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Drinking Water: Bottled or From the Tap(水龙头)?
In America, people will include a case or two of bottled water when buying the week"s groceries(日用杂货).When they are going to a soccer game or activity, it"s common for them to grab a cold bottle of water out of the fridge with them.In fact, Americans buy more bottled water than any other nation in the world, about 29 billion bottles a year.
But all these plastic bottles use a lot of fossil fuels and pollute the environment.In order to make all the 29 billion bottles, producers use 17 million barrels of crude oil, which is enough to keep a million cars going for 12 months.
So why don"t people drink water straight from the tap? Some people have a strong belief that bottled water is better than water out of the tap, but that"s not necessarily true.In the US, the local governments make sure water from the tap is safe.There is also growing concern that chemicals in the bottles themselves may go into the water.
People love the convenience of bottled water.But maybe if they realized the problems it causes, they would try drinking from a glass at home or carrying water in a reusable steel container instead of plastic.
Some argue that plastic bottle recycling can help.Recycled bottles can be turned into items like carpeting or clothing.Unfortunately, only one in six bottles is recycled.The rest make it to landfills(垃圾填坦场) or end as trash in other places.Plastic bottles take hundreds of years for them to disintegrate.
Water is important for you, so keep drinking it.But think about how often you use water bottles, and see if you can make a change.
And yes, you can make a difference.Remember this: Recycling one plastic bottle can save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for six hours.
小题1:How many cars can be kept going for a year by the crude oil used to make 29 billion bottles?
A.100. B.I,000.C.100,000.D.I,000,000.
小题2:Why do Americans prefer bottled water?
A.Bottled water is better than water from the tap.
B.Bottled water is cheaper than water from the tap.
C.Bottled water contains beneficial chemicals in it.
D.Bottled water is more convenient than water from the tap.
小题3:What does the underlined word "disintegrate" in the fifth paragraph probably mean^
A.Be well recycled.B.Become less poisonous.
C.Break into small pieces.D.Go down below a surface.
小题4:The author"s intention of writing this passage is to recommend Americans
A.drink more water from the tap
B.send plastic bottles to landfills.
C.use water bottles to power light bulbs
D.buy bottles filled with water from the tap

答案

小题1:D
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:A
解析

小题1:细节题。根据文章第二段可知答案。
小题1:推理判断题。根据第四段:People love the convenience of bottled water.可知很多美国人选择瓶装水是因为图方便和自认为瓶装水比自来水更好。
小题1:词义猜测题。根据第五段和本句可知需要几百年才能把塑料瓶(自然地)
分解。
小题1:写作意图题。结合全文可知作者希望人们能够从环保节能的角度出发,少喝瓶装水,多喝自来水。
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After we meet people, it is up to us to make them our friends.Let us stop a moment and consider what really makes a friend. The major qualities like faithfulness, devotion, friendliness,flash through our minds. But it is the large number of very small particular qualities that make up one’s whole character, such as cheerfulness, friendliness and punctuality. After all, “to make a friend, be a friend” is not such a big and difficult order. There are particular favorable qualities, which attract others to us, and some fundamental psychological do’s and don’ts.
If you are in the presence of a shy person, talking and asking casual questions may bring him out of his shell. Think of what would be most acceptable to the other person for you to talk, or to listen. Either way, the goal is to make yourself pleasant.
Always remember to listen, but listen intelligently. To have anyone “hang on our words” is the most unnoticeably clever way in the world to please somebody.For a few extremely happy seconds we are the center of attraction,but when it is our turn to be audience,let us remember how we felt as the actor,and let’s be genuinely interested in what the other fellow is saying.
Other people will like us, if we like them. If you want friends, keep your mind and heart open to friendship. Be alive to the other person’s world.
小题1:This passage is mainly about________.
A.the way of talking to a shy person
B.some favorable qualities to be a psychologist
C.how to make yourself attractive to listeners
D.how to make a friend and be a friend
小题2: The underlined part “bring him out of his shell” in the second paragraph most probably means________.
A.make him become activeB.make him feel more nervous
C.help him understand the question betterD.help him listen intelligently
小题3:According to the passage,an important way in making friends is to________.
A.attract themB.be attractedC.listen attentivelyD.talk widely
小题4:Of the qualities in a friend,which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.Faithfulness.B.Devotion.C.Punctuality.D.Unselfishness.

