题目内容
The Finnish and Russian governments, together with the Petrozavodsk Communal Utilities Systems (PKS) and a group of international financial institutions, have signed a EUR 32 million investment project, which is intended to finance the improvement of drinking water quality and the reduction of untreated wastewater being discharged into Lake Onega in northwestern Russia.
The PKS is currently implementing(实施) an investment project, which is intended to improve drinking water quality and upgrade the wastewater treatment facilities in Petrozavodsk, which is situated on the western shores of Lake Onega.
The investment project will finance recycling and dewatering of sludge（烂泥） generated in the drinking water plant and modernize the wastewater treatment plant by introducing a bio-chemical process. These measures are expected to result in an annual decrease of 60 tonnes of phosphorus （磷）discharges into Lake Onega.
The setup of the investment project has been co-operated by the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) that provides a EUR 4 million loan for the project. A loan from the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) totals EUR 7 million. Other financing includes a EUR 5 million from the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP) and a EUR 2 million from the Finnish Ministry of the Environment. The contribution of Russia’s federal government, the government of the Republic of Karelia and the PKS amounts to EUR 14 million.
The Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) has identified Petrozavodsk as one of the environmental hot spots in the region because of the lack of treatment of wastewater being discharged into Lake Onega, and the international Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM) has been keen to promote investment in wastewater treatment infrastructure and facilities in the region.
“Concrete cooperation between neighbours is the best solution to saving our waters. This may require time and effort from all the parties, but can also result in frameworks that can offer models for water management cooperation elsewhere”, says Mr. Ville, Finland’s Minister of the Environment.
71. What’s the purpose of the investment project?
A. To forbid the discharging of wastewater into Lake Onega
B. To finance the Finnish and Russian governments
C. To offer finance to reduce the discharging of wastewater into Lake Onega
D. To make the seawater suitable for drinking by local people
72. What does the underlined word “upgrade” in the second paragraph mean?
A. improve B. develop C. abandon D. decrease
73. Which of the following organizations or governments does not invest the project?
A. The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO)
B. The Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP)
C. The government of the Republic of Karelia
D. The Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC)
74. Why has the BEAC identified Petrozavodsk as one of the environmental hot spots in the region?
A. Because there is no treatment of wastewater being discharged into Lake Onga.
B. Because the ways to treat wastewater being discharged into Lake Onega are far from
enough.
C. Because the location of Petrozavodsk is very significant in the Baltic Sea catchment area.
D. Because Petrozavodsk is a city of some 270,000 inhabitants.
75. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. The Finnish and Russian governments.
B. A EUR 32 million investment project
C. Water mangement cooperation elsewhere
D. The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
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期末宝典单元检测分类复习卷系列答案Job stress has been known to cause heart problems in people who already have cardiovascular(心血管) disease. Now Finnish scientists have shown that 50 in healthy people the pressure of work can cause damage.
High blood pressure, lack of 51 , smoking and being overweight 52 to heart disease—a 53 killer in many industrialized countries.
But Mika Kivimaki, of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, and his colleagues, who studied the 54 histories of 812 healthy Finnish men and women in a metal industry company over 25 years, said job stress also plays an important role.
Workers who had the highest job-related stress levels at the start of the study were more than twice as 55 to die of heart disease, 56 the study published in The British Medical Journal.
Work stress 57 too much work as well as a lack of satisfaction and feeling undervalued and 58 .
Many people work long hours but if the effort is 59 the stress is minimized. Kivimaki said job pressure is damaging when being overworked is 60 with little or no control, unfair supervision and few career opportunities.
The British Heart Foundation said the results 61 earlier research showing that people in jobs with low control, such as manual workers, could be at greater 62 of heart disease than other employees.
“It is 63 for people to try to minimize levels of stress at work and for employers to 64 people to have more control at work and to be rewarded for their success,” the foundation said in a statement.
| A. though | B. seldom | C. even | D. thereby | |
| A. exercise | B. patience | C. enthusiasm | D. interest | |
| A. add | B. propose | C. introduce | D. contribute | |
| A. leading | B. plain | C. moderate | D. heavy | |
| A. personal | B. professional | C. medical | D. family | |
| A. much | B. likely | C. equal | D. stable | |
| A. due to | B. owing to | C. according to | D. contrary to | |
| A. contains | B. brings | C. proceeds | D. involves | |
| A. isolated | B. unappreciated | C. disconcerted | D. stimulated | |
| A. rewarding | B. improved | C. increasing | D. neglected | |
| A. sponsored | B. responded | C. threatened | D. combined | |
| A. indicate | B. simplify | C. support | D. overflow | |
| A. portion | B. chance | C. danger | D. risk | |
| A. advisable | B. predictable | C. profitable | D. comfortable | |
| A. persuade | B. transfer | C. allow | D. rescue |
If you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare(车费) of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety.
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration（登记） card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.
The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate. From then on they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly.
With so many loopholes （漏洞） in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “petty advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.
【小题1】The underlined words in this passage means to “______”。
| A．be ready to help others |
| B．make good use of one’s friends |
| C．be a little ahead of others |
| D．gain something at other’s loss |
| A．While taking a taxi in Finland, you can get off without first paying your fare. |
| B．In a big hotel in Finland, you can enjoy free meals if you’re living in the hotel. |
| C．The bosses in Finland pay the employees according to registration of t heir working hours. |
| D．The workers are always honest with their working hours. |
| A．the Finnish society is of very high moral (道德) level |
| B．there are many loopholes in everyday life in Finland |
| C．in Finland, most taxi drivers will not charge you anything |
| D．everyone in Finland is like a gentleman, for they have faith in themselves |
| A．Life in Finland |
| B．A Society with “Foolish” People |
| C．What a Life |
| D．Honest accounts of the Finns |