I know that half of ____ I spend _____ is was...

I know that half of ____ I spend _____ is wasted.

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There is a small but growing movement in America of households that want to reduce waste to zero. Zero Wasters, as they are called, help each other by sharing advice on blogs and social media. A number of people also have written recent books on the subject.

Bea Johnson is author of Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life. She said, “It may be too extreme for some people, but even if you can cut your trash down by even 20 percent, you’ll gain 80 percent of the benefits, like saving time and money for experiences instead of shopping for unnecessary stuff. It’s about a simpler life based on being, not having.”

Johnson said that reducing shopping means her family has more money for fun vacations. She said her family buys recycled things also. All their clothing, for example, comes from used clothing stores. She says that has reduced her household spending by 40 percent.

“We can get most brands on eBay and request that they be sent to us without any non-recyclable packaging,” she said.

Zero Wasters like to talk about five “R’s”: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot. The first “R” stands for refuse. They refuse containers and plastic straws at restaurants. To this end, they either ask to use their own containers or request that things like food be wrapped in paper. Zero Wasters also seek to reduce the number of things they buy. They reuse household goods and recycle materials. They also try to compost, or rot, food material that can be used to enrich soil.

Amy Korst is another most popular writer in the zero waste movement. She wrote the book Zero Waste Lifestyle: Live Well by Throwing Away Less. She noted that once food is buried under plastics and other things in, for example, a landfill, it no longer composts as it normally would. She said that is why it is so important to cut down on using things made out of plastic and separate things that can be broken down from other trash. She recommended residents to contact the local sanitation department in understanding how to recycle. Officials there will be able to advise about what can be recycled and how to do it.

1.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 most probably implies that ____________.

A. Zero Wasters’ goal of producing no trash is hard to reach

B. it’s a primitive life depending on nature rather than people

C. Zero Wasters emphasize a rich spiritual life based on basic needs

D. the new lifestyle sought by Zero Wasters will make people richer

2.What does Paragraph 5 talk about?

A. Reasons why Zero Wasters try to reduce trash.

B. Contributions Zero Wasters have already made.

C. Problems that Zero Wasters face in their daily life.

D. Actions that Zero Wasters take to achieve their goal.

3.What does Amy Korst think of the zero waste movement?

A. She opposes spending more money for fun experiences.

B. She believes a landfill is an ideal place for food wastes.

C. She advocates using less plastics and garbage classification.

D. She holds that many people are ignorant about recycling.

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Most spending that results in debt is like a drug: a quick hit of pleasure that ______, only to drag you down for years to come.

A.takes off B.wears off C.sets off D.shows off

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What's your opinion of Mr．Li's request that we ______ spend half an hour reading English aloud every morning?

A．would      　 B．should     　            C．must           　　　D．could

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(2013·江西十所重点中学第一次联考)What's your opinion of Mr Li's request that we ________ spend half an hour reading English aloud every morning?

A．must      B．would

C．should      D．could

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For most of us, work is the central, dominating fact of life. We spend more than half our conscious hours at work, preparing for work, traveling to and from work. What we do there largely determines our standard of living and our status to a considerable extent. It is sometimes said that because leisure has become more important, the injustices of work can be pushed into a corner, and that because most work is pretty intolerable, the people who do it should compensate for its boredom, frustrations and humiliations by concentrating their hopes on the other parts of their lives. For the foreseeable future, however, the material and psychological rewards which work can provide will continue to play a vital part in determining the satisfaction that life can offer.

Yet only a small minority can control the pace at which they work or the conditions where their work is done; only for a small minority does work offer scope for creativity, imagination or initiative.

Inequality at work is still one of the most glaring (明显的) forms of inequality in our society. We cannot hope to solve the more obvious problems of industrial life, many of which arise from the frustrations created by inequality at work, unless we handle it determinedly.

The most glaring inequality is that between managers and the rest. For most managers, work is an opportunity and a challenge. Their jobs engage their interest and allow them to develop their abilities. They are constantly learning. They are able to exercise responsibility. They have a considerable degree of control over their own and others’ working lives. Most important of all, they have opportunities to initiate. By contrast, for most manual workers, work is a boring, dull, even painful experience. They spend all their working lives in intolerable conditions. The majority have little control over their work. It provides them with no opportunity for personal development. Many jobs are so routine that workers feel themselves to be mere cogs (齿轮) in the bureaucratic machine. As a direct consequence of their work experience, many workers feel alienated (疏远) from their work and their firm.

1.In the writer’s opinion, people judge others mainly by ________.

A.the type of work they do B.the place where they work

C.the time they spend at work D.the amount of money they earn

2.According to the writer, to solve problems in an industrial society, we ________.

A.should create more working opportunities for the poor

B.have to get rid of the unequal aspects in work

C.had better cancel all managing positions in a company

D.should encourage the manual workers to promote efficiency

3.What advantage does the writer say managers have over workers?

A.They won’t be out of work.

B.They get time off to learn constantly.

C.They can work at what interests them.

D.They have complete control over themselves.

