Do you think an individual can make a difference? Ask Rossano Ercolini, the Goldman Prize winner, which is considered the Nobel Prize for “ ___”. Eroclini is a young ____ in a small town in Italy. After ____ the news of reducing waste on the radio, he decided to teach his students to ____ paper and replace plastic water bottles in the school lunchroom with ____glasses.
When his town announced plans to open an incinerator to burn waste, Ercolini knew it would be ____ to his students. Incinerators are huge heaters that burn all waste and poisonous materials, leaving behind ____. You might think it is ____ than sending waste to landfills. It is true that landfills ____ space, smell bad, and that poisonous materials can make underground drinking water ____ to use. But incinerators have their own ____. Burning will ____ poisonous gases into the air, causing breathing problems. People will have to wear a mask ____ they go out. The smoke also causes pollution, and even ____ the greenhouse effect.
Ercolini was worried about the ____ of his community and felt it was his duty to ____them. He organized town meetings and talked about how to reduce, reuse and recycle. ____, Ercolini has advocated the zero-waste movement, the ____ of which is to reduce the waste to the least possible amount. He has already ____ plans for more than 50 incinerators in many Italian cities. ____ his efforts, there are more than 100 zero-waste towns in Italy now!
1.A.Peace B.Medicine C.Environment D.Literature
2.A.farmer B.teacher C.trainer D.gardener
3.A.watching B.reading C.making D.hearing
4.A.recycle B.roll C.tear D.fold
5.A.coloured B.reusable C.thick D.valuable
6.A.necessary B.harmful C.suitable D.convenient
7.A.rock B.sand C.ash D.water
8.A.worse B.harder C.further D.better
9.A.take up B.fill in C.create D.add
10.A.illegal B.simple C.regular D.unsafe
11.A.difficulties B.advantages C.disadvantages D.improvements
12.A.give out B.give off C.give in D.give up
13.A.whenever B.wherever C.however D.whatever
14.A.reduces B.measures C.suffers D.worsens
15.A.health B.development C.justice D.employment
16.A.praise B.support C.educate D.entertain
17.A.Anyhow B.However C.Otherwise D.Moreover
18.A.goal B.reason C.truth D.problem
19.A.discussed B.defeated C.prepared D.suggested
20.A.Along with B.Except for C.Thanks to D.Instead of
Tips for Teaching Kids Responsibility
Your best friend has a teenager who helps with housework without being asked. Your cousin has a one-year-old child that puts her bottle in the sink when she finishes the milk, but no reminders are needed. 1. Raising helpful, good kids who know how to make a sandwich is not a fantasy! The following tips can give you a better chance of raising a responsible child who then grows into a responsible adult.
2. You can’t suddenly spring responsibility on a teenager and expect he will know how to follow through. He needs time to practice and totally understand what responsibility means.
Let kids help you. Don t complain when it's time to do housework. Smile and invite your son to help. 3. He will take these good feelings and learn to take ownership of his home and feel pride in keeping it up.
4. Make responsibilities age appropriate. You can show how to complete small tasks in daily life and perform them at a child’s skill level. For example, if your kid wants a snack, show him where the apples are and how to wash one off.
Teach your child consequences. Learning to take care of his things also helps a child develop a sense of responsibility for his actions. Get your son to clean up after an art project, and inform him that he won^ be able to play with his crayons the next day if he leaves a messy table. 5. The more you carry out the rules, the more likely he is to clean up without being asked.
A. Have a sense of responsibility.
B. Why do they make a sandwich for kids?
C. Show kids how to perform responsibility.
D. Where do these wonderful children come from?
E. Start to teach responsibility to kids early.
F. When your child is invited to participate, he feels valued.
G. Then take away his supplies if he does not take his responsibility.
Most people will recognize Bill Clinton, ex-president of the United States. Bill Clinton is a very popular speech giver and regularly gives talks all over the world, to many different audiences. He is so effective at giving talks because he has a special quality which we call “charisma (魅力)”.
