这期报纸上有很多值得一读的内容。（worth）(汉译英)
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1.Most buses __________ from about 5:00 am to __________. However, there is also a night bus __________, __________by buses with a number in the 200s.
2.In the future, __________ __________ the environment will become very important as earth’s __________ __________ run out.
3.You should check the cab has _________ __________ __________ , and make sure you ask for a __________.
4.__________ shouldn’t miss the 103 bus which __________ one of the most __________ routes, __________ the Forbidden City and the White Pagoda in Beihai Park.
5.As I talked with them, both _________ an interest in Chinese culture and __________ __________ _________ learn the Chinese language.
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1.Management has given its _______________ (赞同) to the plan. Thus, we can carry it out from now on.
2.A great deal of effort has gone into making the software _______________ (可靠的).
3.Many locals are strongly _______________ (反对) to the development of the area.
4.Scientists hope that the data will pave the way for a more detailed _______________ (探索) of Mars.
5.He and I are each going to visit our _______________ (各自的) teachers this summer vacation.
6.Parking near the school is likely to make the roads around it _______________ (堵塞的).
7.Strangely, the light came on although no one was near the _______________ (开关).
8.The experience created a very special b_______________ between us.
9.Living close to work brings me much c_______________, which saves two hours on the journey.
10.A survey of the Chinese diet has r_______________ that a growing number of people are overweight.
11.The doctor says he is o_______________ about the result of the operation, so it’s unnecessary for us to worry.
12.In Los Angeles many companies encourage their employees to use a_______________ means of transportation rather than the car.
13.The little girl has been missing for 2 days. Her mother’s anxiety is so a___________ that everyone can feel it.
14.After a long search, they e_____________ found the missing papers.
15.Make sure the rope is firmly a_____________ before attempting to climb down the hill.
SWEET LOVE
Many scientists believe our love of sugar may actually be an addiction. 1.. Then the good feeling goes away, leaving us wanting more. All tasty foods do this, but sugar has a particularly strong effect. In this way, it is in fact an addictive drug, one that doctors recommend we all cut down on.
“It seems like every time I study an illness and trace a path to the first cause, I find my way back to sugar,” says scientist Richard Johnson. 2.. Why? “Sugar, we believe, is one of the reasons, if not the major reason,” says Johnson.
Our bodies are designed to survive on very little sugar. Early humans often had very little food, so our bodies learned to be very efficient in storing sugar as fat. In this way, we had energy stored for when there was no food. But today, most people have more than enough. 3..
So what is the solution? It’s obvious that we need to eat less sugar. 4.. From breakfast cereals to after-dinner desserts, our foods are increasingly filled with it. Some manufacturers even use sugar to replace taste in foods that are advertised as low in fat. So while the foods appear to be healthier, large amounts of sugar are often added.
5.. Many schools are replacing sugary desserts with healthier options, like fruit. Other schools are trying to encourage exercise by building facilities like walking tracks so students and others in the community can exercise. The battle has not yet been lost.
A.It’s not surprising that a cupcake contains a lot of sugar
B.So the very thing that once saved us may now be killing us
C.The trouble is, in today’s world, that it’s extremely difficult to avoid
D.But some people are fighting back against sugar and trying to create a healthier environment
E.One-third of adults worldwide have high blood pressure, and up to 347 million have diabetes
F.If you have high blood pressure, your heart needs to work harder to pump blood around your body
G.When we eat or drink sugary foods, the sugar enters our blood and affects the parts of our brain that make us feel good
For over 40 years, gaokao has not only affected individual students, but also has had a significant impact on national development.
In a move to fix talent shortages in the high-end chip, software design, intelligent technology, new materials and advanced manufacturing and social sciences, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced a new college enrollment plan — called the “strengthening basic disciplines plan (强基计划)” — that will start this year.
The pilot plan has been rolled out in the country’s top 36 universities. By May 13, all schools had released their distinctive enrollment plans, encouraging senior high students with special talents to sign up.
Before the end of May, students can apply to one of the 36 participating universities. Enrollment policies vary by university, with admission limits set from dozens of students to 200.
These universities also detailed their recruitment procedure.
