B
The quality of drinking water in Shanghai will meet European Union standard by 2010 and, a decade later, citizens in Shanghai will drink the best water in the world.
These were the goals set out by the Shanghai Water Authority. With the city‘s population expected to increase only slightly and the economy to boom by 2020, Chen Yin, and official with the water authority, said Shanghai‘s water consumption will not increase from its present amount.
Zhang Yue, director of the Urban Construction Division under the Ministry of Construction, said, ―Shanghai is the first city in the country to publicize these ambitions. They will not be easy to achieve.‖
He said water saving will help keep the sustainable development of China‘s economy.
Saving one cubic meter of water means saving the city‘s infrastructure（基础设施）costs by 10,000 Yuan. Last year, Shanghai saved 300 million cubic meters of water either from readjustment of industrial structure or the employment of new technology.
―The aim is to arouse public awareness of the seriousness of water shortages,‖ Chen said. ―The abundant surface water and amount of rain of the city are so misleading that they result in improper use of water.‖
Shanghai lacks drinkable water. The Huangpu River, which supplies 80 percent of the city‘s drinkable water, is nearing exhaustion.
The city, therefore, has been exploring new sources from the Yangtze River and growing forests along it to conserve quality water.
Besides penning regulations, the authority is popularizing technology among the public to efficiently cut the amount of water used.
At present, the city has 600，000 family toilets, each using 13 liters of water per flush. These are to be renovated（整修）to use only 9 liters of water per flush.
The authority is renovating the first 200 toilets for households – at a cost of 40 Yuan each. In three years, all the toilets will be renovated, which saves the city nearly 15 million Yuan every year in water conservation.
Another task the city is engaged in is the treatment of sewage（污水）to improve the water environment.
At present the city can only treat 44 percent of its daily 5.04 million tons of waste water. To meet the total demand, 27 more sewage treatment factories are to be established with an estimated investment of 18 billion Yuan.
26．People in Shanghai get their daily water mainly from now. A．the underground B．the rain C．the Yangtze River D．the Huangpu River 27．According to the passage, some people have the wrong opinion of using water because .
A．the renovating of family toilets will save plenty of water B．about half of waste water has been treated already
C．advanced technology makes people use water as much as possible D．there is plenty surface water and large amount of rain at present
28．The authority is renovating the first 200 toilets for households to . A．make people‘s living more convenient B．improve people‘s living standards C．ease employment pressure D．meet the total demand of water 29．Which group of measures are all mentioned in the passage to save water?
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a．improve drinking water quality b．change some industrial structure c．introduce or use some new technology d．speed the economic development of Shanghai e．renovate some family toilets f．build more sewage treatment factories A．a, b, c, d B．b, c, e, f C．b, c, d, e D．a, b, e, f 30．We can infer from the passage that . A．the boom of economy will need a larger amount of water in the future B．citizens today in Shanghai drink the best quality of water in the world C．not everyone today in Shanghai is aware of water shortage
D．all the family toilets will be renovated to save water within 3 years
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第一部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） I remember my first Christmas party with Grandma．I remember the day when my big sister dropped the bomb: \．\笨蛋) know that!\
I fled to Grandma because I knew she always told me 1 ．After I told her everything, she said \．Now, 2 your coat, and let's go．\
\．
\ 3 to be the General Store．As we walked through its doors, Grandma 4 me ten dollars．That was a lot in those days．\ 5 who needs it．I'll wait for you in the car．\
The store seemed big and 6 , full of people hurrying to finish their Christmas Shopping．For a few moments I just stood there, 7 , holding that bill, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it for．
Suddenly I thought of Bobbie who sat right behind me．I remembered he didn't have a coat．I fingered the bill with growing 8 ．I would buy Bobbie a coat．
\this a Christmas present for someone?\the lady behind the 9 asked me kindly, as I laid my ten dollars down．
\．\．．．for Bobbie．\
The nice lady smiled at me．I didn't get any 10 , but she put the coat in a bag and wished me a Merry Christmas．
That evening, Grandma helped me 11 the coat and wrote, \on it．Then she 12 me over to Bobbie's house．
Grandma parked down the street from Bobbie's house, and she and I crept （爬） 13 and hid in the 14 ．Then Grandma gave me a sign．\．\
I took a deep 15 , dashed for his front door, threw the present down, pounded his doorbell and flew back to the safety．Together we 16 breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open．Finally it 17 , and there stood Bobbie．
Forty years haven't dimmed （使变暗淡） the thrill （强烈的兴奋） of those 18 spent shivering （颤抖） ,beside my grandma, in Bobbie's bushes． 19 , I realized: Santa was alive and well, and we were 20 his team． 1．A．the reason B．many things C．stories D．the truth 2．A．put on B．put away C．put up D．put down 3．A．used B．turned out C．found out D．turned up 4．A．lent B．took C．paid D．handed 5．A．anyone B．one C．someone D．anybody
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6．A．crowded B．varied C．noisy D．convenient 7．A．satisfied B．confused C．curious D．amazed 8．A．worry B．disappointment C．happiness D．excitement 9．A．counter B．desk C．shelf D．goods 10．A．money B．gifts C．change D．encouragement 11．A．make B．wrap C．undo D．design 12．A．drove B．took C．led D．asked 13．A．quickly B．painfully C．nervously D．noiselessly 14．A．bushes B．darkness C．doorway D．car 15．A．courage B．look C．step D．breath 16．A．waited B．whispered C．crept D．stood 17．A．came B．sounded C．did D．appeared 18．A．moments B．days C．time D．people 19．A．Today B．That year C．That night D．Since then 20．A．on B．for C．at D．of
第二部分：阅读理解：（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分） A
Last year, on report card（成绩单）day, my son and a bunch of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonald‘s. ―Jack got a laptop for getting straight A‘s, and Laurie got a cellphone,‖ one boy said. ―Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPod Nano, and she‘s only in third grade,‖ said another. ―And how about Brian? He got $ 10 for each A.‖
I suddenly became concerned. These payoffs might get parents through grammar school, but what about high school and beyond? What would be left after the electric guitar, the cellphone, and the portable DVD player?
