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     At Anacostia Senior High School we have a lot of problems. We have students suspended and we have

low test grades. I think this school is in need of improvement. The reasons why I believe this school needs

improvement are that children are getting suspended and missing out on class work, students are failing,

and the school is dirty.

     The first reason why this school needs improvement is that children are getting suspended and missing

out on class work. Students should not get suspended because it's like a vacation to them. They will not

change their ways. Instead of putting them out of school for suspension, we should have them in school.

In that way, students can still have good grades.

     The second reason why I believe this school needs improvement is that students are failing. If you come

to school every day you shouldn't fail. I can't blame it all on the students; it is the teachers' fault also. Some

teachers do not let students in the class. This school needs tutors. If students had tutors their grades could

improve. 

     The third reason why I believe this school is in need of improvement is that it is dirty. Who wants to walk

into a dirty school every day? I don't! If students help out, the building will stay clean. There should be no

writing on the walls or eating in the halls. We need to treat our schools like we treat our homes.

     These are my reasons why this school needs improvement. If we do these things we can get good grades

have a nice looking school, and students will improve their grades. By doing these things we can also have

the most decent school on the other side of the fiver.

1. What is the meaning of the underlined word "suspended" in the first passage?

A. blamed

B. praised

C. put in a vacation

D. put out of school

2. How many reasons does the author give for the improvement of school?

A. One.

B. Two.

C. Three.

D. Four.

3. What can we know from the third paragraph?

A. Students have tutors.

B. Students have no tutors.

C. Students' grades are high.

D. Students' grades are not talked about.

4. What is the author's attitude to Anacostia Senior High School?

A. He is satisfied with the school.

B. He is not satisfied with the school.

C. He is surprised at the school.

D. He is excited at the school.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Reasons for School Improvement

B. the Most Decent School

C. School Building

D. School Improvement

答案

1.D 2.C 3.B 4.B 5.D

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In Greek mythology(神话), fire is a gift form God, stolen from Zeus(宙斯) by Prometheus and handed over to humans suffering from cold. What could be more natural than sitting around a beautiful fire on a winter night, at a campsite in the Berkshires?

Hard as it may be to believe, the fireplace—long considered a trophy(奖杯), particularly in a city like New York—is acquiring a social shame. Among those who desire to be environmentally responsible, it is joining the ranks of bottled water and big houses.

Sally Treadwell, a 51-year-old public relations executive in Boone, N.C., said nothing makes her happier than building a fire on a cold winter night. But most of the time she doesn’t, because she feels too guilty about the damage it may do to the environment. Every time she builds a fire, it causes “inner conflict,” she said. “It’s a guilty pleasure”.

“The smoke from a fire smells very nice,” said Diane Bailey, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco. “But it can cause a lot of harm. The tiny particles(颗粒) can cause illness, and can cross into the bloodstream, causing heart attacks as well as worsening other conditions.”

Growing concerns about the air pollution and health problems caused by smoke from wood fires are urging a number of areas across the country to pass laws regulating them. Idaho offers a tax cut to people who replace uncertified(不合格的)wood stoves with “greener” ones; San Joaquin County in California forbids selling a home unless its wood stove is replaced with an E.P.A. certified one;and Palo Alto and other governments in California forbid wood-burning fireplaces in new construction.

Certainly, many think otherwise. In any case, most fireplaces are used far too infrequently to cause any real damage to the environment, said Stephen Sears, the vice president of the Brick Industry Association, voicing an opinion shared by some.

Perhaps not coincidentally, sales of wood-burning equipment dropped to 235,000 in 2009 from 800,000 in 1999, according to the Brick Industry Association. It also reports that approximately 35,000 fireplaces were installed in the United States in 2009, compared to 80,000 in 2005. Certainly those numbers reflect the economic slowdown, but the may also be affected by growing mixed feelings to wood fries.

小题1:We can infer from the 2nd paragraph that ________.

A.big houses are not considered environmentally friendly

B.bottle water is a good companion for a fire place

C.a fireplace is viewed as a sign of success

D.people in New York are laughed at for their tradition小题2:Sally’s “inner conflict” in the 3rd paragraph resulted from ________.

A.her love for the fireplace

B.the damage to the environment

C.the concern about her health

D.her mixed emotion fro the fireplace小题3: In terms of the regulations about wood fires we can learn from the passage that_______.

A.uncertified fireplaces are forbidden in Idaho

B.some people are against the woodfire controlling regulations

C.only energy-efficient wood stoves can be used in the US

D.all the people support measures taken to control the use of fireplaces小题4:What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A.To urge people to burn less wood

B.To discuss wood-burning’s impact

C.To throw light on the causes of the fireplace’s decline

D.To indicate the cooling love for the fireplace