Where the streets smell like cheese: Milwaukee tries dairy waste as de-icer
In response to the winter storm striking the area last weekend, street crews of Milwaukee, a city in Wisconsin, will be spreading cheese brine(卤水)along its ice-covered streets this winter as an alternative of normally used rock salt, which serves as an essential road de-icer despite its damaging impact on the environment.
The trial was inspired by a successful experiment in rural Polk County. In addition to being a more effective de-icer due to a lower freezing point, the cheesy liquid prevents rock salt from bouncing and scattering off roadways, which means less has to be used and less of it ends up entering the surrounding environment.
Milwaukee can make good use of the difficult-to-dispose type of organic waste found in great abundance across the state: salty leftover cheese-making juice. Sometimes you just have to get creative and work with the type of waste byproduct and turn it into something beneficial. When the first cheese brine salt trucks of the city appeared in the street last week, Tom Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee, compared the act to “thinking outside of the cheese box”.
To be clear, Milwaukee won’t completely replace rock salt with thousands of gallons of salty cheese juice. The project, which will first be tested in Bay View neighborhood, will involve a mixture of rock salt and cheese brine. The brine will be sourced from a production plant owned by F&A Dairy in Polk County. Milwaukee will save in rock salt costs while F&A Dairy, which transforms 900, 000 pounds of milk into cheese every day, will save cash in the brine disposal.
While it is noted that the cheese brine solution has a “distinctive odor.” Emil Norby, the gentleman who originally thought of using cheese brine to treat ice-covered roads, explains that Milwaukee residents can expect to experience the slight bad milk smell once the cheese brine is applied to streets. He smiles, “I don’t really mind it. Our roads smell like Wisconsin!”
1.Why does the cheese brine become an option as a road de-icer?
A.It increases the consumption of cheese. B.It decreases milk byproducts.
C.It is from experiences of Polk County. D.It’s more effective and eco-friendly.
2.What can the underlined idiom in the 3rd paragraph be used to describe?
A.A test with an expected result. B.A trial made creatively.
C.A company benefiting the locals. D.A volunteer who protects environments.
3.What do people think of the project of the city and F&A Dairy?
A.It will make a fortune for the city. B.It will change the life of local people.
C.It will attract more investment. D.It will be a win-win co-operation.
4.How do the locals respond to the smell of cheese brine according to Norby?
A.It will lead to bad appetite. B.It may make them sick.
C.It is still acceptable. D.It cannot be noticed.
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Where the streets smell like cheese: Milwaukee tries dairy waste as de-icer
In response to the winter storm striking the area last weekend, street crews of Milwaukee, a city in Wisconsin, will be spreading cheese brine(卤水)along its ice-covered streets this winter as an alternative of normally used rock salt, which serves as an essential road de-icer despite its damaging impact on the environment.
The trial was inspired by a successful experiment in rural Polk County. In addition to being a more effective de-icer due to a lower freezing point, the cheesy liquid prevents rock salt from bouncing and scattering off roadways, which means less has to be used and less of it ends up entering the surrounding environment.
Milwaukee can make good use of the difficult-to-dispose type of organic waste found in great abundance across the state: salty leftover cheese-making juice. Sometimes you just have to get creative and work with the type of waste byproduct and turn it into something beneficial. When the first cheese brine salt trucks of the city appeared in the street last week, Tom Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee, compared the act to “thinking outside of the cheese box”.
To be clear, Milwaukee won’t completely replace rock salt with thousands of gallons of salty cheese juice. The project, which will first be tested in Bay View neighborhood, will involve a mixture of rock salt and cheese brine. The brine will be sourced from a production plant owned by F&A Dairy in Polk County. Milwaukee will save in rock salt costs while F&A Dairy, which transforms 900, 000 pounds of milk into cheese every day, will save cash in the brine disposal.
While it is noted that the cheese brine solution has a “distinctive odor.” Emil Norby, the gentleman who originally thought of using cheese brine to treat ice-covered roads, explains that Milwaukee residents can expect to experience the slight bad milk smell once the cheese brine is applied to streets. He smiles, “I don’t really mind it. Our roads smell like Wisconsin!”
1.Why does the cheese brine become an option as a road de-icer?
A.It increases the consumption of cheese. B.It decreases milk byproducts.
