3、Prince Charles yesterday promised to reduce the royal impact on the environment through sweeping changes to his personal lifestyle and official schedule．The prince will replace carbon-heavy private jets and helicopters with scheduled flights and train services．

The move came as Prince Charles urged business leaders to publish the environmental pact of their activities．

He said, “Few accountants and business decision-makers ask, ‘How much of our critical natural resource is left? How many miles of polar ice cap has our business helped melt this year? By how many inches have we raised sea levels? How many species have we put at risk? How many homes will be flooded, how many people will die of thirst or starvation because of our activities? ’ These are not comfortable questions, but, by God, they need to be asked．”

He added, “At the moment these costs do not appear in anyone’s books… Yet they are real, they are incurred now and in a relatively short time, the damage being caused may be beyond remedy．” He said the world was “running up the biggest global credit card debt in history, but with little or no thought for how the bill will ever be paid”．

1、有一英国网站正在征集以“My Teachers and Me”为主题的故事，请按以下要求写一篇发生在你与你的老师之间的故事。包括如下要点：

①叙述你老师对你影响深远的真实或虚构的故事；

②你遇到问题时，你的老师如何帮你解决；

③你的老师对你产生了什么影响？

写作要求：以约120个词写一篇记叙文，并语言准确、规范、内容合适，篇章连贯。

29、“Image is everything．” An entire industry has been built upon the precondition that image is everything, but when it comes down to it, an appealing image is not enough．If there is no substance behind the image, the product, service or person will fail at length．

       First of all, one should consider how important image is in the selling of products and services．Advertising agencies have raised the art of creating an image to a state of near perfection．Public concept of that product or service is certainly managed by the images created by the advertising agencies．But if the product or service does not live up to the image that was created, the customer will be very dissatisfied and possibly ask for their money back．For example, the Arthur Andersen accounting firm had spent decades building up an image of trustworthiness．But the recent scandal （丑闻） showed that behind that image, it had dishonest business practices．Despite the previous positive image, the firm is being accused of criminal actions and it will probably not survive as a business unit．Although the image had been nearly perfect, the reality behind the image has led to the downfall of the world famous accounting firm．

       Similarly, personal consultants can build up a public image for politicians and movie stars．Putting out positive news releases, making sure that only the best photographs are published, and ensuring that the person is seen in all the right places can build up a very positive image in the view of the general commons．But once again, history is filled with examples of both politicians and movie stars that fell from grace（体面）like the story of the Hollywood actor giving in to the pressures of fame and fortune．With people, just as with products and services, image is certainly important, but without positive substance behind the image, failure is close．

       To summarize, it is clear that an appealing image is extremely important to success, whether that image is related to selling a product or service or to the "selling" of a person．But image is only half of the equation．What lies behind that image is every bit as important as the image itself—the person or product must deliver on that image or there is little chance for long-term success．

1．The downfall of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm is due to ______．

     A．its dishonesty in business                   B．its previous images

       C．its bad management                   D．its poor service

2．Why did some famous people fall from grace?

A．Their images were not well built up       B．They failed to live up to their images．

C．They felt much pressure from the public. D．They paid little attention to fame and fortune．

3．The structure of the passage is             ．

4．The author tries to argue that______．

    A．image creates everything                   B．image is the key to success

    C．truth goes hand in hand with image        D．truth and image are equally important

27、--- What did you think of the place?

--- I didn’t care for it at ______ first, but after ______ time I got to like it．

A．/; a           B．the; a           C．a; the            D．/; the

26、Henry has come in his raincoat and gumboots, ______ for rain．

A．prepared        B．preparing       C．having prepared         D．prepares