根据以下资料，回答以下题。 　　Pub hours shake-up revealed next week
　　By James Hardy Political Editor
　　PUBS and clubs will be allowed to stay open round-the-clock under a planned radical change of Britain's outdated licensing (许可证发放) laws.
　　Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday revealed a Bill (议案) to bring in the long-awaited improvement will be contained in the Queen's Speech next week．Some public bars and clubs could be open all hours while others could choose different closing times into the early hours.
　　Police forces around the country have said different closing times will mean the explosion in violence and vandalism (破坏行为) after 11p.m.-when aggressive drunks are sent out at the same time．
　　The move will be opposed by some MPs (下院议员) who fear it will lead to increased alcoholism, drunken behavior and crime．But ministers say there will be controls on which pubs and clubs are allowed to open 24 hours a day.
　　Places which consistently attract violent drunks and troublemakers will be turned down.
　　Mr．Blair said: "We believe there should be greater flexibility in licensing．In the end, the evidence that we have is that it may help in the fight against anti-social behavior．At the moment the very fixed nature of the hours sometimes means that you get particular problems outside pubs and city centers at particular hours of the evening."
　　The big change will be accompanied by a strict action on petty criminals who cause misery to urban and rural communities.
　　In a bid to prevent criticism of the licensing improvement, the Govenment is to extend on-the-spot fines to a range of offences from vandalism.
　　The PM said yesterday petty crime was the single biggest cause of daily aggressive behavior for millions.

根据以下资料，回答以下题。 　　As far back as he could remember, Larry had longed to go to Hollywood and become a film star．The young man's hopes for success were broken again and again, however．Hollywood just did not seem interested．When he first came to California Larry had decided never to give up and return home without success．Therefore, he kept on trying．Someday, he told himself, his big opportunity would come.
　　Larry found a job parking cars for one of Hollywood's big restaurants．His pay was basic, but since the guests were kind enough to give him more money, he managed to make a living.
One day he recognized an important film director driving into the parking lot and getting out of his car．Larry had recently heard that the man was ready to make a new picture.
　　Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it on into the lot and park it．Then he stopped, jumped out, and ran over to the director．"Excuse me, sir, but I think it's only fair to tell you that it's now or never if you want me in your next picture．A lot of big companies are after me."
　　Instead of pushing away the boy, the director got interested in Larry's words and stopped．"Yes?
　　Which companies?" he asked.
　　"Well," replied the boy, "there's the telephone company, the gas company, and the electric company, to tell you only a few."
　　The director laughed, then wrote something on a card and handed it to the young man．"Come and see me tomorrow."
　　Larry got a small part in the director's next film．He was on his way!

根据以下资料，回答以下题。 　　Years ago our cities were full of cars, buses and trucks．Now the streets are completely congested (拥挤的) and it is very difficult to drive a car along them．Drivers must stop at hundreds of traffic lights．What are our cities going to be like in ten or twenty years? Will enormous ( 巨大的 ) motorways be built across them? With-big motorways cutting across them, full of noisy, dirty cars and lorries, our cities are going to be awful places．How can we solve the problem?
　　There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private cars．In 1989, for example, the authorities in Rome began an interesting experiment: passengers on the city buses did not have to pay for their tickets.
　　In Stockholm there was another experiment: people paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus, train or tram in all the city.
　　In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles, and pedestrians are safe there.
　　In London there is another experiment: part of the street is for buses only, so the buses can travel fast．There are no cars or taxies in front of them.

根据以下资料，回答以下题。 　　Cirque du Soleil (say it: Serk du So-lay) is being accused of out-dated thinking about the dangers of AIDS．It is a modern acrobatic circus from Canada that tours in the United States and other countries.
　　Last April, the company fired Matthew Cusick because he was HIV positive．This was after he spent four months learning his part in an act.
　　A spokesman for the circus said Cusick was fired for safety reasons．They said he was a danger to others.
　　He disagreed.
　　Hundreds of people picketed a show in San Francisco．They said that firing him was not legal．
　　Cusick says the company knew he was HIV positive when they hired him．It was not fair to let him put so much time into learning his act, and then fire him before he performed.
　　He says he is not a danger to others．People can only get AIDS if infected blood contacts another person's blood, or open wound.
　　The company says what their acrobats do is very, very dangerous．They perform tricks without nets．Someone might fall and get hurt．It could be bloody．They say it is too risky to let a person with HIV take part in an act.
　　People who run the circus say it hurts to be accused of discrimination.
　　Matthew Cusick says he feels hurt that he can't perform in the big blue and yellow tent.
　　Dozens of artists, actors, writers and entertainers got involved in protesting the firing of Matthew Cusick．Some names you might know are: the Actors' Equity Union (45,000 members), Rosie O'Donnell, Rod McKuen, and Chad Allen．They also protested at a showing in Orange County．They said "HIV discrimination is unacceptable."

