A. He had more time to walk his dog.
B. He was less exposed to images of bad news.
C. He was cut off from the current world.
D. He had nightmares.
7. What does the author intend to do by writing the text?
A. To encourage the readers to cut down time on electronics.
B. To gather the readers’ advice in watching TV.
C. To share the effect of watching news.
D. To tell the readers the importance of reading.
C
A lunch break – it’s an important and often necessary part of our working or school day. And now
we’re spoilt with a lot of places to buy our lunch from, all offering attractive dishes and sandwiches to eat
on the go.
But our appetite for buying our lunchtime fare is not just costing us money, there might be a cost in terms
of damaging our planet too. Just grabbing a sandwich, crisps and maybe a cake and coffee can produce at
least four items of waste. Paper boxes, cups, wrappers and plastic knives and forks are all part of our
disposable feast in addition to the food waste we create. Some experts say throwing away food, which
produces methane as it rots, is a bigger cause of climate change than plastics.
But regardless of what causes the most damage, the solution, according to an environmental campaign
group called Hubbub, is to eat packed lunches. Tessa Tricks from the group says “People are saying that they
are buying food to take out because life has got busier.” And she says people think they are being more
efficient; but she argues that it's usually healthier and cheaper to make your own lunch. It means you can eat
the things you really want and make the quantity that you actually need.
Of course, preparing your lunch is another thing to fit into your morning scramble ( 忙 乱 ) of getting
ready for work, so if you haven’t got time and you are going to buy lunch, an alternative that Hubbub
suggests is to take your own container to a shop and ask them to put your food in it. The idea of using
reusable coffee cups for hot drinks and refilling water bottles has already proved successful, so this could be
another step in the right direction.
8. What’s the second paragraph mainly about?
A. It costs a lot of money buying lunch.
B. Eating fast food is no good to health.
C. Buying lunch leads to great damage to environment.
D. Experts give suggestions on eating.
9. What’s Hubbub’s suggestion in paragraph 3?
A. Stop eating packed lunches.
B. Eating what you like.
C. Trying to be more efficient in work.
D. Making lunch by yourself.
10. What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Buying lunch.
B. Taking your own container.
C. Using reusable coffee cup.
D. Using refilling water bottles.
11. What will the writer call on others to do?
A. Make a full use of lunch time.
B. Eating properly to keep healthy.
C. Doing what you can to reduce pollution.
D. Giving lunch time eating habit a thought to reduce damage to environment.
D
China’s Ministry of Water Resources and the National Development and Reform Commission
announced the official full completion of its construction, saying the Three Gorges project has met all design
requirements, has a good overall performance, and fulfills the key roles of flood control, electricity
generation, shipping and water-resource utilization.
By the end of August, the dam had held back 180 billion cubic meters of water during flood seasons. It saw
inflows of over 70,000 cubic meters per second in 2010, 2012 and 2020 and reduced flood peaks by about 40
percent, the review said, greatly easing flood-control pressure in downstream rice-growing areas.
During dry seasons, discharges have been raised to more than 5,500 cubic meters per second, providing
more than 20 billion cubic meters of water a year for the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. By
the end of August, the reservoir had provided replenishment (补水) for 2,267 days, with a total water supply
of 289.4 billion cubic meters, improving production, living conditions and the ecology of the river’s middle
and lower reaches, the review said.
The world’s largest hydropower station, the dam had generated over 1.35 trillion kilowatt-hours of
electricity by August, contributing to electricity supply in Central and East China and in Guangdong
province. The project has also significantly improved navigation conditions and strengthened shipping
capacity in the Yangtze. By August, some 1.48 billion tons of cargo had passed through the Three Gorges
Dam, boosting development in the Yangtze’s economic belt. The production and living environments of the
1.31 million people who were relocated to make way for the Three Gorges project have been greatly
improved, and the basic facilities and public service facilities in the reservoir area have developed rapidly, it
said.
12. Which of the following may be the title of the news?
A. The construction of the Three Gorges Project is fully completed.
B. How the Three Gorges Project has been in operation.
C. The reasons why China built the Three Gorges Project.
D. People in the reservoir area are happier than before.
13. What can we infer from the second paragraph?
A. The dam is built aiming to control flood.
B. The dam holds back the same amount of water each year.
C. The inflows in 2010, 2012 and 2020 are smaller than usual.