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If you are worried about the planet, please make sure your rubbish is buried under the ground.
People talk about “reduce, reuse, recycle.” It sounds like a good idea. There is a problem, though. Recycling costs too much money.
Even the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it only makes sense economically and environmentally to recycle about 35 percent of disabled (废弃的) materials. Among those materials are paper and aluminum(铝) cans. Recycling 1 ton of paper or aluminum cans, the agency says, can save about 3 tons of CO2 emissions (排放物) over producing those materials anew. Paper producers pay for the trees they process. If it was cost-effective to recycle paper, producers would be beating down your door to buy it. But they aren’t. That means it’s more expensive to recycle old paper than to cut trees and then replant trees for processing.
Plastic can be recycled too. Given the recent drop in crude oil (原油) prices, it is now cheaper to make a new plastic container than to recycle an old one. Even if that were not true, the EPA says that recycling a ton of plastic saves only about a ton of CO2. However, it doesn’t take into account the water most consumers use to wash their plastic containers before having them recycled. The New York Times journalist John Tierney recently wrote, “If you wash plastic in water that was heated by electricity, then the effort of your recycling could be more carbon in the atmosphere.”
Glass is another recyclable material. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1 ton you have to recycle 3 tons of glass. If one includes the cost of collecting glass waste from neighborhoods, and the pollution produced by the collection trucks and the recycling process itself, glass recycling creates more greenhouse gas emissions and is more expensive than making new glass, which comes primarily from sand that exists everywhere.
If recycling were truly cost-effective, private companies would be lining up at your doorstep to buy your rubbish. Don’t look now because they’re not there.
1.What’s the EPA’s attitude to recycling aluminum cans?
A.It is helpful to the environment.
B.It is actually a waste of money.
C.It costs less than recycling paper.
D.It costs the same as producing new cans.
2.What increases the cost of recycling plastic?
A.The crude oil.
B.The water pollution
C.The process to clean it.
D.The electricity for lights.
3.What can be learned about making new glass?
A.It results in lots of waste in neighborhood.
B.The material for new glass can be easily got.
C.It is slightly more expensive than recycling glass.
D.Making 3 tons of new glass produces 1 ton of carbon emissions.
4.What does the author mean by saying the underlined sentence?
A.Recycling will disappear soon.
B.Companies will line up at your doorstep.
C.Recycling is a way to deal with your rubbish.
D.Companies won’t bother to collect discarded materials.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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If you’re making the film with other people, organize your cast and crew effectively. Make sure everybody knows their roles and what day and times they’re needed.
Give people specific jobs so they can become experts in their field. For example, a sound recordist listens to the sound through headphones as it’s being recorded, and holds an extra microphone if needed.
A camera operator frames the picture(取景), sets focus, checks the light and records the action. The editor “cuts” the picture together after it’s shot.
A producer is the contact point for the film. He or she makes sure crew and cast are there on time, talks to the press and organizes the budget.
A director has to make sure their vision is communicated. To do this everyone needs to be clear about what the director expects from each scene and each shot.
You may also need a make-up-artist, a choreographer, a driver, etc. However, you can quite easily make your first film on your own. Make a schedule that says which shots are to be taken where and when (this is called a shooting schedule) and when you’ve completed a take, cross it off the list. Remember that you may want to shoot “out of sequence”, e.g. shoot the last scene first, and the first last. Similarly if the film begins and ends by a tree in the park, it may make sense to film both scenes while you’re there.
If you’re making animation (动画片), have a space that you can control. You may need extra lights and you may need to leave work in progress. Make sure people living with you are aware what’s happening. Animation needs a lot of undisturbed concentration and patience. Keep at it and it’ll pay off. Aardman and Disney both started off at home experimenting with clay, pens and a camera.
1.From the first two paragraphs we can learn that ________.
A. every crew member is an expert in his field
B. careful preparations and arrangements are quite necessary
C. both the cast and crew must arrive at the same time every day
D. every person should have his equipment while working together
2.A director knows the purpose of each step of the work, but ________.
A. he needn’t tell others about that
B. other members just follow his orders
C. he must have it known and well understood by others
D. others may have their own ideas and special ways of working
3.To shoot a film, a shooting schedule must be fixed first ________.
A. but it may be crossed off if unnecessary
B. but you needn’t work exactly on it
C. and each step must be carried out according to it
D. and no one can change it once it is settled
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Visit the old man this afternoon? If you , make sure you wear sunscreens to protect your skin.
