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A greenhouse is a building _______ of glass _______ for keeping plants warm when the outside temperature is low..

A. made, which is used                B. which is made, is used         

C. made, being used                   D. is made, used

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阅读下面的短文,然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

     An English proverb goes like this , " Spare the rod and spoil the child ." It implies that in order to enable a child to grow healthily , parents must make him eat bitter foods, do hard work and be sent to places where he can get the fullest training and knowledge.

First of all , eating bitter foods is necessary for a child . Poor food can help cultivate in him the frugal (节俭的 ) habit and make him realize what we eat daily is the fruit of the sweat of the laboring people . Consequently , he will not be wasteful when he grows up . Secondly , parents should also make the child do hard work . Doing hard work will give him an opportunity to taste the bitterness of labor. Moreover, hard work may also enable him to cherish the fruit of other's labor. Finally , children should be sent to somewhere where life is hard if possible . Human society is full of tests and trials . Flowers from a greenhouse can never withstand a storm . Therefore, children should be allowed to face the world and brave the storm . It is in difficult conditions that young people can get the most training and learn how to solve the problems in various circumstances .

【写作内容】

1.  概括短文的内容要点,该部分的词数大约为30;

2. 就"童年时代需要艰难生活的磨砺"这一主题发表你的看法,该部分的词数大约为120。短文至少包括以下的内容:

(1)描述你的童年生活

(2)你对童年时期的生活有怎样的认识

【写作要求】

   

你可以使用实例或其他方法支持你的论点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不要抄袭材料中的句子。

Scientists have long understood the key role that oceans play in controlling the Earth’s climate. Oceans cover 70 per cent of the surface of the globe and store a thousand times more heat than the atmosphere does. What’s newer is the understanding of how this key component(组成部分) of our climate system responds to global warming.
A brake on global warming—for now
One of the oceans’ most important climate functions is absorbing heat and carbon dioxide(CO2), one of the gases that causes global warming. Acting as something absorbing heat, the oceans have absorbed huge amounts of heat and CO2 in the last forty years.
Fujita explains, “the oceans are saving us from faster climate change—they are putting a brake on the climate system.”
“That’s the good news,” he adds. “The bad news is that the oceans only slow the atmospheric warming. Once the oceans come to balance with a greenhouse-gas warmed earth, the extreme heat will remain in the atmosphere and things will get much hotter.” But where and how the oceans release this slowly increased heat is uncertain. And as the ocean stores heat, fragile(脆弱的) underwater ecosystems are struggling.
The most recent scientific report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) also notes with concern that the ocean is acidifying(酸化) because of increased absorption of atmospheric CO2. and thus causing a threat to shell-forming species.  Sharp increase in CO2 levels will cause further acidification of the ocean.
Currents distributing heat
Another important role the oceans play is that of distributor(散布者). Oceans deliver heat and life-sustaining nutrition around the globe. Just as blood tube bring oxygen and nutrition to cells in the human body, the ocean’s currents carry oxygen, nutrients and heat throughout the Earth. The ocean distributes 25 to 50 per cent of energy the planet receives from the sun. For example, the Gulf Stream carries heat across the Atlantic. This warm current gives northwestern European a milder climate that it would normally have so far north. A change to the ocean’s circulation patterns could throw Europe into a colder period, even as the rest of the world is experiencing warmer temperatures.
【小题1】 We can infer from the passage that _______.

A.the oceans cause global warmingB.the oceans stop global warming
C.the oceans release nutrients and heatD.the ocean ecosystems face more dangers
【小题2】 From the passage we can learn that ocean’s currents _______.
  1. produce oxygen and nutrients around     
  2. absorb 25-50% of the energy from the sun
  3. distribute the atmosphere hotter        
D.  change the ocean’s circulation patterns
【小题3】 Which of the following are the results of the ocean absorbing heat and CO2?
a. It causes further acidification.        
b. It makes the atmosphere hotter.
c. It balances the oceans with a green-house gas. 
d. It affects shell-forming species.  
e. It makes the oceans act as a heat sponge.           
f. It controls the Earth’s climate.
A.a-c-fB.a-d-fC.b-d-eD.b-c-e
【小题4】 If the ocean’s circulation pattern changed, ______.
A.Asia would suffer a hotter climate.
B.Europe would become hotter
C.the rest of the world would become warmer.
D.the climate of Europe would become colder.

The Friends of the Amazon is a nonprofit association helping to preserve the forest, its wildlife and its native cultures in the Peruvian Amazon.  We are located 3 degrees south of the equator in the Region of Loreto, which is roughly the size of Montana and is one of the richest areas in the world in terms of flora(植物群) and fauna(动物群). Our team consists of lawyers, ecologists, sociologists, medical professionals and native Amazonians working together to protect the forest and its people from destruction. We use litigation(诉讼), filing lawsuits against those who seek to destroy the forest and its native cultures. In addition to legal processes, we promote health, education, and the conservation of native plants and animals.

The Amazon Rainforest is commonly referred to as the "lungs of the planet" whose trees are essential for absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2, a greenhouse gas that causes global warming) and converting it into oxygen, thereby mitigating the rise of global temperatures and climate change.  An estimated 120 billion tons of carbon dioxide is absorbed in the Amazon Rainforest and global emissions of carbon dioxide increase with every tree of the rainforest that is cut down. That is why the survival of the Amazon Rainforest is vital for the survival of our planet, without which rising global temperatures could melt the polar icecaps and cause flooding of our coastal cities. 

