【正文】 produce waste which they return to the soil. Tiny animals in the soil eat this waste and they produce electrons—the building blocks of electrical energy. The UT team put special sticks inside the soil to capture the energy and keep it in the lamp39。 fors love of tea is wellknown. When the British won control over mush of North America in the early 1700s, they brought their tea drinking habits with them. Tea quickly became the continents most popular drink. As tea could not be grown locally, just as in Britain, it was shipped into the country—mostly from India.In the early 1700s, the Britain government made a special deal with the East India Company, as an English trading pany. They agreed that no other pany was allowed to bring tea to Britain or any country controlled by Britain, including America. It was a great deal for the East India Company, since it meant that the pany could decide whatever price it wanted for its products. And it always decided on a high price!In North America, the local people did not like having to pay such high prices. Instead of overpaying for tea from the British, they turned to Dutch traders, who secretly brought tea to the country that was just as good—and much less expensive. Although this broke the law, the American people didn39。t like this at all. By the 1760s, they were losing millions of pounds each year to Dutch traders—a huge amount of money in a time when ￡60 a year was considered a good ine. Instead of reducing their prices to pete with the Dutch, the pany asked the British government for help and the government agreed.In 1767, the British introduced new law that increased the prices of all goods which were brought into America. These laws helped make the East India Company even richer and forced local people to pay much more for everything. The American leaders asked the British government not to do so, but the British refused to listen. These unfair laws increased Americans39。s heatD. the sun39。ll know what is worth seeing and doing, so that you can make the most of your time at the museum. Decide what museum you will visit. There are so many different kinds of museums and you first need to find one that you like. It39。t do harm to the environment and people’s life. This year,China presents a new protection law, the strictest one we have ever had. Computer plies like Lenovo and Dell will be asked to take back their old puters. This is because the plies that make puters know best to deal with them safely. Hopefully, the problem with ewaste will be solved in near future. 61. The ewaste found in Hong Kong last month was from ________. D. Australia 62. The underlined word buried probably means _______ in the passage. 63. The town of Guiya in Guangdong Province _________. the ecapital of the world serious ewaste pollution C. Deals with ewaste safely much money on ewaste 64. This year,the Chinese government __________. to change people’s life some puter plies a new environment protection law people to hand in their old puters 65. The passage is mainly about __________. way in deal with ewaste cost of burning ewaste ewaste problem in China need to pass a law against ewaste故事類短文閱讀2. 閱讀下列短文，從每小題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。t allow the grass and trees to burn. As a result, today many forests have thicker vegetation(植被). Thicker vegetation means more fuel(燃料) for fires. Also, without fires from time to time, forests bee overcrowded and unhealthy. Some trees are dead. The dead wood then easily catches fire. So surprisingly, America has many more fires today partly because of its past firefighting practices.Scientists now understand that a fire can be a natural part of a healthy forest. As a result, countries like Australia allow more fires to burn naturally. Sometimes, firefighters even start fires to get rid of(去除) dead wood. Of course, they carefully control the fires. The fire thins out old trees. This allows sunlight to reach the ground. As a result, fires help new trees to grow. Therefore, if a fire is not a serious threat(威脅) to people, firefighters may let it burn naturally.68. Why did Russia have so many fires in one month in 2010?A. Because lightening spread the fire.B. Because there was much fuel for fires.C. Because there were not enough firefighters.D. Because it was unusually hot, dry and windy.69. What happens because of the traditional firefighting practices in the USA?A. There are fewer wildfires.B. Trees and grass bee thicker.C. The weather bees warmer and drier.D. Sunlight reaches the ground to help forests.70. What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?A. Fires are serious threats to human beings.B. Australian firefighters don39。t see. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your fingers. How do you feel, then?With medical knowledge and skills today, twothirds of the world39。t do its best to offer helpB. there is no good medical knowledge and skillsC. some countries can39