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It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble.That’s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.
“I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville.As I got onto  Highway 40,blue lights and sirens(警笛)going.I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway.The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me.He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder.”
But Hyde couldn’t go after him.Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders,so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident.But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove,hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car.As it turned out,keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult.Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.
Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination(目的地).At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene.His help wasn’t needed.Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird,who by this time had developed something new to panic about.
“Just about that time,” Hyde said,“I saw fire coming out from under that car,with blue smoke and oil going everywhere.He’d blown his engine.Now he had to stop.”
“After I arrested him.I asked him why he was running.He told me he didn’t have a driver’s license(执照).”
That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty---a thousand dollars for the new engine---not to mention the charges for driving without a license,attempting to run away,and dangerous driving.
小题1:The underlined word“panicked”in Paragraph 2 means       .
A.fearedB.hatedC.excitedD.satisfied
小题2:The driver of the Firebird suddenly speeded down the highway because         .
A.he was racing with another driver on the road
B.he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene
C.he thought the police officer wanted to stop him
D.he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder
小题3:Which of the following statements is true?
A.Someone else was taking care of the injured person.
B.The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene.
C.Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car.
D.The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40
小题4:Choose the best title for the passage.
A.Going My Way?B.Help on the Way?
C.Fun All theWay?D.Losing His Way?

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We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong.A day may begin well enough,but suddenly everything seems to get out of control.It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen.Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time.The telephone rings and this means your troubles are beginning.While you are on the phone,the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table,destroying your half-prepared meal.You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby.Meanwhile,the meal gets burnt.As if this were not enough to bring you to tears,your husband arrives,unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.
Things can go wrong on a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue.The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner.She suddenly got into a panic(恐慌)and stopped her car.This made the driver following her stop suddenly.His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake.As she was thrown forward,the cake went right through the window and landed on the road.Seeing a cake flying through the air,a truck-driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden.The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck on the road.This led to yet another angry argument.Meanwhile,the traffic piled up behind.It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again.In the meanwhile,the truck-driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident,for they were happily having what was left of the cake.It was just one of those days!
小题1:In the writer’s opinion         .
A.accidents may happen anytime
B.troubles always come in groups
C.a small matter may cause great trouble
D.anyone may have trouble any day
小题2:What did the police do after the accident?
A.They helped the driver clean up the road.
B.They helped the drivers to go on with their journey.
C.They tried to stop the people from arguing.
D.They would find out who should be responsible for(有责任的)the accident.
小题3:When the telephone rings        .
A.you’d better have your baby a little distant from your table before going to answer the phone
B.you’d better just let it ring all the way
C.you should never go to answer it in a hurry
D.you should answer it right away
小题4:From the story we can see_________.
A.some drivers are too careless
B.such accidents are rather strange
C.such accidents are very common
D.we don’t know why such accidents happen

