Breathing in polluted air on busy roads is as harmful as passively smoking ten cigarettes a day, new research has found. The drop in pollution had the same effects as avoiding four cigarettes a day. One of the researchers, Saskia van der Zee, explained why they compared the effects of pollution lo passive smoking. “We thought that passive smoking would be easier to understand,” she told The Times. ‘‘You don’t want your neighbors to come into your house and smoke three cigarettes every day.”
Earlier this week, doctors warned that Britain is facing a major health emergency unless diesel(柴油)cars are taken off the roads. Emissions (排放物) from diesel cars arc already contributing to smog which has been linked to the deaths of 40,000 people a year. Health charities, medical leaders and environmental groups have called for a modern Clean Air Act lo bring pollution under control. Separately, more than 300 doctors in the Doctors Against Diesel group have written to Theresa May, calling for a diesel reduction.
Professor John Middleton, president of the UK Faculty of Public Health, said, “Diesel is the primary source of nitrogen dioxide(二氧化氮)in urban areas and is linked to health effects that begin before birth and extend throughout life, from childhood lung development to increased risk of heart disease, stroke and lung cancer. It is high lime lo handle the problem.”
London is already planning to introduce an “emission zone” which diesel drivers would be charged to enter, and other cities are set to follow. But exerts are desperate to find new ways to control the damage done by pollution. Diesel drivers in Westminster have been told they may soon be charged 50 percent extra for on-street parking. And Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London，submitted a £ 3,500 plan to encourage drivers to switch to petrol or electric cars.
“Cutting diesel emissions would therefore have an immediate effect on children’s personal exposure, and improve their long-term health.” A government spokesman said.
1.Why did the researchers compare pollution to smoking?
A. It’s easier for people to understand.
B. It’s hard for people to quit smoking.
C. It’s a bad habit to smoke at home.
D. It’s harmful to breathe in polluted air.
2.How can the major health emergency be solved according to Britain doctors?
A. Give up smoking.
B. Abandon diesel cars.
C. Make strict laws.
D. Schedule yearly exams.
3.What can we infer from what Professor John Middleton said?
A. Cutting diesel emissions is urgent.
B. Prevention is better than relief.
C. Children are the worst victims.
D. People ignored the harm of diesel.
4.What is the purpose of the plan put forward by Sadiq Khan?
A. To improve air quality with high technology.
B. To limit the total number of cars on roads.
C. To inspire people to choose greener vehicles.
D. To carry out license plate restrictions.
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Last night, my dad showed me something special that I had never seen before. It was 1. old box which contained many silver coins. My dad has been collecting old silver coins 2. he was a kid. But I didn’t know 3. he had put all his coins he showed them to me. He said his father used to do the same. He decided to give me his collection when I was to move out to live 4. my own. I knew the 5.(choose) I made was a difficult one, but I wanted to do things by myself.
My father divided his collection into two parts and told me to use6. only when I really got into trouble. I didn’t understand what he7.(mean), so he
explained it to me. And I didn’t know whether I could sell them or not, so I asked my
father some other questions about them and he answered them8.(patience) one by one. He said he only sold9. of his coins to help him finish his studies
many years ago. After10.(take) out part of the coins, I thanked him and
promised that I would use them wisely.
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假定你是李華，你的英國朋友Tom想報名參加21st Century舉辦的學生攝影展。他寫信詢問有關參展事宜，訪給他回一封電子郵件。要點如下：
1. 主題：你眼中的世界；
2. 要求：附上攝影圖片及100詞左右的英文說明；
3. 截稿時間：2017年6月1日;
4. 投稿郵箱：sunyue@i21st.cn。
注意：1.詞數100左右；
2. 可適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。
Dear Tom,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（Λ），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。
修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意：1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；
2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。
Thirty years ago, my world almost fell apart. I had operation and was fired. In a few weeks, I saw an ad about a Spanish festival. Although I was very upset, and I decided to go. Here, I met a gentleman with who I chatted for hours. A few day later, I came home to found a letter at my door. It was from that friend. Inside the letter was a 1,000-dollar check to help me through his hard days. Sixteen years later, I met a family that bad needed help. I gave them enough money to get through. They called me their angel, but I told them I once had an angel, also.
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The House at Pooh Corner
by A. A. Milne
I bought a box set of four Winnie the Pooh books while on holiday when I was eight years old. I adored Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore. They became very real to me and I credit them with starting a lifelong love of reading.
I still have the box set, and loved reading the stories to my children when they were small. Part of me secretly believes A. A. Milne’s wonderful characters are all alive and well and still having their adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood.
---Roberta Smith
Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights
by Charlotte and Emily Bront?
I can never separate Charlotte Bront?’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bront?’s Wuthering Heights when I think about books that have stayed with me. Both had a deep impact on me when I read them as a teenager.
They were the first classic books I read purely for pleasure, rather than because I had to for school.
I grew up in Yorkshire, not far from where the Bront?s lived, so part of me really understood that depressing landscape. That close geographical connection led to a lifelong interest in the authors as much as in the books themselves.
I wrote a high-school essay on the contrasts and similarities between Charlotte and Emily and their heroines. I’d be fascinated to read that essay now to see what conclusions I reached as a 17-year-old.
--- Jane Lee
1.What can we infer about the Winnie the Pooh books?
A. They are very realistic.
B. They describe holiday stories.
C. They are intended for children.
D. They encourage people to have adventures.
2.What is one reason the writer likes Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights?
A. They were easy-to-find classic novels.
B. The stories helped the writer with her essay writing.
C. They were recommended by the teachers in her school.
D. The stories are set in an area that the writer knows well.
3.What’s the purpose of the text?
A. To introduce the books’ authors.
B. To promote some classical literature.
C. To comment on the books’ main characters.
D. To explain the effect of these books on the writers.
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If Confucius（孔子）were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. IIe’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.
While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought.It’s nothing personal. Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.
But this doesn’t mean that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.
In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy(哲學).Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.
So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well.
Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.
As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.
1.The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ________
A. attract the readers’ interest in the subject
B. provide some key facts about Confucius
C. show great respect for the ancient thinker
D. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations
2.We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students______
A. take an active part in Chinese competitions
B. have a great interest in studying Chinese
C. try to get high scores in Chinese exams
D. fight for a chance to learn Chinese
3.What is the best title for the passge?
A. Forgotten Wisdom in America B. Huge Fans of the Chinese Language
C. Chinese Culture for Westerners D. Old Thinker with a Big Future
4.The passage is likely to appear in ___________.
A. a biography B. a history paper
C. a newspaper D. a philosophy textbook
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假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下短文。短文中共有10處錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在此符號下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。
修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；
2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。
The sentence from our teachers tell us that we shouldn't be discouraged after failures.Definitely we should keep trying with determine.Success lies in the ability to continue efforts despite failures.
At the age of twelve,I get a nice bike as a birthday gift.So excited was I that I couldn't wait to try my hand at riding it.Besides,it was harder than expecting.The bike seemed too heavy for me to control and I fell off the bike over and over again.I was about to give up while my father came and encouraged me to keep going.With more practice,I found me doing better and better.Looking back,I feel I would not be able to ride bike if I had lost my heart.
Honest speaking,we can't avoid failing.What matters most is that we should stick to it.
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