What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-cream taster?
Yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice cream. Just ask John Harrison, an “Official Taste Tester” for the past 2l years. Harrison’s job has been responsible for approving（批准）large numbers of the sweet ice cream – as well as for developing over 15 flavors（味道）.
Some people think that it would be easy to do this job; after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No – there’s more to the job than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a job in this “cool field”.
In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and grades 60 ice-cream samples. He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12^oF. Harrison explains, “You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.”
While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance. “Tasting begins with the eyes,” he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “Does the product have the colour expected from that flavor?” Next it’s time to taste!
Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy – working at one cool job.
【小题1】What is John Harrison’s job?

What do you think of singing? If you love it, you will like the TV show Don’t Forget the Lyrics. It is a popular singing show in America. This program started from July 11th, 2007.

So how does this new singing show work? The contestants need to have much knowledge(知识) of lyrics. In the show, the contestants have to sing the songs with right lyrics. When he finishes a song with wrong lyrics, he can’t sing again. If he finishes all ten songs with right lyrics, he is the winner and he can get a very good prize.

You may say, “I can’t sing well, but I remember many lyrics of beautiful songs. Can I join it?”

Don’t worry!

The show says, “You don’t have to sing it well. You just have to sing it right.” Every music lover can join it.

1.What is Don’t Forget the Lyrics?

A. A popular singing show.               B.A popular story

C. A popular movie                      D.A popular song.

2.When did Don’t Forget the Lyrics come out?

A. In the year 2000.               B. In the year 2005.

C. In the year 2007.               D. In the year 2010.

3.What does the underlined word“contestants” mean?

A. Famous singers or actors.

B. The best performers.

C. Participants (参与者) in the singing competition.

D. The successful musicians.

4.How many songs should you finish singing right if you want to win the good prize?

A．Five.              B. Seven.            C.  Eight .         D. Ten.

What do you think life on earth will（A）________in 100 years? More comfortable ?More high-tech? Maybe. But many scientists see a different future. （B） They say that by the year 2100 the earth will become a worse place for us to live.

   Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）are warming up the earth, melting（熔化）ice, and raising the level of the oceans. All these changes may bring more disasters（ 灾难）,including earthquakes and floods（ 洪涝）.

   Sounds scary, doesn’t it? Luckily, things may become so bad. Most countries in the world have agreed to slow down earth warming.

   In February, the Kyoto Protocol （京都议定书）began.（C） 这是全世界141个国家间的协议。 They want to produce less greenhouse gas and slow the rising temperature. （D） By 2010,35 developed countries will cut greenhouse gas by 5 percent of the amount they produced in 1990. （E） In order to produce less greenhouse gas, countries have to use cleaner cars and fewer coal power stations. They also need to look for new types of energy（能源）.Countries that signed the agreement include China, Japan, Russia and the countries in the European Union（ 欧盟）.

1．在（A）的空白处填入一个适当的词语：________________

2．将划线部分（B）译成汉语：___________________________

3．将划线部分（C）译成英语：________________________

4．将划线部分（D）译成汉语：______________________________

5．将划线部分（E）改写为：Countries have to use cleaner cars and fewer coal power stations _____________they can produce less greenhouse gas.