(2014·安徽皖西四校二模)—Hi，Mum.I got promoted for my wonderful performance in my work.

—________

A．Congratulations！　B．Best wishes.

C．Good luck.　D．Don’t mention it.

The forces that make Japan one of the world’s most earthquake?prone (有地震倾向的) countries could become part of its long?term energy solution.

Water from deep below the ground at Japan’s tens of thousands of hot springs could be used to produce electricity.

Although Japanese high?tech companies are leaders in geothermal (地热的) technology and export it，its use is limited in the nation.

“Japan should no doubt make use of its resources of geothermal energy，” said Yoshiyasu Takefuji，a leading researcher of thermal?electric power production.

The disastrous earthquake and tsunami on March 11,2011 caused a reaction against atomic power，which previously made up 30 percent of Japan’s energy needs，and increased interest in alternative energies，which accounted for only 8 percent.

Artist Yoko Ono has called on Japan to explore its natural energy，following the example of Iceland which uses renewable energy for more than 80 percent of its needs.

For now，geothermal energy makes up less than 1 percent of the energy needs in Japan，which has for decades relied heavily on fossil fuels and atomic power.

The biggest problem to geothermal energy is the high initial cost of the exploration and constructing the factories.Another problem is that Japan’s potentially best sites are already being developed for tourism or are located within national parks where construction is forbidden.

“We can’t even dig 10 cm inside national parks.” said Shigeto Yamada of Fuji Electric，adding that regulations protecting nature would need to be relaxed for geothermal energy to grow.

Researcher Hideaki Matsui said，“Producing electricity using hot springs is a decades?long project.We also have to think about what to do for now as energy supplies will decline in the short term.”

The Earth Policy Institute in Washington，US，believed Japan could produce 80 000 megawatts (兆瓦) and meet more than half its electricity needs with geothermal technology.

Japanese giants such as Toshiba are already global leaders in geothermal technology，with a 70 percent market share.In 2010，Fuji Electric built the world’s largest geothermal factory in New Zealand.

1.What would be the best title for the text?

A．Alternative energies in Japan

B．World’s largest geothermal plant

C．Japan takes the lead in geothermal technology

D．Japan thinks of geothermal energy

2.What percentage of Japan’s energy needs is geothermal energy?

A．About 8%.　B．Below 1%.

C．Around 30%.　D．Over 80%.

3.According to Shigeto Yamada，the growth of geothermal power in Japan needs________.

A．a change of rules 　B．financial support

C．local people’s help　　D．high technology

4.Geothermal energy is considered as a long?term program by________.

A．Yoshiyasu Takefuji 　B．Hideaki Matsui

C．Shigeto Yamada 　D．Yoko Ono

5.It can be learned from the last two paragraphs that________.

A．the world’s biggest geothermal plant was built by America

B．Japan will not export its geothermal technology

C．the potential of Japan’s geothermal energy is great

D．it is hard to find geothermal energy in Japan

University of Maryland student Ben Simon and his friends couldn’t stand to see good food thrown out on their campus.“We basically noticed that some of the extra food from the dining hall was going to waste at the end of the day.And we met with the dining services and asked them whether it would be okay if instead of throwing out the food we would donate it.And they were on board，” he said.

So 18 months ago，the students began what they call the Food Recovery Network.Each night，volunteers would show up at a campus dining hall to pick up leftovers and deliver them to area shelters and food banks.So far，they have donated more than 23 000 kilos of food that would otherwise have been thrown out.

Nationwide，$165 billion worth of food is wasted each year，according to the National Resources Defense Council.Spokesman Bob Keefe says that is about 40% of the country’s entire food production.“If we can reduce our waste in this country by 15%，we can feed 25 million hungry Americans.That is a huge benefit.That is what programs like this Food Recovery Network are doing，” he said.

Christian Life Center is one of the beneficiaries (受益者) of the students’ efforts.Ben Slye，the senior pastor (牧师)，said，“It has been just amazing to see these students take their own time，their own vehicles and own gas money and be able to make an effort like this.Each week we are able with this food probably to feed over hundred people.”

The University of Maryland’s Food Recovery Network now has 200 volunteers and the program has expanded to 18 schools across the country.“I want to grow 18 chapters to a thousand chapters within five years.And once we get to the Food Recovery Nation being at every college campus in America，we want to expand to restaurants and farms.” said Simon.

The volunteers are committed to making that happen.

1.The dining services in University of Maryland________.

A．threw out good food on the campus

B．supported the volunteers’ job

C．enjoyed the talk with the students

D．donated their leftovers to the poor

2.Volunteers from the Food Recovery Network________.

A．started the Food Recovery Network two years ago

B．delivered leftovers as well as money to shelters

C．helped to solve the hunger issues in America

D．donated leftovers to avoid food waste

3.Ben Slye’s attitude toward the volunteers’ effort was that of________.

A．unconcern 　B．doubt

C．appreciation　D．opposition

4.We can learn from the text that________.

A．over 40% of the country’s entire food is wasted each year

B．altogether 25 million Americans suffer from hunger nowadays

C．Simon aims to expand the program to restaurants and farms

D．every college has started the Food Recovery Network

5.What can be the best title for the text?

A．College Students Rescue Leftover Food

B．Battles Against the Problem of Hunger

C．How to Pick up Leftovers on College Campuses

D．Waste Problems in University of Maryland

(2014·黑龙江质检)—How do you find your missing pen?

—________.

A．Quite by accident

B．I found it in my drawer

C．It writes well

D．It was well kept by my father

(2014·蜀光中学月考)The weather turned out to be fine yesterday.I________the trouble to carry the umbrella with me.

A．couldn’t have taken　B．mustn’t have taken

C．needn’t have taken　D．didn’t need to take

(2014·河南开封高三第一次模拟)Christmas is________special holiday when________whole family are supposed to get together.

A．the；the　B．a；the

C．/；a　　D．a；/

(2014·河北教学质量检测)Many people tried to leave the country，________there was much violence and a serious shortage of food supply.

A．where 　B．which

C．that 　　 D．what

(2013·厦门质量检测)Some fruits are so easily harvested in this area that they are never of great________.

A．fare　B．benefit

C．help　D．worth

(2013·湖南省重点中学3月联考)We pursue happiness，thinking one day we will find it.But_________it by seeking it.

A．rarely will we find 　　 B．rarely we will find

C．rarely will find we 　D．rarely find we will

(2014·苏锡常镇四市调研)—As a teenager，our son should have two or three hobbies to be really happy.

—________，but how can he afford the time with so much homework every day?

A．So does he　B．So he does

C．So should he　D．So he should