In their book Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living, Robert and Brenda Vale say keeping a medium?sized dog has the same ecological impact as driving 10,000 km a year in a 4.6 liter Land Cruiser.?
“We’re not actually saying it is time to eat the dog. We’ re just saying that we need to think about and know the ecological impact of some of the things we do and that we take for granted.”?
Constructing and driving the jeep for a year requires 0.41 hectares of land, while growing and manufacturing a dog’s food takes about 0.84 hectares — or 1.1 hectares in the case of a large dog such as a German shepherd.?
Convincing flesh?eating cats and dogs to go vegetarian for the sake of the planet is a non?starter, the Vales say. Instead they recommend keeping “greener”, smaller, and more sustainable pets, such as goldfish, chickens or rabbits.?
The book’s playful title, and serious suggestion that pet animals may be usefully “recycled”, by being eaten by their owners or turned into pet food when they die, may not appeal to animal fans.?
Annoying as the idea may be, the question is valid given the planet’s growing population and limited resources, Robert Vale said.?
“Issues about sustainability are increasingly becoming things that are going to require us to make choices which are as difficult as eating your dog. It’s not just about changing your light bulbs or taking a cloth bag to the supermarket,” he said.?
“It’s about much more challenging and difficult issues,” he added. “Once you see where cats and dogs fit in your overall balance of things, you might decide to have the cat but not also to have the two cars and the three bathrooms and be a meat eater yourself.”?
56. The authors gave their book the playful title to________.?
A. make it amusing                    B. create a vivid image?
C. show　writing skills                 D. arouse people’ s concern
57. In Paragraph 3 the writer mainly wants to tell us________.?
A. the amount of consumed land ?
B. the neglected ecological impact?
C. some familiar examples ?
D. some actual figures?
58. What does “sustainability” mean according to the passage??
A. Going vegetarian. ?
B. Raising cats and dogs.?
C. Using a cloth bag. ?
D. Keeping a greener life.?
59. Who may not like the idea of “recycling” pet animals??
A. Manufacturers.                  B. Drivers. ?
C. Animal fans.                     D. The authorities.?
60. What do the authors think of living a sustainable life??
A. Challenging.          B. Inspiring.          C. Inviting.         D. Touching.

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分 40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
In their book Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living, Robert and Brenda Vale say keeping a medium?sized dog has the same ecological impact as driving 10,000 km a year in a 4.6 liter Land Cruiser.?
“We’re not actually saying it is time to eat the dog. We’ re just saying that we need to think about and know the ecological impact of some of the things we do and that we take for granted.”?
Constructing and driving the jeep for a year requires 0.41 hectares of land, while growing and manufacturing a dog’s food takes about 0.84 hectares — or 1.1 hectares in the case of a large dog such as a German shepherd.?
Convincing flesh?eating cats and dogs to go vegetarian for the sake of the planet is a non?starter, the Vales say. Instead they recommend keeping “greener”, smaller, and more sustainable pets, such as goldfish, chickens or rabbits.?
The book’s playful title, and serious suggestion that pet animals may be usefully “recycled”, by being eaten by their owners or turned into pet food when they die, may not appeal to animal fans.?
Annoying as the idea may be, the question is valid given the planet’s growing population and limited resources, Robert Vale said.?
“Issues about sustainability are increasingly becoming things that are going to require us to make choices which are as difficult as eating your dog. It’s not just about changing your light bulbs or taking a cloth bag to the supermarket,” he said.?
“It’s about much more challenging and difficult issues,” he added. “Once you see where cats and dogs fit in your overall balance of things, you might decide to have the cat but not also to have the two cars and the three bathrooms and be a meat eater yourself.”?
56. The authors gave their book the playful title to________.?
A. make it amusing                    B. create a vivid image?
C. show　writing skills                 D. arouse people’ s concern
57. In Paragraph 3 the writer mainly wants to tell us________.?
A. the amount of consumed land ?      B. the neglected ecological impact?
C. some familiar examples ?           D. some actual figures?
58. What does “sustainability” mean according to the passage??
A. Going vegetarian. ?          B. Raising cats and dogs.?
C. Using a cloth bag. ?          D. Keeping a greener life.?
59. Who may not like the idea of “recycling” pet animals??
A. Manufacturers.    B. Drivers. ?      C. Animal fans.       D. The authorities.?
60. What do the authors think of living a sustainable life??
A. Challenging.          B. Inspiring.          C. Inviting.         D. Touching.

Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 1 an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets 2 the details.Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to 3 the news.

