B
Sun Liping, 6 , lives in a small village in Yunnan. Her biggest wish is to have running water in her home. All 35 families in Sun’s village have a serious problem--- they don’t have enough water. Every day, the villagers have to walk 20 minutes to get water.
Last year, the worst drought since the 1950s hit Yunnan, making more than 2 million people short of drinking water. This year, the drought is even worse.
Not only Yunnan, but many other provinces in China are short of water as well, such as Gansu and Qinghai.
According to a report on February 17, each Chinese person has about 28% of the world’s average（平均的） person’s amount of available(可用的) water. Two thirds of China’s cities are short of water and nearly 300 million people in rural areas don’t have safe water for drinking.
Every drop of water is important. Waste a drop of water a day and you lose a bucket(桶) a year. How can we use water in a smart way? Here are some tips for you to save water in your daily life:
1. Put plastic bottles of water in your toilet to cut down the water waste when you flush (沖洗) your toilet.
2. Don’t keep the water running while you’re brushing your teeth or washing your face and hands.
3. Use low-flow(低流量) shower heads .
4. Use a bucket to collect shower water while you wait for it to warm up.
5. Make your shower time shorter.
6. Set up a rain bucket to collect rainwater for watering plants or flowers.
【小題1】 What is the problem in Sun’s village?

A．They don’t have enough food.

B．They don’t have enough water.

C．They have to walk far away to go to school.

D．There are fewer and fewer villagers.

【小題2】 What does the underlined word drought mean in the second paragraph?

A．饑餓

B．干旱

C．水災(zāi)

D．貧窮

【小題3】 According to the report, __________________________________.
A. China has just 28 percent of the world’s available water.
Each Chinese person can use more water than the world’s average person.
There is not enough water in two thirds of China’s cities.
D. There are about 300 million people in China’s cities who don’t have enough water.
【小題4】Which of the following would lead to a waste of water?

A．Using low-flow shower heads.

B．Collecting shower water while waiting for it to warm up.

C．Taking a quick shower.

D．Keeping the water running while brushing one’s teeth.

Nora, a 17-year-old American, notices that when she has to do a paper for school and researches it on the Internet, she rarely reads a whole page and does deep reading. “I’ll read the beginning of a paragraph and then I'll skip(跳過) the rest,” she says.

   While Nora's mother, Martha, loves sitting down with a good book and reading carefully, her daughter may be the wave of the future.

  “Deep reading”, or slow reading, is a process in which people think carefully while they read. With most, that means slowing down --- even stopping and rereading a page or paragraph to really understand what the author is trying to say.

   Last summer, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said he was concerned about what he sees as a decline（衰退）in slow reading. Instant messages and 140-character tweets（微博）appear to be reducing out ability to concentrate on a single idea or theme of a book, he told Foreign Policy Magazine.

   It's easy to forget the benefits of deep reading in an age when anything worth doing is done fast. Experts warn that without deep reading, it is impossible to be an educated person of the world, a knowledgeable voter or even an imaginative thinker.

  “If you want to have a deep relationship with a text and understand a complex idea, then slow reading is a preferred style. It is good for pleasure, too. It is not a rushed experience and you can lose yourself in a text,” said Canadian writer John Miedema, the author of the book Slow Reading.

  US' Ohlone College English professor Cynthia Lee Katona says reading is a highly social activity that builds the mind and social connections. If you read, she says, you simply know more and have more to talk about with friends, partners and people you know.

   Deep reading can also take a reader on a trip around the world even if they are sitting in a living room armchair, Katona says. Also, deep reading helps people develop thinking, writing and conversation skills.

  “If you like beautiful things, authors put words together that are really beautiful and expressive,” she says. “If you want to write well--- and there are lots of reasons to express yourself clearly --- you should read.”

1.The comparison（對(duì)比）between Nora and her mother's reading habits _______.

   A. introduces the wave of future

B. adds a lot of fun for readers

   C. explains what deep reading is

D. calls attention to deep reading

2.What leads to the decline of deep reading, according to Eric Schemidt?

   A. The fast pace of modern society.

   B. The lack of desire for knowledge

   C. The weakening ability to concentrate.

   D. The wide use of instant messages and tweets.

3.What does the underlined word “it ” refer to in paragraph 6?

