English families face being limited to 80 bags of rubbish a year. Households throwing away more waste will have to take it to the tip (垃圾站) or buy a limited number of extra bags.
Doretta Cocks, protester of the Campaign for Weekly Waste Collections, said, “They must think we are fools. How can they claim to be concerned for the environment when they tell people to drive to the local tip? And what do you do if you don’t have a car? Walk?”
The plan ignores the voice from ministers to end such heavy – handedness (笨拙).
It is to be carried out by the Tory – led council (市政厅) in Wokingham, Berkshire, and is already in operation in Brozbourne in Hertfordshire.
Many of the 180 councils that still offer unlimited weekly rubbish collections are watching the trial.
Wokingham officials have told residents that 75 – litre bags will be given to each household and anything not left in them will not be collected.
“Every household will receive 80 bags every year,” it said. “You can buy extra bags in rolls of ten but this will not be encouraged.”
Families of five will get 100 rubbish bags a year and households of six or more will get 120.
Residents will have a weekly recycling collection limited to cans, paper and cards, plastic bottles and so on.
Plastic packaging and glass including bottles must either go with the general waste or be taken to recycling points. Green waste pick – ups cost an extra ￡60 a year.
The council has told residents it will save ￡922,000 a year under the new system. There will be no local consultation (商讨) before it is introduced next April.
1.What’s Doretta Cock’s attitude towards the new plan?
A. Satisfied. B. Curious. C. Angry. D. Interested.
2.What does the underlined word “this” refer to in the seventh paragraph?
A. Receiving 80 rubbish bags every year. B. Buying extra bags every year.
C. Driving to city tips. D. Getting 100 rubbish bags a year.
3.It can be learned from the passage that .
A. the new plan is agreed by most ministers
B. the new plan will waste a lot of money
C. the government has asked for much advice of the new plan
D. the new plan does not necessarily do good to the environment
4.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. English families are limited to 80 bags of rubbish a year
B. English families can’t clear away their rubbish
C. English families are angry with their government
D. English government pays no attention to residents’ interest
If you've ever seen a James Bond movie，you'll know that the hero gets around in a smart Aston Martin car. Even if you know full well that you could never afford such an expensive vehicle, you don't forget the name, or the car.
Why? You have been affected by product placement.
Companies pay a film to place their products in the movie. Product placement took off in the West in the 1980s and is now catching on in China. Two Hunan Satellite TV dramas are recent examples：Ugly Wudi and Let's Go Watch the Meteor Shower (《一起去看流星雨》).
Shampoo, mobile phones, cars and fitness centers – anything can be product-placed. Advertisers value the mass appeal of the movies, knowing that a successful film can showcase their goods to hundreds of thousands of viewers. But when product placement takes over, artistic considerations can take a back seat.
Cai Zhiyong has been product-placing for years. The Beijing-based advertiser admits there is a conflict between art and business. He explains the way one ad works. In If You are the One (《非诚勿扰》), the actress Shu Qi plays a flight attendant. The movie contains product placement for airline companies.
Cash-strapped filmmakers often have to give less consideration to the quality of their work because they need money from advertisers. In the original story for Meteor Shower, the heroine's mother owned an ice cream shop. But no ice cream company wanted to sponsor (赞助) the film. For this reason, the story was changed. In the film the man drinks 20 cups of milk tea instead of eating ice cream.
So you may see the power of business over the movies, since the script (剧本) was perhaps written so that a product could be placed-whether it was ice cream or milk tea.
1. James Bond movies are mentioned in the first paragraph to show_________.
A. how popular James Bond is B. how great the Aston Martin car is
C. how to make a movie more artistic D. how effectively product placement works
2.Product placement can have a bad effect on the_________ of a movie.
A. atmosphere B. mass appeal C. box-office success D. artistic value
3.What does the underlined word "cash-strapped" in Paragraph 6 probably mean?
A. Short of money. B. Wasting a lot of money.
C. having enough money. D. Trying to save money.
4.We can learn from the example of Meteor Shower that__________.
A. business has a big say in the movie
B. the original story was not suitable for a movie
C. filmmakers are only concerned about making money
D. milk tea is more popular than ice cream
Traffic TV
Avoid the jams — see where tailbacks are before you set off and while on the move. Traffic TV is free to use on your personal computer and only £4 per month (see below for other network charges) on your mobile.
How does it work?
Over 7,500 Trafficmaster cameras monitor traffic flow on over 8,000 miles of motorways and roads across the UK, keeping you up to date 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Traffic TV on your mobile
This downloadable application lets you see where jams are building up, the speed of vehicles at hotspots, and live pictures from thousands of roadside cameras.
Traffic TV is £4 a month for Orange mobile customers, after a 30 day free try-out. On other networks Traffic TV is £5 a month, after a 7 day free try-out.
Listen to live traffic news
Don’t want the download? Then simply dial the numbers below from your mobile to hear the latest traffic updates.
