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In an effort to discourage people from using plastics, scientists have been hard at work inventing alternative packaging products.
The idea of using seaweed（海草） to make eco-friendly water bottles has been around for a few years. Recently, Ari Jonsson took his invention—a water bottle made from red seaweed—to show off at a festival. The bottles will only hold their shape as long as they are filled. As soon as these bottles are empty they will begin to break down, though they would be perfectly safe to eat. Ari Jonsson's bottles are a step closer to a widely used alternative to the current plastic ones.
The eatable water container is not the only product to add to our image of the future. Narayana Pessapaty has also created eatable spoons. After the success of his
spoons, Mr. Pessapaty is ready to expand and introduce forks and chopsticks to his menu. His aim is to largely reduce the amount of plastic waste, which is a huge problem for waste sites all over the world, It is a product that may take up t0 500 years to break down, and recycling companies worldwide are struggling to deal with it.
Aside from the obvious benefits to the environment, this new packaging is also cheap to produce and therefore cheap to buy. Even better is the fact that similar eatable cutlery can be made at home, possibly a science project for children or just fun with friends. Why not experiment and create your own recipes?
1.Why do scientists invent alternative packaging products?
A. To make people's life more convenient.
B. To show off their inventive talents.
C. To change the way we picnic outside.
D. To reduce the amount of plastic waste.
2.What makes Art Jonsson's water bottles eco-friendly?
A. They can be made at home.
B. They are cheap to produce and buy.
C. They will hold their shape when they are filled.
D. They will break down themselves when empty.
3.What do Ari and Narayana's inventions have in common?
A. They are convenient to carry.
B. They are safe to eat.
C. They can be used for a short time.
D. They are heavier than plastics.
4.What can be inferred from this passage?
A. Home-made eatable cutlery is likely to be popular.
B. Eatable cutlery will completely replace plastics in the near future.
C. No recycling companies can break down plastic waste.
D. It's unsafe for individuals to invent eatable cutlery at home.
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In an effort to discourage people from using plastics, scientists have been hard at work inventing alternative packaging products.
The idea of using seaweed（海草） to make eco-friendly water bottles has been around for a few years. Recently, Ari Jonsson took his invention—a water bottle made from red seaweed—to show off at a festival. The bottles will only hold their shape as long as they are filled. As soon as these bottles are empty they will begin to break down, though they would be perfectly safe to eat. Ari Jonsson's bottles are a step closer to a widely used alternative to the current plastic ones.
The eatable water container is not the only product to add to our image of the future. Narayana Pessapaty has also created eatable spoons. After the success of his spoons, Mr. Pessapaty is ready to expand and introduce forks and chopsticks to his menu. His aim is to largely reduce the amount of plastic waste, which is a huge problem for waste sites all over the world. It is a product that may take up to 500 years to break down, and recycling companies worldwide are struggling to deal with it.
Aside from the obvious benefits to the environment, this new packaging is also cheap to produce and therefore cheap to buy. Even better is the fact that similar eatable cutlery can be made at home, possibly a science project for children or just fun with friends. Why not experiment and create your own recipes?
1.Why do scientists invent alternative packaging products?
A. To make people's life more convenient.
B. To show off their inventive talents.
C. To change the way we picnic outside.
D. To reduce the amount of plastic waste.
2.What makes Art Jonsson's water bottles eco-friendly?
A. They can be made at home.
B. They are cheap to produce and buy.
C. They will hold their shape when they are filled.
D. They will break down themselves when empty.
3.What do Ari and Narayana's inventions have in common?
A. They are convenient to carry.
B. They are safe to eat.
C. They can be used for a short time.
D. They are heavier than plastics.
4.What can be inferred from this passage?
A. Home-made eatable cutlery is likely to be popular.
B. Eatable cutlery will completely replace plastics in the near future.
C. No recycling companies can break down plastic waste.
D. It's unsafe for individuals to invent eatable cutlery at home.
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The president of Haiti said on TV that people in country were making an effort to bring end to poverty.
