19．October 15.1970was declared International W hite Cane Safety Day for the first time by the Presid——青夏教育精英家教网—

19．October 15，1970was declared International W hite Cane Safety Day （IWCSD） for the first time by the President of the International Federation of the Blind （IFB）．This date was adopted at the first convention of the IFB，held in Colombo on October 4，1969．The object of  the exercise is to enable the general public to have a better understanding of blindness and visual handicap，and to make people more aware of the white cane as a mobility aid．
Peguilly d'Herbemont was born on 25th June 1888into an old French noble family of the same name．In her youth she led the conventional and protected existence，lack of great activity，of a girl from a"good family"，an existence reminding of the life of the aristocracy（贵族） before the French Revolution．She never visited a public school，but was educated by German and English governesses and nuns．Her movements were restricted and were mainly confined to the family positions in Paris and Belgium，but she spent most of her time at the castle of Charmois not far from Verdun．
In the process of helping individual blind people across the road，Peguilly d'Herbemont was made aware by narrow scrapes（刮擦） which almost led to accidents，of the dangerous situation of the visually impaired brought about by the steadily increasing traffic on the roads．She first spoke about measures to protect the blind against street hazards to her mother in 1930，but she was of the opinion that it was unfit for a lady of good society to create a public outcry and advised her to stick to the transcription of books，a popular pastime of ladies of rank at the time．
But the idea did not leave her．The urgent wish to encourage the integration（成为一体） of the blind into society by providing them with a means of moving about more freely without endangering others，and at the same time attracting the attention of passers-by ready to offer assistance，caused her to take the unusual step of writing to the editor of the Paris dailyEcho de Paris in which she suggested issuing the blind of the Paris region with white sticks similar to those used by the traffic police．
The editor took up the idea，published it in November 1930and saw to it that the relevant authorities acted with atypical speed．Thus it was that the white cane received official backing，and on 7th February 1931．

41．The underlined words"the exercise"here refer toB．
A．the founding of the IFB
B．the declaration of IWCSD
C．the convention of the IFB
D．the first convention of the IFB
42．Which of the following is true about Peguilly d'Herbemont？A
A．She led a typical aristocrat life when she was young．
B．Though she could travel around Europe，she spent most time at Charmois．
C．She was taught German and English at a public school．
D．She worried about possible street hazards for the blind，witnessing many traffic accidents．
43．A gave her the white cane idea．
A．Her concern about the dangerous situation for the blind caused by the increasing traffic
B．The accident she had when helping blind people across the road
C．The scrapes she got when crossing the road
D．Her urgent wish to integrate into society together with the blind
44．According to the passage，which of the following statements is NOT true？B
A．Peguilly d'Herbemont's mother didn't want her to draw the public's attention．
B．It was common for people to write to newspapers to voice their opinion at the time．
C．Peguilly's strong desire to help the blind made her not a looker-on but an advocate．
D．The editor contributed a lot to the declaration of International White Cane Safety Day．
45．This passage mainly wants to tell usD．
A．Peguilly d'Herbemont's achievements
B．how to care for the blind
C．the function of the white cane
D．how International White Cane Safety Day came into being．

14．YOU CAN HELP!
Everyone was born with his own built-in burglar alarm．It's called the sense of sight and sound．Unfortunately，many of us go around with the alarm switched off．
We don't see the stranger wandering outside the house next door．
We don't notice the sounds from the flat upstairs．
（Weren't they supposed to be on holiday？）
The police can only do so much to prevent crime．There never can be enough of them to guard every home in every town．So they need your help in fighting with the burglars（窃贼），the vandals，and the car thieves．
Not，of course，by setting out to have a go every time you see something suspicious．It'll always be the job of the police to arrest criminals．
But by acting as a line of communication between them and your community．For instance，you probably know far more about your immediate neighborhoods than the police ever could．
A stranger in someone's garden would probably be far more obvious to you than it would to even the local police，if，of course，you were on the lookout．
That's the whole idea behind the Neighborhood Watch schemes，springing up around the country to create a spirit of watchfulness within a community，anything suspicious being reported to the police．
It's early days yet，but results so far are very encouraging．The crime figures are already dropping in many of the areas running the scheme．And all due to people like you．
32．The underlined word"them"refers to"B"．
A．criminals B．the police C．neighbours D．strangers
33．The advertisement points out that many people．B
A．are not ready to help the police
B．are not as watchful as they could be
C．don't look after their gardens well
D．don't tell their neighbors about their holidays
34．One of the ways we could help prevent crime is to．C
A．turn on the alarm system in our home
B．try to stop criminals from escaping
C．look out for people behaving suspiciously
D．inform the police if we hear noises upstairs
35．The purpose of the advertisement is to in their neighborhood．D
A ask people to join the police force
B advise people how to protect their homes
C warn people about the increasing risk of crime
D encourage people to be on watch for possible crime．

