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Harmful waste: out-of-date drugs, used batteries (电池), paint and oil…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C.drink boxes D.out-of-date drugs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
Jim马上要毕业了，他报考了上海平和双语国际学校，根据学校招生规定，需要一封推荐信，请你以他的老师的名义给他写一封推荐信。
要点 | 推荐理由 |
性格 | 勤奋 …… (至少发挥一点) 自信 …… ((至少发挥一点) 乐于助人 …… ((至少发挥一点) |
平时 | 在校：尊敬师长，团结同学 ； 在家：…… (至少发挥一点) |
其他 | 有爱心，经常参加环保和慈善活动, …… (至少发挥一点) |
注意：1.文中不得出现真实的人名、校名、地名等相关信息。
2.内容完整、条理清晰，语句连贯，语法正确；
3.字数100字左右，开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数.
Dear Sir/Madam,
It is my pleasure to recommend Jim for his application to study in your school.
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I believe he will be a very excellent student in your school.
Sincerely yours,
Daniel Black
In the city I live in, some seats on every bus come in orange color, different from the rest which are blue. Those seats are intended for (预留) a certain group of people—the old and some who need special care, such as the disabled or those with small babies. So you can often see young people choose to take others seats i1. of the orange ones if possible.
One day, my friend Lisa got on a bus and found the only untaken seat was an orange one. She hesitated(犹豫) for a moment and slowly walked to it and s2. down. As the bus went on, passengers(乘客) gather from stop to stop and the bus became really crowded(拥挤) . At that time, someone near the door asked loudly if there was anybody who would like to o3. a seat to the old man who had just got on the bus. On hearing it, Lisa looked a4. to see where the old man was. She was even about to get up but found it d5. for her to stand up. Thinking that someone near the old man would help him, she remained(保持) seated. In fact, she had another r6. for sitting but she said nothing. To her s7. , she soon became the target of criticism(批评的目标) from some people standing beside her.
“Shameless,” a voice said.
“Morality decays(道德败坏),” another voice added.
Lisa kept s8. as the short conversation went. She didn’t want to say anything. She “should” feel ashamed(羞愧). Lisa turned her face to the window to hide her embarrassment(尴尬).
If you were a passenger on that bus, would you stand out against her and blame(责怪) her for not giving up her seat? If I hadn’t known the story of Lisa’s side, I would. However, the truth is: Lisa had just a small o9. in hospital last week and was in recovery (恢复). Her doctor had told her to sit instead of s10. as much as possible. The long bus trip would give her trouble if she stood all the way.
An 11-year-old blind girl is proud of walking alone every day to and from school. Why? She has to walk past so many barriers (障碍物) in her way. The girl's home is near the school, yet her mother follows her without letting her know.
The case of the girl shows the barrier-free(障碍物) facilities (设施) are not enough in her city. Many other cities are short of barrier-free facilities as well. There's no well-designed path for the blind. In fact. in the early 2000s, some cities started to build barrier-free facilities for disabled people. However, almost 20 years later, only a few large cities have had facilities of high quality.
It's common that sidewalks are taken up with barriers. Few workers are sent to move them away, so it's dangerous for the blind to walk on them. Also, some other barrier-free facilities are badly destroyed（毁坏）. Only a few workers are assigned (分配) to do the task of repairing the broken ones.
Some ideas can make a difference — build more barrier-free facilities, employ(雇用) more of workers and require money. In a word, more money is needed to carry on with the work. It’s our duty to make life easy for disabled people, so that they can live without barriers some day.
阅读以上信息, 用恰当的单词完成下面的表格, 每空一词。
Introduction | A blind girl feels proud that she walks to and from school by 1. every day. To be sure of her daughter safe, the mother always follows her and keeps it 2.. |
3. | Barrier-free facilities are not enough, neither are the workers. About facilities Twenty years ago, some barrier-free facilities were 4. . Now, most cities are short of facilities of high quality 5. several large cities. About workers Barriers on sidewalks aren’t moved away in time, so it’s dangerous for the blind to walk on 6.. 7. facilities aren’t repaired sometimes. |
Ideas | To make the life of disabled people as 8. as common people, more money is needed to 9. the work . Build more barrier-free facilities. Employ 10. workers to protect them. |
Australia is a country of immigrants(移民). Around 50 percent of students in Melbourne come from other countries. Therefore, we read many articles about foreigners’ lives in Australia. Teachers ask us to find our own identity (身份) from these articles. In the course English as an Additional Language, we read a picture book called Tales from Outer Suburbia by an Australian writer Shaun Tan.