After the results of gaokao are released, schools will release lists of qualifying students, who either excel in gaokao, or have won first or second prizes in Olympiads with gaokao scores at least higher than the first round of register lines. These applicants will then receive additional tests and interviews. The final enrollment decision is heavily based on the gaokao score, which will remain the most important criterion (标准), accounting for more than 85 percent of the final result, says MOE.
The universities have announced that they will also consider physical tests as a reference for submission (录取), according to China Youth Daily.
Once the students are enrolled, they are expecting an intensive educational program. For example, Tsinghua University has set up five schools, offering courses in chemical biology, information and computing science, theory and applied mechanics as their dominant disciplines. The university’s goal is to “put admitted students in small, independent classes with the best and most specific teaching resources and learning environments for their discipline”, according to Yu Xiaoxiao, the director of admission at Tsinghua University.
Compared to the previous independent university enrollment scheme (高校自主招生计划), under which some students could either gain admission without taking gaokao or be awarded bonus points in the exam, “the new plan positively facilitates diverse, efficient and scientific progress in Chinese college admissions,” noted China.org.
1.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A.To affect individual students with talents.
B.To inform people of a new education project.
C.To instruct high schools to improve education quality.
D.To help the college-bound high school students with exarms.
2.Which of the following is the function of gaokao according to the passage?
A.It helps students to get admitted to certain programs.
B.It fixes talent shortages in the high technology.
C.It greatly influences national development.
D.It strengthens college enrollment plans.
3.What do we know about the “strengthening basic disciplines plan”?
A.Each applicant can apply to the 36 participating universities.
B.The final enrollment decision has nothing to do with the gaokao score.
C.The applicants will receive additional tests and interviews after gaokao.
D.Each university can admit 200 students with the same enrollment policy.
4.Where is this passage probably taken from?
A.A newspaper. B.A science magazine.
C.A university website. D.A textbook.
One of the problems damaging our planet is the number of things we throw away. Rubbish of all kinds is piling up in landfill and polluting our rivers and oceans. A more recent addition to the list of things we chuck away is e-waste — electronic items that are broken and not recycled. Now solutions are being found to give this stuff a new life.
Many millions of tonnes of televisions, phones, and other electronic equipment are discarded each year, partly because it’s cheaper to replace them than fix them, but also because we lack the skills to repair them. A UN report claims the 50 million tonnes of e-waste generated every year will more than double to 110 million tonnes by 2050, making it the fastest growing waste stream in the world.
However, there’s a growing trend for repair events and clubs which could be part of a solution to the growing amount of electrical and electronic junk. The BBC visited a Restart Project in London, which is one of many founded around the world. One of its volunteers, Francesco Calo, said that “this project allows you to reduce waste, extend the life of objects, and it helps people who cannot afford to get rid of items that have developed a fault.”
As many electrical items contain valuable metals, another idea is e-waste mining. An experiment at the University of New South Wales involves extracting (提取) these materials from electronic gadgets. It’s thought that doing this could be more profitable than traditional mining. With phones typically containing as many as 60 element, this could be part of the solution to our appetite for new technology.
These projects make total sense — collections of e-waste for recycling are “stagnating (停滞不前) or even decreasing” according to Ruediger Kuehr, of the United Nations University And in countries where there is no legislation, much of it just gets dumped. However, the European Union, for example, is trying to tackle the problem by insisting manufacturers have to make appliances longer-lasting and will have to supply spare parts for machines for up to 10 years.
1.According to the passage, electronic items are thrown away because ________.
A.they are totally useless
B.we have to recycle them
C.they will pollute our rivers and oceans
D.it’s cheaper to replace them than fix them
2.What is leading to the rise in e-waste?
A.Growing trend for repair events.
B.E-waste generating cleaner energy.
C.Our being hungry for new technology.
D.Mining valuable metals in electrical items.
3.What do we know about e-waste?
A.E-waste used to be the fastest growing waste stream in the world.
B.Tremendous amounts of e-waste are thrown away each year.
C.We can’t find the solution to the problem of c-waste.
D.Land-filling allows us to reduce e-waste.
4.Which is the best title for the passage?
A.Solving the Problem of E-waste
B.How to Stop Damaging Our Planet
C.Saying No to Throwing Away Things
D.How to Collect E-waste for Recycling
