Governments can fully develop the potential of these new markets. First, they can set high targets for reducing carbon emissions(排放)and targets for saving and reusing energy. Besides, stronger arrangement of public resources like forests can also help to speed up the development. Finally, governments can avoid the huge expenses that are taking us in the wrong direction, and redirecting some of those expenses can accelerate the cha nge from traditional model to a sustainable one.
The major challenge of this century is to find ways to meet the needs of growing population within the limits of this single planet. That is no small task, but it offers abundant new chances for sustainable product industries.
54. The traditional business model is harmful because of all the following EXCEPT that _________.
A. it consumes natural resources B. it makes the world warmer
C. it brings severe damage to forests D. it makes growth hard to continue
55. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A. China lacks wind and solar energy. B. China is the leader of the low-carbon market.
C. Palm oil is made at the cost of valuable forests. D. High-speed trains are a low-carbon development.
56. To fully develop the low-carbon markets, governments can ________.
A. cut public ex penses B. encourage energy conservation
C. develop public resources D. forbid carbon emission
57. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To advocate sustainable development. B. To compare two business models.
C. To predict a change of the global market. D. To introduce a new business model.
D
Life is difficult.
This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend (超越) it. Once we truly know that life is difficult — once we truly understand and accept it — then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of pr oblems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and wor king out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, those things that hurt, instruct. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
58. The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ________.
A. save space B. persuade readers C. make readers laugh D. get readers’ attention
59. According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to________.
A. encourage them to learn B. teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem
C. help them learn to deal with pain D. teach them how to respect for problems
60. From the passage, it can be inferred that _________.
A. everybody has problems B. we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of life
C. life is difficult because our problems bring us pain D. people like to complain about their problems
第二节(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从下面A -F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。
A. The spreading of tea
B. The history of tea growing
C. Changes of tastes for drinks
D. Reducing cancer risks
E. The plant Camellia sinensis
F. A woman’s opinion of tea
61. ________________
Americans are far more knowledgeable about drinks than they were 20 years ago. Witness the Starbucks revolution and you’ll know where the trend goes. Now, encouraged by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and slow the aging process, tea is enjoying a similar change. Enough fashionable tea houses are springing up to make even longtime coffee drinkers consider switching drinks.
62. ________________
Tea is available in more places than ever. The Tea Association of the United States reports that from 1990 to 1999, annual sales of the drink grew to $4.6 billion from $1.8 billion. “Green tea is seen by consumers as a ‘functional food’” — delivering health benefits beyond food itself, says Vierhile.
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