【2011·江蘇南通市第二次模擬】

“People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help deal with climate change,” the world’s leading authority on global warming has told The Observer.

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further.

Pachauri, who was re-elected the panel’s chairman for a second six-year term last week, said diet change was important because of the huge greenhouse gas emissions (排放) and other environmental problems associated with raising cattle and other animals. “It was relatively easy to change eating habits compared to changing means of transport,” he said.

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. These are produced during the production. For example, ruminants (反芻動(dòng)物), particularly cows, give off a gas called methane, which is 23 times more effective as a global warming agent than CO2.

Pachauri can expect some opposite responses from the food industry to his advice, though last night he was given unexpected support by Masterchef presenter and restaurateur John Torode. “I have a little bit and enjoy it,” said Torode. “Too much for any person is bad. But there’s a bigger issue here: where the meat comes from. If we all bought British and stopped buying imported food, we’d save a huge amount of carbon emissions.”

Professor Robert Watson, the chief scientific adviser for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, said government could help educate people about the benefits of eating less meat, but it should not regulate. “Eating less meat would help, there’s no question about that,” Watson said.

However, Chris Lamb, head of marketing for pig industry group BPEX, said the meat industry had been unfairly targeted and was working hard to find out which activities had the biggest environmental impact and reduce them. “Some ideas were contradictory,” he said. “For example, one solution to emissions from cattle and other animals was to keep them indoors, but this would damage animal welfare. Climate change is a very young science and our view is there are a lot of simple solutions being proposed.”

56. What is directly related to global warming?

A. Consumption of meat.     B. Growth of cattle.

C. Methane from ruminants.     D. Processing of meat.

57. Who holds a view opposite to the others’ in the passage?

   A. Rajendra Pachauri. B. John Torode.  C. Robert Watson.   D. Chris Lamb.

58. It is implied in the passage that _____.

   A. we should try to keep away from cattle B. ruminants should not be left outdoors

   C. the meat industry will soon close down   D. we must do our duty to save the earth

59. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. Less meat, slower global warming

B. More animals, more greenhouse gas

C. Less imported food, better our environment

D. Greater diet change, smaller climate change

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【2011·江蘇南通市第二次模擬】

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My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. I did not have the   36   or energy to carry out my traditional Christmas decorating and baking activities. What was the point, anyway? It was going to be a   37   Christmas after all.

  38  , the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle (陸續(xù)來臨) in.

There was a   39   on the door one evening. It was Jeff’s new colleague, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis. The Smiths had stopped by to   40   us to town with a loaf of homemade bread. They pointed out a   41   on the porch (門廊). Apparently the doorbell wasn’t working in the cold snowy weather and we had   42   a visit from the Browns, our across-the-street neighbors, who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies.

The   43   feelings brought by these thoughtful gestures lasted longer than the food.

As Jeff and I were clearing pre-Christmas   44   from our driveway, Ernie Guzman came over from next door to   45   us to dig out.

Then, we received an invitation to   46   a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors, Ernie and Nancy Sommer, and their   47  —a 90-year-old lady, who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.

Our Christmas Eve was quite merry, thanks to our   48  . Our Christmas morning   49   was special, thanks to the Smiths’ gift of bread. I was so   50   for these gestures of welcome, especially during the holidays.

This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas. The   51   and work schedules just made things too difficult.   52   that sense of Christmas isolation (孤立) all too well, we decided to try to round up some other folks who were   53   in the holidays.

Lonely people are all around us, but most of us   54   notice them. Just take a look around you. Sometimes, the smallest   55   gesture can make a world of difference.

