Massachusetts (美国一州名) became the first state in the nation to ban the dumping (倾倒;抛弃) of electronic equipment such as computer monitors and television sets. It means people there can no longer put computer monitors, TV sets and other devices containing glass picture tubes out on the street for pickup by garbage cleaners.

Official said much of this equipment is loaded with poisonous heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and mercury. These poisonous heavy metals could go into groundwater or be released (释放) into the air.

The Boston Globe reports the state has set up a system to recycle techno-garbage at state expense through community recycling centers.

Robin Ingenthron of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection said the state has been trying to get its electronics-recycling program in place ‘before the future wave of electronics hits’. The National Safety Council estimates some 300 million computers will enter the nation’s waste system in the next few years.

In addition, millions of people will be getting rid of their old television sets. New high-quality digital televisions and new rules will make old TV sets no longer in use over the next several years.

The word ‘techno-garbage’ in the 3rd paragraph probably means ________.

A. all kinds of dirty things                         B. deserted TV sets

C. heavy metals                                         D. used electronic equipment

The passage tells us chiefly about __________.

       A. forbidding of a certain type of garbage dumping

       B. new problems of environmental protection

       C. household problems raised by computers and TV sets

       D. the handling of garbage

     Which is NOT a reason that the state enforces (强制执行) a ban on electronic equipment dumping?

       A. This kind of garbage is poisonous.

       B. Recycling systems are not working well.

       C. The poisonous heavy metals can go to the underground water and the air.

       D. There will be much more electronic garbage soon.

According to the last paragraph many people will be dumping their TV sets because ________.

       A. they are broken                  B. they are poisonous

       C. new TV standards have come out    D. people will be tired of them

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Theatrical Release Date: July 1, 2011

Studio: Paramount Pictures 

Director: Michael Bay 

Genre: Action︱Adventure︱Sequel︱ Sci-Fi︱ 3D

The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are back in action, taking on the evil Decepticons. The Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a dangerous space race. The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft on the Moon and must race against the Decepticons to find its secrets, which could turn the tide in the Transformers’ final battle. Shockwave, a longtime “Transformers” character, rules Cybertron while the Autobots and Decepticons battle it out on Earth.

 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II

Theatrical Release Date: July 15, 2011

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Director: David Yates

Genre: Action︱Adventure︱Sequel︱Fantasy︱3D

In part II, the battle between the good and evil forces of the Wizarding world evolves into an all-out war. This final adventure continues Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s attempt to find and destroy Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes. Harry Potter is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice to bring an end to his nemesis.

Winnie the Pooh

Theatrical Release Date: July 15, 2011

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Director: Don Hall, Stephen J. Anderson

Genre: Sequel︱Family Animation

Winnie the Pooh is a 2011 American traditionally animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Based upon the characters of the children’s books Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne and Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus, the film features two previously unadapted stories from the original books. 

In the movie, Owl sends the whole gang to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary bad character, and it turns out to be a very busy day for Winnie the Pooh who simply set out to find some honey.

1.Which of the following is not the genre of Transformers: Dark of the Moon?

    A. Action.  B. Sequel.    C. Fantasy.   D. 3D

2.According to the Movie Express above, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II is mainly about ______.

A. a journey of Harry, Ron, and Hermione

B. high risks of the final adventure

C.a fear of Lord Voldemort

D. an all-out war between good and evil forces

3.Who might be most interested in the Movie Express of Winnie the Pooh?

   A. Would-be parents.                     B. Families with children.

   C. Writers of children’s books.             D. Honey lovers.

 

It was not yet eleven o’clock when a boat crossed the river with a single passenger who had obtained his transportation at that unusual hour by promising an extra fare.

While the youth stood on the landing-place searching in his pockets for money, the ferryman lifted a lantern, by the aid of which, together with the newly risen moon, he took a very accurate survey of the stranger’s figure. He was a young man of barely eighteen years, evidently country bred(长大的), and now, as it seemed, on his first visit to town. He was wearing a rough gray coat, which was in good shape, but which had seen many winters before this one. The garments under his coat were well constructed of leather, and fitted tightly to a pair of muscular legs; his stockings of blue yarn must have been the work of a mother or sister, and on his head was a three-cornered hat, which in its better days had sheltered the grayer head of the lad’s father. In his left hand was a walking stick, and his equipment was completed by a leather bag not so abundantly stocked as to inconvenience the strong shoulders on which it hung. Brown, curly hair, well-shaped-features, bright, cheerful eyes were nature’s gifts, and worth all that art could have done for his adornment(装饰).

The youth, whose name was Robin, paid the boatman, and then walked forward into the town with a light step, as if he had not already traveled more than thirty miles that day. As he walked, he surveyed his surroundings as eagerly as if he were entering London or Madrid, instead of the little metropolis(都市)of a New England colony.

1.What time of the year was it in this story?

A. Winter.           B. Fall.       C. Summer.    D. Spring.

2.The boatman was willing to take Robin across the river because ________.

A. he was going to row across the river anyway

B. he saw that Robin was young and rich

C. he would give extra money

D. he felt sorry for him because Robin looked poor

3.The stockings that Robin wore were obviously _________.

A. well worn         B. very expensive       C. handmade         D. much too big

4.From the text we can learn that Robin had traveled __________.

A. from London              B. from Madrid

C. from a nearby city                D. over thirty miles

5.At what time of day did Robin cross the river?

A. Night.      B. Late afternoon    C. Midday.          D. Morning.    

 

   CHICAGO ---Call it a reward, or just “bribery(贿赂)”.

Whichever it is, many parents today readily admit to buying off their children, who get goodies(好东西) for anything from behaving in a restaurant to sleeping all night in their own beds.

That’s what worries parenting experts.

“I think that reward systems have a time and a place and work really well in certain situations,” says Marcy Safyer, director of the Adelphi University Institute for Parenting.

“But what often gets lost for people is being able to figure out how to communicate to their kids that doing the thing is rewarding enough,” Safyer says.

Parents and experts alike agree that the dynamic(动力) is partly a reflection of the world we live in. It’s unrealistic to think a parent wouldn’t reward their children with material things sometimes, says Robin Lanzi, a clinical psychologist and mother of four who’s the research director at the Center on Health and Education at Georgetown University.

“But you want to make sure that they match the behavior, so it’s not something huge for something small,” Lanzi says.

She recalls hearing about a father who offered his child a Nintendo Wii game system for scoring a couple goals in a soccer game.

Elizabeth Powell, a mother of two young daughters in Austin, Texas, knows what she means.

“You want to raise them in a way that they’re respectful and appreciate things,” Powell says of her children. “But sometimes, you wonder now if kids appreciate even a new pair of shoes. ”

1.Parenting experts are worried that ____ .

A.today’s children are fed up with material things

B.parents are rewarding their kids improperly

C.today’s children are more and more demanding(苛求的)

D.there is lack of communication between parents and children

2.What Safyer says suggests that ____ .

A.reward systems are quite limited in developing abilities

B.reward systems work well regardless of(不管) time and place

C.reward systems are still not made full use of to develop abilities

D.reward systems are often used at the wrong time and place

3.What can we learn from what Robin Lanzi says?

A.She holds a different opinion from other parenting experts.

B.She thinks children can’t behave well without being rewarded.

C.She holds a similar belief to Safyer and gives further explanation.

D.She doesn’t believe in rewarding children for good behavior.

4.The father who offered his child a Nintendo Wii game system can be regarded as

_____.

A.over-rewarding his child

B.giving his child proper reward

C.respecting and appreciating his child

D.giving something small for something huge

 

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