C.She aims to develop a goog body shape

D.She has difficult getting along with others

B

Exploit your parking space

An unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to £200 or £300 a week. Put an advertisement（广告）for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark.

Rent（出租）a room123456789 www.dxs56.com

Spare room? Not only will a lodger（房客）earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you won’t have to pay any tax on the first £4500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.

Make money during special events

Won’t want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money, Grashpadder can advertise your space.

Live on set

Renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free—but you will be charged if your home gets picked.

Use your roof

   You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing  solar equipment(around￡14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.

45. If you earn ￡5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on ______.

A. ￡800       B. ￡500     C. ￡4500    D.5000

46. Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event?

A. On Letpark.      B. On Roomspare.

C. On Grashpadder.  D. On Roommateeasy.

47. If you want to use energy free, you have to_____.

A. sign an agreement with the government

B. pay around ￡14,000 for the equipment

C. sell the roof to some energy companies

D. keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years

48. For whom the text most probably written?

A. Lodgers.       B. Advertisers.

C. House owners.  D. Online companies

C

The pound new Library of Birmingham（LoB）will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization（数字化）of everyday life.

Set to open in 2013, the £188m LoB is already beginning to tale shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.

As digital media（媒介）is important to its idea. the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.

Brian Gambles, the LoB project director,anys it is about gieing people the ringht tools for learning,“The airn is to aix the physical with the digital. Providing 24-hour services which can be used throusl, niany Jilleren, ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”

The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.

Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual（虚拟的）LoB, designed by Baden, the birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.

Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Subetns, a digital design company, is developing what it calls “calargod reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the  which is the early stages of development  is an online library of figures of the city being built  contrat company in Cahoots, in which users with the encouraged to add to and comment on the material.     Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the library’s  and services open to citizens as sever before.” 49.The underline part “its idea”in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of____ A. the equipment                     B.  the project C. the digital media                   D.  the physical library 50.While visiting the Virtual LoB,the public can_____ A. get a *** idea of the LoB B. meet more world-famous experts C. learn *** put up a library building D. ** *** how the specialists work on the project 51.Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?

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