36. A. chance    B. time      C. anxiety     D. ability

37. A. merry    B. free    C. lonely     D. usual

38. A. Therefore   B. Meanwhile   C. Somehow    D. However

39. A. card     B. sign    C. knock    D. note

40. A. welcome   B. invite    C. drive    D. send

41. A. tree     B. package     C. mail       D. flower 

42. A. forgot    B. arranged   C. received    D. missed

43. A. deep      B. true      C. warm     D. mixed 

44. A. snow      B. rubbish      C. dust       D. leaves

45. A. teach      B. help      C. urge      D. forbid

46. A. share      B. prepare    C. taste      D. exchange

47. A. aunt       B. guest      C. maid    D. partner

48. A. folks       B. relatives     C. colleagues      D. neighbors

49. A. call     B. greeting     C. breakfast     D. meeting

50. A. sorry      B. eager      C. ready     D. grateful 

51. A. distance     B. expense     C. season      D. situation  

52. A. Studying    B. Showing     C. Knowing     D. Discovering

53. A. alone      B. busy         C. happy     D. active

54. A. always      B. seldom    C. finally         D. usually

55. A. careful      B. patient      C. vague      D. kind

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 Hotel Icaria Barcelona

Hotel Location

Hotel Icaria Barcelona is 330 yards from Barcelona’s Nova Icaria Beach. It is located in the Olympic Port area, a 10-minute walk from Ciutadella Park and Barcelona Zoo. Ciutadella Metro Station is half a mile away, and is just 2 stops from Barcelona Cathedral (大教堂) and the historic Gothic Quarter.

Hotel Facilities

General Restaurant, 24-Hour Front Desk, Non-Smoking Rooms, Rooms / Facilities for Disabled Guests, Family Rooms, Luggage Storage, Smoking Area.

Activities Sauna, Fitness Centre, Wellness Centre, Table Tennis, Hiking, Cycling, Steam Bath, Outdoor Swimming Pool.

Services Meeting Facilities, Business Centre, Laundry, Dry Cleaning, VIP Room Facilities, Ironing Service, Fax / Photocopying, Ticket Service.

Internet Wi-fi is available in the entire hotel and is free of charge.

Hotel Policies

These are general hotel policies for Hotel Icaria Barcelona. As they may vary per room type, please also check the room description.

Check in 14:00 - 00:00 hours  Check out Until 12:00 hours

Cancellation / Prepayment Cancellation and prepayment policies vary by room type. Please ENTER THE DATES OF YOUR STAY and check the conditions of your required room.

Children and extra beds One child under 2 years stays free of charge in a baby cot (嬰兒床).

All children under 12 years stay free of charge when using existing bedding.

One older child or adult is charged span > 34 per night and person in an extra bed.

Groups When booking more than 5 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.

Terms & Conditions

Your reservation is absolutely secure. All personal data is encrypted and will only be used to process your booking. For more information, read our PRIVACY STATEMENT. Booking.com will not charge you any reservation fees for making this booking.

60. Hotel Icaria Barcelona allows you easy access to the following EXCEPT ________.

A. the stadiums where you can have sports  

B. the seaside where you can relax yourself

C. the places where you can take trains or buses

D. the building where you can attend a religious service

61. The underlined word “encrypted” in the last section probably means “________”.

A. analysed  B. stored     C. collected   D. protected

62. It can be inferred from the advertisement that _______.

A. smoking is completely forbidden in the hotel

B. every room follows the same hotel policies

C. policies may be in your favor if you book 6 rooms

D. an extra bed can be provided for you free of charge

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【2011·江蘇南通市第二次模擬】

A study now lends support to the idea that meal-time distractions (分散注意) can mask the clues that we really have eaten quite enough. Moreover, it finds, the caloric fallout of not paying attention to what we’re eating doesn’t necessarily end when a meal is over.

    Rose Cooper from England, and her colleagues gathered 22 men and an equal number of women for an experiment. Each person dined alone, continuously receiving nine small shares of food items. These ranged from cheese twists and potato chips to carrots, cherry tomatoes and sandwiches or sausage rolls.

    Because the goal was to test the potential impacts of distraction on fullness, the researchers randomly assigned half of the participants to eat in front of a computer—and to gain as many wins as possible at the “card” game. Everyone else was told to focus on the sensory qualities of their meal.

    According to their instructions, the participants ate all of the food given to them. Yet people who played a computer game during lunch found their meal less filling than the mindful eaters had. Game players also swallow down twice as many cookies, almost an hour later, when they were allowed all the dessert they wanted (in the name of a taste test). The British scientists present their findings in the February American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The real question is why distracted eating should impact snacking. It appears, the scientists say, that memory plays some tricky role in how we register what we eat and the degree to which it satisfies.

Interestingly, eight years ago, Britta Barkeling of Huddinge University in Stockholm and her colleagues reported somewhat related findings. Their 18 overweight subjects had no choice other than to get rid of everything but lunch, on one day—because they were blindfolded. Compared to a day when they could view what they were dining on, these people consumed only three quarters as many calories. Yet even hours afterward, they reported being no less full than on the day they had been able to see their plates.

