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Google’s data centres and the offices for its 60,000 staff will be powered entirely by renewable energy from next year,in what the company has called a “landmark moment”.The internet giant is already the world’s biggest corporate buyer of renewable electricity,last year buying 44% of its power from wind and solar farms.Now it will be 100%,and an executive said it would no longer refuse to invest in nuclear power in the future.

Oman said it had taken Google five years to reach the 100% target,set in 2012,because of the complexity involved with negotiating power purchase agreements.The company’s biggest demand for energy is its data centres and it admits their overall thirst for power is growing.

Google was now looking to sign 10-year agreements for low-carbon power that was constant,such as hydro,biomass and nuclear.“We want to do contracts on renewable power,it could be biomass if the fuel source is steady and enough,it could be nuclear.We’re looking at all forms of low-carbon generation.”

But he said new nuclear power was “controversial”,the possible safety consequences were much more “dramatic” than with renewable sources,and the price was “much more difficult to guarantee” than when funding solar panels and wind turbines.“We don’t want to refuse to sign a nuclear agreement if it meets our goals of low price,safety,and other factors.We don’t want to rule that out,but today we can’t positively say there are nuclear projects out there that meet this standard,”he said.

The company’s 100% renewable energy does not mean Google is getting all its energy directly from wind and solar power,but that on an annual basis the amount it purchases from renewable sources matches the electricity its operations consume.

1.A “landmark moment” for Google refers to 　　　.

A. its efforts in saving energy

B. its growing demand for employees

C. its progress in using renewable energy

D. its becoming the world’s biggest company

2.What made Google slow in achieving its target?

A. Negotiations of agreements. B. High consumption of energy.

C. Shortage of energy. D. Tight budgets.

3.What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A. Nuclear power is an ideal choice.

B. Solar and wind power is not safe enough.

C. It’s unwise to invest solar and wind power.

D. Google is unlikely to use nuclear energy soon.

4.What is the purpose in writing this text?

A. To show Google’s profit goal in global market.

B. To talk about Google’s new move to use energy.

C. To recommend a new kind of renewable energy.

D. To urge the public to use renewable energy.

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While my 89-year-old grandmother, Donna, doesn’t bother to remember small details like who I am or why I’m at her house, she 1. (vivid) recalls conversations we may or may not have had many years ago. Obviously, while 2. (make) uncomfortable small talk over dinner, I once said, “This Jell-O is good.” She took that to mean, “This is my favorite food of all time, and if you don’t continue to make it, I will burn down 3. (you) house.” The next time I visited, she had a bowl of orange Jell-O with 4. (orange) in it just for me. I had to be polite, so I 5. (eat) it all. She took that to mean I didn’t think there was enough, so the next time, she made even 6. (much). For each visit since 7. , she’s made larger quantities of such food. Even worse, the rest of my family stop eating any of it 8.they think it’s funny to watch me jam a cubic yard of gelatin(果冻) down my throat. They won’t be 9. （laugh）when I die from overeating. Actually, they probably 10. , especially when my grandma makes a basin of Jell-O as the funeral food.

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1. 时间管理的重要性；

2. 举出管理时间的措施和建议。

要求：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

假定英语课课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

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修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

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Disneyland calls itself the happiest place in the world, but to keep visitors happy in its five locations across the globe, each theme park is adjusted to cater to local cultures and tastes. Outside of the two original resort areas in the US, Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida, the Disneylands in Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong offer subtly different layouts(布局) to make their millions of visitors each year feel at home.

Disneyland Paris

After excitedly entering Disneyland Paris, which opened in 1992, visitors can see an arcade(拱廊) that features a small replica(复制品) of the Statue of Liberty—a gift from France to the US in 1886, making it a fitting introduction to Europe’s only instance of this American theme park. The arcade also offers essential cover from the cold and rain that typically hit Pairs. As you venture further into Disneyland Paris, you will see a lot of European visionaries.

Tokyo Disneyland

Opened in 1983, Tokyo Disneyland is the third most visited of any theme park in the world after the two Disney parks in the US. Like Walt Disney World in Florida, Cinderella’s Castle is located at the center of the park, said to culture than Sleeping Beauty, whose castle is featured in the center of Disneyland California.

Hong Kong Disneyland

The Hong Kong Disneyland, opened in 2005, incorporates feng shui and traditional Chinese elements into its design to attract tourists from the Chinese mainland.

Feng shui balances the elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water to create positive energy, and these elements can be seen throughout the theme park. Rocks represent stability and prevent good luck from flowing away, so two gigantic boulders (圆石) have been placed at the park’s entrance to stop energy from flowing out of the resort. Water stimulates fortune and wealth, and the theme park is full of lakes, ponds and streams—not to mention the large fountain featuring Disney characters placed at the main entrance of the park.

1.Which of the following is the third most visited theme park in the world?

A. Walt Disney World.

B. Disneyland Paris.

C. Hong Kong Disneyland.

D. Tokyo Disneyland.

2.According to the text, the Statue of Liberty replica in Disneyland Paris is to __________.

A. serve as an introduction to American Disneyland

B. reflect the historical relationship between France and the US

C. show Americans’ artistic taste and knowledge

D. ensure the visitors’ safety from all over the world

3.The passage is mainly about Disneyland theme parks’ ________.

A. popularity around the world