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green business that is certain to
appeal to environmentallyaware musiclovers, a design student is to receive financial support to produce ecofriendly tents made of cardboard that can be recycled after the bands and the crowds have gone home.Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end of events
each year.For his final year project at the University of the West of England, James Dunlop came up with
a material that can be recycled.And to cope with the British summer, the cardboard has been made
waterproof.
Taking inspiration from a Japanese architect, who has used cardboard to make big buildings
including churches, Mr.Dunlop used cardboard material for his tents, which he called Myhabs.
The design won an award at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr.Dunlop graduated from
his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a business.
To raise money for the idea, he toured the city"s private companies which fund new business and
found a supporter in the finance group Mint.He introduced his idea to four of Mint"s directors and won
their support.Mint has committed around ￡500,000 to Myhabs and taken a share of 30 percent in
Mr.Dunlop"s business.The first Myhabs should be tested at festivals this summer, before being marketed
fully next year.
Mr.Dunlop said that the design, which accommodates two people, could have other uses, such as for
disaster relief and housing for the London Olympics.
For music events, the cardboard houses will be ordered on
line and put up at the sites by the Myhabsteam before the festivalgoers arrive and removed by the company afterwards.They can be personalized
and the company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree to sell exterior (外部的) advertising
space.
The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonbury having some 150,000
each year.Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where people camp in the UK.The
events are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious.
1. "Ecofriendly tents" in Paragraph 1 refer to tents ________.
A. economically desirable
B. favorable to the environment
C. for holding music performances
D. designed for disaster relief
2. Mr.Dunlop established his business ________.
A. independently with an interestfree loan from Mint
B. with the approval of the City"s administration
C. in partnership with a finance
groupD. with the help of a Japanese architect
3. It is implied in the passage that ________.
A. the weather in the UK is changeable in summer
B. most performances at British festivals are given in the open air
C. the cardboard tents produced by Mr.Dunlop can be usertailored
D. cardboard tents can be easily put up and removed by users
4. The tents ________ according to the passage.
A. have good commercial value
B. can"t resist water
C. are only for open air festivals
D. are promoted strongly by the UK government
5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. Don"t Use Tents Again
B. The Advantages of Tents
C. How to Produce Tents
D. The Development of Recyclable Tents
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Nowhere are manners more important than at the table.When the Chinese ask their guests to dinner,
even though there are excellent dishes on the table, (1)________ host is (2)________ (like) to say
something like "There are no special dishes tonight.Please help yourselves." The praises of the dishes
(3)________ (leave) to the guest.But this is different in the West.If (4)________ (ask) a guest to eat at
his home, the host may say, "This is the (5)________ (good) dish my wife cooks." The seats are
arranged in a different way.The hostess or host sits at the head of the table (6)________ the main guest
on his right, the second guests on his left.There are some (7)________ (different) in offering wine and
cigarettes.(8)________ a Chinese host gives a toast, he usually says "Bottoms up" and drinks up all the
wine in the cup.He wants the guests to do the same.But in the West (9)________ is up to the guests to
decide how much they drink.Usually the host just leaves the cigarettes on the table, instead of offering
(10)________ to his (her) guests one after another.
There are two sets of Games-the Winter and the Summer Olympics, and 1__________ are held every
four years on a regular basis. The Winter Olympics are usually held two year 2________ the Summer
Games. Only athletes 3______________ have reached the agreed standard for their event
4(admit)________________ as competitors. They may come from 5___________ in the world.
There are no running races 6___________ horse riding events. 7______________ there are
competitions like skiing and ice skating 8______________ need snow and ice. That"s 9_________
they"re called the Winter Olympics. It"s in the Summer Olympics 10____________you have the running
races, together with swimming, sailing and all the team sports.
The literal meaning of philosophy is "love of wisdom". But this meaning does not tell us very much.
Unlike the other disciplines, philosophy cannot be defined by what you study, because it is actually
unlimited. Anything can be the subject matter of philosophy: are, history, law, language, literature,
mathematics, and in fact, the other academic disciplines are directly related to philosophy. For this reason
you get a Doctorate(博士学位)of Philosophy (Ph. D. ) in biochemistry, or computer science, or
psychology
Two broad sub-fields of philosophy are logic and the history of philosophy. Logic is the science of
argument and critical thinking. It provides sound methods for distinguishing good from bad reasoning. The history of philosophy involves the study of major philosophers and periods in the development of
philosophy.