C.It is from experiences of Polk County. D.It’s more effective and eco-friendly.
2.What can the underlined idiom in the 3rd paragraph be used to describe?
A.A test with an expected result. B.A trial made creatively.
C.A company benefiting the locals. D.A volunteer who protects environments.
3.What do people think of the project of the city and F&A Dairy?
A.It will make a fortune for the city. B.It will change the life of local people.
C.It will attract more investment. D.It will be a win-win co-operation.
4.How do the locals respond to the smell of cheese brine according to Norby?
A.It will lead to bad appetite. B.It may make them sick.
C.It is still acceptable. D.It cannot be noticed.
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_____ a piece of cheese cake my mum prepared---You won’t be disappointed!
A．Trying B．Tried C．To try D．Try
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Where is the man going?
A. The Plaza Hotel. B. Madison Street. C. Park Street.
2.Why does the driver suggest Park Street?
A. Because there is heavy traffic in Madison Street. B. Because it is the fastest way.
C. Because there is a traffic jam ahead in Madison Street.
3.Which way do they finally take?
A. Madison Street. B. Park Street. C. 50th Street.
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No opera smells of the sea quite like Britten’s Peter Grimes. The music makes us constantly aware of the sea’s immensity, it’s potential for threat, and the play of light on its waves. But the sea isn’t just a special background, it weighs on the lives of the characters, offering them a living, but at a price. In the first act the laboured sound of the strings evokes (引起) the complete heaviness of the sailor’s work, as they haul(用力拉) the boats up the shingle (鹅卵石). Then a storm gathers which rages(肆虐) through the scene at the Inn, and stirs up an orchestral hurricane. Even when it’s calm and favorable, the sea is inescapable.
In the comfortable enclosed world of the opera house, this can only be suggested. In the production of Peter Grimes about to open at the Aldeburgh Festival, it will be really present, because the opera is taking place on the beach, the setting for much of the narrative of Britten’s opera, and also the poem by the Suffolk poet George Crabbe that inspired it.
This won’t be the first opera production to be set in the actual landscape in which the action takes place. There’s a well-known filmed production of Tosca shot in Castel Gandolfo in Rome, and a production of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena was once mounted in the moat(护城河) surrounding the Tower of London. But those were manageable urban landscapes, with comfortingly solid buildings to act as wind shields and acoustic blocks.
On the Aldeburgh beach there’s actually nothing, apart from a few boats, some whole, some wrecked. Here anything more complicated than walking the dog is hard to solve. The wind blows away one’s words, so conversation is hard, and anything not tied down tends to blow away. The sliding shingle turns one’s steps into a drunken stagger.
The idea of performing an opera in these conditions seems quite barmy — an accusation Aldeburgh director Jonathan Reakie takes cheerfully on the chin. Why has he done it? “Well, Grimes is the opera of Britten’s that’s most associated with Aldeburgh, but it’s never been produced at the Festival which he founded. There just isn’t the space for it. In his anniversary year we wanted to focus on Britten’s connection with Suffolk, and this seemed the boldest way to do it.”
Having had the mad idea, Reakie found his colleagues were not just accepting, but enthusiastic. “We spent a long time thinking about ways to do it. One idea we had was to do all the scenes at the right time of day. There’s one scene at dawn, another at midday, and a lot of action at night, but that was too complicated. Then we thought about doing a few scenes on the beach. But in the end, we thought hell, let’s just do the whole thing.”
1.Which of the following can best describe the sailor’s work in the first act?
A. Pleasant. B. Hard.
C. Comfortable. D. Attractive.
2.How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?
A. By giving descriptions. B. By following time order.
C. By analyzing causes. D. By making comparisons.
3.What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?
A. The benefits of the actual landscape.
B. The actual landscape of Aldeburgh beach.
C. The location of the Aldeburgh beach.
D. The hardship of performing opera in Aldeburgh beach.
4.The underlined word “barmy” (in Paragraph 5) is closest in meaning to ____.
A. crazy B. impossible
C. wonderful D. terrible
5.Reakie’s partners’ attitude towards his opera on a beach is ____.
A. eager B. cautious
C. doubtful D. unfavorable
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One day a mime(哑剧演员) is visiting the zoo and tries to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zookeeper pulls him into his office. The zookeeper explains that the zoo’s most popular attraction, a gorilla(大猩猩), has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance(出席人数) at the zoo will fall off. He offers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla. The mime accepts.
