Eco-friendly Car Racer

Can you image a car racer is so eco-friendly that its tyres are made from potatoes, its body is created from hemp（大麻）and rapeseed oil and it runs on fuel made from wheat and sugar beet? The one-seater racing car called Eco One is built by experts from Warwick University, who hope that Eco One will be adopted by the automotive industry．It is sold at $51,000．

Pollution-sensitive Dress

Don’t be caught outside unaware of pollution levels in the air．The pollution-sensitive EPA Dress by Stephanie Sandstrom notices pollution in the air accordingly. This dress - which is actually quite pretty-look like you pull it from the bottom of the dirty laundry pile when the air is dirty. It might protect your hea1th by advising you to stay indoors for the day, but it won’t do you any favor if you’re meeting with clients.

Eco-friendly Umbrella

Traditional umbrellas come with a fixed surface. Although it is changeable, you cannot replace it easily. This eco-friendly design is more flexible. It is actually only an umbrella skeleton without any surface, which can be folded, so you can put anything such as newspapers, plastic bags or whatever you want to serve as the protecting surface.

Eco-friendly Moss(苔藓)Carpet

It is said that walking on fresh grass increases your blood circulation. The Moss Carpet, created by Nguyen La Chanh, looks at getting the grass to your feet. The mat includes ball moss, island moss and forest moss. The humidity(湿度)of the bathroom ensures that it grows well. And that’s why you need to place it there and not anywhere else.

21.According to Paragraph 1,we can find Eco One     .

A. can seat one passenger and one driver

B. can’t be afforded by the public at present

C. is mainly made from some kinds of plants

D. will that the place of the traditional car industry

22. Why is EPA Dress designed?

A. To advise people to stay at home as often as possible

B. To keep users informed of the polluted levels in the air．

C. To make women look pretty even in the polluted air.

D. To stop people from meeting their clients if necessary.

23. Where does the text probably come from?

A. A science report

B. A personal blog

C. A health report

D. An official document

Face-book chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chavez, chief of American Girl Scouts, are leading a campaign to discourage the use of the word “bossy”. Does the term destroy the confidence of young girls?

The campaign claims that terms like “bossy” are improperly applied to females, preventing schoolgirls from seeing themselves as future “leaders”. From its first application, the word has been definitely connected more with women than with men. It first appeared in 1882, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, mentioning “a lady manager who was extremely bossy”. As late as 2008, the word appeared in reference to females four times more often than males, claim the Ban Bossy campaigners. “To me, the reference is always is association with women,” says Helen Trim, director of Fresh Minds. “I have three brothers and my family still call me ‘bossy’ today.” Her father is the only other family member who could be considered in that way, says Trim, but nobody would ever call him so.

Some educators recommend that the word should be reclaimed, rather than banned.“But the thing with‘bossy’ is that there's an infantile (幼稚的)element to it，“says Sara Mills, professor at Sheffield University. “You think of ‘bossy’ as being like a little kid who's claiming more than he has the right to claim.”

It's not just“bossy”under fire.“Pushy”is another target. The implication is that women shouldn’t present themselves as powerful and confident. Mills suggests, which some women are willing to listen to and accept. Trim points out that many modern female business role models are able to be bosses without being labeled‘bossy’.And she rarely,if ever, hears the word used within her company. But she says that the damage may be dome much earlier in a woman’s life.“It does come about from those early teenage years.”she says.“I think it's impossible to ban a word, but if people are replacing it with words like‘confidence'or‘assertiveness',we would all be in a much better place.”

24.More evidence is provided to show“ bossy” is more applied to females by       .

A. the Oxford English Dictionary

B. the Ban bossy campaigners

C. Helen Trim at Fresh Minds

D. some experts in education

25. Trim’s family still consider her bossy because     .

A. she is expected to lead in her family

B. she is the boss of her company

C．she is a powerful and confident female

D. her farther considers her that way

26.The underlined part “under fire” most probably means    

A. definitely replaced

B. strongly criticized

C. improperly applied

D. eagerly expected

27.How does the author sound when referring to the campaign against“bossy”?

A. Objective

B. Angry

C. Doubtful

D. Optimistic

Seventeen-year-old Randy Waldron. Jr.was shocked when be applied for his first credit card and was denied. He was even more shocked by the reason: He failed to repay thousands of dollars in debt.

Waldron's identity had been stolen by his father, who left when Randy way learning to walk. From 1982 to 1999, Randy Waldron.Sr, used his son’s Social Security number to obtain credit from various merchants and lenders, then racked up tens of thousands of dollars in debts. He declared bankruptcy in his son’s name, which resulted in default judgments against the younger Waldron. It has taken Randy Jr. now a 24-year-old flight attendant. years to untangle(解决）the mess.

Waldron isn’t alone. Identity theft is this country’s fastest-growing crime-and. increasingly. ID thieves are targeting children. Their clean credit and absence of criminal histories make them ideal victims.

Linda Foley, co-executive director of the Identity Theft Resource Center in San Diego Estimates that at least 400.000 children had their identities stolen in 2005 more than double the number in 2003. Waldron’s case is typical: The resource center estimates that two-thirds of child ID thefts are committed by family members.

