Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost mention recycling, which is the process of treating used things, such as paper or steel so that they can be used again. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more things than we need. We are now dealing with the results of that _ in the possible greenest way, but it would be far better if we did not bring so many things home in the first place. Here is an example. In the UK, the total of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a household's waste. In many supermarkets, foods are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard. Too much packaging causes serious environmental problems. The UK is running out of different kinds of ways for dealing with this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect . Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The best way of avoiding this problem is to stop producing such unnecessary things in the first place. Food waste is another serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. They seldom encourage customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue. But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to connect packaging with quality . We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. Is it true for all the products? In fact, more and more companies realized the importance of protecting the environment. They try to package what really should be packaged, including products in good quality. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize how many unnecessary things are being collected. We need to face the waste of our daily life. Although many people have taken action to recycle, we have a high mountain to climb. Question: What does the passage mainly talk about? Options: A: Supermarkets should recycle first. B: Packaging causes serious problems. C: Needless things are mostly recycled. D: Recycling should be done in the first place.
D

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Last Sunday I saw the hardest storm in years. It came suddenly and went on for more than three hours. After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot, and all was quiet. Then the strong wind started blowing into my room. Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open window. As I ran out to catch them, big drops of rain began to fall. When I came back into the house, it was raining harder. I tried hard to close the window. Then I heard a loudcrashing sound from the back of the house. I ran out of my room to find out what it was--a big tree had fallen down and broken the top of the back room. Question: The paper flew out of the window because of _ . Options: A: the heavy rain B: the hot sun C: the strong wind D: the tall tree
C

Q: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: English - speaking people say many"thank you"every day. Early in the morning when a teacher asks a student,"Good morning. How are you?", his answer should be."I'm fine, thank you. And you?" This is the first "thank you" of a day. When you hear "Your skirt is nice." you say"Thank you. I'm happy you like it." At your birthday party, When people give you something and say"This is for you. Happy birthday!",you also answer, "Thank you." When your friend helps you clean the classroom after school, you say"thank you" to him. When you hear people say to you "Your English is very good." , how do you answer it? Question: You don't say "thank you" when _ . Options: A: you hear someone say to you,"Your English is very good!" B: someone gives you a present C: you meet an old friend of yours D: you hear people say "good luck" to you
A: C

Question: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Hello, everyone! Today I want to introduce my best friend to you. Her name is Rose. Rose is an outgoing girl. She is not tall. She is very thin. She has a round face and two big eyes. Her hair is short. She often wears a pink dress, because pink is her favourite colour. She always has a smiling face. Everyone likes her very much. So she has many friends. Rose is a clever girl. She's our monitor. She works hard at school every day. She is good at English and Maths. She always does her best to help others with their study. She likes asking teachers questions. Her homework is always clean and tidy. Her handwriting is very beautiful. She is a top student in our class. Rose is a versatile girl. She can play the piano. She can draw pictures well. She can play table tennis. She can swim. She can do many things very well. Rose has a pet. It is a small dog. Its name is Xiao Xiong. They are good friends. I like it, too. Do you like my best friend, Rose? Can you tell me about your best friend? Question: What is Rose like? Options: A: She is tall. B: She is strong. C: She is thin. D: She is fat.
Answer: C

Read the article and select the best answer. Article: When spring comes, some wildflowe come out in the ditches along the highway where I travel daily to work., I've noticed one special blue flower. It blooms only in the morning hours. For the afternoon sun is too hot for it. Every day for nearly two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers. This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard,. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. Every day I drove past the flowers thinking "I'll stop on my way home and dig them." "See. I don't want to get my good clothes dirty." Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. One day on my way home from work. I was sad to see the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself. "You wanted too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring." A week ago we were shocked and sad to learn that my oldest sister-in-law was badly ill. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven't been as close as we all would have been. I couldn't help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us. And yes, if I see the blue flowers again. You can bet I'll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden. Question: The writer started a flower garden in her yard to show that _ . Options: A: She wanted to sell her flowers B: She liked planted flowers C: Her husband made her do that D: Her husband's sister loved flowers
B