A. must B. can
C. may D. shall
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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If you’re secretly worried about your smartphone addiction, then the new NoPhone might be just the thing you need．It looks and feels exactly like a smartphone，but it does nothing．It's just a piece of plastic that you can carry around in your hand to fool yourself．
Dutch designer lngmar Larsen came up with the idea as a joke along with his two friends．To their great surprise，the idea received a lot of attention online and people from all over the world stated placing requests for NoPhones of their own．So that’s when the three friends decided to turn to collect enough fund for mass production．
NoPhone is currently a prototype(模型)that will cost only $12 once it hits the market．It is 5.5 inches high，2.6 inches wide and 0.29 inches thick, bringing it quite close to the latest smartphones on the market．It is described as“battery free”，“no upgrades necessary”，“shatterproof(抗震)”，“waterproof'’and“an alternative to constant hand-to-phone contact that allows you to stay connected with the real world”．
“Phone addiction is everywhere．”the designers insist．“It’s ruining your dates．It’s distracting you at concerts．It’s blocking sidewalks．Now，there is a real solution．With a thin．1ight and completely wireless design，the NoPhone acts as a substitute to any smart mobile device，enabling you to always have a phone to hold without giving up potential engagement with your direct environment．”
If you’re interested in NoPhone，but concerned about not being able to take selfies(自拍) anymore．Don’t feel upset．The makers do have an upgrade at no extra charge—the mirror sticker．That way，they say，you can enjoy‘real-time’selfies with your friends when they’re standing right behind you．
1.What can NoPhone do for people according to the text?
A．It is actually a new kind of real smartphone．
B．It can help us stay away from the real world．
C．It helps get rid of people’s smartphone addiction．
D．It’s just a piece of plastic and can do nothing．
2.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A．The size of Nophone．
B．The inventors of Nophone．
C．The material of Nophone．
D．A brief description of Nophone．
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A．NoPhone has received unexpected attention．
B．NoPhone can completely replace smartphones．
C．The designers have made lots of money from Nophone．
D．NoPhone is able to take selfies as smartphones do．
4.What type of writing is this passage?
A．A traveI guide． B．A scientific report．
C．A medical record． D．An official document．
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If you are planning a visit to Chicago, make sure you see the city best before you head back home.
Architecture
Chicago is home to some of the most fascinating architecture in the country. One of the oldest buildings in the city is the Water Tower, which was built in 1869. It is one of the structures to survive the Chicago Fire in 1871. It is a fascinating builging to see, and is nearby the Water Tower Place, which has great shopping. It’s a paradise for the young. Another stop must be the Willes Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower. Go to the top and walk out on the clear walkway to take a look straight down on the city. If you have the time, be sure to have dinner or a cocktail in the Signature Room on the 95th floor. Not only is the food great, but the views are breathtaking.
Boat Tours
If architecture is your thing, Wendella Boats offers a great architecture tour of Chicago. You can see some of the beautiful buildings from the Chicago River, which is a side of the buildings you don’t usually get to see. There are several other boat tours that are just great, too, and many will even take you from the river out to Lake Michigan where you can see the Chicago skyline at any time of day. These tours are great ways to gain knowledge of this spectacular city, and it’s also a funny way to rest your legs between walking tips.
Famous Pizza
You cannot come to Chicago without trying some famous, deepdish pizza. There are many places to get this delicious, thick pizza, but three stores stand out from the rest. Gino’s East, Giordano’s, and Lou Malnati’s are the best places to get authentic, Chicago-style, deep-dish pizza. Try it with all the toppings or just cheese, but be sure you try it at some point. Many think that much pizza and cheese seems disgusting, but don’t knock it till you try it. You might find a new favorite way of eating this Italian classic.
1.Water Tower Place is so popular among young people most probably because of ______.
A. its advantage of meeting his or her future partner
B. its amusement services and shopping advantages
C. there being many museums about art and literature
D. its importance in working as an unusual water tower now
2.While making a boat tour, you can ______.
A. see some beautiful buildings and even the Chicago skyline
B. draw the newly built architecture along the river
C. see how to gain knowledge in daily life
D. measure the length and width of the Chicago River
3.Why does the author advise visitors to try pizza in Chicago?.
A. Because its cheese comes from Italy.
B. Because the Chicago-style is really impressive.
C. Because there are so many chain stores from Italy.
D. Because its style is completly the same as that in Italy.
高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
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单词拼写
1.When you set off for your appointment, make a___________ for the traffic and make sure you are on time, or even a little bit early.
2.The newspapers thought his new invention was r_____________, and he could only sell about 12,000 of these vehicles.
3.For those who love natural r___________, it is possible to walk, sail or cross-country ski for hours.
4.This has caused some f__________ between Greece and Britain, as the Greek government has never given up asking for the return of these marble statues.
5.Many actors, actresses and models hold ordinary, less g____________ jobs, often working as waiters and waitresses, in order to support themselves.
