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Way back in 1662,John Evelyn,a brilliant Englishman known for his detailed diaries, wrote about disastrous effects of coal-burning on the city of London. In it, he described an infernal scene of smog, air filled with "Columns and Clouds of Smoke", given out by small industries and residences that burned coal for fuel.

I found the description in the 2003 book When Smoke Ran like Water , by

epidemiologist(Á÷Ðв¡Ñ§¼Ò) and environmental advocator (³«µ¼Õß)Devra Davis. In it, Davis looks back at several historic pollution events and their disastrous effects on human health ¨D and at how these phenomena were often ignored or even active?ly covered up by people in charge at that time.

As Davis points out,John Evelyn was ahead of his time when writing about how London's polluted air af?fected the well-being of its residents. It wasn't until nearly 300 years later, after what became well-known as the Great Smog of 1952, that the government began to address the problem in a systematic way.

For four days, between December 5th and 9th, due to all the accidents of the weather pattern, the city was buried in a heavy fog. People were still burning coal for fuel,and low-grade coal at that time,because of wartime condition. A temperature inversion (תÏò)trapped the smoke from the city's fires, creating a black cloud in which people could barely find their way down the most familiar streets. Some tried to protect themselves, but most people simply went about their business.

But 1952's fog was far worse than any other in memory. In the same week of the previous year, 1852 people had died in London; in 1952, that number was 4,703. And the deaths didn't stop when the weather changed and the fog lifted. Davis and her colleagues an?alyzed data from the next several months and found that about 13,000 more people died between December and March than one would have predicted from historical av?erages. Many of them died of pneumonia(·ÎÑ×).The government,she writes, tried to blame a bad flu season. Her detailed analysis found that explanation simply did not pan out.

Davis writes that even today in this country, we still have not completely absorbed the lessons of similar events. The killer fog has lifted in London for sixty-years, and people are dying 

preventable deaths and suf?fering life, changing illnesses,simply because they must breathe the air of the cities where they live.

1. The passage is written to .

A.warn people of the danger from air pollution

B.introduce London's Great Smog of 1952

C.blame the government for the smog

D.explain the reasons for air pollution

2.The underlined word "infernal" in the first paragraph

probably means "   "•

A. imaginary   B. adventurous

C. unbelievable D. annoying

3.One of the reasons for the Great Smog of 1952 was

that . 

A.people burned wood for fuel

B.a forest fire created a black cloud over the city

C.the government ignored the smog

D.most people went about their business

4. How does the writer feel about the present air condi?tion in London?

A. Indifferent. B. Concerned.

C. Hopeless.   D. Panic.

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When people are asked to list typical English gentlemen, for many,Colin Firth immediately comes to mind.

  In his recent film, Kingsman £º The Secret Service ?the 54-year-old actor appears as elegant and violent super spy Harry Hart. One minute he's calm and polite, and then in the next he's skilfully violent and aggressive. For example,in one scene he says,"Manners maketh man",before severely beating up a group of villains (if A). Firth brings out the perfect mix of typical British style and humour through this performance.

  Firth began appearing on English TV in the early 1990s, but it wasn't until he played Mr Darcy,a charming upper class character from Jane Austen's famous novel Pride and Preju?dice ,that Firth's career really took off. His portrayaKÐÎÏó)of the perfect fictional gentleman conquered millions of hearts, especially females'.

In many fans and critics'eyes, Firth has British good looks,British charm, and a gift for characters with a British sense of being reserved(ñæ³Ö).Movie reviewer Jason O'Bryan described Firth as "always befitting the calm and stiff-upper-lip British gentlemen character".

However Firth doesn't consider himself the authority on gentlemen. "I don't necessarily approach every challenge like a perfect English gentleman spy. There are many aspects in my personality that are not consistent with someone like Har?ry Hart,"he said to Dialogue, an English-language show on CCTV News.

But let's just take his words as another gentlemanly quality-modesty. After all, who might expect an Oscar-win?ning actor over 50 years old to learn to fight for his first ac?tion movie?

To prepare for Kingsman ^ Firth trained for three hours every day over six months. He broke a tooth and got bruised everywhere, but took the damage as a symbol of his accom?plishments.

In Dialogue, Firth said he had many other sides¨Dhe's passionate about literature and literary research. However,to many of his movie fans, he is indeed a gentleman and excel?lent actor above all else.

1. The example given in Paragraph 2 is______________ .

A.     to describe the character of Harry Hart

B.     to introduce one scene of Kingsman

C.     to prove Colin Firth a gentleman

D.  to compare Colin Firth with Harry Hart

2. When did Firth come to be famous?

 A.     In the early 1990s.

B.     After he played Mr Darcy.

C.     When he was 54 years old.

D.     During his childhood.

3.From the text we can infer .

