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It is reported that tea has helped poor farmers in Yunnan find a way out of poverty（贫穷）thanks to the efforts of a man, who had a chance to come across some local farmers there.
Ren Huaican was suffering mass mouth takers（溃疡）when he first visited the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er city in the spring of 2006. However, after picking off several leaves from the old tea trees and chewing them, he felt amazed to find the pain was gone the next morning. The fact that the green leaves worked magic for him made Ren begin to show great interest in the tea from Yunnan.
During his search for tea production bases in the mountains across Yunnan, he found that the local tea business was scattered（分散的）and most of the tea farmers were living in extreme poverty. Ren realized what led to the tea industry problem was not only the underdeveloped tea market, but also the poverty of the local tea farmers. So he made up his mind to change things in the tea industry in order to help the local people get out of poverty.
In September 2006, he established the Kunming Colorful Yunnan King-Shine Tea Industry Co. It hired poor peasants from neighboring areas to remove weeds and pick tea leaves. Professional technicians were invited to teach the peasants how to do their jobs scientifically. Besides, for the farmers who lived off the old tea trees, the company taught them how to scientifically manage their trees and produce the best tea. As a result, their tea quality has greatly improved, and the price has gone up. In this way, the tea company has helped many people get out of poverty.
One manager in the company turned down higher incomes and job opportunities in Beijing. He found it hard to leave because of all the things they had done and all the people he had known. "We are a big family, " he said.
1.When did Ren Huaican first visit the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er city?
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2.How did Ren Huaican feel when he found the pain was gone?
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3.What led to the tea industry problem?
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4.What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?
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5.Why did the manager turndown higher incomes and job opportunities in Beijing?
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It is reported that tea has helped the poor farmers in Yunnan find a way out of poverty（贫穷） thanks to the efforts of a man named Ren Huaican.
Ren was suffering mouth ulcers （溃疡） when he first visited the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er City in the spring of 2006. However, after picking off several leaves from the old tea trees and chewing （咀嚼） them, he found the pain was gone the next morning. He felt very amazed. Ren began to show great interest in the tea from Yunnan. He found that the local tea business was very scattered （分散的）.He also realized that the local tea farmers were very poor because of the underdeveloped tea market. So he made up his mind to develop the tea industry in order to help the local people get out of poverty.
In September 2006, Ren set up a tea company. He hired（雇佣） poor farmers from neighboring areas to pick tea leaves. Professional technicians（技师） were invited to teach the farmers how to do their jobs scientifically. The company taught them how to manage their trees and produce the best tea. As a result, their tea quality has greatly improved, and the price has gone up. In this way, the tea company has helped many people get out of poverty.
1.After chewing the tea leaves, Ren was__________ to find the pain was gone the next morning.
A.sad B.amazed C.worried D.terrible
2.Why were the local tea farmers very poor before?
A.Because many of their tea trees died. B.Because the tea farmers were lazy.
C.Because the tea market was underdeveloped. D.Because they had no interest in planting tea trees.
3.What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A.How the farmers picked tea leaves. B.How Ren helped develop the local tea industry.
C.Why Ren wanted to help the farmers. D.What Ren did for the professional technicians.
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A.The tea farmers haven’t got out of poverty.
B.Ren wanted to make more money for himself in Yunnan.
C.The local tea market was developed before the year of 2006.
D.Ren and his company have helped the poor farmers in Yunnan.
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It’s reported that the Chinese government provides some farmers in poor areas ______free technology.
A. with B. for C. to D. by
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John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited $1, 000, 000 after his parents died. He didn't feel happy at all. His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn't have to. John decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He didn't tell any of his friends and gave $100, 000 of his money to a charity that helped poor children. Today he is36, and he still wears cheap clothes and drives a small car only, but he is much happier.
So far, John has helped 15 children from poor countries all over the world, $200 a month for each. The child does not receive the money in cash(现金). The money is paid for the child's education, food, medical care and clothing. John receives a report each year on the child's progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.
Once John went to meet a little girl he was helping in Africa. He said that the meeting was exciting. "When I met her, I felt very happy. "he said. "I saw that the money was used for a very good plan. It brought me closer to the child in a way that only giving money cannot, " "I want to do everything I can. I will go on helping those children in need. " he added.
1.John lives a __________ life.
A.poor B.simple C.hard D.rich
2.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A.The child can receive the money in cash.
B.John only helps the poor children in Africa.
