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     Across the United States,there are several places where two independent towns grew together to
become one citybut kept both their names.
     WinstonSalem is one of them.It's a midsized city in what's called the plateau(high land),between the
Atlantic Coast and the inland mountains in the state of North Carolina.The Winston part is a relatively new place,founded early this century.It's home  to  the  nation's  biggest  openair  tobacco market.
     The giant R．J.Reynolds Tobacco Company's headquarters is in WinstonSalem,and Winston is the
name of one of Reynolds' bestknown cigarette brands.Fastgrowing Winston soon surrounded the much
older town of Salem,so in 1913,people in the area voted to combine them into a single place.
     From a historical and tourist point of view,Salem,or Old Salem,as it's called today,is the interesting and unusual part of town.
     Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians.They spoke German,and their community was
religiously based,with single men and single women living apart in separate dormitories.The Moravians
greatly valued women's work and brainpower.In fact,one of the nation's oldest boarding schools for young womenthe Moravians' Salem Academy founded in 1772－is still in operation.
     Over the years,Salem lost its Moravian character.That all changed,though,when a nonprofit group
began to rehabilitate the historic area.These days Old Salem is what's called a living history museum,with
exhibits,music,and tours of 18thcentury houses,taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in WinstonSalem.
     The historic community is booming again.Just as R．J.Reynolds is taking in millions of dollars making
cigarettes across town,Old Salem is generating about D|S15 million a year in tourism revenue and
donations.
1. From the passage we can know that________.
A. WinstonSalem is the name of a city
B. Salem is home to the tobacco market
C. the city WinstonSalem has two names
D. Old Salem is the name of a tobacco brand
2. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that________.
A. the two cities benefited each other
B. Salem developed faster than Winston
C. R.J.Reynolds Company has moved into Salem
D. the combination meets the wishes of the people
3. The city Salem is special for its________.
A. boarding school  
B. lifestyle and tradition
C. respect for brainpower  
D. religious belief
4. The underlined word  "rehabilitate"  in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to "________"．
A. reconstruct  
B. evaluate
C. enlarge  
D. decorate
5. What will probably be talked about in the following part?
A. Some other attractions in WinstonSalem.
B. How Winston makes profits from tourism.
C. Other examples of cities combined by two parts.
D. Something about the boarding school for women.
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In 1993, New York State ordered stores to charge a deposit on beverage (="drink)" containers. Within a year, consumers had returned millions of aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles. Plenty of companies were eager to accept the aluminum and glass as raw material for new products, but because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound end up buried in landfills(垃圾填埋場). The problem was not limited to New York. Unfortunately, there were too few uses for second-hand plastic.
Today, one out of five plastic soda bottles is recycled in the United States. The reason for the change is that now there are dozens of companies across the country buying discarded plastic soda bottles and turning them into fence post, paint brushes, etc.
As the New York experience shows, recycling involves more than simply separating valuable materials from the rest of the rubbish. A discard remains a discard unti1 somebody figures out how to give it a second life — and until economic arrangements exist to give that second life va1ue.Without adequate markets to absorb materials collected for recycling, throwaways actually depress prices for used materials.
Shrinking landfill space and rising costs for burying and burning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely at recycling. In many areas, the East Coast especially, recycling is already the least expensive waste-management option. For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying for its disposal, which, in parts of New York, amounts to savings of more than $100 per ton. Recycling also stimulates the local economy by creating jobs and reduces the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled products by giving them a more refined raw material.
1. What regulation was issued by New York State concerning beverage containers?
A. A fee should be charged on used containers for recycling.
B. Throwaways should be collected by the state for recycling.
C. Consumers had to pay for beverage containers and could get their money back on returning them.
D. Beverage companies should be responsible for collecting and reusing discarded plastic soda bottles.
2. The returned plastic bottles in New York used to        .
A. be turned into raw rnateria1s
B. be separated from other rubbish
C. have a second-life value
D. end up somewhere underground
3. The key problem in dealing with returned plastic beverage containers is         .
A. how to reduce their recycling costs
B. to sell them at a profitable price
C. how to turn them into useful things
D. to lower the prices for used materials
4. Recycling has become the first choice for the disposal of rubbish because         .
A. recycling causes litt1e pollution
B. other methods are more expensive
C. recycling has great appeal for the jobless
D. local governments find it easy to manage
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A.    recycling is to be recommended both economically and environmentally
B. local governments in the U. S. can expect big profits from recycling
C. rubbish is a potential remedy for the shortage of raw materials
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   The combination proves deadly. Each year, diseases related to inadequate water and sanitation kill between 2 and 5 million people and cause an estimated 80 percent of all sicknesses in the developing world. Safe drinking water is a precondition for health and the fight against child death rate, inequality between men and women, and poverty.

Consider these facts:

●The average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect water is 6 kilometers.

●Only 58 percent of children in sub-Saharan Africa are drinking safe water., and only 37 percent

of children in South Asia have access to even a basic toilet.

●Each year in India alone, 73 million working days are lost to water-borne diseases.

Here are three ways you can help:

1) Write Congress

Current U.S. foreign aid for drinking water and sanitation budgets only one dollar per year per American citizen. Few members of Congress have ever received a letter from voters about clean drinking water abroad.

2) Sponsor a project with a faith-based organization

Many U.S. religious groups already sponsor water and sanitation projects, working with partner organizations abroad. Simply put a single project by a U.S. organization can make safe water a reality for thousands of people.

