There is an old saying, "Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal

it away. Good soil produces food crops for both people and animals.

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essed foods and drinks. Now an international report warns people to limit the sugar they eat.

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face another day of trying to figure out how to get around in the city. New York officials worried that a lot of People would drive their cars into the city, creating huge traffic jams. So vehicles carrying fewer than four passengers will be prevented from entering pans of Manhattan during the morning. City officials warned that New York's economy could take a big hit. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the strike could cost the city about 400 million dollars a day.

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区风云变幻的考验，最根本的一点就是，上海合作组织的宗旨和原则符合各成员国的切身利益。它们是：第一，致力于发展成员国之间的睦邻友好关系；第二，致力于发展成员国在经济、文化、教育各个具体领域的合作，照顾各成员国的利益；第三，致力于打击恐怖主义、分裂主义和极端主义，维护地区的和平与稳定；第四，致力于促进建立公正和平文明的政治经济新秩序。这4个方面完全符合成员国的现实和长远利益。因此，尽管在过去5年国际上和本地区发生不少事情，但都没能动摇上海合作组织的基础。上海合作组织显示出强大的生命力，正蓬勃向前发展。

who have at least a bachelor's degree now; that compares to 24% back in 2000, and it's a very big rise.

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ntries is a very high proportion of "owner-occupation', that is, most homes are owned by the people who live in them.

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Extract 1

A stylish dining room with cream walls and curtains and black carpet as perfect foil to an eclectic array of furniture. Many of the pieces are classics of their particular era, and demonstrate how old and new designs can be happily mixed together. The prototype chair in the foreground has yet to prove its staying power and was thought up by the flat's occupant. He is pictured in his living room which has the same decorative theme and is linked to the dining room by a high Medieval-styled archway where was once a redundant and uninspiring fireplace.

Extract 2

Old bathrooms often contain a great deal of ugly pipework in need of disguising. This can either be done by boxing in the exposed pipes, or by fitting wood paneling over them.

As wood paneling can be secured over almost anything — including old ceramic tiles and chipped walls — is an effective way of disguising pipework as well as being an attractive form. of decoration. The paneling can be vertical, horizontal or diagonal.

An alternative way to approach the problem of exposed pipes is to actually make them a feature of the room by picking the pipework out in bright strong colours.

Extract 3

Cooking takes second place in this charming room which; with its deep armchairs, is more of a sitting room than a kitchen, and the new Rayburn stove as a good Choice, as it blends in well with the old brick and beamed fireplace. There are no fitted units or built-in appliances, so all food preparation is done at the big farmhouse table in the foreground; and the china, pots and pans have been deliberately left on show to make an attractive display, What about the kitchen sink? It's hidden away behind an archway which leads into a small scullery. Here there's a second cooker and — in the best farmhouse tradition — a huge walk-in larder for all food storage.

Why is the colour of the carpet described in Extract 1 a particular advantage?

A．It livens up the colour in an otherwise dull room.

B．It provides a contrast to the furniture.

C．It blends in with the tones of the furniture.

D．It gives the room a classical style.

The report issued by the government's Meeting on Education Rebuilding ______ .

A．recommended minimizing the use of cellphones among kids

B．suggested setting "house rules" for cellphone use

C．urged parents to .remind their children about cellphone use

D．pressed schools to educate their pupils on the dangers of cellphone use

not take immediate action.

A．sanitation crisis

B．international conflict

C．global warming

D．over-urbanization