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A.affects
B.effects
C.efforts
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Communities are part of everyday life and have positive()on its members.
A. affects
B. effects
C. efforts
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
Directions: In this part you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Sustainable Communities
According to the World Wildlife Fund, people are currently using resources 25 percent faster than they can be replaced. If we continue down this course, we will need a second planet by the year 2050. Sustainable communities attempt to change that course by drastically altering how citizens interact with the environment.
Alternatively known as green communities or ecovillages (生态村), sustainable communities vary in their approaches to sustainable living, or a way of life that meets the population's basic needs in ways that can be continued indefinitely for future generations. Some communities focus solely on enriching the environment, while others also aim to improve social and economic conditions as well.
Characteristics of Sustainable Living Communities
Sustainable communities generally strive to minimize waste, reduce consumption and preserve open space. Ideally, they don't use resources faster than they can be replenished, and they don't produce waste faster than it can be assimilated back into the environment. Granted, some communities are more radical than others--living entirely off the grid and eschewing the use of government:--printed money--but the basic principles are similar.
Designing the neighborhood to encourage walking or bicycling is one way sustainable communities put these first two principles into practice. Less driving means less gas and emissions. Many ecovillages also incorporate work space into homes or encourage telecommuting. They also might zone part of the development for commercial use, essentially making the community a serf-contained environment where residents don't even have to leave for shopping or entertainment. This design sometimes is called a live- work-play lifestyle.
Using green building techniques is another staple of sustainable communities. Here are a few examples:
- Architects design buildings to take advantage of the sun's lighting and heating capabilities.
- They install energy-efficient appliances.
- They try to use local sources of materials as much as possible to cut back on the environmental costs of transport.
- They build with durable, non-toxic materials that have either been recycled or sustainably harvested.
You might see straw bale (草捆) houses, which essentially use bales of straw as the structural building blocks; cob houses, which are a mix of straw, clay and sand or earthbag homes, which are exactly what they sound like, homes made out of bags of dirt.
Along with green building techniques, sustainable communities rely on green gardening methods. They landscape with native, drought-tolerant plants and raise them organically to reduce water and keep pesticides and herbicides out of the environment.
Many communities also set aside a significant portion of their land as open space. Serenbe, for example, reserves 80 percent of its 900 acres for green space, that is, 720 acres of rolling hills, woods and streams free of development, quite a contrast to the concrete-laden urban sprawl of Atlanta just 32 miles away.
Another way sustainable communities reduce their ecological footprint is by capturing and recycling their wastes, often creating their own contained natural cycles. Instead of treating normally perceived waste products such as rainwater and sewage as pollution to be gotten rid of, residents mm th
A．We can have another planet called the Earth.
B．We will use up resources on Earth.
C．We will work out replaceable resources.
D．We will migrate to another planet to live.
B.There’s a tendency to view children in the UK, and in the Western world in general, as incompetent and dependent.But this isn’t the case throughout the world.
C.He has written how a Yanamamö girl is expected to help her mother from a young age and by the age of ten will be running a house.By the age of 12 or 13 she is probably married and will have started to have babies.
D.While Westerners might take exception to eight-year-old girls working or to 12-yEar-old girls marrying, within their own communities such activities are seen as a normal and positive part of childhood.
B.In contrast, children on the Pacific island of Tonga, studied by Helen Morton, are regularly beaten by their parents and older siblings.They are seen as being closer to mad people than adults because they lack the highly prized quality of social competence (or poto as the Tongans call it).
C.Today, a four year old who can tie his or her shoes is impressive.In colonial times, four-year-old girls knitted stockings and mittens and could produce intricate embroidery: At age six they spun wool.
D.While Westerners might take exception to eight-year-old girls working or to 12-year-old girls marrying, within their own communities such activities are seen as a normal and positive part of childhood.
What information about Mr. West can we get from the passage？
A．He was Spanish.
B．He sold animals to farmers all around the world.
C．He started the organization Heifer International.
D．He was an expert on animals.
We try to ensure that GFL Solid Waste Haulage (清运) Division is a company that acts safely and responsibly at all times and in all places. We never tolerate any conduct that puts our customers and the communities we serve at risk. At GFL, safety is more than a program; it is a core value of our company .GFL is equally committed to improving the environment for the future of the communities we live in and we serve. We believe that our services play an essential part in improving the environment and we are always mindful of having the most cost-effective waste management solutions for our customers. We are committed to the safety of our workers and have programs in place to continually upgrade our worker safety and environmental practices .We have highly qualified staff , we use the best available equipment and we are fully committed to keeping our workplace safe and the environment clean. Over the past years, service requests have changed dramatically from basic waste disposal to comprehensive waste management or “green” programs .Our new “green” waste management program is now gaining respect and popularity in the community. For more information, contact GFL at cssupport@gflenv.com. 问题：According to the passage, GFL doesn’t allow any conduct that will__________A.cause any noise to the environment
B.produce waste in the communities
C.waste more nature resources
D.do harm to its customers
The core value of GFL Solid Waste Haulage Division is__________A.profit
B.safety
C.efficiency
D.responsibility
In the first paragraph, “we are always mindful of …”means “__________ ”A.we are always worried about…
B.we always look forward to…
C.we are always aware of…
D.we always put up with…
What does GFL do with its worker safety and environmental practices , according to the second paragraph ？A.Continually upgrade them
B.Keep using the traditional methods
C.Hire new workers to clean the environment
D.Import new technology from overseas companies
What can we learn about the company’s new “green” waste management program？A.The quality of waste management has become worse.