A．a; / B．the ; the C．the; an D．/; an
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Thousands of people online are involved in efforts to help an 8-year-old, cancer-stricken (患癌症) boy from the United States to realize his dream. Dorian Murray of Westerly, Rhode Island, has been receiving ________ from around the world in recent days.
Dorian has been ________ cancer since he was 4. ________ the disease had been brought under control after a series of ________ treatments, a medical checkup early this month found that cancer cells (细胞) had ________ to the boy’s brain. The family decided to _________treatment.
Dorian then told his father that before going to heaven, he wanted to be ________ in China because it had the Great Wall, which he called” a bridge for people to walk on”. The ________ between the boy and his father was posted on Facebook, where it was ________ and commented upon by thousands of Internet users, including many from China.
Some responded with ________ taken at the Great Wall in Beijing, in which they held signs with words of ________, reading “D-Strong” and “You are very famous in China.” Some left messages below the post, saying “I hope you will ________ soon.” Or “We are delighted to make your dream come true.”
Dorian’s mother wrote that she was ________ and deeply moved by the responses to Dorian’s ________. “Dorian has brought so much inspiration to people around the world! I couldn’t be more ________ my son.” she said.
1.A.responses B.letters C.gifts D.invitations
2.A.avoiding B.attacking C.treating D.fighting
3.A.When B.Although C.Once D.Since
4.A.painful B.disappointing C.perfect D.simple
5.A.climbed B.rose C.spread D.rushed
6.A.receive B.change C.stop D.check
7.A.excellent B.successful C.brave D.famous
8.A.conversation B.relationship C.quarrel D.difference
9.A.questioned B.shared C.copied D.enjoyed
10.A.books B.notes C.photos D.newspapers
11.A.happiness B.kindness C.encouragement D.agreement
12.A.finish B.leave C.return D.recover
13.A.amazed B.upset C.confused D.speechless
14.A.performance B.disease C.imagination D.request
15.A.satisfied with B.proud of C.interested in D.confident about
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People from the West like to use such expressions as “please” and “thank you” in cases ______ some people in Asia may not think it necessary.
A. what B. which C. that D. where
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The bed should be used as a place for sleep, but more and more people like to read an iPad a lot in bed before they go to sleep.
Charles Czeisler, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and his coworkers got a small group of people for an experiment. For five days in a row, these people read either a paper book or an iPad for four hours before sleep. Their sleep patterns were monitored all night. Before and after each trial period, they took hourly blood tests to paint a day-long picture of just how much melatonin(褪黑激素) was in their blood at any time.
When the people read the iPad as compared to the paper books, they felt less sleepy at night and less active the following morning. People also took longer to fall asleep on the iPad nights, and the blood tests showed that their melatonin secretion(分泌) was delayed by an hour and a half.
The researchers concluded that because of the rise of e-readers and the widespread use of e-things among children and teenagers, more research into the "long-term influence of these e-things on health and safety is urgently needed." Czeisler and coworkers went on, in the research paper, to point out that reading an iPad in bed may increase cancer risk.
However, software has been developed that can reduce some of the blue light from the screens of phones and computers, and there are also glasses that are made to reduce short wavelengths. While they seem like a logic solution for the nighttime tech users, it needs more research.
1.In Charles Czeisler's experiment, the group of people were asked to_______.
A.sit in a row and receive the strict tests
B.have their sleep patterns observed all night
C.read a paper book and an iPad before sleep
D.have their blood tested per hour during the trial
2.The third paragraph tells us the iPad readers were likely to_______.
A.feel less sleepy and tired in the day
B.fall asleep more easily after reading
C.become less energetic the next morning
D.have a lot more melatonin secretion
3.The special software recently developed can _______.
A.reduce the blue light from the screens completely
B.help prevent eyes being harmed by short wavelengths
C.reduce the harm caused by doing nighttime e-reading
D.be used in all the e-things widely and safely
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.No e-reading in bed before sleep
B.New software for night e-readers
C.Wrong things to do before bedtime
D.No games on iPad in bed
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In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.