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He wants to spend half of his weekend practicing the violin and ____ half learning English．What’s your plan for the weekend?

A．others                 B．another                C．other’s                D．the other

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He wants to spend half of his weekend practicing the violin and ____ half learning English. What’s your plan for the weekend?

A. others             B. another                    C. other’s                     D. the other

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I used to spend the second half of Sunday fearing Monday morning. Over the years, little tweaks to my routine and changes in my ideas have changed things to the point that I am in the “I Love Mondays” camp. Here’s what I’ve found that works:

Consider Sunday nights your warm-up for Monday. Get everything you need for the morning ready to go. If mornings are a struggle… give it a try at least for Mondays and see if it makes a difference. Once that’s done, consider a special “Sunday Night Only” calming down ritual (惯例). It might be tea and a favorite TV show, or it might be a long hot bath and reading until you’re ready for sleep. Whatever it is, enjoy this Monday morning warm-up, and consider sleeping a little earlier than you’re used to, in order to help with the second step.

One of my favorite parts of the weekend is sleeping in and waking up when I’m ready instead of fighting with the alarm for “Just five more minutes!” Sleeping a little early on Sunday night can help with getting up a little early on Monday morning — not to pack more into your morning to-do list, but to give yourself time to take it slowly. When you have a little extra time in the morning, you can gently settle into the day and keep that weekend feeling of ease as you start your new week.

Find a theme for the week. Every Monday, I post an inspiring quote or saying. These are intentional! Each week, as part of my Sunday night calming down time, I consider what I’d like to focus on in the coming week, and look for a quote that’s a good fit to strengthen it.

What are you excited about for the new week? What problem-solving opportunities do you have? What’s been hanging over your head undone from last week? During your preparation time on Sunday night, think about the week ahead and mark a few things that you want to get done and can reasonably accomplish. If possible, schedule at least one of them for Monday, so you’ve started your week off feeling successful, instead of feeling like there’s a mountain of tasks ahead of you. The work is the same either way, but our attitudes are always within our control.

When you are intentionally creating a life you love, Mondays begin to feel less like drudgery (单调乏味的苦差事), and more like a beautiful start!

1.The underlined word “tweaks” is the nearest in meaning to _________.

A.mistakes B.adjustments

C.encouragements D.problems

2.You had better start Monday morning _________.

A.with some morning exercises

B.with a morning to-do list

C.by getting thing ready on Sunday nights

D.by getting up early to do more things

3.What’s the benefit of getting up early enough on Monday morning?

A.It can help you get to your office and start work in time.

B.You can have enough time to make a to-do list for the week.

C.You can have enough time to sit with your tea or coffee.

D.It can make you feel the weekend feeling a little longer by starting slowly.

4.What does the author want to indicate in Para.5?

A.Be confident to solve the problems.

B.Look for opportunities for the week.

C.Positive attitude means a happy Monday.

D.Arrange your tasks well for the week.

5.What might be the best title for this passage?

A.How to Love Your Mondays B.How Do You Spend Mondays

C.Troublesome Monday Disease D.Monday Morning Warm Up

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The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke

Most people know that cigarette smoking is harmful to their health. Scientific research shows that it causes many kinds of diseases. 　　 1.　　 However, Edward Gilson has lung cancer, and he has never smoked cigarettes. He lives with his wife, Evelyn, who has smoked about a pack of cigarettes a day throughout their marriage. The Gilsons have been married for 35 years.

No one knows for sure why Mr. Gilson has lung cancer. However, doctors believe that secondhand smoke may cause lung cancer in people who do not smoke because nonsmokers often breathe in the smoke from other people’s cigarettes.　 _2.　　 The US Environmental Protection Agency reports that about 53, 000 people die in the United States each year as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke.

The smoke that comes from a lit cigarette contains many different poisonous chemicals. In the past, scientists did not think that these chemicals could harm a nonsmoker’s health.　 　　 3.　　 They discovered that even nonsmokers had unhealthy amounts of these toxic (有毒的) chemicals in their bodies. 　　 4.　　 For example, we cannot avoid secondhand smoke in restaurants, hotels and other public places. Even though many public places have nonsmoking areas, smoke flows in from the areas where smoking is permitted. It is even harder for children to avoid secondhand smoke. In the United States, nine million children under the age of five live in homes with at least one smoker.

Research shows that children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are sick more often than children who live in homes where no one smokes and that the children of smokers are more than twice as likely to develop lung cancer when they are adults as the children of nonsmokers. The risk is even higher for children who live in homes where both parents smoke.

5. 　 As a result, they have passed laws which prohibit people from smoking in many public places.

A. Recently, though, scientists changed their opinion after they studied a large group of nonsmokers.

B. As a matter of fact, almost all of US breathe tobacco smoke at times, whether we realize it or not.

C. In fact, many people who smoke get lung cancer.

D. However, secondhand smoke is dangerous to all people, old or young.

E. People are becoming very aware of the dangers of secondhand smoke.

F. This smoke is called secondhand smoke.

G. Many people, including doctors, parents, teachers, and others, are concerned about the health risks of cigarette smoking.

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