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Businesses are witnessing a difficult time, which has in turn produced influence on consumers' edsire to go green . However, shoppers are still laying stress on environmental concerns.

Two thirds of customers say that environmental considerations inform their purchases to the same degree as they did a year ago, while more than a quarter say that they are now even better aware of the environmental effect on what they buy.

This may help to influence how shops store goods on their shelves. And the companies should still make efforts to become more envitonmentally friendly. Two out of three people think it is important to buy from environmentally responsible companies,with about one in seven saying that they had even decided to take their custom elsewhere if they felt a company's environmental reputation was not good enough.

Harry Morrison, chief executive(主管)of the Carbon Trust, sympathizes:"I understand this situation where survival is very important now. But from environmental considerations, the clocd is ticking-we don't have much time. In addition, cutting carbon has an immediate effect as costs drop and a mediun-term benefit for the brand."

Larger companies have an extra motivation to look at reducing their carbon footprint, as new rules next year will require businesses bo buy carbon allowances to make up for their emissions(排放). Those that have taken early action will have a head start. More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about which companies are environmentally responsible. This suggests that firms that are able to relay clearly their message to the public will be in a pole position to attract shoppers.

The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing customers about the good work companies are doing."When companies are granted(授予)the standard, they can use a logo(标识)in all their marketing which makes it clear that they are working towards cutting emissions,"Mr.Morrison said.

1.

What's the main idea of the passage?

A.

Businesses are finding ways to send their message to the shoppers.

B.

Companies will soon get information about cutting carbon emissions.

C.

Firms are making efforts to encourage customers to keep goods at home.

D.

Firms are urged to cut carbon emissions by shoppers'environmental awareness.

2.

The underlined word"inform"in Paragraph 2 probably means"".

A.

affect

B.

change

C.

disturb

D.

reject

3.

According to Harry Morrison, businesses.

A.will benefit from cutting carbon emissions

B.should buy carbon allowances for shoppers

C.are required to make up for their carbon emissions

D.have encouraged shoppers to take their custom elsewhere

4.

We can learn from the passage that businesses will.

A.have a strong desire to reduce costs

B.use the same logo in their marketing

C.gain advantages by taking early action

D.attract more shoppers by storing goods

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A.He was lost in his dream.
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We can learn from the passage that the parents were _________.

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A.Roosevelt and Churchill had much in common.
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D.Roosevelt and Churchill always joined together to meet common goals.

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A.she was an expert on the language of poetry
B.she introduced black culture by writing poems
C.she fought for black rights by writing poems
D.her poems showed the lives of black women

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A.Gwendolyn Brooks’ poems focused on black people in Africa.
B.Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Literature was important to Brooks.
C.Gwendolyn Brooks used to suffer a lot from drugs.
D.Gwendolyn Brooks was very strict with herself.

How did Gwendolyn Brooks get ideas for most of her poems?

A.By observing life. B.By having talks.
C.By reading widely. D.By traveling.

We can infer that the book “Annie Allen” mainly deals with.

A.family life B.inequality C.adventure D.failure

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