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A zerowaste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish. So, a zerowaste theme store is about _____ people with a number of everyday, practical and pleasant zerowaste products to help them start on a onestop, zerowaste life journey.
“Zerowaste” or “danshari” was first _____ by a French woman Ben Johnson. “Live a life and try not to create any rubbish; use different methods to protect the earth.” she said.
Yu Yuan, 27, is _____ attracted by this idea.
She and her boyfriend have lived in Beijing for many years. And earlier she used to be a customer without thinking a lot _____ she saw a video about “zerowaste”．
The _____ is about a family of four, and the rubbish they produce every year is placed in a jar.
After watching the video, Yu wanted to _____ this zerowaste lifestyle with her boyfriend.
Yu says that a zerowaste life _____ the 6R principle—Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Rot.
Over August—October when Yu followed the principle of zero waste 6R, she and her boyfriend Joe Harvey both _____ only two cans of rubbish.
Now, the couple have opened a small _____ called The Bulk House in Nanluoguxiang, Beijing, to support a zerowaste life.
At the store they use environmentally friendly products. For example, they use wood products to replace ______ ones and prepare cloth bags printed with zerowaste logos for customers. Most of the products sold in the store can be reused, and a small number of ______ which are not recyclable can degrade. The store ______ has secondhand books and audiovisual CD/DVDs.
For used toiletries(things like soap and toothpaste that are used for cleaning yourself) there is a company which accepts them, and the couple regularly mails their waste to it.
Yu says that those who were once not ______ in the zerowaste lifestyle have gradually changed because of curiosity. The zerowaste lifestyle, she adds, is for everyone.
“It's ______ us at our fingertips.” Yu expects some of her friends to ______ her on the road to zero waste. As the saying goes, many hands make light work.
1.A.offering B.providing C.giving D.affording
2.A.invented B.found C.discovered D.suggested
3.A.hardly B.luckily C.clearly D.deeply
4.A.unless B.until C.after D.when
5.A.video B.film C.article D.newspaper
6.A.experience B.change C.represent D.spend
7.A.accepts B.receives C.follows D.believes
8.A.saved B.produced C.kept D.wasted
9.A.shop B.factory C.hotel D.company
10.A.paper B.cloth C.silk D.plastic
11.A.it B.them C.their D.its
12.A.too B.either C.also D.only
13.A.proud B.worried C.amazed D.interested
14.A.behind B.around C.ahead D.above
15.A.organize B.record C.join D.encourage
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A zerowaste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish. So, a zerowaste theme store is about _____ people with a number of everyday, practical and pleasant zerowaste products to help them start on a onestop, zerowaste life journey.
“Zerowaste” or “danshari” was first _____ by a French woman Ben Johnson. “Live a life and try not to create any rubbish; use different methods to protect the earth.” she said.
Yu Yuan, 27, is _____ attracted by this idea.
She and her boyfriend have lived in Beijing for many years. And earlier she used to be a customer without thinking a lot _____ she saw a video about “zerowaste”．
The _____ is about a family of four, and the rubbish they produce every year is placed in a jar.
After watching the video, Yu wanted to _____ this zerowaste lifestyle with her boyfriend.
Yu says that a zerowaste life _____ the 6R principle—Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Rot.
Over August—October when Yu followed the principle of zero waste 6R, she and her boyfriend Joe Harvey both _____ only two cans of rubbish.
Now, the couple have opened a small _____ called The Bulk House in Nanluoguxiang, Beijing, to support a zerowaste life.
At the store they use environmentally friendly products. For example, they use wood products to replace ______ ones and prepare cloth bags printed with zerowaste logos for customers. Most of the products sold in the store can be reused, and a small number of ______ which are not recyclable can degrade. The store ______ has secondhand books and audiovisual CD/DVDs.
For used toiletries(things like soap and toothpaste that are used for cleaning yourself) there is a company which accepts them, and the couple regularly mails their waste to it.
Yu says that those who were once not ______ in the zerowaste lifestyle have gradually changed because of curiosity. The zerowaste lifestyle, she adds, is for everyone.
“It's ______ us at our fingertips.” Yu expects some of her friends to ______ her on the road to zero waste. As the saying goes, many hands make light work.
