1、When something you want is not on hand, look for something else that you already have to take its place. Suppose you are packing your lunch for tomorrow and want a butter sandwich. You are out of butter. Have a cheese sandwich instead so that you can use all of the cheese. Learn to fix broken toys i
2、nstead of just throwing them away. With a little thought, you can make something do, instead of buying something new.Do WithoutThink about all those things that you would like to have. Do you really need them? How long will you really play with that new toy you saw on TV? Making the things that we w
3、ant uses up your worlds resources（资源）. And, getting rid of the things we dont want any more takes up even more resources and space.65. Do we need to be responsible for our environment?66. How do we deal with the last little piece of soap?67. When do we need to get a new iPhone?68. What should we do
4、when something we want is not on hand？69. What does the writer want to tell us?【2011黑龙江绥化市问答型】Have you heard about Survival （生存） Holidays? Survival Holidays is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. Now about 1,100 companies are allowed to take children into the great outd
5、oors without their parents.The reason why people like is that they think being close to nature is good for children. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games. gives them an important change.Is a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more free time to pla
6、y. They need to be left on their own, without adults disturbing （打扰） them. Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities that are controlled by adults, but children dont know what to do when they are in danger. Even something like crossing a sma
7、ll river seems to be a hard challenge. Children are not comfortable with danger. Even small danger like getting their feet wet or falling down seems very terrible to them.Many people think the survival activities are good for children. Even years later, they will still remember what they have learne
8、d. Some have learned to stay calm in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe. Others have learned how to work in a team. All these skills will help them a lot in their lives.Answer the following questions according to what you read.76. Is for children or parents?_77. Why do people like _
9、78. What do the children in big cities usually do?_79. How do children feel when they are in danger?80. What can children learn in the survival activities?【2011湖南湘潭 回答问题型】第四节 阅读下面的材料，然后根据材料回答问题。（共4小题，每小题2分） Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood（洪水）
10、 ,and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeths house was high enough to escape it. Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeths friends could not understand her since she already had so many childr
11、en to take care.Well, Elizabeth explained to her friends, at the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town in England .Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now .The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, “We wont be able to ha
12、ve much for Christmas. Im going to get just one present for us all .Now Ill go and get it. She came back with a little girl who had no parents .Heres our present, she said to her own children. The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she gr
13、ow up as their sister. I was that Christmas present.53. How many children did Elizabeth have?,54. What did Elizabeth do after the flood?55. The Christmas present was Elizabeth herself, wasnt it?56. What do you learn from the story? 【2011沈阳】B Steven Park and his wife Susan were having financial（财政） p
14、roblems. One day, they each decided, without telling the other, to buy lotto ticket（彩票）. Before buying these tickets, they had never spent money on the lotto. They both used numbers that were their anniversary（周年纪念） date and address. That night, they were watching the news on TV, and the winning num
15、bers were drawn. Soon after hearing the numbers, they started jumping up and down. They were shocked（震惊） to find out that they each held a winning ticket! The ticket won 450,000.59. Why did the parks buy a lotto ticket? 60. What number did the Parks use?61. Where did the Parks get the news that they
16、 won?62. When did the Parks start jumping up and down?63. How much did the Parks win? 【2011沈阳】C The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting car
17、ds because they are small and light and you do not need much space for them. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can only buy telephone cards, and some cards cost up to 4,000.The first Japa
18、nese card has a value of about 28,000. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors magazine.64. When were the first Italian telephone cards produced?65. How many countries can produce telephone cards now?66. Where can we find a market to buy telephone cards?67. What is the
19、price of the first Japanese telephone card?68. In which magazine do most people see cards with prices? （2011湖南岳阳中考） （E）回答问题 阅读短文，然后根据短文内容，简要回答下列问题。Have you seen the videos on TV? Do you wear large T-shirts and baggy jeans? Or have you heard someone rap（说唱）? Hip-Hop is very hot now.Hip-Hop music was
20、started in the middle of the 1970s by African American in New York. The music, break-dancing（霹雳舞） and graffiti（涂鸦） make up Western Hip-Hop culture. Most of the Hip-Hop songs are about love, jobs or even games.Usually in rap, singers speak words very quickly to a certain beat. Most of the words are f
21、un. Singers play off words to make fun of themselves or others. Hip-Hop music has few rules. Singers just do what they think and rap it out in a clever or creative（创造性的） way. It makes a lot of teenagers fall in love with the music. Many of them like wearing large T-shirts and baggy jeans. Famous rap
22、 and Hip-Hop stars include Eminem in the U.S and Jay Chou from China.Today Hip-Hop is more and more popular across most of the world. 61. Is Hip-Hop very hot now?62. When was Hip-Hop music started?63. What are most of the Hip-Hop songs about?64. Does Hip-Hop have many rules of or few rules?65. Why d
23、o a lot of teenagers fall in love with the music?C） 回答问题 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。【2011湖南益阳】（D）Once upon a time there lived a poor farmer called Smith. He didnt like to share things with others. Smith had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew.One day, his friend gave Smith a young app
24、le tree and told him to take it home and planted. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home, he did not know where to plantHe thought and thought. Finally at night he planted the tree in his wood where no one could see it. But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died.Later
25、 the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place.Whats the difference? the farmer said angrily. If I had planted it near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted it in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the
26、 apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit,Yes, said the friend, but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have got nothing, but also you have destroyed a good apple tree.56. Was Smith happy about the gift?57. When did he plant th
27、e apple tree?58. Where did Smith plant the apple tree in the end?59. Why did the apple tree soon die?60. What would probably happen if the farmer had planted the tree near his house?【2011湖南湘西】 阅读简答 根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（共5小题，计10分） This is Kate Smith. She is 13 years old. She lives in Guangzhou. She studies
28、 in No.10 Middle school. Her parents work there. They are both English teachers. They are form the UK. She likes eating junk food. She doesnt like playing sports. She has one healthy habit: She sleeps for 9 hours every night. Kate Smith has a brother. His name is Jack Smith. He is 11 years old. He doesnt eat junk food. He likes playing sports. He often runs, plays basketball, and goes swimming. He eats fruit every day. He likes eating vegetables. But he has an unhealthy habit: He sleeps for 6 hours every night.66. How old is Kate Smith?_67. Where does Kate
