Shanghai’s Maglev Train(磁悬浮列车) runs from Longyang to Pudong International Airport(国际机场). The whole trip takes about 8 minutes.

Time

First train	Longyang Road station	6:45
Airport Station	7:02
Last train	Longyang Road Station	21:40
Airport Station	21:42

Tickets

	Economy Class(普通座)	VIP
Single Trip(单程旅行)	50 yuan	100 yuan
Round Trip(往返旅行)	80 yuan	160 yuan

Children at or under 120 cm tall don’t need to buy tickets to take the train, but they cannot take the train by themselves. Children above 124 cm must buy a full-price ticket.

If you buy a round ticket, you can get on the train at Longyang Road Station or Pudong Airport Station, and get off at the other station. The return part of the ticket must be used on the same day.

1.How long does it take to travel from Longyang Road Station to Pudong International Airport by Shanghai Maglev Train?

A．About five minutes.	B．About six minutes.
C．About eight minutes.	D．About nine minutes.

2.Mr Wang will buy an Economy class ticket to Pudong International Airport with his 120 cm tall son. He should pay___________ for the trip.

A．50 yuan

B．100 yuan

C．150 yuan

D．200 yuan

3.The first train from Airport Station to Longyang Road Station leaves__________.

A．6:30

B．6: 45

C．7:02

D．7:20

4.A passage( 乘客) who buys a round trip ticket__________.

A．can take the train three times

B．must take the train back on the same day

C．can only get on the train at Longyang Road Station

D．can only get off the train at Pudong Airport Station

5.A boy who is 130 cm tall__________.

A．can take Shanghai Maglev Train by himself

B．doesn’t need a ticket to take the train

C．has to take the train with his parents

D．can take the train with a half-price ticket

 

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People like to buy different flowers in different seasons. Where do all the beautiful flowers in shops come from? They may come from far away, so their price is higher.
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d. You go to buy the flowers in the shops. When you buy a flower, you’re paying lots of people: the farmer, the driver of the plane or train or bus, the seller in the flower market and the flower shopkeeper.
So you’d better keep your flowers from far away for a long time. But how? Why not dry them? It’s easy! Sand drying is a way. Dry, clean sand is one of the oldest things for drying flowers. And it’s one of the cheapest.
·Fill a box half-way with sand.
·Put the flowers on top of the sand.
·Put the box in a warm, dry place.
·Leave the flowers there for one to three weeks.
·Take them out and they will be dry.
【小题1】The underlined words “national flowers” most probably means ______.

A．the flowers of the country

B．the flowers of the season

C．the most beautiful flowers

D．the strongest flowers

【小题2】People usually choose their own “national flower” according to (根据) the flower’s ______.

A．smell

B．shape

C．color

D．meaning

【小题3】The Chinese national flower has not been decided yet, because ______.

A．no flower can show China’s spirit

B．China hasn’t talked to choose the national flower

C．nobody agrees to choose the national flower

D．people can’t agree to choose the same flower.

【小题4】You’d better keep your flowers for a long time, because ______.

A．the flowers are easy to dry

B．the farmer will also ask you to pay

C．the flowers are expensive to buy

D．the shopkeeper has made them more beautiful

【小题5】Sand drying is everything here in the following but ______.

A．easy

B．clean

C．old

D．cheap

A

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B

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D

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E

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A．Save the Earth Club	B．Dear Mrs. Web
C．Help Line Volunteers	D．The King Sweeper

【小题2】 Which of the following has the least chance to get help from Help Line Volunteers?

A．An old American farmer.	B．An old Chinese farmer.
C．An old English farmer.	D．An old Canadian farmer.

【小题3】Save the Earth Club is _____ to help improve the environment.

A．a world club	B．a city club
C．a school club	D．a neighborhood club

【小题4】 If you buy a King Sweeper and two pairs of Trendy Sunglasses, you will save
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A．＄10.99	B．＄1.99
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A．have to pay for it	B．have to help others
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It's important to learn about protecting our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us:

1．Reduce

If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely. Millions of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don't know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste

2．Reuse

You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. With a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.

3. Recycle

Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so, we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat（压平）and melted（融化）and the melted things are made for new coke cans.

4．Recover

When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten（腐烂的）apples, You have two choices: one is to throw the whole apple away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and eat the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.

5. Repair

If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it instead of throwing it away. If you want to change for better ones, It is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair. It is true that North America is a "throw－away" society(社会).But the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best.

1._______can be recycled.

A．Only hard things    B．Many things        C．Few soft things     D．A11 things

2.The "recover' rule mainly requires us_______.

A．to throw waste things away                B．to cover waste things with earth

C．to get back the useful parts                D．to throw the whole things away

3.We can infer（推断）that the writer of this passage may live in_______．

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

4.Which of the following is true?

A．We will have no resources（资源）of nature unless we can do with the waste.

B．Recycling is the best way to save resources.

C．If we waste less, we can save more resources of nature

D．More things are wasted in developed countries than in developing ones.