Ever wondered how one person could save the planet from the effects of climate change?
A British-made computer game on trial release on Monday creates different ways of doing just that．
“Fate of the World”puts the Earth’s future in players’ hands, placing them in charge of an international environmental body which could save the world from the effects of rising greenhouse gas emissions（排放）or let it destroyed by more emissions．
Through different scenes, players can explore options such as geoengineering（地球工程） and alternative energy sources to save the planet from rising temperatures, decreasing natural resources and a growing population over the next 200 years．
An improved version of the game will be followed by a three-month feedback period from players, with final release due in February next year．
Created by Oxford-based games developer Red Redemption, the game is different from other mainstream action games mainly by using data from real climate models and advice from scientists and economists．
“Science data is often inaccessible and we are trying to put players in a position of power and connected with the issues,” Gobion Rowlands, Red Redemption’s founder and chairman said．
This year, a series of apparent errors in climate science and the failure of UN talks to reach an international deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions appeared to weaken the public’s interest in climate change．
However, games centered on sustainability（持續(xù)性）and human rights have been growing in popularity and are welcomed by green groups as a way of raising awareness．
Using climate change as inspiration for entertainment shows the issue has affected global culture, which can only be a good thing．Friends of the Earth’s head of climate Mike Childs said.“We need creative industries to work with these big issues as the results can be extremely powerful and can help us to understand what a sustainable future looks and feels like,”he added．
小題1:“Fate of the World” in the passage refers to                      ．
A．a(chǎn) book on computer gamesB．a(chǎn) company developing computer games
C．a(chǎn) computer game on climate changeD．a(chǎn) player in charge of computer games
小題2:What makes the climate computer game different from the other games?
A．It uses data from real climate models and advice from experts．
B．It is the only computer game about climate．
C．It can save the planet from the effect of climate change．
D．It aims to affect the global culture．
小題3:It can be concluded from the passage that                        ．
A．games on sustainability and human rights are very popular among young players
B．the game increases players’ awareness of environmental protection
C．only computer experts can play the new climate computer game
D．a(chǎn)fter a three-month feedback period from players, the new game is on sale now
小題4:Which of the following can NOT the players experience while playing the new game?
A．Challenging the climate change in an unreal world
B．Understanding what a sustainable future looks and feels like
C．Enjoying the power to decide the earth’s fate
D．Predicting what will happen in 200 years
小題5:In which column of a newspaper can you probably read this article?
A．Weather & ClimateB．Science & Technology
C．Life & EntertainmentD．Sports & Culture

小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:C

小題1:根據(jù)“Fate of the World”puts the Earth’s future in players’ hands, placing them in charge of an international environmental body 及本短下文描述可知這個(gè)游戲與氣候變化有關(guān)，故選C。
小題1:根據(jù)the game is different from other mainstream action games mainly by using data from real climate models and advice from scientists and economists．描述可知選A。
小題1:根據(jù)and are welcomed by green groups as a way of raising awareness．描述可知這個(gè)游戲有助于增強(qiáng)玩家的環(huán)保意識(shí)，故選B。
小題1:根據(jù)decreasing natural resources and a growing population over the next 200 years．描述可知玩家只能探索接下來200年的事情，故選D，不能探索200年以后的事情。
小題1:本文主要內(nèi)容是介紹了一款與氣候變化有關(guān)的游戲，但主要內(nèi)容還是游戲，故選C，生活?yuàn)蕵酚嘘P(guān)的文章。
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D．Dating in high school is sure to hurt your future family.
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A．They can keep the rain and storm water.
B．They can help reduce the pollution problem.
C．They can be healthy for the people around.
D．They can make the environment more beautiful.
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D．They may reduce the water pollution problem by 70%.
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What is most likely to affect your success at school or at a job? The ability to read. And that goes for your kids too. The declining literacy(讀寫能力的下降) of our society has been a main concern of educators for a while now, and yet things are not getting better.
In most cases, how well we learn to read will depend largely on our exposure（接觸） to language as children. If we hear people around us talking about all kinds of subjects as children, we naturally pick up the words and phrases they use. If we pick up a lot of words, we will learn to read better.
Much of the traditional advice to struggling readers, theses days, seems to include developing “cognitive strategies”（認(rèn)知策略）. In this way, readers are asked to centre more, to think, to be interested and ask questions, to analyze, to predict, to reason, and to check their understanding, or worse still to answer questions of what they have read. In other words they are asked to become self-conscious（有自我意識(shí)的） readers. I do not agree with this approach.
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Read about things that interest you. If you are interested in what you are reading about, the words will come alive, and you will understand better. The more you read, the better you will become at reading. Just get started and it will become a habit, as long as you are interested in what you are reading.
Read material that is at your level or just a little difficult for you. Read material that you find easy to read, or just a little challenging. Looking up many unknown words in a dictionary is dull, and the results of the dictionary search are quickly forgotten.
_____ If you can hear the new words and phrases that you are reading, you will have an easier time understanding and remembering them. Hearing the rhythm of someone reading a text will help your own reading.
Don’t worry about what you don’t understand. Most of your reading should be for pleasure. You can still enjoy reading without understanding all of what you read. You may even understand some things in your own personal way.
Unfortunately not all reading is just for pleasure. When you are reading a textbook or report or other material for school, you may need to underline, take notes and read some parts over again. However, if you have developed the habit of reading for pleasure, you will find that the skills you need will come naturally, and that you will understand a lot better than before.
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A．hearing people around as childrenB．talking ability as children
C．contacting different peopleD．learning different languages
小題2:Which sentence is best to be filled in the blank in the passage?
A．Listen as much as possible.B．Try to use your imagination.
C．Great works need to be read out loud.D．Listen first if you have trouble reading.
小題3:It can be learned from the last paragraph that _____.
A．you should find pleasure from reading a textbook
B．the habit of reading for pleasure is important
C．reading for school is helpful for reading for pleasure
D．reading for school requires different skills from reading for pleasure
小題4:What is the purpose of the author in writing the passage?
A．To tell us some ways to improve reading ability.
B．To show that poor literacy has been a big problem.
C．To teach us how to look for fun in reading.
D．To tell us some ways to pick up new words and phrases.

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