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1、大学六级-92 及答案解析(总分:668.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、BPart Writing(总题数:1,分数:106.00)1.很多人将大学期间的诸多长假白白浪费;2大学生们应该如何利用长假;3我的看法。How to Spend Long Holidays?_(分数:106.00)_二、BPart Reading (总题数:1,分数:70.00)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Shee
2、t 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.The Green CampusIf you attended this years graduation ceremony at Williams College in western Massachusetts, you probabl
3、y sampled the fresh cinnamon gelato (意大利冰激凌) made from locally produced, hormone-free milk. You might have tried the organic greens with edible chive blossoms (purple, of course, the Williams color) or sampled the fresh asparagus-all from nearby farms. These dishes not only tasted better than standa
4、rd fare but also saved fossil fuels normally used to ship food long distances. Disposable plates and cutlery were nowhere to be found, reducing trash by 80 percent. And the rare disposable items were ecofriendly. “We used compostable paper napkins and biodegradable straws,“ says Stephanie Boyd, who
5、helped organize the “green commencement“ as part of her job as chair of Williamss climate-action committee.It was not a stunt to impress parents. More and more colleges are getting serious about going green. In June, 284 university presidents representing some of the nations most influential schools
6、 announced an agreement pledging to make their campuses “carbon neutral“. The message was clear. “Were saying that sustainability is no longer an elective,“ says Cornell president David Skorton.Their motivation wasnt merely to reduce energy consumption and waste. As a $315 billion sector of the econ
7、omy-and one that will train future leaders-higher education has a special responsibility to encourage environmental stewardship. The university presidents hope that even students who dont pursue increasingly popular majors in environmental studies will learn simply from being on a green campus, livi
8、ng in green buildings, eating sustainable food and absorbing everyday messages of conservation. And who knows? Far-reaching environmental programs may create an air of excitement that attracts applicants. “In the long run, students will say, Why would I want to go to a school that doesnt care about
9、this?“ says Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University, which has made a major commitment to sustainability.At Harvard, going green starts before students even arrive on campus, when freshmen receive mailings urging them to buy only energy-efficient refrigerators for their dorm rooms and pu
10、rchase compact fluorescent bulbs (节能灯泡), which use an average of 18 watts apiece instead of 75. But some of the most effective lobbying comes from students themselves. Harvard pays 20 undergraduates to help get the green message out to fellow students in a fun way. That might mean whipping up a comp
11、etition between residential houses to win the coveted Green Cup for the greatest energy reductions and biggest increases in recycling. Or it could be organizing trash-free dances or green movie nights (“Who Killed the Electric Car?“) with free ice cream for anyone who brings a recyclable bowl. One d
12、ay a year, students collect trash from Harvard Yard and pile it into a single heap, dubbed “Mount Trashmore. “ The giant mound reminds students how much they are throwing away-and how much waste they could avoid by recycling. Students even compete to come up with the best eco-themed cartoons. This y
13、ears second-place winner showed Marilyn Monroe with her iconic billowing skirt under the caption (电影字幕) wind does great things. The fun adds up to serious savings. “Energy use in the dorms bas decreased 15 percent over the past few years, and recycling has risen 40 percent,“ says Leith Sharp, head o
14、f the Harvard Green Campus Initiative.At many schools, the construction of a new building is another chance to push green solutions. “What message does a conventional campus send?“ asks David Orr, who teaches environmental studies at Oberlin. “It sends the message that energy is cheap and plentiful.
15、 “ At Oberlin and other colleges, administrators are seeking to reverse that message with energy-efficient buildings. The Lewis Center at Oberlin, opened in 2000, was one of the first. Its powered entirely by solar arrays, which produce 30 percent more energy than the building consumes-and this is i
16、n cloudy Ohio. Sensors throughout the building monitor energy use. And all wastewater is purified on site in a “living machine,“ an artificial wetland with carefully selected tropical plants and microorganisms that filter the water. Located in the buildings lobby, the living machine looks like a gre
17、enhouse. “Youd have no clue its a wastewater system,“ says Orr. It even includes an indoor waterfall, powered by the sun, with 600 gallons of water flowing across a rocky surface. As long as the sun is shining, the water flows. Orr credits the building with having helped to inspire hundreds of Oberl
18、in students to choose professions in ecodesign, architecture and related fields-including Sadhu Johnston, class of 1998, who joined other students in brainstorming ideas for the new building and who now works as environment commissioner of Chicago.If buildings can influence people, so can something
19、as profound as the food we eat. Melina Shannon- DiPietro of the Yale Sustainable Food Project says she tries to “seduce students into the sustainable-food movement“ with tasty dishes. Favorites include grass-fed-beef burgers from a nearby farmers cooperative and pizzas made with organic flour, heirl
20、oom (传家宝) tomatoes and organic basil. In all, 40 percent of the universitys menu items now come from local organic farms. “Most food travels 1,500 miles before we eat it,“ she says. “It doesnt taste fresh, and transporting it long distances adds to the universitys carbon footprint. “ Eating locally
21、and organically solves those problems. And, as students learn from notices in the dining hails, the benefits dont stop there. “Connecticut loses farmland at the rate of 8,000 to 9,000 acres a year,“ says Shannon-DiPietro. “Supporting local farmers helps maintain a working agricultural landscape. “As
22、 vigorously as colleges are encouraging students to research environmental problems, students are motivating colleges to purchase renewable energy and set ambitious carbon targets. In part because of student lobbying, Middlebury College in Vermont adopted a goal of carbon neutrality by 2016, says Na
23、nJenks-Jay, dean of environmental affairs. “Students were telling us, Youre not doing enough, “ she says, Undergrads at dozens of schools have gone so far as to vote for increases in their activities fees to help finance green initiatives. At St. Marys College of Maryland, for example, 93 percent of
24、 students voted last spring for a $ 25 annual increase in fees, which will raise approximately $ 45,000 a year for the purchase of renewable energy.There is, of course, room for improvement. “Not a single campus is even close to achieving sustainability at this point,“ says Richard Olson of Kentucky
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