[单项选择]More than 134 countries across the world, including the UK, switched off their lights for an hour on last Sunday to support action to create a sustainable future for the planet. The event, which took place at 8.30 p.m. Sunday around the world, started in Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. The aim is to highlight the charity’s call on governments, organizations and individuals to pledge their commitment to tackling climate change. Colin, head of campaigns, WWF-UK, said, "Our event at the Royal Albert Hall, alongside the hundreds of thousands of events across the world, shows global support for the need to tackle climate change and protect the natural world." The challenge for our future well- being could not be greater. WWF’s Earth Hour is about creating a message so powerful that governments and businesses cannot fail to take notice.
What’s the best title for the passage
A. Switch Off Your Lights
B. The event
C. Earth Pollution
D. Government Charity

[单项选择]More than 134 countries across the world, including the UK, switched off their lights for an hour on last Sunday to support action to create a sustainable future for the planet. The event, which took place at 8.30 p.m. Sunday around the world, started in Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. The aim is to highlight the charity’s call on governments, organizations and individuals to pledge their commitment to tackling climate change. Colin, head of campaigns, WWF-UK, said, "Our event at the Royal Albert Hall, alongside the hundreds of thousands of events across the world, shows global support for the need to tackle climate change and protect the natural world." The challenge for our future well- being could not be greater. WWF’s Earth Hour is about creating a message so powerful that governments and businesses cannot fail to take notice.
How many countries turn off their lights
A. 135.
B. 134.
C. More than 134.
D. Less than 134.

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There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects. A dialect is a regional variety of a language that has a different pronunciation, vocabulary, or meaning.
The language in which a government conducts business is the official language of that country.
There are one billion people speaking English. That’ s 20 percent of the world’ s population.
Four hundred million people speak English as their first language. For the other 600 million it’ s either a second language or a foreign language.
There are more than 500,000 words in the Oxford Dictionary. 80% of all English vocabulary comes from other language.
Eighty percent of all information in the world’ s computers is in English.
More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.
When the American spaceship voyage began its journey in 1977, it carries, a gold disc. On the disc, there

[单项选择] E

Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have always been people who have looked for adventures—those who have climbed the highest mountains, traveled into unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the geatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who look for an immediate excitement from a risky activity which may only last a few minutes or even seconds.
I would consider bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You jump from a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 meters above the ground with an elastic (有弹性的) rope tied to your ankles. You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. It is said that about 2 million people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Other activities which most people would say are as risky as bungee jumping include jumping from tall building
A. Dangerous sports: what and why
B. The boredom of modern life
C. Bungee jumping: Is it really dangerous
D. The need for excitement