【推荐1】七选五。

Are you doing all you can to recycle your rubbish? It only takes a minute to recycle and help reduce waste in your home as well as the costs of waste management. Here are some ideas to get you started.

    1     Start a compost (混合肥料) bin in your garden. You’ll be amazed how much this can reduce the bulk (体积) of your rubbish and it’s great for the garden, too.

    2     Get into the habit of sorting them into recycling categories (class or group of things)—glass, aluminum (铝), plastics and paper.

Glass containers can be placed in the bottle banks at supermarket car parks throughout the city. Look for the big green bins.     3    

Aluminum cans can earn you cash, so don't just throw them away—save them and save money. Ring our council to find out when they collect.

    4     Weekly collections are common in most areas. Make sure you place recyclable paper in the black bins provided. Ask the council offices if you don’t already have a bin.    5    

Most plastic bottles and containers can be recycled. Look on the bottom of the container for the identification (识别) code.

A．Collect your hooks.

B．Paper is easily recycled.

C．Glass bottles can be stored.

D．Never throw away vegetable matter.

E．Don’t throw used containers in the rubbish.

F．But remember, waxed paper is not accepted.

G．Or you can leave your bottles out for collection on Monday morning.

【推荐2】The January fashion show, called Future Fashion, exemplified how far green design has come. Organized by the New York-based nonprofit Earth Pledge, the show inspired many top designers to work with sustainable (可持续的) fabrics for the first time. Several have since promised to include organic fabrics in their lines.

The designers who undertake green fashion still face many challenges. Scott Hahn, a cofounder with Gregory of Rogan and Loomstate, which uses all-organic cotton, says high-quality sustainable materials can still be tough to find. “Most designers with existing labels are finding there aren’t comparable materials that can just replace what you’re doing and what your customers are used to,” he says. For example, organic cotton and non-organic cotton are virtually indistinguishable once woven into a dress. But some popular synthetics(合成物), like stretch nylon, still have few eco-friendly equivalents(等同物).

Those who do make the switch are finding they have more support. Last year the influential trade show Designers & Agents stopped charging its participation fee for young green entrepreneurs (企业家) who attend its two springtime shows in Los Angeles and New York and gave special recognition to designers whose collections are at least 25% sustainable. It now counts more than 50 green designers, up from fewer than a dozen two years ago.

This week Wal-Mart is set to announce a major initiative(举措) aimed at helping cotton farmers go organic: it will buy transitional cotton at higher prices, thus helping to expand the supply of a key sustainable material. “Main-stream is about to occur,” says Hahn.

Some analysts are less sure. Among consumers, only 18% are aware that eco-fashion exists, up from 6% four years ago. Natalie Hormilla, a fashion writer, is an example of the consumer who is unwilling to make changes. When asked if she owned any sustainable clothes, she replied, “Not that I’m aware of.” Like most consumers, she finds little time to shop, and when she does, she’s on the hunt for “cute stuff that isn’t too expensive.” By her own admission, green just isn’t yet on her mind. But thanks to the combined efforts of designers, retailers and suppliers—one day it will be.

1. What is said about Future Fashion?

A．It inspired leading designers to start going green.

B．It showed that designers using organic fabrics would go far.

C．It served as an example of how fashion shows should be organized.

D．It convinced the public that fashionable clothes should be made durable.

2. According to Scott Hahn, one big challenge to designers who will go organic is that ______.

A．much more time is needed to finish a dress using sustainable materials

B．they have to create new brands for clothes made of organic materials

C．customers have difficulty telling organic from non-organic materials

D．quality organic replacements for synthetics are not readily available

3. What is Natalie Hormilla’s attitude toward eco-fashion?

A．She doesn’t seem to care about it.	B．She doesn’t think it is sustainable.
C．She is doubtful of its practical value.	D．She is opposed to the idea very much.

【推荐1】When you think of a national park, you generally picture fresh air and wild animals, right? Well, now you're going to have to add tea shops and something called "the Tube" to your definition, because London, England has signed up to be the first "National Park City."

