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What do people do with their old, out of date but still useful computers? Most people don’t know how to deal with them. Many old computers are put away. Many more are simply thrown away as rubbish.
Finally, some companies are thinking of ways to bring down the number of old computers. Sony has agreed to help recycle old Sony products（产品）. Dell, Hewlett Packard and other companies now also take back some old computers of their own brands.
In some countries, laws have been passed, too. Computer companies have to pay for collecting and recycling their used products. And 70% of computer waste must be recycled. The idea behind the laws is that computer companies themselves should pay for the cost. That will encourage them to make computers which are easier and cheaper to repair and upgrade（升级）.
Yet many people are throwing away good computers, while others cannot afford them at all. Hundreds of organizations are working on this problem. They collect and repair old computers. Some also teach others how to repair computers. These repaired computers then go to schools, charities（慈善团体) or people who need them. Giving a used computer to one of these organizations can turn one person’s rubbish into someone else’s useful things and cut down waste, too.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。（10分）
小题1:What do many people do with old computers?
A．They sell them. B．They send them to others. C．They stop using them.
小题2:How many computer companies are mentioned in the second paragraph?
A．One. B．Two. C．Three.
小题3:According to the laws in some countries, computer companies must .
A．recycle most of their products
B．collect all their used products
C．make more cheaper computers
小题4:What do the organizations do to solve the problem of old computers?
A．Help the computer companies to collect them.
B．Repair and send them to those who need them.
C．Help people to learn to use them.
小题5:What is the main idea of this passage?
A．Repairing old computers.
B．Encouraging to make cheap computers.
C．Recycling old computers. |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:C |
解析
试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述的是我们该如何处理旧电脑。有些国家通过法律，让电脑公司出钱回收旧的产品，还有些组织把旧电脑修理之后，再送给需要他们的人。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文的第一段What do people do with their old, out of date but still useful computers? Most people don’t know how to deal with them. Many old computers are put away. Many more are simply thrown away as rubbish.可知，对于旧的、过时了的电脑，大多数人都不知道该如何处理，这样的电脑被搁置起来，或像垃圾一样被扔掉。A选项的卖掉和B选项的送给别人，在文中都没有提到。故选C。
小题2:细节理解题。根据文章第二段的内容可知，在这一段中一共提到了三家电脑公司，他们是Sony、 Dell和 Hewlett Packard。故应选C。
小题3:细节理解题。根据短文第三段的内容Computer companies have to pay for collecting and recycling their used products. And 70% of computer waste must be recycled可知，在一些国家里，根据法律，电脑公司必须付钱来收集和回收他们用过的产品。故A选项与原文的意思一致。
小题4:细节理解题。根据短文最后一段They collect and repair old computers. These repaired computers then go to schools, charities（慈善团体) or people who need them可知，有些组织中的人们收集旧电脑并修理，然后把它们送给学校、慈善机构或需要他们的人。故选B。
小题5:主旨大意题。这篇短文主要讲述的是如何来处理旧电脑的事，有些国家通过法律让电脑公司付钱回收用过的产品。还有些组织中的人们把旧电脑修理了之后，再送给需要他们的人。所以整篇短文都是围绕回收利用旧电脑展开的。故C选项回收电脑是最符合文意的。故选C。 |
举一反三
For a long time being happy was considered something that just happened, and there was nothing special about it. Now we know that getting along with other people is something that we can work at. It is possible to act in such a way that other people will like us better. One way is being unselfish, not wanting everything from our friends. Another way is to look for good points, not bad points in other people. It is surprising how successful this treasure hunt can be.
You do not have to be spineless (优柔寡断的) in order to be popular. In fact, you will be liked or loved if you are not afraid to stand up for your rights (正当行为). But do it politely and pleasantly. Being friendly and polite to your group, to other people and to strangers and especially to those who do not look important or do not interest you is one way to develop a good character.
You cannot expect to be perfect, and you must learn not to be unhappy when you make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes, and no one is to be blamed if he does not refuse to learn from them. Many young people become discouraged (灰心丧气的) when they know in themselves qualities that they do not like—selfishness, laziness, and other unpleasant qualities. Just remember that we all have some of these faults (缺点) and have to fight against them.
