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In China people believe in the saying “out of debt, out of pressure”; however in the west, it is just the ______ — when you are in debt, you are trustworthy and financially capable.

A. objectiveB. oppositeC. contraryD. contradictory

 

B

【解析】

试题分析:句意:在中国,人们都相信这句俗语“无债一身轻”,然而在西方却恰恰相反———当你有债务的时候,你是值得信赖并且有经济能力的。A客观的;B相反的,迥然不同的;C相反的,相对立的;D矛盾的。opposite主要是指观点的对立,而contrary.主要是指事物矛盾双方的另一面,故答案选B。

考点:考查形容词辨析。

 

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The negotiations are deadlocked (陷入僵局)over demands by poorer nations for financial help in coping with climate change.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on delegates at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to speed up their work on an agreement to address a warming planet.

“Let us be under no illusion(幻想), this is a crisis, a threat to us all, our economies, our security and the well-being of our children and those who will come after," he said. "No one is immune to climate change, rich or poor.”

Delegates from nearly 200 countries --- rich and poor --- are in Doha to extend the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 global climate change agreement that expires (到期)at the end of this month, and to begin to forge a new agreement to replace it.

Two issues block the way forward.  Developing countries are demanding that industrialized nations fulfill their pledges(保证)under Kyoto to reduce their climate-changing industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and to put new, larger emission curbs on the table. 

The developing nations, led by China, are also insisting that rich nations provide more aid to poorer countries to help them cope with the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels and more violent storms. 

In Doha Wednesday, Tim Gore, a climate change policy advisor for Oxfam International, a confederation of groups working on social justice issues, applauded efforts by England, Germany and Sweden to increase their climate aid and expects other nations to follow. 

“Those announcements are truly welcome.  And they shine a spotlight on those that have remained silent: the U.S., Canada, Japan, even Australia," Gore said. "But we need to be very clear as well that those types of announcements made in press conferences can be no substitute for clear commitments in the text that poor countries have come here to negotiate.”

1.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. China plays an important role in The United Nations climate talks in Doha, Qatar.

B. The United Nations climate talks in Doha, Qatar, continued into their second week, Wednesday.

C. Developing countries want rich nations to pay for climate change.

D. Ban Ki-moon called on delegates at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to speed up their work on an agreement to address a warming planet.

2.What did United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Climate change will do harm to all the countries in the world.

B. There is no hope to deal with the problem.

C. Illusion(幻想)is a crisis, a threat to us all.

D. Ban Ki-moon called on delegates to cope with a warming planet.

3.What does the underlined word in Paragraph Five forge mean?

A. put aside B. deal with C. call off D. work out

4.Which of the following is Not true?

A. Climate change includes rising sea levels and more violent storms.

B. All the industrialized nations will carry out their promises under Kyoto to reduce their climate-changing industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and to put new, larger emission curbs on the table. 

C. Tim Gore thought highly of the efforts by England, Germany and Sweden to increase their climate aid and expects other nations to follow.

D. The U.S., Canada, Japan, even Australia didn’t make announcements to be responsible for the climate changes.

 

 

The following are the sculptures in the Underwater Museum, which are accessible in person by glass boat, or scuba diving.  

The Archive of Lost Dreams

The Visual: It describes an underwater archive of messages in bottles.

The Meaning: The bottles contain messages of dreams for future generations.

The Hope: The statue is placed with the purpose of helping draw visitors away from the healthy parts of the reef.

The Location: The Archive of Lost Dreams was placed 8 meters deep at Manchones Reef, close to Isla Mujeres.

Behind the Scenes: The collection of bottled messages were provided by various communities who wrote about today’s values and their dreams for the future generations.

The Gardener of Hope

The Visual: Here a young Mexican girl lies in a garden surrounded by pots which will be grown with live coral.

The Meaning: The young girl in the sculpture represents a model for hopeful future generations.

The Hope: The base of the Gardener of Hope was built to attract various marine creatures. The coral in the pots is also expected to grow.

The Location: The Gardener of Hope was placed 4 meters deep at Punta Nizuc near the coast of Cancun.

Behind the Scenes: The pots here are filled with live coral cuttings that were saved from areas of the local reef system.

Man on Fire 

The Visual: Man on Fire describes a lone male figure covered in live fire coral to resemble fire.

The Meaning: The sculpture symbolizes the unawareness of the “fire” our generation has started with the over use of limited natural resources.

