We already know the fastest, least expensive way to slow climate change: Use less energy. With a little effort, and not much money, most of us could reduce our energy diets by 25 percent or more—doing the Earth a favor while also helping our wallets. 
Not long ago, my wife, PJ, and I tried a new diet—not to lose a little weight but to answer an annoying question about climate change. Scientists have reported recently that the world is bending up even faster than predicted only a few years ago, and that the consequences could be severe if we don’t keep reducing emissions（排放）of carbon dioxide（CO2）and other greenhouse gases that are trapping heat in our atmosphere. 21世纪We decided to try an experiment. For one month we recorded our personal emissions of CO2. . We wanted to see how much we could cut back, so we went on a strict diet. The average US household（家庭）produces about 150 pounds of CO2 a day by doing common-place things like turning on air-conditioning or driving cars. That’s more than twice the European average and almost five times the global average, mostly because Americans drive more and have bigger houses. But how much should we try to reduce? For an answer, I checked with Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth. In his book, he had challenged readers to make deep cuts in personal emissions to keep the world from reaching extremely important tipping points, such as the melting（融化）of the ice sheets in Greenland or West Antarctica. “To stay below that point, we need to reduce CO2 emissions by 80 percent,” he said. Good advice, I thought. I’d opened our bedroom windows to let in the wind. We’d gotten so used to keeping our air-conditioning going around the clock. I’d almost forgotten the windows even opened. We should not let this happen again. It’s time for us to change our habits if necessary. Why did the author and his wife try a new diet?
| A．To take special kinds of food | B．To respond to climate change. |
C．To lose weight | D．To improve their health |
The underlined words “tipping points” most probably refer to .
| A．freezing points | B．burning points | C．melting points | D．boiling points |
It can be inferred from the passage that 2___. ..
| A．it is necessary to keep the air-conditioning on all the time .. |
B．it seems possible for every household to cut emissions of CO2 |
C．the average US household produces about 3,000 pounds of CO2 a month. |
D．the average European household produces about 1,000 pounds of CO2 a month. |
Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
| A．Saving Energy Starts at Home | B．Changing Our Habits Begins at work |
| C．Changing Climate Sounds Reasonable | D．Reducing Emissions of CO2 Proves Difficult |
There are some places in the world where great cities once stood. There were trees, gardens and grass. But now these cities have gone and the places are like deserts. Scientists began to study this land to find out what happened. Many of them believed the land died when the trees were cut down.
Trees help other plants grow and help hold the soil in place. They keep the soil from blowing away. The leaves of trees on the ground keep rainwater from running off. Trees near farms protect growing plants from strong winds.
Once there were hundreds of farms in the southwestern United States. Then the farms turned into fields of dry dust. Trees might have saved these farms. But few trees grow in the dry southwest now.
Now we try to save trees. In many places, when a tree is cut down , a new tree is planted in its place . We do not want the land to die.Places where great cities once stood are now like ______ .
| A．farms | B．gardens | C．deserts | D．fields |
What can trees do according to the passage ?
| A．Trees can keep other plants green |
| B．Trees can help other plants grow . |
| C．Trees can help the land grow . |
| D．Trees can keep other plants in place . |
Which is true ?
| A．Trees let the rainwater run off . |
| B．All the farms in the United States have turned into deserts . |
| C．There aren’t any trees in the dry southwest now . |
| D．Land will die if there are no trees . |
The main idea of this passage is _________ .
| A．that farms are better than cities |
| B．how farms turned into deserts |
| C．that trees are important to the land |
| D．how people save trees |
From the passage we know that _______ .
| A．trees can blow soil away |
| B．man should protect the land |
| C．trees grow only in deserts |
| D．trees die easily |
Students often complain（抱怨）their teachers give them too much homework . Now , two reports show that in America this is not true .
The Brookings report shows that most students do less than one hour of homework . The Rand report shows that only 10% of high school students spend more than two hours a night on homework .
