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As part of an ongoing campaign against polyvinyl chloride (聚氯乙烯), a Virginia-based environmental advocacy group today called on manufacturers and retailers to phase out its use in shower curtains. The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ), released the results of a small study indicating that PVC (聚氯乙烯)-containing shower curtains are capable of emitting scores of potentially harmful materials, into people’s bathrooms. A previous study, conducted by Environmental Protection Agency researchers, also found that plastic shower curtains can emit toxic compounds into the air.
There’s still debate among scientists about just how serious the health effects are especially at low doses. However, CHEJ urges consumers to avoid using PVC shower curtains, as well as many other PVC products.
For people who are concerned about their shower curtains, there are alternatives. IKEA phased out PVC shower curtains 11 years ago, switching to ethylene vinyl acetat
A. That PVC stands for polyvinyl chloride.
B. Manufacturers are not required to label shower curtains.
C. That most shower curtains sold at IKEA are made from PVC.
D. That PVC shower curtains may release potentially harmful materials.

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As part of an ongoing campaign against polyvinyl chloride (聚氯乙烯), a Virginia-based environmental advocacy group today called on manufacturers and retailers to phase out its use in shower curtains. The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ), released the results of a small study indicating that PVC (聚氯乙烯)-containing shower curtains are capable of emitting scores of potentially harmful materials, into people’s bathrooms. A previous study, conducted by Environmental Protection Agency researchers, also found that plastic shower curtains can emit toxic compounds into the air.
There’s still debate among scientists about just how serious the health effects are especially at low doses. However, CHEJ urges consumers to avoid using PVC shower curtains, as well as many other PVC products.
For people who are concerned about their shower curtains, there are alternatives. IKEA phased out PVC shower curtains 11 years ago, switching to ethylene vinyl acetat
A. Ethylene vinyl acetate.
B. Polyvinyl chloride.
C. Cotton.
D. PVC and EVＡ.

[单项选择]The underlined part "the law is loaded against him" in the second paragraph is most likely to mean ______.
A. the law is not of his interest
B. the law is unfavorable to him
C. the law is not in favor of him
D. the law is not in his honor

[单项选择]The protests were part of their（　）against the proposed building development in the area.
A. commission
B. commitment
C. convention
D. campaign

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Part C Directions: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlines segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET2.(10 points) (46) The decline of civility and manners may be worrying people more than crime, according to Gentility Recalled, edited by Dighy Anderson, which laments the breakdown of traditional codes that once regulated social conduct. It criticized the fact that "manners" are scorned as repressive and outdated. The result, according to Mr. Anderson, director of the Social Affairs Unit, is a society characterized by rudeness: loutish behavior on the streets, jostling in crowds, impolite shop assistants and bad tempered drivers. (47) Mr. Anderson says the cumulative effect of these apparently trivial, but often offensive is to make everyday life uneasy, unpredictable and unpleasant. As they are encountered far more often than crime, they can cause more anxiety than crime. The