【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 now 100 percent renewable in 24 countries, including all of its data centers. These important updates can be found in Apple’s 2017 Environmental Responsibility Report on the newly updated site. Download All. Click here. The report also highlights the latest information about Apple’s global forestry partnerships. This advancement means, in just two years, the pany has now reached its goal of protecting and creating enough sustainably managed forests to cover all its packaging needs. Apple’s forestry work is just the beginning of its efforts to conserve the world’s precious resources. 28. What could be inferred from Paragraph 1? A. The new video series is a little boring. B. Apple spared no effort to protect the wildlife. C. Apple created a new video series independently. D. Apple released a new video series to celebrate Earth Day. 29. Apple’s Earth Day Challenge is . A. to encourage customers to enjoy nature B. to inspire people to plete a petition C. to appeal to people to protect the environment D. to attract more people to buy Apple’s products 30. What does the underlined word “ventilated” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. making something bee hot or warm. B. making something bee cool or cooler. C. allowing fresh air to enter and move around a room. D. regulating so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard. 31. The passage is more likely to appear in . A. a financial report B. a pany website C. a science magazine D. a technology newspaper D（長壽中學(xué) 原創(chuàng) ） Drinking sugary beverages（飲料） is associated with signs of accelerated aging and early signs of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study reports. Researchers used data on more than 4,000 people over 30, examining their brains with . and measuring memory with psychological tests. All pleted food frequency questionnaires. Sugary beverage intake is an indirect measure of how much sugar we get in our diets, which is difficult to measure precisely. The study, in Alzheimer’s amp。Dementia, found that on average, the more sugary drinks consumed, the lower the total brain volume and the lower the scores on memory tests. Brain shrinkage is tied to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Compared with those who drank no sugary drinks, those who drank one or two a day had a reduced brain volume equal to years of normal aging, and lower memory scores equal to years of aging. Those who drank more than two had decreased brain volume equal to two years of normal aging and lower memory scores by the equivalent of 11 years. “Although we can’t prove cause and effect, these data suggest that we should be cautious about drinking sugary beverages,” said the lead author, Matthew P. Pase, a senior research fellow at Boston University. “They’re empty calories that contribute to weight gain and metabolic disease.” 32. Who probably participated in the food frequency questionnaires? A. A student aged 12 B. A lawyer aged 26 C. A teacher aged 24 D. A doctor aged 40 33. Compared with those who drank no sugary drinks, those who drank three a day had decreased brain volume equal to of normal aging. A. 2 years B. years C. years D. 11 years 34. What does drinking sugary beverages may contribute to? A. losing weight B. slowing down aging C. Alzheimer’s disease D. reducing stress 35. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. Sugary Beverages Are Tied to Brain Aging B. Away from Alzheimer’s disease C. Ways to Stop Brain Aging D. No Sugary Beverage, No Disease 第二節(jié) （共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分） （ 綦江中學(xué) 原創(chuàng) ） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。 Social skills are an essential part of life but are not always easy to be perfect. Improving them takes time and practice. Select specific skills to improve. Don’t try to improve all of your social skills at once. 36 After you feel fortable in your understanding of body language, you might read a guide on small talk and practice that next. 37 Talk with people while carrying out daily activities at school, work or at any other place. Communication is powerful and as you enter into more conversations, you will bee more experienced in chatting. Be relaxed and confident around people. 38 You can help grow this feeling by building your sense of selfworth and finding your inner strength. Remind yourself that you are a very special and worthwhile person. Choose specific goals and work towards them. Trying to “improve your social skills” is such a broad goal that it is hard to see progress towards it, and it is easy to get disc