In November of 2007, NBC Universal launched its first official Green Week. Throu
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In November of 2007, NBC Universal launched its first official Green Week. Throughout the week, NBC Universal presented over 150 hours of environmentally themed content through multiple platforms (平台).
Now, NBC Universal is proud to present Green Week 2012. With a new theme and message of “Green Your Routine”, NBC and NBC.com presents green-themed tips in several of our daytime life, among several other features here on the “Green Your Routine” site.
Fashion & Beauty
Throw a clothes exchange party! Are you dying for that sweater your friend wore the other day? Well, maybe she’ll trade for that old T-shirt you have. Here’s a website that helps you organize an exchange party (www.swapstyle.com), or just plan your own!
Go natural with organic make-up. Applying unnatural products on your skin wasn’t exactly that nature intended. Try switching to a line of organic make-up and cosmetics for a different way to bring out your natural beauty.
Home
Drop a brick in your toilet tank! Literally! According to the EPA, flushing (冲洗) makes up 30 percent of a household’s water use (about three to six gallons per flush). By placing a brick in your toilet tank, you can help to conserve the amount of water used during each flush.
Work
Print smarter. Printing and copying can be one of the most costly operations in any office. To save on ink and paper costs, print double-sided and try to fit more than one page on a sheet. More printing tips can be found here: lifehacker.com
Turn off your computer. Do you leave your computer on over night? If so, you’re using up a good amount of electricity. If you can, try turning off your computer and the power strip it’s connected to. If you can’t, shut off your monitor at least.
Transportation
Organize a car pool (拼车). There are many benefits to carpooling. You save on gas and you get to ride in the HOV lines. Get connected with your neighbors and co-workers to start sharing rides and check out this website for more tips: www.erideshare.com.
Lose the car and get a bike. If you live close to where you work, try taking a bike instead of driving. You’ll keep in shape and save on gas!
Every small step and efforts makes a difference! Be sure to GREEN YOUR ROUTINE!
小题1:NBC Universal holds Green Week activities ________. | A．in a university | B．in a park | | C．in an office | D．on the Internet |
小题2:This year, Green Week welcomes________. | A．advice on how to improve the website | | B．suggestions about how to make their activities more interesting | | C．tips on what to do to make our life greener | | D．opinions on whether we should have campaigns |
小题3:Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage?.| A．Never use make-up and cosmetics any more. | | B．Putting a brick in the toilet tank can help flash quickly. | | C．Printing double-sided can save paper costs. | | D．You’ll keep fit through carpooling. |
小题4:The passage is mainly intended to _______. | A．call on readers to be environmentally friendly and present some good tips | | B．tell readers to be environmentally friendly while travelling | | C．persuade readers to ride bicycles when travelling | | D．inform readers of measures to improve our environment |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:A |
解析
试题分析：这篇文章是号召读者在日常生活中要环保包括在家中，在工作的时候，交通等情况下都可以做到环保。并提出一些建议。
小题1:细节题：从第二段的句子：NBC.com presents green-themed tips in several of our daytime life, among several other features here on the “Green Your Routine” site. 可知NBC Universal是在网上进行绿色周活动。选D
小题2:细节题：从第二段的句子：NBC and NBC.com presents green-themed tips in several of our daytime life,可知今年NBC欢迎一些关于如何使我们的生活变得更绿色的建议。选C
小题3:细节题：从第六段的句子：To save on ink and paper costs, print double-sided and try to fit more than one page on a sheet.可知打印纸的两面可以节约纸张成本。选C
小题4:主旨题：从第二段的内容，可知这篇文章是号召读者要环保并提出一些建议。选A
点评：文章相对较简单，结合第一段的内容可以很容易掌握主旨大意，同时注意对文章细节的理解和把握。考查推理题较多，要求考生准确定位，做出细心的判断，对一些句子的准确理解就可以推理出作者的态度和意图。 |
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完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the 36 and have made up their minds to ring the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest（抗议）against heavy trucks(卡车) which run 37 through the narrow High Street.
“They not only make it 38 to sleep at night, but they are 39 damage to our houses and shops of historical interest,” said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“ 40 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student，“why don’t they build a new road that goes 41 the town？Burlington isn’t much more than a 42 village．Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic．”
Harry Fields also studying 43 said they wanted to make as much 44 as possible to force the 45 to realise what everybody was having to 46 ．“Most of them don’t 47 here anyway，” he said，“they come in for meetings and that，and the Town Hall is soundproof（隔音）， 48 they Probably don’t 49 the noise all that much．It’s high time they realised the 50 ．”
The fourth student，Liza Vernum，said she thought the public were mostly on their side，and even if they weren’t they soon would be.
