The data for the changes in food prices presented in this report were ________ from statistics published by national research agencies in the past decade. (compilation)The exhibition traces the history of ________ design in America from the 19th century to the present. (graph)You are welcome to stay the night here as I have a ________ sofa that can easily transform into a comfortable bed. (convert)These cruise ships all have a green star logo, which ________ that they meet strict environmental standards and cause minimal pollution. (certification)

5 Fill in the blanks by selecting suitable words from the word bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.A appetites F manage K regulatedB dilemma G manipulated L retainC engage H objectives M suspendD explicit I particular N sustainE explosive J perspectives O urgentTo spend or save is a question which many people have in their mind. They are always in a(n) 1) _______ whether they should spend the money that they have earned or save that money for the future. Well, there is no 2) _______ answer to the question as different people have different 3) _______ on life, and that is the reason why some people tend to spend all their money while others 4) _______ control over their money.People who spend all their money do not think much about the future. What they enjoy doing is to get pleasure from spending money. For example, if they like a(n) 5) _______ car, mobile phone, or laptop, they will buy it without giving it a second thought. For them, the most important thing is to satisfy their growing material 6) _______.In the long run, saving helps people 7) _______ their personal finances as saving helps an individual better plan for future 8) _______ needs. From our everyday life, we can see that individuals who can 9) _______ their spending save money successfully. Instead of buying things on impulse, they delay their purchasing decision and are not easily 10) _______ by commercial ads. Individuals who have responsibility for their family or their loved ones often belong to this group.<|im_end|>5 Fill in the blanks by selecting suitable wordsfrom the word bank. You may not use any ofthe words more than once.A appetites F manage K regulatedB dilemma G manipulated L retainC engage H objectives M suspendD explicit I particular N sustainE explosive J perspectives O urgent

A.fluent B.acquisition C.diverse D.reverse petent petitive G.skim H.beneficial I.enhance J.engage prehension L.confusion M.proficiency N.exposure O.efficiency Testing has replaced teaching in most public schools. Instead of teaching reading or writing skills which are 1. to students, now teachers are somehow encouraged to 2. the learning process. For instance they ask students to read the questions at the end of a reading text first, and then teach them to 3. the text for the answers with various test-taking skills. We wonder whether the test-taking skills really help improve their language 4. The ability to read or write should 5. the ability to do reasonably well on comprehension of reading texts or 6. writing. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through learning test-taking skills Teachers must be careful when they teach students how to read and write to avoid any false language 7. Too many discussions on test-taking skills will only end up with more 8. in learning because students have become more interested in test-taking skills rather than concentrating on the nature and quality of what should be taught. As a result students may be 9. in taking tests while they have little or no 10. to serious reading or thinking. They are unable to understand or talk about what they read, which is definitely disastrous to their academic preparation.

