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  Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.

  In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of city to a dump. Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system take away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(浴缸) and other places.

  To keep nice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once an old rubbish dump.

  In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where they slowly change into something called humus, which looks like black earth. It is rich with the kinds of things that feel plants and help make them grow.

1 You can most probably read the passage in _________.

   A. a newspaper     B. a TV guide     C. a history book   D. a note book

2 The underline word “sewage” in the passage means _________.

   A. 洗涤           B. 染色         C. 排污          D. 抽水

3 How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?

   A. Bt burning it off.                  B. By putting it in the river.

   C. By throwing it away.               D. By reusing or recycling.

4 According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again ________.

   A. to feed plants     B. to feed animals  C. the make machines D. to build a house

5 The main idea of the passage is ________.

   A. to let us know taking away rubbish is a big job

   B. to explain the need for rubbish collection

   C. to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish

   D. to introduce different ways to treat rubbish

6 The fire burns rubbish and everything is burnt and _________.

   A. nothing is left   B. metal is left   C. they all left   D. you can’t see anything

7 According to the passage, we can build houses, schools and so on _________.

   A. on the rubbish dump             B. on the sand

   C. in the river                     D. on the lake

Beautiful pictures of mountains and forests, clear skies, flying birds, wild animals, silly faces — you can find them all in one place.  46  ? On a postcard! Have people always sent postcards? No! Before postcards, people  47  sealed (密封的) letters.

The  48  for the first decorated (装饰的) postcard came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card  49  a border would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, postcards which had pictures on them  50  . By law, people had to write their note on the front—on the picture! The back was  51  for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back (背面隔开的) postcard. Then people could write their  52  on the back left side. And they put the address  53  . During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, people around the world were more and more  54  picture postcards. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million postcards.

Today, postcards are the  55  most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins. You can always see or get a lot of newly-designed postcards, especially on New Year's Day.

1.A. How       B. When        C. Why       D. Where

2.A. liked       B. hated        C. found       D. lost

3.A. advice      B. picture       C. idea        D. card

4.A. above      B. with          C. under      D. for

5.A. happened   B. changed       C. ended      D. appeared

6.A. even       B. only          C. still        D. ever

7.A. note        B. word         C. address     D. letter

8.A. on the front  B. on the back    C. on the left   D. on the right

9.A. surprised at  B. interested in   C. expected by  D. worried about

10.A. first        B. second       C. third        D. fourth

 

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China Youth says that more and more girl students have entered colleges to study in the recent few years. As we know, once the number of boys was larger than that of girls and boys did much better than girls in our country for a long time. Now, things have changed a lot.

In recent years, the proportion of girl students is growing fast. In 1998, about 39.7% of college students were girls. In 2000, it was 41.07% and in 2001, the number was 42.14%.

There are several reasons for this.

Firstly, there is little difference between boys and girls in their intelligence(智力). That’s to say, girls are as clever as boys. And boys have more interests than girls, so they may not always do well in their study.

Secondly, girls are more careful than boys. They work harder at school and they do better in all exams.

Another reason is that with the development of society, people pay more and more attention to girls’ education.

1.China Youth says that more and more ______.

A．boys are clever than girls

B．boys can’t go to school

C．girls have entered colleges

D．girls begin to study at school

2.42.14% refers to(指) the number of ______.

A．girls at schools in 1998

B．girls in colleges in 2001

C．boys at schools in 2001

D．boys in colleges in 1998

3.The writer gave us ______ reasons to explain the question.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

4.What does the underlined word “proportion” mean in Chinese?

A．身高	B．比例
C．特性	D．速度

5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A．Boys may not do well in their study as girls because they don’t like studying.

B．Boys are much cleverer than girls because they’re interested in many things.

C．Girls’ intelligence is the same as boys’.

D．Girls study harder, but they couldn’t get higher marks than boys.

 

It was the last day of the final examination in a university. A group of students entered the classroom happily. This was their last exam. They knew it would

be easy. The professor had said that they could bring any book or note they wanted. The only requirement(要求) was that they couldn't talk with each other.

  The professor handed out the papers. They were glad to find there were only five questions. Three hours passed. The professor asked, "How many of you have finished all the five questions?" None of the students answered.

 "How many of 3'ou have finished four?" No answers again.

 "Thee? Two?" The students moved restlessly (不安地) in their seats.

 "One, then? Certainly somebody has finished  one." But the class remained silent.

 "That is exactly what I expected," the professor said. "I just want to teach you a lesson--although you have completed four years of study, there are still many

things you don't know about." Then be added, "You will all pass the exam, But remember: even though you are graduating from college, your education has just begun."

1.During the exam, the students could __

        A. not take their notes

        B. ask others for help

        C. not talk with each other

        D ask the professor for help

2.How many students passed the exam at last?

        A. None of them.   B. Only one.

        C. Half of them.    D. All of them.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

        A The students thought the exam would be difficult.

        B. The questions on the paper were easy to answer.

        C. The professor had known the results of the exam.

D. The professor wasn't satisfied with of the exam.

 

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Body language is the message behind our voice. Facial expressions , gestures，changes of posture(姿势) and other behavior can show your thoughts and feelings. Here are some gestures you may use every day. They are useful when you communicate with others. Remember them and they can help you understand others better.

Muscles Clenching (收紧) : That might show your aggression (攻击性) and anger. When you see someone clenching his or her muscles, that means that he or she may be angry. He or she may attack you. Be careful.

Point with fingers: The person with that behavior might mean he or she is telling something important. He or she tries to explain the matter more clearly.

The moving of arms: That might show that he or she wants to continue the discussion or hopes to moderate (使缓和) an argument.

Opening eyes: A guy has eyes wide opened. That might mean he or she is accepting a new idea, but with great difficulty. When you see someone with opening eyes, you should explain the matter to him or her again.

1.Your body language can show your _________ and ________.

2.Muscles clenching might show your _________and __________.

3.You should be_________ when you see someone ________muscles.

4.If you are telling something________, you can use your _________ to point at it.

5.If you want to continue the__________, you can _________ your arms.