The Brookings report also talks about a study from 1995 . American students do almost the least homework among twenty countries . Students in France , Italy and South Africa spend more than two hours on homework .
The Rand report says there was only one time when homework greatly increased in America .During the early 1960s , Americans were not happy when the former Soviet Union (前苏联)became the first country to reach space . People thought it was necessary to improve education .
Parents want their children to have time for sports , music lessons and other things after school. some experts say schools need to give useful homework .Students are not happy about _________ .
| A．too much homework | B．going to school |
| C．less homework | D．stay at home |
French students usually spend _______ on homework than American students .
| A．more time | B．less time | C．more daytime | D．two hours |
_______ shows homework once greatly increased in America .
| A．The Brookings report | B．The Rand report |
| C．A university | D．A piece of news |
The former Soviet Union was the _______ to get to space .
| A．first | B．second | C．third | D．forth |
Some experts think __________ .
| A．students don’t work hard enough |
| B．students should not do any homework |
| C．homework is welcome if it is useful |
| D．it isn’t necessary for students to do homework |
Below you will find a selection of helpful books to learn more about effective campaigns(运动) and one-to-one permission email marketing and more.
● Advanced Email Marketing
Email is specially brilliant: low cost, high speed, personal, moving , and interactive. But there’s a big difference between knowing that email is a powerful marketing tool and proving it. —A1 ＄15.00
● Sign Me Up!
Imagine it: prospects (前景) actually ask you to email your marketing information to them. At a time when people wouldn’t give out their email addresses and don’t believe most emails, it’s harder than ever for ordinary marketers to separate their emails from waste emails.—A2 ＄13.00
● The Quiet Revolution
A revolution is taking place which will forever change the world of marketing. The strategies (策略)and techniques that have served marketers for years will not only decline in effectiveness, but will begin to quietly decline the very brands and the customer relationships that companies have worked so hard to create. —A3 ＄18.00
● Permission Marketing
Seth Godin, one of the world’s foremost online promoters, offers his best advice for advertising in Permission Marketing. Godin argues that business can no longer rely only on traditional forms of “interruption advertising” in magazines and mailings, or radio and television commercials.—A5 ＄19.05
● TOTAL E-Mail Marketing
Total E-Mail Marketing shows how to run effective e-mail campaigns aimed at both getting and keeping customers. The book covers much more than simply guidelines on e-mail creativity. It explains how to plan and carry out e-mail campaigns which connect with other online and offline communication. —A6 ＄39.5
● Persuasive Online Copywriting: How to Take Your Words to the Bank
This copy of the book offers the most comprehensive (and immediately usable) information on “how to make your website usable” in the fewest amount of pages possible. —A7 ＄31.4It can be inferred that all the books can be relative to _______.
| A．agriculture skills | B．everyday life |
| C．the Internet | D．hotels |
If you want to communicate with the bank, you’d better buy ______.
| A．1 | B．A3 | C．A7 | D．A5 |
The prices of all the books are between _____.
| A．ten and forty dollars |
| B．Fifteen and twenty dollars |
| C．twenty and thirty dollars |
| D．Thirty and forty dollars |
Scientists in Canada say big ocean fish have almost disappeared from the world since the start of industrial fishing in the nineteen-fifties. The scientists found that population of large fish like tuna; swordfish and cod have dropped by ninety percent in the past fifty years.
The study took ten years. The researchers gathered records from fishing businesses and governments around the world. The magazine Nature published the findings.
The scientists say the common method called longline fishing is especially damaging to populations of large fish. This method involves many fishing lines connected to one boat. These wires can be close to one-hundred kilometers long. They hold thousands of sharp metal hooks to catch fish.
Longline fishing is especially common in the Japanese fishing industry. Records showed that Japanese boats used to catch about ten fish for every one-hundred hooks. The study says longline fishing boats now might catch one fish per hundred hooks.
