15．An environmental group called the Food Commission is unhappy and disappointed because of the sale——青夏教育精英家教网——

15．An environmental group called the Food Commission is unhappy and disappointed because of the sales of bottled water from Japan．The water，it angrily argues in public，has traveled 10，000"food miles"before it reached Western customers．Transporting water halfway across the world is surely the extremely stupid use of fuel when there is plenty of water in the UK．It is also worrying that we were wasting our fuel by buying prawns from Indonesia （7，000food miles ） and carrots from South Africa （5，900food miles）．
Counting the number of miles traveled done by a product is a strange way of trying to tell the true situation of the environmental damage due to industry．Most food is transported around the world on container ships that are extremely energy efficient．It should be noticed that a ton of butter transported 25miles in a truck to a farmers'market doesn't necessarily use less fuel on its journey than a similar product transported hundreds of miles by sea．Besides，the idea of"food miles"ignores the amount of fuel used in the production．It is possible to cut down your food miles by buying tomatoes grown in Britain rather than those grown in Ghana．The difference is that the British ones will have been raised in heated greenhouse and the Ghanaian ones in the open sun．
What is the idea of"food miles"does provide，however，is the chance to cut out Third World countries from First World food markets．The number of miles traveled by our food should，as I see it，be regarded as a sign of the success of the global trade system，not a sign of damage to the environment．

9．The Food Commission is angry because it thinks thatD．
A．UK wastes a lot of money importing food products
B．some imported goods causes environmental damage
C．growing certain vegetables causes environmental damage
D．people wasted energy buying food from other countries
10．The phrase"food miles"in the passage refers to the distanceA．
A．that a food product travels to a market
B．that a food product travels from one market to another
C．between UK and other food producing countries
D．between a Third World country and a First World food market
11．By comparing tomatoes raised in Britain and in Ghana，the author tries to explain thatC．
A．British tomatoes are healthier than Ghanaian ones
B．Ghanaian tomatoes taste better than tomatoes ones
C．cutting down food miles may not necessarily save fuel
D．protecting the environment may cost a lot of money
12．From the passage we know that the author is most probablyA．
A．a supporter of free global trade
B．a member of a Food Commission
C．a supporter of First World food markets
D．a member of an energy development group．

14．After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program，her mother recalled，Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices．"Everyone else was already admitted to college，"her mother，Rosemarie Colvin，said from the family home．"So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said，‘You have to let me in．'"
"Impressed--she was a National Merit （全国英才） finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil--Yale did，admitting her to the class of 1978，where she started writing for the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist，"her mother said．
On Wednesday，Marie Colvin，56，an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London，was killed as Syrian forces shelled（炮击） the city of Homs．She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack．
"She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday"，Mrs．Colvin said．"Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out．She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it．"
Mrs．Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones．"If you knew my daughter，"she said，"it would have been such a waste of words．She was determined，she was enthusiastic about what she did，it was her life．There was no saying‘Don't do this．'This is who she was，absolutely who she was and what she believed in：cover the story，not just have pictures of it，but bring it to life in the deepest way you could．""So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism，"her mother said．

1．From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1，we can infer thatB．
A．Yale was her last choice
B．Marie Colvin was confident of herself
C．Yale must keep its promise to Marie Colvin
D．Marie Colvin was good at persuading
2．Which of the following is the correct order to describe Marie Colvin's life？D
a．She was doing a story in Syria and got killed．
b．She was admitted to Yale University．
c．She studied in Brazil as an excellent student．
d．She was hired by The Sunday Times of London．
e．She began to take an interest in journalism．
A．d→e→c→a→b
B．b→c→d→e→a
C．e→d→c→b→a
D．c→b→e→d→a
3．From the last paragraph，we can know that Mrs．ColvinC．
A．dislikes the choice of her daughter．
B．cares little about her daughter．
C．knows her daughter very well．
D．doesn't fully appreciate her daughter．
4．What can be the best title of the text？D
A．Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area．
B．Applying for Top Universities，a Successful Case．
C．Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest．
D．Recalling Her Daughter，a Journalist Killed in Syria．

