1. Some colleges and schools ban selling bottled water in order to .

A. save water B. encourage students to bring water from home

C. reduce pollution D. keep students away from bottled water

2. The main disadvantage of bottled water is probably that .

A. it is too expensive B. it is not fresh

C. it’s not convenient to carry D. Its bottle can’t be reused

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Bottled water is healthier.

B. Sodas and juices are of great harm.

C. Students think it unfair to ban selling bottled water.

D. The makers of bottled water are against banning selling bottled water.

4. The purpose of the passage is to .

A. ask for students’ opinions

B. tell people a piece of news

C. call on students to save the environment

D. wish more schools to ban selling bottled water

D

Pets are no strangers to the White House. Many of America’s Presidents have been animal lovers. In recent times, White House pets have been tame (温顺的) dogs and cats. Long ago, however, presidential pets, like our nation itself, were wild!

In 1806, President Thomas Jefferson lived in the White House. Passersby often caught sight of his pet bears. Explorers had discovered these fierce (凶猛的)bears, caught a pair of small ones, and sent them to Jefferson. While the President was excited about his bears, his enemies in Congress constantly laughed at his pets, calling the White House “The President’s Bear Garden”.

By 1825, the bears were long gone from the White House scene. The building was home to President John Quincy Adams and his crocodile (鳄鱼). The green beast actually belonged to General Lafayette, a French hero who had helped the United States win the Revolutionary War. When Lafayette asked Adams to keep the crocodile for him, the President couldn’t refuse.

When President Martin Van Buren moved into the White House in 1837, he brought his tigers with him. At least, Van Buren said the tigers were his. The Sultan of Oman had sent the tigers when Van Buren was elected, so Congress argued(争辩说)that the cats belonged to the American people. A fight over the tigers continued for months. In the end, Congress sent someone to seize the tigers and put them in a zoo.

Twenty years later, President James Buchanan received another valuable gift when he was in his first year in the White House. This time the King of Siam sent several elephants! Buchanan had no desire to share his building with the big creatures, so he sent them to the zoo. Buchanan did, however, keep another gift — a pair of birds. They were a fitting symbol of presidential power.

1.According to the passage, we can infer that .

A.the pets the Presidents raised were all huge ones

B.the pets the presidents owned were all their favorite ones.

C.the Presidents kept the pets not only at home but in the zoo

D.the Presidents’ pets were not only cared about by their families

2.How did the Presidents mentioned get their unusual pets?

A.They got them in the forest.

B.They bought them at the market.

C.The pets were given to them by others.

D.Their family members offered them the pets.

.What similar political effect did Jefferson’s bears and Van Buren’s tigers have?

A.The pets made them happy and gay.

B.It took them too much time to look after them.

C.It made people believe that they were animal lovers.

D.It brought about dissatisfaction with them in Congress.

When did President James BLuchanan get elephant?

A.1825 B.1826 C.1845 D.1857

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Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.

?___1___ Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.

For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. ___2___

Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.

___3___ They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “___4___ Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”

Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. ___5___