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　　The kids at Shute Country Primary School in Devon are surprisingly quiet when it's time to go home in the afternoon. Instead of the usual shouting and running you can hear them asking each other,“Are the lights all off?”“Shall we check the taps in case they are dripping?”“How many paper towels did we use today?”

　　But it's not unusual here. The kids have declared a war on waste.

　　“We've never made the children do anything.”explained Liz Templar, the school's head teacher.“They came up with all the ideas themselves. They're doing this because they want to.”

　　If you take a look around the school you won't see anything thrown away unnecessarily. Everything is collected and reused, or sent to be recycled.

　　Shute School started its green revolution two years ago. They looked carefully at every part of school life--from the teaching to the cleaning. They looked at the stationery(文具) that was used--especially photocopying, the way cleaning was carried out, and how food was used--and wasted!

　　Even parents were looked at: how many children came in each car? Did they use unleaded petrol? Could they bring more children in fewer cars?

　　High on the list was the waste of paper. Next came unfriendly cleaning products. Paper towels were replaced with recycled paper, but the hardest thing for the kids was when they found out how much rubbish was created by the chocolate, crisps and other snacks(小吃) eaten at lunch time. Of their own accord(自愿地), the children gave them up. Now they bring apples and home-made snacks.

　　The school has its own garden where they grow vegetables and flowers so that they can learn about the environment. They also use this area for their recycling store--large containers to collect aluminium, bottles, paper and fabric(织物).

　　Even the school's play area is made from recycled things.

　　Since the children started, the school's heating and lighting bills have fallen obviously and the number of rubbish bags has gone down from seven a week to two or three.

　　Everywhere in Shute School there are bright posters asking everyone to take their rubbish home, to save energy and paper and to keep the green flag flying.

1．Which of the following is the major information we get from the passage?

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A．The pupils at Shute School are fighting against air pollution.

B．The pupils at Shute School are learning to save things.

C．The pupils at Shute School have declared a war on waste.

D．The pupils at Shute School have found a way to recycle waste things.

2．Children at Shute Country Primary School bring apples and home-made snacks to school in order to _____.

A．create less rubbish

B．save money

C．obey the school's rules

D．keep their promise

3．We can infer from the text that“green revolution” means _____.

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A．beautifying schoolyard

B．activity against waste

C．planting green plants

D．throwing away waste

4．What do the children think creates the most waste?

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A．Paper towels.

B．Cleaning products.

C．Snacks.

D．Paper.

5．We learn from the text that the children's behavior _____.

[　　]

A．has brought arguments

B．has saved the school's cost

C．worried their parents

D．was forced by their head teacher

    For three years, no matter__3___ the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 a. m. On.__4___ days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime.__5___ out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. .__6___, she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I__7___ all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how__8___ I expected to see her each morning. You might say I__9___ her.

    “Did she have an accident? Something__10___?” I thought to myself about her__11___. Now that she was gone, I felt I had__12___ her. I began to realize that part of our__13___ life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar__14___； the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who__15___ walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are__16___ markers in our lives. They add weight to our__17___ of place and belonging.

    Think about it__18___, while walking to work, we mark where we are by__19___ a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though__20___, person?

1. A. Make　　　　　　　　　　   B. Take　　　　　　    C. Give　　　　　　    D. Have

2. A. happened　　　　　　    B. wanted　　   C. used　　　　　　    D. tried

3. A. what　　　　　　　　  B. how　　　　    C. which　　　　　　   D. when

4. A. sunny　　　　　　　　　　  B. rainy　　　　　　    C. cloudy　　　　　　 D. snowy

5. A. took　　　　　　　　  B. brought　　  C. carried　　　　　　 D. turned

6. A. Clearly　　　　　　　　    B. Particularly　　   C. Luckily　　   D. Especially

7. A. believed　　　　　　　　   B. expressed　　　　 C. remembered　　 D. wondered

8. A. long　　　　　　　　   B. often　　　　　　    C. soon　　　　　　    D. much

9. A. respected　　　　　　　　　　  B. missed　　　　　　 C. praised　　   D. admired

10. A. better　　　　　　　　　　 B. worse　　　　　　   C. more　　　　　　    D. less

11. A. disappearance　　    B. appearance　　   C. misfortune　　    D. fortune

12. A. forgotten　　　　　　   B. lost　　　　　　 C. known　　　　　　 D. hurt

13. A. happy　　　　　　　　    B. enjoyable　　　　  C. frequent　　　　   D. daily

14. A. friends　　　　　　　　   B. strangers　　　　  C. tourists　　   D. guests

15. A. regularly　　　　　　    B. actually　　   C. hardly　　　　　　  D. probably

16. A. common　　　　　　    B. pleasant　　  C. important　　　　 D. faithful

17. A. choice  &
nbsp;　　　　　　    B. knowledge　　    C. decision　　　　   D. sense

18. A. Because　　　　　　　　　　  B. If　　　　　　　　　　 C. Although　　　　  D. However

19. A. keeping　　　　　　　　  B. changing　　　　  C. passing　　   D. mentioning

20. A. unnamed　　　　　　    B. unforgettable    C. unbelievable　　 D. unreal