【正文】 at a banana and then ride a kilometer and a half, our footprint is 65g of CO2．However, if we eat bacon before the bike ride, it’s 200g．In fact, bananas are good in general because they don’t need packaging, they can be transported by boat and they grow in natural sunlight．So, does this mean that cycling is bad for the environment? Absolutely not, for a start, if you cycle, you don’t use your car, and the fewer cars on the road, the fewer traffic jams．And cars in traffic jams produce three times more CO2 than cars traveling at speed．Cycling also makes you healthy and less likely to go to a hospital．And hospitals have very big carbon footprints!So maybe it’s time for us all to start making some changes．Pass me a banana and a pint of local beer, please．1．According to BernersLee, which of the following produces the most carbon dioxide？ A．A pint of local beer we drink． B．A pint of imported beer we drink． C．A banana we eat before a bike ride． D．The bacon we eat before a bike ride．2．The underlined word “brewery” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “___________”． A．a(chǎn) factory where beer is made B．a(chǎn) machine which makes beer C．a(chǎn) container where beer is stored D．one of the things from which beer is made3．To make our carbon footprints smaller, we should often ___________． A．cycle to work B．drink more local beer C．calculate the amount of CO2 D．buy cheap things from the supermarkets4．What’s the most suitable title for the passage? A．Bikes, Beer and Bananas B．Starting to Make Changes C．How Big Is Your Carbon Footprint? D．The Carbon Footprint of EverythingBIt is easy for us to tell our friends from our enemies．But can other animals do the same? Elephants can! They can use their sense of vision and smell to tell the difference between people who pose a threat and those who do not．In Kenya, researchers found that elephants react differently to clothing worn by men of the Maasai and Kamba ethnic groups．Young Maasai men spear animals and thus pose a threat to elephants。 influence on human laughter． B．People39。 emotional feelings are now widely recognized D．tickling animals can help animals develop the ability of laughter9．According to the text, what is the most special about Jaak Panksepp39。ll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly．5） How do you like to get paid? Some people are motivated by the pay they get, while others feel too stressed to be like that．The variety of payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example for this． Anyway, these are a great starting point for you．I39。ll likely find a lot of positions somewhere in the middle as well．4） What type of work environment do you enjoy？ This can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you won39。1） Do you prefer working alone or with other people? There are isolating（使孤立）jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy and also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasy．Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer．There are also positions that are sometimes a bination of the two, which may be best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation．2） How do you handle change? Most jobs these days have some elements of change to them, but some are more than others．If you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes don39。s a whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular position．If you ignore your personality, it will hurt you longterm regardless of your skills or the job39。s production is Hansel ＆ Gretel．By performing smaller versions of large productions, producers are able to make people interested while keeping costs at a reasonable level．The San Francisco Opera, which will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, is staging Cinderella free of charge, keeping costs down by employing students from its Young Artists39。t e to the opera, panies are bringing the opera to them, giving performances in such unusual places as parks, libraries and public schools． The Houston Grand Opera39。s mind: rich, welldressed and old． But now opera panies around the country are loosening their ties and kicking off their shoes in an attempt to keep opera alive and take it to a younger and not so wealthy audience． Opera producers have found that to attract this crowd, they need to make the opera closer to mon people．Because young people don39。Think twice before you leap!閱讀理解專題閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)A、B、C、D中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。A For a 400yearold art form, opera had a bad fame: overweight actresses singing the words which were hard to understand in one of those romance languages you were supposed to learn in high school．And with tickets costing as much as $145 a performance, opera goers also had a certain appearance in people39。t or won39。s choice is the public library, where it performs “mobile operas” shortened versions（劇本） of childfriendly operas．This summer39。 Training Program．1．Which is the main idea of this passage？ A．Opera is famous for its long history． B．Opera is only performed for rich people． C．Opera panies are trying to keep opera alive． D．Young people are not interested in opera．2．The underlined phrase in the second paragraph means ______． A．breaking up the old rules B．changing the dresses C．making the audience at ease D．a(chǎn)dvertising themselves3．Opera panies prefer to perform short versions because ______ ． A．they can be performed in public libraries B．short versions are easy to perform C．it is hard to find long versions D．they can make more people e to operaB Have you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very unfortable over time? When you select your career, there39。s pay．There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job．Here are a few of those main areas。t happ