In addition, advertising trains consumers to want what is new and improved. It convinces them that the more they have, the happier they will be.

　　Unlike people in many developing countries, we live in a world of abundance. A study by Dr Timothy Jones of the University of Arizona also found that in the US, 40～50 per cent of all food ready for harvest is wasted. Abundance and waste soon became closely associated in the American way of life.

　　12．In Cuba, people usually fix a broken item instead of buying a new one because ________．they live a low－carbon lifeplanned obsolescence ________．C. results in higher prices of items

　　D. requires factories to produce high－quality products new blender rather than repair the broken one.

　　B．A large quantity of food has been wasted.

　　C．People believe that the more they have, the happier they will be.

　　D．People all hold the belief that money comes first.

　　15．What may be the writer's attitude towards a throw－away society?’t feel well, we use a thermometer to see if we have a fever. We keep our rooms a certain warmth in the winter and a certain coolness in the summer.

　　Not all the thermometers use the same system to measure temperature. We use a system called the Fahrenheit scale. But most other countries use the Centigrade scale.

　　Both systems use the freezing and boiling points of water as their guide.

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