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Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particulate matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth’s temperature-a result that would be equally disastrous(灾难的). A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas. At present we do riot know for sure that either of these conditions will happen(though one recent government report prepared by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very likely). Perhaps, if we very lucky, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world’s temperature will stay about the same as it is now.
小题1:As pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution ______.
A.caused widespread damage in the countryside |
B.affected the entire eastern half of the United States |
C.almost brought worldwide effect |
D.existed merely in urban and industrial areas |
A.shares the same view with the scientists |
B.is uncertain of its occurrence |
C.rejects it as being ungrounded(无根据的) |
D.thinks that it will increasingly destroy the world soon |
A.raising the world’s temperature a little would not do much harm to life on the earth |
B.lowering the world’s temperature a little would lead to agricultural disasters |
C.almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decade |
D.the world’s temperature will remain stable forever |
A.the greenhouse effect in the world |
B.the measures to adjust the climate |
C.the potential effect of air pollution |
D.the measures to protect the environment |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:C
解析
核心考点
试题【It was once thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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The drop in temperature in the middle of December is a sure sign that winter is finally here. The cold weather causes people to easily get sick. To avoid this, it’s a good idea to adjust(调整) your eating habits and put more nourishing foods on your daily menu.
Each area has different recipes(食谱). Take a look at the following list for more ideas.
Mention Beijing recipe, and the first thing people think of is “hot pot”. Hot pot has been a long-time winter tradition in Beijing, as a way to beat the cold and nourish the body with mutton, beef and other side dishes.
Where to go for hot pot
Laowu Siji Shuanrou
A traditional hotpot restaurant with a long history. It is wel1-known for selected mutton from Inner Mongolia. The old-style copper pot and tasty sauces add more f1avors to the broth (肉汤) to entertain your taste.
Address: No. 17, Baizhifang E. Avenue
Te1: 010--63516164
Suantiankula Restaurant
This place is famous for its healthy tomato hotpot broth. The sour broth is delicious but not oily. The secret-recipe red bean soup makes a great accompaniment. For alcohol-lovers, try the Shaoxing wine, which is made from rice and warms you up.
Address: No.8, Xinyuanxili M. Avennue
Tel: 010-64612345
40. The first paragraph mainly tells us ______.
A. how people change the diet in winter
B. why people change the diet in winter
C. what people eat in winter
D. why people eat hotpot all the year round
41. According to the passage, the underlined words “nourishing foods” probab1y refer to _________.
A. tasty sauces and side dishes
B. wine and sauce
C. mutton, beef and side dishes
D. sour broth and drinks
42. A1l the following statements tell the fa1se information EXCEPT ______.
A. If you want to eat healthy tomato hot pot broth, call 010-635l6164
B. Suantiankula Restaurant is famous for its oily broth
C. The secret-recipe red bean soup is served in Laowu Siji Shuanrou
D. The copper pot and tasty sauces are served to entertain people"s taste
water just off the Florida coast. Mullets, crabs, rays and small
fish gather by the thousands off an Alabama pirer. Birds covered in
oil are crawling deep into marshes (沼泽), never to be seen again.
Marine scientists studying the effects of the BP disaster(英国石油公司漏油事件)are seeing
some strange phenomena. Fish and other wildlife seem to be fleeing the oil out in the Gulf and clustering in cleaner waters along the coast in a trend that some researchers see as a potentially troubling sign. The animals" presence close to shore means their usual habitat is badly polluted, and the crowding could result in mass die-offs as fish run out of oxygen. Also, the animals could easily be captured by their enemies.
The nearly two-month-old spill(漏油)has created an environmental disaster in US history as tens of millions of gallons have flown into the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. Scientists are seeing some unusual things as they try to understand the effects on thousands of species of marine life.
For nearly four hours Monday, a three-person crew with Greenpeace cruised past delicate
islands and mangrove-dotted inlets in Barataria Bay off southern Louisiana. They saw dolphins by the dozen frolicking(嬉戏)in the oily sheen(光泽)and oil-tinged pelicans feeding their young. But they spotted no dead animals.
"I think part of the reason why we"re not seeing more yet is that the impacts of this crisis are
really just beginning," Greenpeace marine biologist John Hocevar said.
The counting of dead wildlife in the Gulf is more than an academic exercise; the deaths will
help determine how much BP pays in damages.
小题1:What do the marine life react to the BP disaster?
A.Birds crawl deep into caves. |
B.Dolphins and sharks show up in deep water. |
C.Tens of thousands of marine animals are found dead. |
D.Sea creatures flee from oil spill, gathering near seashore. |
A.The usual habitat of deep-water animals is badly polluted. |
B.Many animals could be easily eaten by their enemies. |
C.Masses of fishes could die due to lack of oxygen. |
D.Some dolphins are frolicking in marshes. |
A.the damage of the Mexico Gulf ecosystem |
B.the lack of environmental sense of BP |
C.the nearly two-month-old oil spill |
D.the crowding marine life |
A.Worried. | B.Disappointed. | C.Depressed. | D.Hesitant. |
A.Bp will pay much money according to the number of dead wildlife there |
B.marine scientists have seen some strange phenomena |
C.the disaster has little influence on dolphins |
D.a three-person crew reached no conclusion |
Which gender is the most talkative? No matter what you answer, you are partially right.
A recent Gallup Poll showed that both men and women believe that women possess the gift of talking and some even believe women are biologically built for conversation, but all of that is challenged in a research published in the November issue of Personality and Social Psychology Review.
