Eco City Farms are becoming more popular in cities and towns around the Unites States.

Eco City Farms in Edmonton, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community. People do not have very much money. And they have limited access to fresh food in markets.

Over the past two years, the farm has attracted volunteers form the community like Marcy Clark. She schools her four children at home. On a recent day she brought them to Eco City Farms for a lesson, her son Alston Clark thinks his experience is very valuable. “I like coming out here,” he says, “You know, you connect with the earth, where your food comes from. You appreciate the food a little bit more.”

Margaret Morgan started Eco City Farms. She thinks of it as a place where people can learn to live healthier lives. “Growing food in a community brings people together, ”she continues, “Every piece of what we do here is a demonstration (范例) to show people everything about how to have an eco-friendly community.” she says. From the Eco City Farms people come to know that they are not only growing food and raising chickens and bees, but improving the soil with compost (肥料) made from food waste.

Eco City Farms is an experimental operation. The farm gets its power not from the local electricity networks, but from the sun with solar panels (板). In winter, the green house use a geothermal (地热) system.

Vegetables can be grown all year. So once a week, all winter long, neighbors like Chris Moss and her three children bike to the farm to pick up a share of the harvest.

“I like eating the vegetables” say five-year-old Owen Moss.

1.What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A.Eco City Farms save a lot of energy.

B.Eco City Farms are influencing community life.

C.Eco City Farms helps the working-class live better.

D.Eco City Farms are gaining popularity.

2.What is the author’s attitude toward Eco City Farms?

A.Enthusiastic.                           B.Disappointed.

C.Surprised.                             D.Doubtful.

3.According to the passage, Eco City Farms are close to the following places EXCEPT______.

A.shopping centers

B.car repair shops

C.fast-food restaurants

D.working-class community

4.In which of a newspaper can you most probably read this article?

A.People.                               B.Travel.

C.Environment.                          D.Education.

 

Prince Charles yesterday promised to reduce the royal impact on the environment through sweeping changes to his personal lifestyle and official schedule. The prince will replace carbon-heavy private jets and helicopters with scheduled flights and train services.

The move came as Prince Charles urged business leaders to publish the environmental pact(条款、协议) of their activities.

He said, “Few accountants and business decision-makers ask, ‘How much of our critical natural resource is left? How many miles of polar ice cap has our business helped melt this year? By how many inches have we raised sea levels? How many species have we put at risk? How many homes will be flooded, how many people will die of thirst or starvation because of our activities? ’ These are not comfortable questions, but, by God, they need to be asked.”

He added, “At the moment these costs do not appear in anyone’s books… Yet they are real, they are incurred now and in a relatively short time, the damage being caused may be beyond remedy.” He said the world was “running up the biggest global credit card debt in history, but with little or no thought for how the bill will ever be paid”.

Flanked by the prime minister and business and community leaders at St James’ Palace, the prince said his new “accounting for sustainability” project would give consumers the power to choose products that caused less damage to the planet.

Duchy Originals, the prince’s food company, is taking steps to work out how much carbon dioxide and other green-house gas are emitted in growing, processing and distributing its products. The changes to the prince’s travel arrangements announced yesterday are part of a wider review of the carbon footprint associated with activities at all three of his residences. Clarence House in London, Highgrove and Birkhall on the Balmorals estate, as well as the activities of his 21 personal and 105 full-time staff. Measures include a review of electricity use, commuter and other staff travel and are intended to identify further reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. The review will report in June , when Clarence House will announce annual targets to reduce carbon emission.

1.How does Prince Charles feel about business leaders in terms of environmental protection?

A.Dissatisfied.

B.Disappointed.

C.Doubtful.

D.Impatient.

2.In response to Prince Charles’ calls, Duchy Originals will ______.

A.make as much green food as possible

B.cut down its cost

C.figure out its greenhouse gas emission

D.continue its greenhouse gas emission

3.The underlined phrase in paragraph 4 probably refers to ______.

A.the great amount of waste produced by industry

B.the high cost of industry in their producing process

C.the great amount of debts of the royal family

D.the great damage caused to the environment

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.Prince Charles promised Greener Royal Lifestyle

B.Better Late than Never

C.Prince Charles and His Concern for Environment

D.The Royal Family Has a Role to Play in Environment Protection

 

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Man-made Causes

Man-made causes probably do the most damage. There are many man-made causes.  21  is one of the biggest man-made problems. Pollution  22  in many shapes and sizes. Burning fossil fuels is one thing that causes pollution. Fossil(化石) fuels(燃料)are fuels made of organic matter such as coal, or oil. when fossil fuels are burned they  23  a green house gas called CO2. Also mining coal and oil allows methane to escape. How does it escape? Methane(甲烷)is  24  in the ground.  25  coal or oil is mined you have to dig up the earth a little. When you dig up the fossil fuels you dig up the methane as well.

Another major man-made  26  of Global Warming is population. More people  27  more food, and more methods of transportation, right? That means more methane because  28  will be more burning of fossil fuels, ­ 29  more agriculture. Now you’re probably thinking, “Wait a minute, you said agriculture is going to be damaged by Global Warming, but  30  you’re saying agriculture is going to help cause Global Warming?” Well, have you  31 been in a barn filled with animals and you smell something  32 ? You re  33  methane. Another source of methane is manure. Because more food is needed we have to raise food. Animals like cows are a source of food which means more manure and methane. Another problem  34  the increasing population is  35 . More people means more cars, and more cares means more pollution. Also, many people have more than one car.

Since CO2 contributes to global warming, the increase in population makes the problem worse because we breathe out CO2.  36 , the trees that change our CO2 to oxygen are being demolished because we’re using the land that we cut the trees down from as property  37 our homes and buildings. We are not replacing the trees(an important part of our ecosystem), so we are  38  taking  39  of our natural resources and giving nothing back in  40 .

21.A.Pollution            B.Damage               C.Fossil           D.Transportation

22.A.goes                   B.comes                 C.takes            D.moves

23.A.give off                    B.look out               C.burn away     D.take in

24.A.originally           B.mostly                 C.naturally       D.usually

25.A.Because             B.When                  C.While           D.But

26.A.reason                B.excuse                 C.cause            D.problem

27.A.eats                    B.takes                   C.produces       D.means

28.A.it                        B.there                   C.that               D.they

29.A.and                           B.or                        C.though         D.but

30.A.then                   B.there                   C.before          D.now

31.A.ever                   B.yet                      C.still               D.even

32.A.Pleasant             B.terrible                C.sweet           D.nice

33.A.feeling               B.using                   C.looking        D.smelling

34.A.of                       B.as                        C.with                    D.for

35.A.pollution            B.population          C.warming             D.transportation

36.A.Also                   B.However             C.Therefore      D.Thus

37.A.as                       B.for                       C.like               D.to

38.A.quickly               B.constantly           C.surely           D.usually

39.A.use                      B.part                      C.hold                    D.advantage

40.A.return                 B.turn                      C.general         D.total

 

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