1.A.offering B.providing C.giving D.affording
2.A.invented B.found C.discovered D.suggested
3.A.hardly B.luckily C.clearly D.deeply
4.A.unless B.until C.after D.when
5.A.video B.film C.article D.newspaper
6.A.experience B.change C.represent D.spend
7.A.accepts B.receives C.follows D.believes
8.A.saved B.produced C.kept D.wasted
9.A.shop B.factory C.hotel D.company
10.A.paper B.cloth C.silk D.plastic
11.A.it B.them C.their D.its
12.A.too B.either C.also D.only
13.A.proud B.worried C.amazed D.interested
14.A.behind B.around C.ahead D.above
15.A.organize B.record C.join D.encourage
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Want to make a difference in your community? Becoming a zero waste volunteer is the way to go!
Join a community garden
So many people don't know where their food comes from. Growing food by yourselves teaches you the true value of food. What's more, there is no need to pack the food you grow in the garden. Offer your time to help support a garden in your neighborhood. You'll get to meet all kinds of people there, and possibly begin a conversation about zero waste lifestyle.
Lead or join a neighborhood clean-up
Usually, litter left unattended (无人看管的) will pollute our water systems. Even worse, any litter (in the ocean or on the ground) can be eaten by animals. This causes them to die of hunger slowly and painfully. Getting a group together to pick up trash (垃圾) around the neighborhood is a great way to combat this problem.
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Going to a town hall meeting is a great idea. Because you can see and hear the problems in your community. Besides, you may even be able to speak at a town hall meeting as a guest speaker telling other people about zero waste lifestyle.
Organize a zero waste meeting
It's so important to have a support group filled with people who also love zero waste lifestyle. Although online community is great, it cannot compare to real life support groups. If you want to gather people in your neighborhood to talk all things about zero waste, consider organizing a meeting. Just choose a place to meet (a local cafe works well), choose a date and time, and put up a notice on the Internet. You'll get surprises!
1.If a person joins a community garden, he or she can_____________.
①teach himself or herself the true value of food by growing food
②stop animals from eating litter
③talk about zero waste lifestyle with others
④give a speech about zero waste lifestyle
A.①② B.②③ C.①③ D.③④
2.The underline word "combat" in the passage probably means "_____________".
A.fight against B.get used to C.look through D.come up with
3.Which can be put in _____________.
A.Bring your own problem B.Host a zero waste workshop
C.Become a guest speaker D.Go to a town hall meeting
4.From the last paragraph, we can know that_____________.
A.a local cafe is too noisy for us to organize a meeting
B.a real life support group is better than an online community
C.a support group needs members who disagree with each other
D.organizing a meeting can educate the people in our community
5.The passage is mainly about_____________.
A.the importance of zero waste B.the ways to protect the environment
C.the power of people joining together D.the ways to be a zero waste volunteer
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Some people say life is like crossing a river; 1.
I think our life is much like climbing a mountain. Each year we have a new mountain to climb. To reach our goals, we work hard to make progress day after day. 2. We can complain (抱怨) about how unfair it is to climb a new mountain every day. Or, we can just make ourselves busy.
Sometimes, we fall over. Here we also have another choice. 3. Or, we can stand on our feet and begin climbing that mountain again.
If we reach the goal for this year, we start from zero to reach the goal for next year. We shouldn't spend the rest of our lives looking at where we used to be. 4.
Many people will waste time worrying, "Can I reach my final goal?" or "Is it worth doing"? 5. The question is, "Can I take the next step in the right direction?"
Take one step at a time, and pay attention to tomorrow's step today.
A.Here we have a choice.
B.That is not the question.
C.Instead, we should look ahead.
D.These questions are really important.
E.Some say it is like climbing a mountain.
F.We can stop and complain about what progress we have lost.
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A growing number of Chinese stories are being told by foreigners through the Internet.
Recently, a video made by an Australian on Douyin swept the screen, followed by more than 2 million zans and 110, 000 comments (评论). In the video he said. "I'm pleased with the Chinese lifestyle. It's really difficult to live in a country like Australia, especially after you have spent so much time in China. If you don't drive a car in China, you just ride a bike. You can get anywhere easily, and there are subways. But in Australia, if you don't have a car, you can do nothing."
The Australian uncle also complained about (抱怨) the price of Uber, an Australian taxi-hailing software. "My God, one kilometer is almost 20 Australian ollas (about 97 yuan RMB)."