The next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He soon discovers he can sleep, play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime — the job he likes but loses.
However, with days going by, he begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage, crawls across a partition(隔墙), and dangles(悬挂) from the top to the lion’s cage. The lion gets angry at this. The scene is a fuel to the crowd.
At the end of the day he is given a raise for being such a good attraction — well, this continues for some time. The crowds grow larger, and the mime’s pay keeps going up.
Then one day when he is dangling over the lion he slides and falls. The mime is terrified. He starts screaming “Help me!”, but the lion is quick. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, “Shut up you fool! Do you want to get us both fired?”
1.The mime accepts the zookeeper’s offer because __________.
A. he doesn’t like being a mime
B. he has been out of work
C. he likes performing at the zoo
D. he is offered a higher pay there
2.How does the mime find the job dressing up as the gorilla?
A. Hard and tiring. B. Dangerous but exciting.
C. Easy and funny. D. Boring but well-paid.
3.The mime’s first contact with the lion is to __________.
A. find pleasure for himself
B. win back his audience
C. get his pay raised
D. get the lion’s attention
4.The underlined words “a fuel” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by __________.
A. frightening B. disappointing C. familiar D. exciting
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As my husband, Doug, stood on the busy New York city street to stop a taxi,I tried to protect my daugher from the cold December wind and rain.I Put niy head down to kiss her tiny face.
___ and wet, my husband gave up his attempt to nag down a taxi.I knew the ___.Just after her first birthday,we were told our daughter Katie has a ___brain illness.Since that moment,Doung and I felt like runners in a marathon race where the finish line kept __ . We knew Katie was runn.ng out of ____. It had taken months before we finally had a name for the ___，but we were told only a few specialists in the world knew how to____ it. Now, as we finally found a brilliant doctor to ___ our girl, we were in a strange ___ in the cold rain.
Just at the moment, a middle-aged woman pulled over and said, “Pardon me? May I offer you a(n)_____?”
Before we could say anything, she continued, “It's really no____for me. Just get in.”
It was then that I noticed her thick Irish accent , which ___me up like hot soup. We simply said, “Thanks! Roosevelt Hospital, please,” as we got in her car for the ride.
“Are you going____the baby?” she asked us.
I nodded my head, holding back my ______.
At the hospital, we ___her a dozen times for the ride. As the woman hugged me, I____her face was wet with tears. She promised to ___for us before she left.
After three more visits to New York and two more ___surgeries (手术)，Katie is cured.But the ___ of the Irish Angel still rang as a constant reminder of a tiny ray of light that appeared in our____ days.
1.A. Excited B. Frustrated C. Worried D. Satisfied
2.A. feeling B. spirit C. message D. sense
3.A. simple B. rare C. normal D. natural
4.A. coming B. lowering C. disappearing D. running
5.A. time B. confidence C. money D. courage
6.A. race B. illness C. doctor illness D. challenge
7.A. explain B. check C. reach D. fix
8.A. protect B. meet C. save D. encourage
9.A. country B. hospital C. town D. city
10.A. seat B. ride C. car D. umbrella
11.A. trouble B. difference C. question D. loss
12.A. picked B. called C. warmed D. woke
13.A. to B. after C. for D. with
14.A. surprise B. anger C. smile D. tears
15.A. thanked B. praised C. respected D. accepted
16.A. guessed B. believed C. understood D. noticed
17.A. work B. sing C. pray D. drive
18.A. eye B. brain C. kidney D. heart
19.A. voice B. bravery C. reward D. advice
20.A. busiest B. luckiest C. happiest D. darkest
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As my husband, Doug, stood on the busy New York city street to stop a taxi, I tried to protect my daughter from the cold December wind and rain. I put my head down to kiss her _______face.
Frustrated and wet, my husband gave up his attempt to hail a taxi. I knew the feeling. Just after her first birthday, we were told our daughter Katie has a _______ brain illness. Since that moment, Doung and I felt like _______ in a marathon race where the finish line kept disappearing. We knew Katie was running out of _______. It had taken months before we finally had a name for the _______, but we were told only a few specialists in the world knew how to _______ it. Now, as we finally found a brilliant doctor to _______ our girl, we were in a strange city in the cold rain.
