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For several years， Americans have enjoyed teleshopping-watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In some _1_ countries, people can turn on their _2_ and shop for clothes, jewelry, food,toys and _3_ things. Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden. _4_， the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year， it makes $10 million. In France， there are two teleshopping channels， and the French _5_ about $ 20 million a year in buying things through those channels. In Germany， _6_ last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can _7_ for telebusiness， including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German _8_ are hoping these will help them sell more things.Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without _9_. With all the traffic problems in cities， going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the same time， other Europeans _10_ like this new way of buying things. They call _11_ “junk on the air.” Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things _12_ on TV. They think high quality is the most important thing， and they dont believe they can be sure about the quality of the things _13_. The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be _14_ the American companies. They will have to be more careful about _15_ of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see by themselves. ( )1. A. European B. Asian C. American D. African ( )2. A. lights B. switches C. radios D. TVs ( )3. A. some else B. another many C. the other D. many other ( )4. A. Such as B. For example C. For teleshopping D. It is like ( )5. A. takes B. cost C. spends D. spend( )6. A. to B. until C. unless D. by ( )7. A. begin B. leave C. open D . turn on ( )8. A. people B. women C. businessmen D. officials ( )9. A. to go out B. going out C. to buy things D. buying things ( )10. A. still B. dont C. even D. wont ( )11. A. teleshopping B. TV C. radio D. telephone ( )12. A. appearing B. coming out C. for sale D. to buy ( )13. A. in the shop B. on TV C. they bought D. by this way ( )14. A. the same with B. different from C. as big as D. larger than ( )15. A. the number B. the quality C. the places D. the buyersMaybe you cant _1_ what a trash hotel is like. But in Rome,Italy,there _2_ a campaign _3_ Save the Beach that has created a hotel out of 12 tons of trash in order _4_ raise awareness（觉悟） of our waste.Save the Beech is an environmental awareness campaign set up by the makers of Corona Beer. They _5_ all the trash from all the beaches all _6_ Europe. Then they built the special hotel.It is reported that the hotel is_7_ booked. And it is open only for four days here _8_ early June,the same time _9_ World Environment Day. This “trash hotel” is next to the slogan of Save the Beach. This will be the _10_ of our holidays if we do _11_ to protect our beaches.The building of the hotel is just _12_ the damage（损坏） we are causing to the sea and the coastline. We live in the time of trash and we are running the risk of _13_ trash ourselves. Do we really want this world?The Roman trash hotel is just the beginning of supporting healthy,clean _14_ trash-free beaches all across Europe by Save the Beach. Maybe there will be more _15_ ideas in the future. Lets wait and see.( )1. A. read B. imagine C. hear D. find( )2. A. will be B. is C. was D. have( )3. A. called B. is called C. calling D. call( )4. A. / B. that C. to D. so( )5. A. looked for B. saw C. found D. collected( )6. A. through B. past C. cross D. across( )7. A. full B. f ully C. fill D. filled( )8. A. in B. on C. to D. at( )9. A. like B. with C. such as D. as( )10. A. picture B. future C. film D. day( )11. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything( )12. A. said B. to say C. showed D. to show( )13. A. become B. became C. becoming D. to become( )14. A. and B. but C. or D. with( )15. A. frustrating B. surprising C. disappointing D. embarrassingClean water is not only important for people to produce food, but necessary for our life. However, many people in Asia and Africa dont have enough clean water to use. The World Health Organization reports that almost 4,000 children die each day of dirty water orlack ofwater.Farmers use 70%85% of the world fresh water to produce food. People usually dont pay much attention to how much water industry (工业) uses, but you may be surprised to know that industry uses 59% of the water in developed countries.Home use takes up only 8% in the world. But as cities grow, more water will be used. The local government has to try to make people use less water.In 60% of European cities, people are saving water by using less. They even keep waste water for other use.In Australia, the government has encouraged people to collect rainwater and recycle water from showers for a second use.The US Environmental Protection Agency has made a water saving program to encourage families and businesses to check their water use and save more water. Scientists and the UN are looking for good water management as the key to solving the problem. We can all work together to protect our fresh water in our daily life.1. In developed countries, most water is used by industry.2. People in Asia have enough clean water to use.3. To save water, Australians and Europeans both choose to recycle water for a second use.4. According to the passage, scientists have found good ways to deal with water problems.5. Home use of water will increase because of the growing of cities. In November of 1995, Leslie was working for the Department of Social Services in North Carolina. Her job is to take children out of dangerous home situations and place them in foster homes (寄养家庭). During her first such task, Leslie saw that the children she had come to pick up were carrying all of their things in plastic bags. They didnt have suitcases (手提箱) for their clothes. Wanting to help these children, Leslie asked her mother if she could have the familys old suitcases to give to them. Leslies 10-year-old sister Abby asked how many foster children there were in the area and found out that there were 300. Most of those children had to carry their things from place to place in plastic bags. Leslies care and the thought of those 300 children made young Abby take action. Abby decided to ask people to give away their old suitcases to these foster children. She began making and hanging posters, speaking at churches, and asking other children for help. But after a few weeks, she had not received any ones. Abby decided to buy some suitcases with her mothers help. Thats how Abby Burnside set up her program, Suitcases for Kids. By March of 1996, Suitcases for Kids had collected and sent 175 suitcases to the foster children. Finally, Abbys efforts were noticed by the media. Her story was in newspapers and magazines and Abby appeared on popular television shows. As the story became known, Abbys local chapter (分支机构) received more and more suitcases, until it collected 4,000 suitcases in 1996. Soon, Abby was traveling to different states to help set up new Suitcases for Kids chapters. By the end of 1996, there were Suitcases for Kids chapters in 19 different states. After two full years, Suitcases for Kids had set up chapters in all 50 states. By its sixth year, the little organization reached international attention, having chapters in more than ten countries. Now thousands of children around the world can carry their things in suitcases instead of plastic bags just because a 10-year-old girl decided one day that she just wanted to help.1. Was Leslies work to help the foster children?2. What did the children use to carry their things at first?3. Why did Abby decide to take action?4. In which year did each state have Abbys chapters?5. What made Abby help the children successfully? 用所给词适当形式填空easily, pass, job, spend, will, expensive, other, marry, interest, cityYoung People in Britain Life used to be fun for “teenagers”. They used to have money to spend, and free time to while away(消磨). They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now. 1 are difficult to find. Theres not so much money around. Things are 2 , and its hard to find a place to live in. Teachers say that students work harder than they used to. They are less 3 in politics, and more interested in 4 exams. They know t