More and more restaurants across the United States are starting to cook with organic fruits and vegetables．Organic foods are grown without chemical fertilizers(化肥) and insecticides(杀虫剂)．But one restaurant in Washington，D．C．has done more than just buying organic food in its effort to be sustainable(可持续的)and healthy．Croppy’s restaurant on U Street has become a good example of how to operate a“green”business．

    When you walk into Croppy's Italian restaurant，it looks like many other warm and lively eating places on the popular U Street．There are friendly waiters and hungry eaters enjoying food．But Croppy's is different from other restaurants because of the careful way it is managed by its owners，Carlos Anaya and his sister Nora．

    Almost all of the salads，pizzas，meats and pastas served at Croppy’s are organic．Mister Anaya buys seasonal foods from local producers who follow sustainable practices．   

      They actually visit the farms to see exactly where everything comes from．Mister Anaya even buys the flour for his pastas from an American producer so that he does not have to import flour from as far away as Italy．Also，all the electricity used at Croppy’s is wind―generated so it does not cause pollution．And，all cooking in the kitchen is done with only two hot water boilers for pasta and a wood―burning oven．The restaurant saves on water and energy by not using tablecloths．

  Carlos Anaya knew he wanted to make the business even greener．He says that owning Croppy's is a good example of the American Dream．Croppy’s owners and visitors can feel good about the food they are making and eating because it is delicious，healthful and sustainably produced．

61．What are organic foods?

62．Who are the owners of the restaurant?

63．Where do they get the flour'?

64．How is the electricity produced in the restaurant7

65．Why do people feel good about Croppy's food?

This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers (young people aged from 13 to 19) from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. homes. They will attend U. S. schools, meet U. S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about 13 hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.

Here is a two-way student exchange programme: Fred, 19, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

Fred, a lively young man, knew little about German when he arrived, but after 2 months’ study, the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he had expected—much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took 14 subjects instead of the 6 that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

Family life, too, was different. The father's word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual(个人). Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.

“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it. ”

At the same time, in America, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize American schools, ”he says. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two. ”

1. The purpose of the exchange programme is mainly to ________________.

A. have students learn new languages

B. help teenagers learn more about other countries

C. let students from other countries have a new understanding of the real America

D. improve the relation between the teenagers from different countries

2. It is mentioned in the passage that ________________.

A. in America, students often drive outside to enjoy themselves

B. after 2 months’ study in Germany, Fred was able to master the German language

C. the German students don’t have a happy family life

D. the American students don’t respect their teachers

3. Both Fred and Mike agree that ________________.

A. Germans and Americans are both friendly

B. German students should have more after-class activities

C. American food tastes better than German food

D. there are more cars in America than in Germany

4. After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought ________________.

A. German schools trained students to be better citizens

B. the American students didn’t do well in their lessons

C. school life in America was an ideal one

D. a better education should include something good from both America and Germany

5. The difference between a German family and an American family is that ________________.

A. Germans have more freedom at home than Americans

B. Americans think more about the family than the individual

C. the father has the right to decide almost everything at home in Germany

D. the children are asked to listen to the grown-ups in an American family

Here is a two-way student exchange programme: Fred, 19, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.

Fred, a lively young man, knew little about German when he arrived, but after 2 months’ study, the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he had expected—much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took 14 subjects instead of the 6 that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.

Family life, too, was different. The father's word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual(个人). Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.

“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it. ”

At the same time, in America, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize American schools, ”he says. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two. ”

1. The purpose of the exchange programme is mainly to ________________.

A. have students learn new languages

B. help teenagers learn more about other countries

C. let students from other countries have a new understanding of the real America

D. improve the relation between the teenagers from different countries

2. It is mentioned in the passage that ________________.

A. in America, students often drive outside to enjoy themselves

B. after 2 months’ study in Germany, Fred was able to master the German language

C. the German students don’t have a happy family life

D. the American students don’t respect their teachers

3. Both Fred and Mike agree that ________________.

A. Germans and Americans are both friendly

B. German students should have more after-class activities

C. American food tastes better than German food

D. there are more cars in America than in Germany

4. After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought ________________.

A. German schools trained students to be better citizens

B. the American students didn’t do well in their lessons

C. school life in America was an ideal one

D. a better education should include something good from both America and Germany

5. The difference between a German family and an American family is that ________________.

A. Germans have more freedom at home than Americans

B. Americans think more about the family than the individual

C. the father has the right to decide almost everything at home in Germany

D. the children are asked to listen to the grown-ups in an American family

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首先请阅读以下新闻：

A. Liu Xiang teaches quake students hurdling

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang Monday visited students in a primary school in Bei Chuan County, a hard-hit area in 2008 May 12 earthquake, and showed them how to run hurdles.

B. Experts: 3G still has a long way to go

 While China’s three leading telecom operators are playing up the third generation (3G) telecom technologies, it is likely to take years for 3G services to become popular in China.

C. China table tennis team swept all 5 gold medals

Yesterday China team swept all 5 gold medals at World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama. Besides these 5 golds, China also gained all 5 silver medals and other 8 bronze medals. The 2 rest bronze medals are separately won by Japan and China Hong Kong.

D. Sleeping too much or too little increases your risk of diabetes(糖尿病).

     Middle-aged or old people who get too little sleep, or too much, are far more likely to develop diabetes. A study has found that those who did not enjoy the level of seven to eight hours’ sleep a night were two and a half times more likely to develop a blood sugar abnormality that is linked to type 2 diabetes.  

E. Obama seeks to block release of abuse photos

 US President Barack Obama declared Wednesday he would try to block the court-ordered release of photos showing US troops abusing prisoners, out of concern that the pictures would endanger US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

F. Future of flu outbreak remain unclear

 US public health expert Laurie A. Garrett said Wednesday that how serious the A(H1N1) influenza situation is going to develop remains unclear. A Washington state man with H1N1 influenza died last week, health officials said, the third U.S. sufferer to die as the new flu strain confirmed in more than 2,200 Americans appeared in Japan and Australia.

以下是人物信息，请从上述A-F选项中匹配适合他们阅读的新闻：

1.Liu Ming works as a chairman of a local Ping Pong club in Foshan. He shows great concern for sports news especially the news about Ping Pong. He has never missed a single Ping Pong match of China Ping Pong Team.

2.Han Yiwei is a successful CEO of a big International Company in Guangzhou. He usually flies to other countries for business, so he would like to equip himself with the most advanced communication appliances and know the news concerning the development in the communication area.

3.Han Lei is an18-year-old girl, studying in a High School. She is fond of sports and is good at tennis and jumping. Besides, she has a particular interest in those sports pop-stars.

4.Chen Lirong just retired from a college, living with his husband, who is retired too. They want to arrange their life without work in a better way and enjoy the life with a healthy body and high spirits. So she particularly pays more attention to their health.

5.Li Hongyu studies in China Foreign Affairs University, majoring in International Relationship, and especially he shows great concern for the relationship between America and the Middle East countries.

While income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. Of all the reasons that explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon(现象)is commonly known as “Empty Nest Syndrome”(空巢综合症).

In order to seek(寻找) better chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, leaving their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them. The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match what they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from providing response in time for their aged parents living by themselves.

The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents has been described as “distant parent phenomenon”, which is common both in developed countries and in developing countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”.

1.According to the passage, the loneliness of aged parents is mainly caused by _________.

2.Many young people have gone abroad, leaving their aged parents behind, to _________.

3.If young people go abroad, _________.

4.From the last paragraph, we can infer that ________.