Nowadays, psychologists (心理学家) are becoming very interested in charisma and want to describe its meaning in a better way. People often misunderstand what charisma is and think of it as a kind of fame, but it is not the same as fame. Charisma is a kind of magic and is relatively rare. A well-known American psychologist thinks that charismatic people are basically excellent communicators. However, they have other qualities such as self-confidence, eloquence (口才) and vision.
Charismatic personalities are able to draw people to them, and people feel happy in their company. There is a sense of “togetherness” when a charismatic person is with other people. A good example of this ability, some say, is the famous American, Oprah Winfrey. She is a highly-successful businesswoman and is probably best known as the presenter of a very popular talk show. Oprah is able to relate to audiences at her shows and they respond well to her. Her charismatic personality has made her one of the richest women in the world. She owns several houses and publishes her own magazines. Presently, she is presenting a new series of the Oprah Winfrey Show. She also runs a book club, which influences the nation’s reading habits and may be one of the reasons why people are reading more these days in the USA.
A woman who had extraordinary charisma was the film star, Marilyn Monroe. A beautiful woman and a talented (有天赋的) actress, she was always the centre of attention wherever she went.
Unlike fame, charisma doesn’t disappear over time. Even now, more than fifty years after her death, when young people see Monroe in her films, her charisma seems as fresh and powerful as ever.
1.Bill Clinton is good at giving talks because _____.
A.he was once president of the USA B.he has a quality called charisma
C.he has many fans that support him D.he is well-known all over the world
2.According to the text, charismatic people _____.
A.can easily attract and interest people B.are all effective speech makers
C.are all confident and successful D.often try to create a calm atmosphere
3.What do we know about Oprah Winfrey?
A.She writes books to influence Americans’ reading habits.
B.She often gives talks to American young people.
C.She is most famous as a magazine publisher.
D.She has a happy relationship with her audiences.
4.The author mentions the popularity of Marilyn Monroe to show that _____.
A.Monroe is an extraordinarily talented actress
B.charisma doesn’t become weaker over time
C.fame is as important as charisma
D.famous people always have charisma
Life in the Internet age is lonely—or is it? That’s what experts in human interaction are debating after a new Stanford University survey has been published.
According to the study, the more time people spend online, the less they can spare for real-life relationships with family and friends. The researchers asked 113 people about the Web’s influence on daily activities. 36％ of those people are online for more than five hours a week.” As Internet use becomes more widespread, it will have an increasingly isolating (孤立的) effect on society,” says Robert Kraut, one of the researchers.
Scholars and Web lovers criticized the study for stretching its data to make the “isolating” point. While 13％ of regular Web users admitted the loss of time with loved ones, 60％ reported watching less TV. The survey also shows that E-mail is the most popular online activity. If some of webheads (网虫)spend what was once passive TV time keeping company with friends via E-mails, “that’s a move toward greater connectedness,” says Paul Resnick, a professor at the University of Michigan.
This isn’t the first claim that the Web should be criticized. A 1998 report monitored 73 Pittsburgh-area families’ Net use for a year. People who used the Internet more “talked less to family members and reported being lonelier and more depressed.” says Robert Kraut.
“It’s true that there have been big declines in social connectedness over the past decades, but those declines began before the Internet was invented,” says Thomas Putnam.
As Amitay Etzioni says, the Internet gives us a different kind of social life—not better or worse than before, but just different.
1.Who claimed that the Web had negative influence?
A.Paul Resnick. B.Robert Kraut.
C.Thomas Putnam. D.Amitay Etzioni.
2.The underlined word “This” in Para.4 refers to .
A.the opinion expressed in Bowling Alone
B.the survey made by the University of Michigan
C.the conclusion in a report written in 1998
D.the study conducted by Stanford University
3.From the passage we learn that .
A.watching TV used to take time away from staying online
B.the Web was blamed more than once for causing an isolating effect
C.36％ of web users spend more than five hours a week online
D.the Web has the same influence as telephones and televisions
4.The passage mainly discusses .