The book has lots of short stories. Among them, I like Inner Courtyard(内庭，内院) best. It is about an Italian family. They moved to Australia, but they couldn’t fit into the new environment and complained a lot. However, one day they found an inner courtyard by accident. The things in it were from their home country. Then the secret courtyard became a little paradise (天堂) for them. They relaxed, played games and had a picnic there.
As an international student, I totally understand the value(价值) of the inner courtyard for every family, especially an immigrant family. I face the same problems when I study and live in Melbourne. Everything is different, including language and habit, and I have to fit into all of it. It’s so painful that sometimes I miss China very much. That’s why we need the inner courtyard to have a rest and escape from reality (现实) for a while. For me, it’s my bedroom. I decorate it with postcards of China and Chinese books. I collect some Australian souvenirs (纪念品), which make my inner courtyard colorful.
1.How many students in Melbourne come from other countries? __________________________________
2.Who is Tales from Outer Suburbia written by? __________________________________
3.What is Inner Courtyard about? __________________________________
4.Which country does the writer of the passage come from? __________________________________
5.For the writer of the passage, which room is his inner courtyard? __________________________________
Recent development has made possible machines that print, cook, and serve a large number of foods. And the industry(产业) isn’t stopping there.
Food production
With a 3D printer, a cook can print complicated(复杂的) chocolate sculptures and beautiful pieces for decoration on a wedding cake. Not everybody can do that — it takes years of experience, but a printer makes it easy. A restaurant in Spain uses a Food printer to “re-create forms and pieces” of food that are “exactly the same,” freeing cooks to finish other tasks. In another restaurant, all of the dishes and desserts it serves are 3D-printed, rather than farm to table.
Sustainability(可持续性）
The world’s population(人口) is expected to grow to 9.6 billion by 2050, and some experts estimate (估计) that food production will need to be raised by 50 percent to keep present levels(水平). Sustainability is becoming a necessity. 3D food printing could probably help solve the problem. Some experts believe printers could use hydrocolloids (水解胶体) from rich renewable materials(原料) like algae and grass to replace(代替) the ingredients(烹饪原料). 3D printing can reduce fuel use and emissions(排放). The stores of the future might store "food" that lasts for years, freeing up shelf space and reducing transportation and storage requirements.
Nutrition(营养)
Future 3D food printers could make food healthier. Hod Lipson, a professor at Columbia University, said, “Food printing could allow customers(消费者) to print food with customized(定制的) nutritional content, like vitamins. So instead of eating a piece of yesterday’s bread from the supermarket, you’d eat something baked just for you on demand(要求).”
Challenges
Though there are great developments in 3D food printing, the industry has many challenges to overcome. Most ingredients must be changed to a dry powder(粉末) before a printer can use them, and the printing process takes a lot of time, because ingredients interact (相互作用)with each other in very complex ways. Besides, most of the 3D food printers now use only dry ingredients, because meat and milk products may easily go bad. Some experts doubt about 3D food printers, believing they are more suitable for fast food restaurants than homes and high-end restaurants.
1.What advantage(好处) does 3D printing bring to food production?
A.It teaches cooks to create new dishes. B.It saves time and effort(努力) in cooking.
C.It improves the cooking conditions. D.It helps to decorate the restaurants.
2.What does the underlined word “raise” mean in paragraph 3?
A.募集 B.导致 C.培育 D.增加
3.According to Paragraph 4, 3D-printed food ________.
A.is easier for consumers to get B.can meet personal nutritional needs
C.is tastier than food in supermarkets D.can keep all the nutrition in raw(生的) materials
4.What is the main factor(因素) that prevents 3D food printing from spreading widely?
A.The printing process is not long. B.3D food printers are too expensive.
C.Food materials have to be dry. D.Some experts doubt 3D food printing.
5.What could be the best title of the passage?
A.3D Food Printing: Delicious New Technology B.A New Way to Improve 3D Food Printing
C.The Challenges for 3D Food Production D.3D Food Printing: From Farm to Table
