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That wasWWW.K**S*858$$U.COM a ______ threat: she meant to annoy you.

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That was a ______ threat: she meant to annoy you．

A．calculating        B．calculated           C．calculation          D．calculate

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That was a ______ threat: she meant to annoy you.

A. calculating        B. calculated                   C. calculation                  D. calculate

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Jane is nice but she has a ______ to talk too much.

A.trend B.tendency C.tension D.threat

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To be clear, plastic bags are rightly thought of as a threat that's harmful to human health. According to the National Resources Defense Council, over a decade ago, the average American family took home almost 1,500 plastic shopping bags a year, filling our cabinets, kitchen drawers, and landfills (垃圾填埋场). Today the numbers are slightly better: According to National Geographic, as of 2018, shoppers in the United States use almost one plastic bag per resident per day.

This is not a story on the evil of plastics, but on whether the reusable bag can justify its existence. Although more environmentally friendly than traditional single-use plastic bags, reusable bags, depending on what they are made of, are more energy-intensive (耗能) to recycle.

According to a report by the United Nations Environment Program, “depending on what they are made of, reusable bags might have to be deconstructed in a costly recycling process to separate the different materials. As a result, in many cases, reusable bags are not recycled." That means despite the best intentions, millions of reusable bags designed to replace the need for traditional plastic shopping bags, will also end up in landfills.

Another point to consider, not all reusable bags are equal in terms of their recyclability. There are a wide range of reusable bag options on the market, and reusable bags tend to be made of more than one material to give the bag added reinforcement (耐用) and added street fashion. On a life cycle basis, stronger, heavier bags-no matter what material they are made of-will have a more severe environmental effect. That's because heavier bags use more resources to produce as well as distribute.

Just like plastic bags did, reusable bags multiply rapidly. Used for promotional (促销的)purposes and marketing of all kinds, reusable bags' growing popularity means bags that have been used very little (or not at all) can be found piled in streets, in garbage cans in city parks, and basically everywhere. Therefore, consumers have come to see them as disposable, defeating their very purpose.

In the end, the best practice for reusable bags is to have no half measures: Either use them all the time or don't use them at all. Using a reusable bag once or twice, and then throwing it away, doesn't do the environment any favors.

1.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Plastic bags are refused by environmentalists.

B.Shops in America have limited the use of plastic bags.

C.The need of strong and fashionable reusable bags is more than the supply.

D.Reusable bags demand more resources to produce and recycle than expected.

2.The words “very purpose" in Paragraph 6 refer to the intention of __________.

A.being left in landfills

B.being used as much as possible

C.replacing plastic bags

D.promoting goods on the market

3.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.How to Recycle Reusable Bags

B.Disadvantages of Plastic Bags

C.Reusable Bags? Think Twice!

D.Plastic Bags, Less Popular?

4.Which of the following shows the development of ideas in the passage?

I: Introduction　　 CP: Central Point　　 P: Point　　 Sp: Sub-point (次要点)　　 C: Conclusion

A. B.

C. D.

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Market analysts in the United States have recently been quoted as saying that the biggest threat to the luxury (奢侈品) industry in the US is the tech industry. This is according to an article by fellow journalist Ashley Lutz. Her suggestion is sound. The main idea of her article is that products from Tiffany & Co. find their biggest competition not from other luxury brands but from companies like Apple. Lutz points out that luxury products are often only for “show,” while the attraction behind tech products is functionality.

You find few people in the United States today willing to purchase luxury goods at full price. It didn’t use to be that way. Luxury goods used to be actually exclusive. That meant you needed to travel to the right store to purchase them, and you didn’t even have the option of getting a deal.

Today, no one wants to pay full price for luxury goods. People have the unfortunate belief that fakes (赝品) somehow are equal to originals, and if you can’t get a deal on eBay, Amazon, or in an outlet store, purchasing a luxury product probably isn’t worth it. Luxury brands struggle to remain high-end (高档的) images despite the reality that the American consumer is motivated much more by discounts than they are by brand names or image.

Yet people stand in line to pay full price for a new product from Apple and crowds gather to hear about a new smart phone. While electronics are updating every day, people are purchasing technology at full prices much more than they are purchasing luxury goods. What are high-tech makers doing right that luxury makers are pitifully failing at?

Carefully looking at the situation, it would appear as if the Internet didn’t hurt the luxury industry, expectation from the consumers did. What people want these days more than anything is stuff that does something. They want cars that drive, shoes that are comfortable, games that are fun to play, screens that are beautiful to look at, tools that are useful, and entertainment that is entertaining. Little of that fits into what the luxury industry has typically offered with its status, image, and fine materials. The sad reality is that luxury products aren’t that luxury any more.

