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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Have you heard of “Green hotels”? 36 you stay at a green hotel, you help reduce the unfriendly 37 that hotel has on the environment.
“Green hotels” include any hotels, motels, and inns that use energy and other resources 38 environmentally (环境) responsible ways. These green hotels take advantage of (利用) 39 resources when possible, make effective 40 of resources that can’t be reused, and 41 that many byproducts(副产品)are reused or recycled.
__42 2.6 million hotel rooms are rented in the United States daily. 43 , an astonishing number of hotel 44 need clothes washed, meals prepared, fresh water for showers and toilets, and energy for lights, heating, and cooling. Thus, there is a great _45 for green hotel practices(做法).
46 a guest of a green hotel, you will receive quality service 47 knowing you are helping the environment. Hotels also realize cost savings when they 48 green hotel practices, which they can then use to 49 guest services.
Some green hotels are already making a big 50 . For example;
1. By switching to more energy-effective 51 , the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City has saved 1.2 million kilowatt hours per year.
2. One hotel reduced water use by 2 million gallons per year when it 52 a chef (厨师)who was improperly defrosting(解冻)food by running water over it.
3. The Fairmont Acapulco Princess and Fairmont Pierre Marques filter(过滤器) and treat
53 and reuse it to water their golf courses.
These and other green hotels are 54 responsible steps, but many others have not yet accepted the green hotel challenge. You can help by supporting green hotel practices every time you 55 .
36. A. When B. Before C. Unless D. Although
37. A. pollution B. cost C. effect D. step
38. A. with B. through C. by D. in
39. A. wasted B. reused C. limited D. lost
40. A. time B. space C. use D. usage
41. A. make sure B. make up C. make fun D. make room
42. A. Much more B. Over C. More D. Above
43. A. Besides B. As a result C. In the end D. As a matter of fact
44. A. professors B. waiters C. door-keepers D. guests
45. A. need B. necessity C. require D. request
46. A. With B. To C. As D. By
47. A. before B. at C. in D. while
48. A. get B. accept C. receive D. take
49. A. change B. improve C. make D. lift
50. A. act B. face C. control D. difference
51. A. lighting B. line C. action D. management
52. A. used B. found C. fired D. questioned
53. A. wastewood B. wasteland C. wastepaper D. wastewater
54. A. making B. taking C. borrowing D. getting
55. A. walk B. journey C. play D. travel
There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But 36 a few of them are very 37 .English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U.S.A., but in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a 38 language. Many millions are 39 to do so.Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different 40 Have you ever 41ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? "Learn English in six weeks, or your 42back..." "Easy and funny! Our records and tapes 43you master your English in a month. 44 the first day your 45will be excellent. Just send …"Of course, it never 46quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should 47that we all learned our own language well when we were 48 . If we could learn English in the sameway, it would not seem so difficult. 49what a small childdoes. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, 50 in it allthe time. Just imagine how much 51that gets!
So it is52 to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English 53 upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and 54much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will 55 . But they cannot do the student's work for him.(词数278)
A.not B.quite C.only D.very
A.difficult B.important C.necessary D.easy
A.native B.foreign C.useful D.mother
A.learning B.enjoying C.trying D.liking
A.questions B.problems C.ideas D.answers
A.found B.watched C.noticed D.known
A.knowledge B.time C.money D.English
A.make B.help C.let D.allow
A.From B.On C.Since D.After
A.spelling B.grammar C.English D.pronunciation
A.happened B.looked C.seemed D.felt
A.know B.remember C.understand D.think
A.students B.children C.babies D.grown-ups
A.Imagine B.Mind C.Do D.Think of
A.using B.thinking C.trying D.practicing
A.time B.money C.language D.practice
A.hard B.easy C.funny D.silly
A.depends B.tries C.has D.takes
A.uses B.takes C.gets D.costs
A.do B.work C.help D.master
Water costs money.In some places water is hard 36 .What 37 when a town has these problems?A small town in California found a happy38 .
Very 39 rain ever fell there.The town had no water40 .The water it used was41 from a river 300 miles away.As more people 42 live in the town,43 water was needed.Now water44 to be brought in from 600 miles away.All these cost 45 money.
The town 46 a plan.It found 47 to clean its “dirty” water.Once the cleaned water was reused 48 many ways.Five 49 lakes were built.Here people could swim and fish and go 50 .They51 have picnics in their new parks.Farmers had more water 52 their crops.New factories can be built,now that they have the promise of53 .
In most places,water is used and thrown 54 .The town that saved 55 water
has saved the town!
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Do you know 21 languages there are in the world? There are about 1500, but many of them aren’t very 22 . English is one of the most important languages because many people23 it, not only in England and America, 24 in other countries of world. About 375000000 people speak it 25 their own language, and another 375000000 use it as26 language. It is27 to say how many people are learning it. 28 boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.
Many English children study French. French is also a very important language. 29 children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.
