Going green seems to be fad(时尚)for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can’t really say, but for the tow of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.

         On April22, 2011, we decided to go green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.

         With the idea of going green every single day for a year, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.

         Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyle. We now shop at organic(有机的)stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don’t need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.

         Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet.

1.What might be the best title for the passage?

A. Going Green.                                                        B. Protecting the Planet.  

C. Keeping Open-Minded                             D. Celebrating Our Green Year.

2.It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because_________.

A. they were expected to follow the green fad

B. they didn’t know how to educate other people

C. they were unwilling to reduce their energy

D. they needed to perform unusual green tasks

3.What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?

A. They tried to get out of their ungreen habits.

B. They ignore others’ ungreen behavior.

C. They chose better chemical cleaners.

D. They sold their home-made food.

4.What can we infer form the last paragraph?

A. The government will give support to the green people.

B. The couple may continue their project in the future.

C. Some people disagree with the couple’s green ideas.

D. Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign.

 

对话填空(共10小题；每小题1分,满分10分)

阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。

W="Wanghai    " L=Lihua

W: I lived with three Americans in a big house while I was

an international education (76) s________ in the USA.                                                  76.                     

L: Then you must have (77) got t________ many                                                          77.                     

interesting things.

W: Certainly! We had a good time.

L: Come on, tell me more about what happened.

W: The American seemed to be(78) d________ a lot from each other,                             78.                     

while we Chinese seemed to have more in common.

L: Give me more (79) d________.                                                                                          79.                     

W: One of the Americans came with a lot of plans. Tow or

Three anyone could accept, (80) b_______ he brought                                                        80.                     

more than one hundred. When I offered to help, he

(81) r_________ me. I didn’t know why.                                                                                    81.                     

L: What about others?

W: One other guy was crazy about china and Chinese culture.

He kept (82) a_________ me to have more food                                                            82.                     

the way we do at home.

L: Really? Well, it’s great that he would be (83) i___________　                              83.                     

in our culture. And the third?

W: he was my best friend. he was in favor of slowing

everything down. He could (84) s________ a whole day                                              84.                     

reading or writing in a local café.

L: how exciting!

W: he taught me that it’s not (85) h_________ to live a                                                        85.                     

peaceful life, and that most of the things we think are necessary aren’t so at all.

 

Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street comer and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives(察觉) something different about it. 

Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow. For perception(感知) is the minds’ interpretation of what the senses — in this case our eyes — tell us.

Many psychologists(心理学家)today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.

1.Perceiving is an action that takes place ______.

A．in our eyes	B．only when we think very hard about something
C．only under the direction of a psychologist	D．in every person’s mind

2.People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.

A．they see different things	B．they can not agree about things
C．some have better eyesight	D．none of these

3. Psychologists study perception by ______.

A．setting up many experiments	B．asking each other what they see
C．looking out of windows	D．studying people’s eyes

4.The best title for this article is ______.

A．How We See	B．Learning About Our Minds Through Science
C．What Psychologists Perceive	D．How To Become An Experimental Psychologist

 

Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street comer and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives(察觉) something different about it. 
Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow. For perception(感知) is the minds’ interpretation of what the senses — in this case our eyes — tell us.
Many psychologists(心理学家)today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.
【小题1】Perceiving is an action that takes place ______.

A．in our eyes	B．only when we think very hard about something
C．only under the direction of a psychologist	D．in every person’s mind

【小题2】People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.

A．they see different things	B．they can not agree about things
C．some have better eyesight	D．none of these

【小题3】 Psychologists study perception by ______.

A．setting up many experiments	B．asking each other what they see
C．looking out of windows	D．studying people’s eyes

【小题4】The best title for this article is ______.

A．How We See	B．Learning About Our Minds Through Science
C．What Psychologists Perceive	D．How To Become An Experimental Psychologist

Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street comer and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives(察觉) something different about it. 

Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow. For perception(感知) is the minds’ interpretation of what the senses — in this case our eyes — tell us.

Many psychologists(心理学家)today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.

Perceiving is an action that takes place ______.

A. in our eyes             B. only when we think very hard about something

C. only under the direction of a psychologist     D. in every person’s mind

People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.

A. they see different things            B. they can not agree about things

C. some have better eyesight            D. none of these

Psychologists study perception by ______.

A. setting up many experiments      B. asking each other what they see

C. looking out of windows          D. studying people’s eyes

The best title for this article is ______.

A. How We See                          B. Learning About Our Minds Through Science

C. What Psychologists Perceive      D. How To Become An Experimental Psychologist