Pat Akins，an accountant at a Florida Salvation Army (SA)(救世军)thrift shop，said that，for her，shopping at thrift shops is a way to help the environment.

　　“When my daughter was little，we looked at it as recycling，” Akins said. “Also，why pay 30 dollars for a new coat when you can get another one for a lot less?”

　　Akins said that the SA has shops all over the US - “some as big as department　stores.” All of the clothes are donated (捐赠)，and when they have a surplus (盈余)，they'll have “stuff a bag” specials，where customers can fill a grocery sack With clothes for only 5 or 10 dollars.

　　Julia Slocum，22，points out，however，that the huge amount of second-hand clothing in the US is the result of American wastefulness.

　　I'd say that second-hand stores are the result of our wasteful，materialistic culture，“ said Slocum，who works for a pro-conservation organization，the Center for a New American Dream. ”Thrift shops prevent that waste from going to landfills (垃圾填埋场); they give clothing a second life，provide cheaper clothing for those who can't afford new ones and generate (生成)income for charities. They also provide a way for the wealthy and middle classes to shed (摆脱)some of the guilt for their level of consumption.“

　　36 Which statement about Barth is NOT true?

　　A He is 33 years old now.

　　B He works at a Goodwill thrift shop.

　　C He works at a Salvation Army thrift shop.

　　D He was a college student many years ago

　　37 When Barth was a college student，he often shopped at thrift shops

　　A　to save money.

　　B　to save energy.

　　C　to help the environment.

　　D　to make friends with poor people.

　　38 What does Akins do?

　　A She is a soldier.

　　B She is an accountant

　　C She is a saleswoman.

　　D She is a road sweeper.

　　39 Thrift shops can do everything EXCEPT

　　A　give clothing a second life.

　　B　generate income for charities.

　　C　provide cheaper clothes for the poor

　　D　stop rich people from wasting money

　　40 The word “thrift ”in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by

　　A　charity.

　　B　one dollar.

　　C　first class.

　　D　two dollars.

第三篇 College Night Owls Have Lower Grades

　　College students who are morning people tend to get better grades than those who are night owls (晚睡的人)，according to University of North Texas researchers.

　　They had 824 undergraduate(大学本科生的)students complete a health survey that included questions about sleep habits and daytime functioning，and found that students who are morning people had higher grade point averages (GPAs)than those who are night people.

　　“The finding that college students who are evening types have lower GPAs is a very important finding，sure to make its way into undergraduate psychology texts in the near future，along with the research showing that memory is improved by sleep，” study co-author Daniel J. Taylor said in a prepared statement.

　　“Further，these results suggest that it might be possible to improve academic performance by using chronotherapy (时间疗法)to help students retrain their biological clock to become more morning types，“ Taylor said.

　　The research was expected to be presented Monday at SLEEP，the annual meeting　of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies，in Baltimore.

　　In other findings expected to be heard at the meeting，University of Colorado researchers found a significant association .between insomnia (失眠)and a decline in college students' academic performance.

　　The study included 64 psychology，nursing and medical s