In a recent research by Campbell Leaper and Melanie Ayres, they collected all of the available evidence from decades of scientific study and systematically combined the findings into an overall picture of the differences between men and women regarding talkativeness.
They found a small but reliable tendency(趋势) for men to be more talkative than women in certain cases, such as when they were conversing with their wives or with strangers. Women talked more to their children and to their college classmates.
The type of speech was also explored in the research. The researchers discovered that, with strangers, women were generally more talkative when it came to using speech to ensure her connection to the listener, while men’s speech focused more on an attempt to influence the listener. With close friends and family, however, there was very little difference between genders in the amount of speech.
60.This passage mainly talks about a research conducted by _______ .
A. Gallup Poll B. Personality and Social Psychology Review
C. Campbell Leaper and Melanie Ayres D. the author
61.Which of the following statements describes the main idea of the passage?
A. Women are born more talkative than men.
B. Men are born more talkative than women.
C. Women and men are talkative in different cases.
D. Women are no more talkative than men.
62.The underlined word gender means _______.
A. people B. nationality C. culture D. sex
63.Talking with strangers, ________.
A. women are more talkative than with people they know
B. men are more talkative than with their wives
C. women prefer to listen more rather than speak more
D. men speak a lot to have their opinions accepted
As teenagers" scores on reading tests have declined, some argue that the hours spent surfing the Internet are the enemy of reading—destroying a precious common culture that exists only through the reading of books. Critics have warned that electronic media would destroy reading.
Others say the Internet has created a new kind of reading. The Web inspires a teenager like Nadia, who might otherwise spend most of her leisure time watching television, to read and write. What is different now, some literacy experts say, is that spending time on the Web engages viewers with text.
Web supporters believe that strong readers on the Web may eventually surpass those who rely on books. Reading five Web sites, experts say, can be more enriching than reading one book. "It takes a long time to read a 400-page book," said Spiro. "In a tenth of the time," he said, the Internet allows a reader to "cover a lot more of the topic from different points of view."
Some literacy experts say that reading itself should be redefined. Interpreting videos or pictures, they say, may be as important a skill as analyzing a novel or a poem. "Kids are using sound and images so they have a world of ideas to put together," said Donna Alvermann, a professor of literacy education at the University of Georgia. "Books aren"t out of the picture, but they"re only one way of experiencing information in the world today."
Next year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which gives reading, math and science tests to 15-year-old students in more than 50 countries, will add an electronic reading component(软件). The United States says it will not participate because an additional test would overburden schools.
小题1:Why are books not the thing of Nadia Konyk?
A.She does reading mainly through electronic media. |
B.Her mother doesn’t provide her with enough books. |
C.She has become addicted to playing games on the web. |
D.Like many youngsters, she has lost interest in reading. |
A.Exactly forty-two hours | B.Usually fifty hours | C.More than forty hours | D.At most thirty-six hours |
A.To search for information on the web engages viewers without text. |
B.To explain videos is a technique more important than analyzing a novel. |
C.Children using sound and images may lose their interest in movies. |
D.People reading well online may surpass those who rely on books. |
A.the teachers and students considered it useless |
B.such a test would give schools more extra work |
C.they thought reading was the only way to get information |
D.none of them showed interest in such an additional test |
The coqui invaders arrived in Hawaii about ten years ago. They were believed to have been brought in accidentally in shipments of plants from Florida. Their number has sharply increased. They have quickly spread around the Hawaii Islands hidden in plants.
The coqui is a brown frog about five centimeters long. During the day, the frogs hide in wet protected areas, such as under plant leaves. At night, the frogs move onto trees to feed, call to females and mates. The call of the male coqui sounds like. Ko kee! Ko kee!
In the southeastern United States, local people celebrate coqui frogs. But in Hawaii, the foreign frog has been considered as a harmful animal. The coqui frogs are a major danger to Hawaii’s environmental system. The frogs eat thousands of insects (昆虫)every night. These insects are important for the reproduction of plants. The insects also are important food for Hawaii’s native rare birds. The frogs also are affecting the tourism industry in Hawaii. Increasing numbers of hotels, visitors and local people have been annoyed by the loud calls made by male coqui frogs to female frogs. At night, the noise often makes it difficult for people to sleep.
The frogs do not have any natural enemies in Hawaii to reduce their population size. The warm weather permits them to lay eggs all year long. There are many efforts in Hawaii designed to stop the spread of the coqui. It is a crime to transport ,sell or release(释放)the frogs there.
The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is trying to find an effective chemical that can be safely used to kill the frogs. For now, the frogs may only be caught by hand. The Hawaii Department of Agriculture says the greatest danger to the economy and environment of the state is from harmful species, like the coqui.
小题1:The statement that can best summarize the main idea of the passage is .
A.the coqui invaders have seriously affected the tourism industry in Hawaii |
B.it is not permitted to transport, sell or release the coqui frogs in Hawaii |
C.the coqui invasion has serious effects on the economy and environment in Hawaii |
D.great efforts have been made by the Hawaii people to kill the coqui |
A.by chance | B.at the request of all the local citizens |
C.as a gift | D.as goods demanded in the local market |
A.they are a big danger to the environmental system there |
B.the loud noise made by the frogs bother their rest at night |
C.they affect the reproduction of the local plants and insects |
D.visitors could no longer see the native rare birds because of them |
A.the frogs’ habit and the environment in Hawaii |
B.the large number of the insects and the plants in Hawaii |
C.the geographic location of Hawaii and its tourism industry |
D.the warm weather there and the frogs’ lack of natural enemies |
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