【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 . half between the east and westC. near Los Angeles D. in the east43. It took Jeff _______ to run from Boston to Los Angeles. A. about four and a half months B. over two hundred daysC. almost twenty weeks D. less than half a year44. The underlined word “disabled” means _______.A. 優(yōu)秀的 B. 殘疾的 C. 人造的 D. 無能為力的45. The last paragraph(段落) tells us that _______.A. people should give Jeff more money B. people can do anything they want to doC. some disabled men will bee lawyers D. disabled people also can runCWhen 33yearold Pete Barth was in college, shopping at secondhand clothing stores was just something he did—“l(fā)ike changing the tires on his car”. He thought he could save a lot of money by shopping for clothes at thrift shops(舊貨商店).“In thrift shops, you can find great stuff whose quality is better than new clothes,” Barth said.Since then, Barth, who works at a thrift shop in Florida, has found that there are all kinds of reasons for shopping for secondclothing. Some people, like him, shop to save money. Some people with unusual tastes shop for a crazylooking shirt. And some shop as a way of saving resources and helping the environment.Pat Akins, an accountant at a thrift shop, said that, for her, shopping at a thrift shop is a way to help the environment.“When my daughter was little, we looked at it as recycling,” Akins said. “Also, why do you pay 30 dollars for a new coat when you can get another one for a lot less?”Akins said that all of the clothes are donated。 the items can be sold at very low prices.Julia Slocum, 22, points out, however, that the huge amount of secondhand clothing in the US is the result of American wastefulness. “Thrift shops prevent that waste from going to landfills（垃圾填埋場）；reusing secondhand items is another form of recycling。 they give clothing a second life, provide cheaper clothing for those who can’t afford to buy new clothes and raise some money for charities. This also provides a way for the rich people to shed（擺脫）some of the guilty for their wastefulness by donating their used clothes.” statement about Barth is NOT true?A. He is 22 years old. B. He works at a thrift shop.C. He was a college student many years ago. D. He often shopped at a thrift shop when he was a college student.47. When Barth was a college student, he often shopped at thrift shops to ________.A. save money B. find some crazylooking clothesC. help the environment D. save resources48. Thrift shops can’t ________.A. give clothing a second life B. raise some money for charitiesC. provide cheaper clothes for the poor D. stop rich people from wasting money49. The phrase “thrift shops” in the passage can be changed into ________.A. charity shops B. supermarkets C. department stores D. discount stores50. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. Shopping at Thrift Shops B. The Ways of Saving MoneyC. Donate Your Clothes for Charities D. Save the EnvironmentD The strangest thing about Lhasa is the weather, probably because the city lies so high on the mountains. It can change suddenly in a very short time, and that has happen a few times in the past days. Yesterday is a good example. When we work up at 8:00, it was cloudy but dry. Soon after, it started to rain a bit at around 10:00 am. After 20 minutes it became snowy, and it was freezing cold outside. Then at around 11:00, when we just finished our visit to Potala（布達拉宮）, the snow stopped and the cloud became thin. An hour later, the temperature went up to 20 degrees and it became sunny! Later in the afternoon it became even warmer and we had drinks at an open air teahouse. At night after dinner when we wanted to take a taxi to the hotel, it suddenly was very cold again and it started raining again at 6:30. The whole day there was hardly any wind. But while waiting for the taxi at 7:00, the wind suddenly picked up. Today it’s sunny again, but windy. And the temperature is about 13 degrees. But the weather report that we received this morning said it woul