51 asked if they were afraid that the police might come to 52 them．
“Not really，” she said，“actually we are 53 bell-ringers．I mean we are assistant bell-ringers for the church．There is no 54 against practising．”
I 55 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.
| 小题1: | | A．college | B．village | C．town | D．church |
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| 小题2: | | A．now and then | B．day and night | | C．up and down | D．over and over |
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| 小题3: | | A．terrible | B．difficult | C．uncomfortable | D．unpleasant |
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| 小题4: | | A．doing | B．raising | C．putting | D．producing |
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| 小题5: | | A．If | B．Although | C．When | D．Unless |
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| 小题6: | | A．to | B．through | C．over | D．round |
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| 小题7: | | A．pretty | B．quiet | C．large | D．modern |
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| 小题8: | | A．well | B．hard | C．biology | D．education |
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| 小题9: | | A．effort | B．time | C．trouble | D．noise |
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| 小题10: | | A．townspeople | B．other students | | C．government officials | D．truck drivers |
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| 小题11: | | A．stand | B．accept | C．know | D．share |
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| 小题12: | | A．shop | B．live | C．come | D．study |
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| 小题14: | | A．notice | B．mention | C．fear | D．control |
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| 小题15: | | A．event | B．loss | C．action | D．problem |
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| 小题17: | | A．seize | B．fight | C．search | D．stop |
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| 小题18: | | A．proper | B．experienced | C．hopeful | D．serious |
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| 小题19: | | A．point | B．cause | C．need | D．law |
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| 小题20: | | A．left | B．found | C．reached | D．passed |
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Chelsea Clinton, the 31-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is stepping into her own spotlight.
According to the New York Times, NBC has hired Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent（记者） for NBC News. Her feature stories will reportedly be used in the “Making a Difference” series, which runs on “NBC Nightly News”. The sections attract people who volunteer to improve the lives of others in their communities.
When Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992, the first lady asked the press to keep Chelsea out of the public eyes. As a young adult, Chelsea continued to avoid media attention in order to attend college and quietly enter the business world. Once her mother decided to run for the presidency in 2007, however, Chelsea made hundreds of public appearances, mostly on college campuses, to support the campaign. More recently, she has worked for New York University and promoted her father’s latest book. She is currently pursuing a doctor’s degree at Oxford.
Clinton is the second daughter of a president hired by NBC News; Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former President George W. Bush, works as a correspondent for NBC’s “Today” show.
小题1: Chelsea Clinton continued to stay out of media attention to _____.| A．improve the lives of others | | B．help her father in the election | | C．study and go to the business circle | | D．support her mother for the presidency |
小题2: What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 2?| A．is shown | B．flows | C．is managed | D．spreads |
小题3: Which is the right order of the events?
a. Chelsea helped to sell Bill Clinton’s latest book.
b. Chelsea pursues her doctor’s degree.
c. Chelsea supported her mother’s career.
d. Chelsea was out of the public attention.| A．d, a, c, b | B．c, d, b, a | | C．c, b, d, a | D．d, c, a, b |
小题4: According to the text, we can conclude that _____.| A．Chelsea Clinton is the second daughter of Bill Clinton | | B．Chelsea Clinton is in favour of her parents’ careers | | C．Chelsea Clinton always follows her mother’s advice | | D．Jenna Bush Hager is a correspondent for “NBC Nightly News” |
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That Upper class people generally have more educational opportunities, greater financial security, and better jobs than people from lower social classes, but that doesn’t mean they’re more skilled at everything. A new study finds, surprisingly, that lower class people are better at reading the emotions of others.
The researchers were inspired by observing that, for lower class people, success depends more on how much they can rely on other individuals. For example, if you can’t afford to buy support services, you have to rely on your neighbors or relatives to watch the kids while you’re busy.
One experiment researched on volunteers who worked at a university: some had graduated from college and others had not. Researchers used the educational level as an indicator（标志）for social classes. The volunteers did a test of emotion perception（感知）, in which they were instructed to look at pictures of faces and indicate which emotions each face was displaying. People with more education performed worse on the task than people with less education.
In another study, university students who were of higher social status had a more difficult time accurately（准确）reading the emotions of a stranger.
These results suggest that people of upper-class status aren’t very good at recognizing the emotions other people are feeling. This is because they remember their upper status and they think they can solve their problems without relying on others.
In the third experiment, people were made to feel that they were at a lower social class than they actually were, and they got better at reading emotions.
“The differences between upper-class people and lower-class people are not something ingrained（根深蒂固的）,” Kraus says. “It’s the cultural environment leading to them.” This work helps show that the traditional image of the classes is wrong. “It’s not true that a lower-class person, no matter what kind of person, is going to be less intelligent than an upper-class person. It’s all about the social environment the person lives in, and the specific challenges the person faces. If you can change the environment even temporarily, social class differences in lots of behaviors can be removed.”