The blogger of Beijing Expat Guide, Paul Stoker, compared life in Beijing with life in America. He said. "Life is usually controlled by cars in the US. There's no cheap and good public transportation, so it's so difficult to get somewhere. You always have to borrow or rent a car or ask for a ride." "Compared to the colorful life in Beijing, life seems so boring in America. It seems nothing has changed at home, except for you."
Coming back to America, Cynthia Lopez said at eChinacities. "The number of mass shooting in the US has quickly increased in recent years. You don't have to worry about your safety in China—guns are not allowed by law in China. Because of America's gun culture, guns will never be illegal in the US."
Many foreigners who have spent so much time in China are happy about the Chinese lifestyle. And they1.living in China. They think public traffic in China is very fast and cheap, which can take them anywhere2.. However, in their hometowns like Australia and America, public traffic is not so convenient, but3.. They can hardly go anywhere without a car. In their eyes, life in China is4.while the lifestyle in their own countries seems so boring. Another good thing in China is that they don't have to worry about their5.because guns are not allowed by law.
In fact, there must be something good both in China and any other foreign country. It's important to understand and learn from each other.
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根据句意，在相应的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
1.An advantage of using the solar energy is that it won’t create any________(pollute).
2.Our headmaster is the________(strict) with us among the teachers who teach us.
3.What an ________(enjoy) journey they had the day before yesterday!
4.Those volunteers always think more of others than of ________(they).
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①Chemistry is everywhere in our daily life. Sometimes it's easy to see. At other times, it can be very hard to see the everyday chemistry at work, but nearly everything you touch has some chemicals (化学物质) in it.
②Chemistry helps to make products for use. Something as simple as toothpaste has at least three chemicals that keep your teeth clean. Other things in your daily life are created by chemistry, such as hair products and soap. Without chemistry, we would never have known that we need soap to get the oil out of clothes.
③Chemistry also helps us understand the world around us. Thanks to chemistry, we know bleach (漂白剂) can't be mixed with vinegar (醋), because the mixture can produce harmful gas.
④Chemistry plays a big role in food preparation. Cooking food causes it to go through a chemical change. That is the reason why cooked food often tastes different from uncooked food. Too much or too little of any chemical material makes a difference to the result of baking (烘焙). For example, the cake can be too soft or too hard.
⑤Chemistry isn't something that just lives in a laboratory; it's something that you meet hundreds of times in life. Knowing how chemistry works will give you a greater understanding of the life.
1.What can the chemistry in soap help us?
A.To clean the teeth. B.To make the teeth strong.
C.To clean the oil off clothes. D.To make the clothes new.
2.From the third paragraph, we know that ________.
A.we can mix bleach with vinegar B.the mixture can produce useful gas
C.we can't mix bleach with vinegar D.chemistry can't help us make products
3.The fourth paragraph mainly tells us that ________.
A.cooked food is much better than uncooked food
B.chemistry plays a big role in food preparation
C.there are no chemical changes while we are cooking
D.the cake can't be too soft or too hard with chemistry
4.Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of the passage? (①=Paragraph 1)
A.
B.
C.
D.
5.What's the main idea of the passage?
A.Chemistry and food. B.Chemistry around the world.
C.Chemistry and products. D.Chemistry in everyday life.
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[1]It’s hard to see that a new word is created for a person. But Chinese volleyball super star Zhu Ting has made it. “Stay awesome and ZHUperd!” Volleywood, a US-based blog website for volleyball fans, recently created the word “ZHUperb”, which comes from “Zhu” and “superb”, to describe the 24-year-old player’s control in the matches.
[2]Last month, Zhu led her team, the Turkish club Vakifbank（土耳其瓦基弗银行俱乐部）Istanbul, to win the Women’s Club World Championship（冠军）2018, and event organized by Federation Internationale de Volleyball. Zhu’s prolific scoring performances also won her the honor of Best Outside Hitter at last year’s championship and the 11th Most Valuable Player award of her professional career（生涯）.
[3]Besides her recent achievements in this well-known club Zhu is also regarded as a national hero in China. She helped the national volleyball team win gold medals at the 2015 FIVB World Cup, 2015 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship, and 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
[4]At a young age, Zhu is captain of China women’s national volleyball team. But it hasn’t been easy ①_______ Zhu to get to where she is today. Born to a farming family in Henan province, Zhu got a hard-won chance to attend a local sports school at the age of 13. The player got homesick during the first few months of training. But later she overcame it, and ②_________ her father’s encouragement, she made progress week on week. She quickly moved from the provincial youth team to the national youth team.
