Light in a bottleThis is such a simple idea! ...

Light in a bottle

This is such a simple idea! It’s a special lamp that needs and costs nothing to run. It wasn’t invented by a famous scientist, but by a man called Alfredo Moser in Brazil sixteen years ago. In his hometown at the time, they had problems with electricity. 1. One day, Moser and his friends were talking about how they could create a signal in an emergency. One of them suggested using a bottle to reflect the light from the sun. This made Moser think.　 2.

All you need is a clean plastic bottle. Fill it with water and close it with a black top. The black top attracts the sun. A drop of bleach (漂白剂), the kind you use to clean the house, is added to the water to keep it clean. Then a small hole is cut in the roof of the room where you want the light, and the bottle is pushed through the hole. 3. It’s much stronger than the light from a candle!

Moser shared his idea with his neighbours and his light bottles were fixed in the local supermarket. Ten years later, the MyShelter Foundation in the Philippines heard about Moser’s idea. 4. Now there are Moser lamps in more than 140,000 homes throughout the Philippines and the idea has spread to a number of other countries, too. 5. Moser lamps have surely made life easier for a lot of people!

A.Why not use water to make light?

B.In India, the bottles are used in countryside schools.

C.Moser was very good at making things around the home.

D.People’s homes and small businesses were often left in the dark.

E.Following Moser’s method, the organization started making lamps in 2011.

F.While there’s sunlight outside, the light will be carried through the water into the room below.

G.MyShelter also offers training for people who want to earn money by fixing the lamps in their communities.

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The only existing problem is ____ we can find this special wood in the forest in such a short time.

A. when                      B. where           C. that                         D. whether

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The hall is used _______ special occasions, such as for big dinners or parties.

A . on               B. in              C. at             D. during

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Traffic Light Reading is one of students’ favorites! And it’s so simple. Here’s what to do: Take three pens in different colors, most suitably red, orange and green. But it’s not too important as long as teachers and students are both clear on the colour code they’re going to use.

Students read a text, not worrying too much about how much they understand. Teachers can ask them to re-read when students are paying attention to vocabulary. Start by underlining the words that they understand completely (including names, numbers etc) in green.

Then students re-read the text and underline the words that look familiar, they maybe know them but aren’t too sure about them. You guessed it: in orange.

Finally, students read the text a third time underlining the words they clearly don’t understand in red. Sometimes teachers might want to set students a limit for how many red words they underline, telling them only to underline the words that they believe are seriously blocking their understanding of the text as a whole. Generally, however, students are pleasantly surprised by how few words are red and how many are green. Seeing their ability laid out in a visual way really helps to increase confidence.

Once the whole text is underlined, teachers can give students a limit of 5, 10 or 15 words, depending on the length of the text, and tell them they’re only allowed to look these words up in a dictionary. This helps them to recognize words that are actually getting in the way of their understanding of the text and words that they don’t know but actually don’t impact their whole understanding of the text.

This is a useful activity that can be done with a printed text, in a Google Doc, on RealtimeBoard, or set as a homework task for some independent study.

1.What do we know about Traffic Light Reading?

A. It’s easy.　　 B. It’s expensive.

C. It’s difficult　　 D. It’s useless.

2.If a student uses orange to underline a word, it means that he 　　　　 .

A. doesn’t know it at all　　 B. has actually understood it

C. isn’t certain about its meaning　　 D. has never met with it at all

3.What does the underlined word “impact” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. increase.　　 B. form.

C. affect　　 D. use.

4.In the author’s opinion, Traffic Light Reading 　　　　 .

A. needs more eyes than mind

B. trains students’ ability to learn

C. makes the students study long hours

D. encourages the students to speak bravely

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I could hardly believe he ______ have been taken in by such a simple trick.

A. could        B. should       C. may          D. must

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I could hardly believe he ______ have been taken in by such a simple trick.

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As is known to all, in daily conversation people often use simple words and simple sentences, especially elliptical(省略) sentences. Here is an interesting conversation between Mr Green and his good friend Mr Smith, a fisherman. Do you know what they are talking about?

Mr Green: Going?

Mr Smith: Been.

Mr Green: Any?

Mr Smith: Some.

Mr Green: Big?

Mr Smith: Small.

1.The underlined word “conversation” in the text means ______.

A. fishing　　 B. story　　　　 C. text　　　　　 D. dialogue

2.Which of the following is true to the text?

A. Mr Smith has just been fishing and caught some small fish.

B. Mr Green caught some big fish and wanted to give some to Mr Smith.

C. Mr Smith didn’t catch any small fish.

D. Mr Smith wanted to buy some big fish from Mr Green.

3.The text is mainly about _______.

A. how to catch fish　　　　　　　　 　　 　　 B. how to spend a Sunday

C. ellipsis in conversations　　　　　　　 D. joy in fishing

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Sometimes, kindness is a simple answer in a difficult and challenging world.

When my granddaughter, Skylar, was young, one day we went out and had a contest called “Who can make the most people smile. “ And we continue it today. When shopping, we were walking in the supermarket and noticed someone walking down the aisle with her head down. Skylar walked up to her and gave her a big smile. I watched her walk down the aisle, turned around and smiled at Skylar again or perhaps smiled at someone else.