6.The French Revolution led to f___________ changes throughout the country.
7.While my father is old now with gray hair and wrinkles, he still has a lot of d__________.
8.In the dream, a stone flew at the statue and s__________ it on the feet.
9.There is nothing a___________ about Australians’ love of sport.
10.In addition, we have two hours a week for writing essays and reports, two hours focusing on s _________ debating skills.
高三英语单词拼写中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Are you still worried about overcharging for your luggage over the weight limit? An " Airport Jacket" containing up to 15kg luggage is designed to help frequent flyers bypass(绕过) airport baggage queues, reduce baggage fees and really lower the risk of lost luggage.
" With airlines beginning to charge for carry - on baggage as well as severely limiting 10aggage allowances for the low fare economy traveler, my partner and I have designed a jacket that can wear your laptop, tablet, two pairs of shoes, a pair of jeans, five T - shirts, a jumper and a camera," designer Claire Murphy explains. "It totals 14 deep pockets, including 8 pockets at hip length, 11 pockets at three - quarter length and 14 pockets at full length. "
. Claire and Benke Murphy came up with the idea while traveling home with their newborn child. They had so much extra carry - on luggage that the airline tried to charge them $ 140 for it, more than the cost of their tickets. So they had to put clothes, chargers, diapers and toys into their pockets, until just over the weight limit. They escaped the tax, but everything sticking out of their pocket saw a pretty uncomfortable plane ride.
However, people have been raising questions about the usefulness of the Airport Jacket, especially the trouble of going through security checkpoints. They are arguing that having to take all out and then putting them back into the pockets is not worth the few tens of dollars you save on a checked luggage.
But Benke claims that walking through airport security is not an issue as long as you follow guidelines for carry - on luggage. " It only needs to be worn when checking in and at the boarding gate. What' s more, Airport security is not looking at how you store your luggage but checking its contents. "
Its makers are currently running a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, trying to raise $ AU100, 000. But they've only raised $ AU3, 675 so far, although they still have 37 days to go, so it's still hopeful And even if this fails, they may still find a way to get it to market.
1.What's the least possible benefit of using the Airport Jacket?
A. it may cut down on the luggage fees.
B. it may decrease the risk of losing luggage.
C. it may save the time of passing long queues.
D. it can guarantee you a comfortable flight service. .
2.What does the paragraph 3 mainly discuss about?
A. how much luggage the couple carried
B. how luckily the couple avoided overcharging
C. how the designers got their inspiration
D. how painful the couple's flying experience was
3.What can we infer from this passage?
A. The pockets of the 'Airport Jacket have 28 in total.
B. Not all regard the Airport Jacket as a perfect invention.
C. Crowdfunding is the best way to collect money you need.
D. Airports now begin to limit the number of economy travelers.
4.What will the author probably mention in the next paragraph?
A. Their kinds of anxiety and fear facing failure.
B. Their possible measures to market their product.
C. Their sharp and powerful attack against those opposed.
D. Their attempts to improve and enlarge the production capacity.
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Could your cellphone give you cancer? Whether it could or not，some people are worrying about the possibility that phones，powerlines and wi-fi could be responsible for a range of illnesses，from rashes to brain tumors.
For example，Camilla Rees，48，a former investment banker in the US，moved out of her apartment in San Francisco because of the radiation coming from next door．Rees told the Los Angeles Times that when her neighbors moved in and installed a wi-fi router she lost her ability to think clearly．“I would wake up dizzy in the morning．I’d fall to the floor．I had to leave to escape that nightmare，” she saiD． Since then，she’s been on a campaign against low-level electromagnetic fields，or EMFs（低频电磁场）.
And she’s not alone．Millions of people say they suffer from headaches，depression，nausea and rashes when they’re too close to cellphones or other sources of EMFs.
Although the World Health Organization has officially declared that EMFs seem to pose little threat，governments are still concerneD． In fact，last April，the European Parliament called for countries to take steps to reduce exposure to EMFs．The city of San Francisco and the state of Maine are currently considering requiring cancer-warning labels on cellphones.
If these fears are reasonable，then perhaps we should all be worried about the amount of time we spend talking on our phones or plugging into wi-fi hotpots.
Some say there is evidence to support the growing anxieties．David Carpenter，a professor of environmental health sciences at the University at Albany，in New York，thinks there’s a greater than 95% chance that power lines can cause childhood leukemiA． Also there’s a greater than 90% chance that cellphones can cause brain tumors.
But others believe these concerns are unreasonable paranoia (猜疑)．Dr．Martha Linet，the head of radiation epidemiology at the US National Cancer Institute，has looked at the same research as Carpenter but has reached a different conclusion．“I don’t support warning labels for cellphones，” said Linet．“We don’t have the evidence that there’s much danger.”
