2 . Sometimes the stress of work can get to be so high, so it’s nice to get away for a while. However, even on vacation, it can be hard to leave all your worries at the office-especially when you think about the mountain of emails.

Iceland now offers a solution with a service called OutHorse Your Email. The service encourages visitors to disconnect and enjoy the country’s beauty while one of several highly trained Icelandic horses replies to any email. “When visitors travel to Iceland we want them to fully experience everything our nation has to offer,” one official said. “Our OutHorse Your Email service lets them do just that.”

To use the service, you should fill in a form on its website and your personalized out-of- office email will be written by one horse and sent automatically (自动地). The email explains the sender is away on vacation and that they’ve given their email jobs to one of Iceland’s four- legged animals. It then includes the message created by the animal. But how do horses type an email? They’ve got their own specially designed horse-sized keyboards in the fields and are able to walk across the keys. However, that still doesn’t mean coherency (条理性). They’re horses, after all. The result is just meaningless collections of letters.

This might seem like a joke, but is actually meant seriously. Nowadays the line between private life and work has become unclear. The service draws attention to the fact that people have the right to be away from work during their holiday. It also sends a message that Iceland is a unique destination by helping tourists go on a real holiday. It’ll surely put a smile on their face and make them want to vacation in Iceland.

1. What is a problem that people face when they are on vacation according to the text?

A．They prefer work to holidays.

B．They’re required to send emails.

C．They always keep their work in mind.

D．They feel uneasy without work at hand.

2. What can we know about the messages created by the horses?

A．They do not make any sense.

B．They will be reviewed by the sender first.

C．They’re expected to make the receiver laugh.

D．They’re created in the style the sender requires.

3. How does the author feel about OutHorse Your Email?

A．Advanced.

B．Competitive.

C．Educational.

D．Meaningful.

4. What is the main purpose of the text?

A．To show a way to develop the tourist industry.

B．To describe the new role of horses in travel.

C．To encourage people to travel in Iceland.

D．To introduce a new tourism service.

3 . Earth Day is an annual environmental event during which people celebrate the   earth's natural environment and promote environmentally healthy practices.     1     They may include continuous living fairs, outstanding speakers, music, dancing, food, and parades, among other things.

There is some disagreement as to when, exactly, Earth Day is.     2     Others celebrate it on the spring equinox (春分), which means that Earth Day falls on different days in the Northern and Southern part.

Early Earth Day celebrations were used to highlight growing environmental problems and to suggest ways of solving these problems.     3     They may include industrial pollution, along with over-harvesting of natural resources and practices which harm the earth. As humans have recognized more and more environmental problems, ranging from global warming to a growing number of threatened or extinct species, the range of the issues which come up on Earth Day has expanded.

    4     They were designed to draw attention to planet issues. Modern Earth Day celebrations often focus on the positive, celebrating progress which has been made in the quest to protect the earth, and offering education about living in a continuous way. Earth Day festivals often feature sources of alternative energy, organic farmers, and locally produced products, to get people to connect with the earth and their communities.

As Earth Day has become more well-known, more and more nations, companies and people have begun actively participating in the event. It is not uncommon to see companies releasing information about major environmentally friendly breakthroughs on Earth Day, for example, and for nations to pick Earth Day as a target date for emissions reductions and other environmentally friendly measures.     5    

A．Issues were brought up on Earth Day.

B．Many people celebrate Earth Day on April 22.

C．So it is a day that should be paid more attention to.

D．Some people think celebrating Earth Day is important.

E．Many cities around the world hold Earth Day celebrations.

F．The day also provides an excellent stage for environmental activists.

G．Originally, Earth Day was accompanied with teach-ins and other events.