13．The people around you might make or break your life．So choose them cautiously and wisely on your life journey．
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12．From VOA Learning English，this is the Technology Report．
Researchers are now using three-dimensional，or 3D printing to create models of the human heart to help heart specialists．The heart doctors can use the models to better help patients before an operation．
Surgeons regularly use digital images to explore the heart in close detail．But no two human hearts are alike．This led Matthew Bramlet to create exact heart models from those images．Dr．Bramlet is a pediatric or children's heart expert at the University of Illinois College of Medicine．He says the 3-D models show information he cannot get any other way．
A 3-D printer uses images from a digital display to create a physical model of a human heart．Matthew Bramlet says doctors can use the model，in his words，"to understand the anatomy for the first time．""Even when I will take the MRI and render the images，even a print heart that is sort of spinning on the screen，it's still a 2-D screen．Now we've pulled it out of the screen so that you can actually hold it in your hand arid evaluate the anatomy for the first time in a manner that makes sense and is logical．"
Pictures from medical tests like CAT scan or MRI are sent to a 3-D printer to create a heart in a plaster or clay form．The printer then constructs the heart，thin layer by thin layer．Dr．Bramlet says the model matches the real heart in every detail．"When we're done with the model and make our decision，we want to be able to go back to the source image and confirm those findings，"he says．
Dr．Bramlet has built model hearts for different kinds of heart operations．All of the operations were successful．In his first ease，digital images showed only one tiny hole in a baby's heart．But，the 3-D printed model showed several defects or problems that the baby was born with．Dr．Bramlet says those defects could not be seen easily in the images．The heart surgeon was able to change the type of surgery for the patient based on the 3-D model．He added that 3-D heart models save time during heart operations．
Kathy Magliato is a cardiac surgeon at Saint John's Health Center in Los Angeles．She welcomes the new technology．She says it could help her make better decisions before she operates on the hearts of her patients．"The fact is that I can then take this very complicated structure，which has endless possibilities of what it could look like anatomically when I open body，and you give it to me before the operation and I can hold it in my hand and plan an operation around what I'm seeing，touching and feeling．That to me is what can potentially change the game in an operation and save lives．
Matthew Bramlet continues to research the technology．He is working with the National institutes of Health to build a 3-D library that includes heart models and images that others can use．
67．As a helper to surgeons，what's the major advantage of 3D-printing？D
A．It can be applied to different kinds of operations．
B．It can provide digital images in detail．
C．It can shorten time during heart operations．
D．It can create a heart model with detailed information．
68．What do we know about the 3-D printed heart model？C
A．It is shaped in one step．
B．it can only be made of clay．
C．It is based on medical tests．
D．It can only be observed on the screen．
69．What does the underlined sentence in the last but one paragraph imply？D
A．Any change may happen in an operation．
B．Any change in an operation can't be ignored．
C．A 3-D printed heart model is a change to a regular operation．
D．A 3-D printed heart model may contribute to adjustment to an operation．
70．What could be the best title for the Technology Report？C
A．Advantages of 3D-printing
B．Features of 3D-printing
C．A new dimension to heart surgery
D．A fundamental reform to heart surgery．

11．In order to ensure the safety of accounts online，experts recommend that people should use long and ______ passwords，especially for accounts that contain critical information．（　　）

10．In Nepal，despite the improvement of people's living standards，public access to media，traditional or online，remains far from being ______．（　　）

9．_______ difficulties we may come across，we will help one another to overcome them．（　　）

8．-Are you going to take part in the speech contest？
-__________．It is too good an opportunity to miss．（　　）

That's for sure

7．I am so happy to hear from her again．__________，it is 20years since we met last time．（　　）

	A．	What's more		B．	That's to day
	C．	In other words		D．	Believe it or not

6．What do you think of my plan for the holiday？
_____I agree．（　　）

	A．	.It couldn't be better．		B．	．It couldn't be worse．
	C．	.Have you got that？		D．	Is that right？

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