B.The program is becoming more and more popular.
C.Waste management has remained unchanged.
D.More workers are involved in the program.
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听力原文： One of the biggest problems in developing countries is hunger. An organization called Heifer International is working to improve this situation. The organization sends farm animals to families and communities around the world. An American farmer Dan West developed the idea for Heifer International in the 1930s. Mr. West was working in Spain when he discovered a need for cows. Many families were starving because of the Civil War in that country. So Mr. West asked his friends in the United States to send some cows. The first Heifer animals were sent in 1944. Since that time more than 4,000,000 people in 115 countries have had better lives because of Heifer animals. To receive a Heifer animal, families must first explain their needs and goals. They must also make a plan which will allow them to become self-supporting. Local experts usually provide training. The organization says that animals must have food, water, shelter, health care and the ability to reproduce. Without them the animals will not remain healthy and productive. Heifer International also believes that families must pass on some of their success to others in need. This belief guarantees that each person who takes part in die program also becomes a giver. Every family that receives a Heifer animal must agree to give that animal's first female baby to other people in need. Families must also agree to pass on the skills and training they've received from Heifer International. This concept helps communities become self-supporting.
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A．To help starving families to become self-supporting.
B．To make plans for the development of poor communities.
C．To teach people how to use new skills so raise animals.
D．To distribute food to the poor around the world.
You'd have to volunteer two hours a week for one semester. You can choose to help a child with math, English, or both. Half-hour lessons are fine, so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week. Professor Dodge will act as a mentor to the tutors—he'll be available to help you with lesson plans or to offer suggestions for activities. He has office hours every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. You can sign up for the program with him and begin the tutoring next week.
I'm sure you'll enjoy this community service and you'll gain valuable experience at the same time. It looks good on your resume too, showing that you've had experience with children and that you care about your community. If you'd like to sign up, or if you have any questions, stop by Professor Dodge's office this week.
Before graduation, the students in the university should ______.
A．take part in at least one community activity
B．volunteer for the all community activities
C．join one of the communities
D．do service as much as possible
It is perfectly possible to organize the life of our colleges in such a way that students and teachers alike will take part in it; in such a way that a perfectly natural daily intercourse will be established between them; and it is only by such an organization that they can be given real vitality as places of serious training, be made communities in which youngsters will come fully to realize how interesting intellectual work is, how vital, how important, how closely associated with all modern achievement--only by such an organization that study can be made to seem part of life itself. Lectures often seem very formal and empty things; recitations generally prove very dull and unrewarding. It is in conversation and natural intercourse with scholars chiefly that you find how lively knowledge is, how it ties into everything that is interesting and important, how intimate a part it is of everything that is "practical" and connected with the world. Men are not always made thoughtful by books; but they are generally made thoughtful by association with men who think.
The present and most pressing problem of our university authorities is to bring about this vital association for the benefit of the novices of the university world, the undergraduates. Classroom methods are thorough enough; competent scholars already lecture and set tasks and superintend their performance; but the life of the average undergraduate outside the classroom and other stated appointments with his instructors is not very much affected by his studies, and is entirely dissociated from intellectual interests.
An ideal college ______.
A．should have mature, experienced and professional men on its staff
B．should be managed by experienced scholars
C．should be managed by experienced scholars and energetic young men
D．should see tight, harmonious connection between the experienced and the inexperienced
Then came the 20th century and its burst of technology. Suddenly people were talking across oceans, flying across continents, hearing broadcasts that reverberated around the planet. Language spread faster than ever. The world wars carried American and British soldiers around the world, pollinating English as they went. When World War Ⅱ ended, the English language was barreling (高速行驶) forward on the shoulders of American capitalism — McDonald's and Coca-Cola, Rambo and MTV, munitions (军火) and computer technology.
Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English. Two-thirds of the world's science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are non-native speakers, constituting the largest number of non-native users than any other language in the world.
What is the main topic of this passage？
A．The expansion of English as an international language.
B．The number of non-native users of English.
C．The French influence on the English language.
D．The use of English for science and technology.
