To protect the environment , we are on the way , Here are a few things we can do .

Unwanted gifts ? Give them away !

Have you ever received a gift that you didn’t like ? Did you throw it away ? If so , you can have another choice now . Two British companies hope people （第四页）

will give away their unwanted gifts to them . And they will resell the gifts to raise money for the poor . In this way , the gifts can be reused and have a future life . And people can make a big difference to the world . Wear the trousers the reduce （减少） pollution!

A chemistry scientist and a fashion designer(时装设计师)have created a new kind of trousers . The trousers are made of a now material which can help reduce air pollution around us .Scientists have tested the material . The result shows that it isn’t harmful to human . This new kind of t5rousers may appear at the market in two years . Prolessor Ryan said ,” If thousands of people wear the trousers , the air quality will be improve .” Plant trees with Felix !

Felix Finkbeiner , 14-year-old German boy , is not famous as a child actor but an environment hero .So he started a club . Felix soon got support from children all over the world . Some of them have become his friends . The club bas an aim of planting 212 million trees . They have planted over 3.5million trees all around the world . Felix said ,” The answer to controlling global (全球) warming is trees – lots of trees !”

46 The companies resell the unwanted gifts _______ A to make the unwanted gifts useful B to help people learn to think carefully C to save money from it D to make money for themselves

47 The trousers mentioned in the passage _______ （第五页）

A have been created by a physics scientist and a fashion designer B can help make air pollution less C will do harm to people D will be popular in two years 48 Felix started a club ______ A to become famous B to become a child actor

C to protect the environment with other children D to make friends with the children around the world C

“ Why does the chicken cross the road ? To get to the other side !” That’s an old joke in the west , but it came to my mind again when I saw people crossing the road at the intersection of Shaanxi Road and Huaihai Road in Shanghai .

When the traffic light was red, a group of people were waiting for the light to change . Suddenly one man began rushing to the other side

of the road . Soon others followed him at the crossing and more people did the same . Just like chickens , they didn’t mind the honking horns (喇叭声) and kept crossing the road in a mess .

Every year several thousand people are either killed or hurt on the roads in Shanghai . And at least one third of them were jaywalking(乱穿马路)。 Jaywalking is very common in Shanghai. It seems that jaywalkers are not afraid of the danger to themselves .

Traffic laws are to keep people safe . So we should obey them , and have good road –crossing habits .When someone starts to Jaywalk , we should stop him , and never follow him . That way we can avoid the traffic accidents .

49The underlind word “ intersection ”here probably means “ _______”.

A road B bridge C crossing D traffic 50 The writer saw people ______ in Shanghai that day . A crossing the road in a mess B waiting for the green light patiently C crossing the road with chickens D hurting each other in the street

51 How does the writer like what he saw in Shanghai that day ? A He thinks it’s OK. B he thinks it’s wrong . C He has idea of it . D He doesn’t mention it D

An atlas is a book of maps . Atlases are made with different kinds of information about different parts and areas of country or the world . They are prepared for desk use or travel use .

Desk atlases are made for different groups of people with different needs . For example, students may desk atlases to help learn grography, and other people may use desk atlases to study a place . A popular type of the latest atlas shows the recent face of the world . New atlases are often carefully produced to help people learn about the change , such as name changes, （第六页）

boundary（ 边界）changes and other important new information . A desk atlas can also have some different maps of the same place . For example, an atlas may include maps showing population and important products of a place . Travel atlases usually show the information about both natural and man-made features(特点). So it is not surprising to find universities ,airports, forests , rivers , roads as well as cities , towns and villages in them. A travel atlas is often the first thing people need when they want to start a trip in a strange place . It often has a map of a whole country , and a map of a whole country , and a map with more Special information of each important place in the country . Take the atlas of the United States as an example , it often has a map of the whole country and then a map of each of the fifty states .

A travel atlas may also point out the beautiful natural place . In the US, the atlas may include national parks such as the Yellow Stone National