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Massachusetts (美国一州名) became the first state in the nation to ban the dumping (倾倒;抛弃) of electronic equipment such as computer monitors and television sets.It means people there can no longer put computer monitors, TV sets and other devices containing glass picture tubes out on the street for pickup by garbage cleaners.
Official said much of this equipment is loaded with poisonous heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and mercury.These poisonous heavy metals could go into groundwater or be released (释放) into the air.
The Boston Globe reports the state has set up a system to recycle techno-garbage at state expense through community recycling centers.
Robin Ingenthron of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection said the state has been trying to get its electronics-recycling program in place ‘before the future wave of electronics hits’.The National Safety Council estimates some 300 million computers will enter the nation’s waste system in the next few years.
In addition, millions of people will be getting rid of their old television sets.New high-quality digital televisions and new rules will make old TV sets no longer in use over the next several years.
小题1:The word ‘techno-garbage’ in the 3rd paragraph probably means ________.
A.all kinds of dirty thingsB.deserted TV sets
C.heavy metalsD.used electronic equipment
小题2:Which is NOT a reason that the state enforces (强制执行) a ban on electronic equipment dumping?
A.This kind of garbage is poisonous.
B.Recycling systems are not working well.
C.The poisonous heavy metals can go to the underground water and the air.
D.There will be much more electronic garbage soon.
小题3:According to the last paragraph many people will be dumping their TV sets because ________.
A.they are brokenB.they are poisonous
C.new TV standards have come outD.people will be tired of them
小题4:The passage tells us chiefly about __________.
A.forbidding of a certain type of garbage dumping
B.new problems of environmental protection
C.household problems raised by computers and TV sets
D.the handling of garbage

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小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:A
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The worst earthquake in 40 years shook South Asia on Sunday, starting with horrible waves that swept entire villages into the sea. At least 20,000 people in six countries were killed in the disaster, and millions were left homeless.
The quake shook deep beneath the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It was felt more than 3000 miles away in East Africa, where heavy tides kept fishermen at home and resorts(度假胜地)closed.
It was as if the sea had struck the land. Residents of Sri Lanka, a small island country off the coast of India, ran to the hills to find safety from the tsunami. Many took their radios, televisions, and other valuables with them. The disaster hit Sri Lanka hardest. Of its 20million people, 1 million lost their homes, and 10000 died.
“The water simply raised itself up and huge waves came ashore,” wrote eye-witness(目击者)Peter Thomas from India. “It was moving very fast. The force broke the glass walls of a restaurant on the beach here and damaged hundreds of boats.”
In some places, the tsunami struck with no warning. “The weather was fine with no clouds,” wrote an eye-witness in Indonesia. “Suddenly the seawater just hit the city. In some parts the water was up to chest level.”
A massive(大众的)effort to help the affected countries is already underway. Leaders from around the world have promised to help, and teams of aid workers and doctors are rushing to the sea. “The United States stands ready to offer all the help to those nations most affected.” Said White House spokesman Trent Duffy. Organizations from the Red Cross to the International Monetary Fund have started fund-raising(筹款)drives to make up the costs of rebuilding.
小题1: The underlined word “tsunami” in Paragraph 5 can probably be replaced by “__________.”
A.fierce windB.heavy rainC.terrible stormD.large waves
小题2: Which of the following is NOT true when this disaster happened?
A.A sudden storm started with thunder and lightning.
B.The seawater rose suddenly and flooded the land.
C.Huge waves came upon the land, damaging the buildings and boats.
D.The sea struck the land, causing heavy losses.
小题3:In the last paragraph, the writer mainly states __________.
A.lack of helpB.international efforts
C.the fighting against the disasterD.the result of disasters
小题4:What’s the best title of the passage?
A.Tens of Thousands of People Are in Danger
B.Storm Caused Disasters in South Asia
C.Terrible Quake Hits South Asia
D.International Aid for South Asia
小题5:Where would you probably see this passage?
A.In a textbook.B.In a newspaper.
C.In a travel guide.D.In a dictionary.