[5]In 2013, she became famous by helping the Chinese U20 team to win the title at the 2013 FIVB U20 World Championship. Then Zhu was chosen into the national team and met the famous coach Lang Ping. At the beginning, because of her 1.98-meter height, Zhu found ③_______ difficult to move fast and hold her weight on her feet. But Lang encouraged her to take advantage of her height; she trained her to jump high to smash（猛扣）the ball. After this, she became an ace spiker（主攻手）. Now she treats her height as an aspect（方面）of her physical strength.
[6]Zhu still works with sweat（汗）during training. “Hard work and talent are equally（同等地）important. I’ll move forward step by step,” she told People’s Daily.
1.Ding Yanyuhang from Shandong High Speed Club won the MVP of 2018 CBA. What word does the letter “V” of “MVP” refer to? (with one word)
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2.Zhu Ting led a Chinese club to win the Women’s Club World Championship 2018, didn’t she? (with three words)
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3.What did Lang Ping do to help Zhu Ting become an ace spiker? (no more than 20 words)
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4.Fill in each blank in the passage with a proper word.
①_________________ ②__________________ ③__________________
5.Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.
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6.According to the passage, what do you think are the most important if you want to succeed? Please list three aspects. You can use a word, a phrase or a sentence for each aspect.
1)_____________________________________________________________________________________
2)_____________________________________________________________________________________
3)_____________________________________________________________________________________
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Once upon a time, there was a farmer living in the State of Song. He grew crops（庄稼）in a big field very hard every day. There stood a big tree stump（树桩）in the field. One day, he was working in the field when he saw a rabbit run into the stump, break its neck and die accidentally（意外地）.
1.That night he thought: “There is no need for me to work so hard every day. All I have to do is wait by the tree stump and pick up the rabbit that runs into it.” So from then on he stopped farming, and just sat by the tree stump waiting for another rabbit to come and run into it. 2.Crops died and his field became waste gradually（逐渐地）. But never did he see another rabbit run into the tree stump.
3.They thought he took the accident for the inevitable（必然的）.
In the story, this farmer wanted to live a better life by hoping for having unexpected good luck, but he was too lazy and foolish.4.No one can gain anything if he doesn’t work hard.
Nowadays, people use the phrase “waiting for rabbits by a tree stump” to describe those who just wait and dream of reaping（收获）without sowing. 5.We should also keep in mind that it is a waste of time waiting for something that only happens accidentally in our life. Just come down to earth.
A.Day in and day out, he waited and waited.
B.We should stop daydreaming and get to something practical.
C.People in the village laughed at him for his foolish behavior.
D.Happily, the farmer took the rabbit home and cooked a delicious meal for himself.
E.As the English saying goes, “no pains, no gains.”
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People get truly happy and successful by trying to be themselves. Not on the outside—on the inside. It's not about a brand(品牌) or a character. It's about truth: who you really are. It sounds simple, I know. The problem is—it's very hard to do, it takes a lot of work, and it can take a lifetime to understand who you are.
Nothing worth doing in life is ever easy. If you want to do great work, it's going to take a lot of hard work to do it. And you're going to have to break out of your comfort zone(舒适区).
But you know, you can think of a better way to spend your life. I mean, what's life for if not finding yourself and trying to become the best, the truest version(版本) of you that you can be?
That's what Steve Jobs meant when he said this in a speech at Stanford University：
Your time is limited(有限的), so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. You have to trust that the points will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something—your heart, luck, life, whatever. This way has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking for. Don't settle down.
Not only that, but what Jobs was talking about and what I'm talking about require focus(专注) and hard work, two things that are very hard to come by these days. Unless you take on the challenge and start up the road to selfdiscovery, or nothing will be achieved. Whatever you might discover, all you have to do is to start the journey.
1题判断正误("T"表示正确；"F"表示错误)；2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1.To be yourself is to be true on the inside.（ ）
2.You have to ________________ to do great work besides taking a lot of hard work.
3.Where did Steve Jobs make the speech about being yourself?
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4.____________________________________
5.____________________________________