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Scientists believe it is possible that the universe is _ , but if it isn't, it would have to then have defined boundaries.A. informativeB. cognitiveC. infiniteD. numerous

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According to the World Wildlife Fund, people are currently using resources 25 percent faster than they can be replaced. If we continue down this course, we will need a second planet by the year 2050. Sustainable communities attempt to change that course by drastically altering how citizens interact with the environment. Alternatively known as green communities or ecovillages (生态村), sustainable communities vary in their approaches to sustainable living, or a way of life that meets the population’s basic needs in ways that can be continued indefinitely for future generations. Some communities focus solely on enriching the environment, while others also aim to improve social and economic conditions as well. Sustainable communities generally strive to minimize waste, reduce consumption and preserve open space. Ideally, they don’t use resources faster than they can be replenished, and they don’t produce waste faster than it can be assimilated back into the environment. Granted, some communities are more radical than others--living entirely off the grid and eschewing the use of government:--printed money--but the basic principles are similar. Designing the neighborhood to encourage walking or bicycling is one way sustainable communities put these first two principles into practice. Less driving means less gas and emissions. Many ecovillages also incorporate work space into homes or encourage telecommuting. They also might zone part of the development for commercial use, essentially making the community a serf-contained environment where residents don’t even have to leave for shopping or entertainment. This design sometimes is called a live- work-play lifestyle. Using green building techniques is another staple of sustainable communities. Here are a few examples: ・ Architects design buildings to take advantage of the sun’s lighting and heating capabilities. ・ They install energy-efficient appliances. ・ They try to use local sources of materials as much as possible to cut back on the environmental costs of transport. ・ They build with durable, non-toxic materials that have either been recycled or sustainably harvested. You might see straw bale (草捆) houses, which essentially use bales of straw as the structural building blocks; cob houses, which are a mix of straw, clay and sand or earthbag homes, which are exactly what they sound like, homes made out of bags of dirt. Along with green building techniques, sustainable communities rely on green gardening methods. They landscape with native, drought-tolerant plants and raise them organically to reduce water and keep pesticides and herbicides out of the environment. Many communities also set aside a significant portion of their land as open space. Serenbe, for example, reserves 80 percent of its 900 acres for green space, that is, 720 acres of rolling hills, woods and streams free of development, quite a contrast to the concrete-laden urban sprawl of Atlanta just 32 miles away. Another way sustainable communities reduce their ecological footprint is by capturing and recycling their wastes, often creating their own contained natural cycles. Instead of treating normally perceived waste products such as rainwater and sewage as pollution to be gotten rid of, residents mm them into resources. Sewage, for example, is turned into compost that fertilizes plants and increases soil productivity, while captured rainwater is cleansed through innovative filtering systems and reused for watering plants. More than 400 ecovillages exist in the world, according to the Global Ecovillage Network database. The following examples outline life in just two of these communities. Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Missouri. Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage is a developing 280-acre community in northeastern Missouri with far-reaching goals. It aims to be an entirely self-reliant town that practices "radical environmental sustainability’, according to the community’s website. The town’s founders hope to attract between 500 and 1 000 residents to create a diverse community more capable of providing for all of its own needs. Dancing Rabbit even has its own local currency to encourage local trading and sourcing of jobs. The ecovillage has established a set of six guidelines that may seem extreme to the lazy environ- mentalists among us, but should set the town well on its way towards achieving sustainability. 1. No vehicles are to be used or stored in the village. 2. Fossil fuels for cars, refrigeration, heating and cooling homes, as well heating domestic water aren’t allowed. 3. All gardening must be organic. 4. All power must come from renewable resources. 5. No lumber from outside the local area is allowed unless it is recycled or salvaged. 6. Organic waste and recyclable materials are to be reincorporated into usable products through composting methods. Long term, Dancing Rabbit citizens are trying to achieve negative population growth. If they want the current 50 or so residents to become 500 or I 000, they may want to rethink that last guideline. Los Angeles Ecovillage, California. You might think sustainable communities have to be set in the country, but that’s not true. Located just three miles west of downtown Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Ecovillage (LAEV) is a community of 500 residents seeking to have minimal impact on the environment while also providing a fulfilling way of life. The urban location near public transit, schools, churches, commercial services and industry helps residents drive less, while the dozens of gardens and fruit trees provide a local source of food. LAEV takes a whole-systems approach to sustainability, meaning that residents strive to balance’ the social, economic and environmental needs of the community. Here, clean water and air rank up there with close-knit relationships, ethnic diversity and affordable housing. Citizens have saved 20 tons of brick from the landfill to use in construction projects, composted over 100 cubic yards of yard waste