It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.
At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.
Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator(管理人员) was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.
1.What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?
A. To honor heroes of World War II.
B. To introduce young theatre groups.
C. To attract great artists from Europe.
D. To bring Europe together again.
2.Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?
A. They came to take up a challenge.
B. They thought they were also famous.
C. They wanted to take part in the festival.
D. They owned a public house there.
3.Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared?
A. University students
B. Artists from around the world
C. Performers of music and dance
D. Popular writers
4.We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival .
A. has gone beyond an art festival
B. gives shows all year round
C. keeps growing rapidly
D. has become a non-official event
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In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The ida was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.
It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.
At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.
Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator(管理人员) was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries . More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.
1.What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?
A. To honor heroes of World War II
B. To introduce young theatre groups
C. To attract great artists from Europe
D. To bring Europe together again
2.Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?
A. They came to take up a challenge
B. They thought they were also famous.
C. They wanted to take part in the festival
D. They owned a public house there
3.Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared?
A. University students
B. Artists from around the world
C. Performers of music and dance
D. Popular writers
4.We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival .
A. has gone beyond an art festival
B. gives shows all year round
C. keeps growing rapidly
D. has become a non-official event
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A company in San Francisco, California, has found a way to turn used plastic bottles into women’s shoes.
Every day, millions of Americans drink water and other liquids from plastic bottles. More than 60 million of them are thrown away each day. Many of the plastic bottles end up in landfills or are burned with other waste products.
A San Francisco start-up company called Rothy’s, however, turns this plastic waste into environmentally friendly shoes. Rothy Martin is the company’s co-founder. He explains how they turn plastic into soft material for your feet. They take the plastic, clean it, and break it down into small pieces. Then they press it through a device that makes soft fibers. Those fibers are then combined, or knit together. This is done by a three-dimensional knitting machine. It is designed to reduce waste while making the shoes.
The knitted fabric and the inner part of the shoes are then attached to the shoes’ outer part, called the sole. This outer sole is also made from environmentally friendly material: responsibly sourced no-carbon rubber.
Rothy’s shoes are sold online. They are flat shoes, with either a rounded or pointed toe. They come in different colors and designs. They cost either $125 or $145 per pair, depending on the design.
After American actress Gwyneth Paltrow discovered them last year, the demand for the shoes grew.
Martin says there is no shortage of material to fill that demand. “We’re not going to run out of water bottles any time soon. So we have an infinite supply of material, and I think that bodes well for our future. ”
When the environmentally friendly shoes wear out, customers can return them at no cost to a company that uses the recycled materials to make other products.
For now, the shoes are only available to be shipped in the United States. However, the company says it will add international shipping in the near future.
1.Which one is the right procedure of making shoes?
①pressing small pieces
②breaking down clean plastic bottles
③knitting together
④cleaning plastic bottles
⑤attaching the knitted fabric, the inner part and the outer part
A. ①②③④⑤ B. ④②③①⑤
C. ④②①③⑤ D. ②①③④⑤
2.Why did Rothy’s use a three-dimensional knitting machine to make shoes?
A. Because it is easy to operate.
B. Because it is cheaper than other machines.
C. Because it is productive.
D. Because it can reduce waste when making the shoes.
3.What can be learned from the passage?
A. This kind of shoes are sold in the shop.
B. The shoes are environmentally friendly.
C. Customers can return them with little money to a company.
D. The shoes are available in the world.
4.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. How to recycle plastic bottles
B. Recycled bottles find newlife on women’s feet
C. How a new kind of shoes became a hit
D. How to make environmentally friendly shoes
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______ reduce pollution，the government has made a policy to restrict the use of plastic bags in some areas．
| A．In order that | B．So as to | C．So that | D．In order to |
spoons, Mr. Pessapaty is ready to expand and introduce forks and chopsticks to his menu. His aim is to largely reduce the amount of plastic waste, which is a huge problem for waste sites all over the world, It is a product that may take up t0 500 years to break down, and recycling companies worldwide are struggling to deal with it.