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阅读专项练习二

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Businessesarewitnessingadifficulttime,whichhasinturnproducedinfluenceonconsumers’desiretogogreen.However,shoppersarestilllayingstressonenvironmentalconcerns.

Twothirdsofcustomerssaythatenvironmentalconsiderationsinformtheirpurchasestothesamedegreeastheydidayearago,whilemorethanaquartersaythattheyarenowevenbetterawareoftheenvironmentaleffectonwhattheybuy.

Thismayhelptoinfluencehowshopsstoregoodsontheirshelves.Andthecompaniesshouldstillmakeeffortstobecomemoreenvironmentallyfriendly.Twooutofthreepeoplethinkitisimportanttobuyfromenvironmentallyresponsiblecompanies,withaboutoneinsevensayingthattheyhadevendecidedtotaketheircustomelsewhereiftheyfeltacompany’senvironmentalreputationwasnotgoodenough.

HarryMorrison,chiefexecutive（主管）oftheCarbonTrust,sympathizes：

“Iunderstandthissituationwheresurvivalisveryimportantnow.Butfromenvironmentalconsiderations,theclockisticking—wedon’thavemuchtime.Inaddition,cuttingcarbonhasanimmediateeffectascostsdropandamedium-termbenefitforthebrand.”

Largercompanieshaveanextramotivationtolookatreducingtheircarbonfootprint,asnewrulesnextyearwillrequirebusinessestobuycarbonallowancestomakeupfortheiremissions（排放）.Thosethathavetakenearlyactionwillhaveaheadstart.Morethantwothirdsofconsumersarenotclearaboutwhichcompaniesareenvironmentallyresponsible.Thissuggeststhatfirmsthatareabletorelayclearlytheirmessagetothepublicwillbeinapolepositiontoattractshoppers.

TheCarbonTrustbelievesthatitcanhelpbyinformingcustomersaboutthegoodworkcompaniesaredoing.“Whencompaniesaregranted（授予）thestandard,theycanusealogo（标识）inalltheirmarketingwhichmakesitclearthattheyareworkingtowardscuttingemissions,”Mr.Morrisonsaid.

1.What’sthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Businessesarefindingwaystosendtheirmessagetotheshoppers.

B.Companieswillsoongetinformationaboutcuttingcarbonemissions.

C.Firmsaremakingeffortstoencouragecustomerstokeepgoodsathome.

D.Firmsareurgedtocutcarbonemissionsbyshoppers’environmentalawareness.

2.Theunderlinedword“inform”inParagraph2probablymeans“      ”.

A.affect               B.change               C.disturb              D.reject

3.AccordingtoHarryMorrison,businesses        .

A.willbenefitfromcuttingcarbonemissions

B.shouldbuycarbonallowancesforshoppers

C.arerequiredtomakeupfortheircarbonemissions

D.haveencouragedshopperstotaketheircustomelsewhere

4.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethatbusinesseswill        .

A.haveastrongdesiretoreducecosts

B.usethesamelogointheirmarketing

C.gainadvantagesbytakingearlyaction

D.attractmoreshoppersbystoringgoods

B

ColumbusCollege,241QueenElizabethDrive,KowloonCity

Memo

To:

AllStall

From:

JalieMok,Secretary;SportsDevelopmentCommittee

Date:

May20,2010

Aweekago,“SportsforLife”programmewassenttotheparents,requiringthemtoselectasporttheywantedtheirchildtoplay.Sincethen,ourstaffhavereceivedlotsofcallsfromparentsaskingformoreinformationaboutit.Hereisamemo（备忘录）foryourreferencewhenyouanswerthephones.

Sports1；Basketball

Weexpectthatthiswillbethemostpopularofthefoursports.Therefore,studentsshouldbeadvisedtosignupassoonaspossible.StudentswilltakeaprivatebustoandfromKwunTongSportsPark.Tocoverthecostofhiringabus,eachstudentwillhavetopay$10eachtime.Therewillbefourbasketballcourtsavailableforourusewithoneteacherwatchingovereachgame.

Sports2:

Gym

WewillbeusingSt.Peter’sMemorialPark.Therearetworeasonsforchoosingthispark.First,itisnotverybusyandcrowdedbefore6:

00pm.Second,ithaslotsoftreeswithplentyofshade.Studentsmustbringalongtwobottlesofwatertopreventthirst.Threeactivities,shipping,jogging,outdooraerobics（有氧运动），allofwhicharefreeofchare,willbearranged.Andtherewillbeateacherondutyforeachoftheactivities.

Sprots3:

Hiking

Hiking（远足）willtakeplaceatKowloonPeak.Theactivitywillstartat2：

30pmandfinish90minuteslater.Threeteacherswillaccompanythestudents,andahikinginstructorwillaccompanyeachgroupof15hikers.Eachinstructorwillcost$75/hr.

Sports4；Swimming

TheKowloonCityAquaticCentreisa10-minutewalkfromourschool.Fourteacherswillgotothepoolandconductthegoing-onfromthepoolside.Wewillonlybeabletoreservethepoolforonehour（i.e.2:

45pmto3:

45pm）.Onlystudentsskilfulatswimmingcantakeupthisactivity.Thepoolwillhavetwolifeguardspresent.Girlsmustwearaswimmingsuit.Thecostis$10pervisit.

