64. How does Ridley look at shopping?
(A) It encourages the creation of things.
(B) It results in shortage of goods.
(C) It demands more fossil fuels.
(D) It causes a poverry problem.

60. The five councils worked out a plan to build an incinerator plant to . (A) reduce the roast of burying waste (B) meets the E requirements (C) speed up waste recycling (D) tempter landfill sites

61. The city council of Einburgh rejected the suggestion to open a huge landfill site near Portobello because . (A) a name from a private company (B) the comelier was not interested in it (C) it was not supports by E (D) the local poodle was waist it

62. What is the final dream an Einburgh and Midlothian Cuntry? (A) To open a new landfill nearby (B) To close the powder hall landfill in 2015 (C) To set up a plan for burning waste (D) To persuade people to deduce their waste.

63 D Feeling blue about world ? “Ceer up.” Says science writer Matt Ridley.”The world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and got nature.” Ridley calls himself a tat ional optimist—tactical .because he’s carefully weighed the evidence optimistic .because that offence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good .Ad this is what he’s set out to prone from unique point of view in his most recent book. The Rant anal Opting .He views mankind as grand enterprise that .on the whole .has done little but progress for 100.000 years. He backed his finding with hard gathered though years of research. Here’s how he explains his views. Shopping fuels invention It is reported that there are more than ten billion different producers for sale in London alone. Een allowing for the many people who still live in poverty .our own generation has access to more nutritious food .more convenient transport .bigger houses, better ears .and of course, more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us .This will continue as long as we there things to make other things, This more we specialize and exchange, the better off we’ll be. 2) Billiant advances One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived and freer than ener before is that the four most basie human needs -food, clothing, fuel and shelter- have grown a lot cheaper. Take one example. In 1800 a candle providing one hour’s light cost six hours’ work. In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes’ work to pay for. In 1950 it was eight seconds. Today it’s half second. 3) Let’s not kill ourselves for climate change Mitigating(减轻) climate change could prove just as damaging to human welface as climate change itself. Achild that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fassil-fuel(化石燃料) electrieity is forhidden by well meaming members of green polucal movements trying to save the world, is just as great a tragedy as a child that mes in a flood caused by climate change. If chmaic change proves to be xxxx, but cutting carbon canses realparn, we may well find that we have stopped a nose bleed by putting a tournquet(止血带) around our necks. . What is the theme of Ridley’s most recent book? (A) Weakness of human nature. (B) Cncern about climate change. (C) Importance of practical thinking. (D) Optimism about human progress.

65. The candle and lamp example is used to show that . (A) oil lamps give off more light than candles (B) shortening working time brings about a happier life. (C) advanced technology helps to produce better candles. (D) increased production rate leads to lower cost of goods.

66. What does the last sentence of the passage imply? (A) Ctting carbon is necessary in spite of the huge cost. (B) Overreaction to cliamate change may be dangerous. (C) People’s health is closely related to climate change. (D) Creless medical treatment may cause great pain.

67 E Which are you more likely to have wath you at sny given mement—your cell phone or your wallet? Soon you may be able to throw your wallet away and pay for things with a quick wave of your smart phone over an electroue scannet. In January, Starbucks announced that customers could start using their phones to buy coffee in 6,800 of its states. This is the first pay by phone practice in the U.S., but we’re likely to see more witeless payment alternatives as something called ucar field communcationNFCGES IN TO Aerica’s consumet electanies. Last Dccmbet some new smart phanes which cantain an NFCchip were introduced to the midlit. Aready in use in part of Aia and Erope, NFCheir plan a few incees live a payment tetminal a one a few ptaht need to be worked out, like who will get to collect the profitable trunsacian(交易)fees. Athough some credit card providers have been experimenting with wave and pay systems that use NFCenabled credit cards, cellphone service providers truay try to mused their way into the point of sale (POS)market. Three big gellphone service providers have formed a joinf tenture(合资企业)that will go into opention over the next i15 months. Its goal is“to lead the U.S. payments industry from cards to mobile phone.” The other big NFCsue, apart from how paymeats will be processed, is security, For instance, what’s to stop a thief from digitally pickpocketing you? “We’re still not at the point where an attacker can just brush against yee in a crowd and steal all the money out of your phone,”says Jimmy Shah. Amobile security rescarcher, “Usera may also be able to set transaction timeits,requiring a password to be enteced for larger putchases. Bs siness? Keep in mund you lost your smart phone, it can be located on a located on a map and remotely ned Plus, your phone can be password protected, Your wallet isn’t. .What is predicted to happen in the U.S.? (A)The expansion of cellphone companices. (B) The boom of pay by phone business. (C) The dissppearanceof credit cards. (D) The increase of Starbucks sales.s

68.The NFCtechnology can be used to________. (A) ensure the safety of shoppers (B) collect transaction fees easily (C) make purchase faster and smpler (D) improve the quality of cellphones

69.Three cellphone service providers form a joint venture to__________. (A) strengthen their relationship (B).get a share in the payments industry (C).sell more cellphones (D) test the NFCteehnoingy

70.Acording to the what can users do if they lose their smart phones? (A) Stop the luneting of niet phones. (B).Stop a passwant. (C).Ct all the money out of their phones. (D) Cn large purchases.