Some dishonest person use children’s names and Social Security number to ring up massive debts; others use children’s identities in place of their own when caught committing other crimes; still others sell identification information on the black market to illegal immigrants, fellow criminals or even terrorists. The theft brings its victims enormous financial and emotional trauma（创伤）. in part because the identity abuse often goes undetected for years.

Dealing with child identity theft after it happens is extremely difficult Laws in many states are insufficient to handle the crime’s complexity, and financial institutions are often less than helpful. Randy Waldron Ir. has worked tirelessly for eight years to straighten out his credit record and he continues to deal with the fallout. “It’s been a very long and hard battle,” he says. “ Recovering my identity was really the absolute hardest part. I think a lot of victims assume the problem will go away.”

28. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

   A. How to Avoid Identity Theft            B. Child Identity Theft

   C. Recover My Identity                  D. Look out for family Members

29. Why do children easily become the targets of identity theft?

   A. Because they cannot read or write at a young age

   B. Because they are too young to protect themselves

   C. Because they have empty credit and criminal records

   D. Because identity theft can’t be found in time

30. With the help of the child’s identity. the criminals can do the following except that_____.

   A. straighten out their own credit record

   B.substitute for their own identities when caught committing crimes

   C. obtain credits from various merchants and lenders

   D. sell identification information on the black market

31. It can be inferred from the passage that______.

   A. Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in the country

   B. Children should never trust their family members

   C. Financial institutions should be responsible for the identity theft

   D. New laws should be made to help the identity theft victims

Some people are like homing pigeons; Drop them off anywhere. and they’ll find their way around. Other people. through, can’t tell holding a map upside down. Are the directionally challenged just bad learners?

Not all of your navigational（导航的）skills are learned. Research shows that your sense of direction is innate. An innate ability is something you are born with. Your brain has special navigational neurons--head-direction cells, place cells, and grid cells（网格细胞）--and they help program your inside compass when you’re just a baby.

In 2010. scientists carried out an experiment to study baby rates’    activity in their brains. Although the rats were newborns. the researchers discovered that their head-direction cells(which help them recognize the direction they’re facing) were fully grown and developed. The rats. it seemed. were born with a sense of direction. And they hadn’t even opened their eyes yet!

Humans. of course, are not rats. But the hippocampus --the brain we use for navigation--is similar in most mammals. If the rat’s compass develops this way. then it’s likely a human’s compass does, too.

If we’re born with a sense of direction. then why are some people so good at getting lost? The scientists found that the two other cells---place and grid cells--developed within the first month. Place cells are thought to help us form a map in our mind. while gird cells help us navigate new and unfamiliar places. The two cells work together, and that’s where the trouble might be.

People who took part in a 2013 study played a video game that required them to travel quickly between different places. Monitoring their brains. the scientists. According to researcher Michael Kahana, differences in how gird cells work may help explain why some people have a better sense of direction than others.

32. What did the 2010 research find?

    A. Rats have a natural ability to recognize directions 

    B. Rats’ hipppcampus is different from that of humans

    C. Rats usually find their way without opening their eyes

    D. Baby rats have as many head-direction cells as grown-ups

33. What do we know about our navigational neurons?

    A. Place cells let us know how to read a map

    B. Grid cells help us reach the place we are going to

    C. They help us use a compass when we lose our way

    D. Place and grid cells grow later than head-direction cells

34. Why are some people so good at getting lost?

    A. They can’t remember landmarks    

    B. Their grid cells can’t work very well

    C. They are unfamiliar with new places

    D. Their ability to follow directions is poor

35. What is the text mainly about?

    A. Human navigational skills           B. The compass in rats’ body

    C. Why grid cells are useful           D. How homing pigeons work

   It's normal wake briefly during the night.__36__But if you’re waking up during the night and having trouble falling back asleep. the following tips may help.

     Stay out of your head. The key to getting back to sleep is continuing to prepare your body for sleep,so remain in bed in a relaxed  position. Hard as it may be, try not to strop over the fact that you’re awake, because that very stress and anxiety encourage your body to stay awake.__37__.

      __38__if you are finding it hard to fall back asleep, try a relaxation technique such as visualization. deep breathing. or meditation. which can be done without even getting out of bed. Remind yourself that although they’re not a replacement for sleep. rest and relaxation still help refresh your body.

       Do a quiet, non-stimulating activity. If you’re been awake for more than 15 minutes. try getting out of bed and doing a quiet, non-stimulating activity. such as reading a book. Keep the lights dim so as not to think that it’s time to wake up.__39__A light snack might help relax you. but be careful not to eat so much that your body begins to expect a meal at that time of the day.

      __40__if you wake during the night feeling anxious about something, make a brief note of it on paper and postpone worrying about it until the next day when you are fresh and it will be easier to resolve.

A. Make relaxation your goal, not sleep

B. Put off worries and troubles

C. Use a flashlight to go to the bathroom at night

D. In fact, a good sleeper won’t even remember it

E. Also avoid screens of any kind--computers. TVs, cell phones. iPads.

F. You’ll be much more productive and creative after a good night’s rest

G. A good way to stay out of your head is to focus on the feeling in your body