5.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Studentsselectingbasketballhadbetterregisterearly.

B.Studentsparticipatingingymshouldarriveat6:

00pm.

C.Hikingusuallybeginsat2:

30pmandlasts2hours.

D.Studentshavingswimmingsuitscantakeupswimming.

6.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat

A.studentstakingpartinbasketballwillwalktothecourts.

B.everystudentcangainadmissiontooneofthefoursports

C.hikingstudentscanhavearegularrestintheshadeoftrees

D.studentstakingupthefoursportsshouldbringbottlesofwater

7.Itcanbeconcludedthat

A.eachsportwilltakeonlyonhour

B.studentswillbechargedforthefoursports

C.allthesportswilltakeplaceatKowloonPeak

D.teacherswillaccompanystudentsoneachsport

8.Thepurposeofthememoisto

A.attractstudents’interestintheprogramme

B.requiretheparentstoselectasportfortheirchild

C.helpthestaffexplaintheprogrammetotheparents

D.remindteachersandlifeguardstobepresentontime

C

IntheUnitedStates,thereweresomewell-constructedhousesfornativeIndians,rangingfromthesimplebrushsheltertothefive-storiedpueblo.

IntheeasternUnitedStates,oneoftheexistingtypeswasthatcommonlyknowundertheAlgonkiannameofwigwaminwhichtheIroquoisIndianslived.Thewigwamswereofwagon-topshapewithstraightsidesandends,madebybendingyoungtreestoformtheroundshape.OverthisshapepiecesoftreebarkwerelaidtoprotecttheIndiansfrombadweather.Overthebarkdriedgrasswasadded.Asmallholeallowedsmoketoescapefromthetop.Doorwaysateachenservedalsoaswindows,TheIroquoisIndiansbuilttrunkwallsallaroundtheirvillages.Thewallhadonlyoneopening,Theycouldquicklyclosethisopeningiftheirenemiescamenear.

Interestingly,theChoctawIndiansinMississippialsolivedinawigwamofamostprimitive（原始的）construction,butdifferentfromthoseoftheIroquoisIndians.TheChoctawIndians’wigwams,madefrommud,caneandstraw,wereintheformofabee-hive.Thecoveringwasmadeofalong,toughgrass.Apostinthecentresupportedtheroof.Aholeinthetopadmittedthelight,andallowedthesmoketopassout.

Thetipitent-housingoftheupperlakeandplainsareawasputupwithpolessetlightlyintheground,tiedtogethernearthetop,andcoveredwithbarkandgrassinthelakecountry.Itwaseasilyportable,andtwowomencouldsetituportakeitdownwithinanhour.

ThePawnee,MandanandotherIndiantribes（部落）alongtheMissouribuiltsolidring-shapedstructuresoftrunk,coveredwithearthanddriedgrass,housingadozenfamilies.

TheWichitaandothertribesoftheTexasborderbuiltlargering-shapedhousescoveredwithdriedgrass.

Apartfromtheregularhousing,almosteverytribehadsomestyleofhousing.

9.Accordingtothepassage,thePawneeIndiansbuilttheirhouses_____.

A.withopeningsinthetrunkwalls  B.largeenoughforseveralfamilies

C.inaringshapewithbarkandmud       D.bybendingyoungtreestoformtheshape

10.AllthenativeIndianhousesdescribedinthepassagewere_____.

A.ofthesameshape                       B.coveredwithgrass

C.builtwithapostinthecentre              D.builtwithdoorwaysateachend

11.Thepassagesuggeststhat________

A.allthenativeIndiansbuilt trunkwallsallaround theirhouses

B.allthenativeIndianhouseswerebuiltwithpolestiedtogether

C.theIroquoisIndianstooksafetyintoaccountwhilebuildingtheirwigwams

D.theChoctawIndiansinMississippibuilttheirwigwamswithstraightsidesandends

D

Andyrodeslowlyonhiswaytoschool,day-dreamingaboutthefishingtripthathisfatherhadpromisedhim.Hewassobusydreamingaboutallthefishhewouldcatchthathewasunawareofeverythingelsearoundhim.

Herodealonguntilastrangesounddrewhimtothepresent.Hecametoastopandlookedcuriouslyuptotheheavens.Whathesawshockedandterrifiedhim.Ahugeswarmofbeesfilledtheskylikeablackcloudandthebuzzingmassseemedtobeheadingangrilytowardshim.

Withnotimetowaste,Andyspedoffintheoppositedirection,ridingfuriously—butwithoutknowinghowtoescapetheswarm.Witharapidlybeatingheartandhislegspumpingfuriously,hespeddowntheroughroad.Asthebeescamecloser,hispanicincreased.Andyknewthathewassensitivetobeestings（蜇）.Thelaststinghadlandedhiminhospital—andthatwasonlyonebeesting!

Hehadbeenforcedtostayinbedfortwowholedays.Suddenly,hisfather’swordscametohim.“Whenyouareinatightsituation,don’tpanic.Useyourbrainandthinkyourwayoutofit.”

Onanearbyhill,hecouldseesmokewavingslowlyskywardsfromthechimneyoftheNelsonfamilyhome.“Beesdon’tlikesmoke,”hethought.“Theycouldn’tgetintothehouse.”AndyracedtowardstheNelsonhouse,butthe