and held countless weekly potluck dinners to establish and strengthen relationships. Who knew that sustainability could be possible even in one of the largest, most polluted cities in the United States Residents of the two sustainable communities we just discussed deliberately placed sustainability at the top of their agenda. But communities spring up for lots of reasons not related to the environment, and sometimes the Earth benefits. Before "green" was the new buzzword and sustainability was cool, Old Order Amish communities were quietly co-existing with the planet since the early 18th century. While members of this religious group didn’t consciously develop their way of life to help the environment, their simple farm-based living doesn’t hurt it. The Amish use horses to power their farm equipment and to get around. Their homes have no electricity; instead, they use lanterns (灯笼) for light. In stark contrast to the rampant consumerism visible in many countries, the Amish do not own things they don’t need. They wear simple clothes, and their houses are sparsely furnished. Amish communities didn’t have to "return to the earth" to achieve their brand of sustainability. They were there all along. Cohousing developments offer another example of a living arrangement that unwittingly(未觉察地) practices sustainability. These developments typically are designed to encourage and strengthen social relationships, rather than to tread lightly on the environment, but, as it turns out, the two often go hand in hand. Although residents in a cohousing development enjoy the privacy of their own homes, they share a common building and other resources. Sharing major appliances like washing machines, power tools and heavy exercise equipment forces you to interact with your neighbors while reducing resource use. In addition, it allows individual houses to be smaller, which, along with the clustered arrangement of homes, preserves land. People who own cars (some people share cars) park them on the sides of the neighborhood to create a pedestrian friendly environment safe for children. Several times a week, residents may also eat a shared meal in the common building to strengthen ties. Cooking for many on one stove is much more energy efficient than cooking for 20 on separate stoves.In what way is Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage radical in its development A．It’s the first ecovillage to establish the community website.B．The village wants to be independent by circulating its own currency.C．The village allows as more as I 000 residents to live there.D．The village tends to be self-reliant by creating all it needs.

4 The following passage is about the pros and cons of social media. Complete the passage by filling in the blanks with appropriate collocations from the texts. You are provided with the first letters for each of the collocations. Whenever there is a significant technological advance that has greatly changed the way people live, it generates debate over the nature of the change and whether it is good or bad. As with everything else, social media has pros and cons as it can satisfy 1) hu or in , and cause some 2) so , pro .One of the biggest pros of social media is 3) in . com It improves relationships and strengthens 4) so in . Many Internet-based social media apps help people strengthen existing relationships and make new friends. Another benefit of social media is that it offers learning resources and educational opportunities, often for free.Social media is not without its disadvantages. 5) G , evi shows that spending too much time online interferes with6) familie . en Teenagers and young people, in particular, are likely to have social media addiction, and some may even have 7) coun and ppy , pro . For example, Zoey used to be a good student and 8) su , in , ch . But after she was given a 9) b , com , she became addicted to social media, and turned into a 10) r , ar , fe . Her academic performance declined, and she even needed 11) p tr .Social media brings both good and bad things to our lives. Moderate use of social media may be the only way to keep people healthy and happy.

二、 阅读理解（共 4 题）11. At the beginning of the century there was a big farm called Hollywood Ranch. It was near LosAngeles in California. A few years later Hollywood was one of the famous places of the world.From 1910s to the 1950s Hollywood was the film center of the world. Every family knew thenames of its film stars Charlie Chaplin, Grete Garbo, Bergman and hundreds more.The reason why people went to Hollywood to make films was the sun. At first people madefilms in New York on the east coast of the United States. But then they heard about LosAngeles where there are 350 days of sun every year. As they made all the films by sunlight,the west coast was a much better place to work.Also near Hollywood you can find mountains and sea and desert. They did not have to travelfar to make any kind o filmWhen TV became popular in the 1960s, Hollywood started making films for television. Thenin 1970s they discovered people still went to cinema to see big expensive films. After twentyyears they are still making films in Hollywood and people watch them all over the world.【1】Hollywood used to be a .A.cinema B.big farmC.park D.market【2】Who was not mentioned as a film star in the passage?A.Charlie Chaplin. B.Marilyn MonroeC.Ingrid Bergman D.Greta Garbo.