more and more of the earth. The moon is our neighbour in space. It is smaller than the earth. Plants can"t grow on the moon because there"s no air or water on it.
The moon hasn"t its own light. It shines back the light of the sun. When the sun is shining on the side
of the moon that faces(朝向）us. it looks like a great round ball. We can"t see the moon when the sun is
shining on the side of the moon that faces away from us. In fact, the moon is far away fromus. It is three
hundred and eighty thousand kilometers away from the earth. Of course, we can fly to the moon in a
spaceship. A spaceship flies very, very fast. It only takes more than three days to get there by spaceship!
away from us.
the l _. parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad-to England, the USA or
Australia. The Chinese believe that the more expensive the education is, the better it is. 2 _ parents will
spend a lot of money on their children"s education. Even 3 _ parents will buy a computer for their son
or daughter. Though they"re not rich, they would rather pay for the education.
Parents can see that their children"s skills are different, skilled(有技能的) in some areas while poor
in others. But most 4 fail to realize that the children today need more self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to 5 tests and how to study
well, but they are not teaching them the most important skills that they need. And these skills are important to help them to be 6 , happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching their children the skills like cooking or doing other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will 7 many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs
patience and time. It is an interesting but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his
cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish 8 job successfully. His result, a well-cooked
dinner, will make him 9 good and give him a lot of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play __10 , will
make him interested and want to know more. He will spend hours studying them and trying to fix them.
Your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are teaching a child not only to
study at school, but also to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
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is more than 6,500,000,000. Tha
t is a great num
ber and we know it quite well. The important thing is not how large thepopulation of the world is now, but is the speed of the growth. It"s about 1.63% every year.
In order to give you some ideas of the birth rate, look at the second hand of your watch. Every second, four babies
are born in the world. Another baby! Another baby! An
other baby! Another b
aby! You cannot speak quickly enoughto keep up with the birth rate. The population is growing faster and faster. In one day, people have to find food for over
350,000 mouths more.
This growing population will ma
ke a big problem by the year 2010-there will be as many as 7,000,000,000 people onthe earth! So this is one o
f the biggest problems that you are going to see in your life.
death is one of the most important world problems.( )2. The speed of the growth is slowing down.
( )3. Four babies are born every second in the world.
( )4. In one year, people have to find food for over 350,000 mouths more.
( )5. A big problem caused
by the population will appear by the year 2010.| A. These countries are found in much of Africa, South America and parts of Asia. B. These people don"t have enough food to eat and they live in poor housing. C. That may not  sound much, but it"s about 14,000 people per hour.D. But in the developing countries, many women have five or more children. E. It could hurt the environment and increase the number of poor people. |
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| As prices and building costs keep rising, the "do-it-yourself" (DIY) trend (趋势) in the U.S. continues to grow. "We needed furniture (家具) for our living room," says John Ross, "and we just didn"t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs." John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are trying to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week lesson for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house. Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $ 420. "I was surprised and worried about it. Now I"ve finished a car repair class, I should be able to fix the car by myself." John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a "do-it-yourself", you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don"t have time to take a lesson, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself. |
| 1. We can learn from the text that many newly married people _____. A. find it hard to pay for what they need B. have to learn to make their own furniture C. have DIY lessons with their friends D. never go to a store to buy things 2. John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to _____. A. open a DIY shop B. make or repair things C. save time and money D. improve their lives 3. When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim _____. A. makes shoes in his home B. does another job at night C. does his own car and home repairs D. keeps house and looks after his children 4. What would be the best title for the text? A. The Fun of DIY B. You Can Do it Too! C. Welcome to Our DIY Class! D. John and Jim: Believers in DIY |
a according to the passage?