There is no more fashionable answer to woes of the global recession than "green jobs. " Some state leaders are pinning their hopes for future growth and new jobs on creating clean-technology industries, like wind and solar power, or recycling saw grass as fuel. It all sounds like the ultimate win-win deal: beat the worst recession in decades and save the planet from global warming, all in one spending plan. So who cares how much it costs And since the financial crisis and recession began, governments, environmental nonprofits, and even labor unions have been busy spinning out reports on just how many new jobs might be created from these new industries--estimates that range from the thousands to the millions. The problem is that history doesn’t bear out the optimism. As a new study from McKinsey consulting points out, clean energy is less like old manufacturing industries that required a lot of workers than it is like new manufacturing and service industries that don’t. The best parallel is the semiconductor industry, which was expected to create a boom in high-paid high-tech jobs but today employs mainly robots. Clean-technology workers now make up only 0. 6 percent of the American workforce. The McKinsey study, which examined how countries should compete in the post-crisis world, figures that clean energy won’t command much more of the total job market in the years ahead. "The bottom line is that these ’clean’ industries are too small to create the millions of jobs that are needed right away," says James Manylka, a director at the McKinsey Global Institute. They might not create those jobs--hut they could help other industries do just that. Here, too, the story of the computer chip is instructive. Today the big chip makers employ only 0.4 percent of the total American workforce, down from a peak of 0.6 percent in 2000. But they did create a lot of jobs, indirectly, by making other industries more efficient: throughout the 1990s, American companies saw massive gains in labor productivity and efficiency from new technologies incorporating the semiconductor. Companies in retail, manufacturing, and many other areas got faster and stronger, and millions of new jobs were created. McKinsey and others say that the same could be true today if governments focus not on building a "green economy," but on greening every part of the economy using cutting-edge green products and services. That’s where policies like U. S. efforts to promote corn-based ethanol, and giant German subsidies for the solar industry fall down. In both cases the state is creating bloated, unproductive sectors, with jobs that are not likely to last. A better start would be encouraging business and consumers to do the basics, such is improve building insulation and replace obsolete heating and cooling equipment. In places like California, 30 percent of the summer energy load comes from air conditioning, which has prompted government to offer low-interest loans to consumers to replace old units with more efficient ones. The energy efficiency is an indirect job creator, just as IT productivity had been, not only because of the cost savings but also because of the new disposable income that is created. The stimulus effect of not driving is particularly impressive. "If you can get people out of cars, or at least get them to drive less, you can typically save between 1,000 and 8,000 per household per year," says Lisa Margonelli at the New America Foundation. Indeed, energy and efficiency savings have been behind the major green efforts of the world’s biggest corporations, like Walmart, which remains the world’s biggest retailer and added 22,000 jobs in the U.S. alone in 2009. In 2008, when oil hit 148 a barrel, Walmart insisted that its top 1,000 suppliers in China retool their factories and their products, cutting back on excess packaging to make shipping cheaper. It’s no accident that Walmart, a company that looks for savings wherever it can find them, is one of the only American firms that continued growing robustly throughout the recession. The policy implications of it all are clear: stop betting government money on particular green technologies that may or may not pan out, and start thinking more broadly. As McKinsey makes clear, countries don’t become more competitive by tweaking their "mix" of industries but by outperforming in each individual sector. Green thinking can be a part of that. The U. S. could conceivably export much more to Europe, for example, if America’s environmental standards for products were higher. Taking care of the environment at the broadest levels is often portrayed as a political red herring that will undercut competitiveness in the global economy. In fact, the future of growth and job creation may depend on it.Which of the following is the best conclusion of the passage A. "Green jobs" are considered by politicians a major solution to the global recession.南队B. The financial crisis and recession stimulate the increasing of green jobs.南队C. The government should spend money on particular green technologies to create more jobs.南队D. Job creation may depend on the overall care of the environment at the broadest levels.

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.-|||-A new low carbon home in Hawkhurst,in Tunbridge Wells,Kent,built with the-|||-latest green technologies is expected to slash energy bills by around three quarters.-|||-Town & Country Housing Group will monitor the performance and the use of all of the-|||-technology in the house,which is in Fieldways,Hawkhurst.They will also get feedback-|||-from the tenants after the first year to find out what it was like living in the house.It is-|||-hoped that the lessons learnt from this will show how the housing association can reduce-|||-energy in both its new and existing homes.-|||-New residents Joanna and Thomas Clarke and their four month-old son Finley will-|||-benefit from extremely low fuel bills.Solar tiles on the roof provide electricity and hot-|||-water; it also features high levels of insulation(隔热),low energy light fittings and a-|||-rainwater harvesting syst A ground source heat pump provides heating and tops up-|||-the hot water and a grey water recycling system,reuses water from the washing machine-|||-and bathing for watering plants and flushing toilets.-|||-As a result it meets Level 5,the second highest level of the Code for Sustainable-|||-Homes,the efficiency rating against which all new homes are assessed.A typical two-|||-bedroom house costs around f1,200 in energy bills;this house will cost around f300.-|||-Town & Country invited Mr.and Mrs.Clarke to officially declare their new home open-|||-at a special ceremony on Friday 2 July.They cut a ribbon made out of electricity bills to-|||-symbolize the energy bills they will be cutting in their new home.-|||-The ceremony was attended by guests from councils and other organizations from-|||-across the South East,keen to see how the technology could be used in their local area.-|||-The house,which cost ￡205,000 to build,was built on land already owned by the housing-|||-association and was carefully designed to blend in with the character of the other homes-|||-in the street.-|||-Town&Country's acting development direct Colin Lissenden said:"As a responsible-|||-landlord,we have built this house as a demonstration of renewable energy technologies-|||-which will help to reduce the impact of the fuel price rises that would affect people on-|||-lower incomes significant in the future.Not all future developments will achieve-|||-an excellent energy rating,the lessons learnt from this project will be valuable and enable-|||-our homes to be more energy efficient."-|||-26.In Paragraph 1,the word "slash"can be best replaced by __-|||-A)weaken B)increase-|||-C)reduce D)improve-|||-27.The Clarkes will just need to pay extremely low fuel bills because __ _。-|||-A)the latest green technologies are applied in the house-|||-B)the couple avoid using any electrical appliances-|||-C)TCHG pays a major part of the fuel bills-|||-D)the couple are very economical in the use of fuels-|||-28.What is true about the architectural style of the low-carbon house?-|||-A)It distinguishes itself with a very modern style.-|||-B)It is identical to other houses in the street.-|||-C)It can be recognized easily at the first sight.-|||-D)It mixes harmoniously with other houses in the street.-|||-29.According to Colin Lissenden,the purpose in building the low-carbon house is t-|||-__-|||-A)tell people not to worry about the fuel price rises-|||-B)show that the use of green technologies can reduce financial burden-|||-C)make people believe TCHG is s a responsible landlord-|||-D)indicate that TCHG is very good at the use of green technologies-|||-30.In the passage,the author's attitude towards low-carb house is __ _.-|||-A)neutral B)critical-|||-C)arbitrary D)optimistic

