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A A good friend of mine was complaining about her son the other day“Did you notice,” she started, “how he didnt wait for me to get my salad before he dove into his?” True enough, the boy attacked his plate faster than a cat in the wildWithout manners, were no more than animalsActually, thats not trueIve been watching and feeding a group of wild cats, and they show unusual politeness toward each otherEven when food is scarce, they take turns, leaving at least a small part for the next in line My mother educated her three children to have good manners all the timeWe were made to feel very uncomfortable as if we were sitting on pins and needles until we got used to saying please, thank you, pardon me, and Im sorryAnd I have to say, while it was a painful learning experience, it was one of the most valuable I cant tell you how often I sat with my friends, eating at their dinner tables, and their parents thought highly of my good mannersWhile it was a little embarrassing, I knew even then that my mothers teachings were paying offMany years later, when I was attending seminars across the country, my manners were quite useful While I regret that I havent been a perfect example, Im still working on itI suppose, in this regard, my mother lives on through meI didnt have her beautiful singing voice or her green eyes, but she did make sure I received one of her finest characteristics【答案】C【解析】细节理解题。根据“Did you notice,” she started, “how he didnt wait for me to get my salad before he dove into his?” Without manners, were no more than animals可知在抱怨没有礼貌，故选C。37The underlined word “scarce” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_”Atoo much Bnot deliciousCnot enough Dquite hot【答案】C【解析】词义猜测题。根据they take turns, leaving at least a small part for the next in line可推出当食物不足时的做法，故选C。38We learn that the writers mother _Awas strict about her childrens manners Bnever punished her childrenChad beautiful blue eyes Dwas not good at singing【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据I knew even then that my mothers teachings were paying off可知作者的母亲对她的孩子要求严格，故选A。39What does the writer think of her experience of learning good manners?AEasy and relaxing BPainful and valuableCEasy but useless DToo horrible【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据And I have to say, while it was a painful learning experience, it was one of the most valuable学起来是痛苦的但是是有价值的，故选B。40We can infer from the passage that the writer _A.is surely liked by everyone around herB is not satisfied with most peoples manners around herC Cthinks she has been a perfect example to the youngDthanks her mother for teaching her the good manners a lot【答案】D【解析】推理判断题。根据Many years later, when I was attending seminars across the country, my manners were quite useful作者要感谢她的母亲，故选D。 B Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recyclingRecycling in the home is very important of courseHowever, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we needWe are dealing with the results of that overconsumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place The total amount of packaging has increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005It now makes up a third of a typical households waste in the UKIn many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environmentThe UK, for example, is running out of it for burying this unnecessary wasteIf such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effectRecycling helps, but the process itself uses energyThe solution is not to produce such items in the first placeFood waste is a serious problem, tooToo many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they needHowever, few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example But this is not just about supermarketsIt is about all of usWe have learned to associate packaging with qualityWe have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor qualityThis is especially true of foodBut it is also applied to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary There are signs of hopeAs more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary materials are collectedWe need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb41What does the underlined phrase “that over-consumption” refer to?AUsing too much packaging BRecycling too many wastesCMaking more products than necessaryDHaving more material than is needed【答案】D【解析】词义猜测题。根据根据文中的We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place. 可知划线部分意义应为“过度消费”，所以D项意义正确。42The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _Athe tendency of cutting household waste Bthe increase of packaging recyclingCthe rapid growth of supermarkets Dthe fact of packaging overuse【答案】D【解析】作者用意猜测题。根据作者在文中使用的数字可知，作者使用数字的目的是为了让读者清楚地理解过度包装的现实问题，所以D项正确。 43According to the text, recycling _Ahelps control the greenhouse effect Bmeans burning packaging for energyCis the solution to gas shortage Dleads to a waste of land【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. 可知A项正确。44What can be inferred from Para