Kindness is a chain that pulls us all together. Every single act of kindness has a ripple effect(连锁反应). In 2002, my dad had a series of strokes and other illness. My dad had been doing nice things for all sorts of people for years, from the street crossing guard, to the waitress in a restaurant, to a friend’s mother. That same day, I made cookies for the janitor（门卫） at the post office. When I gave him the cookies he actually looked a little embarrassed. “Why, Linda?” he asked. “Because I appreciate you!” I answered. “When I get here at 6 am and it is still dark out and it is a little scary, I know you are inside and I feel safe. And when I first moved here and my post office box was always empty, you always cheered me on. And you always keep this place clean.”

That evening his wife called me and said that he was overwhelmed(受宠若惊的). “No one even knows his name, let alone bakes him cookies!” she said.　 （278 words）

1.What was the author’s attitude to the contest in the supermarket?

A. positive　　　 B. negative

C. neutral　　 　 D. curious

2.From the text, what can we know about the janitor?

A. He led a very poor life at that time.

B. He always went to work after six o’clock.

C. He was fond of baking cookies.

D. He was kind and grateful.

3.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Kindness can always be passed on.

B. An experience in a supermarket.

C. The importance of having a kind dad.

D. Smile makes your life meaningful.

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In most situations, light helps us see. But when it comes to looking at the night sky, light is actually a kind of pollution. It prevents our view of some of life’s most striking sights: stars, planets, and even galaxies.

“When I was a little boy, I loved the night sky. I remember looking up and the sky was filled with stars. I became an astronomer because I was amazed by their beauty,” says Robert gent, “Now in most big cities kids can’t see the stars like I did.”

Normally, about 2,500 individual stars are visible to the naked eye without using any special equipment. But because of light pollution, you actually see just 200 to 300 and fewer than a dozen from some cities. Only one in three Americans can see our own galaxy (星系) with the naked eye. Those people live far away from the lights of big cities, office building, and shopping malls.

Fortunately, there’s an inexpensive and useful way. If we shine lights down at the ground instead of up into the sky, and use lower brightness levels, we can save big amounts of energy and keep the beauty of the night skies. Many cities and towns have passed laws limiting lights at night, making sure enough shine for safety without creating much light pollution.

Light pollution affects more than our view of the heavens and can harm wildlife. Migrating (迁移) birds sometimes fly over cities and become confused by the brightness, flying in circles until they drop from exhaustion. Sea turtles need dark beaches for nesting and won’t approach bright lights. Too much light at night may even affect human health. For all these reasons, researchers are working on ways to use light only when and where they are truly needed. Everyone deserves to look up at the sky.

1.According to the text, using our naked eyes, ______________.

2.Many cities and towns have passed laws limiting lights at night mainly to _________.

3.In how many ways will the light pollution do harm?

4.The underlined word “exhaustion” in the last paragraph means “_________”.

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In most situations, light helps us see. But when it comes to looking at the night sky, light is actually a kind of pollution. It prevents our view of some of life’s most striking sights: stars, planets, and even galaxies(银河系).

“When I was a little boy, I loved the night sky. I remember looking up and the sky was filled with stars. I became an astronomer because I was amazed by their beauty,” says Robert Gent, “Now in most big cities kids can’t see the stars like I did.”

　　　 Normally, about 2,500 individual (单个的) stars are visible to the human eyes without using any special equipment. But because of light pollution, you actually see just 200 to 300 and fewer than a dozen from some cities. Only one in three Americans can see our own galaxy with the naked eyes. Those people live far away from the lights of big cities, office buildings, and shopping malls.

　　　 Fortunately, there’s an inexpensive and useful way. If we shine lights down at the ground instead of up into the sky, and use lower brightness levels, we can save big amounts of energy and keep the beauty of the night sky. Many cities and towns have passed laws limiting lights at night, making sure enough shine for safety without creating much light pollution.

　　　 Light pollution affects more than our view of the heavens and can harm wildlife. Migrating birds(候鸟) sometimes fly over cities and become confused by the brightness, flying in circles until they drop from exhaustion.　 Sea turtles need dark beaches for nesting and won’t approach bright lights. Too much light at night may even affect human health. For all these reasons, researchers are working on ways to use lights only when and where they are truly needed. Everyone deserves to look up at the sky.

1.According to the text, using our naked eyes, ________.

A. people in remote areas can see more stars than those in big cities

B. over one third Americans can see our own galaxy　

C. about one in three Americans in big cities can see our own galaxy　　

D. Americans can only see 200 to 300 stars

2.Many cities and towns have passed laws limiting lights at night mainly to ____________.

A. save the electricity

B. make sure of migrating birds’ safety　　

C. let you count the number of stars

D. avoid much light pollution

3.What does the fourth paragraph mainly talk about?

A. The cause of light pollution.

B. The way to reduce light pollution.

C. The effect of light pollution.

D. People’s attitude towards light pollution.

4.The underlined word “exhaustion” in the last paragraph means _______ .

A. air pollution 　　      B. tiredness　　     　 C. breath　　 　　 D. brightness

5.Which would be the best title for the text?

A. Light Pollution　　 B. Seeking the Sky 　 C. Stars in the Sky　　　　 D. City Pollution

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