【3】People went to Hollywood to make films because .A.it was a beautiful place B.you could find many film starsC.there was a lot of sunlight there D.it was a famous place【4】Which statement is true?A.The west coast was a better place to make films.B.There are no mountains near Hollywood.C.People no longer went to the cinema after television became popular.D.Hollywood began to make films for television before the First World War. 12. Coca-Cola has created a publicity stunt (作秀) in Singapore — a vending machine (自动售货机) which gives out free cans of Coke in return for (作为对…回报) hugs. Thewhackyidea is partof the company’s Open Haziness campaign (运动) designed to attract young people in Singapore.Students at the National University of Singapore were surprised to find that the soft drinkscompany had placed the machine in the schoolyard. But instead of the drinks brand’s logo (标志), the words “Hug Me” are written across its red-and-white logo. Instead of paying money,customers have to hug the drinks machine to receive a free can of Coke.Public displays of affection are uncommon and have long been discouraged in Singapore, butare on the rise among young people. The move is part of a campaign created by advertisingfirm Ogilvy & Mather, intended to let the youth to see the brand as a non-threatening (无威胁的) friend.Leonardo O’Grady, leader of the campaign, said, “Happiness is contagious ( 传染的). TheCoca-Cola Hug Machine is a single idea to spread some happiness. We want to spreadhappiness in an unexpected, creative way to attract not only the people present, but theaudience at large.”He hopes that it will encourage consumers to bring positivity, optimism (乐观) and fun intotheir lives and to open a Coke, sharing a little happiness.The machines haw been such a success that there are plans to roll them out across Asia. Mr.O’Grady added, “The reaction was amazing — at one point we had four to five peoplehugging the machine at the same time as well as each other! In fact, there was a long line ofpeople looking to give hugs.”【1】The underlined word “whacky” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “ ”.A.free B.strangeC.uncertain D.traditional【2】What was the purpose of the campaign?A.To help sell more Coca-Cola drinks.B.To display the famous logo of Coca-Cola.C.To tell the young Coca-Cola is their friend.D.To show Coca-Cola is especially generous. (慷慨的)【3】Leonardo O’Grady thinks that .A.the Coca-Cola Hug Machine is the best advertisementB.the Coca-Cola Hug Machine can spread happinessC.the Coca-Cola Hug Machine should be open only to the studentsD.people who enjoy the campaign would buy more Coca-Cola drinks【4】What can we infer from the passage?A.The campaign has achieved good results.B.The campaign has cost Coca-Cola much money.C.The Coca-Cola Hug Machines will be seen worldwide.D.Coca-Cola concentrates more on (更加关注) sharing happiness than on sales. 13. You’re rushing to work and a man ahead of you collapses (跌倒) on the sidewalk. Do you stopto help? In astudy of by-standers, it was found that some peopleavert their gazeand keep on walking ratherthan stop and get involved. “There is a tendency to decide that no action is needed.” says apsychologist. “The first thoughts that pop into (进入) your mind often keep you from offeringhelp. In order to take action, you have to work against them.” Here are some commonthoughts that might prevent you from helping.◆ Why should I be the one? I’m probably not the most competent ( 有能力的) person in thiscrowd. You might think someone older or with more medical knowledge should offerassistance (帮助).◆ What if he doesn’t really need my help? The fear of embarrassment is powerful; no onewants to risk looking foolish in front of others.◆ No one else looks concerned-this must not be a problem. We can follow the people aroundus, but most people tend to hold back their emotions in public.“If you spot (发现) trouble and find yourself explaining inaction, force yourself to stop andevaluate the situation instead of walking on,” says the psychologist. “Then retry to involveother people; you don’t have to take on the entire responsibility of being helpful. Sometimesit’s just a matter of turning to the person next to you and saying, “It looks like we should dosomething.” Or asking someone if an ambulance has been called and, if not, to call for one.Once you take action, most people will follow you.”【1】Which is NOT the common thought that stops you from helping others?A.I’m not the very person capable of setting the problem.B.It looks like we should do something.C.It can not be a problem as no one else is concerned.D.The doesn’t really need my help.【2】According to a study of by-standers, what will some people do when a man ahead fallsdown on the sidewalk?A.They will call for help and then walk away.B.They will stop and offer help.C.They will look in other direction and go on walking.D.They will risk laughing at the helper.【3】The undefined words “avert their gaze” in Paragraph 1 probably means .A.fix their eyes on (关注) somethingB.pay close attention to somethingC.stare at (盯着看) somethingD.turn their eyes away from something 14. Nearly all of us have a bad habit, whether we know it or not. Some people say they want to getrid of (去除) it but don’t know the proper ways. Here’s some advice on how to get rid of badhabits.Make a list. Write down all the reasons why you want to stop a certain behavior, how it’shurting you and why to get rid of it, this will help a lot. Look at that list regularly.Join in other activities. It’s wise of you to do something else when you want to stop your badhabit. If you get angry easily, for example, you can practice having a deep breath or going fora walk.Give yourself a present. Before you take action against a bad habit, decide what you’ll do tocelebrate it if you reach your goal.Keep off bad habits. If you are fat and want to lose weight, keep junk food out of your house.If you are a heavy smoker with coffee, turn to tea and keep away from friends who likesmoking.Be patient. Bad habits develop over years, so you probably won’t be able to get rid of themquickly. In fact, people often give up several times before being successful, so you should bepatient.Find support. Don’t be afraid to ask for support from friends, family or other people who havethe same bad habits as you. When you talk to others, they might be able to provide advice orencouragement that you usually wouldn’t get from yourself.【1】The writer gives us pieces of advice in the passage.A.four B.fiveC.six D.seven【2】If you want to lose weight, you should .A.drink more coffeeB.refuse the junk foodC.find support from friendsD.find a heavy smoker【3】Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?A.It’s not easy to get rid of bad habits in a short time.B.You can write down all the reasons for getting rid of bad habits.C.When talking to others, you can get what you can’t get from yourself.D.When you want to stop your bad habits, don’t do anything.【4】From the passage you can learn .A.how to get rid of bad habitsB.why we have some bad habitsC.what to do to have a bed habitD.where to find some support

Extremely open people are more ______ to paranoia and delusions because they may actually see reality differently. A open B ready C likely D prone