It would be hard for a family to live on 300 yuan a month, wouldn't it? That's how much Li Hua's family have to live on for a whole year. The world is now trying to help people like Li Hua to live better. From Tuesday until today, about 2,000 government leaders , scientists met in Shanghai to talk about stopping poverty around the world. According to the United Nations, the poorest people in the world live on less than 8.5 yuan a day. Most of those people live in African countries like Sierra Leone and Somalia. These countries often have wars and lots of diseases. Now, more than 1 billion people in the world live in poverty. The UN said that by 2015, that number should be cut in half. To help China's poor people, the World Bank has given more than 37 billion yuan to help China build railways and schools and stop river pollution and deserts. Many places in China's countryside, like Li Hua's home in Chongqing, are very poor. Li Hua, 13, lives with her mother, two grandparents and a 16-year-old brother in Chongqing. Her father is dead. The family make their living by planting crops. They have no TV, no electric fan and no telephone. How many people will live in poverty by the year 2015? A) About half a billion. B) Over 1 billion. C) More than 1 million. D) About 1 billion.
A

Bruce and his other two friends, Bruno and Dick lived in the same city in England. They were free in their summer holiday. So they came to a village by a large lake. They liked fishing very much. Then the next day after they got there, they got to a boat and went fishing in the lake. They boated farther and farther. They came to an out-of-way place. They were very happy because there were a lot of fish. When it was time for them to go home, Bruce said to his friends: "We'd better make a mark here so that we will easily find the place tomorrow." "You're right." Bruno said happily ."Let me do that." "How foolish," said Bruce. "If it rains tonight, the rain water will wash the line off, and how can we find the mark tomorrow. You must cut a line with your knife." Dick came up to them and said angrily. " Neither of you is clever. How can we find the place if we have another boat tomorrow? We should not go back tonight." The three boys _ . A) were all too young to go to school . B) came from the city C) were from the workers families D) liked eating fish very much
B

Now our environment is becoming worse and worse. Everyone wants to live healthily. Here is some information about what our life will be like in ten years. Cars will run on a solar power and will be much cleaner. They will be much safer. For example, if you are too close to another car or if you are driving dangerously, your car will slow down or stop by itself. New cities will be built in the sea. Some cities on water will have two floors. People will live on the second floor, the first floor will be used for traffic, shops and factories. Biotechnology will make food better and healthier. Plants without insects will be developed. The taste of fruit and vegetables will be better and food will be able to keep longer. Many new ways to cure illness will be found. However, some new illness will appear . New cities will be built _ in the future. A) in the sea B) in the sky C) in the mountains D) on land
A

Shopping is not as simple as you may think! Much has to be done for the producers before putting the products on the shelf. Color, for example, changes a lot according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packed in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colors. When some kind of medicine was brought out recently, researchers found that the color of the package caused the shoppers to lose interest because they made the product look ineffective . At last, it came on the market in dark blue and white--blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm. The size of a package can also attract a shopper, although quite often a bottle doesn't hold as much as it seems to. It is said that the better-known companies spend about 40 percent of the cost of the product itself on packaging! The most successful producers know that it's not enough to have a good product. The head of Pears Soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to sell their goods, came to the conclusion: "Any fool can make soap, but it takes a talent to sell it." Why did the shoppers lose interest in the medicine? A) Because of the size of the product. B) Because of the color of the product. C) Because of the color of the package. D) Because of the cost of the product.
C