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What is said to be the best way to conserve energy nowadays?
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Raising efficiency.
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Cutting unnecessary costs.
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Finding alternative resources.
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Sacrificing some personal comforts.
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What does the European Union plan to do?
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Diversify energy supply.
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Cut energy consumption.
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Reduce carbon emissions.
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Raise production efficiency.
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If you add enough insulation to your house, you may be able to________.
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improve your work environment
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cut your utility bills by half
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get rid of air-conditioners
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enjoy much better health
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How much of the power consumed by incandescent bulbs is converted into light?
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A small portion.
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Some 40 percent.
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Almost half.
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75 to 80 percent.
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Some countries have tried to jump-start the market of heat pumps by________.
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upgrading the equipment
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encouraging investments
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implementing high-tech
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providing subsidies
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German chemicals giant BASF saves 200 million a year by________.
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recycling heat and energy
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setting up factories in China
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using the newest technology
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reducing the CO2 emissions of its plants
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Global residential power consumption can be cut by 43 percent if________.
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we increase the insulation of walls and water pipes
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we choose simpler models of electrical appliances
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we cut down on the use of refrigerators and other white goods
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we choose the most efficient models of refigerators and other white goods
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Proceed in his own way.
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Stick to the original plan.
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Compromise with his colleague.
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Try to change his colleague’s mind.
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Mary has a keen eye for style.
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Nancy regrets buying the dress.
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Nancy and Mary went shopping together in Rome.
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Nancy and Mary like to follow the fashion.
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Wash the dishes.
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Go to the theatre.
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Pick up George and Martha.
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Take her daughter to hospital.
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She enjoys making up stories about other people.
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She can never keep anything to herself for long.
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She is eager to share news with the woman.
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She is the best informed woman in town.
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A car dealer.
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A mechanic.
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A driving examiner.
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A technical consultant.
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The shopping mall has been deserted recently.
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Shoppers can only find good stores in the mall.
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Lots of people moved out of the downtown area.
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There isn’t much business downtown nowadays.
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He will help the woman with her reading.
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The lounge is not a place for him to study in.
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He feels sleepy whenever he tries to study.
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A cozy place is rather hard to find on campus.
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To protect her from getting scratches.
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To help relieve her of the pain.
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To prevent mosquito bites.
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To avoid getting sunburnt.
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In a studio.
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In a clothing store.
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At a beach resort.
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At a fashion show.
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To live there permanently.
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To stay there for half a year.
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To find a better job to support herself.
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To sell leather goods for a British company.
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Designing fashion items for several companies.
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Modeling for a world-famous Italian company.
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Working as an employee for Ferragamo.
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Serving as a sales agent for Burberrys.
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It has seen a steady decline in its profits.
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It has become much more competitive.
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It has lost many customers to foreign companies.
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It has attracted a lot more designers from abroad.
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It helps her to attract more public attention.
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It improves her chance of getting promoted.
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It strengthens her relationship with students.
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It enables her to understand people better.
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Passively.
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Positively.
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Skeptically.
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Sensitively.
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It keeps haunting her day and night.
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Her teaching was somewhat affected by it.
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It vanishes the moment she steps into her role.
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Her mind goes blank once she gets on the stage.
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To win over the majority of passengers from airlines in twenty years.
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To reform railroad management in western European countries.
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To electrify the railway lines between major European cities.
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To set up an express train network throughout Europe.
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Major European airlines will go bankrupt.
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Europeans will pay much less for traveling.
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Traveling time by train between major European cities will be cut by half.
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Trains will become the safest and most efficient means of travel in Europe.
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Train travel will prove much more comfortable than air travel.
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Passengers will feel much safer on board a train than on a plane.
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Rail transport will be environmentally friendlier than air transport.
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Traveling by train may be as quick as,or even quicker than,by air.
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In 1981.
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In 1989.
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In 1990.
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In 2000.
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There can be no speedy recovery for mental patients.
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Approaches to healing patients are essentially the same.
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The mind and body should be taken as an integral whole.
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There is no clear division of labor in the medical profession.
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A doctor’s fame strengthens the patients’ faith in them.
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Abuse of medicines is widespread in many urban hospitals.
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One third of the patients depend on harmless substances for cure.
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A patient’s expectations of a drug have an effect on their recovery.
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Expensive drugs may not prove the most effective.
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The workings of the mind may help patients recover.
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Doctors often exaggerate the effect of their remedies.
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Most illnesses can be cured without medication.
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Enjoying strong feelings and emotions.
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Defying all dangers when they have to.
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Being fond of making sensational news.
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Dreaming of becoming famous one day.
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Working in an emergency room.
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Watching horror movies.
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Listening to rock music.
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Doing daily routines.
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A rock climber.
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A psychologist.
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A resident doctor.
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A career consultant.
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The author was disappointed to find that ________.
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one’s position is used as a gauge to measure one’s intelligence
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talented people like her should fail to get a respectable job
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one’s occupation affects the way one is treated as a person
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professionals tend to look down upon manual workers
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What does the author intend to say by the example in the second paragraph?
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Some customers simply show no respect to those who serve them.
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People absorbed in a phone conversation tend to be absent-minded.
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Waitresses are often treated by customers as casual acquaintances.
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Some customers like to make loud complaints for no reason at all.
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How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?
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She felt it unfair to be treated as a mere servant by professionals.
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She felt badly hurt when her customers regarded her as a peon.
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She was embarrassed each time her customers joked with her.
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She found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior.
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What does the author imply by saying “. . . many of my customers didn’t get the difference between server and servant” (Line 3, Para. 7)?
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Those who cater to others’ needs are destined to be looked down upon.
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Those working in the service industry shouldn’t be treated as servants.
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Those serving others have to put up with rough treatment to earn a living.
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The majority of customers tend to look on a servant as server nowadays.
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The author says she’ll one day take her clients to dinner in order to ________.
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see what kind of person they are
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experience the feeling of being served
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show her generosity towards people inferior to her
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arouse their sympathy for people living a humble life
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38、【
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What is the current topic of common interest among the very rich in America?
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The fate of the ultrawealthy people.
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The disintegration of the middle class.
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The inequality in the distribution of wealth.
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The conflict between the left and the right wing.
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39、【
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What do we learn from Mortimer Zuckerman’s lamentation?
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Many middle-income families have failed to make a bargain for better welfare.
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The American economic system has caused many companies to go bankrupt.
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The American nation is becoming more and more divided despite its wealth.
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The majority of Americans benefit little from the natiion’s growing wealth.
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From the fifth paragraph we can learn that ________.
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the very rich are fashion-conscious
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the very rich are politically sensitive
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universal health care is to be implemented throughout America
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Congress has gained popularity by increasing the minimum wage
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