26、Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide people with things like disposable（一次性的）toothbrushes，toothpaste，shampoo and so on．Many people like the idea because they don’t have to bring their own．But，if you travel to Beijing，remember to bring your own things．Starting from June，some hotels’ in Beijing no longer provide people with these disposables．They want to ask people to use fewer disposable things。

Many disposable things are made of plastic（塑料）．People throw them away after only using them once．It is a waste of natural resources（资源）and is very bad for the environment．Do you know，one Chinese person makes as much as 400 kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things．In Beijing，people throw away about 19 000 000 kg of plastic bags and l 320 000 kg of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down（腐烂）．So the less plastic we throw out，the better．Wherever you travel，bring your own things and use them again and again．

根据短文内容，填空或回答问题。

1．Many people like disposable things because they don’t have to_______ _____ _____

2. Starting from June，some hotels in Beijing no longer_____ people_____ these disposables．

3．It is a _____of natural resources and is very bad for the_____．

4．How much waste does one Chinese person make one year?

_____________________________________________

5．What should we do to protect our environment?

_____________________________________________

24、Hi David，

I am so excited to know that you will come to China and can stay with me in Xuzhou for two weeks．I will be free in February and will have a lot of time to show you around our beautiful city．During（在…期间）your stay here，we can go to Xuzhou Museum，walk around Yunlong Lake，climb up to the top of Yunlong Hill and see beautiful Xuzhou．There is also a lot of nice food to eat in Xuzhou．I'm sure you'll have a very good time here．

I am only in China for a short time．Chinese people are very friendly，just like people at home in Canada．I can speak a little Chinese，but I can't write it．I'm trying to study and speak it．I often try to speak Chinese to my Chinese friends．Sometimes they don't understand me，because I can't speak Chinese well．

I go out this morning．I am on my way to the hospital．I want to see my friend Eric there．But I don't know how to get there．I ask a Chinese boy．The boy can't understand me．Then I take out a pen and some paper．I draw a man in bed on   it  ，give the picture to the boy and say something about it．The boy smiles and then shows me the way to the hospital．（          ）

Please e-mail me soon!

Andy

1．Who writes this e-mail?

A．David．             B．Eric．               C．A Chinese boy．     D．Andy．

2．When will Andy be free?

A．In January．         B．In February．         C．In March．              D．In April．

3．What CANNOT they do in Xuzhou?

A．Visit a museum．                            B．Celebrate Christmas．

C．Climb a hill．                                D．Eat nice food．

4．Which sentence is WRONG about Andy?

A．He comes from Canada．                      B．He can speak a little Chinese．

C．He can write Chinese．                       D．He thinks Chinese people are friendly．

5．The underlined（划线的）word “it” means_______．

A．the hospital!         B．the way               C．the paper                D．the pen

6．Who tells Andy the way to the hospital?

7．文中括号里少一个句子，请根据上下文补充完整．

23、Dear Principal，

Recently I have a lot of problems in the computer room of our school．Many students also had the same experience，so I am writing to tell you my opinions．

I think we should have new computers．The computers that we use at the moment are old and slow，and sometimes they don't work and are not connected to the Internet．Also，we need to buy new keyboards and mice because some letters on the keyboards are missing and many of the mice are not working properly．

Yesterday，for example，in my computer lesson I spent the whole class trying to work out a physics problem．I had to miss the ten-minute break for that．If the PC had a good keyboard，I would not have made so many mistakes．The keyboard had letters missing and the mouse wouldn't move the cursor around the screen properly．I tried other PCs but they were in worse condition．At last，when I was going to finish it，I had another problem—suddenly there was no electricity（电）!（    ）

The government says we should have more IT in all subjects and use IT in more lessons，so we really need to have new computers．

Ricky，

Class 6，Grade 9 student

1．To whom did Ricky write this letter?  

2．Which class is Ricky in?  

3．What did Ricky want to say in this letter?   

4．What’s wrong with the keyboards?   

5．将划线句子译成汉语。I had to miss the ten—minute break for that．

6．文中括号处缺少一个句子，请补充完整，使文章通顺。