 A.     Colin Firth is violent and aggressive

B.     Colin Firth has many sides in personality

C.     Colin Firth has similar character to Harry Hart

D.     Colin Firth has more male fans than females

4.Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

 A.     An authority on English gentlemen

B.     A famous actor

C.     A charming upper class character

D.     A super spy

The multi-million pound new Library of Birming-ham( LoB) will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization(Êý×Ö»¯)of everyday life.

Set to open in 2013 £¬ the LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.

As digital media(ý½é)is important to its idea, the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.

Brian Gambles, the LoB's project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning, "The aim is to mix the physical with the digital? providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.£¬£¬

The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the serv?ices, making sure that it is never closed to the public.

Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual(ÐéÄâµÄ)LoB£¬ designed by Baden. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.

Two other small Birmingham-based digital compa?nies are working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls "enlarge re?ality" project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development. And The People's Archive is an online library of historical figures of the city being built by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.

Gambles says, "Technology will enable us to make the library's content and services open to citizens as never before.£¬£¬

1. The underline part "its idea" in Paragraph 3 refers to

the idea of      .

A. the equipment

B. the project

C. the digital media

D. the physical library

2. While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can .

A. get a general idea of the LoB

B. meet many world-famous experts

C learn how to put up a library building

D. understand how the specialists work on the project

3. Which of the following is TRUE of the LoB when it opens?

a. It offers better learning tools,

b. It reaches users in different ways.

c. It provides users with smart phones.

d. It allows users to enrich its material.

e. It gives non-stop physical and digital services.

A. a£¬ b£¬ d B. a£¬ c£¬ e

C. b£¬ c£¬ d D. b£¬ d, e

4. This text is most probably taken from .

A. a popular science book

B. a library guide

C. a handbook

D. a newspaper report

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A [2015 .½­»´ÃûУ¸ßÈýµÚ¶þ´ÎÁª¿¼] People laugh and people cry. But it is thought that emo?tions such as anger, or joy, typically make Americans feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. The shedder of tears (ÂäÀáÕß)is likely to apologize, even when a great tragedy was the cause. The observer of tears is likely to do everything possible to put an end to the emotional tears. But judging from recent studies of crying behaviour, both those responses to tears are often inappropriate and may even be counterproductive (ÊʵÃÆä·´).

Humans are the only animals clearly known to shed emo?tional tears. Since evolution has given rise to few purposeless physiological responses, it is logical to assume that crying has one or more functions that increase survival.

Although some observers have suggested that crying is a way to ask for assistance from others (as a crying baby might from its mother) £¬ the shedding of tears is hardly necessary to get help. Vocal(ÓÐÉùµÄ)cries would have been quite enough, more likely than tears to gain attention. So, it appears that there must be something special about tears themselves.

Indeed, the new studies suggest that emotional tears may play a direct role in easing stress. University of Minneso?ta researchers who are studying the chemical composition of tears have recently separated two important chemicals from emotional tears. Both chemicals are found only in tears that are shed in response to emotion. Tears shed because of expo?sure to cutting onions would contain no such substance.

Other researchers are looking into the usefulness of tears as a means of diagnosing human ills and monitoring drugs. At Tulane University's Tear Analysis Laboratory Dr Peter Kastl and his colleagues report that they can use tears to detect drug abuse, to study the causes of "dry eye" syndrome(×ÛºÏÕ÷£©and the effects of eye surgery, and perhaps even to meas?ure exposure to environmental pollutants.

1.  What does the phrase " both those responses" in Para?graph 1 refer to £¿

A.    Crying out of sorrow and shedding tears for happi?ness.

B.     The embarrassment and unpleasant feelings of the ob?servers.

C.     Linking illness with crying and finding the chemical composition of tears.

D.    ¶¡he tear shedder's apology and the observer's effort to stop the crying.

 2. It is known from the first paragraph that .

 A.     shedding tears gives unpleasant feelings to Americans

B.     crying may often result in tragedy

C.     crying usually wins sympathy from other people

D.     one who sheds tears in public will be blamed

3.What does the author say about crying?

 A.     It is a pointless physiological response to the environ?ment.

B.     It must have a role to play in man's survival.

C.     It is meant to get attention and assistance.

D.     It usually produces the desired effect.

4. From the passage we can infer that .

 A.     it is unnatural for people to shed tears

B.     we can reduce our stress by shedding emotional tears

C.     shedders of tears can't get help by crying loudly

D.     unlike animals, humans can shed tears for survival

University of Maryland student Ben Simon and his friends couldn't stand seeing good food thrown out on their campus. "We basically noticed that some of the extra food from the dining hall was going to waste at the end of the day. And we met with the dining services and asked them whether it would be okay if instead of throwing out the food we would donate it. And they were on board," he said.