London was established by the Romans around 2.000 years ago and has been continually inhabited (居住于) since then. In all that time, however, nobody had the idea to replace all the parks with big box stores or high buildings, which means London already has a much lower urban density (密度)than most of the worlds cities. Nowadays about a third of the city is green space,

In July 2019, London announced its willingness to become the world's first National Park City. Now the city is moving toward the goal of achieving 50% green space by the year 2050 by connecting and expanding public parks, greening up unused parking lots and the private yards of existing and new houses, fixing some green roofs on existing buildings and even cutting holes in fences for wildlife to pass through.

"Inspired by the aims and values of our precious rural national parks, the London National Park City is basically about making life better in the capital through both small everyday things and long-term strategic thinking." Daniel Raven-Ellison, who began the campaign to make London a National Park City six years ago said in a press release. "We’ ve been doing that in London for centuries, which is why London is so green and diverse.”

London will have a much easier job achieving this type of green transformation than more densely-urbanized cities like Paris and New York, which have 10% and 27% greenspace respectively. But that doesn't mean it's not possible--- the National Park City Foundation hopes to employ 25 more cities in addition to London by the year 2025. Glasgow. Scotland and Newcastle upon Tyne in northeast England are both currently considering becoming National Park Cities.

1. What makes London more likely to become a national park city than other cities?

A．Its smaller population.	B．Its less dense urbanization.
C．Its citizens' great support.	D．The government's efforts.

2. Where can we find the data on London's measures to achieve its goal?

A．In Paragraph 1.	B．In Paragraph 2.
C．In Paragraph 3.	D．In Paragraph 4.

3. What is Daniel Raven-Ellison trying to talk about in the fourth paragraph?

A．The significance of London's campaign.

B．The effects of national parks on London.

C．The resources of London's green space.

D．The strategic thinking of London for long.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Trying to be a national park city is turning new trend.

B．National park cities are springing up around the world.

C．It is so easy for London to become a national park city.

D．National park cities are making improvements to our life.

【推荐2】“Baby signing”classes established to improve language skills actually make little difference to children’s development, according to new research. Scholars claimed there was no evidence that the lessons —in which babies are taught simple gestures to communicate their everyday needs —enable children to talk quicker than others.

In a three-year study, it was claimed that the method could make mothers more responsive to their children’s behaviors but failed to actually increase babies’vocabulary. An active home environment in which parents regularly talk to their children was much more effective, researchers warned. The findings will cast doubt on the movement —born in the United States—which has proved hugely popular among middle-class parents.

Baby signing is now a multi-million pound industry, with thousands of mothers and fathers paying for classes, books and DVDs, Young children are taught simple gestures for words and phrases to communicate their everyday needs, such as“milk”“more”“all gone”“food”and “tired”. It is claimed that the technique brings great benefits, including improving the relationship between mother and child, helping language development and even increasing a child’s intelligence.

But research from Hertfordshire University has found no evidence that using baby signing helps to improve their language development. The scholars added,“Baby signing has become big business and mothers,particularly first-time mums or less confident parents, feel the pressure to do it. Some even think if I don’t do it and everyone else does, I must be a bad mother.”

However, baby signing experts hardly sustained the findings. Wendy Moat, 45, who has been running baby signing classes for three years, said that the classes encouraged speech development, and may help develop a higher IQ. She said“So many mums say that their children talk so well because they did baby signing when they were babies. Parents wouldn’t say it if they didn’t believe it.”

1. Which of the following may help improve children’s language skills?

A．Talking to them as much as possible	B．Using simple words and phrases
C．Buying them more books and DVDs	D．Creating a serious home environment

2. The underlined word“sustained”in the last paragraph means ________

A．found

B．got rid of

C．supported

D．quit

3. What's the main idea of the text?

A．Baby signing classes fail to improve children's language skills.

B．Baby signing classes increase children's intelligence.

C．How to improve the relationship between mother and child

D．How to teach children to communicate effectively.