Bottled water is a drain on the environment: The US public goes through about 50 billion water bottles a year, and most of those plastic containers are not recycled, according to Elizabeth Royte’s book Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It.
Transporting the bottles and keeping them cold also burns fuels, which give off greenhouse gases. And groundwater pumping by bottled water companies draws heavily on underground aquifers(含水层) and harms watersheds(分水岭), according to the Sierra Club. And some studies suggest it takes up to three liters of water to produce one liter of bottled water.
Yet more than $100 billion is spent every year on bottled water globally. In many cities in developing countries where there is not a safe source of tap water, bottled water becomes a trusted choice.
In the US, tap water is controlled by the government and often examined for dangerous polluted substances. Each American drinks 79 liters of bottled water per year on average, according to the Columbia Water Center at Columbia University’s Earth Institute in New York. The bottled water industry is so successful that it has outpaced(超过) milk, coffee, and juice in the number of gallons of drinks sold — putting it behind only beer and soda.
Though the sale and consumption (消费) of bottled water is still on the rise, certain policymakers have taken steps to reduce it and encourage people to drink tap water. In September 2009, the Australian town of Bundanoon became the first town in the world to completely ban bottled water from its stores’ shelves, building water fountains（喷泉） around the town instead.
Among US cities that have taken action are San Francisco and Seattle, which no longer buy water for city use, and Chicago, which added a five-cent tax on each bottle. Several restaurants in those cities have also given up bottled water for tap water. Other cities are also considering taking action.
1.What does the underlined word "drain" in the first paragraph probably mean?
A. Value.B. Consumption.C. Solution.D. Relief (缓解).
2.What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. Why bottled water is so popular.
B. What Elizabeth Royte’s book is about.
C. How much it takes to produce bottled water.
D. What effects bottled water has on the environment.
3.According to the passage, what drink sells best in the USA?
A. BeerB. Bottled waterC. CoffeeD. Milk
4.Which of the following statements about the US is TRUE?
A. More than $100 billion is spent every year on bottled water in the US.
B. About 79 billion water bottles a year are gone through by the US public.
C. In Chicago, you have to pay 5 cents as tax if you buy a bottle of water.
D. An American drinks 50 liters of bottled water every year on average.
科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017年黑龙江大庆实验中学高二上开学考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Planning ahead so far ______no sense—so many things will have changed by next year.
A. makes B. made
C. is making D. has made
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MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are free, but without tutoring, and are open to anyone, anywhere in the world. The courses are flexible — normally three to five hours of study a week — done at any time, short (5 to 10 weeks) and video-rich. They are also heavily dependent on crowd sourcing: you can discuss a course with fellow students through online forums, discussion boards and peer review. Students don’t have to finish the courses, pass assessments or do assignments, but, if they do, they get a certification of participation.
The Open University launched FutureLearn, the UK’s answer to US platforms such as Coursera, EdX and Udacity, which have been offering MOOCs from top US universities for the past two years. The response has been incredible, with more than three million people registering worldwide. Meanwhile, in 2012, Edinburgh University became the first non-US institution to join Coursera’s partnership, comprising 13 universities. “We already run 50 online master’s degrees, so this was a logical expansion,” says Professor Jeff Haywood, Edinburgh’s vice-principal. “It’s an investment in teaching methods research. How am I going to teach introductory philosophy to 100,000 people? That’s what I call educational R&D.” He adds “If you look ahead 10 years, you’d expect all students graduating to have taken some online courses, so you’ve got to research that. Our MOOCs are no more in competition with our degrees than a lifelong learning course because they don’t carry credits.”
Cooperation is key, Haywood stresses. It is far better to offer 20-30 courses in your own areas of expertise (专门技能) and let other institutions do likewise. Professor Mike Sharples, FutureLearn’s academic lead, goes further: “We’ve tied the elements available before into a package of courses offered by leading universities worldwide on a new software platform, with a new way of promoting it and also a new social-learning teaching method. You won’t just receive an exam, but be able to discuss and mark each other’s assignments.”
Bath University, one of more than 20 universities working with FutureLearn, launches its first course, Inside Cancer, next January, and regards MOOCs as a way of breaking down age barriers. “There’s no reason why someone doing GCSEs should not look at our MOOCs and get quite a way through them, or someone at PhD level and beyond,” says Professor Bernie Morley, expert for learning and teaching.
1.MOOCs have these features EXCEPT that ________.
A. MOOCs have a platform for learners to share their learning experience
B. MOOCs provide teachers’ instructions if you have some difficulty
C. MOOCs can be adjusted according to people’s learning pace
D. MOOCs are free of charge for anyone
2.The response to FutureLearn has been thought to be unbelievable mainly because ________.