＊Orange mobile users call 177 (calls cost up to 55p a minute)
＊Other mobile users call 1740 (calls cost up to 59p a minute)
Help friends avoid jams
Simply enter your friend’s email address to send them a link to this service.
1.How can users get live traffic information?
A. By mobile phone or through Internet. B. By watching a TV programme.
C. By listening to the radio report. D. By using Trafficmaster cameras.
2.How long may a customer use the service if his/her network is Orange and he/she pays £20?
A. About 120 days. B. About 127 days. C. Five months. D. Six months.
3. What is the purpose of this advertisement?
A. To provide readers with live traffic information.
B. To help Orange customers to avoid traffic jam.
C. To attract mobile users to buy Traffic TV service.
D. To explain how Traffic TV and live traffic news work.
4. You may read this advertisement most probably ___________.
A. in a travel guide B. on a web page C. on a road sign D. in a newspaper
We were on tour a few summers ago, driving through Chicago, when right outside of the city, we got pulled over. A middle-aged policeman came up to the car and was really being troublesome at first. Lecturing us, he said, “You were speeding. Where are you going in such a hurry?” Our guitarist, Tim, told him that we were on our way to Wisconsin to play a show. His way towards us totally changed. He asked, “Oh, so you boys are in a band（乐队）？” We told him that we were. He then asked all the usual band questions about the type of music we played, and how long we had been at it. Suddenly, he stopped and said, “Tim, you want to get out of this ticket, don’t you?” Tim said, “Yes.” So the officer asked him to step out of the car. The rest of us, inside the car, didn’t know what to think as we watched the policeman talk to Tim. Next thing we knew, the policeman was putting Tim in the back of the police car he had parked in front of us. With that, he threw the car into reverse（倒车），stopping a few feet in back of our car. Now we suddenly felt frightened. We didn’t know if we were all going to prison, or if the policeman was going to sell Tim on the black market or something. All of a sudden, the policeman’s voice came over his loudspeaker. He said, “Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time ever, we have Tim here singing on Route 90.” Turns out, the policeman had told Tim that the only way he was getting out of the ticket was if he sang part of one of our songs over the loudspeaker in the police car. Seconds later, Tim started screaming into the receiver. The policeman enjoyed the performance, and sent us on our way without a ticket.
1.The policeman stopped the boys to .
A. put them into prison B. give them a ticket
C. enjoy their performance D. ask some band questions
2.The policeman became friendly to the boys when he knew they .
A. had long been at the band B. played the music he loved
C. were driving for a show D. promised him a performance
3. The boys probably felt when they drove off.
A. joyful B. calm C. nervous D. frightened
With parents who taught at school, Sophia received a fairly good education. She would have achieved 36 in a career, but she 37 to spend most of her marriage in the 38 role of wife and mother, 39 herself to her husband and her three children.
At the beginning of their family life, Sophia took on the 40 for running the house in order for her husband to 41 his personal interest: writing novels. However, things weren’t going as 42 as expected. Nate’s writing failed to 43 the whole housekeeping. He had to take a position in the government to 44 for his family. Sophia tried to persuade Nate to give up his 45 for full-time writing, but he didn’t listen to her. He took his job 46 because it promised the family would be prevented from being 47 . That accounted for the shocking 48 he suffered when he lost his job. That day, he said to Sophia in a 49 , “I got fired. I am a 50 failure.” “Now you can focus your mind 51 your writing.” she responded. To make Nate believe money was no longer the major 52 ， Sophia took out a box that was full of 53 . She explained that she got the money for their hand-painted lampshades.
The unemployed husband did 54 a book that was a(n) 55 hit and is a long-lasting literary masterpiece. The story of Sophia’s turning her husband into a world famous writer has been widely talked about ever since then.
1.A. only a little B. quite a lot C. quite a few D. a great number
2.A. proved B. required C. selected D. preferred
3.A. central B. false C. traditional D. additional
4.A. devoting B. supporting C. deciding D. forcing
5.A. responsibility B. approach C. amusement D.occupation
6. A. observe B. reduce C. change D. follow
7. A. generally B. satisfactorily C. unfortunately D. quickly
8. A. preserve B. cover C. include D. overcome
9.A. support B. search C. provide D. comfort
10. A. aid B. interest C. job D. share
11. A. strictly B. truly C. carefully D. seriously
12. A. well off B. badly off C. straight away D. right now
13. A. cut B. loss C. disease D. defeat
14.A. whisper B. voice C. sense D. manner
15.A. free B. close C. complete D. necessary
16. A. on B. for C. in D. to
17. A. connection B. discovery C. task D.concern
18. A. gold B. cash C. jewelry D. silver
19.A. pick out B. react to C. turn out D. build up
20. A. ordinary B. instant C. short D. humorous
The chairman declared that ________ player scores the highest number of points would be the winner.
A. no matter which B. whichever
C. wherever D. no matter what
