13.Walter Orthmann,a 100-year-old man from Brazil,has been working for 84 years at the same company.He broke the Guinness World Record for the longest career at the same company. Walter was born in 1922,in a small Brazilian town.As the oldest son of five,his mother took him to find a job.He started working at the age of 15 to help his family with financial problems.He got his first job as an assistant.With amazing working skills,he became a successful sales manager at the age of 20. In the 1950s,Walter often went on business.He built solid relationships with his customers.His talents and abilities won their trust and support.Some of the customers even became Walter's longlife friends. In 2022,he turned 100,but he didn't plan to retire from the only company he had ever worked for.He celebrated his hundredth birthday in the company with his coworkers,friends and family,holding an unforgettable party. "When we do what we like,we don't see the time go by!"said Walter Orthmann."I don't do much planning,nor care much about tomorrow.All I care about is that tomorrow will be another day in which I will wake up,get up,exercise,and go to work."He suggested people should get busy with the present,not the past or the future.This is what drives him to make history! In February,2022,Walter Orthmann was officially recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.Looking back on his life so far,Walter described this record as his"proudest achievement".
(1)As a teenager,Walter started to work because
. A.his working skills were amazing B.he was the only child of his family C.his family's life was financially hard D.he hoped to break the Guinness World Record (2)The underlined word " solid " in Paragraph 4 means "
". A.common B.strong C.serious D.terrible (3)What drives Walter Orthmann to make history?
A.Focusing on the present. B.Making a careful future plan. C.Thinking over his past life. D.Caring about his achievements. (4)What is the passage mainly about?
A.It tells young people's hard work on their dreams. B.It analyzes Walter Orthmann's secrets of his long life. C.It introduces a great man in the Guinness Book of Records. D.It describes Walter Orthmann's family and working abilities.
14.A LOOK OUTSIDE Food waste is common in many schools.Students at Whitewater Middle School in the US once looked at 200 pounds (90.7 kg) of food,including pizzas and salads,which had been thrown a way after just one of their school's daily meals. To deal with this problem,Whitewater has added environmental science as a new school program this year.Teachers will lead students to do research on the ways in which food is related to (有關) the environment,poverty(貧窮),and people's health. Whitewater teachers make sure students know how their own eating habits are part of bigger problems.In environmental literature (文學) class,students read books such as Fast Food Nation:The Dark Side of the All-American -Meal. Teacher Mollie Lyman works with several language arts classes.These classes discuss topics like how poor neighborhoods often have less access to(有更少的機會接觸) healthy food.Lyman says she wants students to ask themselves some basic questions: "What do we eat?What do we waste?"
(1)What is the news about?
A.How to cook meals for students. B.Delicious fast-food in the US. C.Environmental science in school. D.Students say no to food waste. (2)What does the name of the section mean?
A.Things in foreign countries. B.Look out of the window. C.Students from English school. D.Life of exchange students. (3)We can guess the book is probably about
. A.Healthy food recipe B.People's eating habits C.The best cooks in the world D.The ways to save food
15.Li Chuang is a 15-year-old boy,but he has been a smoker for three years.His teeth and fingers have turned a bit yellow. "I first tried smoking after watching TV.It makes me feel excited and I think it looks cool,"he said. Not all students smoke as much as Li but there are lots of child smokers. A report says 32% of boys and 13% of girls in middle schools in China have smoked.Some are as young as 11 when they first try! May 31st is World No-Tobacco Day.Health expert(專家) are asking young people not to smoke. Doctors say smoking can make people get illnesses,like lung(肺) cancer. Not only that smoking costs a lot of money,too! Stop smoking,children!It's bad for your health.
(1)Why is Li Chuang's teeth yellow?
A.Eat too much candy. B.Don't brush his teeth. C.Drink lots of juice. D.Smoking. (2)Li Chuang began to smoke when he was
. A.12 B.13 C.15 D.16 (3)More ___ smoke than
in middle schools in China. A.girls,boys B.boys,girls C.students,teachers D.workers,teachers (4)The words"World No-Tobacco Day" means"
"in Chinese. A.世界無癌日 B.世界節能日 C.世界無煙日 D.世界無車日 (5)Which of the following is true?
A.Doctors do not smoke. B.Some kids begin to smoke when they are 11 years old. C.Smoking doesn't cost much money. D.Li Chuang was ill.
They have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon.Their morning classes begin at eight o'clock and finish at a quarter to twelve. (2)
They seldom eat out or eat at home.After lunch they don't have a rest. (3)
And school is over at twenty to three.After school they don't go back home at once(立刻). (4)
Some of them like playing the piano.Some like reading story books.Some like swimming and skating.Some like singing and dancing.Most of the students like playing basketball. (5)
And then they watch TV or play on the computer.They usually go to bed at ten o'clock.
根據材料內容,從下面五個選項中選出能填入文中空缺處的最佳選項,使文章意思通順、內容完整,并將其標號填寫在下面題號后的橫線上。 A.Their afternoon classes begin at one o'clock. B.In the evening,they usually do their homework at home. C.American students usually have six classes a day. D.And then they have lunch at school. E.They usually do some activities at school.