题目内容
1970 was “World Conservation Year”. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world was in danger. They hoped that the governments would act quickly in order to conserve nature. Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 860 remain. The others have been destroyed by modern man and his technology. We are changing the earth, the air and the water, and everything that grows and lives. We can't live without these things. If we continue like this, we shall destroy ourselves.?
What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask “What must we do now?” The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary. Many are hoping to save our world. They plant trees, build bridges across rivers in forests and so on. In a small town in the United States a large group of girls cleaned the banks of eleven kilometres of their river. Young people may hear about conservation through a record called “No, One's Going to Change our World. ” It was made by Scatles, Cliff Richard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve wild animals.?
There are few plants, trees and flowers in Holland now because _______.
A. there has been a lot of conservation in Holland?
B. Holland does not need so many plants, trees and flowers?
C. many plants, trees and flowers don't grow there any more?
D. some plants, trees and flowers are dangerous?
We shall destroy ourselves if we don't _______.
A. improve our technology in planting trees?
B. hear about the record called “No, One's Going to Change our World”?
C. try our best to save the world?
D. change the earth?
“No,One's Going to Change our World. ” was _______.
A. an important book published in 1970?
B. a record calling on people to conserve nature?
C. an idea that nobody would accept?
D. a rule worked out by the United States?
What is the most important thing for us to do to save our world?
A. We should clean the banks of our rivers.?
B. We should know what will happen in the future.?
C. We should know what we should do and do it now.?
D. We should plant more trees and flowers.?
An important scientific report announced “irrefutable(不能反驳的) proof” that climate change is happening and it’s all our fault. How long has it been before people are against the global warming idea? But here’s a funny thing. Last year there was a very bad hurricane season in the Caribbean when, among other disasters, New Orleans was all but wiped off the map. We were wisely informed by the experts at the time that this was owing to global warming. I remember watching a BBC science programme and hearing a learned professor with a beard tell us, “The increased frequency and strength of hurricanes is what we shall have to learn to expect given global warming.”This year there have been far fewer hurricanes and those there have been were relatively mild. Why?Global warming again of course. Professor Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, writes, “In the constant media reports of possible greenhouse related disasters, almost any event is now linked to climate change.” He adds, “We should not spend vast amounts of money to cut a tiny slice of the global temperature increase when this leads to a poor use of resources and when we could probably use these funds far more effectively in the developing world.” For saying this, Lomborg has had death threats. Other scientists who do not toe the global warming-is-happening-and-it’s-all-our-fault line have received the same. There are plenty of people who count against global warming. A world of senior climatologists and meteorologists wrote to the Times last year to complain that they couldn’t get their research findings published — because they disagreed to it. We have had a warm autumn. The experts, fanatics(狂热者) all of them, put it down to global warming. If we have an extra cold winter, they will tell us it’s a result of global warming. If my big toe feels cold or hurts badly, it will be owing to global warming. 52. The purpose of this passage may be to ____.A. support the idea of global warming B. organize a debate about global warmingC. speak out against the global warming ideaD. encourage people to use money effectively53. What happened to New Orleans last year?A. It was badly destroyed. B. It disappeared in the world. C. It witnessed global warming. D. It experienced several disasters. 54. From the passage, we can infer that ____.A. people are taking too many efforts to stop global warmingB. people have realized the side effect of developmentC. a different idea sometimes may cost one his lifeD. the majority usually stand for the correct opinion 55. The main idea of the last paragraph may be ____.A. global warming may lead to toe’s catching cold in a senseB. the Times refuses to publish articles on global warming C. a warming autumn is not related to global warming at allD. it is certainly incorrect to owe everything to global warming
完形填空(共20小题;每小题l.5分,满分30分)
Once upon a time, there lived many doves (鸽子) in the jungle. One day they went out in search of food. They flew long distances 1 did not get anything to eat. All of them were now completely 2.
A young dove asked the King Dove, “Your Majesty(陛下), please 3 us to take some rest.” The king replied, “Have 4, my dear young fellow. We shall 5 get something to eat very soon.”
