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Sweeping city skies
We always check the weather before a trip. But after hearing a lot about air pollution .we often wonder: h__1.___ will the air be tomorrow?
On Sept 1, forecasting air pollution started to be on TV. There are six grades, with the first grade meaning excellent air.
The forecast helps us plan trips, and helps the government make plans to stop air p___2.___. China is t__3.___ its best to clean the air.
Big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai are taking the air pollution seriously first.
On Sept 2, Beijing said it will reduce PM2.5 density (密度) by at l_4.___25 percent by 2017.
How will the city make it come t___5.____?
Car emissions (排放物) is one of the main r____6.___ of PM2.5 in big cities. So fewer cars will be in Beijing next year. It is also asking for congestion fees (拥堵费) from car driving in the city center.
There’s a lot of PM2.5 in waste gas（废气）from factories. Beijing will close some companies . If a company pollutes h__7.___, it will have to buy water and electricity at a h___8.___price.
In order to have more blue s___9.___ , every one of us should also help.
We can help by taking buses i___10.___ of cars or taxies. We can also help by giving up smoking.
So from now on, take action and do your part.
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1.She is often __________(mistake)for her sister.
2.There is no clear (divide) line between the two villages.
3.We all thought that Cherry’s (pronounce) was the best.
4.The baby went to sleep (peaceful). And his mother could have a rest then.
5.He is not only an actor but also a comedy writer and (direct).
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1.The ____________ (音乐家)will attend the meeting in Dongtai. I hope they will enjoy their stay here.
2.Because of his hard work, he has gone__________(超过) me in English.
3.The _________ (两小时) documentary will help you learn about nature, history and real life events.
4.We are surprised to find that Jim is (缺席的) from school today.
5.The Chinese government was (表扬) by people all over the world.
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You would see a robot when you were reading a story or watching a movie, such as Star Wars. Today，however，science stories are becoming true. More and more robots are starting to be used in factories and our homes.
These robots are different in size，shape and colour，but all of them have the same type of man-made “brain”. The robots that work in factories are called industrial robots. These kinds of robots are cleverer and faster than the old ones. Industrial robots can do jobs that are often boring and sometimes dangerous.
Robots are already coming into American homes，though not as quickly as they are going into factories. We have made robots work at home. They can do some housework like cooking, or playing with people just for fun.
These robots aren’t as friendly and clever as those in Star Wars. But their makers say, today’s home robots can “walk” and find objects in their way，though sometimes they may knock into(撞上) those objects. They can even carry objects, though sometimes they may drop those objects. Well, nobody is perfect. We may laugh at home robots today，but some day they will do better than humans. We humans can only see certain length of light, and hear certain sounds, while robots may see and hear better than we do.
In a word, robots will be widely used in our life in the future.
1.Where are more and more robots starting to be used?
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2.What do all kinds of robots have?
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3.What kind of jobs can industrial robots do?
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4.What do you think of today’s home robots?(请考生根据短文内容，自拟一句话作答)
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5.What else do you want home robots to do for you? (请考生根据自己的想法，自拟一句话作答)
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Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. In the book, "Shangri-La" is a mysterious, harmonious valley, where three rivers joined together, mountains, the tops of which were covered by snow, reached to the sky and fields of long grass covered the earth. In this perfect world lived people who could live without getting old. In the Tibetan language, Shangri-la means the sun and the moon in one’s heart. Today, it has become a word which is used in our everyday life, meaning heaven on the earth.
Several places in the Buddhist Himalaya between northern India and Tibet have claimed to be the basis for Hilton's legend, largely to attract tourism. In China, Tao Qian of the Jin Dynasty described a Shangri-La in his work Story of the Peach Blossom Valley (桃花源記). In modern China, the Zhongdian country was renamed to 香格里拉县in 2001, to attract tourists. The legendary Kun Lun Mountains in Tibet offer other possible Shangri-La valleys.
Today, millions of tourists visit Shangri-la. The beautiful scenery there will make it hard for any viewer to describe in words. Three mountains, which are covered with snow, tower over the land. Lakes, surrounded by vast grasslands, look like jewels. Sheep, cows and horses feed freely on the green grass and the forests around are home to lots of birds and animals. In this heavenly world, people live peacefully with nature and are nearly separated from the outside world.
The weather in Shangri-la is so changeable (易变的)that the tourists can feel they have four seasons in one day. The best times to visit Shangri-la are spring and autumn because the temperature is neither too hot nor too cold.
Shangri-la --- _1.___ on the earth
Origin | First appeared in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by James Hilton, _2.___ the sun and the moon in one’s heart in the Tibetan language. |
James Hilton’s description of Shangri-la in Lost Horizon | Three rivers joined together. Snow-capped mountains __3.___ to the sky and fields of long grass covered the earth. In this perfect world lived people who could stay _4.___ forever. |
Arguments over the name | Several places in India and Tibet have claimed to win the name mainly to attract more tourists to ___5.___ them. Finally, Zhongdian in Yunnan province won the name. |
Scenery in today’s Shangri-la | Shangri-la will ____6.____ any viewer speechless (非言语所能表达的)with mountains towering over the land and lakes surrounded by vast grasslands. In this heavenly world, people live in ___7.__with nature and are nearly separated from the outside world. |
__8._____ | Tourists can ____9.______ four seasons in one day as the weather ___10.____ so quickly. The best times to visit Shangri-la are spring and autumn because the temperature is at its mildest. |
Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter．A man with a walking stick is pictured there．A bird called a California condor(大秃鹫)is flying overhead. Who is this man，and why is he so important that he is featured(处于显著地位)on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir．Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man，he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness．He walked more than a thousand miles across the country，through fields and woods．John Muir liked writing about the places he visited，describing their beauty.
Muir also wrote about problems．In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, rnany trees were being cut down．This made Muir unhappy and worried，because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them．Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保护)instead of being changed by human beings．He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests．Soon，others began to listen．
Muir wrote letters to important people，such as President Theodore Roosevelt．The president admired Muir’s love for nature．When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California. Muir convinced(说服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation．Later，President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks．National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park，the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter．
Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died，people continue his work today．His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world．John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then，now，and for the future．
1.What did John Muir spend much of his life doing when he was a young man?
A．Watching natural views．
B．Writing about the places he visited．
C．Exploring the beauty of the wilderness．
D．Creating farmland for sheep and cattle．
2.Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?
A．Because Roosevelt loved watching nature．
B．Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir．
C．Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature.
D．Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland．
3.What happened after President Roosevelt went camping with John Muir?
A．Many trees were cut down．
B．Five national parks were established．
C．More homes and businesses were built.
D．More farmland was used for sheep and cattle.
4.Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?
A．Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country．
B．Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.
C．Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests．
D．Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt．
5.What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?
A．To advise readers to become active conservationists.
B．To make us interested in the story about a great man．
C．To tell us something about an important person in history．
D．To give information about how to conserve the environment．
