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To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump. In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow. 54. You can most probably read the passage in _______. A. a history book B. a TV guide C. a science book D. a telephone book 55. The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_______. A. 排污 B. 染色 C. 洗涤 D. 吸尘 56. According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again_______. A. to feed animals B. to feed plants C. to build a house D. to make machines 57. How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage? A. By burning it off. B. By putting it in water. C. By throwing it away. D. By reusing and recycling it. (C) Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures. Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, and then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting. 58. We can most probably read this story_______. A. in a dictionary about read animals B. in a newspaper C. in a book on art D. in history textbooks 59. People asked about buying Ruby's pictures because_______. A. newspaper reporters bought her picture B. her pictures were better than those of real artists C. they just wanted to have fun D. zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park 60. Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to_______. A. make other ones B. clear her trunk C. dig a hole in the sand D. ask for brushes and paints 61. From the story, we can know that_______. A. Ruby can paint a picture all by herself B. Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo C. Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workers D. Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture (D) Driving a car at a high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You only need to follow the bright traffic signs beside the highway and it will take you where you wish to go. But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver needs to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the city of London, from the loneliest street to the popular restaurant around. He has to be at the service of all kinds of passengers (乘客) at all times. (责任编辑：admin) |