What is the best 30 to learn a language? We know that we all learnt 31 language well when we were32 . If we learn a second language in the 33 way, it won’t seem so difficult. What does a small child do? It 34 what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to35 it. It is using the language, 36 in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language37 , they will learn it38 .
In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak. It is best to learn all new words
through the 39 .You can read them, spell them and 40 them later.
A.how many B.what number C.a lot of D.so many
A.useful B.necessary C.important D.good
A.like B.use C.learn D.speak
A.but B.and C.also D.so
A.like B.with C.for D.as
A.foreign B.a second C.the second D.a special
A.easy B.again C.difficult D.best
A.Millions of B.Million of C.Millions D.Several million of
A.Some B.Other C.All D.Few
A.time B.way C.thing D.place
A.a foreign B.our mothers’ C.other’s D.our own
A.born B.children C.grown D.boys
A.same B.different C.useful D.good
A.does B.says C.listens to D.follows
A.ask B.want C.get D.ask for
A.some time B.sometimes C.all the same D.for the time
A.quickly B.soon C.freely D.hardly
A.mouth B.hands C.ears D.mind
A.listen to B.use C.love D.write
First of all, successful language learners are independent learners. They 31 their own way to learn the language. Instead of 32 for the teachers to explain, they try to find the pattern and rules for themselves. They are good 33 who look for clues and form their own conclusions. When they guess wrong, they guess again. They try to learn from their mistakes.
Secondly, 34 language learners are active in 35 , therefore, they do not wait for a chance to use the languages, and they look for such a chance. They find people who speak the language and let those people 36 them when they make a 37 . They will try anything to communicate. They are not afraid to repeat what they hear or to say 38 things which sound weird. They are willing to make mistakes and try again, when communication is difficult. They can accept information that is 39 or incomplete. It is more 40 for them to learn to think in the language than to know the 41 of every word.
42 successful language learners are learners with 43 . They want to learn language because they are interested in the language and the people who speak it. It is necessary for them to learn the language in order to 44 with these people and to learn from them. They find it easy to practice using the language 45 because they want to learn it.
A.learn B.observe C.discover D.notice
A.delaying B.waiting C.postponing D.staying
A.finders B.thinkers C.believers D.guessers
A.winning B.lucky C.successful D.flourishing
A.discovering B.memorizing C.learning D.studying
A.correct B.change C.adjust D.mark
A.mistake B.point C.failure D.fault
A.awkward B.strange C.unfamiliar D.curious
A.unobvious B.incredible C.incorrect D.indifferent
A.funny B.interesting C.important D.boring
A.meaning B.content C.context D.explanation
A.Finally B.Secondly C.Thirdly D.Mostly
A.purpose B.interest C.matter D.concern
A.convey B.inform C.report D.communicate
A.regularly B.commonly C.typically D.usually
Having said goodbye to his parents, Alvin, with his wife and one-year-old son, set off back home.16 excited, Alvin and Clare talked and laughed happily. And even little Alax 17 from time to time. The family were 18 from trip.
But about three hours later things began to 19 . It was starting to snow. Alvin sped up the car, 20 to arrive home before dark. But it was too dangerous to drive fast now. Because it was snowing more and more heavily. So Alvin had to 21 down. The snow on the22 was getting deeper and deeper until it was hard to 23 on it. Their car slipped (滑落) off the way and got stuck in the deep snow 24 the engine refused to start again.
“The snow doesn’t seem to 25 . Shall we stay in the car waiting to be frozen to death or walk ahead through the snow?” Alvin asked. Clare said she 26 to walk. So they got out of the car with their son and began walking. But 27 was to come. Soon they lost their 28 and had to walk aimlessly on and on.
Night came. They were not afraid of the dark. But they were 29 that poor Alax would die of cold. However, their faith to keep Alax 30 made them filled with courage, warmth and strength. They 31 and rested in turn and then continued their walk. They had countless falls but each time true love encouraged them to rise to their 32 again.
One, two, three, …seven days passed. On the eighth day, 33 at last came from Alvin’s parents, the police and local people. But the young 34 had to have their feet cut off because of
the bad frost-bites(冻伤). Fortunately, there was 35 seriously wrong with little Alax.
A.Still B.Even C.Yet D.Ever
A.cried B.jumped C.smiled D.sang
A.taking B.having C.enjoying D.starting
A.work B.change C.come D.finish
A.phoning B.deciding C.thinking D.hoping
A.get B.slow C.go D.look
A.land B.highway C.fields D.car
A.walk B.sit C.stay D.wait
A.and B.but C.or D.for
A.fall B.end C.continue D.melt
A.liked B.preferred C.decided D.wished
A.better B.something C.nothing D.worse
A.hope B.luck C.way D.money
A.certain B.afraid C.sorry D.sure
A.happy B.silent C.alive D.dead
A.slept B.walked C.watched D.ate
A.heads B.eyes C.hands D.feet
A.danger B.help C.luck D.news
A.husband B.wife C.couple D.baby
A.everything B.anything C.something D.nothing