You can be proud of yourselves, even if you can only make one or two of these green changes. The goal here is to limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which are closely associated to the big problem of global-warming.

Strategy 1: Bring your own cup to Starbucks

You’ll get a 10 cent discount, and it’s one less paper cup to end up in a landfill. While you’re there, pick up some free bags of spent coffee grounds to use as ‘‘green’’ fertilizer in your garden.

The payoff: The store won’t create more waste when they throw away a cup.

Strategy2: Turn off your computer

When in standby mode, your PC is still using energy. In fact, 75percent of electricity used in your home comes from electronics that are turned off.

The payoff: Turning off a monitor for 40 hours a week may only save $5 a month, but it reduces CO2 by 750 pounds

Strategy 3: Reuse plastic bags

Instead of throwing away 100 billion plastic bags a year, try and get a second, third, or tenth use out of them. Better yet, next time you shop, try a reusable bag.

The payoff: You’re reducing pollution. The amount of oil it would take to make just 14 plastic bags would run your car for one mile.

Strategy4: Use recycled paper in the bathroom

Most of the toilet paper we use is made from trees found in forests previously untouched by humans.

The payoff: If every household replaced one roll of toilet paper with a recycled one, 424000 trees would still be standing. Look for eco-paper towels too.

Strategy5: Buy energy-efficient appliances(电器)

Replace the old fridge with an Energy Star appliance and you’ll use 15 percent less energy. It might be a little expensive to buy, but you’ll save money on your electricity bills and help the environment.

The payoff: If we all used one Energy Star appliance at home, it would be like planting 1. 7 million acres of new trees.

Strategy 6: Plant a tree

Adding green to your garden is beautiful and earth-pleasing.

The payoff: Just one tree will help make cleaner air and save the environment from 5000 pounds of hot carbon dioxide each year.

54. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Ways to save money at home

B. Ways to be earth-friendly

C. Ways to end global-warming

D. Ways to limit carbon dioxide

55. What benefits do these strategies have in common?

A. They all help reduce the use of energy like electricity.

B. They all cut down the amount of the paper.

C. They all result in producing less greenhouse gases.

D. They all help to preserve our trees and forest.

56.Which strategies suggest recycling or reuse of things?

A.Strategies 1&3    B.Strategies 2&5  

C.Strategies 3&6    D.Strategies 4&5.

第二节:任务型阅读:

阅读下列材料, 从所给的六个选项(A, B,C, D, E, F)中, 选出符合各个小题要求的最佳选项,选项中有一项是多余选项。

The people below are all trying to choose which TV programme to watch.  After the description of these people, there is information about six TV programmes A-F. Decide which programme would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 1-5 and then mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra paragraph about one programme which you do not need to use.

_________  61. Although Rob lead a quiet life in a small village, that doesn’t stop him from wanting to find out about the latest scientific development.

_________  62. Bella enjoys eating out but can’t afford to spend very much at the moment as she is saving for a holiday. She has never learnt how to cook, so now might be quite a good time to find out!

_________  63. Dan is interested in taking wildlife photographs and enjoys the kind of programme which gives him a chance to see a professional photographer at work.

_________  64. Gina is a music teacher. Although she prefers  classical music, she likes to follow the kind of music that interests the teenagers she teaches.

_________  65. Ron’s wife is in hospital. He wants to find a programme suitable for his three-year-old son while he gets on with the housework and prepares a meal.

               TODAYS  TELEVISION  PROGRAMME  PREVIEW

A.  TV1  7:20 p.m. Find out more about Australia’s animal life. This film was made last year by one of Australia’s best-known cameramen, Dougie Bond. He spent over 200 hours filming the birds, animals and fish that inhabit this beautiful continent and for the first time brings some of these unusual animals to our TV screens.

B.  TV3  9:00p.m. The popular science programme is back with the latest in technology and medicine. This week, cars that run on sunlight and the story of one baby’s fight to live.

C.  TV2  8:10p.m. Do you think what goes into the food most of us eat every day of the week? Tonight’s programme takes a serious scientific look at the bread industry. Whether you bake your own bread or just enjoy buying it, this programme will give you an interesting insight into something most of us eat every day of the week.

D.  TV1  5:15p.m. Busy parents? Bored children? Do you want something educational to entertain your children while you do something else? This popular magazine programme is for the under-fives. More music, fun, songs and games with Carla and Larry.

E.  TV3  8:45p.m. If you’ve always wanted to cook, now’s your chance to learn. In the studio are two chefs who will take you through some simple recipes step by step. This is a repeat of the popular series shown last year, and available from good bookshops.

F.  TV3  7:40p.m. The latest new music. Pete Hogg looks at the best of the current rap, raga and new jack swing plus new video releases. This is the programme that tells you all about what’s happening on the music scene and brings you interviews with tomorrow’s young artists.

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