A. all the courses on the platform are available to anyone in the world
B. Edinburgh University became the first non-US institution to join it
C. students can get a certification of participation without passing assessments
D. the number of people registering in the platform is beyond expectation
3.What can be inferred from Professor Bernie Morley in the last paragraph?
A. People at PhD level have already known everything about MOOCs.
B. People with various learning levels will probably show interest in MOOCs.
C. Inside Cancer will be the most popular course for someone doing GCSEs.
D. MOOCs are not so competitive as lifelong learning courses due to the problems of credits.
4.The passage mainly deals with ________.
A. the appearance of a new learning platform
B. the various opinions on FutureLearn
C. the popularity of no-credit courses
D. the advantages of online teaching methods
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年重庆万州第二高级中学高二上期入学考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项
A student's life is never easy. 1.________ A lot of preparations are needed so you can be sure to go back home with a diploma and a bright future waiting for you. The following are some basic things you need to do before even seizing that passport and boarding on the plane.
Knowing the country.
You shouldn't bother researching the country's hottest tourist spots or historical places. You won't go there as a tourist, but as a student. It'll be helpful to read the most important points in their history and to read up on their culture. 2.________ You surely don't want to face legal problems, especially if you're away from home.
Studying their language.
Don't expect that you can graduate abroad without knowing even the basics of the language. Before leaving your home country, take online lessons to at least master some of their words and sentences. 3.________ Doing this will also prepare you in communicating with those who can't speak English.
4.________
Check the conversion（兑换） of your money to their local currency, set up your bank account so you can use it there, get an insurance, and find an apartment. The Internet or your intended school will be very helpful in finding an apartment and helping you understand local currency.
Remember, you're not only carrying your own reputation but your country's reputation as well. If you act foolishly, people there might think that all of your country men are foolish as well. 5.________
A. Packing your clothes.
B. Preparing for other needs.
C. Most importantly, read about their laws.
D. This will be useful in living and studying there.
E. That would surely be a very bad start for your study abroad program.
F. Going with their trends will keep it from being too obvious that you're a foreigner.
G. And it is even more difficult if you will have to complete your study in a foreign land.
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
One evening, an elderly lady ___1.___ (drive) past a small town when one of her tires suddenly blew out. Even though all she had was only a flat tire, it was ___2.__ bad situation for a woman of her age. She was very ___3.__ (confuse), especially with the weather ____4.__ (get) colder and colder. At that moment, a man stopped his car in front of hers and asked ___5.____ she needed help. The old lady became even more nervous because the man looked poor and ____6.____ (hunger). However, since no one else had stopped to help her during the past hours, she stood back and let him help her. After the man finished changing the tire, the lady was willing ___7.____ (pay) him any amount of money. To her ___8.____ (astonish), the man replied that he just wanted to help her, just as others had helped him in the past. He didn’t want the lady to pay him back anything. Instead, he just wanted her to help others __9.__ need as well. Later that evening, the lady helped a heavily pregnant woman. _10.____ never occurred to her that the woman was the poor man’s wife.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届云南临沧一中高三上第二次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完成句子
基础知识测试
注意：1-5题为单词拼写（每空一词）
1.Advertising is often the most effective method of____________(促销).
2.Premier Zhou is a w_____(高尚的) man，one we all admire a lot.
3. His visit is intended to ___________(增强) ties between the two countries.
4.All the ________（接线员）are engaged in answering the phones from the whole country on Christmas.
5.Ambulance drivers are _____________(紧急，急迫) needed.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届云南临沧一中高三上第二次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
I am always nervous when I get an email from my parents with "FYI(For Your Information)". My parents are in their late 70s, and while they are quite healthy for their ages, I worry about what messages they are going to give me.
I got such an email in September from my father. He sent an email from my cousin who told that her father, my uncle Reese, had passed away. The news made my mind go blank though I have met him less than a dozen times in my life, because Reese was the first of my parent’s siblings(兄弟姐妹) to die, and I was simply not ready for that.
The memorial service was set in Florida, and I quickly decided I needed to go. I needed to be there for my father, and I needed to go for myself. Reese is about nine years older than my father, and I started to do the math in my head. I know that doesn’t make sense, but I will do anything to reason that I still have a lot of time before I am in my cousin’s shoes.
Reese’s memorial service was small with only family and perhaps a dozen of his friends. The funeral was attended by an even smaller number, and then, the family gathered at a nearby bar to look at old photographs found among Reese’ possessions.
As we drove back to the Orlando International Airport, I thought about how I am not sure what my parents want, not only in their memorial services, but also how they want to be remembered and where they want to be laid to rest. These are going to be difficult conversations, but I know I need to have them. Maybe not right now, but we do need to open the discussion at some point. It may feel too early, but I trust my parents will know that when adult children raise these questions, we do it out of love to honor their lives and their wishes.