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In 2004,I was 22 years old and had just come back to Brazil after 14 months in England,holding my Cambridge Proficiency certificate.After nervously  21  a short training course,I began to give classes to my 12 students,all of them older than I was. I  22  hard to remain clam in class and  23  they wouldn"t find out how unconfident I felt most of the time.I was quite _24_,actually,until the end of  25  and the night of the final oral test.
The test was going to start at 7 pm,and at 6:50, I_ 26  myself in the teachers bathroom to  27  all the test questions again.I really wanted to learn the 28  by heart so no one would think I was an inexperienced tester.The  29  is,I actually locked myself in the bathroom.I  30  couldn"t get out!The bell rang at 7 pm and I could hear the noise in the halls  31  the students went to their rooms.I tried hard to 32  the bathroom door,but failed.
I heard the cleaning lady’s voice and asked for help as  33  as I could, However, she wasn"t exactly a thoughtful person, and started  34 :“Diana’s locked in the bathroom!”Shame had fallen upon me!  35  , the course director, the secretary and some teachers were outside the bathroom trying to get me out, and,  36  ,my students gathered outside too, happily saying things like“Aren’t we  37 ! No test today!”All I could do was 38  , and my entire  39  was waiting for me outside, naughty smiles on their faces.“ 40 !Teacher.”They said,“We know you are human too!”
They all passed their test.True to the Brazilian style, we all went out for a beer afterwards, and laughed the whole thing off.
小题1:
A.holdingB.takingC.gettingD.giving
小题2:
A.performedB.learnedC.workedD.tried
小题3:
A.thoughtB.hopedC.guessedD.realized
小题4:
A.successfulB.fortunateC.happyD.satisfied
小题5:
A.the classB.the courseC.the dayD.the year
小题6:
A.tidiedB.washedC.lockedD.reminded
小题7:
A.rewriteB.answerC.go overD.put forward
小题8:
A.questionsB.instructionsC.answersD.steps
小题9:
A.situationB.conditionC.trickD.problem
小题10:
A.probablyB.simplyC.sadlyD.nearly
小题11:
A.asB.beforeC.openD.push
小题12:
A.knockB.kickC.openD.push
小题13:
A.quietlyB.hurriedlyC.excitedlyD.crazily
小题14:
A.scoldingB.runningC.laughingD.shouting
小题15:
A.At firstB.Soon enoughC.In the endD.Right now
小题16:
A.to my amazementB.to my delightC.to my surpriseD.to my horror
小题17:
A.luckyB.comfortableC.anxiousD.regretful
小题18:
A.watchB.smileC.waitD.worry
小题19:
A.classB.staffC.groupD.school
小题20:
A.SorryB.CongratulationsC.Don’t be angryD.Don’t worry

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Wearing seat belt is,of course,the first step to safe driving.These additional measures might also save your life.
Count to three.Keeping up enough space between your car and others is extreme1y necessary.Jim Clark,a California driving instructor,suggests a least amount of three seconds’following distance.To figure this,pick an object on the roadside ahead.When the car in front of you passes it,start counting one-thousand-one,one-thousand-two,one-thousand-three.If you get to that object before you reach one-thousand-three,you don’t have three seconds of following time --- time needed to keep away from accidents.
Let followers pass.“If someone’s driving after you,get out of his way,”Clark advises.“You’re better of being safe than right.”
Expect the worst.In a study,the Federal Highway Administration(联邦公路局)found that 68 percent of drivers do not come to a complete stop at stop signs.When you’re driving and see someone come near to a stop sing,assume the person’s not going to stop.
And when you stop at a crossing and another car comes near with its turn signal on,don’t take it true that the driver will turn.Instead,wait until he turns.He may have had the signal on for miles.
Stay outside.In crowd,multilane(多车道) traffic,drive in either the outside--left or outside--right lane.“That allows you somewhere to go if a problem develops,”traffic expert Francis Kenel says.“If you’re in the middle,all you can do is to pause from time to time.”
小题1:According to the text if you want to drive safely you should   .
A.wear seat beltB.take some additional measures
C.at least take 5 stepsD.count to three
小题2:When you finish counting“one-thousand-three",you have   .
A.driven one thousand and three metresB.kept three seconds’distance from other cars
C.counted a lot of numbersD.kept a long distance from the object
小题3:What does the underlined word“assume”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A.Maybe.B.Guess.C.Ask.D.Suppose.
小题4:Mr.Kenel tells us while driving in multilane traffic_______.   
A.we’d better find somewhere to go
B.it will be better for us to drive in the outside lanes
C.it is safer to drive in the middle
D.we must drive on the left

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