3. Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?

　　 A. Hotels will have to offer smoke-free rooms.

　　 B. Smoking is not allowed in most restaurants.

　　 C. 12320 is a free telephone line to expose those who smoke at public places.

　　 D. People caught smoking in forbidden areas will be fined.

2. Smoking is _____ at airports, railway stations or coach stations etc.

　　 A. forbidden　　　　 B. allowed　

　　 C. allowed at it’s smoking areas　　　　 D. we don’t know

1. The passage mainly tells us _____.

　　 A. There will be more places where smoking is forbidden.

　　 B. More people should give up smoking.

　　 C. Broadened ban on smoking in public places took effect in order to set up a non-smoking Olympic Games.

　　 D. Those who smoke at public places will be fined.

4. What is the main idea of this passage?

　　 A. Water is very important for the human.

　　 B. Everybody has a responsibility to save water.

　　 C. It's time to be water efficient.

　　 D. Let’s save water for our future generations.

B

　　 Beijing's broadened ban on smoking in public places took effect Thursday, adding force to the effort to hold a smoke-free Olympics.

The new rules extend existing anti-smoking regulations to more places, including fitness centers, cultural relic sites, offices, meeting rooms, dining halls, toilets and lifts. Restaurants, Internet cafes, parks, and waiting halls at airports, railway stations and coach stations are required to set up smoking areas. Hotels will have to offer smoke-free rooms or floors, but the regulations do not specify a proportion.

　　 However, some restaurant owners have complained that it would be difficult to have a separate smoking room as required by the new regulations. "We plan to issue specific rules to solve this problem as soon as possible," Rao Yingsheng, vice-director of the Beijing Committee for Patriotic Public Health Campaign, was quoted by the Beijing News as saying Thursday. He said small restaurants without a separate room should set aside at least 70 percent of their area for non-smokers. He also said customers and restaurant owners would be asked for their thoughts on the new rule.

　　 Local authorities dispatched about 100,000 inspectors to make sure the ban was being enforced Thursday. Everyone has the right to dissuade people from smoking in public places, Liu Zejun, who works for the Beijing committee, said. "Citizens are encouraged to expose those who refuse to obey the rule by calling the free telephone line 12320," Liu said.

　　 People caught smoking in forbidden areas will be fined 10 yuan ($1.40), while enterprises and institutions that violate(违反) the ban will face fines of between 1,000 yuan and 5,000 yuan. Smoking was forbidden in hospitals, kindergartens, schools, museums, sports venues and other places before the new regulations took effect. From Oct 1 last year, the city also banned smoking in its 66,000 cabs, and imposed fines of 100 yuan to 200 yuan on drivers caught smoking in taxis.

　　 China has pledged a cigarette-free, green Olympics. This year's event will be the first non-smoking Olympic Games since the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), of which China is a signatory(签名人), went into effect in 2005.

3. What is not the reason to save water?

　　 A. There are more and more people in the world.

　　 B. The water resources are limited.

　　 C. Agriculture needs more water.

　　 D. The water is very important for us.

2. What can we do to save water?

　　 A. find more water resources　

　　 B. use less water everywhere, every time

　　 C. realize the importance of saving water

　　 D. unlock economic benefits of being water efficient

1. Can you infer where this passage is from?

　　 A. newspaper　　 B. TV programme　　 C. Radio broadcast　　 D. Internet　

4. How many measures are mentioned in the last paragraph in order to reduce the high housing prices?

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

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A

　 It's time to be water efficient!

　 As populations increase across Australia and the rest of the world, demand for water will also increase. If we don’t reduce each individual’s demand for water (both directly and through embodied water) the water situation will become dire.

　　 It is obvious that we cannot increase demands for water much more without detrimental(有害的) effects to the environment, society and the economy.

　　 It’s all too easy to blame someone else for the water situation –“if 70% of water is used for agriculture then that’s what we should target” – but it’s not that easy. We all depend on the food and resources that agriculture provides, and while there are definitely opportunities to increase water efficiency on the farm, the solution will take more than that.

　　 We each share responsibility for the sustainable management of our water resources, which means using less water at home, in the workplace, at school, on holidays, on the farm, … everyone, everywhere, every time.

　　 It's time to become water efficient! This involves reassessing our relationship with water, and learning to use it more sparingly. On the most basic level, it requires a behavioural(行动的) change, and assigning a value to water that truly reflects its worth.

　　 We can also unlock economic benefits of being water efficient. There are many real world examples given in the case studies on this site.

　　 Everybody has a responsibility to save water, if future generations are to enjoy a similar standard of living to the one we enjoy now. In fact, many of the impacts associated with water use are likely to have an effect on our own lives!

　　 .au has been designed to help you respond to the challenge to become water efficient. It acts as a central repository for relevant information and further advice, so that you can actually achieve significant savings. It also showcases those companies with products that will assist you in your goal.

3. What is the main idea of this passage?

　　 A. The housing price in China is so high that the government should do something useful to prevent it.

　 　B. There are some bubbles in Chinese real estate market

　　 C. The average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States

　　 D. Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public.

2. Which of the following does NOT support the idea that the average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States?

　　 A. Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US in terms of building quality, environment and supporting facilities.

　　 B. American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people.

　　 C. The houses in US are not sold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property developers do when they sell their houses.

　　 D. There are more people who need houses in China.