Although a natural alternative,such as honey,can be used to sweeten food if this is necessary,we can in fact do without it.Nowadays fibre is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet.In wh

From the passage, we know that __________.

A. there was not enough food in Ilan long ago

B. leftovers can’t be used to cook delicious food

C. zao bing is a famous dish without any fat in it

D. the writer is interested in very big banquets

From Paragraph 5,we can learn that_______.

A.mushrooms should not be eaten

B.vegetables are safer than meat and seafood

C.natural poisons are more dangerous than chemicals

D.different types of food should be handled differently

The Importance of Information in the Supply Chain Information is important because it provides the facts that supply chain managers use to make decisions. Without information, a manger will not know what customers want, how much inventory is in stock and when more products should be produced and shipped. In short, without information, a manager can only make decisions blindly. Managers must understand how information is gathered and analyzed. This is where information technology comes into play. Information technology serves as the eyes and ears of management in a supply chain, capturing and delivering the information necessary to make a good decision. For instance, an IT system at a personal computer manufacturer may help a manager analyze the information and recommend an action. The manager can use the remaining chips first, then look at demand forecast, and determine whether to order more chips. There are four reasons why timely and accurate information has become more important for effective logistics system design and operations. First, customers recognize information about order status, product availability, delivery schedule, and shipment tracking as necessary elements of total customer service. Then, managers realize that information can be used to reduce human resource requirements. What’s more, information increases flexibility with regard to how, when, and where resources may be used to gain strategic advantage. And finally, enhanced information transfer and exchange capability using the Internet is changing relationships between buyers and sellers and refining channel relationships.

21. Information is so important that()

A. managers can make decisions without it

B. managers can only make decisions blindly without it

C. managers will know nothing without it

22. Information technology()

A. could be used to gather and deliver information for?decision-making

B. is necessary to make a good decision

C. can be used to determine whether to order more chips

23. Information can()

A. help customers to know many things but not product availability.

B. not be used to reduce human resource requirements

C. help to refine channel relationships

24. If you are a manager, you will use information to().

A. help improve customer service

B. order more chips

C. know which staff member is not on duty and should be laid off

25. The main point of this passage is about().

A. how to use information

B. the importance of information

C. where to gather information

People begin to understand the natural resources are not () , which can be used up without caution.

A、numerous

B、numerable

C、inexhaustible

D、valuable

听力原文：The holder of credit card can buy goods against the card at any shop that has joined the scheme without cash.

(9)

A．The credit card can be used at any shop without paying cash.

B．The credit card can he used at any appointed shop together with cash.

C．The credit card can be used at any appointed shop without paying cash.

D．The credit card can be used to withdraw any amount of cash.

Passage Three

Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them; our purpose is to prepare them for life. As soon as we realize this fact, we will understand that it is very important to choose a system of education which will really prepare children for life. It is not enough just to choose the first system of education one finds, or to continue with one's old system of education without examining it to see whether it is in fact suitable or not.

In many modern countries, it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all—whether rich or poor, clever or stupid—one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees than there are jobs for them to fill. Because of their degrees, they refuse to do what they consider "low" work; and, in fact, work with the hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.

But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor. We can live without education, but we will die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we would have terrible diseases in our towns. In countries where there are no servants because everyone is ashamed to do such work, scientists have to waste much of their time doing housework.

In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to prepare for life, it means that we must be educated in such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever job is suited to his brain and ability, and secondly, we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and it is very bad to be ashamed of one's work, or to scorn someone else's. Only such a type of education can be called valuable to society.

44. Education is______.

A. a purpose

B. a means

C. fashionable

D. the first system

It can be inferred from the passage that________

A.natural materials are safe in food processing

B.chemicals are needed in food processing

C.food poisoning can be kept under control

D.food poisoning is out of control

The human nose is an underrated tool. Humans are often thought to be insensitive smellers compared with animals, __1__ this is largely because, __2__ animals, we stand upright. This means that our noses are __3__ to perceiving those smells which float through the air, __4__ the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact, __5__, we are extremely sensitive to smells, __6__ we do not generally realize it. Our noses are capable of __7__ human smells even when these are __8__ to far below one part in one million.

Strangely, some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, __9__ others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate __10__ smell receptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send __11__ to the brain. However, it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell __12__ can suddenly become sensitive to it when __13__ to it often enough.

The explanation for insensitivity to smell seems to be that brain finds it __14__ to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can __15__ new receptors if necessary. This may __16__ explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smells we simply do not need to be. We are not __17__ of the usual smell of our own house but we __18__ new smells when we visit someone else’s. The brain finds it best to keep smell receptors __19__ for unfamiliar and emergency signals __20__ the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire.

1________________

[A] although

[B] as

[C] but

[D] while

If thousands of people die of hunger, it’s a natural crisis and there’s nothing we can do about it.()

Why is there no natural reason for famine?

A、We now have technology to preserve and keep food.

B、We can transport food over long distances.

C、The government can import food and distribute it to its people.

D、Nature can never create any disasters for human beings.