爱华网89. Which is the best title of this passage?
A) Birthday Traditions around the World
B) Chinese Birthday Celebrations
C) Japanese Special Celebration
D) The Drinking Age in Many Countries
（2008年上海市初中毕业生统一学业考试）
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You may have known several kinds of police, traffic police, and street police. But have you ever heard of energy-saving(节能) policemen ?
A group of 22 of these new policemen went to work last week in Beijing. They go around the city to see the use of energy in hotels, office buildings, shopping centers and onther public places. One of their aims is to make sure that these sites have set their air conditioning(空调) no cooler than 26 ℃.
They also set up a special phone line so that people can tell them which buildings fail to follow the rule.
“If everyone sets their air conditioning at 26 ℃, Beijing will save 400 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in one summer. That?s one-third of all the usage of the city in the season,” said a TV advertisement.
Other Chinese cities, like Wuhan in Hubei Province and Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province, are going to follow Beijing?s steps in setting up a similar police team.
As one of the fastest developing countries, China is using a lot of energy. This has a great effect on the country?s environment and limited energy.
From 1986 to 2005, the country experienced 20 warm winters continuously. Numbers show that Chinese cities have to spend billion of yuan solving(解决) environmental problems every year.
At the beginning of this month, China made its first action plan to fight pollution. It aims to reduce energy usage by 20％ and increase renewable energy up to 10％ from 7％ by 2010.
To introduce the public to a green life, last week Beijing held a show on energy-saving technology and productions. Environment-friendly machines, such as a vending machine that helps colllect used bottles, have attracted lots of attention.
“We want to tell people that there are certain ways to protect the environment. Each of us can find effective ways to do it in our daily lives,” said Liu Qianguang, an environmental engineer in Beijing.
61. The job of the energy-saving policemen is _________ .
A. to set the air conditioning cooler
B. to check the use of energy in public places
C. to set up a special phone line
D. to make sure that more energy will be produced
62. Beijing will use _________ million kilowatt-hours electricity in one summer.
A. 1200 B. 800 C. 400 D. 133
63. Which of the following years? winters were all warm in China ?
A. 1984-1988. B. 1999-2003 C. 2002-2006. D. 2005-2009.
64. In the year 2010 China?s energy usage is going to be cut by _________ .
A. 20 ％ B.10 ％ C. 7 ％ D. 17 ％
65.According to Liu Qianguang, _________ .
A. there is few ways to protect the environment
B. it?s difficult to find good ways to save energy
C. it?s easy for one to do something good for the environment
D. it?s not easy for one to do something good for the environment
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（广东省茂名市2008年初中毕业学业考试与高中阶段学校招生考试）
三、逸闻趣事类：
【命题趋势】
逸闻趣事以日常生活中的事情入手，描述一些鲜为人知的事。幽默故事是其主要内容。选材多来源于日常生活，给人似曾相识之感，但随着故事的发展、展开、结束，给人以意外的感觉。逸闻趣事类文章有以下趋势：
1.特点：文章简短，描述一个片断。
2.命题：多考查对事件的发生、发展和结局进行合理的推断。
3.选材：描述“另类”，标新立异。
【应试对策】
1.阅读这种文章，应特别注意对人物的外貌、语言、动作和思想的描写，从而把握人物性格特点和作者的情感态度。
2.若是叙述性的文章，要读懂起因、经过、结果。若是故事性文章应读懂故事的发生、发展、高潮、结局。它们是我们读懂趣闻逸事所必需的。
3.若是幽默故事，应体会风趣的对话、特别的动作，它们是幽默的精髓。
【典型考题】
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One day, Bruce played in front of a house. A woman came up and asked Bruce, “Little boy, is your mother at home?” “Yes, she is,” answered the boy.
Then the woman went over to ring the bell. The bell rang and rang, but no one came to open the door. The woman got angry and called out to him, “You told me your mother was at home, didn?t you?”
“Yes,” the boy answered. “My mother is at home, but this isn?t my home.”
1.One day, Bruce played _________.
A. in a park B. in the street
C. in front of a shop D. in front of a house
2.The woman wanted to see _________.
A. Bruce?s mother B. Bruce?s father
C. Bruce himself D. nobody
3.The woman went over to _________ after she talked with Bruce.
A. knock at the door of the house
B. ring the bell of the house
C. give a call to his mother
D. ask his mother some questions
4.The woman got _________ because no. one came to open the door.
A. pleased B. surprised C. angry D. afraid
5.In the story the woman didn?t find Bruce?s mother because _________.
