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I love charity(慈善) shops and so do lots of other people in Britain because you find quite a few of them on every high street. The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from clothes to electric goods, all at very good prices. You can get things you won’t find in the shops anymore. The thing I like best about them is that your money is going to a good cause and not into the pockets of profit-driven companies, and you are not damaging the planet, but finding a new home for unwanted goods.

The first charity shop was opened in 1947 by Oxfam. The famous charity’s appeal to aid postwar Greece had been so successful it had been flooded with donations(捐赠物). They decided to set up a shop to sell some of these donations to raise money for that appeal. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops in the UK. My favourite charity shop in my hometown is the Red Cross shop, where I always find children’s books, all 10 or 20 pence each.

Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers, although there is often a manager who gets paid. Over 90% of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public. Every morning you see bags of unwanted items outside the front of shops, although they don’t encourage this, rather ask people to bring things in when the shop is open.

The shops have very low running costs: all profits go to charity work. Charity shops raise more than £110 million a year, funding(资助)medical research, overseas aid, supporting sick and poor children, homeless and disabled people, and much more. What better place to spend your money? You get something special for a very good price and a good moral sense. You provide funds to a good cause and tread lightly on the environment.

小题1:. The author loves the charity shop mainly because of _______.

A.its convenient location

B.its great variety of goods

C.its spirit of goodwill

D.its nice shopping environment小题2:. The first charity shop in the UK was set up to ____.

A.sell cheap products

B.deal with unwanted things

C.raise money for patients

D.help a foreign country小题3:. Which of the following is TRUE about charity shops?

A.The operating costs are very low.

B.The staff are usually well paid.

C.90% of the donations are second-hand.

D.They are open twenty-four hours a day.小题4:. Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

A.What to Buy a Charity Shops.

B.Charity Shop: Its Origin & Development.

C.Charity Shop: Where You Buy to Donate.

D.The Public’s Concern about Charity Shops.

答案

小题1:.C

小题1:.D

小题1:.A

小题1:C

单项选择题
问答题 简答题

赤潮和水华

①本为自然现象:

赤潮(red tide)是海洋中某些微小(2-20微米)的浮游藻类、原生动物或更小的细菌,在满足一定的条件下爆发性繁殖或突然性聚集,引起水体变色的一种自然生态现象。

"水华"(water blooms)是一种在淡水中的自然生态现象,只是仅由藻类引起的,如蓝藻(严格意义上应称为蓝细菌)、绿藻、硅藻等。"水华"发生时,水一般呈蓝色或绿色。这两种在自然界就有的赤潮和"水华

"现象,在我国古代历史上就有记载。在自然界中它们很快消失,并没有给水产动物和人类带来危害。

②发展为灾害:由于人类经济的发展,对大自然造成了许多干扰,最主要的是N、P营养成分的增加,造成淡水、海水的富营养化,为水中这些微小生物的爆发性生长提供了十分有利的条件。在赤潮消失期,赤潮生物大量死亡和分解,耗尽了水中的溶解氧,分解物产生大量的有害气体,恶臭难闻,严重威胁海洋养殖业和

旅游业的发展。同样地,淡水中富营养化后,"水华"频繁出现,面积逐年扩散,持续时间逐年延长。太湖、滇池、巢湖、洪泽湖都有"水华",就连流动的河流,如长江最大支流----汉江下游汉口江段中也出现"水华"。淡水中"水华"造成的最大危害是:饮用水源受到威胁,藻毒素通过食物链影响人类的健康,蓝藻"水华

"的次生代谢产物MCRST能损害肝脏,具有促癌效应,直接威胁人类的健康和生存。由此可见,一个是海洋中,另一个是淡水中;一种是某些微小(2-20微米)的浮游藻类、原生动物或更小的细菌引起水体变色,另一种是仅由藻类引起的,如蓝藻(严格意义上应称为蓝细菌)、绿藻、硅藻。

阅读完上面的材料结合学过的知识回答以下问题。

常见的赤潮有哪些?