While nature lovers across the world wish all humans to realize the significance of their natural surroundings,many Australians are turning caring for the environment into a way of life.

 Julie Astonis,an Australian housewife in Brisbane is one such example. Even though autumn is approaching Australia's Brisbane in April,one can still watch colourful blooming (盛开的) flowers in Julie's little garden,as she tells that in her community, "Each of us has a beautiful yard. The whole communi?ty,from children to elderly people,takes care of the environment as if they are tak?ing care of their own garden."

  "Gardening is the most popular club in our community," she says. "A lot of retired people don't just regularly organize gardening lectures,but also personally visit families in the community to provide gardening training,so you can see that flowers continue to blossom in our gardens throughout the year."

  Talking about her people's sense of care for the environment,Julie says when people in the community take along their dog,they always carry a garbage bag to deal with the dog's waste. "In our community,you will never experience the em?barrassment of stepping on the dirty waste while you are walking on the grass," says Julie with a smile. "Taking care of the dog's waste can also help to develop children's sense of responsibility!"

  As to protecting water resources,the Australian government has made strict rules for families. Julie says, "We certainly would not use tap water to water the flowers!" She says almost every family in her community has a huge tank used to store rainwater,which is later used as the resource of all outdoor water use.

1. From the first three paragraphs we learn that       .

   A. gardening is popular in most parts of Australia

   B. April is a great time for people to enjoy flowers

   C. it's not easy to keep a garden without proper training

   D. Julie's community has a deep sense of caring for nature

2. Which of the following about Julie is TRUE?

   A. She takes pride in her community.

   B. She once stepped on a dog's waste.

   C. She is quite in favour of raising a dog.

   D. She finds it embarrassing to walk on the grass.

3. From what Julie says in the last paragraph,we know         .

   A. rainwater is not the best resource

   B. her community owns a public tank

   C. her community makes full use of water resources

   D. it is not necessary to water flowers very often

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

   A. Love nature,the Australian way

   B. How Australians save resources

   C. How Australians lead their life

   D. Protect nature,a must of life

 Although 80% of the public have stated their opposition to cloning pet animals such as cats and dogs,companies still try to make a business out of selling cloned pets. These petcloning companies make use of the grief of people who have lost their beloved pets,leading them to believe that their pets can be "brought back to life" or "copied" through new cloning technology.

  However,there is no assurance that a cloned animal will be the v same as the original physically,let alone in terms of behaviour or per?sonality. In addition,more than 96 per cent of cloning attempts fail,and according to the CEO of one pet cloning company,15% % of cloned cats will die within 30 days. The Roslin Institute,which produced the first cloned animal,posted a state?ment on its website stating,"…the supposed benefit of cloning a pet is an illusion (假象) and the harm to the other animals involved would be real".”Behind each cute picture of a cloned cat or dog lie hundreds of animals that were kept in laboratory cages,receiving bad treatment during various experiments. For all that,you end up with a cloned animal that may experience serious health problems.

  While pet cloning companies are charging customers up to $ 150,000 for a cloned pet,millions of homeless animals of the same species are available in animal shelters for around $ 100. Unfortunately,most of these animals are killed for no one brings them home.

  With our No Pet Cloning movement,we seek to protect both animals and peo?ple from harm. We worked hard until the only US companies that sold cloned ani?mals closed their doors. Currently,cat and dog cloning experiments for pet sales are only being conducted in Korea.

1. What's the Roslin Institute's opinion on pet cloning?

   A. The Roslin Institute thinks it is harmless.

   B. The Roslin Institute thinks it cannot be avoided.

   C. The Roslin Institute does not support it.

   D. The Roslin Institute refuses to make comments.

2. We can learn from the third paragraph that the writer thinks         .

   A. pets from shelters usually have health problems

   B. buying cloned pets is a waste of money

   C. cloned pets are better than the ones from shelters

   D. pets from shelters should be used for experiments

3. The No Pet Cloning movement has succeeded in         .

   A. asking the US pet cloning companies to move to Korea

   B. stopping some businessmen earning money by selling cloned pets

   C. educating the public on the disadvantages of the cloning technology

   D. persuading 80 %of the public to protest against pet cloning

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

   A. Animal cloning technology is not perfect

   B. Pet cloning is a profitable industry

   C. Animals shouldn't be used for experiments

   D. Pet cloning should be stopped

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