小题1:According to the passage, when lower-class people meet problems, they tend to ______.| A．turn to others | B．work even harder | | C．feel more frustrated | D．learn from upper-class people |
小题2:Why did people perform better in emotion perception in the third experiment?| A．Because they became less independent. | | B．Because they didn’t know they were cheated. | | C．Because they felt they must ask for help from other. | | D．Because they were made to understand lower-class people. |
小题3:What does the passage mainly talk about?| A．Upper-class people are not skilled at everything. | | B．Upper-class people have trouble recognizing others’ emotion. | | C．Lower-class people need to be given more employment opportunities. | | D．There are many differences between upper-class people and lower-class people. |
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First lady Michelle Obama urged students to visit China at the “100,000 Strong” China Study Abroad Forum at Howard University.
President Barack Obama announced the “100,000 Strong” Initiative（十万强计划）during his 2009 visit to China. The program aims to increase the number of American students studying in China by making study abroad more affordable.
During the event at Howard, Mrs. Obama spoke about the importance of studying abroad. “Studying in a country like China is about so much more than just improving your own prospects（前途） in the global market. The fact is that with every friendship you make and every bond of trust you establish you are shaping an image of America projected to the rest of the world and making America known better.” she said.
Mrs. Obama encouraged students to set aside the opinion that studying abroad is for “rich kids only” or for those attending “certain schools”. The first lady also announced that the Chinese government is giving 10,000 “Bridge Scholarships” to cover costs for American students studying in China.
Some students who had studied in China shared their experiences. David Marzban from Pepperdine University recalled a time when he formed a cross-cultural bond with a complete stranger at a restaurant near Fudan University in Shanghai. He noticed a young chef signaling him to come over. “He pressed the play button on his media player and started singing California Dreaming and wanted me to sing along with him,” Marzban said. “At that time I knew a great friendship had started during my first two weeks in China.”
Nicole Baden from Howard University recalled how her time in China really helped her master the language. “You have to experience the culture while learning the language to really master it to understand why things are how they are compared to your own culture,” Baden said.
12-year-old Sarah Davis, who studied in China last summer, said she was very excited to hear Michelle Obama talk about the country. “I love Chinese. Out of all the languages I’ve learned, Chinese is the most difficult and interesting.” She said.
小题1: According to the passage, the “100,000 Strong” Initiative ______.| A．provides convenience for American students to study in China | | B．was made by First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009 | | C．got little support from the Chinese government | | D．isn’t well-accepted among American students |
小题2:According to Mrs. Obama, ______.| A．American students used to be unable to study abroad | | B．Studying in China can make American students’ future better | | C．the Chinese government will offer all the US students scholarships | | D．American students’ studying in China helps improve the relationship between China and the US |
小题3:Three examples are given mainly to indicate that ______.| A．American students are very popular in China | | B．Chinese is the most difficult to learn in the world | | C．Many US young people have actually been studying in China | | D．American students’ studying in China is important and worthwhile |
小题4: What is the best title for the passage?| A．A great program for American students to study in China | | B．Michelle Obama encourages students to study in China | | C．More American students will go to China to study | | D．China is attracting more and more American students |
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When talking with young Swedish students, Mo Yan showed respect for Chinese authors that he learned writing from, particularly Shen Congwen, who was twice nominated（提名）for the Nobel Prize.
“Lu Xun, Lao She, Mao Dun and Shen Congwen, they are more qualified（有资格的）for the Nobel Prize than me,” he said,. Among the writers he learned from, he said he especially felt close to Shen Congwen, as they have similar life experiences.
Both of them left school early and did not get formal education. Shen quit after high school and Mo only finished the fifth grade. They both joined the army after school. “ We both learned from the book of life,” said Mo.
The themes of their writing are also similar. Both writers have their hometown as the theme and root of their writings. Shen’works are mostly about his hometown, Xiangxi, and most of Mo’s stories are set in his hometown, Gaomi, in Shandong Province.
Mo said he also learned from Shen how to deal with characters in a fiction. Unlike most Chinese writers, Shen has a humanistic（人文主义的） touch towards all of his characters. Said Mo, “In his works, there are no particularly bad person or good person. Even gangsters（匪徒） and thieves have their humane（仁慈的）side,” he said.
“I try to use the same approach in my writing. It shows the ability of a novelist when he treats all the characters as humans,” he said.
Mo said he also learned Lu Xun’s depth and Lao She’s humor. “They are all my teachers, and I am the student,” he said. “I feel ashamed from my heart that teachers did not get the prize, but the student got it.”
小题1:Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the similarity between Mo Yan and Shen Congwen?| A．Writing themes | B．Sense of humor | | C．Life experiences | D．Approaches in writing |
小题2:By saying “We both learned from the book of life”, what did Mo Yan mean?| A．They both love reading throughout their life. | | B．They both earned their living by writing books. | | C．They both got nutrition（营养）from life. | | D．They both experienced many difficulties. |
小题3:According to Mo Yan, Shen Congwen was special in the way _________.| A．he described bad persons | B．he created characters | | C．he made sentences | D．he told stories |
小题4:From what Mo Yan said in the last paragraph, we can learn that ________.| A．he is a modest person | B．he feels shy | | C．Lu Xun’s depth influenced his early life | D．he thinks he doesn’t deserve the prize |
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