5. (2.0分) They got lost while hiking in the mountain, spending many hours ___ the dense forest before finding their way back to the trail.A. stumbling throughB. breaking throughC. pulling throughD. checking through

Computer Needs Emotion The next big breakthrough in artificial intelligence could come from giving machines not just more logical capacity, but emotional capacity as well. Feeling aren’t usually associated with inanimate(无生命的) machines, but Posalind Picard, a professor of computer technology at MIT, believes emotion may be just the thing computes need to work effectively. Computers need artificial emotion both to understand their human users better and to achieve self-analysis and self-improvement, says Picard. "If we want computers to be genuinely intelligent, to adapt to us, and to interact naturally with us, then they will need the ability to recognize and express emotions, to have emotions, and to have what has come to be called emotional intelligence," Picard says. One way that emotions can help computers, she suggests, is by helping keep them from crashing. Today’s computers produce error messages, but they do not have a "gut feeling" of knowing when something is wrong or doesn’t make sense. A healthy fear of death could motivate a computer to stop trouble as soon as it stars. On the other hand, self-preservation would need to be subordinate to service to humans. It was fear of its own death that promoted RAL, the fictional computer in the film 2002: A Space Odyssey, to extermine (消灭) most of its human associates. Similarly, computers that could "read" their users would accumulate a store of highly personal information about us―not just what we said and did, but what we likely thought and felt. "Emotion not only contribute to a richer quality of interaction, but they directly impact a person’s ability to interact in an intelligent way," Picard says. "Emotional skills, especially the ability to recognize and express emotions, are essential for natural communication with humans.According to Picard, emotion intelligence is necessary to computers because ______. A．it can make computers analyze the information more efficientlyB．it can help to eliminate the computrs’ innate problemsC．it can improve the mechanic capacity of computersD．it can make computers achieve a better understanding of human users

新时代的劳动精神具有以下几个方面的内涵与体现:()(多选题)A. 辛勤劳动B. 热爱劳动C. 诚实劳动D. 崇尚劳动

Charlie Chaplin has broken all records in making people laugh.No one has so set a whole world laughing as the little man with the walking stick and the overlarge shoes.Much has been written about Chaplin's art and his career,and opinions have ranged widely.But perhaps those who called him the most general human being of our time came closest to the truth.Those who have called him a genius stress the timeless and common qualities in his work.It is an art filled with sad elements and deep human feeling,with which an audience cannot help but become involved.It is for these reasons,I believe,that the figure of Charlie has attracted generation after generation.All the writers who give accounts of Chaplin's life agree that Charlie's unhappy early years in London had a great influence on his development and on the type of films he made.The more one reads about his earliest period,the more one tends to agree.Indeed,his suffering youth had a lasting influence on him. Chaplin was never afraid to deal with subjects causing much disagreement in his films.He gave a humorous performance on war only a few weeks before the American soldiers came home from World War I in 1918.This was regarded as mad,but the performance was well received. Chaplin gave numerous performances attacking capital governments,and even making fun of Hitler.Years after his death,the funny films of motion picture actor and director Charlie Chaplin continue to be popular. 1.All of the following about Charlie Chaplin are true except________. A.he was born in the USA B.he was a great film actor C.he had an unhappy early life D.he made fun of Hitler in his films 2.According to the author,Charlie Chaplin has been popular with generation after generation because________. A.he set the whole world laughing B.his performances get people involved C.his works appeal to people in different periods D.he was a genius 3.According to Charlie Chaplin's life history writers, ________had a strong influence on the type of films he made. A.the society in which he lived B.the audience who praised and admired him C.those who called him a genius D.his unhappy early years in the poor area in London 4.According to the passage,which of the following is true? A.There are timeless qualities in Chaplin's work because he didn't involve himself in political affairs. B.Chaplin became popular years after his death. C.haplin's performance is funny without any sad elements. D.Chaplin's films are the combinations（结合）of funny and sad elements.

The health service must be ____ reformed.