Studies so far suggest a weak connection between EMFs and illness — so weak that it might not exist at all．A multinational investigation of cellphones and brain cancer，in 13 countries outside the US，has been underway for several years．It’s funded in part by the European Union，in part by a cellphone industry group．
According to Robert Park，a professor of physics at the University of Maryland in the US，the magnetic waves aren’t nearly powerful enough to break apart DNA，which is now known threats，such as UV rays and X-rays，cause cancer.
Perhaps it’s just psychological．Some experts find that the electro-sensitivity syndrome seems to be similar to chemical sensitivity syndrome，which is a condition that’s considered to be psychological.
Whether EMFs are harmful or not，a break in the countryside，without the cellphone，would probably be good for all of us.
高三英语填空题中等难度题查看答案及解析
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The older your parents get, the less stable they are on their feet, so you need to make sure that their home is as easy to walk around as possible. One of the most important rooms that needs to be accessible is the bathroom.1. In this article, we are going to give you some tips on how you can make your bathroom more accessible.
One of the best ways to make your bathroom more accessible is to fix some rails or handles.2. Rails can also be added near the shower and in other places in the bathroom to make the whole room a lot more accessible.
It is hard to predict how much your parents are going to be able to walk when they are older, so you need to make sure that you are thinking about the future. 3. If they need to use a wheelchair then they will find that with small entrances, they won’t be able to get the wheelchair through.
4. This is because as they get older, their eyesight can start to worsen and so they need a little more light to be able to see things. Think about fixing some overhead lighting as well as lights beside important things in the bathroom. This will help to prevent any sort of trips or falls and they will be able to feel a lot safer when they are using your bathroom in the future.
Are you planning on making your parents’ home a lot more accessible in order to prepare for the future?5.
A.Get advice from the experts.
B.This room can be very slippery.
C.Don’t ignore the lighting in their bathroom.
D.Keep reading if you want your parents to be more accessible.
E.Try out some of the tips that we have given you in this article.
F.This is why you need to think about making the doors in their home a lot wider.
G.These give them something to hold onto when your parents get up and down from the toilet.
高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
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If you are a modern art lover, you should be sure to drop by the Saatchi Gallery during your visit to London．The original gallery was by Charles Saatchi, a British art collector for founding the Saatchi and Saatchi advertising agency with his brother．It moved from its old in St．John’s Wood to its new home in County Hall near the Thames in the spring of 2003.
Anyone who has heard in the past of the often shocking but always inspiring works on at the Saatchi Gallery will not be when visiting the gallery’s new location．Along with the of new British artists, the gallery still the works of Damien Hirst, the Chapman brothers, and Tracy Emin in its permanent .
Of the artworks, one can see in the Saatchi Gallery, Hirst’s works are probably the most ．Hirst’s work first made headlines in the early 1990s when he art from dead animals.
Along with Hirst, the Chapman brothers, Dinos and Jake, also a certain amount of their fame to the Saatchi Gallery．It was through Saatchi these two brothers came to public attention．At the gallery, visitors can see the brothers’ vision of Hell, made from 30, 000 plastic toy soldiers.
Another artist featured at the gallery who has grabbed with her art is Tracy Emin．In 1998, Emin gave to argument when she sold her messy, unmade bed to Saatchi as a work of art My Bed at ￡150, 000.
Are any of these works really art? That is a question you will have to answer for when you visit the Saatchi Gallery．Charles Saatchi himself says, “I don’t have any ground rules for art．Sometimes you look and don’t feel very with it—but that doesn’t tell you very much．It doesn’t reveal much about the quality of the work.”
1.A． repaired B． opened C． built D． rented
2.A． keen B． suitable C． eager D． famous
3.A． location B． history C． city D． society
4.A． concerts B． reports C． rumors D． advice
5.A． store B． board C． display D． sale
6.A． addicted B． interested C． disappointed D． worried
7.A． business B． story C． exhibits D． tradition
8.A． produces B． publishes C． revises D． includes
9.A． collection B． station C． memory D． basement
10.A． ready-made B． well-known C． well-prepared D． easy-going
11.A． copied B． created C． invented D． discovered
12.A． devote B． suggest C． bring D． owe
13.A． when B． why C． that D． while
14.A． headlines B． position C． advantages D． occupations
15.A． way B． rise C． anxiety D． hope
16.A． adapted B． written C． referred D． titled
17.A． yourself B． it C． them D． one
18.A． praising B． judging C． appreciating D． studying
19.A． surprised B． confused C． comfortable D． acceptable
20.A． necessarily B． exactly C． completely D． likely
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