China and the United States held their first strategic dialogue on August 1 and _______ to increase co-operation and constructive relations.

A. agreed           B. would agree    C. have agreed       D. had agreed

 Japan's 24-hour convenience stores, already struggling with lagging sales and growth, may soon face yet another threat - moves to limit business hours and close the stores late at night. The district of Saitama, which borders Tokyo, may follow in the footsteps of the western city of Kyoto and urge convenience stores to close during late night hours in an effort to limit carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）emissions, Japanese media reported.

 Kyoto, a former capital, wants to persuade convenience and other 24-hour stores to close late at night so as to improve evening views of the city and cut down on energy use. The Nikkei business daily said closures could last from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. The move is strongly opposed by the industry, which fears a bad impact on an already troubled sector also grappling with the specter of a higher tobacco tax, which could hit overall sales.

 "Even if we only operate the stores for 16 hours, we can't stop the refrigerators," said Toshiro Yamaguchi, the president of Seven-Eleven Japan Co, which is owned by Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd, at a news conference in Saitama on Tuesday. He said such cuts in operating hours would reduce each store's profit by 20 percent. "If this happens, our current business model will lose its foundation."

 Analysts said that while it is difficult to estimate the potential impact of the move without a concrete plan, their overall impression was that it was likely to be negative. "This could cut profits and lead to less efficient operations and the increased loss of opportunities," said Masafumi Shoda, an analyst at Nomura Securities. "But it depends on the store -- urban stores do better than others. There are some in the countryside that are inefficient."

 Some have suggested that if governments were sincere about reducing carbon emissions there were much more efficient methods, such as cutting back on the huge number of automatic vending machines（自動售貨機）

1.Which of the followings was the first to try to limit convenience store hours?

 A. Saitama               B. Tokyo   C. Kyoto   D. Nomura Security

2.What's the main goal of the proposal?

  A. To give employees more free time.

  B. To limit carbon dioxide emissions.

  C. To sell more tobacco products.

  D. To reduce each store’s profit.

3.How's the convenience store sector doing in Japan?

 A. It is not mentioned.    B. It's doing great. Business is booming.

 C. Not very well.        D. It’s about to close.

4.According to the passage, which convenience stores are generally more successful?

 A. The ones in big cities.     B. The ones in the countryside.

 C. The ones in Tokyo.       D. The ones in Saitama.

5.According to the convenience store industry, what impact would closing for the night have on a typical store?

  A. It could cause a 10% increase in sales.

  B. Its effect would be maximal. It would close soon.

  C. Its effect would be minimal. People would simply shop earlier.

  D. It could cause a 20% decrease in profits.

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Interested in a trip during which she can study plants along the seaside, which number will Kate dial?

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      C．084 4670752．     D．082 3711372．

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       B．SHARK CAGE DIVING SPECIAL IN GANSBAAI requires no diving experience．

       C．HORSEBACK BEACH ADVENTURES reaches as far as 12 kilometers．

       D．During TANDEM SKYDIVING, you can operate the parachute．

Do you have any strong opinion on co-educational or single-sex schools?

       A supporter of co-educational schools would probably say that schools should be like the societies they belong to .In Hong Kong , men and women mix socially on a day-to-day basis .In many fields men are even likely to have female bosses .It is ,therefore, desirable that boys and girls grow up together ,go to school together ,and prepare themselves for a society that does not value sexual separation.

       Some would go on to argue further that growing up with members of the opposite sex is important for personal development .Regular contact （接觸）can remove the strange ideas about the opposite-sex and lead to more natural relationships .Single-sex conditions are seen as leading to more extreme opinions, and possibly even as encouraging homosexuality（同性戀）,though there is no proof that this is the case.

       Those who are against coeducation often also fix their attention on the sexual side .Some parents fear that close contact with members of the opposite sex is dangerous for teenagers .They want their children to be attentive to their studies .Such parents feel uncomfortable with modern ways and the free mixing of the sexes.

       A stronger argument comes from research into school results .Girls grow up earlier than boys ,tend to be more orderly and are likely to be better at languages .In a mixed class ,boys who might do well in a single-sex class become discouraged and take on the rule of troublemaker .Certainly in the UK this situation has greatly alarmed （驚動）the government for it to be encouraging co-educational schools to have some single-sex classes .In the UK the best schools are all single-sex ,strongly suggesting that co-education is not the best answer .This may ,however ,not be as simple as it looks .It may simply be that the famous old schools that attract the best students happen to be single-sex ,rather than that being single-sex makes them better schools.

72．In the third paragraph ,by saying “though there is no proof that this is the case” ,the writer means that         .

       A．students in single-sex schools will certainly become homosexual

       B．students in co-educational schools cannot have extreme opinions

       C．students in co-educational schools are likely to be homosexual

       D．single-sex school conditions may or may not have effects on the students.

73．All the following arguments can be found in the passage EXCEPT that       .

       A．co-education can produce a society-like situation

       B．co-educational schools may lead to love affairs between boys and girls

       C．co-education will help develop a better understanding about the opposite sex

       D．co-education can make boys perform well in mixed classes

74．Alarmed by the situation ,the UK government encourages        .

       A．co-education

       B．single-sex education

       C．single-sex classes in co-educational schools

       D．co-educational classes in single-sex schools

75．At the end of the passage the writer suggests that        .

       A．single-sex schools are the best schools in the UK

       B．being single-sex does not necessarily make a school better

       C．co-educational schools are better for both sexes in personal development

       D．because boys cannot compete with girls in study ,they go to single-sex schools