So 18 months ago, the students began what they call the Food Recovery Network. Each night, volun?teers would show up at a campus dining hall to pick up leftovers and deliver them to area shelters and food banks. So far, they have donated more than 23£¬ 000 kilos of food that would otherwise have been thrown out.

Nationwide, $ 165 billion worth of food is wasted each year, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Spokesman Bob Keefer says that is about 40% of the country's entire food production. **If we can re?duce our waste in this country by 15 %? we can feed 25 million hungry Americans. That is a huge benefit. That is what programmes like this Food Recovery Network are doing," he said.

Christian Life Centre is one of the beneficiaries (ÊÜÒæÕß)of the students' efforts. Ben Slye, the senior pas?tor (ÄÁʦ)£¬said? "It has been just amazing to see these students take their own time, their own vehicles and own gas money and be able to make an effort like this. Each week we are able with this food probably to feed over one hundred people.£¬£¬

University of Maryland's Food Recovery Network now has 200 volunteers and the programme has expand?ed to 18 schools across the country. "I want to grow 18 chapters to a thousand chapters within five years. And once we get to the Food Recovery Network being at ev?ery college campus inAmerica, we want to expand to restaurants and farms," said Simon.

The volunteers are committed to making that happen.

1.    The dining services in University  of Maryland

A.    threw out good food on campus

B.    enjoyed the talk with the students

C.    supported the volunteers' job

D.    donated their leftovers to the poor

2.    Volunteers  from  the  Food  Recovery Network

A.    started the Food Recovery Network two years ago

B.    delivered leftovers as well as money to shelters

C.    donated leftovers to avoid food waste

D.    helped to solve the hunger issues inAmerica

3.    Ben Slye's attitude towards the volunteers' efforts was that of .

A. unconcern  B. appreciation

C,  doubt      D. opposition

4.    What can be the best title for the text?

A.    Battles against the problem of hunger

B.    College students rescue leftover food

C.    How to pick up leftovers on college campus

D.    Waste problems in University  of Maryland

 

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Florence, Italy

Who should go: Art lovers£» Renaissance historians£» leather handbag shoppers with high credit limits.

When to go: Spring or fall. Travellers usually avoid summer in   Florence.

Paris, France

Who should go: Starving artists£» Henry Miler fans; traditional food lovers.

When to visit- Spring is   the best time. That's what they all say, anyway. Autumn isn't bad, either, and I'd rather be rooting around the south   of France in search of truffles(Ëɶ)in autumn. Summer in Paris isn't bad,   really.

Amsterdam T   Holland

Who should go£º Lovers of Dutch Masters (artists I mean, like Rem-brandt, not cigars) £» bicyclists¨Dit's a bike city in a flat land.

When to go:It can rain at   any time in Amsterdam? but that's not a rea?son for not visiting this fascinating city. Off   season tourists will be rewarded with good enough weather to stick around.   Summer is good for sun lovers.

Madrid, Spain

Who should go: Night owls¨DMadrid never   sleeps; art lovers¨Dthe Prado is second only to the Louvre in presenting serious art;   party-goers.

When to go: Spring, when   days are warm and the nights are pleasantly cool. Demand for outside eating   and drinking starts becoming stronger in March or April. Street life peaks(´ïµ½ó{·å)in June, then slows in July and August as the temperature peaks.   Autumn is also good, although you'll risk some rain.

Venice, Italy

Who should go £º Romantic dreamers who like walking through automo?bile-free streets £» your mother (she'll want you to take her there, trust me)£» almost anyone who wants to see something really different and   romantic.

When to go: February is   the time when the famous Venice Carnival is held and the weather is usually   cold and foggy¨Dperfect weather for Venice. Summer? A large number of tourists in   shorts and whiny children ruin the atmosphere. You'll greatly enjoy yourself   there in spring and early fall.

1. What do the cities Florence? Paris, Amsterdam and Madrid have in common?

 A.    They are all great cities for female shoppers.

B.     They are all famous for their traditional food.

C.     They are all great cities for art lovers.

D.    They are all famous for cigars.

2.If you are interested in looking for truffles in the south of France, you should go there in____________ .

A. early spring        B.  autumn   

C.  summer            D.  late spring

3.  What advice would the writer probably give you if you go to visit Amsterdam?

 A.     To avoid going there in summer.

B.     To avoid going around there by bike.

C.     To take some credit cards with high credit limits.

D.     To take an umbrella with you whenever you go out.

4. The underlined part "Night owls" in the section about Madrid probably refers to people who like____________ .

A. night life                                  B.  serious art

C. drinking wine                              D.  organizing parties

5.According to the section about Venice, the writer would agree that .

 A.     summer isn't a good time to visit the city

B.     the city is not a good choice for romantic lovers

C.     streets in the city are usually too crowded with cars

D.     people avoid going there in February because of the weather

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