3) Support nonprofit water organizations

Numerous U.S.-based nonprofits work skillfully abroad in community-led projects related to drinking water and sanitation. Like the sample of non-profits noted as follows: some organizations are large, other small-scale, some operate worldwide, others are devoted to certain areas in Africa, Asia, or Latin America. Support them generously.

1、The three facts presented in the passage are used to illustrate that________.

    A. poverty can result in water-borne diseases

    B. people have no access to clean drinking water

    C. women’s rights are denied in some developing countries

    D. safe drinking water should be a primary concern

2、The intended readers of the passage are________.

   A. Americans                               B. overseas sponsors

   C. Congressmen                                  D. U.S.-based water organizations

3、The main purpose of the passage is to call on people to _________.

    A. get rid of water-related diseases in developing countries

    B. donate money to people short of water through religious groups

    C. fight against the worldwide water shortage and sanitation problem

    D. take joint action in support of some nonprofit water organizations

4、What information will probably be provided following the last paragraph?

    A. A variety of companies and their worldwide operation.

    B. A list of nonprofit water organizations to make contact with.

    C. Some ways to get financial aids from U.S. Congress.

    D. A few water resources exploited by some world-famous organizations.

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     Across the United States, there are several places where two independent towns grew together to
become one city-but kept both their names.
     WinstonSalem is one of them. It's a midsized city in what'scalled the plateau(high land), between the
Atlantic Coast and the inland mountains in the state of North Carolina. TheWinston part is a relatively
new place, founded early last century. It's home to the nation's biggest openair tobacco market.
     The giant R. J.Reynolds Tobacco Company's headquarters is in WinstonSalem, and Winston is the
name of one of Reynolds' bestknown cigarette brands. Fastgrowing Winston soon surrounded the much
older town of Salem, so in 1913, people in the area voted to combine them into a single place.
      From a historical and tourist point of view, Salem, or Old Salem, as it's called today, is the interesting
and unusual part of town.
      Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians. They spoke German, and their community was
religiously based, with single men and single women living apart in separate dormitories. The Moravians
greatly valued women's work and brainpower. In fact, one of the nation's oldest boarding schools for
young women-the Moravians' Salem Academy founded in 1772-is still in operation.
      Over the years, Salem lost its Moravian character.That all changed, though, when a nonprofit group
began to rehabilitate the historic area.These days Old Salem is what's called a living history museum,
with exhibits, music, and tours of 18thcentury houses, taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just
seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in WinstonSalem.
     The historic community is booming again.Just as R. J.Reynolds is taking in millions of dollars making
cigarettes across town, Old Salem is generating about DS| 15 million a year in tourism revenue and
donations.

1. From the passage we can know that________.
A. WinstonSalem is the name of a city
B. Salem is home to the tobacco market
C. the city WinstonSalem has two names
D. Old Salem is the name of a tobacco brand

2. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that ________.
A. the two cities benefited each other
B. Salem developed faster than Winston
C. R.J.Reynolds Company has moved into Salem
D. the combination meets the wishes of the people

3. The city Salem is special for its________.
A. boarding school                
B. lifestyle and tradition
C. respect for brainpower                  
D. religious belief


4. The underlined word"rehabilitate"in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to "________".
A. reconstruct                          
B. evaluate
C. enlarge                              
D. decorate

5. What will probably be talked about in the following part?
A. Some other attractions in WinstonSalem.
B. How Winston makes profits from tourism.
C. Other examples of cities combined by two parts.
D. Something about the boarding school for women.

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    Across the United States there are several places where two independent towns grew together to
become one city-but kept both their names.
     Winston-Salem is one of them. It's a mid-sized city in what's called the plateau(high land), between
the Atlantic Coast and the inland mountains in the state of North Carolina. The Winston part is a
relatively new place, founded early last century. It's home to the nation's biggest open-air tobacco
market.
     The giant R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Company's headquarters is in Winston-Salem and Winston is the
name of one of Reynolds' best-known cigarette brands. Fast-growing Winston soon surrounded the
much older town of Salem, so in 1913, people in the area voted to combine them into a single place.
     From historical and tourist point of view, Salem, or Old Salem, as it's called today, is the interesting
and unusual part of town.
     Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians. They spoke German, and their community was
religiously based, with single men and single women living apart in separate dormitories. The Moravians
greatly valued women's work and brainpower. In fact, one of the nation's oldest boarding schools for
young women-the Moravians'Salem Academy founded in 1772-is still in operation.
     Over the years, Salem lost its Moravian character. That all changed, though, when a nonprofit group
began to rehabilitate the historic area. These days Old Salem is what's called a living history museum,
with exhibits, music, and tours of 18th -century houses, taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just
seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in Winston-Salem.
     The historic community is booming again. Just as R.J.Reynolds is taking in millions of dollars making
cigarettes across town, Old Salem is generating about $15 million a year in tourism revenue and donations.

1. From the passage we can know that ______________.
A. Winston-Salem is the name of a city
B. Salem is home to the tobacco market
C. the city Winston-Salem has two names
D. Old Salem is the name of a tobacco brand

2.  It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that ______________.
A. the two cities benefited each other
B. Salem developed faster than Winston
C. R.J.Reynolds Company has moved into Salem
D. the combination meets the wishes of the people

3. The city Salem is special for its ______________.
A. boarding school                
B. lifestyle and tradition
C. respect for brainpower          
D. religious belief

4. The underlined word "rehabilitate" in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to "________________".
A. reconstruct    
B. evaluate  
C. enlarge  
D. decorate

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