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Maupassant(居·莫泊桑)was born in 1850 in northern France. His early life was not happy. His parents separated when he was 11. Most of his education came informally from Gustave Flaubert—his mother’s friend and his godfather, a journalist and novelist. Often Flaubert would let him take a walk and then ask him to write 100 lines about what he saw. This type of training developed in Maupassant a sense of observation, which he later put to use in his writing. Flaubert also allowed Maupassant to attend his Sunday gatherings with others in his literary circle
For a few years, Maupassant was connected with the Ministry of Public Instruction. It is interesting to note that Monsieur Loisel, a poor man character in The Necklace, worked there. He also served in the French army during the Franco-Prussian War. His favorite writing subjects were peasants, servants, in the city, and the Francd-Prussian War.
At an early age, Maupassant started writing short stories. In 1880, some of his works were published and he received a wide reputation for Boule de Suif (Ball of Tallow). With this success, he began to work full-time on writing. During the next ten years, he wrote over 300 stories, including six novels, three travel books, and a book of verse. Through them, he earn a lot of money.
His writing was classical and simple, avoiding social comments and dirty details. His works often showed a real world and an accurate knowledge of the subject. Although Maupassant wrote in many forms, he received widest recognition for his short stories. By 1890, Maupassant was suffering from the latter staged of syphilis(梅毒). He died in 1893 in Paris.
小题1: Which of the following is TRUE about Gustave Flaubert?
A.He often went out for a walk with Maupassant.
B.He was a journalist and novelist working for church.
C.He had a great influence on Maupassant’s writing..
D.He often helped Maupassant with his writing homework.
小题2: From text we know Monsieur Loisel is _______.
A.a man selling necklaces
B.a character in one of Maupassant’s works.
C.a short story written by Maupassant
D.a friend of Maupassant the Ministry of Public Instruction
小题3: What are the characteristics of Maupassant’s stories?
A.They have few social comments.
B.They are simple and humorous.
C.They only focus on the lives of peasants.
D.They are full of imagination.
小题4:What can we learn about Maupassant from the text?
A.Only in his 30s did he begin to write stories.
B.He did not received any formal education.
C.He spent his last years happily.
D.Boule de Suif was his first success.

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u GONE WITH THE WIND
Author: Margaret Mitchell
¥25 (in bookstores) ¥18 (online)
Gone With the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War. Scarlett O’Hara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time.
u A LITTLE PRINCESS
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
¥18.3 (online)
Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin’s. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against her poverty (贫穷) and the scorn (嘲笑) of her fellows. It’s an excellent book with 4 tapes for children.


u PETER PAN
Author: J.M Barrie
¥15 (in bookstores) ¥12 (online)
It is a children’s story full of imagination and adventures, which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling’s adventures in Never—Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes)
UNCLE TOM’S CABIN
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
¥20 (in bookstores)
The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Tom’s Cabin talked about the struggle (斗争) between free states and slave states during the American Civil War and is as powerful today as when it first came out 150 years ago.
 

u THE SECRET GARDEN
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
¥35 (in bookstores) ¥30 (online)
Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan (孤儿), finds herself in her uncle’s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic (魔法) of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life.
小题1: All of the following books have children as their main characters (主角) except _________.
A.PETER PANB.GONE WITH THE WIND
C.A LITTLE PRINCESSD.THE SECRET GARDEN
小题2: We can know from the passage that _________.
A.there are only three books with tapes
B.we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores
C.two of the above books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett
D.THE SECRET GARDEN is ¥5 cheaper in bookstores than online
小题3: Mary in THE SECRET GARDEN brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of _________.
a. the power of hope  b. friendship    c. her uncle      d. nature’s magic
A.abcB.acdC.bcdD.abd
小题4: This article may appear ___________.
A.as an advertisementB.as an introduction to the western literature (文化)
C.in a Chinese filmD.only to middle school students

