66. Which of the following is TRUE according to the ads?

　 　　　 A. Staying over one night at Poseidon Undersea Resort costs much.　　 　 　　　 B. Divers are guided to swim in the open water with sharks at Gansbaai.　　 　C. Diving at Coron may give travellers a look at well-preserved warships.

D. Scapa Flow in Scotland is the best wreck diving destination of the three.

D

Japan’s nuclear crisis(危机)has caused global alarm and reviews of safety at atomic power plants around the world.

“Japan’s nuclear crisis was mainly public panic, not radiation risk”, an Australian expert, Michele Kearney, remained cheerful about the future development of international nuclear industry.

Professor Barry Brook, the director of Climate Science at Australian University, said that the crisis will lead international governments to improve measures to protect nuclear plants against extreme natural events, but is unlikely to cut down the use of nuclear power.

“It should be kept in mind that the explosions at the Japanese reactors were chemical, not nuclear,” Brook said, adding that “People don’t understand that their bodies are radio-activated, the food that they eat, and the rocks the air and the sunlight, all of that are natural radiation they experienced.”

Graham Andrew, an official from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said, “To better prevent an accident like the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, there must be a high regard given to matters of safety.”

Denis Flory, an IAEA vice director-general and head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, said, “What is needed is that whatever development of nuclear energy cannot be seen without a very strong safety culture, with a very strong safety authority with very strong safety standards, so these are two aspects which must go hand-in-hand and which must go together with a very strong transparency (透明) process.”

Flory said he believes that since Fukushima, more and more people have considered that strong safety measures are “the only way forward” when it comes to developing nuclear energy.

Currently, the IAEA’s nuclear safety standards are not a must for member states. However, if a member state is receiving IAEA technical cooperation support, it is required to adopt the agency’s safety standards.

It will likely take some time to come to lasting agreements on how nuclear safety must develop, but Flory said that a minister-level conference planned for June will mark the beginning of a process of building stronger standards.　　

65. If you want to drive a submarine, you may go to ________.

　 　　　 A. Truk Lagoon　　　　　　　　　 B. Poseidon Undersea Resort　　　　　　　 C. Trang　　 　　　　 　　D. Gansbaai

64. The Trang Underwater Wedding Ceremony is meant for the couples who ________.

　 　　　 A. have legal diving licenses　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B. are available in early February

　 　　　 C. feel like a mixed-style ceremony　　　　　 　 　　　 　　D. long for a free underwater ceremony

63. Which would be the best title for the passage?

　　　　 A. Food Safety Policy in UK　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. “Best Before” or “Use By”?

　　　　 C. Food Waste: Who Is to Blame?　　　　　　　　　　 D. UK to Remove “BB” Food Labels

(C) Diving with great whites, Gansbaai, South Africa

Diving with great white sharks is up there with base-jumping in the top 10 extreme sports, and Gansbaai in the Southern Cape is the ideal place to swim with the big fish. Fortunately, there’s an iron cage between you and the ocean’s greatest killing machines. Peak shark season runs from May to October.

Getting married underwater in Trang, Thailand

If you fancy making your wedding day special, consider an underwater wedding at Trang in southern Thailand. Every Valentine’s Day, dozens of couples wear breathing equipment and dive here for a full Thai wedding ceremony. The ceremony ends with the happy couple releasing one million baby fish and a giant fish to gain blessings.

The Trang Underwater Wedding Ceremony runs from 12 to 14 February every year, and brides and bridegrooms must be licensed open-water divers.

Wreck(残骸)diving in Truk Lagoon, Micronesia

The world of wreck diving owes a lot to World War II – many warships were sent down to the bottom of the sea at Coron in the Philippines and in Scapa Flow in Scotland. But nothing compares to wreck diving in Truk Lagoon, Micronesia. The sandy seabed of this island forms a place to bury more than 300 Japanese battleships, submarines (潜水艇) and aircraft, sunk in a single deadly American attack in February 1944.

Sleeping with the fishes in Fiji

Travellers with plenty of cash to spare can consider spending a night with the starfish at the shining Poseidon Undersea Resort in the Fiji islands. Cabins on the seabed are in a futuristic style and linked to the surface by a high-speed lift. There’s even a private submarine that guests can pilot. It’s all very James Bond, and the prices would make a super bad guy a second thought.

62. Which would carry the least health risk information on the labels?

　　　　 A. Bread.　　 　　　　　　　　　 　B. Seafood.　 　　　　　　　 C. Meat.　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Salad leaves.　　

61. “Best Before” is a date which _____.

　 　　　 A. will apply to all kinds of food　　　　 　　 B. indicates when food is to go off

　 　　　 C. concerns quality rather than safety　　 　 D. gives full information on potential risks

60. The UK government is planning to remove BB dates in an attempt to _____.

　 　　　 A. reduce food waste　 B. improve food package　　 　　 C. introduce UB dates　　 　　　 D. offer advice on keeping food

59. If trips are to be cancelled, the main reason would be that schools _____.

A. lack enough money　 B. have a tight schedule　 C. are afraid of possible accidents D. have fewer staff to monitor trips

(B) The UK government is considering removing “Best Before” dates on food packaging in the country, in order to prevent throwing away of million tons of eatable produce worth £6bn each year.

According to the Waste and Resources Action Program, British families throw away 8.3 million tons of food and drink a year, while most of it ends up in garbage sites. It is reported that more than 5 million tons of the thrown-away food still remains eatable.

“Best Before”(BB) is not the same as “Use By” (UB). BB is about quality not safety. UB is the key date in terms of safety. “Best Before” indicates the date before which a product provides the most satisfying experience for the consumer. It’s safe to eat, but it just won’t be at their best. By contrast, “UB” dates show when food is no longer safe and should be thrown away. One exception is eggs, which should not be eaten after their “BB” dates because they can contain salmonella bacteria, which could multiply. By law, pre-packed food must show a “BB” date.

The government will set down new policies that will provide better information for shoppers and stop them from throwing away food before it is even opened. Under the new policies, sellers will have to produce labels (标签) that will give accurate information of the health risks associated with foods that remain on shelves, or in the fridge for a certain period before being eaten. Seafood and eggs, for example, would be more likely to carry warnings of potential risks of food poisoning if they were eaten after a certain date. Bread, however, where risks would be smallest, would carry much simpler labels.

In order to reduce food waste, scientists at Strathclyde University are developing a plastic packaging, which will be on the shelves within two years. The advanced packaging can tell when meat, fish or salad leaves have passed their UB dates or have been left out of the fridge for too long.

58. The underlined sentence implies that pupils _____.

A. don’t need to take risks in life　　　　　　　 B. are unaware of their own weaknesses

C. can learn better about themselves by taking risks　 D. can never perform physical tasks well without taking risks

57. As for the ban of playground games, teachers feel that it _____.

　 　　　 A. helps prepare pupils for real life　 　　　 B. guarantees pupil safety at the cost of their study time

　 　　　 C. serves to develop the school curriculum　 　　 D. brings more harm than good to pupils in developing life skills