Day 1Living up to new standards (P3)Choose the best answer:1. What is the article mainly about... an advanced telescope called BICEP2.C. To report a new finding that supports the Big Bang theory. D ……

service to international standards.The meeting, with the theme of voluntary service in the new...CHINA will host the International Conference on Voluntary Service on May 27-28, to follow-up ……

at the bottom. Before the new rules, China had only industrial standards but no national ones for paper cups...In China we have four levels of standards for products and services. They may be either *mandatory ……

them with a mass of paperwork and bureaucracy and provided little improvement in living standards. They also said they are entitled to special treatment to bring their living standards closer to those ……

cities need to be controlled to improve living standards for their residents, there is still disagreement... to improve their competitiveness and living standards. No. The score system is too *elitist ……

One of the signatures of the Obama White House has been its focus on healthy living. Five years... lifting. But not everyone was thrilled with the Obamas’ healthy standards. Students complained about ……

keep the hosts up to date in order to maintain high standards of operation within the homestays... the world. In a homestay, students can observe, learn and experience a new lifestyle (生活 ……

growth and improvements in living standards for its people."The WTO should speed the opening up... firms to bring their staff up to speed with international standards.Last month, a survey conducted ……

shows that there are different living standards and lifestyles among the countries. Households..., named after a 19th century German *statistician. It’s an important indicator of living standards ……

’s Intelligence Unit. People’s living costs there are about 36 percent higher than those of people in New York... parts of China have very different standards (标准) of living.The central government makes it a rule ……

龙)”. He also wrote the first set of textbooks to carry out the new standards.After leaving his job..., 1922Birthplace: JiangsuKnown for: Making English curriculum standards (课程标准), writing English ……

NEW Chinese vehicle designers are being asked to back the country's energy preservation drive by meeting its first standards on passenger car fuel consumption.A "Passenger Car Fuel Consumption Limit ……

IT’S not easy being a college student these days. Spiraling tuition fees and living expenses...-teachers, have something new to worry about on top of all these things: getting expelled from school ……

new, unified (统一的) national standards for bottled water, CCTV reported. The new standards will be implemented (施行) by the end of 2015.“New, unified national standards are urgently needed to bring ……

Organization.Though there are some positives to living longer, such as improving hygiene (卫生), nutrition and medical standards, a new study done in the US showed that only 8 percent of Americans want to live ……