The scientists say industrial fishing can destroy groups of fish much faster than in the past. The study suggests that whole populations can disappear almost completely from new fishing areas within ten to fifteen years.
Ransom Myers of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia led the study with Boris Worm of Dalhousie and the University of Kiel in Germany. Mister Worm says the destruction could lead to a complete re-organization of ocean life systems. Mister Meyers says the decreased number of large fish is not the only worry. He says even populations that are able to reproduce do not get the chance to live long enough to grow as big as their ancestors(祖先). He says not only are there fewer big fish, they are smaller than those of the past.
American government scientists say even with the best efforts to protect fish populations, decreases are to be expected.Where is the passage probably taken from?
| A．A story book. |
| B．A business magazine. |
| C．An environment report. |
| D．An economic survey. |
Big fish have gradually been disappearing especially because ________.
| A．longline fishing method is used |
| B．sea water is getting polluted |
| C．mankind destroys the environment |
| D．governments don’t make the best efforts |
Which of the following shows the fact that the populations of large fish have dropped?
| A．Today’s “large”fish are smaller than those of the past. |
| B．Longline boats now might catch fewer fish every one-hundred hooks. |
| C．Fish even able to reproduce don’t have the chance to live longer. |
| D．Japanese boats could catch about ten fish for every 100 hooks. |
What can be the best title?
| A．Discoveries Canadian Scientists Have Made |
| B．Japanese Fishing Industry |
| C．Losses of Big Fish |
| D．Modern Fishing Methods |
When did the researchers begin to survey the decreasing of large fish?
| A．In the 1960s. | B．In the 1970s. | C．In the 1980s. | D．In the 1990s. |
In white shirt, blue pants, black cloth shoes and two pigtails, Jingqiu gives off an air of great "pure beauty" in Zhang Yimou’s new movie Under the Hawthorn Tree, which tells the story of the sad romance of Jingqiu and a handsome young man named Laosan set at the end of the "cultural revolution" (1966-- 1976).
Before it was released, moviegoers foresaw what this "pure beauty" could be. Director Zhang complained of how long it had taken him to find the right girl for the part of Jingqiu -- a character so innocent. She believes that simply lying on the same bed as a man will make her pregnant.
It was 18-year-old Zhou Dongyu who stood out from the crowd. According to Zhang, Zhou has "eyes that are clear like a fountain on a mountainside". Born to an ordinary worker's family, the Shijiazhuang girl was in her final year of high school and working hard for a place in an art college.
"If you have fair skin and clear eyes, as Jingqiu does, it is easy to look pure. Girls today wear so many jewels and make-up--that's the reason Zhang was not interested," said Du Yanlai, 17, of Chengdu.
While some teenagers consider such "pure" beauty illusory, others believe that it speaks of something soulful.
Purity is all about an innocence that shines through from within, thinks 16-year-old Tan Mengxi of Nanjing. "Being pure can be simple, not having complicated thoughts and being inexperienced. However, it doesn't mean an ignorant or native person. So, a person is pure in his or her nature if he or she is always enthusiastic and able to deal with difficult matters independently. This purity doesn't pass with time, "she said.What's the real purity according to Tan Mengxi?
| A．Having eyes as clear as a fountain. |
| B．Not wearing so many jewels and make-up. |
| C．Being ignorant and native. |
| D．Being simple, enthusiastic and able to manage things alone. |
What does the underlined word “illusory” mean here?
| A．unreal. | B．unhealthy. | C．unscientific. | D．negative. |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．Zhou Dongyu, who was 18,was from an art college. |
| B．Director Zhang disliked those girls with so many accessories and make-up. |
| C．Different people have different opinions about purity. |
| D．Many young girls in China are eager to stand out. |
The main idea of the passage is ______.
| A．Why Director Zhang selected Miss Zhou as the leading star |
| B．How people like the movie Under the Hawthorn Tree |
| C．What makes a pure girl |
| D．Why Chinese girls want to be pure |