1. Why do emails with “FYI” make the author uneasy?
A. She’s too busy to read those emails.
B. She dislikes her parents’ nonstop talking.
C. They often bring unpleasant news.
D. She’s afraid to get bad news about her parents.
2.How did the author feel about the email from her cousin?
A. Disappointed. B. Shocked
C. Confused. D. Annoyed.
3.What do we know from the third and fourth paragraphs?
A. A get-together was held at home.
B. Reese’s friends didn’t appear.
C. Not many people attended the funeral.
D. The author hesitated to go to Florida.
4.What does the author decide to do after the funeral?
A. Express her love for her parents bravely.
B. Have a talk with her parents about death.
C. Value her parents’ wishes.
D. Get everything ready for her parents.
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On a Friday night in May 2015, Oliver and Lone Kleven heard angry shouts coming from their front lawn. Lone, 68, stepped onto the porch and saw two men in dark clothes struggling with something on the ground—right where she and her grandson had planted a flower bed the weekend before.
“Go fight somewhere else!” she shouted, worried her plants would get damaged. At the sound of her voice, the face of a boy appeared from beneath the two men. He looked 13 or 14 or so. “They’re trying to kill me!” the boy screamed. Lone ran toward them and, without hesitation, caught the boy’s arm, pulling him out.
“Leave him alone!” she shouted. When the men stood up, Lone saw what looked like a sharp object in one man’s hand. When she turned back toward the boy, he was moaning in pain and holding his stomach. The attackers began to move in on the boy again when Lone’s husband shouted: “Get lost!” The two men walked quickly and quietly across the street and drove off in a dark car.
“I have to get to the hospital!” the boy cried. He lifted his shirt, and Lone could see a bloody wound on his stomach. Oliver hugged the trembling boy while Lone caught her cell phone and car keys inside the house. She handed the phone to Oliver. “Call 911,” she told him. “I’m going after them.” Lone took off but was unable to find the car.
The Klevens then learned what had happened. Earlier that night, as the boy waited for his parents to pick him up from the high school across the street from the Klevens’ house, two men approached and demanded his wallet. When he refused, one of the men hit him in the face. The boy ran across the street. The men caught up with him, and one hurt him in the back and stomach with a sharp knife. That’s when Lone stepped in.
The boy’s wounds required operations, but he has fully recovered.
“He was alone and outnumbered,” says Lone. “There was no time to do anything except what I did.”
1.Why did Lone shout at the man at the beginning of the story?
A. To stop them fighting with each other.
B. To prevent her flowers being ruined.
C. To stop them stealing in the flower bed.
D. To keep the boy from being wounded.
2.What’s Lone’s first reaction when she got close to the men?
A. She kept them separate.
B. She was shocked at the boy’s wounds.
C. She pulled the boy out.
D. She called her husband for help.
3.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. An old couple rescued a boy by fighting against two robbers.
B. A boy was saved.
C. Two robbers were driven away.
D. An old lady didn’t track the two robbers.
4.What’s the correct order of the following events?
a. Lone stepped in the fight.
b. The two men drove off in a dark car.
c. The boy waited for his parents to pick him up.
d. Lone’s husband boomed from the porch.
e. Two men approached and demanded the boy’s wallet.
f. The boy ran across the street to a flower bed.
A. cfeadbB. cefadbC. fecabdD. eafcbd
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届湖北孝感高级中学高三9月调考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant _________ Miller King, who was the best _________ at our school.
Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for _________ .
Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from _________ . He looked very _________ , but he didn’t cry.
That season, I _________ all of Miller’s records while he _________ the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, _________ I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s _________ .
One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller _________ going over a fence—which wasn’t _________ to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept _________ from. But even that challenge he accepted. I _________ him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally _________ on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did _________ . Thank you for filling in for _________ .”
His words freed me from my bad _________ . I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was _________ ahead of me. I was right to have _________ him. From that day on, I grew _________ and a little more real.
1.A．cheering for B．beating out C．relying on D．staying with
2.A．coach B．student C．teacher D．player
3.A．practice B．show C．comfort D．pleasure
4.A．school B．vacation C．hospital D．training
5.A．pale B．calm C．relaxed D．ashamed
6.A．held B．broke C．set D．tried
7.A．reported B．judged C．organized D．watched
8.A．and B．then C．but D．thus
9.A．decision B．mistake C．accident D．sacrifice
10.A．stuck B．hurt C．tired D．lost
11.A．steady B．hard C．fun D．fit
12.A．praise B．advice C．assistance D．apology
13.A．let B．helped C．had D．noticed
14.A．dropped B．ready C．trapped D．safe
15.A．fine B．wrong C．quickly D．normally
16.A．us B．yourself C．me D．them
17.A．memories B．ideas C．attitudes D．dreams
18.A．still B．also C．yet D．just
19.A．challenged B．cured C．invited D．admired
20.A．healthier B．bigger C．cleverer D．cooler
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