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.

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第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

阅读下面文章,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was the afternoon of December 24, the day before Christmas, and as the newest doctor in our office, I had to work. The only thing that brightened my day was the beautifully decorated Christmas tree in our waiting room and a gift sent to me by a fellow I was dating(约会)—a dozen long-stemmed red roses. 

As I was cleaning my office, I was told a lady urgently needed to speak with me. As I stepped out, I noticed a young, tired-looking woman with a baby in her arms. Nervously, she explained that her husband—a prisoner in a nearby prison—was my next patient. She told me she wasn’t allowed to visit her husband in prison and that he had never seen his son. Her request was for me to let the boy’s father sit in the waiting room with her as long as possible before I called him for his appointment(约见). Since my schedule wasn’t full, I agreed. After all, it was Christmas Eve. 

A short time later, her husband arrived—with chains on his feet and hands, and two armed guards as bodyguards. The woman’s tired face lit up like our little Christmas tree when her husband took a seat beside her. I kept glancing out to watch them laugh, cry and share their child. After almost an hour, I called the prisoner back to my office. The patient seemed like a gentle and modest man. I wondered what he possibly could have done to be held under such conditions. I tried to make him as comfortable as possible.

At the end of the appointment, I wished him a Merry Christmas—a difficult thing to say to a man headed back to prison. He smiled and thanked me. He also said he felt saddened by the fact that he hadn’t been able to get his wife anything for Christmas. On hearing this, I was inspired with a wonderful idea.

I’ll never forget the look on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful, long-stemmed roses. I’m not sure who experienced the most joy—the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the opportunity to share in this special moment.

51.What can be inferred from the first paragraph?

       A. The writer was a newcomer to her office. 

       B. A fellow sent her a dozen red roses as Christmas present.

       C. She was in low spirits because she had to work before Christmas.

       D. She was at work with a light heart.

52. The young woman came to the writer’s office for the purpose of         .

       A. having her baby examined      

B. giving her husband a chance to make his escape

       C. having her husband examined  

D. getting a chance for her family to get together

53.The underlined part in Paragraph 3 most probably means “         ”. 

      A. to be sent to hospital      B. to be separated from his family

       C. to be comfortable             D. to become a prisoner

54. What does the writer learn from the story?

       A. The wife experienced the most joy in receiving. 

B. An act of kindness can mean a lot.

       C. The prisoner was treated with mercy.      

D. Whoever breaks the law should be punished.

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