四、阅读理解(每小题2分,共30分)

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   You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temperature. But, rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation(撤离) of an island nation—the citizens of Tuvalu will have to have their homeland.

During the 20th century, sea level rose 8-12 inches. As a result, Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water which has polluted the country’s drinking water.

Paani Laupepa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.

Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions(导致温室效应的气体排放), which are a main cause of global warming. “By refusing to sign the agreement, the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years,” Laupepa told the BBC.

Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries.

Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable(易受影响的) to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, president of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”.

56. The text is mainly abou_________ .

       A. rapid changes in earth’s temperature

B. bad effects of global warming

C. moving of a country to a new place

D. reasons for lowland flooding

57. According to scientists, the DIRECT cause of more and fiercer storms is________.

       A. greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations

B. higher surface water temperatures of the sea

C. continuous global warming

D. rising sea levels

58. Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not_______.

A. agree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions

B. sign an agreement with Tuvalu

C. allow Tuvaluans to move to the US

D. believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real

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     I always pay attention to the first impression I leave upon strangers. However, I have   1   that no stranger
cares much about what you have done.
     It was Saturday. I was very excited after a week's hard study. What was more, my former classmate and
best friend was coming to visit me.
     When dusk   2   near, my friend appeared on time. We decided to have supper together and went to a
restaurant. To my astonishment, many people were   3   at us as if we were monsters from another planet. I
looked myself up and down but found nothing was   4  . When I cast my eyes at my friend, suddenly I realized
what had happened: I was with a boy   5  .
     My friend also noticed it. We looked at each other and smiled.   6  , people kept staring at us throughout
our meal   7   the strange atmosphere made me uncomfortable.
     During the meal, I   8   that my friend finish as fast as possible so that we could get out of such an
embarrassing situation.
     Suddenly my friend noticed another classmate passing by the   9   and he rose to his feet to  10  him. But
he was in such a hurry that he knocked down the table, leading to the hot soup pouring all over me. What was
more, his voice caught people's  11  again. The  12  on their faces showed that they were laughing at us.
     How embarrassed I was! My face turned red and I wished I could find a hole to  13  in. as quickly as
possible, I rushed out of the restaurant. My friend  14  and he caught up with me when I was so tired that I
had to stop. But he was so  15  that it surprised me.
     "Don't be too  16  what people think about you", he said to me."In fact, to many  17 , you are just a passing
figure, like a piece of cloud in the sky, which will disappear in no  18  . Nobody knows who you are. You can
just be yourself."
     Yes, he is right. No one in the restaurant actually knew who I was. I should just be myself and  19  others'
prejudices aside.
     Life is a long road and we need not make so much fuss of (大惊小怪)  20  things, or it is too tiring.
(      )1. A. recognized  
(      )2. A. ended   
(      )3. A. staring   
(      )4. A. new    
(      )5. A. completely  
(      )6. A. Meaningfully
(      )7. A. but    
(      )8. A. called    
(      )9. A. shop    
(      )10. A. stop    
(      )11. A. laugh    
(      )12. A. joy    
(      )13. A. live    
(      )14. A. finished   
(      )15. A. calm    
(      )16. A. curious abou
(      )17. A. customers  
(      )18. A. time    
(      )19. A. manage   
(      )20. A. tiny    
B. realized   
B. fell     
B. smiling   
B. lost     
B. separately  
B. Therefore  
B. while    
B. suggested  
B. bank     
B. join     
B. worry    
B. expression  
B. sleep    
B. followed   
B. excited   
B. surprised at 
B. strangers  
B. hurry    
B. gather    
B. incredible  
C. guessed    
C. stood     
C. speaking    
C. wrong     
C. lonely     
C. However    
C. or         
C. thought    
C. restaurant   
C. prevent    
C. thought    
C. disappointment 
C. hide       
C. completed   
C. pleased    
C. nervous about 
C. classmates   
C. wait       
C. make       
C. additional   
D. predicted     
D. drew          
D. aiming        
D. fresh         
D. alone        
D. Similarly     
D. and           
D. whispered     
D. school        
D. hold          
D. attention     
D. appearance    
D. wait          
D. stopped       
D. angry         
D. interested in 
D. waiters       
D. line          
D. leave         
D. interesting   


四、阅读理解(每小题2分,共30分)
A
You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temperature. But, rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation(撤离) of an island nation—the citizens of Tuvalu will have to have their homeland.
During the 20th century, sea level rose 8-12 inches. As a result, Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water which has polluted the country’s drinking water.
Paani Laupepa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.
Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions(导致温室效应的气体排放), which are a main cause of global warming. “By refusing to sign the agreement, the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years,” Laupepa told the BBC.
Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries.
Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable(易受影响的) to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, president of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”.
56. The text is mainly abou_________ .
A. rapid changes in earth’s temperature
B. bad effects of global warming
C. moving of a country to a new place
D. reasons for lowland flooding
57. According to scientists, the DIRECT cause of more and fiercer storms is________.
A. greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations
B. higher surface water temperatures of the sea
C. continuous global warming
D. rising sea levels
58. Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not_______.
A. agree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions
B. sign an agreement with Tuvalu
C. allow Tuvaluans to move to the US
D. believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real

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