It is widely agreed that the over-use of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil has caused serious environmental problems. Scientists are trying to find new clean energies that do not pollute the air, the water or the ground. Solar power is one of them.
Solar power is a kind of electricity which is produced by taking energy from the sun, using solar panels (面板，电池板). The power is easy to get and will never be used up. Whenever it is sunny, there is the power. The power is clean and renewable. It helps to reduce waste and pollution, which is great for the environment. In the areas that are too far away to send electricity to or not easy to build electric power plants, solar power is especially necessary. It enables the people there to use lights, TVs, computers, washing machines, fridges and many other things.
Therefore, more and more countries, such as China, the USA, Japan and India, encourage scientists to develop practical technology to put solar power to use. However, the power is not as widely used as expected.
One of the challenges is that a solar power system needs sunshine. Countries or areas with a lot of rain, like the UK, are not suitable to develop such power system. Secondly, a solar power panels requires a very large site to fix enough solar panels to collect sunlight and change it into electricity. Maybe an area in the desert would be one of the perfect places for such a plant to build. What’s more, solar panels are expensive at present though the energy itself doesn’t cost anything.
Today scientists are working hard to develop more practical and cheaper solar power system. Maybe one day solar power will be one of the most important clean energies in our life.
1.Solar power is a kind of energy taken from .
A.the air B.the sun C.the water D.the ground
2.The underline phrase “be used up ”means .
A.短缺 B.滥用 C.用完 D.习惯
3.Why isn’t the solar power used widely?
A.Because a solar system needs sunshine. B.Because solar panels are expensive.
C.Because fixing solar panels needs very large sites. D.All over above.
4.What’s the main idea of paragraph 4?
A.The ways to use solar power
B.The advantages of solar power.
C.The places to build the solar power station.
D.The difficulties of putting solar power into use widely.
5.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Solar energy itself is expensive
B.Solar power will run out very soon.
C.Solar power is a kind of clean and useful energy.
D.Solar power is much better than the other energetic.
Keane Everton is only six years old. He is from England. He looks the same as any other boy of his age. However, he has done something unusual. He rides a bike to raise money for research on PNH (血红蛋白症). His grandfather died of this kind of disease two years ago.
The boy missed his grandfather and always wanted to do something for his grandfather’s birthday. Even his mother couldn’t stop him. At last, his parents thought out an idea. They decided to ride bikes to celebrate a special birthday for his grandfather.
Then they planned to call on people to support the boy to raise money for the research on PNH. Many people are pleased and moved by Keane’s story. Most people think it is a wonderful thing and the boy should be given great praise.
A person from the PNH research team at St. Jame’s University Hospital said, “We are also pleased to see he and his family give this donation to our research. Every little effort really makes a difference.”
1.What makes little Keane look different from other boys?
A.His age of six. B.He is an English boy.
C.He rides a bike to raise money for research on PNH. D.He did something for his grandfather’s birthday.
2.Why did Keane ride a bike to celebrate a special birthday for his grandfather?
A.Because he missed his grandfather and wanted to do something for his grandfather’s birthday.
B.Because he didn’t have anything else to do.
C.Because he liked riding a bike.
D.Because he wanted to be different from others.
3.Who thought out the idea if riding bikes to celebrate Keane’s grandfather’s birthday?
A.Little Keane himself. B.Keane’s parents.
C.Their friends D.St. Jame’s University Hospital.
4.How do people think of what the family have done?
A.They are worried about it. B.They are pleased
C.They are moved. D.Both B and C.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A.Little Keane’s supporting for the research on PNH. B.Keane’s story with his grandfather.
C.A special bike. D.The research on PNH in England.
阅读下列表格内容，从每小题中选出一个最佳答案。
| Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Mo, who was born in 1955 into a farmer’s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy and he experienced hunger（饥饿）. These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writings. |
| 60-year-old Park Geun-hye(朴槿惠)was elected（选举）the new President of South Korea in December, 2012. She becomes the country’s first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else,” she told the cheering People in central Seoul as she accepted her win. “I will keep my promises.” |
| Barack Obama ( born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44thPresident of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term, fighting against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichits, Kansas. |
1.When Mo Yan was young, his family might be .
A.big B.poor C.rich D.small
2.When was Park Geun-hye born? ____________
A.In 1952. B.In 1955.
C.In 1961. D.In 1987.
3.Where was Barack Obama born? ________________
A.In Kansas. B.In Kenya.
C.In Columbia. D.In Hawaii.
4.Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?___________
A.The writer Mo Yan lived in a big city before he got the prize.
B.Park Geun-hye will lead South Korea till the year 2018.
C.Obama fought against his challenger Mitt Romney in the election.
D.Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest.
5.The three passages may be from .
A.an email B.a letter C.news D.an ad
阅读下面短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Thirty-four cities in France first began the campaign No Car Day September 22, 1998. Its goal is to protect the _______. Nowadays, over 1,000 cities around the world _______ a No Car Day.
The first No Car Day in _______ was in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities _______ Beijing, Taipei, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support the day.
In Beijing, more and more people are _______ the activity. Drivers are asked to leave their cars at home for _______ every month and walk or ride a bike to work on this day. It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5th (World Environment Day). The slogan (口号) for the day is “If we drive for one less day, we can have _______ nice day.”
So far, more than 200,000 drivers have _______ their support. “We can’t _______ the weather, but we can choose not to drive.” Said Wu Zhonghua, a car club chairman. As we know, much of the dust comes from the desert, __________ cars caused most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.
1.A.roads B.weather C.air D.day
2.A.had B.developed C.appear D.have
3.A.China B.France C.the U.S.A D.England
4.A.named B.including C.called D.and
5.A.refusing B.acting C.join D.taking part in
6.A.one day B.two days C.three days D.each day
7.A.another B.more C.one more D.other
8.A.shown B.said C.lost D.give
9.A.decide B.choose C.take D.chose
10.A.and B.so C.but D.or
—_____ the population of the U.S.A. in 2005? —It _____ about 296 million.
A.What is; is B.What was; was C.How many is; was D.How many was; is
I used to . But now I get used to doing everything. I’m successful at last.
A.give up; keeping B.giving up; keeping
C.giving up; keep D.give up; keep
