Electronic waste, or e-waste, refers to electronic products that are no longer usable. This can include TVs, cell phones and computers and other office electronics, electronic toys and videos machines. Today, the average turnover（更换）rate for a computer in the United States is every two years, according to the environmental group, Greenpeace.
The group's Dai Yun says e-waste is a global problem. "The electronic industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. The high speed of growth in this industry means more and more electronic products are being wasted and thrown away. If no one decides to retrieve the old products and process them properly, the electronic waste will sweep over the earth like the huge wave behind me and pollute the Earth seriously."
Greenpeace works out that 20 to 50 million tons of e-waste are produced globally each year. The components（部件）in many electronic products contain harmful chemicals that pollute ground water and the environment.
At present , the U.S. has no federal law for the disposal (处理) of e-waste although a few states have e-waste recycling programs in place, but there is no law. The U.S. exports much of its e-waste to third world countries, such as India and China, where workers took apart computers for valuable parts, hoping to sell them for money. But harmful wastes expert, Dr. Bakul Rao, says that's a dangerous practice. "From now on, the recyclers are not very educated. All they know is they can retrieve copper or gold out of it. So, the easiest way to do that is leach (过滤) it out in an acid or burn it off to retrieve it. So, that's where they don't know how to deal with it, neither do they have any health systems in place. So, their exposure is more." What does the underlined word "retrieve" (paragraph 2) probably mean?
| A．look into | B．take apart | C．get back | D．throw away |
What of the following statements is true according to the passage？
| A．The U.S. has strict national laws for dealing with e-waste. |
| B．Third world countries import e-waste to get valuable parts, which is a safe and easy way to make money. |
| C．The way uneducated workers deal with old computers does great harm to the environment as well as to their own health. |
| D．More and more electronic waste is being wasted and thrown away mainly because of people's bad habits. |
What is the purpose of writing the passage?
| A．To attract more people's attention to e-waste. |
| B．To call on people not to throw away e-waste anywhere. |
| C．To tell people what e-waste is and how to deal with it well. |
| D．To warn people to break away from the electronic industry. |
The next paragraph probably concerns ___.
| A．how to deal with e-waste properly |
| B．how to protect ourselves from harm by e-waste |
| C．How to slow down the development in the electronic industry |
| D．how to make full use of e-waste |
From the very beginning, Martin felt that he was bound up with（与……紧紧地在一起）his lovely little patient. One day, following some tests , Betty gave the doctor a big hug（拥抱）.
A few months later the doctor removed not only the tumour（肿瘤）, but also the entire lower left side of Betty’s gum（牙龈）and jawbone. Because Betty was so young, Martin was hopeful that her jawbone might regenerate.
Within three months, Betty’s tumour grew as large as an orange, changing the natural appearance of the left side of her small, delicate （ =" thin;" not strong）face. Soon she couldn’t even close her mouth, and as her eating problems worsened, Betty ‘s weight dropped from 20 kilos to 15. Martin knew from experience that it might invade the brain.
The only other possibility was thorough radiation therapy （放射疗法）. Night after night, Betty's father gave her injection, but the tumour remained as big as ever. Then one evening. Morgan noticed that the tumour had begun to change. It was actually becoming smaller! For two months her tumour appeared to be going away for ever. In the coming months, Betty’s tumour continued to appear. She was able to eat solid food once again. Her jawbone was regenerating. The tumour was gone.
If Betty’s jawbone didn’t regenerate, the doctors ________ .
| A．would rebuild her jaw |
| B．would continue the treatment |
| C．would use new medicine |
| D．could do nothing else |
If the brain should be invaded, the result would ________.
| A．prevent her growth |
| B．reduce her weight |
| C．cause her brain damaged |
| D．affect her eyesight |
What did the doctors do two months later?
| A．They continued their observations. |
| B．They gave up the operation on Betty. |
| C．They found out what caused Betty’s strange disease. |
| D．They declared that Betty’s strange disease was cured. |
A film was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro commercial. This is in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. Darrell Winfield was watching the crew set up the equipment. The scene included an actor crossing a river on horseback, but when the time came to shoot, the man was too drunk to ride. Someone from the crews saw Winfield and asked him if he would ride the horse for 50. “Hell, ” said Winfield, “for 50 bucks, I'll jump that damn horse over the moon!”
To people in many countries, Winfield is just a familiar but nameless face, a simple cowboy with an advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is 55, a family man who’s been married to the same woman for 37 years and has 5 children and 7 grandchildren. Most surprisingly, he’s a real, working cowboy who raises horses in his ranch in Wyoming.
One of the most striking things about the Marlboro Man is that success hasn’t changed him much. He says that complete strangers sometimes come up to him and say, “I’ve met you. know you from somewhere. ”Whenever it happens, he says that he gets embarrassed.
