On October 31st, 2015, the official Xinhua news agency reported that China would allow two children for every couple. That meant that the country's one-child policy came to an end.
To control the population growth, China started a policy of one child per couple in the 1970s. Why does China decide to relax the policy now?
In fact, China began relaxing the policy in January, 2014, allowing couples to have a second baby if the mother or father was an only child. The change was thought as a major liberalization (解放) of the family planning of over thirty years. But new figures (数据) in January, 2015 suggested that fewer people than expected would like to have a second baby. Health officials said that there were about 11 million couples under the new policy. However, only 1 million couples applied (申请) to have a second child. Some couples said, “Two kids? Thanks but no.” The influence of one-child policy seems hard to go in a short time.
China's government has said that China will become the country with the most old people in the world in just 15 years, with more than 400 million people over the age of 60. And in the one-child families, when the only child grows up and gets married to another only child, they two have to take care of two old couples, the stress seems really heavy. To solve the problem of the aging population, one-child policy isn’t suitable any more, and two-child policy is needed and necessary.
1. The official Xinhua news agency reported that China would allow two children for every couple _________.
A. in 1970 B. in January, 2015
C. in January, 2014 D. on October 31st, 2015
2. The underlined word “aging” probably means ___________ in the passage.
A. 年龄 B. 老龄化 C. 时代 D. 边缘
3. In January, 2015, the figures (数据) showed that _________.
A. fewer people than expected would like to have a second baby
B. more people than expected would like to have a second baby
C. only 1 million couples under the new policy could have a second child
D. about 11 million couples under the new policy applied to have a second child
4. According to the passage, we know that __________.
A. China started one-child policy in the 1980s
B. two-child policy isn’t suitable any more now
C. China will have the most old people in the world in just 15 years
D. China will have less than 400 million people over the age of 60 in 15 years
5. The passage is mainly about __________.
A. Chinese population
B. Chinese one-child policy
C. Chinese economy (经济)
D. Chinese two-child policy
It’s not WASTE until it is WASTED!
With the World Environment Day coming, our school is now requiring every student to form a habit of sorting the waste. Here in our schoolyard we lay four different colors of rubbish bins for different kinds of rubbish. The red is for harmful waste; the blue is for waste that can be recycled (循环再用); the green is for kitchen waste; the yellow is for other waste.
The followings are some instructions for you. Glass: Empty bottles without caps can be recycled to make new glass bottles. Warning: Mirrors and light bulbs (电灯泡) must not be included in the glass waste. Paper: Newspapers, magazines, boxes must be clean enough to be recycled. Warning: Paper tissues (餐纸) and wall paper are not recyclable as paper and should be kept separately. PMD waste: Packaging made of Plastic or Metal and Drink boxes are used to make new packaging. Warning: Plastic pots (e.g. yoghurt pots), plastic bags must not be included with the PMD waste. Harmful waste: out-of-date drugs, used batteries(电池), paint and oil … Besides, if you don’t need your old bikes at all, our school volunteers will collect them. We’re going to fix them up and then give them away to kids who don’t have enough money for a bike. To find out more about recycling, you can visit our school website. |
1.According to the passage, __________ different colors of rubbish bins are laid in the schoolyard.
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
2.The fish bones (骨) should be thrown in the __________ bin.
A. red B. green C. blue D. yellow
3.From the passage, we can see that __________ are harmful to the environment.
A. paper tissues B. empty bottles
C. drink boxes D. out-of-date drugs
4.If you give your old bike to the volunteers, it will be __________.
A. sold to collect money for the poor kids
B. fixed up and given back to you for free
C. fixed up and given away to the poor kids
D. given away immediately to the poor kids
5.The main purpose of this passage is ________.
A. to look for volunteers for waste sorting
B. to introduce waste sorting to the students
C. to introduce the World Environment Day
D. to advertise glass, paper and plastic products
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas when they saw a horseshoe (马蹄铁) on the ground. The father said to his son, “Look at the horseshoe on the ground. Go and the horseshoe and put it in your bag, my son.” But Thomas said, “If I do so, it will waste my time.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and some strawberries with the money.
The father and the son went on walking. The sun was well up in the . They soon drank up all their water and there was not a house or even a tree for them to have a rest. Thomas felt thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father gave him a strawberry and he quickly ate it. After a while, his father gave him strawberry and once again, his son got it quickly and put it in his mouth.
And so they . The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him, “My dear son, ____ you picked up that horseshoe, you would have your own to eat. Always remember the lesson: if you don't worry about the little things, you will find it difficult ____ the great things.
1.A. give up B. put up C. pick up D. take up
2.A. got on B. got to C. got off D. got down
3.A. threw B. bought C. sold D. found
4.A. sky B. sea C. river D. ground
5.A. so B. very C. quite D. too
6.A. another B. other C. else D. the other
7.A. carried on B. turned on C. went on D. worked on
8.A. Or B. If C. Unless D. Until
9.A. water B. money C. horseshoe D. strawberries
10.A. to do B. to use C. to eat D. to drink
— Would you like to go out for dinner with me?
—__________, but I have to finish my homework first.
A. Yes, I can B. Sorry, I can
C. No, I couldn’t D. I’d love to
__________ friendly people they are! I won’t forget them.
A. How B. How a C. What D. What a
— What did the teacher say just now?
— He asked me ___________.
A. how could I work it out
B. when did I go to the library
C. why I am late for school
D. if the earth moves around the sun