The young dove started flapping(拍打) his wings with 6 and soon left everyone else behind. After some time, he 7 and spoke to others, “Hey, I see lots of 8 down there.”
Hearing this, all the doves started 9 the scattered (散落的) grains under a banyan tree. 10 the King Dove said, “It is too good to be true. There is something wrong. Don’t rush towards the grains. It may be a 11 . Some hunter must have laid a trap(陷阱).”
But the doves were extremely hungry. The 12 of the grains was too tempting (诱惑人的). Without giving a(n) 13 to the king’s advice, they swooped (突然下降) down and started eating the grains. After having a big 14, they tried to fly away only to 15 that they were caught in a net.
The King Dove said, “I told you before that it is a trick of some hunter.”
All of them felt ashamed and 16 . One of them said to the King Dove, “Oh, Your Majesty, please save us.”
So the King Dove said, “All of you must try to fly with the 17 at the same time and in the same 18, all of you.”
Just then they saw a(n) 19 show up. The King Dove said, “Now all of you, fly together.”
So all the doves flapped their wings together and flew with the net. The hunter stood shocked. He couldn’t 20 what he had just seen.
1. A.but B.and C.so D.however
2. A.excited B.surprised C.tired D.embarrassed
3. A.let B.leave C.permit D.accept
4. A.rest B.courage C.luck D.belief
5. A.slowly B.perhaps C.possibly D.surely
6. A.surprise B.pleasure C.force D.anger
7. A.turned down B.turned back C.held back D.held down
8. A.persons B.hunters C.plants D.grains
9. A.rushing towards B.looking for C.picking up D.dropping down
10. A.Gladly B.Amazedly C.Hardly D.Suddenly
11. A.magic B.trick C.dream D.mistake
12. A.color B.smell C.view D.sight
13. A.sound B.thought C.idea D.care
14. A.meeting B.discussion C.meal D.break
15. A.appreciate B.understand C.realize D.concern
16. A.pleased B.scared C.full D.sick
17. A.food B.king C.net D.wing
18. A.way B.place C.circle D.direction
19. A.hunter B.guide C.adult D.child
20. A.believe B.remember C.tell D.catch
The Olympic flame:
The Olympic flame is a symbol carried over from the ancient Olympics, where a sacred (神圣的) flame burned at the altar(神坛)of Zeus throughout competition. It was finally reintroduced at the 1924 Amsterdam Games, and again burned in 1932.
Carl Diem, chairman of the organising committee for the 1936 Berlin Games, proposed that the flame be lit in Greece and transported to Berlin via a torch relay. The idea was adopted, and continued at every Olympic Games since 1952.
The flame is lit at the ancient site of Olympia by the natural rays of the sun reflected off a curved mirror. It is lit at a ceremony by women dressed in robes resembling those worn in ancient times, who then pass it to the first relay runner.
Olympic motto:
“Citius, altius, fortius” is a Latin phrase meaning “swifter, higher, stronger”, which Baron de Coubertin borrowed from Father Henri Martin Dideon of Paris. Dideon was headmaster of Arcueil College, and used the phrase to describe the athletic achievements of students at the school. He had previously been at the Albert Le Grand school, where the Latin words were carved in stone above the main entrance.
Olympic oath(宣誓)
“In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.”
Written by Baron de Coubertin, the oath is taken by an athlete from the host nation while holding a corner of the Olympic flag. The athletes’ oath was first taken by Belgian fencer Victor Boin at the 1920 Antwerp Games. A judge from the host country also speaks the oath, with slightly different wording.
66. The Olympic flame was first burned at _______ in modern times.
A. the 1920 Games B. the 1924 Games
C. the 1932 Games D. the 1936 Games
67. From the passage we can learn ________.
A. before 1936, no flames burned at the Olympic Games
B. the first torch relay was held at the 1936 Berlin Games
C. Carl Diem proposed that flames should burn at the Olympic Games
D. The Olympic torch has burned since 1924
68. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. There was no athlete’s oath in the 1896 Olympic Games.
B. The 1920 Olympic games was held in Amsterdam.
C. The judge from the host country takes the same oath as the athletes does.
D. Dideon wrote Citius, Altius, Fortius for the Olympic Games.