I saw the road ahead: As the homework load increased, my income would decrease. I saw my comfortable lifestyle vanish before my eyes—no more of those $ 5 bags of already-peeled organic carrots. No more organic anything!
I started to feel surprised and nervous. Would every goal attained by my two children fetch a reward? A high grade point average? A good class ranking? Would sports achievements be included in this reward system: soccer goals, touchdowns(美式足球中触地得分), runs-batted-in? What about orchestra（管弦乐队）? Would first chair pay more than second? I‘d be penniless by eighth-grade graduation.
―We never paid anything for good grades,‖ said my neighbor across the street, whose son was recently accepted at MIT（麻省理工学院）. ―He just did it on his own. Maybe once in a while we went out for pizza, but that‘s about it.‖
Don‘t you just hate that? We‘re all running around looking for the MP3 player with the most updates, and she‘s spending a few dollars on pizza. She gets motivation; we get negotiation.
21．The sentence ―As the homework load increased, my income would decrease.‖ in the third paragraph probably means _____________.
A．taking care of the children would influence my work B．I would spend more money on my children‘s homework C．reducing children‘s homework load would cost me a lot
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D．more rewards would be needed as the children grew up
22．We can tell from the passage that the author‘s son was in ___________.
A. primary school B. junior middle school C. high school D. university 23．It can be inferred from the passage that ____________.
A．if you pay the children for good grades, they would take it for granted B．if you buy children pizza for good grades, they would work harder C．children would not ask for rewards when they enter high school D．children would not ask for rewards when they enter university 24．The example of the author‘s neighbor shows that ____________. A．pizza is the best way to motivate children
B．reward is not the only way to motivate children C．the author‘s neighbor was very poor
D．the author‘s neighbor‘s son didn‘t like reward
25．What is the author‘s attitude toward paying children reward for good grades? A．Favorable B．Ambiguous
C．Disagreeable D．Neutral(中立的)
B
Many people take it for granted that black is a color of bad things while white should always mean something good．This may be because, in their opinion, black is related to darkness and white to purity．
However, that is not always the case．Did you know that the same one colour may mean differently in different places of the world?
In the English-speaking world, black is the colour of mourning．People wear black clothes at the funeral．Red is concerned with danger or bloodshed （流血）．Yellow is the word for fear．If you are afraid, you are yellow．Yet none of these sayings is true outside the English-speaking world．In China and Korea white is the colour of mourning．In Russia, China and some other countries, red stands for beauty, life and excellence．In Italy and Germany, you are yellow with anger, not with fear．
Even within the English-speaking area it is not difficult to find colour contradictions（矛盾）．A redcap in the United States is a porter in a railway station．In Britain, however, a redcap is a military policeman．Both names are logical because both men wear red caps．Similarly, the British term for an American white collar worker is sometimes called a black-coated worker．
One does not have to cross an area to find color differences．Would you rather be red-blooded? If we go back to the origin, we find that both terms are logical as both names suggest．The expression \\．But then why \（皮肤白皙的）, and it is only natural that their blood vessels （血管） stood out appearing blue． 26．Yellow is concerned with anger in ____． A．Russia B．Britain C．Germany D．China 27．The two meanings of the term \ A．pronunciation B．climate C．logical relationship D．custom 28．Both Britain and America would probably agree that ____. A．black is the color of mourning
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