【正文】 B. effectiveC. elastic D. resourceful1The State Department has issued a regulation abolishing the special privileges for government officials.A. grants B. rightsC. advantages D. interests1Will Americans go for ATamp。　　A. introduce a new concept　　B. pare different energy sources　　C. stress the importance of gasoline　　D. discuSS solutions to global warmingPassage ThreeIn her international bestselling Talk to the Hand，author Lynne Truss. argues that mon courtesies such as saying “Excuse me” are practically extinct. There are certainly plenty who would agree with her.Is it really true? We decided to find out by experiments. In dozens of American cities,our reporters performed two experim6rits：“door tests”（would anyone hold one open for them?)；and “document drops”(whowould help them retrieve a pile of “accidentally” dropped papers?). Along the way,the reporters encountered all types：men and women of different races,ages，professions，and ine levels.While 90 percent of the people passed the door test，only 55 percent passed the document drop. Are people less likely to help others when doing so takes extra effort or time? Not always，he reporters found. Take the pregnant woman who thought nothing of bending down to help us with our papers. Or the woman named Liz who balanced two coffees，her keys and her wallet on a takeout tray with one hand，while picking up papers off the wet pavement with the reason for helping?“I was there，”she said.Overall，men were the most willing to help，especially when it came to document drops. In those，men offered aid 63 percent of the time，pared to 47 percent among women. Of course，men weren’t entirely democratic about whom they’d help. All of them held the door for the female reporter, and were more than twice as likely to help her pick up fallen papers than they were to help our male reporter.By far, the most mon reason people cited for being willing to go out of their way to help others was their up bringing. “It’s the way I was raised，”said one young woman who held a door open despite struggling with her umbrella on a rainy day in Brooklyn.We realize this isn’t a rigorous scientific study, but we believe it is a reasonable realworld test of good manners around the globe. And it39?！癐f the worst came to the worst，this would allow the world to reconstruct agriculture on this planet，”says Cary Fowler, director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust，an independent international organisation promoting the project.The Norwegian(挪威的)government is planning to create the seed bank next year at the request of crop scientists. The＄3 million vault will be built deep inside a sandstone mountain on the Norwegian Arctic island of Spitsbergen. The vault will have metrethick walls of reinforced concrete and will be protected behind two airlocks and highsecurity doors.The vault’s seed collection will represent the products of some 10，000 years of plant breeding by the world’s farmers. Though most are no longer widely planted，.the varieties contain vital genetic properties still regularly used in plant breeding.To survive，the seeds need freezing temperatures. Operators plan to replace the air inside the vault each winter, when temperatures in Spitsbergen are around18℃.But even ifsome disaster meant that the vault Was abandoned, the permanently frozen soil would keep the seeds alive. And even accelerated global warming would take many decades to penetrate the mountain vault.“This will be the world’s most secure gene bank，” Says Fowler. “But its seeds will only be used when all other samples have gone for some reason.”The project es at a time when there is growing concern about the safety of existing seed banks around the world. Many have been criticized for their poor security, ageing refrigeration(冷藏)systems and vulnerable electricity supplies.The scheme won UN approval at a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome in October feasibility study said the facility “would essentially be built to last forever.”4The Norwegian yault is important in that____________.　　A. the seeds in it represent the rarest varieties of world’s crops　　B. the seeds in it could revive agriculture if the worst thing should happen　　C. it is built deep in a mountain on a freezingcold Arctic island　　D. it is strong enough against all disasters caused by man and nature4The seed bank project was proposed by_____________.　　A. the Norwegian government B. Norwegian farmers　　C. Spitsbergen residents D. agricultural scientists4The seeds in the vault will be stored___________________.　　A. as samples of world crop varieties　　B. as produc of world plant breeding　　C. for their valuable genetic properties　　D. for their resistance to plant diseases49. For the seed bank project to be successful，the most important factor is probably______________.　　A. constructing tight airlocks　　B. maintaining high security　　C. keeping freezing temperatures　　D. storing large quantities of seeds50、Which of the following statements is true?　　A. The Norwegian vault models after existing seed banks.　　B. The Spitsbergen seed bank is expected to last 10,006 years.　　C. The existing seed banks have potential problems.　　D. The UN financed the Spitsbergen seed bank.Passage FiveProbably the hardest part of setting goals is the first step of actually deciding to take action! The first barrier facing most people is the incorrect assumption that goals are only for business people. The reality is everyone sets goals mentally throughout the are always occasions where something has to be done at a particular time Or in a particular place. Simple examples could be getting up at a certain time in order to be at work，or to meet with a friend for a leisure activity.　　The beauty of having goals is the uniqueness of each o