閱讀理解。
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1個(gè)單詞。
     Do you raise salmon (鮭魚) in your classroom at school? Do you ever have class while floating down a
river in a canoe? Do you ever throw your school lunch leftovers into a compost (混合肥料) bin when you
are finished? They are all part of a regular school day at Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School in
New Haven, Connecticut. Known as a "green" school, Barnard attracts students from all over the region who
are interested in environmental studies.
     "We do Earth Day all the year round," said Marjorie Drucker, Barnard's Magnet Resource teacher. With
the school's special classes, its 325 students study the environment all day long. "Being green means that
everything in the building is designed with the environment in mind," Drucker told Scholastic News. For
example, the lights go off when people leave the room, and special windows provide "passive light", cutting
down on the need for electric lighting. When a window is open, the air-conditioning automatically turns off.
     Conserving energy is not all that students do to help the environment. While learning about the dying
salmon population in the Connecticut rivers, students also do something to help out-they raise more salmon.
In the classrooms there are fish tanks containing salmon eggs. The eggs are kept in water at two degrees
Celsius. After the eggs hatch, students observe the baby salmon through all the stages of development, and
then release the adult salmon into Connecticut rivers.
     Composting is another part of taking care of the environment at Barnard Students deal with their lunches
by throwing the remaining food into a compost bin in a greenhouse. The compost is used to help grow plants.
     At Barnard, almost everything has to do with the environment. Students sing songs about the environment;
their artworks have something to do with the environment; even their math classes are focused on protecting
the environment.
     Barnard offers chances that students can't get in a regular school. The school's goal is to teach children to
be good environmental role models. They also learn to live in a different way. To attend the school, students
have to apply and express their interest in protecting the environment. "Students come here because they care
about the environment," said Drucker.
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rising sea levels.
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A. Plants' reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystem.
B. The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists' expectation.
C. Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.
D. Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.
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A. plants' flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafing
B. there are 1,634 plant species on the four continents
C. scientists should improve the design of the experiments
D. the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change
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A. they can prove the climate change clearly
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charts her careful journey of research into studies that underpin (鞏固) dietary advice-and her myth (誤
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and l.5 g of saturated fat.
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based on firm evidence of health benefit. 4._____."
     Five-a-day started as a marketing campaign by 25 fruit and veg companies and the American National
Cancer Institute in 1991. There was no evidence for any cancer benefit.
     Myth: Fruit and veg are the most nutritious things to eat.
     Apparently not. Harcombe allows that vegetables are a great addition to the diet-if served in butter to
deliver the fat-soluble (dissolved) vitamins they contain-but natural sugar, the fruit sugar in fruit, goes
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A. Want to lose weight? Don't trust these
B. We think we know what to eat
C. This is not a good idea
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E. Think again
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     根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。
     Is there anything more important than health? I don't think so."  1  " wise people say. You can't be
good at your studies or work well when you are ill. If you have a headache, toothache, backache,
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have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure  2   The doctor will examine your
throat, feel your pulse, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, test
your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. After that he will advise some treatment, or
some medicine.  3  Speaking about doctor's advice, I can't help telling you a funny story.
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weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said
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good-rest. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take
long walks.   4  : "Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is." The doctor also said that if
the man wanted to be well again, he should not smoke more than one cigarette a day. 
       5   He looked cheerful and happy. He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier
man."But you know, doctor," he said, "it's not easy to begin smoking at my age."
A. A month later the gentleman came into the doctor's office.
B. I think you should go to the doctor.
C. In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule.
D. Work comes first.
E. Health is the greatest wealth.
F. It is a pleasure for the doctor to give you some advice.
G. The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.

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