Send us your old jeans and other denim (牛仔布)!
What Are We Going to Do with All This Denim?
All the denim will be donated to COTTON FROM BLUE TO GREEN.®. This denim drive is a call-to-action to donate denim and give it "new life" by changing it into UltraTouchtm Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation (纖維隔熱材料), which is used to help build houses in places that have been damaged by hurricanes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. Your jeans will help set a record, keep clothes out of landfills (垃圾場), and build houses for families to live in! UltraTouehtm is made of 85% recycled fibers and is an environmentally safe, natural cotton fiber insulation.
It's a Fact
It takes about 500 pairs of jeans to recycle enough denim to insulate one average-size U.S. house. So send us lots!
Here's How You Can Get Involved!
1. Get a parent's permission and select as many denim clothes as you like. (Any denim clothing is OK.)   
2. The denim must be used.
3. The denim can be any brand.
4. The denim can be of any color or size but must have been worn by a human (no doll clothes!).
5. Please print out this form and include it with each package!
6. Send as many jeans or denim items as you wish to:
NG Kids P.O. Box 98001 Washington, D.C. 20090-8001
Jeans must be received by June 30, 2009!
61. The activity organizer asks you to send denim clothes to ________.
A. collect old clothes for being reused   B. prevent them from being thrown away
C. provide clothes for the homeless     D. turn them into new clothes for sale
62. The denim clothes that you intend to send_______.
A. can be either new or second-hand    B. can be of any shape or color
C. must be a certain brand            D. Can be worn by dolls
63. We can infer that UltraTouchtm may be the name of_________.
A. a brand of jeans     B. an organization  C. a building material  D. a kind of cloth
64. This activity is probably ________.
A. a charity(慈善) act                    B. a school's homework
C. a building company' s task             D. an environmental act

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A
         
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

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小題2:
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A．a(chǎn)nythingB．something C．everything D．nothing
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71. In many homes nowadays, people tend to ______________________
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B. set their tables with the good dishes and silver bowls
C. have dinner informally
D. buy many sets of fine china
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D. To train people those who are poor in skills.
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B. Employers nowadays concern more about appearance, height and gender.
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38．A．standing   B．playing    C．sitting       D．waiting
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44．A．satisfied    B．delighted C．moved      D．shocked
45．A．morning   B．day   C．night D．a(chǎn)fternoon
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47．A．turned      B．looked     C．walked     D．jumped
48．A．commonest      B．biggest     C．weakest    D．trickiest
49．A．surprised  B．terrified   C．impressed D．a(chǎn)ttracted
50．A．a(chǎn) talk       B．a(chǎn) walk    C．fun    D．lunch
51．A．why  B．who C．what  D．where
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　　If you ask people to name one person who had the greatest effect on the English language, you will get answers like“Shakespeare”,“Samuel Johnson”and“Webster”but none of these men had any effect at all compared with a man who didn't even speak English---William the Conqueror.
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　　C. Celtic and Old English　　　　　　　　D. Anglo-Saxon and Germanic
　　47.Which of the following groups of words are, by inference, rooted in French?
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　　C. bread , field, sheep　　　　　　　　　 D. folk , field, cow
48.Why does France appear less foreign than Germany to Americans on their first visit to Europe?
　　A. Most advertisements in France appear in English.
　　B. they know little of the history of the English language.
　　C. Many French words are similar to English ones.
　　D. They know French better than German.
49.What is the subject discussed in the text?
　　A. The history of Great Britain.  B. The similarity of Great Britain.
　　C. The rule of England by William the Conqueror. D. The French influences on the English language.

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