At the same time, it is important to remember that while you are probably no worse than others, the best way to be happy is to think yourself above other people. When something is wrong, it is good sense to try to make it right. Perhaps you do not like a teacher or a classmate. Try to see why, and look at yourself, too, to be sure that you are not doing anything to make that person dislike you. Some day, things may turn out all right when you have to learn to get along the best with the situation, without thinking too much about it. Worrying never helps in a situation you cannot change.
小题1:One of the two ways the writer suggests for us to get along with others is to __________.| A．work hard at everything we do | | B．enjoy the best share of everything | | C．look for treasure in order to be successful | | D．pay more attention to their strong points |
小题2:If a person wants to be popular, he or she has to __________.| A．be polite and friendly | | B．give up some rights | | C．get away arguing with other people | | D．be ready to change his or her character |
小题3:There is no person but someone should be blamed if he or she __________.| A．is modest and generous | | B．is selfish and lazy | | C．does not draw a lesson from his or her own fault | | D．is very happy with unpleasant quality |
小题4:The purpose for the writer to write the passage is to __________.| A．train you to be perfect | | B．show you the way to be happy | | C．tell you how to act when you dislike a person | | D．teach you how to be popular among your friends |
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The little boy entered the house，unhappy．His mother was making cakes in the kitchen．She smiled as she turned around, but when she saw his face, “Tyler, happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay, Mom.” said the boy, “Today in our science lesson, Mrs Green was talking about the ．She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are ．She wants us to think of something we can do to help them．I thought all the way home．But there is nothing I can do to make a difference.”
“ Let me tell you a story,” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach，there he saw dying starfish covering the beach，they were pushed up by the waves and it was too far up for them to make their way back by themselves. The man shook his head as he walked along. ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very for those starfish．He went on walking and just at that time he was to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as as he could．‘How silly you are! My son,’ the man said, ‘there are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing. ‘Though I can’t help them all, I can help this one，and this one, and this one.’ said the boy. Thinking for a moment, the man to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the person.’”
| 小题1: | | A．shouted | B．stopped | C．asked | D．cried |
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| 小题3: | | A．air | B．land | C．water | D．environment |
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| 小题4: | | A．dying | B．death | C．dead | D．die |
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| 小题5: | | A．two thousands | B．thousands of | C．thousand | D．two thousands of |
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| 小题6: | | A．happy | B．angry | C．sorry | D．tired |
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| 小题7: | | A．afraid | B．surprised | C．sad | D．happy |
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| 小题9: | | A．began | B．continued | C．forgot | D．remembered |
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| 小题10: | | A．happiest | B．smallest | C．kindest | D．smartest |
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People at home keep asking me, "Is it hard Why have you learned it so well?" Well, there"s one thing that makes Chinese easy to learn: there are so many people to talk to.to learn Chinese? You"ve probably heard that it"s the most spoken language. Today it"s also one of the most written languages online. And with so many Chinese people interested in learning English, it couldn"t be easier to find a friend for language learning. You just have to know where to look for them.
The really good place to look for them is QQ. QQ has the same status(地位) in China as AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) does in the US. It is reported that at any moment, up to 9,000,000 people are using QQ. They"re at work, or in a web café, or at home, and the information of the users can be found. If you sign on with your address set to "abroad", you"ll soon find that many thousands of them are interested in speaking to you! This is a great way for you to learn Chinese, and for them to learn English. I think that it"s a very interesting way of cultural contact(文化交流), too, for ordinary people from around the world to be able to have one-on-one contact.
小题1:In the first paragraph, the writer tells us ___________.
A. why his family members want to learn Chinese
B. Chinese isn’t so hard to learn as his friends think
C. the easiest thing to do is learning Chinese
小题2:From the second paragraph we know that QQ and AIM are __________.
A. addresses for the Internet users
B. documents(文件) you need to get online
C. tools（工具）for people to talk online
小题3:Offices, web cafés and homes ____________.
A. have the most people online
B. provide both QQ and AIM in China
C. are the best places for English learners
小题4:The writer wrote this passage mainly to __________.
