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A sunflower is a sunflower. A mobile phone is a mobile phone. But can you (47) the two to do something for your local (48)
It may well be possible. When you have finished with your mobile phone you will be able to (49) it in the garden or a plant pot and wait for it to flower.
(50) , a biodegradable(生物可降解的) mobile phone was introduced by scientists. It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage (51) to recycle.
Scientists have come up with a new material over the last five years. It looks like any other (52) and can be hard or soft, and able to change shape. Overtime it can also break down into the soil without giving out any toxic (53) British researchers used the new material to develop a phone cover that contains a sunflower seed. When this new type of cover turns into waste, it (54) nitrates(硝酸盐). These feed the seed and help the flower grow.
Engineers have designed a small (55) window to hold the seed. They have made sure it only grows when the phone is thrown away.
"We’ve only put sunflower seeds into the covers so far. But we are working with plant (56) to find out which flowers would perform best. Maybe we could put roses in next time," said one scientist.
Word Bank
A. Recently B. consumers C. chemicals
D. environment E. combine F. transparent
G. buy H) companion I) experts
J) forms K) bury L) book
M) paper N) plastic O) Usually

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[I]
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Directions In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. In most cases, technology has not saved time, but enabled us to do more things. In the home, washing machines (36) to free women from having to toil over the laundry. In reality, they (37) us to change our clothes daily instead of weekly, creating seven times as much washing and ironing. Similarly, the weekly bath has been (38) by the daily shower, multiplying the hours spent on personal grooming. Meanwhile, technology has not only allowed work to spread into our leisure time--the laptop-on-the-beach syndrome-but (39) the new burden of dealing with faxes, e-mails and voicemails. It has also provided us with the (40) to spend hours fixing software glitches on our personal, computers or filling our heads with useless (41) from the Intemet. Technology apart, the Internet points the way to a second reason why we feel so time-pressed: the information explosion. There is another reason for our increased time (42) levels: rising prosperity. As ever-larger quantities of goods and services are produced, they have to be (43) Driven on by advertising, we do our best to oblige: (44) . So we suffer from what Wilson calls (45) In fact, not everyone is overstressed. It is a convenient shorthand to say we are all time-starved, but we have to remember that it only applies to half the population. (46)
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