saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was puzzled(困惑的), and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?”

“Certainly. When I’m back home, everyone will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”

I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”

“Well, I didn’t ask you to do so.” he answered, greatly surprised.

“Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.

Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, ‘You don’t say!’ means ‘Really?’ Perhaps you know little about English idioms(習慣用語).”

Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.

(　 )56.The writer was puzzled because_______.

A. the foreigner had some trouble in understanding him.

B. he himself didn’t understand the meaning of “You don’t say!”

C. the foreigner was not polite.

D. he found no interest in such things.

(　 )57.What made the foreigner laugh?

A. The English idioms.

B. The writer’s talk about the Great Wall.

C. The writer’s misunderstanding(誤解) of “You don’t say!”

D. The writer’s stupidity (愚蠢)。

(　 )58.The story probably happened in_________.

A. China　　　 B. America　　　 C. England　　 D. Australia

(　 )59.The writer was puzzled __________in the passage.

A. once　　 　　 B. four time.　　 C. three times. 　　　 D. twice

(　 )60.The English idiom “You don’t say!” means “________”

A. Is it true ?　 B.OK. 　　　　 C. All right　　 D Pardon ?

J.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the best-sellers in the world. She   46  born in Britain on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two years  47    than her. Both girls liked   48    to their father’s bedtime stories. They especially loved stories about magic. Rowling wrote her first story  49    the age of six.

On a long train trip in 1990, an idea came to her. She wanted to write about a boy who had magic but he didn’t know it. In 1992, Rowling began   50    the first Harry Potter book for young   51   . It appeared in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And the film came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series (系列) is   52   with people of all ages and about sixty   53    books were sold in 200 countries. In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him. That’s   54    the Harry Potter series has been so popular.

J.K. Rowling is very   55   with the success. Now she’s really enjoying life. She said she would go on writing children’s books.

(    )46.A.is               B. was                C. has

(    )47.A.old              B. young              C. younger

(    )48.A.listen            B. speaking            C. listening　　

(    )49.A.in               B. at                  C. to

(    )50.A.write             B. wrote              C. to write

(    )51.A.writers           B. drivers              C. readers

(    )52.A.best             B. popular              C. glad　　

(    )53.A.million           B. million of           C. millions of

(    )54.A.when            B. where               C. why

(    )55.A.sad              B. worried             C. happy

 The traffic in the city _____ be terrible, but now it has improved a lot. I think you will _____ it soon.

A. use to; use to            B. get used to; used to     C. used to; get used to    

       We should do our best to help homeless people live a _____ life.

A. happily                   B. normal                   C.       bad 

—Do you know him?

—I’m sure I’ve seen him _____, but I can’t remember the right place.

A. anywhere                 B. somewhere                C. everywhere        

What can we students do _____ the environment?

A. to protect               B. protects                     C. protecting   

—Can’t you stop making so much noise? I really can’t _____ it.

—I’m terribly sorry for giving you so much trouble.

A. keep                       B. stand                         C. hear            

He said that he _____ to Canada a few years before.

A. had been to               B. have been to                 C. went              

—What did our geography teacher say?

—She told us that the earth _____ around the sun.

A. moves                   B. moved                         C. has moved