【正文】 件)A new UK study shows that around the world, junk uses 33 billion kilowatt hours(kWh，度) each year. That is enough energy to power million homes.Email users spend nearly 80 percent of their energy in deleting (刪除) junk and looking for useful s.Biking to workA few months ago, France starts to pay people to bike to work. About 20 panies (公司) join it. They pay their works euros (2 yuan) per kilometer they bike to work.Several other European countries, such as Germany and the UK, have nearly the same project. They ask people to bike to stay healthy, save energy and reduce (減少) air pollution.Football schoolsChina is to build 20, 000 football schools around the country in three years. It is to fight obesity (肥胖) and make China’s national football team better. All students at these football schools will have one football class each day. They will also take part in petitions.51. The junk s uses billion kilowatt hours a year.A. B. 33 C. 20,000 D. 2052. Which one is NOT the reason why some Western countries ask people to bike?A. Stay healthy B. reduce air pollution C. save animals D. save energy53. China is going to build 20, 000 football schools to .A. let students have more fun B. take part in petitionsC. have football classesD. fight obesity and make China’s football team betterBOnce there is a parrot on sale in a pet shop. It is a beautiful red and blue bird. It sits on a perch in the middle of the shop so that everyone can see it when they e in. The owner is very proud of it and asks a high price for it.One day, a man goes into the shop. “That’s a beautiful bird,” he says to the pet shop owner.“But why is it so expensive? Is it an unusual bird?”“No, it’s not unusual. It’s expensive because it can talk with you.” the pet shop owner says. “I see. How can I make it talk?” the man asks.The pet shop owner asks him, “Can you see those strings tied to both of the bird’s legs?” “Yes,” the man answers.“Well, you pull those strings,” the pet shop owner tells him. “That will make the parrot talk.” The man asks, “Do you mind if I try?”“Not at all.”the pet shop owner says.The man walks up to the parrot and pulls the string on its left leg. The parrot says, “Good morning.”The man pulls the string on the parrot’s right leg. This time the parrot says, “How are you today?”“That’s not very interesting,” says the man. “Any parrot can do that.” Then he laughs, “But what will happen if I pull both of the strings at the same time?”“I’ll fall off my perch, you fool!” the parrot says.54. The parrot is expensive because _.A. It is pretty beautiful B. it can talk with peopleC. it is an unusual bird D. it is in the middle of the shop55. The parrot will talk with people when .A. People e into the pet shop B. it sees the pet shop ownerC. people says it is beautiful D. people pull the strings on its leg56. From the story, we know the parrot is .A. kind B. silly C. clever D. crazy57. The best title for the passage should be .A. A usual parrot B. Parrot talk C. Silly man D. Clever ownerCIn many countries of the world, children are happiest on Christmas Day. It is the birthday of Jesus Christ. On Tuesday Jack and his family have a lot of things to do, because it is the day before Christmas. But Jack gets up late in the morning. As he doesn’t see his mother anywhere, he goes to his father and asks him, “Where is mother?” he replies, “She goes to town to buy some food for tomorrow.” Then Jack begins to read an interesting book. Here is one of the stories which are written in it.One Christmas Eve, a man named Martin Luther is walking through a forest. The snow covers the trees and looks very lovely. The stars up in the sky look like lights on the branches (樹枝) of the trees. When he arrives at his house, he tries to tell his family how beautiful the forest trees were, buthe can not find the right words. So he cuts down a little tree and brings it into the room. He puts candles on its branches and lights them.Jack thinks the story is wonderful.In the evening, all the members gather together in the living room. A Christmas tree is there. As soon as they put the presents under the tree, he lights the candles on it. They are shining like real stars.58. The story in the passage tells us .A. who is Martin Luther B. how he finds the beautiful forest treesC. how the Christmas tree es about D. what Martin Luther puts on the tree branches59. From the passage, we know that .A. This year’s Christmas Day is on Tuesday.B. On Christmas Eve, people are still at work.C. December 24th was the birthday of Jesus Christ.D. Many countries in the world have Christmas Day60. On Christmas Eve, people DON’T .A. play in the street B. p