Which of the following statements is true?
| A．Cigarette ads were prohibited in America. |
| B．Cigarette ads are prohibited on television in America. |
| C．Marlboro commercial was prohibited on television. |
| D．Marlboro commercial was produced on television. |
What does the word“prohibited”in the first paragraph mean?
| A．broadcast | B．forbidden |
| C．produced | D．provided |
When they filmed the ad, ________.
| A．Winfield was too drunk. |
| B．The actor in the ad was too drunk. |
| C．Winfield was setting up the equipmet. |
| D．Winfield was riding a horse. |
From the passage, we know that Winfield was ________.
| A．an ordinary man |
| B．a superstar |
| C．an actor |
| D．a rich man |
China’s position on the World Trade Organization（WTO） issue has not changed, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said yesterday at a routine press briefing.
However, the atmosphere surrounding the WTO accession talks has been spoiled by NATO’S bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade （贝尔格莱德）, he added.
Zhang stressed the US - led NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia had aroused the strong indignation of the Chinese people, and put Sino - U. S. relations into difficult straits. （困境）
The bombing incident has affected the atmosphere surrounding the two sides’ negotiation on the WTO accession, he said China demanded prompt, adequate and effective compensation（赔偿） for the Chinese loss of lives, injuries and loss of property.
Shen Guofang, China’s acting permanent representative to the United Nations, said on Wednesday that “Kosovo is Part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and it is not the United Nation’s trustee territory”.
Shen, who took the floor at an international conference on Kosovo as the senior representative of Chinese Foreign Minister TangJiaxuan, called on the international community to respect the sovereignty （国家主权）and territorial integrity （领土完整）of Yugoslavia.Which of the following statements is right according to the passage?
| A．China’s view point on the entry to WTO has changed little. |
| B．The atmosphere surrounding the WTO accession talks was not at all influenced by NATO’S bombing. |
| C．The U.S. - led NATO must answer for all the loss caused by the bombing incident. |
| D．It is reasonable for the strong countries to control the weak countries. |
“Take the floor”in the last paragraph means to“________”.
| A．make a speech |
| B．occupy the floor |
| C．make use of the place |
| D．attend the meeting |
Which of the following statements is NOT right?
| A．The U. S - led NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia made us very angry |
| B．Sino- U. S. relation got into trouble as a result of the bombing. |
| C．It’s wrong to stich one’s nose into the home affairs of other countries. |
| D．The U. S. - led NATO would like to compensate the loss caused by the bombing of the Chinese Embassy. |
We can draw a conclusion from the passage that ________ in the world’s foreign affairs.
| A．all the countries should always have their sovereignty respected |
| B．we should help other countries for our own purpose |
| C．the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all the countries must be greatly respected and be put in the first place |
| D．there always exists respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity of all |
America is growing older. Fifty - eight years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. To day, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect（影响）American society in many ways—education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society—one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior（行为） is suitable（合适）at various , ages.
A person s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29 - year - old university president or a 35 - year -old grandmother, or a 70 year - old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.
Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother— or my father— was at my age. ”No one says“Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America ________ .
| A．has made people feel younger |
| B．has changed people’s social position |
| C．has changed people’s understanding of age |
| D．has slowed down the country’s social development |
The underlined word “one” refers to ________ .
| A．a society | B．America |
| C．a place | D．population |
“Act your age” means people should ________ .
| A．be active when they are old |
| B．do the right thing at the right age |
| C．show respect for their parents young or old |
| D．take more physical exercise suitable to their age |
If a 25 - year - old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it ________ .
| A．normal | B．wonderful |
| C．unbelievable | D．unreasonable |
The following are four forms about medicine. How to use the medicine is very important. Never take any by mistake.
1）Take the medicine with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required. For further night - time and early morning, take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in 24 hours. For Children six to twelve years old, go to your doctor for advice. Reduce dosage if nervousness, restlessness or sleeplessness takes place.
2）Each pill of the medicine taken three times every day for fourteen years old. As usual, a pill 6∶00 a. m., before breakfast, one before 11∶00 and one before sleep. Not for children under six years old and old persons with heart attack.
3）The medicine for a person with a fever. Once two pills a day before sleep for adult. Not take the medicine without fever. Half for Children under 12 years old. Children with a high fever, go to see a doctor.
4）The medicine taken three times a day, once five pills for adult with a cold. Half of the pills for children 10 years old. Take the medicine before breakfast, lunch, supper or before sleep.
Obviously a kind of medicine can’t be proper for ________, judging from the information.
| A．children over twelve years old |
| B．some old persons with a fever |
| C．some old persons with heart attack |
| D．neither adults nor heart attack |
When a person has a cold, he had better ________ .
| A．have about more than fourteen pills a day |
| B．have twice a day |
| C．have four times a day |
| D．have nine pills a day |
How many kinds of medicine are used for the children six years old?
| A．All of them． |
| B．Three kinds of medicine. |
| C．Two kinds of medicine. |
| D．Almost not any medicine. |