59. One of the negative effects of fake foreign goods was that ______.

A. prices for foreign goods had to be kept low

B. the government suffered great losses in tax collection

C. consumers might lose interest in them

D. the government might be forced to ban the import of all foreign goods

60. It is suggested that consumers______.

A. should resist the temptation to buy goods at low prices

B. should report fake goods by referring them to the law departments

C. should perform the role of government inspection bodies to watch out for fake goods

D. should learn to distinguish fake foreign goods from real ones

B

(Reuters)—A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew was presumed to have crashed off the Vietnamese coast on Saturday, and European officials said two people on board were using false identities.

There were no reports of bad weather and no sign of why the Boeing 777-200ER would have vanished from radar screens about an hour after it took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing.

“We are not ruling out any possibilities,” Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad JauhariYahya told a news conference.

By the early hours of Sunday, there were no confirmed signs of the plane or any wreckage, well over 24 hours after it went missing. Operations will continue through the night, officials said.

There were no indications of sabotage (蓄意破坏) nor claims of an attack. But the passenger list issued by the airline included the names of two Europeans—Austrian Christian Kozel and Italian Luigi Maraldi—who, according to their foreign ministries, were not in fact on the plane.

A foreign ministry spokesman in Vienna said: “Our embassy got the information that there was an Austrian on board. That was the passenger list from Malaysia Airlines. Our system came back with a note that this is a stolen passport.”

Austrian police had found the man safe at home. The passport was stolen two years ago while he was travelling in Thailand, the spokesman said.

The foreign ministry in Rome said no Italian was on the plane either, despite the inclusion of Maraldi’s name on the list. His mother, RenataLucchi, told Reuters his passport was lost, presumed stolen, in Thailand in 2013.

U.S. and European security officials said that there was no proof of any terrorist link and there could be other explanations for the use of stolen passports.

61. What was Ahmad JauhariYahya’s attitude?

A. Uncertain.             B. Negative.          C. Positive.          D. Confident.

62. According to the passage, the foreign ministry spokesman in Vienna had made sure ______.

A. two passports had been stolen by two Europeans

B. Christian Kozel was the man who kidnapped the plane

C. the Austrian on board was actually at home

D. Christian Kozel lied to the police

63. Which of the following is true about Maraldi?

A. He was from Austria.

B. He was found safe at home.

C. His mother was sad when she saw his name on the list.

D. His passport was lost in Thailand.

64. Who should be responsible for the missing of the plane according to the passage?

A. Terrorists.                     B. Two people using false identities.

C. We are not sure.                D. Christian Kozel and Luigi Maraldi.

C

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65. According to the passage, Moisture Surge is the name of _______.

A. a product of eyes                       B. an oil-free formula

C. a sun-blocking cream                  D. a series of skin care products

66. What do we know about Moisture Surge Extra Refreshing Eye Gel and Moisture Surge Refreshing Eye Mask?

A. They can be used at any time.        B. They may be good for eyes.

C. They are a kind of gel.              D. They have been tested on doctors.

67. Which of the following products can NOT be used over makeup?

A. Moisture Surge Face Water Thirsty Skin Relief.

B. Moisture Surge Extra Refreshing Eye Gel.

C. Moisture Surge Extended Thirty Relief.

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68. How many products mentioned in the passage can be bought all over the world?

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69. This text is most probably taken from a ______.

A. textbook    B. Doctor’s notebook    C. magazine    D. bottle of medicine

D

It doesn’t kill germs better than cooler water, but turning tap temperatures high, the US burns carbon equal to the emissions of Barbados.

People typically wash their hands seven times a day in the United States, but they do it at a far higher temperature than is necessary to kill germs, a new study says. The energy waste is equivalent to the fuel use of a small country.

It’s cold and flu season, when many people are concerned about avoiding germs. But forget what you think you know about hand washing, say researchers at Vanderbilt University. Chances are good that how you clean up is not helping you stay healthy; it is helping to make the planet sick.

Amanda R. Carrico, a research assistant professor at the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment in Tennessee, told National Geographic that hand washing is often “a case where people act in ways that they think are in their best interest, but they in fact have inaccurate beliefs or outdated perceptions.”

Carrico said, “It’s certainly true that heat kills bacteria, but if you were going to use hot water to kill them it would have to be way too hot for you to tolerate.”

She explained that boiling water, 212°F (99.98°C), is sometimes used to kill germs - for example, to clean drinking water that might be polluted with germs. But “hot” water for hand washing is generally within 104°F to 131°F (40°C to 55°C.) At the high end of that range, heat could kill some germs, but the sustained contact that would be required would scald the skin.

Carrico said that after a review of the scientific literature, her team found “no evidence that using hot water that a person could stand would have any benefit in killing bacteria.” Even water as cold as 40°F (4.4°C) appeared to reduce bacteria as well as hotter water, if hands were scrubbed, rinsed(冲洗)and dried properly.

In fact,  she noted that hot water can often have an unfavorable effect on hygiene. “Warmer water can harm the skin and affect the protective layer on the outside, which can cause it to be less resistant to bacteria,” said Carrico.

Using hot water to wash hands is therefore unnecessary, as well as wasteful, Carrico said, particularly when it comes to the environment. According to her research, people use warm or hot water 64 percent of the time when they wash their hands. Using that number, Carrico’s team calculated a significant impact on the planet.

“Although the choice of water temperature during a single hand wash may appear minor, when multiplied by the nearly 800 billion hand washes performed by Americans each year, this practice results in more than 6 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions annually,” she said.

That’s roughly equal to the emissions of two coal-fired power plants, or 1,250,000 passenger vehicles, over the course of a year. It’s higher than the greenhouse gas emissions of small countries like El Salvador or Armenia, and is about equiv alent to the emissions of Barbados. If all US citizens washed their hands in cooler water, it would be like eliminating the energy-related carbon emissions of 299,700 US homes, or the total annual emissions from the US zinc or lead industries.

The researchers found that close to 70 percent of respondents said they believe that using hot water is more effective than warm, room temperature, or cold water, despite a lack of evidence backing that up, said Carrico. Her study noted research that showed a “strong cognitive(认知的) connection” between water temperature and hygiene in both the United States and Western Europe, compared to other countries, like Japan, where hot water is associated more with comfort than with health.

The researchers published their results in the July 2013 issue of International Journal of Consumer Studies. They recommended washing with water that is at a “comfortable” temperature, which they noted may be warmer in cold months and cooler in hot ones.

70. Which can be served as the title of the passage?

A. Hot water or cooler water in hand washing?

B. Hot water contributes to the serious worsening of our planet.

C. Consumption of hot water is unnecessary and wasteful.

D. Advantages and disadvantages of using hot water .