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Why doesn' t the girl like reading English novels?
I don't like to read English novels. It's hard for me to remember the strange names.<br />I don't think it's a big problem. In fact, you don't need to remember them.
A . Because she can' t understand them.B . Because she can' t remember the names in the novels.C . Because she thinks they are boring.
May I speak to John?<br />I'm sorry, he is not in. Who's that?<br />This is Mary speaking, John's friend.<br />Hello, Mary. May I take a message for you?<br />That's great. Please tell him that we will meet each other at a quarter to two tomorrow afternoon at the school gate.<br />Hang on a minute, I will write it down.
Where were you born, Doming?<br />I was born in a small city in the north of China.<br />Do you have any brothers or sisters?<br />No, I am the only child in my family.<br />We have a family plan in China.<br />Each family can only raise one child in order to stop the population from increasing too<br />fast.<br />Oh, I see.<br />It must be very lonely to grow up alone.<br />Yes.<br />I always want to have an elder sister to help me with my homework, share my feelings, and<br />take care of me.<br />You will never have the chance to have an elder sister.<br />Yeah, what a pity.
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Where was Daming born?
A . In the north of China.B . In the south of China.C . In the east of China.
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How many children are there in Daming' s family?
A . One.B . Two.C . Three.
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What does Daming want an elder sister to do?
A . Help with the housework.B . Share his feelings.C . Look after parents.
How many people are there in the world? Around 6.465 billion.<br />How many people are there in China? About 1.3 billion.<br />Last Wednesday, the United Nations gave its latest report on problems of the world's growing population.<br />Many people around the world don't have enough money or food.<br />A big population also causes problems for schools.<br />Pan Shu is a 15-year-old girl from Nanjing.<br />She thinks a big population makes their exams more and more difficult because more and more people take them.<br />To Zhou Yi, a 14-year-old boy from Anhui.<br />A big population means big classes.<br />There are 53 students in our class.<br />In some classes, some students even have to sit outside the classroom, says Zhou.<br />If there were fewer students, everyone would get more care from the teacher.<br />How many people are there in the world? Around 6.465 billion.<br />How many people are there in China? About 1.3 billion.<br />Last Wednesday, the United Nations gave its latest report on problems of the world's growing population.<br />Many people around the world don't have enough money or food.<br />A big population also causes problems for schools.<br />Pan Shu is a 15-year-old girl from Nanjing.<br />She thinks a big population makes their exams more and more difficult because more and more people take them.<br />To Zhou Yi, a 14-year-old boy from Anhui.<br />A big population means big classes.<br />There are 53 students in our class.<br />In some classes, some students even have to sit outside the classroom, says Zhou.<br />If there were fewer students, everyone would get more care from the teacher.
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How many people are there in the world?
A . About 6.465 billion.B . About 6.565 billion.C . About 6.475 billion.
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How many people are there in China?
A . About 1.3 billion.B . About 1.5 million.C . About 1.7 billion.
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When did the United Nations give its latest report on problems of the world' s growing population?
A . Last Tuesday.B . Last Wednesday.C . Last Thursday.
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What problem does the big population cause for schools?
A . There are fewer teachers in a school.B . The exams have to be easier and easier.C . There are too many students in a class.
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What is the problem with the big classes in Zhou Yi' s idea?
A . Too many students make too much noise.B . There are not enough desks for so many students.C . Each student gets less care from the teacher.
In the 1960s China had a time. People didn' t have enough food to eat.
How to solve it
At that time, Yuan Longping was just a . He wanted to grow a new kind of .
He spent years working in the field and won the world over. His rice helped feed 100 million more Chinese.
Food shortage was a big problem in China many years ago.<br />The country has nearly one-fifth of the world's population, but only a little farmland.<br />In the 1960s, China had a hard time.<br />People didn't have enough food to eat.<br />At that time, Yuan Longping was just a teacher.<br />He wanted to grow a new kind of rice.<br />Few people believed Yuan could do it.<br />But he spent ten years working in the field and won the world over.<br />His special rice helped feed one hundred million more Chinese.<br />He became very rich.<br />But for seventy-seven year old Yuan Longping, money means nothing.<br />Now he is working on another kind of super rice.<br />He hopes it will feed more people.<br />He rides eight kilometers on his motorbike into the fields twice a day.<br />He still works like a farmer.