Of what use is philosophy? First it is useful in educational advancement. It is necessary for
understanding other disciplines. Only philosophy questions the nature of the concepts used in a discipline,
and its relation to other disciplines. And through the study of philosophy, one develops sound methods of
research and analysis that can be applied to any field.
There are a number of general uses of philosophy. It strengthens one"s ability to solve problems, to
communicate, to organize ideas and issues, to persuade, and to take what is the most important from a
large quantity of data. These general uses are of great benefit in the career field, not necessarily for
obtaining one"s first job after graduation, but for preparing for positions of responsibility, management and leadership later on. It is very short-sighted after all, to take a course of studies only for the purpose of
getting one"s first job. The useful skills developed through the study of philosophy have significant long-term benefits in career advancement. No other discipline systematically follows the ideals of wisdom, leadership, and capacity to resolve human conflict
1. What"s the meaning of philosophy according to the passage?
A. social sciences
B. both social and natural sciences
C. natural sciences
D. the subject matter of politics
2. What does "discipline" mean in the first paragraph?
A. literature
B. science
C. subject
D. occupation
3. With the study of philosophy, you can .
A. make progress in your career development
B. succeed in everything
C. find a good job soon after graduation
D. become a great leader
4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Philosophy is an independent discipline.
B. The study of philosophy brings you immediate benefits.
C. Logic helps you to become a better thinker.
D. The meaning of philosophy is too limited to define.
5. From the passage, we can conclude .
A. not all the subjects have to do with philosophy
B. philosophy can be helpful for the study of any other subjects
C. a person will get a Ph. D. if he/she studies philosophy
D. philosophy is the only solution to all the problems in the world
classes, etc. Customs can be described as ways of doing things. They are particularly strong in social
practices on the occasions of births, marriages and deaths.
In China, these days, some people in cities are learning from Western customs. For example, some
brides dress in the long white dress that is usual bridal wear in many Western countries.
Every people has special customs for New Year. The Han people have many interesting Spring
Festival customs. And now, quite a number of people living in the cities have followed the Western
customs of sending New Year greeting cards for January 1st.
One interesting custom in China is that mothers wrap up their babies tightly.This is not the custom in
Western countries, where babies are usually dressed in loose garments.
1. Which of the following statement is right?
A. Customs have been formed during a short time
B. Customs have been formed little by little
C. Customs have been quickly formed and changed
D. Customs have never been changed
2. In this passage, the word "people" is .
A. 人们
B. 人类
C. 民族
D. 大家
3. How do the Chinese young people learn from Western countries at their marriages?
A. The brides(新娘)have on the white clothes.
B. Men wear the white coats.
C. Their parents all have attended their marriages.
D. Their marriages are only held in Church.
4. From this passage we know .
A. the people all over China spend New Year in the same way
B. people in the villages and cities send New Year greeting ny e-mail each other
C. each people has his special custom for New Year
D. most of Chinese people like to spend Spring Festival.
5. The difference about clothing between Chinese and Western babies is that .
A. Chinese babies are usually dressed in new clothes
B. Western mothers are used to dressing their babies in colourful clothes
C. Western babies are dressed in bigger clothes while Chinese babies are usually wrapped
D. Chinese babies have more clothes than Western babies
in colonial(殖民时期的)North America was mainly concerned with survival and beyond that, its own
economic prosperity. Thus, children were 2 in terms of their productivity(生产能力), and they played
the role of producer quite early. Until they fulfilled this role, their position in the family was one of
subordination(附属).
With the_3_of the society. the position of children in the family and in the society became more
important. In the complex and technological society that the United States has become, each_4_must
fulfill a number of personal and occupational_5_and be in contact with many other members. Therefore,
viewing children as necessary members of society means that they are_6_more as people in their own
fight than as those of subordination. This acceptance of children as_7 participants in the family is reflected
in various laws_8_the rights of children and in the social and public welfare programs.
This new_9_of children and the frequent contact between the members of society has also 10 an
increasing interest in child-raising techniques. People today spend much time seeking the proper way to
11 children.
Nowadays, the socialization of the child in the United States is a 12 transaction(事务)between
parent and child 13 a one-way, parent-to-child training 14 . As a consequence, socializing children
and 15 with them over a long period of time is for parents a mixture of pleasure, satisfaction, and
problems.