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阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项。
Our planet isn't in very good shape right now. The air is . The ocean is polluted. The problem we’re facing is really . It may seem like there’s so much we need to do, to make things right. And that’s the . We don’tneed to do more. we need to do less.
Let’s take a look at some of the we can use the power of LESS to save the planet.
Driving less, walking more. Not only will you be saving the environment, you’ll be saving your________as well.
Wanting less, appreciating more. Instead of wanting a big home you can’t afford, maybe you should live in a smaller home in a ________ expensive area.
Talking less, listening more. We usually spend most of our time ________ . And actually you would be ________ how much people never really hear each other at all. Think about how your life can be improved by ________people better.
Spend more ________ being mindful. We often ________ alot of time trying to do too many things ________ .We try to print a report and ________ on the phone at the same time. Doing this we run the ________of printing the wrong pages and saying the wrong thing.
Buy less things. The more things we ________ , the more resources we take from the planet. The more we buy, the larger that________ becomes. Buying new things isn’t really a bad thing. ________ is our desire to buy the newest and greatest each year or every few months that is dangerous. After all, that ________ thing has to go somewhere. And it’s probably in the landfill somewhere.
How can you use the ________ of LESS to help save the planet? I would love to hear your ideas.
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In Renee Smith's classroom, attendance is up. Trips to the headmaster's office are down and students are handing in assignments on time. The Springfield High School teacher says shehas seengreat __1__since adding a few new students to her class―five Labrador puppies and their father.
The seven__2__ students in Smith's class have a history of discipline __3__. But since they've started teaching the dogs obedience (顺从), their own __4__ has improved. A dog trainer Chuck Reynolds __5__ the students a new trick each week that they then workon with the puppies. At night, the dogs go home with the staff memberswho have raised them. They get dropped off in the morning, __6__a parent would take a child to day care.
Smith said she came up with the idea when her dog had puppies and she say, how __7__ her own children responded to them. She consulted with school psychologist Kristin Edinger, __8__they took the idea―along with letters from students __9__ the program ―to the school board. A pet therapist said, "What you are trying to teach is__10__ and that thereare consequences for the decisions you make."
A．disappointment B．progress C．disturbance D．promotion
A．human B．dog C．new D．Labrador
A．problems B．questions C．issues D．troubles
A．habit B．attitude C．action D．behavior
A．guides B．teaches C．permits D．aids
A．such as B．much as C．so that D．even if
A．well B．quickly C．poorly D．carelessly
A．but B．so. C．and D．because
A．revising B．describing C．opposing D．supporting
A．self-importance B．self-respect C．self-control D．self-criticism
Leif Erickson reached North America around the year 1000, but the attempt to explore was started slowly. It would be five centuries __1__ other Europeans landed on that continent.
Why were Europeans the ones to __2__ to the American? The Chinese and Arabs had the __3__ and technology to sail across the seas. __4__ of them tool regular voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Asian Pacific for trade. But exploration? By the mid-15th century China had followed the closed-door policy to __5__ itself from the rest of the world. The Arabs, with access to the minerals and spices (香料) of Africa and the Far East, saw no __6__ to journey into the unknown.
Europe, on the other hand, needed gold and silver; its mines could not __7__ the demand for coinage (铸币). Ottoman Turks blocked the routes across the land to Asia. Only the sea held the promise of new wealth.
__8__ the return of Magellan’s ships in 1522 from its voyage around the world, the belief was __9__ that the oceans were interconnected, promising the age of discovery. The English, as well as the Spanish, Portuguese and French, __10__ themselves to finding the “river of the west” through North America to the east.
