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Ancient China was a place小题1: _______ states were often 小题2: ______ war with each other. But it was also a time 小题3:_______ there were many great philosophers. Confucius (55I BC --- 479BC ) is the philosopher小题4: ________ influence has been the greatest. He stressed the importance of kindness, duty and order in society. Chinese society was influenced by these ideas for more than 2000 years. Mencius was a thinker whose teachings were very similar to 小题5: ________ of Confucius.

What will the city of the future look 小题6: _______ ? No one knows小题7: ______ sure, and making predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain ----- they are going to get bigger 小题8: _______ they get smaller. In the future, care for the environment will become very important 小题9:______ earth’s natural resources give out. We will use lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural resources. We will also have to rely more 小题10:________ alternative energy, such as solar and wind power.

答案

小题1:where

小题2:at

小题3:when

小题4:whose

小题5:those

小题6:like

小题7:for

小题8:before

小题9:as

小题10:on

题目分析:

小题1:古代的中国是国家之间经常战争的地方。Where引导的是定语从句。

小题2:词组“at war”在打仗。

小题3:但是这也是出现很多哲学家的时代。这里使用定语从句,先行词是a time,定语从句中缺少时间状语,用when引导定语从句。

小题4:孔子是影响最大的哲学家。这里使用whose引导定语从句。在定语从句中做定语。

小题5:墨子是教学和孔子的教学很相似的哲学家。用代词those指代前文的teachings。

小题6:未来的城市将会是什么样?look like“看起来象”。

小题7:没有人确切的知道。这里使用短语for sure“确信”。

小题8:它们在变得更小之前会变得更大。使用连词before“在…之前”。

小题9:随着地球的自然资源被用完,保护环境变得很重要。这里用连词as“随着”。

小题10:我们也需要依赖可替代能源。考查词组“rely on”依赖。

阅读理解

Businesses are witnessing a difficult time,which has in turn produced influence on consumers’ desire to go green.However,shoppers are still laying stress on environmental concerns.

Two thirds of customers say that environmental considerations inform their purchases to the same degree as they did a year ago,while more than a quarter say that they are now even better aware of the environmental effect on what they buy.

This may help to influence how shops store goods on their shelves.And the companies should still make efforts to become more environmentally friendly.Two out of three people think it is important to buy from environmentally responsible companies,with about one in seven saying that they had even decided to take their custom elsewhere if they felt a company’s environmental reputation was not good enough.

Harry Morrison,chief executive(主管)of the Carbon Trust,sympathizes:“I understand this situation where survival is very important now.But from environmental considerations,the clock is ticking—we don’t have much time.In addition,cutting carbon has an immediate effect as costs drop and a medium­term benefit for the brand.”

Larger companies have an extra motivation to look at reducing their carbon footprint,as new rules next year will require businesses to buy carbon allowances to make up for their emissions(排放).Those that have taken early action will have a head start.More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about which companies are environmentally responsible.This suggests that firms that are able to relay clearly their message to the public will be in a pole position to attract shoppers.

The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing customers about the good work companies are doing.“When companies are granted(授予) the standard,they can use a logo(标识) in all their marketing which makes it clear that they are working towards cutting emissions,” Mr.Morrison said.                                                  (2010·福建,C)

小题1:What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.Businesses are finding ways to send their message to the shoppers.

B.Companies will soon get information about cutting carbon emissions.

C.Firms are making efforts to encourage customers to keep goods at home.

D.Firms are urged to cut carbon emissions by shoppers’ environmental awareness.小题2:The underlined word “inform” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”.

A.affect

B.change

C.disturb

D.reject小题3:According to Harry Morrison,businesses ________.

A.will benefit from cutting carbon emissions

B.should buy carbon allowances for shoppers

C.are required to make up for their carbon emissions

D.have encouraged shoppers to take their custom elsewhere小题4:We can learn from the passage that businesses will________.

A.have a strong desire to reduce costs

B.use the same logo in their marketing

C.gain advantages by taking early action

D.attract more shoppers by storing goods

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