49. We think that a　　 　are more important than words.

48. He said “Yes.” By n　　 　his head.

47. Everyone uses a t　　 　to wash his face in China every morning.

46. To reduce pollution, more and more people use e　　 　cars to go to school.

(C)

Have you ever heard of the story of Earth Day? Now let me tell you.

A man named John McConnel from the United States started Earth day in 1970. In the beginning, it was held on one day in spring when the day and night are of the same length(长度) around the world. Now it’s celebrated on April 22. Earth day is now celebrated all over the world.

Earth Day is a very special day. It makes all of us think about problems we make for the earth. It’s not only a special day in the city where we live, but a day that the whole world celebrates.

Some countries have Earth Day celebrations, and some people and groups join in Earth Day projects such as “Protect Our Home” and “Water for Life”.

You can join in one of the projects, or start one of your own. It can be something small like planting a tree with your mom, or something large like cleaning up a park with your classmates or friends. You can do almost anything. Try to think of something you would like to do.

Why do we celebrate Earth Day? Because we have only one earth and it’s our only home. It’s getting very dirty. It’s our duty to protect our beautiful home. Earth Day is a day to call on people around to save our earth.

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41. An 　　　　called John McConnell started Earth Day in 1970 and now is celebrated all over the world on the 　　　　of April.

42. On Earth Day people don’t 　　　　celebrate this special day also think more about what’s

　　 　to the earth.

43. Some countries have Earth Day 　　　　by 　　　　in Earth Day projects.

44. It doesn’t 　　　　　　　　your project is small or large.

45. We celebrate Earth Day to 　　　　people around the world to 　　　　our earth.

Ⅴ. 词汇。(10分)

(A)根据句意及首字母提示，补全单词。

(B)

It is important to learn about protecting our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us:

1. Reduce

If you want to reduce the waste, you should use things wisely. People are cutting down millions of trees to make paper; if everyone uses paper carelessly and throws it out, soon we should not have any trees left. We are also wasting other things and 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 things before throwing them away. Give your used clothes or small ones to the poor. Within a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.

3. Recycle

We can recycle bottles, cans and paper easily. By doing this we save lots of time and money. For example, We can send waste coke cans to a factory. Workers smash them flat and melt them, and then the metal things are made for new coke cans.

4. Recover

When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten apples, you have two choices: one is to throw the whole apples away, or you should cut off the rotten parts and use 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 the table 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, but the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Everyone should try our best.

　(　 ) 36. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. We’ll have no resources of nature unless we can deal 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 countries.

(　 ) 37. The “Reuse” rule mainly requires us 　　　.

A. to make full use of our things

B. to give our things to those who want them

C. to use our things again and again

D. not to throw away our things

(　 ) 38. 　　　　can be recycled.

A. Only hard things　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Many things

C. Few soft things　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. All things

(　 ) 39. What’s the right order of recycling coke cans?

a. collect the used cans

b. melt them

c. smash them flat

d. send them to a factory

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

(　 ) 40. The “Recover” rule mainly requires us 　　　.

A. to use the good parts of things

B. to cover waste things

C. to throw away the useful parts

D. to throw the whole things away

(A)

Recycling is nothing new. Waste paper, cars and many other things have been recycled and again used in many different ways for many years. It’s only the word that is new. But now that natural materials are becoming more difficult to be found, many countries are looking for other ways of keeping materials.

In the U.S.A., a publishing firm(出版社) has brought out several books on pollution and waste in the United States. The books are made of recycled paper-the paper that has been used as paper before. In this way, several thousand trees are saved. One clever schoolboy has worked out that if every schoolbook in the U.S.A. was recycled, there would be enough paper for fifty packets of peanuts(花生) for every child in the world for five years.

Several firms are experimenting to make containers(集装箱) from a hard plastic which, when the containers are finished, can be used as building materials. If mountains of empty cans all over the world can be changed into building materials, they are not too expensive and there would be a new source(来源) of materials.

(　 ) 31. What is recycling? It is 　　　.

A. to invent something　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. to produce and make

C. to use materials for the second time　　　　 D. to discover and use

(　 ) 32. Since natural materials are becoming 　　　, people are finding ways of making use of the waste materials.

A. cheaper　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. more useful

C. more expensive　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. more difficult to be found

(　 ) 33. What’s the result of using the recycled paper?

A. Save energy.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Protect the environment.

C. Increase the number of the trees.　　　　　　 D. All of the above.

(　 ) 34. From the passage, children are more likely to reuse 　　　.

A. the paper for schoolbooks　　　　　　　　　　　 B. packets of peanuts

C. containers　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. plastic

(　 ) 35. The writer guesses that 　　　.

A. people will pay less and less money for the house

B. children will have more and more peanuts to eat

C. there will be empty cans all over the mountain

D. people will no longer need to build a house

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