13．A Dutch artist and designer has come up with a device which he hopes will get rid of pollutants from Beijing's smog skies，creating clean air for the city's mask-wearing people．
An electromagnetic field（电磁场） will pull particles（微粒） in the smog to the ground where they can be easily cleaned．
"It's like when you have a balloon which has static（静电） and your hair goes toward it．Same with the smog，"says artist Daan Roosegaarde．
His studio has reached an agreement with the Beijing government to test the technology in one of tile capital's parks．
With its skies regularly covered by dirty gray smog，Beijing this week announced a series of emergency measures to handle the problem．
Roosegaarde says an indoor model device has already proven it works and is confident that the results-with the help of a team of scientists and engineers-can be replicated（复制的） outside．
"Beijing is quite a good place because the smog in Beijing is quite low．It lies in a valley so there's not so much wind．It's a good environment to explore this kind of thing．"
"We'll be able to purify the air and the challenge is to get the top of the smog so you can see the sun again．"
Roosegaarde acknowledges that projects like this are a way of drawing attention to the problem，rather than a practical solution to Beijing's awful air pollution．
"This is not the real answer for smog．The real answer has to do with clean cars，different industry and different lifestyles．"
However，he hopes the project will make a"fundamental statement"by allowing the city's people to realize the difference between breathing clean and smog-filled air．

32．The device works byB．
A．helping keep the particles out with more masks
B．pulling pollutants to the ground with an electromagnetic field
C．absorbing hair with a balloon with static
D．creating clean air and let it out into the sky
33．According to the passage，C．
A．the Beijing government has agreed to use the technology in Beijing
B．they have proven the results of the device both indoors and outdoors
C．the results of the air-cleaning device can be expectable
D．the Beijing government has never done anything to handle the air pollution
34．What does Roosegaarde really mean by saying"Beijing is quite a good place…"？C
A．The air pollution in Beijing is not quite serious．
B．The weather in Beijing is good for foreigners to live in．
C．Beijing is quite fit for using the air-cleaning device．
D．It is easy to get the top of the smog in Beijing．
35．Roosegaarde appeals to people in Beijing toA．
A．pay attention to air pollution and solve the problem finally
B．invent more devices to clean the smog in Beijing
C．drive modern cars and try different lifestyles
D．realize how serious the pollution they're facing is．

12．The way we cook is important．In many countries，the two sources of heat used for cooking are nat-ural gas or electric stoves．The World Health Organization （WHO） warns that millions of people are dying every year from indoor air pollution．The WHO finds that poor cooking，heating and lighting technologies are killing millions of people each year．
     Indoor air pollution results from the use of dangerous fuels and cook stoves in the home．WHO of-ficials say nearly three billion people are unable to use clean fuels and technologies for cooking，heat-ing and lighting．And they say more than seven million people die from exposure to indoor or outdoor air pollution each year．Of that number，the WHO says about 4.3 million people die from household air pollution given off by simple biomass（生物燃料） and coal stoves．
       These findings show that the home use of poisonous fuels is to blame for many of these deaths．
These fuels inrlude wood，coal，animal waste and so on．Carlos Dora is Coordinator in the WHO's De-partment of Public Health，Environmental and Social Determinants of Health．He says people should not use unprocessed coal and kerosene （煤油） fuel indoors．He says opening a window or door to let out the harmful air will not correct the situation．It will only pollute the outdoors．"New technologies and clean fuels can rid people of this problem．"
         The United Nations found that more than 95 percent of families in suh-Saharan Africa depend on solid fuels for cooking．It says huge populations in India，China and Latin American countries，such as Cuatemala and Peru，are also at risk．
         Nigel Bruce is a professor of Public Health at the University of Liverpool．He says researchers are developing good stoves and other equipment to bum fuels in a more efficient way．"There are already many technologies for clean fuels available now．An effective and reasonably low-cost ethanol（酒精）stove that is made by Dometic （a Sweden-based company） is now being tested out．Another interesting development is electric induction stoves．"In India，you can buy an induction （屯磁） stove for about 8．AndinAfricayoucanbuyasolarlampforlessthan1．
25．According to Carlos Dora，what is the best solution to indoor air pollution？B
A．People should use an effective air cleaner．
B．People should use new technologies and clean fuels．
C．People should open a window or door to let out the harmful air．
D．People should prevent themselves from being exposed to harmful air．
26．How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed？B
A．By listing numbers．
B．By following time order．
C．By describing a process．
D．By making classifications．
27．What can we learn from the passage？A
A．Burning solid fuels can help limit indoor air pollution．
B．People can buy ethanol stoves made by Dometic in India．
C．There are already two technologies for clean fuels available for use．
D．Most of the deaths from indoor pollution are in developing countries．
28．Which would be the best title for the passage？D
A．The Way We Cook Is Changing
B．Cause of indoor Air Pollution
C．Indoor Air Pollution Kills Millions Each Year
D．The Development of Electric Stoves．

11．---Come on，Peter．I want to show you something．
---Oh，how nice of you!I _______ you _______ to bring me a gift．（　　）

	A．	don't think； are going		B．	never thought； were going
	C．	didn't think； are going		D．	hadn't thought； were going

10．Looks are not ______．It's what's inside you that really matters．（　　）

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