C.The money can't be used to pay for leisure(闲暇)activities.
D.John has never seen the children he is helping.
3.Why did John think the meeting with the little girl was exciting?
A.Because the girl came from Africa,
B.Because the girl could speak English.
C.Because he saw the money was well used.
D.Because he thought he had given money to the girl.
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--- Mom, I’d like to drink some milk tea.
--- Well, it’s reported that the HEDP (塑化剂) in it is bad for us. ________ you don’t care about your health, you can do it.
A. If B. Until C. Because D. Though
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May 21, 2020 marks the first International Tea Day (ITD). It1. (name) by the UN on Nov 21, 2019. ITD is more than about2.(celebrate) the delicious drink. It also 3.(try) to improve the working conditions of the farmers and workers. It makes the public know the 4.(important) of tea all over the world.
Tea is the world's second 5.(popular) drink (after water). Drinking tea can bring many 6.(health) benefits(益处). Now tea is loved by millions from China to England, from India to Afghanistan—each culture with its own tradition.
Tea was discovered in 2727 BC in China. When the ruler Shen Nong 7.(boil) water over an open fire, some 8.(leaf) from a tea plant fell into the water. Shen Nong then fell in love with the drink that followed, and that is how tea became a common drink in Chinese culture. Dinking tea is a centuries-old tradition in the UK. There's tea for breakfast, tea during break time, tea when visiting a 9.(friend) house, tea to wake up, tea10.(relax)… you get the idea. For Indians, tea is also a huge part of daily life.
Help yourself to some tea when you are free. Maybe, you will fall in love with it, too.
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Yesterday I saw a report in the n 1..It is said that many students in poor areas don’t have enough stationary and some e 2.can’t go to school. I was very sad after r___3._____ it. I’m going to tell you something about people in poor areas.
The people in poor areas don’t have h___4.___ lives because they don’t have enough money. They wear old and broken clothes and most of them even don’t have their o___5.__ clothes.
They also have many brothers and s_____6.__, but their parents don’t have enough money to let all of them go to school. Some of them have no way to learn knowledge in school. They have to teach t_____7.__. So most of them can not go to university.
The people in other cities often raise money for them to i___8.__ their lives. I think if every one of us can give the children in poor areas a hand, the world will be more beautiful.
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Plastic is all around us. It's in the TVs we watch at home, the desks we use at work, and the pens we write with at school, even wrapped around the food we buy. Some people have had enough of plastic, though, and have chosen a new lifestyle. These people have become plasticarians, meaning they try to live life without buying or using plastic.
British student Thomas Smith decided to go plastic-free, telling reporters, "A bit of plastic you had for a second lasts longer than your lifetime." Smith tried to avoid buying anything that had plastic in it, which made getting even the simplest items, like toilet paper, difficult. Over a period of six months, he lost five kilograms in weight and finally gave up.
Beth Terry, a woman in California, has lived mostly plastic-free for more than six years. For Beth, choosing a plasticarian lifestyle came out of concern for the planet and her health. Studies have linked some kinds of plastic to cancer and heart disease, and chemicals in these plastics can influence a baby's development. That's why sonic doctors say it is important that women who arc having babies in their bodies avoid eating food stored in plastic containers.
It's never too late to start reducing the amount of plastic. You can start by giving up bottled water and teas. Instead, buy a reusable stainless-steel bottle and bring drinks from home. You can also buy food from farmers' markets, where fresh produce and meat are not packaged in plastic. Finally, it's better to use soap and shampoo bars that are wrapped in paper than liquid soaps and shampoos that come in plastic bottles.
While cutting plastic out of your life all at once may be too much to manage, every journey begins with one step. Choose one plastic item to live without today, and you will be on your way to a healthier life and a cleaner planet.
1.How does the writer show the fact that plastic is all around us?
A.By telling a story. B.By describing a picture.
C.By giving examples. D.By using numbers.
2.Why did British student Thomas Smith decide to give up plastic?
A.He wanted to experience how to live without plastic in his life.
B.He thought that plastic could help him lose weight.
C.He wanted to be healthier.
D.He wanted to help the environment.
3.Which of the following statements in NOT true, according to the article?
A.You should use a plastic bottle and fill it with water over and over again.
B.You can start to bring drinks from home rather than buy bottled teas at a store.
C.It's better to buy soap and shampoo bars wrapped in paper
D.Studies have shown that chemical in the plastics can be harmful to a baby's development.
