I stepped outside into a beautiful summer day. The sun made everything look bright and cheerful. It would have been an excellent day for a picnic—if I still had a __ someone to picnic with.

Nobody would have suspected the thunderstorm going on inside my heart. Lightning illuminated (照亮)hidden emotions briefly, followed by a series of __ hopes. Small drops of tears poured down, washing off what remained of my romantic dreams. .

I sat at the bus stop with a book, reading the __ paragraph for the fifth time and trying to look unconcerned about my internal (内心的)weather patterns. Sunglasses __ my puffy (肿胀的)eyes and returned the reflection of a nearby flower. I will never love __ Love is just an illusion (幻觉)leading __

I was so __ in my thoughts, so I didn't notice the man taking a __ beside me. "Excuse me, Miss, but I couldn't __ noticing that you're reading O. Henry. He's my favorite author."

His deep __ surprised me. His __ smile warmed up my damp heart and __ some of the storm clouds. "He's my favorite as well." I tried to __ his smile.

We spent the next fifteen minutes talking about __ and its influence in today's culture. The bus came and went. We __ not to notice.

“__ ,my name is Mark." As his __ hand shook mine, an electric current coursed through me. "

Do you care to __ me for lunch?" he added, ignoring my blushing (绯红的)cheeks. "Let's start all over again, shall we? I'm __ about what 1 did yesterday. I will never make you angry again."

A __ appeared, leading the way to a heart of gold. I followed it.

1.A. special B. clever C. happy D. rich

2.A. lasting B. ruined C. fresh D. high

3.A. difficult B. funny C. same D. next

4.A. hurt B. masked C. blinded D. cupped

5.A. first B. less C. alone D. again

6.A. nowhere B. forward C. outside D. downstairs

7.A. interested B. puzzled C. absorbed D. surprised

8.A. chance B. picture C. drink D. seat

9.A. imagine B. appreciate C. help D. start

10.A. love B. voice C. thought D. understanding

11.A. mysterious B. forced C. proud D. friendly

12.A. blew away B. brought back C. gathered up D. figured out

13.A. ignore B. return C. describe D. stop

14.A. literature B. friendship C. weather D. history

15.A. happened B. agreed C. pretended D. expected .

16.A. In return B. To begin with C. On the other hand D. By the way

17.A. bare B. warm C. strange D. skinny

18.A. take B. thank C. join D. pay

19.A. worried B. curious 、 C. excited D. sorry

20.A. rainbow B. rainstorm ‘ C. thunderstorm D. sandstorm

What is waste and why does it matter?

Waste or rubbish is something that people throw away because they no longer need it or want it. Almost everything we do creates waste and as a society we are currently producing more waste than ever before. We do this at home and at work. The fact that we produce waste, and get rid of it, matters for the following reasons.

When something is thrown away we lose the natural resources, the energy and the time which have been used to make the product. The vast majority of resources that we use in manufacturing products and providing services cannot be replaced. The use of these resources cannot go on indefinitely— we would run out.

When something is thrown away, we are putting pressure on the environment's ability to cope— in terms of the additional environmental impacts associated with extracting the new resources, manufacturing and distributing the goods, and in terms of the environmental impacts associated with getting rid of our rubbish.

When something is thrown away, we are not able to see it as a resource. It is well understood that what is waste to one person may not be viewed as waste by another. A good example of this is scrap metal(金属废料)which has been recycled for many years. Increasingly people are realizing that it makes economic sense as well as environmental sense to use "waste" rather than just throw it away.

The process of using up the earth's natural resources to make products which we then throw away, sometimes a very short time later, is not "sustainable" — in other words, it cannot continue indefinitely.

The way we consume materials will affect whether we have a sustainable society that leaves resources available for future generations to use. As consumers and producers, we are central to the concept of sustainability. We need to think about how we can get more out of less, how we can use less and throw away less and how we can do better things with our so-called "waste" than throw it away. We need to see "waste" as a "resource".

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The problem with waste

1.

Waste or rubbish is what people throw away when they do not need it or want it any longer.

Important 2.on society

The natural resources, the energy and the time used to make the product become 3.when something is thrown away. The vast majority of resources can’t be replaced and they would be 4.up.

The environment's ability to extract the new resources, manufacture and distribute the goods and get rid of rubbish is 5. pressure.

People 6. to see it as a resource. Increasingly, people are realizing that it makes both economic sense and environmental sense to use "waste" 7.of just throwing it away.

Result

We’ll leave fewer resources 8. for future generations to use.

9.

People should have the 10. of sustainability, thinking about getting more out of less, using less, throwing less and doing better things with it.

People should see "waste" as a "resource".

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