The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago; but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. To pollute mean to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear _ . Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in a place, men moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world. Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad to all living things in the world, but it is not only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us become angry more easily. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop the people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from blowing dirty smoke into the air. The pollution of SO2 is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution. The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must keep careful of the rise in pollution at the same time. Our world is becoming much smaller _ . A) because the earth is being polluted day and night. B) thanks to science developing. C) because of the rise in pollution D) because the earth is blown away by the wind every year.
B
(Question)
A kindergarten teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she cannot forgive . So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3, while some had up to 5 potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry the potatoes with them wherever they go (even to the toilet) for one week. With days passing by, the children started to complain because of the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes they were carrying. Those children who have 5 potatoes really began to feel the weight of the heavier bags. After one week, the children were happy to hear that the teacher had finally ended the game. The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for one week?" The children started complaining of the trouble that they had to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go. Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game. The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The burden of hatred will pollute your heart and you will end up carrying an unnecessary burden with you wherever you go. If you cannot _ the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what a burden it would be to have the hatred in your heart for your lifetime?" In fact, the teacher wants to _ . A) play a game with the students B) teach the students a lesson C) make the students more tired D) play jokes on the students
(Answer)
B
Ques: When I was almost six and Jem nearly ten,our summertime boundaries were Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose's house two doors to the north of us,and the Radley Place three doors to the south.The Radley Place was said to be a ghostly house That was the summer Dill came to us. Early one morning Jem and I heard something next door in Miss Rachel Haverford's baekyard.We looked to the right and found someone looking at us. "Hey." "Hey yourself.How old are you?"asked Jem. "Goin' on seven.'' "You look right puny for goin' on seven."said Jem. "I'm little but I'm old."he said. Jem looked at him,"Charles Baker Harris? Lord, what a name!" "Folks call me Dill,"said Dill,struggling under the fence "Do better if you go over it instead of under it,"I said"Where'd you come from? " Dill,from Meridian,Mississippi,was spending the summer with his aunt,Miss Rachel.His family was from Maycomb County originally;his mother worked for a photographer in Meridian,had entered his picture in a Beautiful Child contest and won five dollars.She gave the money to Dill,who went to the picture show twenty times on it. "Don't have any picture shows here."said Jem."Ever see anything good?" Dill had seen Dracula,a revelation that moved Jem to envy him."Tell it to us." Dill was a curiosity He was a year my senior but I towered over him. When Dill reduced Dracula to dust,and Jem said the show sounded better than the book ,I asked Dill where his father was,"You ain't said anything about him." "I haven't got one." "Is he dead?" "No'' "Then if he's not dead you've got one,haven't you? " Seeing Dill uneasy, Jem told me to hush,a sure sign that Dill had been studied and found acceptable.Thereafter the summer passed in drama sharing.Dill played the character parts before us-the ape in Tarzan, Mr. Crabtree in The Rover Boys.Thus we came to know Dill as a pocket Merlin,whose head was full of strange plans and fancies But by the end of August Dill gave us the idea of making Boo Radley... From the passage we can learn that Dill _ . A) was a year senior to Jem and had a wide knowledge of dramas B) was a dull boy and unwilling to talk about his father C) left for Maycomb County for another Beautiful Child contest D) gained much knowledge from the picture shows
Ans: D
Ques:About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildings. Instead, they receive their elementary and high school education by working at home on computers.The Center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public "cyberschools."and that is about twice as many as two years ago. The money for students to attend a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they live. Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schools. They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well. Other educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speed. These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools. They say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from school. Whatever the judgement of cyberschools,they are getting more and more popular. For example, a new cyberschool called Commonwealth Connections Academy will take in students this fall. It will serve children in the state of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen. Children get free equipment for their online education. This includes a computer,a printer,books and technical services. Parents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computers when necessary. Students at cyberschools usually do not know one another. But 56 such students who finished studies at Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School recently met for the first time. They were guests of honor at their graduation. What is a problem with cyberschools? A) Their equipment costs a lot of money. B) They get little support from the state government. C) It is hard to know students' progress in learning. D) The students find it hard to make friends.

Ans:
C