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are some replies they received. Rena Jose, 26, New York Which is more important, texting or safety? If you are looking at your phone while walking, you might not see a car come or traffic lights turn red. It can be very dangerous. For example, in Japan, one person fell into a lake and another got her leg stuck in a hole, because both had their mind on their phone. We should make texting while crossing the street illegal in more cities. Andy Selvam, 55, California People do many things that cause injury to themselves but are not illegal, such as climbing mountains, driving cars, swimming and so on. People might get hurt from texting and walking if they're not paying attention. But 1 still think they should have a choice. Bob Madigan, 45, Oregon As humans, we can make our own decisions. I'm not saying it's safe, but we don't need the government to babysit us. If we want to learn to make smart decisions, the government needs to stop telling us what to do. After all, this is a free country. Andrew Black, 34, Alaska This law is a good idea—compare this protection with seat belts. If this law is passed all over the USA, people will be worried. But is there really a way to please everyone? This would not be for fun. It would be safe and good for all Americans. （1）According to the passage, in ________, it is against the law if people text while crossing the street.
A. Alaska B. California C. Hawaii D. New York
（2）The LA Times did the survey most probably to ________. A. win the hearts of more readers
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B. encourage more states to pass the law
C. ask readers if they agree with texting while driving D. learn about people's opinions on texting while walking
（3）In Rena's reply, she showed the danger of texting while walking by ________. A. using numbers B. giving examples C. asking
questions D. telling stories
（4）Which of the following is Andrew Black's opinion? A. Texting is more important than safety. B. The law would help to keep Americans safe. C. It's easy to please everyone when passing a law.
D. Whether to text or not while walking is people's own choice.
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C
A zero-waste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish. So, a zero-waste store is about providing a kind of everyday and pleasant-looking zero-waste products to help people start on a zero-waste life journey.
\waste\or \was first suggested by a French woman called Bea Johnson. Her idea is: live a life and try not to create any rubbish; use different kinds of ways to save the environment such as stopping the use of one-off objects; giving unwanted things to others or giving them away to organizations like the Red Cross.
Yu Yuan, 27, is deeply interested in this idea. She and her boyfriend have lived in Beijing for many years. And earlier she used to buy things without thinking about them carefully until she saw a video about \of four placed the rubbish they produced every year in a jar (罐). After watching the video, Yu wanted to experience this zero-waste lifestyle with her boyfriend. A zero-waste life follows the 6R rule-Refuse Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Rot. Over August-October when Yu followed the rule of zero waste 6R, she and
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her boyfriend Joe Harvey both produced only two cans of rubbish.
Now, the couple have opened a small shop in Beijing, where they use wood products to take the place of plastic ones and cloth bags printed with
environmentally friendly logos. Most products sold in the store can be reused. The store also has second-hand books and CDs/DVDs with, ideas to make the best of the used things.
\who once experienced the non-waste lifestyle have slowly changed their ideas,\says Ya, \zero-waste lifestyle is not for ascetics (苦行僧). It is just around us at our finger-tips.\road to zero waste.
（1）Bea Johnson suggests that people should ________. A. try to produce no rubbish in life B. share objects with others
C. help their friends live comfortably D. work hard for the Red Cross
（2）We can see from the passage that Yu Yuan ________. A. offers plastic bags in her store B. is influenced by the 6R rule C. often buys things she doesn't need D. likes listening to CDs very much
（3）What Yu Yuan says in the last paragraph probably means that ________. A. lots of people doubt the zero-waste lifestyle B. she feels it hard to continue her lifestyle C. her friends have followed her lifestyle
D. the zero-waste lifestyle is not difficult to live
（4）Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. Opening up a second-hand store B. Recycling waste C. Saving the environment D. Joining the couple
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D
To help Japanese companies better deal with the increasing number of foreigners visiting the country, Panasonic has created a megaphone (扩音器) which is able to smartly translate Japanese into English, Chinese and Korean.
Panasonic named the product \It is a term for the Japanese words for \a megaphone that can translate Japanese into several other languages in real time. When a user speaks Japanese into the megaphone, it recognizes (辨认) and translates what is being said immediately, and outputs the words in English, Chinese or Korean. It sounds amazing, and seeing it in action is wonderful, but Megahonyaku is not good enough. It cannot translate everything you say, as it only stores 300 common expressions, like \Japanese company behind Megahonyaku promises to add new expressions regularly, which users can get on the Internet.
The machine was designed to be used in places like transport stations, airports and places of interest where quick and exact announcements are needed most. Around 30 Japanese organizations, including the police and guides, have been trying out Megahonyaku for about one year, but Panasonic says it will come onto the market on December 20th. Instead of selling these speech translators, Panasonic plans on renting (出租) them out for less than $183 a month on a three-year agreement, and offering users future improvements and necessary services.
Panasonic has also said that it may add support for other languages, like Russian, depending on customers' needs. Megahonyaku also includes a touch screen that allows users to choose the language they need their speech translated into. （1）Panasonic has produced Megahonyaku so that ________. A. guides can translate Chinese into Japanese faster
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B. Japanese companies can receive foreigners better C. foreigners can talk with the Japanese freely D. the Japanese can learn other languages easily
（2）The third paragraph is mainly about the ________ of Megahonyaku. A. invention B. importance C. disadvantage D. history
（3）It can be learnt from Paragraph 4 that Megahonyaku ________. A. may be popular with the police B. is widely used in private homes C. will be sold on December 20th D. stores about 30 foreign languages
（4）According to the passage, Panasonic will ________ in the future. A. sell Megahonyaku to foreign visitors B. bring down the price of Megahonyaku C. change the screen of Megahonyaku D. improve Megahonyaku regularly
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阅读下面短文，第26-39小题从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，第40小题在答题纸规定区域作答。
C
Many objects in the universe are invisible*,but they send radio waves. The radio telescope* thus appeared, and it is considered one of the greatest inventions in the twentieth century. Reber built the world's first radio telescope in 1937. Ryle and Hewish developed radio telescope systems
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