Of course dining in the dark isn’t practical. And sometimes what we eat doesn’t really invite our absolute attention. But there is certainly a growing mountain of data indicating that mindless eating is a waste of resources, a risk to our waistlines—and a costly threat to health.

63. Rose Cooper and her colleagues did the experiment in order to _______.

   A. show that all the people enjoy snacks

   B. prove that playing computer games is harmful while dining

C. find possible effects of distraction on fullness

D. test the impacts of eating snacks on different people

64. Which is the most effective way to concentrate on your food when dining?

   A. Viewing your food.      B. Blindfolding your eyes.

C. Playing computer games.     D. Eating by oneself.

65. The reason why distracted eating influences snacking may be that ________.

A. you eat less in that case     B. you are cheated by your memory

C. you have consumed more calories     D. you digest what you’ve eaten faster

66. We can conclude from the passage that ________.

A. distracted eating may damage your health

B. eating snacks will make you feel full

C. Britta became famous because of the experiment

D. playing is more important than what we eat

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    Bobby Qualls was shopping when he received a text message: Fire on Beechmont, one-story house, child trapped inside. “I was picking out gifts for the family our engine house adopted for Christmas,” remembers Qualls, who has been fighting fires in Memphis for 24 years. “I had this sinking feeling as I got in my car and headed over.”

    The last time Qualls had been on Beechmont Street was to install smoke detectors (感應(yīng)器) at the Bateman-Tubbs home. He’d been on a secret task to see if they needed extra help during the holidays. There he discovered that the four Bateman-Tubbs children were sleeping on bare mattresses (床墊), and he found two of the boys playing outside in 30-degree weather with no shoes or coats.

    Qualls learned that Leonard Tubbs was doing his best to make ends meet laying floors while Kimberly Bateman stayed home with the kids.

    “When Bobby told me his team wanted to be Secret Santas and buy my kids toys, at first I thought we didn’t need any help,” Bateman recalls. “It really touched me. I told him what the kids really needed was warm clothes.”

    That’s exactly what Qualls was shopping for on December 9, 2010: winter jackets for Christopher, seven; JoJo, four; Madison, one; and two-month-old Charles. While driving over to Beechmont Street, he dialed Bateman’s cell phone. She answered on the first ring, screaming, “The house is on fire—JoJo’s trapped inside!”

    By the time Qualls reached the house, the family had gotten out, but their home was severely damaged. His coworkers had found JoJo hiding under a pile of clothes in a back bedroom. He had stopped breathing and had been given CPR and rushed to the hospital. Qualls learned that JoJo was now on life support and might not make it through the night. He rushed to the hospital with Lt. Mark Eskew, who placed a stuffed teddy bear in a firefighter’s suit on JoJo’s bed.

    “I just kept praying my little boy would open his eyes,” Bateman recalls. “There was nothing else I could do. They were pumping black and thick liquid out of his lungs and stomach for days.”

    After a few days, though, JoJo regained consciousness, and the tubes were taken out of his throat. While he began to slowly recover, the local newspaper and TV stations got hold of the story, and the Secret Santa Plan of Qualls and his fellow firefighters snowballed. Before long, the fire station was overflowing with boxes of toys, food, towels, and clothes. People called, wanting to donate furniture and appliances (電器) too. By December 23, Bateman and Tubbs had moved their kids into a new rental home. By Christmas Eve, JoJo was ready to leave the hospital, and the firefighters were ready to deliver the family their very own Christmas miracle.

    “These guys aren’t just firefighters,” says Bateman, “they’re our guardian angels. If they hadn’t installed a smoke detector that first day they came to our house, we wouldn’t have known when the fire started. Then they went the extra ten miles to give us a Christmas.”

67. What did Qualls do after he received a text message?

A. He drove to the burning house.   B. He hurried to the fire station.

C. He went to pick out gifts.    D. He went shopping in Beechmont.

68. Who saved JoJo out of the burning house?

A. Bobby Qualls. B. Leonard Tubbs.   C. Kimberly Bateman.  D. Firefighters.

69. We can infer from the reading that _______.

A. JoJo is a naughty child     B. smoke detectors are very useful

C. Tubbs’ home is filled with gifts   D. the fire was caused by the bare mattress

70. The purpose of this story is to _______.

A. encourage people to install smoke detectors

B. advise people to take good care of their children

C. ask people to give gifts to the firemen

D. praise the firemen for their good deeds

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