1.What does this passage mainly talk about?

A. Nobody likes luxury goods any more.

B. Tech products become the new “luxury goods”.

C. Luxury goods are of poor quality nowadays.

D. Iphones have taken the place of luxury products.

2. The underlined word “exclusive” in paragraph 2 means _______.

A. easy to sell

B. low in price

C. hard to find

D. unique and with no bargain

3.What do people pay most attention to nowadays?

A. The function of products.

B. The images of luxuries.

C. The Internet service.

D. The expectation from the consumers.

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An energy watchdog is alarmed about the threat to the environment from the increasing electricity needs of gadgets（小装置）like MP3 players, mobile phones and flat screen TVs.

In a report today, the Paris-based International Energy Agency says new electronic gadgets will be three times their energy consumption by 2030 to 1,700 terawatt hours（千瓦时）, which is equal to today's home electricity consumption of the United States and Japan combined.

The world would have to build around 200 new nuclear power plants just to power all the TVs, iPods, PCs and other home electronics expected to be plugged in by 2030,when the global electric bill to power them will rise to $200 billion a year, the agency said.

“Consumer electronics is the fastest growing area and the area with the least amount of policies in place to control energy efficiency, ” said Paul Waide, a senior policy analyst at the agency.

Electronic gadgets already account for about 15 percent of household electric consumption, a share that is rising rapidly as the number of these gadgets multiplies. Last year, the world spent $80 billion on electricity to power all these household electronics, the energy agency said.

“ Most of the increase in consumer electronics will be in developing countries, where economic growth is the fastest and ownership rates of gadgets are the lowest , ”Waide said.

“This will jeopardize efforts to increase energy security and reduce the amount of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.” the agency said. Existing technologies could cut down gadgets’energy consumption by more than 30 percent at no cost or by more than 50 percent at a small cost, the agency estimates, meaning total greenhouse gas emissions（排放） from households’electronic gadgets could be held stable（稳定的） at around 500 million tons of CO2 per year.

1. How many terawatt hours did the energy consumption of new electronic gadgets reach?

A. Nearly l, 700.　　 B. Nearly 600.

C. About 200.　　　　　 D. About 60.

2. What is the condition in the area of consumer electronics?

A. There are a lot of rules to control the market.

B. There are few policies to control energy efficiency.

C. There are few choices for the customers.

D. There are lots of regulations to protect consumers' rights.

3. The underlined word “jeopardize” in the last paragraph probably means “________　 ”.

A. harm　　　　　　 B. inspire

C. strengthen　　 D. encourage

4. We can know from the last paragraph that existing technologies ___________.

A. are able to control gadgets’energy consumption

B. could do nothing about gadgets’ energy consumption

C. could only cut down gadgets’ energy consumption by 30 percent

D. cut down gadgets’energy consumption at great cost

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Sarah wrote a letter to Annie, saying that she felt __31__ by her friend, Hannah. They had an exam recently and Sarah got the __32___ grade in the class. When washing hands with Hannah, Sarah __33__ that she did badly in the exam and __34__ her not to tell anyone else. However, the next day, some other students got to know the news. Sarah thought it was Hannah who didn’t keep her __35__ because the only people who can see their grades are the teacher and the students that the grades __36__ to. But when Sarah talked about it with Hannah, she __37__ that she hadn’t told anyone else and said that someone must have been __38__ on what they said. But Sarah didn’t __39 __ her, and could not __40__ her for doing that and lying. Sarah lost her best friend.

1.A. sad       B. happy      C. annoyed      D. betrayed

2.A. highest    B. worst      C. lowest        D. best

3.A. admitted   B. swore      C. promised     D. thought

4.A. ordered    B. begged     C. suggested    D. asked

5. A. news      B. secret      C. word        D. things

6.A. use       B. belong      C. gave        D. thanks

7.A. swore     B. thought     C. advised      D. promised

8.A. putting    B. keeping     C. focusing     D. spying

9.A. hear      B. believe      C. ask         D. like

10.A. believe    B. trust        C. forgive      D. understand

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_____she become an artist may have been due to her father”s influence.

A,what       B,how      C,that        D,when

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―Is that Miss Liu having dinner over there?

―It________be her. She has gone to New York for an important business meeting.

A. mustn't                        B. needn't             C. can't                         D. shouldn't

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