根据以下资料，回答以下题。 　　You have been badly injured in a car accident．It is necessary to give you a blood transfusion because you lost a great deal of blood in the accident．However, special care must be taken in selecting new blood for you．If the blood is too different from your own, the transfusion could kill you.
　　There are four basic types of blood; A, B, AB and O．A simple test can indicate a person's blood type．Everybody is born with one of these four types of blood．Blood type, like hair color and height, is inherited from parents.
　　Because of substances contained in each type, the four groups must be trans fused carefully．Basically, A and B cannot be mixed．A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B．O can give to any other group, hence it is often called the universal donor．For the opposite reason, AB sometimes called the universal recipient．However, because so many reactions can occur in transfusions, patients usually receive only salt or plasma until their blood can be matched as exactly as possible in the blood bank of a hospital．In this way, it is possible to avoid any bad reactions to the transfusion.
　　There is a relationship between your blood type and your nationality．Among Europeans and people of European ancestry, about 42 percent have type A while 45 percent have type O．The rarest is type AB．Other races have different percentages．For example, some American Indian groups have nearly 100 percent type O.

根据以下资料，回答以下题。 Read the following:
1．Needed: Full time secretary position available．Applicants should have at least 2 years experience and be able to type 60 words a minute．No computer skills required．Apply in person at United Business Ltd., 17 Browning Street.
2．Are you looking for a part time job? We require 3 part time shop assistants to work during the evening．No experience required, applicants should between 18 and 26．Call 366-76564 for more information.
3．Computer trained secretaries: Do you have experience working with computers? Would you like a full time position working in an exciting new company? If your answer is yes, give us a call at 565-987-7832.
4．Teacher Needed: Tommy's Kindergarten needs 2 teacher/trainers to help with classes from 9 a.m．to 3 p.m．Applicants should have appropriate licenses．For more information visit Tommy's Kindergarten in Leicester Square No．56.
5．Part Time work available: We are looking for retired adults who would like to work part time at the weekend．Responsibilities include answering the telephone and giving customer's information．For more information contact us by calling 897-980-7654.
6．University positions open: The University of Cumberland is looking for 4 teaching assistants to help with homework correction．Applicants should have a degree in one of the following: Political Science, Religion, Economics or History．Please contact the University of Cumberland for more information.

根据以下资料，回答以下题。 　　The earliest immigrants to North America found Indians already living there．The Indians numbered about 500,000 at that time．Their society was a primitive society, but they lived peacefully and welcomed the white strangers to the land．However, these early immigrants from Europe didn't want to share the land with the natives．They killed off many of the Indians, seized their land or pushed them off to lands farther away．Today the Indians, not more than half a million, live in poverty and misery on the land on which they were once masters.
　　The earliest immigrants were the Spanish, who settled in the southern part of what is now the US．The next large group were the English, after the English came the French, Dutch, Irish, Germans, and other nationality groups, mostly European.
　　Another early group to arrive were the Negroes．But they were brought in as slaves from Africa．They didn't win freedom till generations later.

根据以下资料，回答以下题。 　　Some young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting, and one of the things they were shown was how an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy and take his weapon away from him．First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other, using only his bare hands; and then he took a rifle away from him in the same way．After the lesson, and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves, the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what they had been shown．One of the questions was this: “Well, you now know what an unarmed man can do against a man with a rifle．Imagine that you are guarding a bridge at night, and that you have a rifle．Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier coming towards you．What will you do?”
　　The young soldier who had to answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds before he answered, and then said, “Well, after what I have just seen, I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of my rifle as quickly as I could, so that the unarmed enemy couldn't take it from me and kill me with it!”

Passage Five
In 1924, Nordic ski events were held at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France． But the American skiers came home without medals． Norway took most of the medals for cross-country and ski jumping events that year． They did the same for many years after． From 1924 through 1972, the American skiers had no medals to show for their Olympic trips． The U．S． was generally thought to be weak in ski competition
But in 1974 it was discovered that the U． S． record was slightly better than people had been led to believe． And Norway's record was not quite as good． The discovery was a surprise and a delight to American ski fans, but even more so to American skier Anders Haugen． After fifty years, Anders got the medal he should have won back in 1924．
In the ski jump event at Chamonix in 1924, Haugen had scored in fourth place． He had just missed earning a medal． His score was 17． 916, just slightly behind Thorleif  Haug of Norway． Haug's score of 18 had won him the bronze medal．
But in 1974, Norway's National Olympic Committee did a check of all final Olympic results． There had been an error in computing Haug's score! So Haugen, now, an elderly man, traveled across the ocean for his award． On September 12, 1974, hewas given a bronze medal in a special ceremony at the Norway Ski Museum．

Passage Four
How can we get rid of garbage? Do we have enough energy sources to meet our future energy needs?
These are two important questions that many people are asking today． Some people think that man might be able to solve both problems at the same time, They suggest using garbage as an energy source, and at the same time it can save the land to hold garbage．
For a long time, people buried garbage or dumped it on empty land． Now, empty land is scarce． But more and more garbage is produced each year． However, garbage can be a good fuel to use． The things in garbage do not look like coal, petroleum, or natural gas; but they are chemically similar to these fossil fuels． As we use up our fossil-fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as an energy source． Burning garbage is not a new idea． Some cities in Europe and the United States have been burning garbage for years． The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water． The steam that is produced is used to make electricity or to heat nearby, buildings． In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the cities garbage each year． The amount of energy  produced is about the same as would be produced by burning almost a half million barrels of oil．
Our fossil fuel supplies are limited． Burning garbage might be one kind of energy source that we can use to help meet our energy needs． This method could also reduce the amount if garbage piling up on the earth．