Last week I went on an eco­travel with a travel agency. All the way we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and 24.f________ air. But a few of us picked flowers 25.________ going sightseeing. Some even tried to catch some birds. What was 26.________， many tourists 27.t________ rubbish here and there.

I don't think this is an eco­travel. A true eco­travel is a tour that not only 28.a________ us to express our love for nature, but needs our 29.________ (责任)as well. As we enjoy the beauty of nature, we should try our best to protect 30.________. And we should also try to protect wildlife. A true eco­travel should be 31.________ this: take nothing away but your good 32.________ (记忆); leave nothing 33.b________ but all the green trees and the clean water.

A few years ago, Paul Gerner began to gather a group of architects in Las Vegas to ask them what it would take to design a public school that used 50 percent less energy, cost much less to build and obviously improved student learning. “I think half of them fell off their chairs,” Gerner says.

Gerner manages school facilities （设施） for Clark County, Nevada, a district roughly the size of Massachusetts. By 2018, 143,000 additional students will enter the already crowded public-education system. Gerner needs 73 new schools to house them. Four architecture teams have nearly finished designing primary school prototypes （样品）; they plan to construct their schools starting in 2009. The district will then assess how well the schools perform, and three winners will copy those designs in 50 to 70 new buildings.

Green schools are appearing all over, but in Clark County, which stands out for its vastness, such aggressive targets are difficult because design requirements like more natural light for students go against the realities of a desert climate. “One of the biggest challenges is getting the right site orientation （朝向）,” Mark McGinty, a director at SH Architecture, says. His firm recently completed a high school in Las Vegas. “You have the same building, same set of windows, but if its orientation is incorrect and it faces the sun, it will be really expensive to cool.”

Surprisingly, the man responsible for one of the most progressive green-design competitions has doubts about ideas of eco-friendly buildings. “I don’t believe in the new green religion,” Gerner says. “Some of the building technologies that you get are impractical. I’m interested in those that work.” But he wouldn’t mind if some green features inspire students. He says he hopes to set up green energy systems that allow them to learn about the process of harvesting wind and solar power. “You never know what’s going to start the interest of a child to study math and science,” he says.

1.How did the architects react to Gerner’s design requirements?

A. They lost balance in excitement.             B. They showed strong disbelief.

C. They expressed little interest.              D. They burst into cheers.

2.Which order of steps is followed in carrying out the project?

A. Assessment — Prototype — Design — Construction.

B. Assessment — Design — Prototype — Construction.

C. Design — Assessment — Prototype — Construction.

D. Design — Prototype — Assessment — Construction.

3.What makes it difficult to build green schools in Clark County?

A. The large size.                          B. Limited facilities.

C. The desert climate.                      D. Poor natural resources.

4.What does Gerner think of the ideas of green schools?

A. They are questionable.                   B. They are out of date.

C. They are advanced.                       D. They are practical.

I hate all this travel; I want to get married and _________.

Juanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager on the US-based large passenger ship Carnival Spirit for 18 months and feels he  has found the suitable position in his career(职业).He has always wanted to travel.“ I guess I am a really restless spirit. I Iike  traveling, so when the chance came, I jumped at it,” he says.

    The chance came in the form of a newspaper advertisement for work on cruise ships（游船）. At the time Estrella was the housekeeping manager at a Melbourne hotel. He applied and, after two interviews, a medical check and police clearance, the job was his.

    Estrella is responsible(负责的)for the cleanliness of the ship, making sure that 160 crew work properly. “I enjoy it because there is no other work-you wake up each day in a different place and a different culture. It’s exciting when you go to the next country and you don’t understand the language, ”he says.

    Estrella likes being busy and getting to know people from all over the world. The 1,000 crew come from 94 countries, and Estrella has learnt Spanish and a little Croatian.

    But there is a downside .“You cannot get really drunk...because you have safety responsibilities to yourself and others, ”he says.“ You don’t really think about home. You start to think about home only when you get closer to your vacation and wonder what you’ll be doing.”

    Life on the ship is anything but cruising. Estrella and his fellows work at least 10 hours a day, seven days a week. He warns the job is not for everybody. “You have to love being busy and be prepared to work every day-and to give up drinking too much alcohol. ”In his spare time, if the ship sails into a port, Estrella explores it, otherwise he works out in the crew’s gym, goes on the internet or calls home.

1.What do we know about Estrella?

   A. He is very fond of traveling.

   B. He doesn’t drink wine now.

    C. He cannot speak a foreign language.

    D. He used to be a housekeeping manager in a ship.

3.The underlined word “downside” in paragraph 5 probably means ____________.

   A. disappointment  B. disadvantage  C. failure    D. loss

3.Which of the following is true?

    A. Estrella doesn’t often feel homesick because of his work.

    B. The work on the ship is not suitable for a married person.

    C. Estrella can find no other job except the one on the ship.

    D. The people on the ship are from 94 countries.

4. In the last paragraph the writer thinks that life on the ship is ____________.

    A. not a tiring journey at all           B. just an interesting voyage

    C. far from a voyage for pleasure       D. more than a pleasant travel by sea

A few years ago, Paul Gerner began to gather a group of architects in Las Vegas to ask them what it would take to design a public school that used 50 percent less energy, cost much less to build and obviously improved student learning. “I think half of them fell off their chairs,” Gerner says.
Gerner manages school facilities （设施） for Clark County, Nevada, a district roughly the size of Massachusetts. By 2018, 143,000 additional students will enter the already crowded public-education system. Gerner needs 73 new schools to house them. Four architecture teams have nearly finished designing primary school prototypes （样品）; they plan to construct their schools starting in 2009. The district will then assess how well the schools perform, and three winners will copy those designs in 50 to 70 new buildings.
Green schools are appearing all over, but in Clark County, which stands out for its vastness, such aggressive targets are difficult because design requirements like more natural light for students go against the realities of a desert climate. “One of the biggest challenges is getting the right site orientation （朝向）,”Mark McGinty, a director at SH Architecture, says. His firm recently completed a high school in Las Vegas. “You have the same building, same set of windows, but if its orientation is incorrect and it faces the sun, it will be really expensive to cool.”
Surprisingly, the man responsible for one of the most progressive green-design competitions has doubts about ideas of eco-friendly buildings. “I don’t believe in the new green religion,” Gerner says. “Some of the building technologies that you get are impractical. I’m interested in those that work.” But he wouldn’t mind if some green features inspire students. He says he hopes to set up green energy systems that allow them to learn about the process of harvesting wind and solar power. “You never know what’s going to start the interest of a child to study math and science,” he says.
【小题1】How did the architects react to Gerner’s design requirements?