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D．Its business is increasing quite rapidly．
64．What does the phrase \ A．Save money． B．Free one's feelings． C．Kill another player online． D．Make money from an online game． 65．How does the author present his point? A．By giving examples． B．By showing a sequence． C．By explaining causes and effects． D．By making comparisons and contrasts． 66．Which is the best title for the passage? A．Domino's Pizza B．In-house Economy C．Booming Businesses D．Economic Recession
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All around the world, shoppers flock to Wal-Mart to buy everything．In Texas, they come for another reason: to see the wind turbine （涡轮机）, which supplies 5% of the store's electricity．It along with other facilities, such as exterior walls coated with heat-reflective paint, makes this Wal-Mart a green giant．
The laws of economics suggest that Wal-Mart, with 5, 200 stores worldwide, influences everything including the price of all kinds of goods．It throws its weight behind environmental responsibility, and the impact could be amazing．\ save 1, 500 trees,\．\oil, at the end of the day you have made a huge difference．\
Scott wants Wal-Mart to do its part too．He has promised to cut the existing greenhouse-gas emissions （排放） over the next few years and promised to construct new stores that are more efficient．He wants Wal-Mart's fleet （车队） of more than 7, 000 trucks to get twice as many miles per gallon by 2015．Factories that show Wal-Mart they're cutting air pollution will get preferential treatment in the supply chain．Wal-Mart says it's working with consumer-product manufacturers to reduce their packaging and will reward them if they do so．
Some people may doubt it is a bid to attract attention from Wal-Mart's controversial labor and health-insurance practices．But it's not just window dressing, because Wal-Mart sees profits in going green．Scott says, \．We don't go where we don't think there's a great interest in change．\
Like Bill Gates, who started his charitable foundation, Scott happens to be promoting Wal-Mart's image at a time when his company's reputation is declining．He acknowledges that he launched the plan partly to shield （保护，庇护） Wal-Mart from bad press about its contribution to global warming．\to come for people who did not do anything,\．\responsible for the actions they take．\Meanwhile, should Wal-Mart succeed at shrinking its environmental footprint and lowering prices for green products, both the planet and the company will profit．
67．We can infer from the passage that ______． A．Lee Scott is Wal-Mart's CEO B．there are 5, 200 stores in the world C．Wal-Mart has a great influence on the world market D．Wal-Mart has more than 7, 000 trucks all over the world
68．What does the underlined sentence \．\
mean in the fourth paragraph? A．Wal-Mart predicts huge profits in its green activity． B．Wal-Mart's green activity is just window dressing． C．Wal-Mart aims to solve its health-insurance practices． D．Wal-Mart doesn't have any social responsibility at all． 69．What will Wal-Mart probably do in the future? A．Reduce air pollution in its present stores． B．Give favorable treatment to its consumers． C．Ask the factories to reduce their packaging． D．Demand the fleet of trucks to use more fuel than before． 70．What is the main idea of the last paragraph? A．Provide the background of the green plan． B．Stress the purpose of Wal-Mart's green plan． C．Present the risk that Wal-Mart is facing nowadays． D．Analyze the similarity between Bill Gates and Scott. 第二节 （共5小题; 每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多
余选项。
The word \．71 And it is used for business notes, planning activities, keeping track of scheduled appointments, or documenting what has already happened．Some doctors suggest that writing in a diary is a good form of self-study．
In America, from the 1940s through the 1980s, a diary was thought of mostly as a way to privately express one's deepest thoughts while keeping notations about the day． 72 Many times, movies would show a teenage girl beginning to write in her diary while she said aloud, \
73 A diary kept by a young German Jewish girl by the name of Anne Frank provides us with invaluable lessons about history, for she documented her experiences while she hid from the Nazis during their occupation of the Netherlands in World War II．Her diary became one of the world's most widely read books and is the basis for many films．
Samuel Pepys, who lived during the 17th century, is the earliest diary keeper that is famous today．His diary is also an important documentation of history, for it gives personal insight （洞察力） into London's Great Plague and the Great Fire．His diary is being published on the Internet, and it's interesting to note that there has been a new entry every day since January of 2003．It will continue over the course of several years to come．74 Today's electronic version of the diary, the web log or \diary to be much more than a personal account of the day's events．There are blogs to document recipes, traveling, movies, independent news, product announcements, photos, and anything else
[来源学科网ZXXK]that needs to be recorded over time．Search engines like Technorati．corn have been created to keep track of the more than 112 million blogs that are currently public．75
A．It refers to a book for writings by date． B．In its newest form, the diary has become more popular than ever．
C．Reading his diary is fascinating, and it makes his life all the more real to us．
D．People love to write diaries, so whenever they are free, they will write a few lines． E．Those private reflections may have historical significance long after the author's death． F．Nowadays, the blog has taken the place of the diary and becomes more and more popular． G．In those times, and even continuing on today, writing in a diary was like writing to a special friend．
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分） 第一节 情景作文（20分）
假设你是红星中学高三（1）班的学生李华。为增进师生情谊，最近学校组织了一次师生篮球赛。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，将此活动的全过程记述下来，向校报英语专栏投稿。
注意：1．文章的开头已给出。 2．词数不少于60。
Recently our school held a basketball game between, teachers and students to encourage the relationship between us． 第二节 开放作文（15分）
You are discussing the following picture with your English friend Jim． Now you are telling him how you understand the picture and what makes you think so．
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