The Hope: Man on Fire has 75 holes planted with small live cuttings of fire coral which are expected to grow like fire.

The Location: Man on Fire was installed 8 meters deep at the Manchones Reef nearby to Isla Mujeres.

Behind the Scenes: The sculpture was cast from a local Mexican fisherman and it weighs over 1 ton.

The Silent Evolution

The Visual: Here more than 400 sculptures depict the timeline of human nature.

The Meaning: It is a documentation of how society and people have changed over time. It is also to remind us of how we are connected to nature.

The Hope: The installation is designed for forming a complex reef structure that marine life will claim as its own and inhabit.

The Location: The Silent Evolution will be installed 8 meters deep behind the Manchones Reef.

Behind the Scenes: The total installation will expand over 150 square meters and will weigh over 120 tons.

Attention:  Guided tours are a must. You can catch a tour from Aquaworld, which leaves every hour from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. 

1.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. You can tour individually without a tourist guide by glass boat.

B. The Gardener of Hope will remind us of the relationship with nature.

C. Bottled messages are filled with live coral cuttings for future generations.

D. Man on Fire can educate us to protect the limited natural resources.

2.Which sculptures are installed in the same area?

A. Man on Fire & The Silent Evolution

B. The Archive of Lost Dreams & Man on Fire

C. The Gardener of Hope & The Silent Evolution

D. The Archive of Lost Dreams & The Gardener of Hope

3.The writer introduces the sculptures to _______.

A. defend Mexican Tourism Industry

B. call on us to go on a tour to Aquaworld

C. appeal to readers to protect Marine Life

D. attract tourists to the Underwater Museum

 

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Imagine living in a country torn by war. Or maybe you live in a place where there are few jobs and little chance to earn a living. Your family decides to move — not to another town, but to another country. You and your family have become immigrants. People are called immigrants when they move to a foreign country to make their homes.

People become immigrants for many reasons. The most common one is economic opportunities. Most immigrants are attracted to other countries by the promise of jobs, farmland, or business opportunities.

Other people become immigrants in order to get away from mistreatment or natural disasters. They are refugees. Some refugees move to avoid wars and political unrest. Others are seeking freedom to express their religious views. Still others are uprooted by disasters, such as terrible flooding or drought.

Some people have become immigrants against their will. Captured in Africa, shipped to foreign lands and forced to work as slaves, many early African immigrants to North and South America came in chains.

Except for Native Americans, all people came to the United States from someplace else. For nearly 500 years, immigrants have landed on America’s shores seeking a better life. Throughout American history, immigrants often worked low-paying, dangerous jobs that other people refused to do.

Immigrants from around the world helped shape American life. Many immigrants absorbed the customs and language common to most Americans. They also brought their own traditions, including music and foods. Over time, many of these traditions have become part of American life.

The first European immigrants to America hoped to colonize new lands. By the mid-1500s, Spaniards had ventured into Florida, California, and the American Southwest. French immigrants arrived in the early 1600s and built their first colony in Canada. The English also arrived in the early 1600s. They established 13 colonies along America’s Atlantic Coast.

In the 1700s, England became the major power in colonial North America. But many European immigrants came to live in the English colonies. They included people from Sweden, Holland, Germany, Scotland, and Ireland.

Immigrants still come to the United States seeking freedom and economic opportunities. Most new immigrants no longer come from Europe. They come mainly from Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Asia.

Today, the U.S. government limits the number of immigrants into the country each year. People who sneak illegally into the United States are called illegal immigrants, who, if caught, would be sent back to their home countries.

Key Points

Detailed Information

1.

Immigrants are those who move to a foreign country to make their homes.

Reasons

Most people come for 2. opportunities, such as good jobs, farmlands, or business opportunities.

Some move to the US to 3. away from wars or disasters.

Some people immigrate to4. for religious freedom.

Some people have become immigrants 5. , like many early African immigrants.

History

French immigrants 6. Canada in the early 1600s and built their first colony there.

The English also came to the early 1600s and 7. thirteen colonies along America’s Atlantic Coast.

In the 1700s, European immigrants came to live in the English colonies, people from Sweden, Holland and etc. are 8. .

Today

9. from the past, the origins of most new immigrants are mainly Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Asia, instead of Europe.

The US government erects dams to 10. the number of immigrants into the country each year in check. Illegal immigrants, if caught, would be sent back to their home countries.

 

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