Just at the moment, a middle-aged woman _______ and said, “Pardon me? May I offer you a(n) _______?
Before we could say ________, she continued, “It’s really no ________ for me. Just get in.”
It was then that I noticed her thick Irish ________, which ________ me up like hot soup. We ________ said, “Thanks! Roosevelt Hospital, please,” as we got in her car for the ride.
“Are you going for the baby?” she asked us.
I nodded my head, holding back my ________.
At the hospital, we ________ her a dozen times for the ride. As the woman hugged me, I noticed her face was ________ with tears. She promised to pray for us before she left.
After three more visits to New York and two more ________ surgeries (手术), Katie is cured. But the voice of the Irish Angel still rang as a constant ________ of a tiny ray of light that appeared in our ________ days.
1.A. smiling B. tiny C. round D. beautiful
2.A. rare B. simple C. normal D. natural
3.A. passers-by B. judges C. lawyers D. runners
4.A. money B. confidence C. time D. courage
5.A. race B. illness C. doctor D. challenge
6.A. fix B. check C. reach D. explain
7.A. protect B. meet C. encourage D. save
8.A. pulled over B. put up C. turned down D. stood by
9.A. ride B. seat C. car D. umbrella
10.A. nothing B. anyone C. anything D. someone
11.A. difference B. question C. trouble D. loss
12.A. appearance B. accent C. custom D. hair
13.A. picked B. called C. warmed D. woke
14.A. normally B. simply C. angrily D. regularly
15.A. tears B. anger C. smile D. surprise
16.A. respected B. praised C. thanked D. accepted
17.A. annoyed B. disappointed C. happy D. wet
18.A. eye B. brain C. kidney D. heart
19.A. warning B. effort C. reminder D. exercise
20.A. busiest B. luckiest C. happiest D. darkest
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They follow you in the street. They ask you for money and they don’t leave you alone when you try to say no. They are the aggressive street-working, fund-raising charity workers, otherwise known as “chuggers”.
The term “chugger” is a combination of two words, “charity” and “mugger”. Chuggers often work in the street. They set up a stall with information about the charity they represent, and they try to get you to donate money to the charity. Typically, they prey on your feelings of guilt, greeting you with questions such as, “Do you care about the planet?” or, “When was the last time you did something for someone else?”
But a survey of their strategies has found that some charity volunteers are far from charitable. “Many chuggers simply refuse to back off when asked to do so,’’ said Brian Jones, a spokesperson for a charity watchdog (监察人). “One of the problems is that some chuggers say they are working as volunteers,” he added. “However, they aren’t really. Most of the 50 chuggers we spoke to showed little interest in anything other than raising the maximum amount of cash in the minimum amount of time. They get paid from this so it makes sense. Also, a fifth of fundraisers had no visible ID and almost a quarter failed to give clear information about the cause they were representing. By employing chuggers who break the law, tell lies or refuse to leave members of the public alone, charities undermine the trust we all instinctively have in them.”
But Shirley Bosworth, chief executive of the Institution of Fundraising, said face-to-face fundraising remains “an appropriate and effective method”. “It enables charities to engage with a particular demographic of donor, and it means that charity and donor can enter into a dialogue about what the charity does and how the donor’s money will be used,” she explained.
1.What do chuggers do according to the passage?
A. They rob money of strangers.
B. They cheat you into buying things.
C. They ask you to donate money for charities.
D. They hurt your feelings by asking questions.
2.What’s the third paragraph mainly about?
A. The survey of charity volunteers.
B. The problems with charity volunteers.
C. The basic information about charity volunteers.
D. The attitude Brian Jones takes toward charity volunteers.
3.What does the underlined word “undermine” may probably mean?
A. betray
B. strengthen
C. build
D. weaken
4.How does Shirley Bosworth feel about what chuggers do?
A. It’s useful. B. It’s disgusting.
C. It’s absurd. D. It’s popular.
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—Could you tell me how to get to Victoria Street?
—Victoria Street? ______ is where the Grand Theatre is.
A. Such B. There C. That D. This
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—Could you tell me how to get to Victoria Street?
—Victoria Street？________ is where the Grand Theatre is.
A．Such B．There
C．That D．This
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