题目内容
They are among the 250, 000 people under the age of 25 who are out of work in the Netherlands, a group that explains the cause of 40 percent of the nation’s unemployed．A storm of anger boils up at the government -sponsored（政府资助的）youth center, event among those who are continuing their studies．
“We study for jobs that don’t exist, ” Nicollet Steggerda, 23, said．
After thirty years of prosperity, unemployment among 10 member nations of the European community has reached as much as 11 percent, affecting a total of 12．3 million people, and the number is climbing．
The bitter disappointment long expressed by British youths is spreading across the continent． The title of a rock song “No future” can now be seen written on the brick walls of closed factories in Belgium and France．
Recent surveys have found that the increasing argument in the last few years over the deployment（部署）in Europe of North Atlantic Treaty Organization missiles and the possibility of nuclear war have clouded European youths’ confidence（信心）in the future．
One form of protest （an action that shows disagreement ）tends to put the responsibility for a country’s economic troubles on the large numbers of “guest workers” from third world nations, people welcomed in western Europe in the years of prosperity．
Young Europeans, brought up in an extended period of economic success and general stability, seem to be similar to Americans more than they do their own parents．Material enjoyment has given them a sense of expectation, even the right, to a standard of living that they see around them．
“And so we pass the days at the discos, or meet people at the cafe, and sit and stare, ” said Isabella Cault．“There is usually not much conversation．You look for happiness．Sometimes you even find it．”
1．What Nicollet Steggerda said（para．2）means that________．
A．what the students learn is more than necessary
B．the students cannot get work after graduation
C．the students’ aim in study is not clear
D．school education is not sufficient（enough）
2．What does the underlined word “prosperity” most probably mean?
A．advance in politics
B．economic troubles
C．political crisis（危机）
D．achievements in economy
3．British youths________．
A．have pity on the unemployed on the continent
B．have been the first to show their disappointment over joblessness
C．care about unemployment in France and Belgium
D．are trying to find work on the continent
4．It seems that young Europeans________．
A．are more like Americans than their elders in their way of thinking
B．look more like Americans than their elders do
C．expect more from Americans than from their elders
D．look upon life as their elders do
BDBA
A cartoon man dressed in old time pilot clothing greets visitors to Admongo. "Call me Haiz", he says upon arrival in a rocket ship that opens up with a crazy world inside it. Spacey dance music plays in the background as Haiz tells visitors that they need to learn about advertising.
Can you imagine living in a house built by recycled waste?
Texas home builder Dan Phillips transforms trash into artful treasures, creating beautiful floors with wood pieces, kitchen counters from ivory -colored bones and roofs out of license plates （牌照）．
The fantastic houses which spring from his imagination are made almost entirely of materials which would otherwise have ended up in a garbage area．
" People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years; using whatever is available to build shelter, " Phillips said．"If you think about carefully what could be used, then building materials are everywhere．
The thirteen homes he has built so far would fit better in an art museum than the residential streets of Huntsville, a conservative town of about 35 ,000 people．
Living in these houses is a bit like living in a roadside attraction．"Almost every day, somebody knocks on the door and says ' Is there any way that we could see?' "said Edie Wells, an artist who rents a room in the Bone House．Her home features a stairway made of bones, floors covered in wine corks （软木塞） and beer bottle caps．Wells said visitors are most impressed when they see a bathroom with its walls, floor and ceiling entirely covered with broken mirror pieces．
In addition, each house is highly energy efficient with plenty insulation （隔热材料） , an on-demand solar hot water heater and a system that can collect and recycle rainwater to clean the toilet and wash clothes．
Phillips founded Phoenix Commotion 12 years ago with the aim of creating a new model for sustainable housing．For as little as $ 10,000 it builds affordable homes for single parents, low-income families and artists．
The company has used hundreds of tons of construction waste by recycling the materials into habitable buildings．
Phillips tries to spread his recycled-house idea by speaking at events across the United States, and by using the Internet to reach out to like-minded individuals．Phillips said: "I'm not going to be saving the world anytime soon．But there needs to be at least some visibility for this model in this century．
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT the advantage of the homes built by Phillips?
| A．environmentally-friendly | B．energy efficient |
| C．convenient | D．cheap |
| A．He is serious and hard-working． |
| B．He is full of imagination and intelligence． |
| C．It didn't take him long to build the houses． |
| D．He didn't give speeches in the United States． |
| A．made of bones | B．museums |
| C．admired by people | D．made of various trash |
| A．Home Builder Dan Phillips |
| B．Green Homes |
| C．Home Builder Dan Phillips Tunis Trash into Green Homes |
| D．A Home Builder' s Life |