4.In the last paragraph, the writer is mainly ________.
A.showing a prediction using plastic in our daily life
B.introducing the results of cutting plastic out of life at once
C.expressing a feeling about stopping using plastic things
D.giving advice on cutting down plastic use
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Tea is an important part of Chinese tradition. Tea has very close relationship to Chinese culture.
It's said that Chinese tea was discovered by King Shen Nong. People say that he lived 5,000 years ago. One summer day, while he was visiting a faraway part of his country, he felt very thirsty. When the servants were boiling the water for him to drink, the dried leaves from a near plant fell into the water. The King drank some, and found it could make him feel less tired, which made Shen Nong interested in the new drink. And so, tea was created in 2737BC.
Drinking tea has many advantages. It makes people feel less tired, clears heat inside the human body and helps people lose weight. As you add a cup of tea to your daily life, please check the following advice.
(1)Drink it hot. Tea oxides(氧化)quickly, so it is suggested that you drink it hot.
(2)Do not drink too much strong tea. It will probably be harmful to your stomach and make you feel sick if you make the tea too strong.
(3)The best time to drink tea is between meals. It may not make you have a strong wish to eat when your stomach is full.
(4)Do not drink with medicine. It may change the medical result. You can drink tea two hours after you take medicine.
(5)Green tea is the best choice for office workers. Why? Because green tea helps stop the bad result of the computer.
1.Paragraph 2 is mainly about _________.
A.when King Shen Nong lived B.why King Shen Nong drank tea
C.how Chinese tea was discovered D.where the Chinese tea was created
2.Drinking tea has a lot of advantages EXCEPT _________.
A.helping you lose weight B.letting you feel less tired
C.having a strong wish for food D.clearing heat inside your body
3.Mr. Smith is a computer teacher. He'd better drink _________.
A.green tea B.black tea C.strong tea D.coffee with milk
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Strong tea is good for our health. B.All office workers drink green tea.
C.If you take medicine, you can't drink tea. D.Tea is connected with Chinese culture closely.
5.The passage is mainly written to _________.
A.tell us the history of tea B.give us some information about tea
C.advise us to drink green tea D.let us know when tea was discovered
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Billions of locusts (蝗虫) are moving through farms and fields in the East African countries of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
Locusts are grasshoppers. Normally grasshoppers don't travel in groups and so they do little harm. But when there are lots of them, their bodies and behavior change. That's when they become locusts. Locusts travel in huge groups, laying eggs along the way, which produce even more locusts. In a single day, a small swarm (群) of the insects can eat as much food as 35,000 people do.
The locust swarms in Ethiopia and Somalia are the worst in 25 years. These locusts are desert locusts. They began swarming about six months ago. By moving with the winds, desert locusts can travel up to 90 miles a day or more.
Locust swarms are more common when heavy rains follow a long dry period. The insects lay their eggs in the wet ground. This season, East Africa has had its heaviest rainy season in 40 years.
When the insects swarm, one square kilometer of land can hold as many as 150 million locusts. There are 700 square kilometers of land covered by the insects in Kenya alone.
The insects are a threat to lives in the region, where food is already in short supply. Already many farmers who keep animals are struggling because locusts have eaten out the plants the animals usually live on.
In East Africa, farmers have been shooting into the air or making noises in the fields, but that doesn't work against so many insects. Experts say that spraying pesticides (杀虫剂) over large areas from airplanes is the only way to reduce the number of insects. The UN has released (释放) $10million to help deal with the locust problem. The UN says about $70 million is needed to truly control the locusts with pesticides.
1.Which is TRUE about locusts?
A.Normally they don't travel in groups.
B.A small swarm of locusts eat a lot of food a day.
C.They lay eggs in the wind.
D.They do little harm to the plants.
2.East Africa has got the locust problem because ________.
A.the land is too dry to grow crops B.farmers pull out all the grass there
C.poor people love to eat locusts as food D.it has too much rain after the dry season
3.How many locusts are there in Kenya?
A.About 150,000,000 B.About 700,000,000
C.About 1, 850. 00,000 D.About 105,000,000,000
4.According to the passage, a "threat" probably can ________.
A.bring good luck to people B.make people live a happy life
C.cause danger in the future D.help keep more animals
5.We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.
A.farmers are trying to scare the insects off
B.spraying pesticides can't solve the locust problem
C.the UN thinks the locust problem isn't serious
D.East Africa has required no more help so far