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agricultural crop by-products in the absence of oxygen. “It means that you are actually taking carbon(碳) out of the sky, transforming it into a material, and then using it to build,” says Dring.
The fight against outdoor air pollution is really just starting. Even if none of the ideas take off, at least Prince Charles’ cufflinks, the special building surface and pigeons wearing back-packs will have brought the issue more to the public’s attention. 23. The 10 pigeons in London were used to _____. A. monitor air pollution
B. warn Londoners D. promote backpacks
C. update weather forecast
24. What can we learn about the Smog Free Tower? A. Its power consumption is high.
B. PM waste from it can be reused. D. It can attract light and wind from
C. It is built of agricultural by-products. all sides.
25. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. When can humans get rid of smog? B. Why is technology used to fight smog?
C. How are the world’s cities fighting smog? D. What makes smog a worldwide problem?
26. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
P1 I I A.
C P2 P3 Sp1 Sp2 B.
P1 P2 Sp1 Sp2 P3 C C. I D.
P1Sp1P2Sp2 Sp1 P1 I P2 Sp2 P2
CC
I: Introduction P: Point Sp: Sub-point (次要点) C: Conclusion
C
There are two main types of office layouts used by most companies around the world: Landscape Office and Enclosed Office. A landscape office lacks privacy, however, this office layout is more beneficial than an enclosed office for employees to improve work efficiency(效率) and productivity.
Some people might desire an undisturbed workplace . According to the survey collected from a company with the two kinds of office layouts, most of managers prefer a workplace where they can concentrate on their work and make a clear thinking. However, managers that possess their own enclosed offices might have the feeling of being distant from their clerks, which leads to high pressure. Meanwhile, employees tend to be nervous when they have conversations with their managers in an obviously hierarchical(等级制的) environment. In contrast, a landscape office makes it easier and more pleasant for employees to communicate with their managers or their colleagues; this would result in speeding up work efficiency and productivity.
Besides, greater interaction is beneficial for employees to build up friendship in a landscape office. This can be proved by the experiment of Brookes and Kaplan. They recorded the attitudes and opinions of 120 employees toward their enclosed office before they moved to the landscape office, and then after nine months they were tested again. The researchers discovered that those employees performed positive changes in group sociability. When people have better group sociability, they experience a better team work and efficient cooperation, which surely promotes work productivity.
Some opponents claim that a landscape office would lead to the decline of the value of work satisfaction and motivation from employees. However, the result from other researchers remained controversial; in their opinion there are several factors which affect job satisfaction and motivation. 600 Canadian federal government
department workers who were housed at a modern landscape office and were surveyed gave both negative and positive feedback. They admitted that they felt the sense of belonging to a team or a working community,which mainly contributes to job satisfaction. Motivation is also increased by a sense of responsibility for and loyalty to a team.
Admittedly, there are some advantages that only enclosed offices possess. However, a landscape office can combine the features of the traditional enclosed office, for example, designing the independent meeting room to decrease noise from discussion. Although the benefits of a landscape office outweigh those of an enclosed office, which layout is better should be decided by the characteristics of the people and the type of work they do.
27. What is mainly talked about in the passage?
A. Colleague cooperation and its motivation. B. Group sociability and its productivity.
C. Working environment and its effect. D. Office privacy and its atmosphere.
28. What has the significant effect on productivity according to Paragraph 2? A. Job satisfaction.
B. Relaxed atmosphere.
C. Group sociability. D. Undisturbed workplace. 29. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Enclosed office leads to individual creativity.
B. Different working styles in enclosed office is encouraged. C. Landscape office contributes to effective conversations.
D. Frequent communication in landscape office results in high pressure. 30. What is the author’s attitude towards office layouts? A. Objective. B. Casual.
C. Optimistic.
D. Sceptical.
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Freshers’ Week
In British universities, new students have a special name: they are called Freshers. After their A-level exams, young people in the UK often make a fresh start by going to university, which can involve leaving their family and moving to a new city. __31__
Freshers’ Week is a chance to make lots of new friends and try out different hobbies. Most universities in the UK have a Union building: a place where students go to have fun. __32__ It also hosts various societies, including sports teams, political groups, etc. Students buy a membership to be part of a society and go to social events to meet others with similar interests. Sometimes there are quite a lot of students in lectures so it is difficult to get to know people in class. Therefore, each subject has its own club, such as the English Society and the Philosophy Society.
__33__ Tours of the town, creative workshops and parties are great ways to socialize with others. Sometimes famous singers come and play concerts especially for the new students of the university. There are also opportunities to go on trips to theme parks or other big cities nearby.
Students often move into “halls of residence” in their first year. __34__ This is an excellent way to make friends but sometimes it can be difficult if you don’t get along with your new flat-mates or if the shared area gets very messy.
Freshers’ Week can be quite an exhausting experience because so many activities happen at once. A lot of students feel homesick when they first arrive on campus and keep themselves very busy to avoid feeling sad about leaving their family. Some students use their new liberty to drink a lot of alcohol and eat unhealthy food during Freshers’ Week. __35__ However, it is supposed to be the best week of your life, and it is also an opportunity to make friends. Remember that it is only the beginning of your time at university and that you have three years ahead of you. A. Usually it has shops, bars and even underground nightclubs. B. They live in apartments with their own bedrooms but share a kitchen. C. The best part of it is that you can share your interests with people around. D. In Freshers’ Week, lots of activities are organized for Freshers to meet each other.
E. Then comes the great opportunity to make friends, join clubs and settle into university life.