   A. A deep relationship.              B. A complex idea.

   C. Slow reading.                   D. A preferred style.

4.According to the article, Cynthia Lee Katona's opinion of deep reading is that _______.

   A. it makes sure you a better paid job

B. it makes you a better writer

   C. it is better than travelling

D. it helps build better family relationship

5.What is the main point of the article?

   A. The importance of deep reading.

B. How to improve reading skills.

   C. The benefits of different reading styles.

D. The secrets of a knowledgeable person

 

 

TV    PROGRAMMES
Channel 1	Channel 2
18:oo  Around China 18:30  Children’s Program 19:00  News 19:30  Weather Report 19:40  Around the World 20:10  TV Play : Sister 21:00  English for Today 21:15  Popular Music 21:55  Talk Show	17:45  Computer Study 18:10  Foreign Arts 18:30  English Classroom 19:00  Animal World 19:25  China Today 20:20  Sports 21:00 Film: Harry PorterⅠ 21:45  English News 22:05  On TV Next Week

1.At what time can you probably watch a football match？

A.  20:10    B. 20:20     C. 19:00   D. 18:00

2.What program will let you know much about western countries?

A. Sisters   B. Around China   C. Around the World   D. China Today

3.If you want to know something about tigers elephants and monkeys ,what’s the best program for you?

A. TV play    B. Animal World   C. Foreign Arts     D. Talk Show

4.If you want to know the weather tomorrow, what time and which channel  should you watch?

A. 19:30 Channel 1.            B. 17:45 Channel 2

C. 19:40 channel 1             D. 19:25 Channel 2

5.What does the program at the end of Channel 2 mean?

A. News   B. People   C. Programs on next week   D. Sports

 

 

TV    PROGRAMMES
Channel 1	Channel 2
18:oo  Around China 18:30  Children’s Program 19:00  News 19:30  Weather Report 19:40  Around the World 20:10  TV Play : Sister 21:00  English for Today 21:15  Popular Music 21:55  Talk Show	17:45  Computer Study 18:10  Foreign Arts 18:30  English Classroom 19:00  Animal World 19:25  China Today 20:20  Sports 21:00 Film: Harry PorterⅠ 21:45  English News 22:05  On TV Next Week

1.At what time can you probably watch a football match？

A.  20:10    B. 20:20     C. 19:00   D. 18:00

2.What program will let you know much about western countries?

A. Sisters   B. Around China   C. Around the World   D. China Today

3.If you want to know something about tigers elephants and monkeys ,what’s the best program for you?

A. TV play    B. Animal World   C. Foreign Arts     D. Talk Show

4.If you want to know the weather tomorrow, what time and which channel  should you watch?

A. 19:30 Channel 1.            B. 17:45 Channel 2

C. 19:40 channel 1             D. 19:25 Channel 2

5.What does the program at the end of Channel 2 mean?

A. News   B. People   C. Programs on next week   D. Sports

 

Samaranch (born 17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010) was a Spanish(西班牙) sports official who served as the 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001.Samaranch was born into a rich family in Barcelona, he studied business at IESE Business School in Barcelona. He was good at Spanish, French, English, Russian and German. Because of his father’s influence, he became interested in sports. He was fond of football, boxing, roller skating and ice hockey（冰球）in particular. Later, he became an ice hockey player, after that he served as Spain's national ice hockey coach. He was selected to be the president of the IOC at the 83rd of the IOC plenary session(全會(huì))in Moscow in 1980. Samaranch's greatest wish before retirement is to hope the Olympics will be held in China. Beijing succeeded in hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics on July 13, 2001. Three days later, he officially retired at the IOC in Moscow. Then he was awarded the Olympic gold medal, and accepted the "International Olympic Committee Honorary Life President" title. In the opening plenary session, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Samaranch "Medal of Honor." Though he passed away , we Chinese people will remember him forever.
【小題1】Where was Samaranch born?  He was born in         .

【小題2】He became interested in sports because of         .
【小題3】He used to be a(n)          after he left IESE Business School.
【小題4】When did Samaranch retire as the president of the IOC ?______.
【小題5】What does the underlined phrase “passed away” mean in Chinese?