Every day there is less and less space on Earth for rubbish. Yet every day we make more and more rubbish. What can we do? We can recycle some of our rubbish. Recycling means that the rubbish will be made into something that can be used again.
Recycling helps Earth. And it saves space in rubbish dumps. Half of everything that we put into landfills could be recycled instead. In fact, most things made of paper, metal, glass and plastic can be recycled.
Paper can be broken into small pieces and made into new paper. Steel and aluminum cans(金属雄)can be melted down(熔化)and made into new cans. The same is true of glass bottles. This can be done aver and over again. Recycling doesn't take as much energy as making these things the first time. So we can use less of Earth's fuel resources.
Plastic can be melted down, too. Then it can be formed into park benches, playgrounds and so on. Some people call plastic the "wood" of the future. Things made of plastic will last about 400 years-even if they stay outside in the weather. No wood can do that!
27.The underlined word "landfills" in Paragraph 2 probably means _____________.
A.bench factories B.places for rubbish
C.green mountains D.recycling centres
28.According to the passage, what happens last to the can?
A.The can is put into a recycling bin. B.The can is melted down and reused.
C.A steel can gets filled with corn. D.A person uses the corn in the can.
29.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Cans should be melted down.
B.Old newspapers can be reused.
C.We can build benches that last 400 years.
D.We should recycle everything that we can.
27.B
28.B
29.D
【解析】
短文大意:本文关注的是地球污染问题,呼吁人们对垃圾进行回收再利用,保护地球。
27.题意:第2段下划线的单词“landfills”意思可能是_____________。考查词义理解。put into投入/倾倒;根据上文And it saves space in rubbish dumps.和下文could be recycled instead.可知landfills是填埋垃圾的地方,places for rubbish符合句意,故选B。
28.题意:根据这篇文章,罐子最后发生了什么?考查细节推断。根据Steel and aluminum cans can be melted down and made into new cans.可知可以熔化制成新罐,故选B。
29.题意:这篇文章的主旨是什么?考查主旨理解。A. 罐头应该熔化。B. 旧报纸可以重复使用。C.我们可以建造使用400年的长椅。D. 我们应该回收我们能回收的一切。根据开头We can recycle some of our rubbish. Recycling means that the rubbish will be made into something that can be used again.可知短文介绍的是垃圾的回收再利用,故选D。
阅读短文,根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
It’s always challenging to face fear. Here are some ways to help you overcome(克服)it.
Breathing
As we know, breathing can help us relax. If you purposely breathe out longer than you breathe in, your body will calm down. If you start to feel fearful, try this. Take a breath in (to a count of 7 in your mind), and then slowly breathe out (to a count of 11 in your mind). To your surprise, if you do this for a minute or so, you’ll calm down quickly. We call this "7/11 breathing".
Using a different part of your brain
When we feel fearful, it’s harder to think clearly. But if we force ourselves to use the part of thinking brain, this will help to calm us down. The easiest way to do this is with numbers. You can set your own fear from l to 10, 10 being the worst state and 1 being the most relaxed state. When you’re feeling fearful, ask yourself; “Okay, what grade do I get right now? 7 or 5?” Just doing this will reduce fear because it starts the thinking brain. Once I gave a speech to three hundred people and I felt fearful. So I graded myself at 6, and waited for myself to go down to 3 before starting. I took control.
Getting control of your imagination
Imagine seeing yourself in the situation you were scared, but see yourself being calm and things going well. Doing this starts to recondition your mind to more calmly face the coming events which were causing fear.
It seems that overcoming fear is always the first step to finish all you need to do and it will help you devote yourself to what you really want to be and to do. It takes efforts, but it’s worth your try.
59. to overcome fear | |||
Introduction | It’s challenging to face fear in your life. | ||
Ways | Breathing | To calm down, you can breathe out 60. than you breathe in. You’ll be 61. that you’ve calmed down very quickly if you take 7/11 breathing. | |
Using a different part of your brain | You can set ten 62. for your own fear with numbers. Grading your state of mind helps 63. the thinking brain and make you 64. fearful. | ||
Getting control of your imagination | Imagine you’re in a bad 65. but you feel calm and things go well. It can help you feel 66. to face the coming events. | ||
Conclusion | To finish all you need to do, you must overcome fear 67. It’s worth 68. though it takes efforts. |