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“The Lord of the Rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium(千年), was made up of three parts—“The Fellow Ship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “The Return of the King”. Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative masterwork.
John Ronald Refuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. His parents died when he was a child. Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to Tolkien’s becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo—Saxon.
After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I. In 1917, while recovering from trench fever he began composing the mythology for The Rings. As a professor of Anglo-Saxon in the 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writers. The group was soon 1istening to chapters of Tolkien’s imaginative work “The Hobbit”.
Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for people that could best be described as half-sized members of the English rural(乡村的)class. Hobbits live in hillside holes. One of them,Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves(侏儒). On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.
One of Tolkien’s students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwind, to look at a draft (草稿). The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwind, thought that the best judge for a Children’s book would be his ten-year-old son. The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “The Hobbit” was published in 1937.
It sold so well that Unwind asked for a continuation. Over a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings”, a series of books so creative that they hold readers both new and old -- after their publication.
小题1:What can we learn from the text?
A.“The Lord of the Rings” didn"t sell well in the last millennium.
B.People know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.
C.Tolkien was quite familiar with Old English.
D.Tolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in Africa.
小题2:What can we learn about "Hobbit" that Tolkien created in his works?
A.Hobbit was a race living in English downtown areas.
B.Hobbit was a local people who were very tall and strong.
C.Hobbit was a social group of people who lived in old castles.
D.Hobbit was a group of people who were mostly dwarves.
小题3: Which of the following helped most in making “The Hobbit” published?
A.One of Tolkien"s students. B.Stanley Unwind"s son.
C.Allen & Unwind. D.Bilbo Baggins.
小题4:What is mainly discussed in the text?
A.“The Lord of the Rings” and its writer.
B.A completely new masterwork in the new millennium.
C.A famous professor at Oxford University.
D.The power of the magic ring.
小题5: Which of the following shows the right order of Mr. Tolkien"s life experience?
a. He had his “The Hobbit” published.
b. He became a member of the Inklings.
c. He served in World War I.
d. He became an undergraduate at Oxford.
e. His work “The Lord of the Rings” came to the world.
f. He moved to England to live with his aunt.
A.f-d-b-c-a-eB.f-d-c-b-a-e
C.f-c-d-b-e-aD.d-f-c-a-b-e

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In this voyage I visited my new colony on the island, saw the Spaniards(西班牙人), had the whole story of their lives and of the villains(罪犯) I left there; how at first they treated the poor Spaniards badly,·how they afterwards agreed, disagreed, unired, separated, and how at last the Spaniards were forced to use violence with them; how they gave in to the spaniards, how honestly the Spaniards used them ---- a history, if it were entered into, as full of variety and wonderful accidents as my own part ---- particularly, also, as to their battles with the Caribbeans, who landed several times upon the Island, and as to the improvement they made upon the Island itself, and how five of them made an attempt upon the main land, and brought away eleven men and five women prisoners, by which, at my coming, I found about twenty young children on the Island.
Here I stayed bout 20 days, left them supplies of all necessary things, and particularly of arms, powder, shot, cloths, tools, and two workmen, which I brought from England with me, namely a carpenter and a smith.
Besides this, I shared the Island into parts with them, reserved to myself the property of whole  but gave them such parts resoeetively as they agreed on; and having settled all things with them and encouraged them not to leave the place, I left them there.
From then on I landed the Brazils, from where I sent a bark, which I bought there, with more people to the island; and in it, besides other supplies, I sent seven women, being such persons as I found proper for service, or for wives to such as would take them. As to the Englishmen, I promised them to send them some women from England, with a good cargo(船货) of necessaries, if they would apply themselves to planting ---- which I afterwards could not perform. And the fellows proved very honest and diligent after they were mastered and had their properties set apart for them. I sent them also from the Brazils five cows, three of them being big with calf, some sheep, and some pigs, which when I came again were considerably increased.
But all these things, with an account how 300 Caribbeans came and invaded(入侵) them, and ruined their plantations, and how they fought with that whole number twice, and were at first defeated, and one of them killed; but at last a storm destroying most of their enemies’ boats, they destroyed almost all the rest, and renewed and recovered the possession of their plantation, and still lived upon the Island.
All these things, with some very surprising incidents in some new adventures of my own,  for ten years more, I may perhaps give a further account of the story.
小题1:From Paragraph l, we know _______ .
A.the Spaniards were always getting along well with the villains
B.the Spaniards were always the rulers of the island
C.the Spaniards and the villains both ruled the island peacefully
D.the Spaniards and the villains once had battles witll each other
小题2:In Paragraph 2, the place where I stayed was probably ________.
A.a wild islandB.a deserted downtown
C.a primitive supermarketD.a new city
小题3:The underlined word “respectively” in the third paragraph probably means ______ .
A.separatelyB.particularlyC.specially D.surprisingly
小题4:The writer of the story once went to _______.
A.Japan and BrazilB.England and Brazil
C.France and Spain D.Korea and Caribbean
小题5:From the story, we can judge the Writer might be _______ .
A.an invaderB.a carpenterC.an adventurer D.a prisoner

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