60. What is mainly discussed in the text?

A. Clothesline drying: a way to save energy and money.

B. Clothesline drying: a lost art rediscovered.

C. Opposite opinions on clothesline drying.

D. Different varieties of clotheslines.

答案　 57.B　 58.D　 59.B　 60.C

Passage 41

(08·全國(guó)ⅠC篇)

It is often necessary to release a fish，that is，set it free after catching，because it is too small，or you just don’t want to take it home to eat.In some cases，releasing fish is a good measure that　 will help keep fish variety and build their population size.The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries(DGIF)encourages fishermen who practice catch-and-release fishing to use a few simple skills when doing so. The advice provided below will help make sure that the fish you release will survive (存活) to bite again another day.

-When catching a fish，play it quickly and keep the fish in the water as much as possible.Don’t use a net in landing the fish and release it quickly to prevent it from dying.

-Hold the fish gently.Do not put your fingers in its eyes.Don’t wipe the scales(魚鱗) off the fish because it might cause it to develop a disease and reduce its chance of survival.

-Remove your hook(魚鉤) quickly.If the hook is too deep or hooked in the stomach，cut the line and leave the hook in.The hook left inside will cause no serious problem to the fish.

-Take good care of the fish by moving it gently in water.Release the fish when it begins to struggle and is able to swim.

-Do not hold fish in a bucket or some other containers and later decide to release it. If you are going to release a fish，do so right away.

With a little care and by following the suggestions given above，you can give the released fish a better chance of survival.

59. Who are in favor of clothesline drying?

A. Housing businesses.　　　　　　　 　　B. Environmentalists.

C. Homeowners Associations.　　　　 　　　 　　D. Reck’s dissatisfied neighbors.

58. Which of the following best describes Matt Reck?

A. He is a kind-hearted man.　　　　　 　B. He is an impolite man.

C. He is an experienced gardener.　　 　　D. He is a man of social responsibility.

57. One of the reasons why supporters of clothes dryers are trying to ban clothesline

drying is that ____.

A. clothes dryers are more efficient

B. clothesline drying reduces home value

C. clothes dryers are energy-saving　　

D. clothesline drying is not allowed in most U.S. states

51. What is the text mainly about?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. Adolescent health care.　　　

B. Problems in adolescent learning.　　　　

C.Adolescent sleep difficulties.　

D. Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns.

答案　 48.B　 49.C　 50.D　 51.D

Passage 40

(08·浙江E篇)

A simple piece of clothesline hangs between some environmentally friendly Americans and their neighbors.

On one side stand those who see clothes dryers(干衣機(jī)) as a waste of energy and a major polluter of the environment. As a result, they are turning to clotheslines as part of the “what-I-can-do environmentalism(環(huán)境保護(hù)主義).”

On the other side are people who are against drying clothes outside, arguing that clotheslines are unpleasant to look at. They have persuaded Homeowners Associations (HOAs) across the U.S. to ban outdoor clotheslines, because clothesline drying also tends to lower home value in the neighborhood. This has led to a Right-to-Dry Movement that is calling for laws to be passed to protect people’s right to use clotheslines.

So far, only three states have laws to protect clotheslines. Right-to-Dry supporters argue that there should be more.

Matt Reck, 37, is the kind of eco-conscious(有生態(tài)意識(shí)的) person who feeds his trees with bathwater and reuses water drops from his air conditioners to water plants. His family also uses a clothesline. But on July 9, 2007, the HOA in Wake Forest, North Carolina, told him that a dissatisfied neighbor had telephoned them about his clothesline. The Recks paid no attention to the warning and still dried their clothes on a line in the yard. “Many people say they are environmentally friendly but they don’t take matters in their own hands,” says Reck. The local HOA has decided not to take any action, unless more neighbors come to them.

North Carolina lawmakers are saying that banning clotheslines is not the right thing to do. But HOAs and housing businesses believe that clothesline drying reminds people of poor neighborhoods. They worry that if buyers think their future neighbors can’t even afford dryers, housing prices will fall.

Environmentalists say such worries are not necessary, and in view of global warming, that idea needs to change. As they say, “The clothesline is beautiful. Hanging clothes outside should be encouraged. We all have to do at least something to slow down the process of global warming.”

50. What might be a reason for the hard transfer from middle school to high school?

A. Adolescents depend more on their parents.

B. Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns.

C. Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood.

D. Adolescents need more sleep than they used to.

49. The underlined phrase “nod off” Paragraph 1 most probably means “ _______”.

A. turn around　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. agree with others　

C. fall asleep　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. refuse to work

48. Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because ________.

A. it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime

B. it is biologically difficult for students to rise early

C. students work so late at night that they can’t get up early

D. students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early

47. How many of them mentioned that they would miss food or drink?

A. One.　　　 　　　　　　　 B. Two.　　　 　　　　　　 C. Three.　　　 　　　　　 D. Four.

答案　 45.B　 46.C　 47.C

Passage 39

(08·浙江C篇)

A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce (確保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically these sleepyhead students aren’t used to the early hour.

“Maybe these kids are being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problems of adolescent　 (青春期的) sleep at Brown’s School of Medicine.

Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time on adolescents. And, at a more basic level, she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns.

Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, not less, as commonly thought.

Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. But it’s not just a matter of choice-their bodies are going through a change of sleep patterns.

All of this makes the transfer from middle school to high school-which may start one hour earlier in the morning-all the more difficult , Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern, adolescents are up against difficulties when it comes to trying to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying,“I need a timeout.”

46. Which of the following people would feel most uncomfortable without the news

media?

A. Steve.　　 　　　　　　　　 B. Jaime.　　 　　　　　　 C. Roger.　　　 　　　　　 D. Tomas.