I went on line to check if my pay was in my bank account（账户）. To my amazement I discovered that not only had I been paid, but a company I’d never worked for had also paid me! I know I would have been beside myself (情绪失控) if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person. Easier said than done.
The bank couldn’t help as it “wasn’t a bank problem.” The human-resource department at the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully I had a sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company “Daniel” worked for.
I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error. He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank, but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.
We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me. Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his. I never had any intention of keeping Daniel’s pay but red tape（繁琐手续）made it difficult to do the right thing. It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do — admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.
1.What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?
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A．He didn’t know what to do with it. |
B．He felt lucky to get it. |
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C．He thought of keeping it for himself. |
D．He wanted to return it to the right person. |
2. How was the problem solved in the end?
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A．The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves. |
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B．It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money. |
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C．The author gave the money back to the company. |
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D．The call operator offered to solve their problem. |
3.From the passage we can infer that _________.
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A．the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape |
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B．some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules |
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C．Daniel didn’t know the error until he contacted the author |
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D．it was easy for a company to have a mistake which had occurred fixed |
“People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help deal with climate change,” the world’s leading authority on global warming has told The Observer.
Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further.
Pachauri, who was re-elected the panel’s chairman for a second six-year term last week, said diet change was important because of the huge greenhouse gas emissions (排放) and other environmental problems associated with raising cattle and other animals. “It was relatively easy to change eating habits compared to changing means of transport,” he said.
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. These are produced during the production. For example, ruminants (反刍动物), particularly cows, give off a gas called methane, which is 23 times more effective as a global warming agent than CO2.
Pachauri can expect some opposite responses from the food industry to his advice, though last night he was given unexpected support by Masterchef presenter and restaurateur John Torode. “I have a little bit and enjoy it,” said Torode. “Too much for any person is bad. But there’s a bigger issue here: where the meat comes from. If we all bought British and stopped buying imported food, we’d save a huge amount of carbon emissions.”
Professor Robert Watson, the chief scientific adviser for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, said government could help educate people about the benefits of eating less meat, but it should not regulate. “Eating less meat would help, there’s no question about that,” Watson said.
However, Chris Lamb, head of marketing for pig industry group BPEX, said the meat industry had been unfairly targeted and was working hard to find out which activities had the biggest environmental impact and reduce them. “Some ideas were contradictory,” he said. “For example, one solution to emissions from cattle and other animals was to keep them indoors, but this would damage animal welfare. Climate change is a very young science and our view is there are a lot of simple solutions being proposed.”
1.What is directly related to global warming?
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A．Consumption of meat. |
B．Growth of cattle. |
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C．Methane from ruminants. |
D．Processing of meat. |
2.Who holds a view opposite to the others’ in the passage?
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A．Rajendra Pachauri. |
B．John Torode. |
C．Robert Watson. |
D．Chris Lamb. |
3.It is implied in the passage that _____.
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A．we should try to keep away from cattle |
B．ruminants should not be left outdoors |
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C．the meat industry will soon close down |
D．we must do our duty to save the earth |
4. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
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A．Less meat, slower global warming |
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B．More animals, more greenhouse gas |
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C．Less imported food, better our environment |
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D．Greater diet change, smaller climate change |
Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been __36__ a couple of times, but I could hardly __37__ to know my ways around the continent. __38__, my knowledge of foreign languages was __39__ to a little college French.
I __40__. How would I, unable to speak the language, __41__ familiar with local geography or transportation systems, conduct interviews and do __42__? It seemed impossible, and with considerable __43__ I sat down to write a letter rejecting the __44__. Halfway through, a __45__ ran through my mind: you can’t learn if you don't try. So I __46__ the assignment.
There were some bad __47__. But by the time I had finished the trip, I was an experienced traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most __48__ places, without guides or __49__ advanced bookings, confident that somehow I will __50__.
The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition __51__. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning __52__, the world opens to you.
I've learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a (n) __53__. And I know I'll go on doing such things. It's not because I'm braver or more daring than others. I'm not. But I'll accept worry as another name for __54 __ and I believe I can __55__ wonders.
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The rise in electricity costs has _______ our difficulties in carrying out the project.
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A dozen ideas were considered _______ the chief architect decided on the design of the building.
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-----Hi, Tina, can I use your car for a while this afternoon?
----- Sorry, _______.
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B．it has been repaired |
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C．it’s being repaired |
D．it had been repaired |
