Just outside the northern Italian town of Bra, there rises a church tower with a clock that is a half hour slow. Though not far from the industrial city of Turin, Bra smells of roses, and leisure(悠閑) is the law. It is both the home of an international movement that promotes slow food and one of Italian cities that have joined the slow cities. In Bra, population 27,866, the town fathers have declared that all small food shops be closed every Thursday and Sunday. They forbid cars in the town square. All fruits and vegetables served in local schools must be organic(有機(jī)的). And as the movement goes well, the slow concept gradually spreads across Europe.

The argument for a Slow Europe is not only that it is good, but also that it can work. The Slow City Movement, which started in 1999, has improved local economies(經(jīng)濟(jì)) by promoting local goods and tourism. Young Italians are moving from larger cities to Bra, where unemployment is only 5 percent, about half the nationwide rate. Slow food and wine festivals draw thousands of tourists every year. Shops are doing well, many with sales rising at a rate of 15% per year. “This is our answer to the world.” says Paolo Samrnini, the founder of Slow Cities.

France is in favor of slow economics. Most outsiders have long been doubtful of the French model: short hours and long vacations. Yet the French are more productive than those in the United States and Britain, and have been for years.

The mystery of French productivity has risen an Europewide debate about the advantages of working more slowly.

60. The church clock that is a half hour slow severs as a symbol of ________.

A. industrial development                             B. slow movement

C. global economy                                       D. city growth

61. The low unemployment in Bra proves that ________.

A. the population is not large

B. tourism brings great job chance

C. the Slow City Movement is successful  

D. the slow concept works well only in its birth place

62. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. British workers work longer hours than the French

B. French workers work longer hours than the Italians

C. Italian workers are less productive than the Americans

D. American workers are more productive than the British

63. The increased French productivity tends to ________.

A. favor a fast life style                                B. throw doubt on slow economics

C. encourage a slow economic growth              D. confirm advantages of slow economics

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????????????? A few minutes later a police car arrived.

????????????? “Get in the back,” they said. “Put your hands on the back of the front seat and don’t move them.”

????????????? They got in on either side of me. It wasn’t funny any more.

????????????? At the police station they questioned me for several hours. I continued to try to look worldly and familiar with the situation. When they asked me what I had been doing, I told them I’d been looking for a job. “Aha,” I could see them thinking, “unemployed”.

Eventually, I was officially charged and told to report to Richmond Magistrates’ Court the following Monday. Then they let me go.

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Meanwhile, just outside the courtroom, one of the policemen who had arrested me was gloomily complaining to my mother that another youngster had been turned against the police. “You could have been a bit more helpful when we arrested you,” he said to me reproachfully （責(zé)備地）.

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C. amused?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. more than just one of the above

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B. he had really been out of work

C. he had been born in a lower— class family ?????????????

D. both B and C

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B. he had begged to be allowed to go home

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D. he had tried to look cool

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On the Iraq-Syria border, a pack of wild dogs circled a group of American soldiers for food. The 1 of the pack was a gray-and-white dog. The soldiers 2 him Nubs. Nubs was shaking and 3  able to stand. Marine major Brian Dennis looked closer and saw that there was a knife wound 4 his chest.

      Dennis couldn’t 5 seeing the dog suffer. He and his men immediately treated the wound, and gave Nubs oral medicine. Nubs pulled through but was still 6. The next day, the team had to leave. Ten days later, Dennis’s unit was back and so was Nubs. He was still 7, but the men fed him and played with him.

   Before long the unit once again 8 an outpost (前哨) 70 miles away. Nubs, slowly but 9 tracked them far into the trackless wasteland until the men lost 10 of him. Two days later, beyond Dennis’s 11, he saw Nubs just outside the outpost. The dog had 12 him across 70 miles of frozen desert to meet the friend who had saved his life. From then on Nubs and the men slept in the same place, and ran around in the same ruins.

   Until a(n) 13 came down from above that they should not be allowed to have pets, Dennis decided to make sure the dog 14 continue to live the good life. So he quickly 15 $4,000 from his family and friends to fly Nubs to 16.

   A month later, when Dennis and the dog were 17 in California, at first Nubs didn’t recognize the guy. 18 within seconds , the dog flew into Dennis’s arms, 19 up again and again to lick his friend’s face.

   A little care and concern in the middle of war will not save a 20 world. But small stories, like the story of a soldier and a dog, hold a promise of a harmonious world.

1.A. guider                           B. leader                              C. major                               D. helper

2.A. called          B. said              C. told.              D. spoke

3.A. mostly                           B. certainly                           C. barely                               D. clearly

4.A. in                                   B. on                                      C. at                                       D. behind

5.A. help                     B. stand                                 C. admit                                D. avoid

6.A. in vain                           B. in danger                         C. in surprise                       D. in pain

7.A. weak               B. sad                                   C. alive                                  D. alone

8.A. made up              B. returned from                C. left for                              D. took over

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10.A. touch                          B. footprint                          C. sight                                  D. control

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13.A. signal                          B. project                             C. plan                                   D. order

14.A. need                           B. would                               C. might                                D. should

15.A. rose                                 B. arose                                  C. raised                               D. aroused

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17.A. reunited                     B. recalled                            C. restored                           D. reminded

18.A. So                                B. And                                   C. But                                    D. Then

19.A. jumping                 B. climbing                   C. cheering                          D. bringing

20.A. peaceful               B. competitive                      C. fantastic                           D. violent

 

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