　　Newspapers have one basic 4 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 5 it.Radio, telegraph, television, and 6 inventions brought competition for newspapers.So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 7 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on.They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 8 and thus the efficiency of their own operations.Today more newspapers are 9 and read than ever before.Competition also led newspapers to branch outsintosmany other fields.Besides keeping readers 10 of the latest news, today's newspapers 11 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters.Newspapers influence readers' economic choices 12 advertising.Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 13 .Newspapers are sold at a price that 14 even a small fraction of the cost ofproduction.The main 15 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising.The 16 in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers.This 17 in terms of circulation.How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 18 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 19 in a newspaper's pages.But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information 20 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space. 1.A.Just when B.While C.Soon after D.Before

2.A.to give B.giving C.given D.being given

3.A.gather B.spread C.carry D.bring

4.A.reason B.cause C.problem D.purpose

5.A.make B.publish C.know D.write

6.A.another B.other C.one another D.the other

7.A.However B.And C.Therefore D.So

8.A.value B.ratio C.rate D.speed

9.A.spread B.passed C.printed D.completed

10.A.inform B.be informed C.to be informed D.informed

11.A.entertain B.encourage C.educate D.edit

12.A.on B.through C.with D.of

13.A.forms B.existence C.contents D.purpose

14.A.tries to cover B.manages to coverC.fails to cover D.succeeds in

15.A.source B.origin C.course D.finance

16.A.way B.means C.chance D.success

17.A.measures B.measured C.Is measured D.was measured

18.A.somewhat B.little C.much D.something

19.A.offering B.offered C.which offered D.to be offered

20.A.by B.with C.at D.about

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题后给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In a national spelling contest in America， an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her 1voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and 2decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now，the girl knew she had 3the word. But instead of lying，she told the truth that she had said the 4letter. So she lost the contest.

　　  As the girl walked off the  5，the entire audience   stood to their feet clapping to applaud her　6. 

　    Later，dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11-year-old girl's honesty，even when it 7her the contest. But the fact is that she 8the biggest contest that day: the contest of her  9. 

　　Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we   would do if we knew we would never get 10.This young girl could easily have 11and   nobody would have known it but herself. But that's just it: She would know she did wrong. It's been said, "If you 12, you make yourself cheap." This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own 13and character more than the prize from a spelling 14.   Her respect for herself was more important than any  15others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the 16she made in that moment will have long-lasting influence. 

　　  It's so true that the choices you make today 17what you are tomorrow. Our children will 18our behavior much more than our advice. So if we want them to 19to be honest，we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember，our kids are 20what we do and how we live even  when  we don't think they see or know.

1.A. high           B. sweet             C. tough             D. soft

2.A. finally         B. kindly            C. secretly          D. totally 

3.A. forgotten       B. mispronounced    C. misspelled       D. lost 

4.A. correct          B. wrong             C. different          D. same 

5.A. stage           B. studio              C. test              D. classroom

6.A. bravery         B. honesty            C. courage           D. cleverness 

7.A. cancelled       B. cost               C. offered            D. wasted

8.A. achieved        B. broke              C. won              D. defeated 

9.A. reputation       B. knowledge        C. 1ife               D. character

10.A. paid             B. awarded           C. caught            D. reported

11.A. escaped         B. 1ied               C. changed         D. answered

12.A. accept          B. fight               C. cheat             D. insist 

13.A. conscience      B. feeling             C. diligence         D. modesty

14.A. contest         B. champion         C. judger            D. expert

15.A. sense          B. pride              C. respect           D. awareness 

16.A. plan            B. conclusion        C. discovery         D. choice 

17.A. make           B. change            C. keep              D. create 

18.A. give            B. take               C. follow           D. set

19.A. grow up        B. bring up         C. take up            D. come up

20.A. recording       B. inspecting         C. correcting         D. watching

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that __1______ us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with __2______.

When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two __3______. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing __4______ the challenge isn’t worth the __5______ and call it quits. Although there are __6______ times when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most __7______ all that is needed is __8______ and communication.

When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how __9______ or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to __10_____ it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a __11______ for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. If you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” rather than “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much __12______.

In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for what they are: small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is __13______ to get over, and hurt only __14_______ to make us stronger. It’s all part of growing up, it __15______ to everyone, and some day you will look back to all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it makes me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”

1．A．design 　　  B．promote 　    C．direct 　　　 D．shape

2．A．confidence   B．friendship      C．pressure 　　      D．difficulty

3．A．opportunities       B．expectations   C．choices 　　　     D．aspects

4．A．demanding   B．deserving      C．predicting 　　     D．presenting

5．A．comment 　 B．loss 　　　    C．trouble 　　　      D．expense

6．A．seriously 　　     B．certainly　      C．scarcely 　　　    D．closely

7．A．cases 　　   B．fields 　　     C．parts 　　　　     D．areas

8．A．assessment        B．commitment    C．encouragement    D．adjustment

9．A．doubtful　            B．shameful 　   C．harmful 　　　     D．painful

10．A．keep　　　 B．control 　　   C．face 　　　　       D．catch

11．A．space 　　 B．plan 　　　   C．topic 　　　　      D．rate

12．A．faster          B．worse             C．further                   D．slower

13．A．unnecessary     B．important　    C．impossible　　      D．illegal

14．A．serves　　　     B．means　　     C．aims　　　　　    D．attempts

15．A．opens 　　       B．appeals　　   C．turns　　　　　    D．happens