A.how we can make a better use of the Internet
B.how declines in social connectedness appear
C.whether the Internet causes an isolating effect
D.what a different life the Internet brings to us
For years, my time spent in the shower could have got me a mention in Guinness World Records as the shortest time taken to bathe. I hurried up during this process.
One day, however, while at a party, I heard an artist friend telling everybody that his idea came while he was having a shower. “What about you?” he asked, “Don’t you get your creative thoughts from the same place?”
“I’m in and out in a hurry,” I told him proudly. “I have no time to waste!”
“What a pity,” he said. “That’s the place where you need to slow down; plenty of great thoughts come from there!” I tried it out. I slowed down the whole process, started enjoying the warm water, taking a little longer to soap myself and even spending more time just enjoying the process, and realized how much I had missed in hurrying up all these years.
A woman told me how much stress her friend was suffering from and how she sought to convince her that she needed to find ways to relax. She gave her a videotape on stress management and relaxation techniques, and encouraged her to watch it right away. Fifteen minutes later, her friend handed back the tape. “It was good,” she said, but I don’t need it.”
“But it’s a 70 - minute video,” the woman replied, “You couldn’t have watched the whole thing.”
“Yes, I did,” her friend said. “I put it in fast - forward!”
A major social problem of the 21st century is Hurry Sickness. We hurry through work. We swallow fast food. We complain that we don’t have enough time. We race through the days and weeks until one day we look back in amazement and comment, “My god, how the years flew by!” Then we realize the heavy price we have paid for traveling fast.
Symptoms of Hurry Sickness include stress and anxiety, bad relationships, lowered work performance and even disease. Some people don’t survive it. What’s the cure? Slow down, for life is so short and precious that we must live it well.
1.What was the advantage of taking a shower in the eyes of the artist friend?
A.Time was saved. B.Nothing was missed.
C.Great ideas flew away. D.Creative thoughts came.
2.What was the trouble with the woman’s friend?
A.She felt stressed. B.She found the tape useless.
C.She found no way to relax. D.She watched the tape too fast.
3.What are the major trouble people face in the 21st century in the writer’s eyes?
A.People run fast to work. B.Everything is done in a hurry.
C.People don’t have enough time. D.Time flies without being noticed.
4.How can the problem be settled?
A.By pacing down. B.By learning to survive.
C.By developing friendship. D.By performing good work.
Wanted
English Teacher
Responsibility:
—Conduct English teaching according to British education system.
Requirements:
—University degree and above in English major or normal English.
—Eager to learn and open-minded with creativity.
—With deep understanding and respect for different cultures.
（Warmly welcome fresh graduates to apply for this position.）
Project management Assistant
Responsibility:
—Provide service for the project in Chongqing.
—Provide assistance to the project manager for everyday work.
—Responsible for file management, customer service for students and parents.
Requirements:
—College degree.
—Good English and computer skills.
—Related working experience in the international organization.
—Patient, careful, supportive. Has strong teamwork spirit.
Marketing Assistant
Responsibility:
—Responsible for the local management of marketing and sales activities according to the instruction from the head office.
—Collect related information to the head office.
—Develop relationship with local media and customers.
Requirements:
—College degree and above with good English (speaking and writing).
—With basic idea of sales and marketing, related experience is preferred.
—Working experience in the international organization is a must.
—Good communication and presentation skills.
Accountant
Responsibility:
—Accountant work for Chongqing office and project.
—Perform the finance management locally according to the rules and policy of the company.
Requirements:
—College degree and above in finance area.
—Good English and computer skills.
—Good sense of finance management.
—At least two years of experience as accountant in the international organization is a must.
—Self-management, hard-working, independent and able to deal with pressure.
1.Which position may attract new graduates most?
A.A marketing assistant. B.An accountant.
C.A project management assistant. D.An English teacher
2.Which of the following is a must for the four positions?
A.Eagerness for learning. B.Good English.
C.Good computer skills. D.Good presentation skills.
3.If you get the position of Project Management Assistant, you needn’t _______.
A.provide service for the project in Chongqing
B.provide assistance for the project manager
C.collect the related information for the head office
D.be responsible for customer service for students and parents