A. tell a way of learning Chinese
B. show what the Chinese people are doing
C. tell the importance of learning Chinese
小题5:The writer of this passage is maybe ___________.
A. a Chinese who works abroad
B. an expert（专家）who works at home
C. an American who works in China |
The earth is changing. Tomorrow it will be different. All the living things on the earth are changing. Even people are changing, and tomorrow you will be different.
There are many kinds of change, and many different things than cause change. People need to realize the changes, to learn to see them, and to learn what causes change.
Human beings must solve many problems so that they can continue to live successfully. War is one of these problems. Disease and natural disaster are problems. Having enough food and energy for the growing number of people in the world is a problem. Most problems can be solved, but some are impossible to solve. The way in which people solve problems affects how long and how well they can live.
As people solve their problems, they change things, and changes often cause new problems for people and for other living things on the earth. Sometimes the new problems seem even worse than the old ones. Human beings will probably never stop having problems to solve. Can you use your imagination to describe a world that has no problems at all ?
小题1:The reason why everything is changing is that______.| A．people want them to be changing | | B．there’re many different things that cause them to change | | C．the living things are changing | | D．the world is too small |
小题2:People need to solve problems because______.| A．there will be more and more new problems if they don’t solve the old ones. | | B．the problems are difficult to solve | | C．they have to go on living | | D．there are so many things that are changing |
小题3:New problems appear ______.| A．because old problems aren’t solved. | B．because people don’t solve them | | C．because some people are foolish | D．when people are solving old ones |
小题4:Which of the following if wrong according to the passage ?| A．Disaster and war are two of the problems people have to solve. | | B．People need to solve all the problems at the same time. | | C．The way people solve problems has much to do with their life. | | D．People can’t solve all the problem at one time. |
小题5:The underlined word “disaster” in the passage probably means “______” in Chinese. |
Since the first Earth Day started on April 22, 1970, people around the world have been encouraged to protect the environment and natural resources．Gaylord Nelson started this holiday．On the first Earth Day， 20 million people took part in Earth Day events．
Earth Day activities can include learning something about technology like cars that are more environmentally friendly and special houses that save energy and water．An organization called the Earth Day Network encourages people to use clean energy which doesn’t pollute the environment．Most of our energy comes from fossil fuels (化石燃料) that are found underground． Coal， oil and natural gas are examples of fossil fuels．Fossil fuels come from plants and animals that lived millions of years ago． Burning fossil fuels to create energy pollutes the air and water． Many scientists think that burning fossil fuels also increases the temperature of the earth． To reduce the use of fossil fuels． scientists are experimenting with hydrogen-powered (氢化发动的) cars． These cars don’t pollute the air like gas-powered cars．
Some scientists guess that by 2025, fossil fuels will run out．When people can no longer use gasoline， they may use fuel cells instead． Fuel cells use hydrogen to create energy． People do not need to worry about hydrogen running out， because it is renewable and replaceable．
In Washington， D.C.， a few people drive cars that run on fuel cells． When these cars need more energy, drivers can go to a hydrogen pump．The first hydrogen pump for the public opened in November 2004， marking an important step toward a cleaner environment．
小题1:what can we learn from the passage?
A．Fossil fuels don’t pollute the air．
B．Hydrogen-powered cars make less pollution．
C．Many drivers are driving hydrogen-powered cars．
D．We can find many hydrogen pumps in the USA．
小题2:How long may people still be able to use fossil fuels?| A．Twenty years． | B．Over thirty-eight years． | | C．More than ten years． | D．About seventeen years． |
小题3:Which of the following is not mentioned?| A．Scientists are producing more hydrogen-powered cars． | | B．Some people drive fuel-cell cars in Washington． | | C．Fossil fuels come from plants and animals． | | D．We can learn about environmentally friendly technology from Earth Day activities． |
小题4:When do fossil fuels pollute the air?| A．When we use them to create gasoline． | | B．When people get them from the underground． | | C．After being burned to get energy． | | D．After getting them from a hydrogen pump． |
小题5:Because hydrogen is renewable， we don’t need to worry that ________．| A．it will be used up | B．it can be used for creating energy | | C．it will pollute the environment | D．it will be cleaner |
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