A．after B．since C．before D．when
A．push B．pull C．draw D．drive
A．sources B．resources C．substances D．matters
A．Neither B．Both C．Any D．None
A．prevent B．protect C．isolate D．differ
A．need B．chance C．choice D．regret
A．create B．meet C．raise D．develop
A．As B．For C．With D．At
A．extended B．estimated C．accepted D．made
A．contributed B．referred C．devoted D．connected
A young man rushes about a small room, hiding himself behind a chair, jumping on the desk, jabbing (刺) the air with his pencil. To an outsider there appears to be no __1__ for these strange acts. However, he is the __2__ of an experiment in hypnosis (催眠). Being hypnotized, the young man has __3__ the suggestion that there is a fierce dog in the room. So he acts as though there were.
According to the popular conception of hypnosis, a hypnotized person is in a __4__ like sleepwalking－seemingly awake yet out of touch with his or her normal __5__ awareness and self-control. There are, however, enormous __6__ between the sleepwalker and the hypnotized person. First, the sleepwalker, __7__ the hypnotized person, pays no attention to other people and doesn’t take instructions. Second, the sleepwalker doesn’t remember sleepwalking, while the hypnotized person __8__ everything that went on under hypnosis.
Obviously, sleep and hypnosis are different. But what exactly is hypnosis? Psychologists still don’t have a firm answer to this question. Although hypnosis has been already successfully __9__ to a large range of medical uses, there is little clear agreement as to how hypnosis works. Only when scientists can understand this, can the full potential (潜能) of hypnosis in medical treatment be __10__.
A．reason B．purpose C．doubt D．evidence
A．species B．target C．subject D．aim
A．received B．accepted C．admitted D．believed
A．time B．course C．development D．state
A．awake B．waking C．sleepy D．sleeping
A．influence B．relations C．similarities D．differences
A．unlike B．like C．for D．with
A．forgets B．destroys C．enjoys D．remembers
A．come B．put C．turned D．changed
A．exploited B．saved C．made D．kept
Have you ever noticed advertisements which say “Learn a foreign language in 6 weeks or your money back”?
Of course, it never happens quite like that. The only language which is easy to learn is the native tongue. Before the Second World War people usually learnt a foreign language in order to read the literature of the nation. Now speaking a foreign language is what most people want. Every year millions of people start learning one. How can they do it?
Some people try at home, with books or tapes; some use radio or television programs. If they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, learning it will take a long time. A few people have to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or more hours a day. It is easier to learn a language in the country where it is spoken in everyday life. However, most people cannot afford this, and for many it is not nesessary. They need the language in order to do their work better. For example, scientists chiefly need to be able to read books and reports in the foreign language. Whether the language is learnt quickly or slowly, it is hard work. Machines and books will help. But they cannot do the students’ work for them.
A．replaces B．takes C．follows D．happens
A．native B．common C．spoken D．special
A．spoke B．liked C．learnt D．disliked
A．world B．tradition C．time D．nation
A．that B．why C．what D．because
A．shows B．programs C．activities D．plays
A．However B．Also C．Afterwards D．Still
A．pay B．afford C．obtain D．gain
A．practical B．possible C．necessary D．successful
A．result B．succeed C．decide D．help
Human beings may be the most intelligent animal species, but most of us are not too sure what we mean when we talk about intelligence. One moment we all use the word to __1__ someone who knows the answer to a difficult questions, and the next we will say that someone is __2__ because they have made a lot of money. Intelligence is the ability to __3__ new approaches to solve problems, as __4__ to doing things out of habit or conditioning. Rats in a maze (迷宫) can learn __5__ the mistake that they made, but this isn’t really intelligence. A good example of intelligence is the way to learn a language isn’t directly __6__ to intelligence. As children, we are all programmed to learn to speak and it is not the __7__ that intelligent children always speak at a younger age. But as we grow older, intelligent people have an advantage because they will find ways of making the most of the __10__ they have.
A．refer B．say C．mention D．describe
A．intelligent B．aggressive C．capable D．successful
A．come up with B．put up with C．get up with D．make up with
A．contrast B．different C．opposed D．compared
A．of B．about C．from D．with
A．speed B．way C．effect D．goal
A．gets B．is C．makes D．takes
A．related B．joined C．compared D．combined
A．instance B．example C．case D．fact
A．abilities B．time C．money D．chance