3、Prince Charles yesterday promised to reduce the royal impact on the environment through sweeping changes to his personal lifestyle and official schedule．The prince will replace carbon-heavy private jets and helicopters with scheduled flights and train services．

The move came as Prince Charles urged business leaders to publish the environmental pact of their activities．

He said, “Few accountants and business decision-makers ask, ‘How much of our critical natural resource is left? How many miles of polar ice cap has our business helped melt this year? By how many inches have we raised sea levels? How many species have we put at risk? How many homes will be flooded, how many people will die of thirst or starvation because of our activities? ’ These are not comfortable questions, but, by God, they need to be asked．”

He added, “At the moment these costs do not appear in anyone’s books… Yet they are real, they are incurred now and in a relatively short time, the damage being caused may be beyond remedy．” He said the world was “running up the biggest global credit card debt in history, but with little or no thought for how the bill will ever be paid”．

Flanked by the prime minister and business and community leaders at St James’ Palace, the prince said his new “accounting for sustainability” project would give consumers the power to choose products that caused less damage to the planet．

Duchy Originals, the prince’s food company, is taking steps to work out how much carbon dioxide and other green-house gas are emitted in growing, processing and distributing its products．The changes to the prince’s travel arrangements announced yesterday are part of a wider review of the carbon footprint associated with activities at all three of his residences．Clarence House in London, Highgrove and Birkhall on the Balmorals estate（莊園）, as well as the activities of his 21 personal and 105 full-time staff．Measures include a review of electricity use, commuter and other staff travel and are intended to identify further reductions in carbon dioxide emissions．The review will report in June , when Clarence House will announce annual targets to reduce carbon emission．

1．One of the moves Prince Charles will take to reduce the royal impact on the environment is ______．

       A．taking private jets that are not carbon-heavy

       B．taking helicopters instead of private jets

       C．taking trains instead of scheduled flights

       D．taking scheduled flights instead of helicopters

2．How does Prince Charles feel about business leaders in terms of environmental protection?

A．Dissatisfied．                                 B．Disappointed．                             C．Doubtful．               D．Impatient．

3．In response to Prince Charles’ calls, Duchy Originals will ______．

       A．make as much green food as possible

       B．cut down its cost

       C．figure out its greenhouse gas emission

       D．continue its greenhouse gas emission

4．The underlined phrase in paragraph 4 probably refers to ______．

       A．the great amount of waste produced by industry 

       B．the great damage caused to the environment

       C．the great amount of debts of the royal family

       D．the high cost of industry in their producing process

5．What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．Prince Charles promised Greener Royal Lifestyle

       B．Better Late than Never

       C．Prince Charles and His Concern for Environment

       D．The Royal Family Has a Role to Play in Environment Protection

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29、“Image is everything．” An entire industry has been built upon the precondition that image is everything, but when it comes down to it, an appealing image is not enough．If there is no substance behind the image, the product, service or person will fail at length．

       First of all, one should consider how important image is in the selling of products and services．Advertising agencies have raised the art of creating an image to a state of near perfection．Public concept of that product or service is certainly managed by the images created by the advertising agencies．But if the product or service does not live up to the image that was created, the customer will be very dissatisfied and possibly ask for their money back．For example, the Arthur Andersen accounting firm had spent decades building up an image of trustworthiness．But the recent scandal （丑聞） showed that behind that image, it had dishonest business practices．Despite the previous positive image, the firm is being accused of criminal actions and it will probably not survive as a business unit．Although the image had been nearly perfect, the reality behind the image has led to the downfall of the world famous accounting firm．

       Similarly, personal consultants can build up a public image for politicians and movie stars．Putting out positive news releases, making sure that only the best photographs are published, and ensuring that the person is seen in all the right places can build up a very positive image in the view of the general commons．But once again, history is filled with examples of both politicians and movie stars that fell from grace（體面）like the story of the Hollywood actor giving in to the pressures of fame and fortune．With people, just as with products and services, image is certainly important, but without positive substance behind the image, failure is close．

       To summarize, it is clear that an appealing image is extremely important to success, whether that image is related to selling a product or service or to the "selling" of a person．But image is only half of the equation．What lies behind that image is every bit as important as the image itself—the person or product must deliver on that image or there is little chance for long-term success．

1．The downfall of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm is due to ______．

     A．its dishonesty in business                   B．its previous images

       C．its bad management                   D．its poor service

2．Why did some famous people fall from grace?

A．Their images were not well built up       B．They failed to live up to their images．

C．They felt much pressure from the public. D．They paid little attention to fame and fortune．

3．The structure of the passage is             ．

4．The author tries to argue that______．

    A．image creates everything                   B．image is the key to success

    C．truth goes hand in hand with image        D．truth and image are equally important

27、--- What did you think of the place?

--- I didn’t care for it at ______ first, but after ______ time I got to like it．

A．/; a           B．the; a           C．a(chǎn); the            D．/; the

26、Henry has come in his raincoat and gumboots, ______ for rain．

A．prepared        B．preparing       C．having prepared         D．prepares