Currently, the Amazon is under siege(围攻), with an estimated 1000 hectares being destroyed everyday.  After harvesting old growth forests, corporations are often replacing the native forest with palm oil plantations instead of reforesting with native tree species.  Palm oil trees are native to Africa, not the Amazon, and due to high profits, their promotion by international aid agencies and recent legislation in Peru, palm oil plantations represent perhaps the single greatest threat to the native Amazon Rainforest. 

In addition to conventional logging and deforesting to make room for crops such as palm oil and soybeans, the Amazon forest faces a new threat in the form of REDD projects and “Carbon Cowboys”.  REDD refers to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation by using carbon offsets (“carbon credits”).  Under the guise of REDD projects, scammers are tricking native communities into signing unjust contracts in English without legal representation which essentially give these so called Carbon Cowboys the forest for free. These cheaters are making false promises of "billions of dollars in profits" from REDD and voluntary carbon offset (碳补偿)projects by lying that they are representatives of the United Nations and World Bank in order to trick vulnerable indigenous Amazonians into ceding their land by signing unjust contracts with hidden clauses that give the Carbon Cowboys a power of attorney to do whatever they want with the forest for a period of 100 years.  Friends of the Amazon is actively filing lawsuits against these Carbon Cowboys and those who support them. 

For further information on our programs and to find out how you can help preserve the Amazon Rainforest, please contact:

Friends of the Amazon

153 Túpac Amaru Street

Iquitos, Peru

Phone: (+51) 985665374

For more specific information on supporting the goals of our nonprofit organization, please contact us using the email address listed below.

If you would like to learn how you can help preserve the Amazon Rainforest and its indigenous people, please contact us for more information at:

info(at)friendsoftheamazon.org

1.The Friends of the Amazon is the name of _________.

A.your best friend                        B.a non-profit organization

C.a historic hero                          D.a famous carbon cowboy

2.What does the underlined word “converting ” in the second paragraph mean?

A.changing          B.increasing         C.reducing          D.burning

3.Why is the survival of the Amazon Rainforest vital for the survival of our planet?

A.Because this forest absorbs a lot of carbon dioxide emitted by the world

B.Because people rely on this forest to get enough wood to build houses and furniture

C.Because people living here can get a large sum of compensation to offset carbon dioxide

D.Because the United Nations and the World Bank are helping preserving the land here

4.We can learn from the passage that palm oil trees _____________.

A.have produced much profit for the local people.

B.are native to Amazon and fit in well with their surroundings

C.are native to Africa and may do great harm to the native Amazon trees

D.are used to replace the native forest because the local people can profit from them

5.The purpose of this article is _______.

A.introduce the largest rain forest in the world

B.to appeal to the government to take some measures to get rid of Carbon Cowboys

C.to advertise the rain forest as a favourite tourist destination

D.to arouse the awareness of the public to help conserve the “lungs of our planet”

 

 

第三节:完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)

   阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

The climate will be warm and __21___ with prolonged droughts in most of the world’s grain growing ___22__. Because of the increase in temperature, the ice cap will begin to melt and sea level is predicted to __23___ about ten meters, causing flood in many areas.

  In the atmosphere, a concentration of carbon dioxide acts like the _24__ in the roof of a greenhouse. It allows the sun’s rays to pass _25___ easily on the way to the earth’s _26__, but prevents heat _27__ by the earth from escaping back into space. __28__, as the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide rises,because of the industrial burning of fossil fuels, this greenhouse effect could __29__ the temperature of the earth. The burning of fossil fuels __30__ carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide accumulates(积聚) in the atmosphere, and __31_ the greenhouse effect, the temperature of the earth’s surface could rise. __32__ this warming up took place, the polar ice caps would begin to melt,__33__raising sea level. The __34__ influence that seems to be cooling the earth is the variable behavior of the sun. As the sun rotates(旋转) on its orbit, it presents hotter or colder faces to the earth, and this seems to have a considerable effect __35__ the distribution of the earth’s atmospheric pressure and on the wind circulation. The heat __36__ of the sun also varied, the latest trend being __37__, the heat output appears to be decreasing and the indications are that the earth’s __38_ is entering a cooler cycle. Scientific models that take __39__ account this __40__ behavior of the sun are also predicting that the world should be entering a new Ice Age. 

21. A. wet            B. rainy                C. dry                  D. icy

22. A. farms                B. regions               C. towns               D. villages

23. A. rise             B. appear                  C. move                D. raise

24. A. glass            B. shylight(天窗)     C. chimney         D. attic(顶楼)

25. A. by              B. over                      C. in                    D. through

26. A. ground        B. bottom                 C. floor               D. surface

27. A. taken in      B. sent out                    C. admitted to      D. taken out

28. A. However     B. Yet                      C. Afterwards        D. Therefore

29. A. benefit               B. forbid                   C. raise              D. effect

30. A. leads to      B. gives off               C. results from      D. joins hands

31. A. as to           B. as for                          C. without          D. because of

32. A. Whether      B. Before                    C. If                    D. After

33. A. so              B. instead                    C. thus              D. but

34. A. natural       B. unusual                C. former                     D. ordinary

35. A. in                      B. on                          C. over                 D. at

36. A. input           B. activity                C. output            D. movement

37. A. downward         B. upward                    C. forward           D. onward

38. A. pressure     B. surface                C. climate          D. appearance

39. A. from          B. into                     C. in                    D. on

40. A. unbelievable B. dull                           C. variable          D. hidden

 

A green house is a building made of glass which is used for keeping warm when the outside temperature is low. In a similar way there are several gases in the atmosphere (mixture of gases that surround the earth) which trap the heat produced by the sun and prevent it from escaping. These gases are known as “greenhouse gases”. and the way in which they trap heat in the atmosphere is called the “greenhouse effect”. This is not simply air pollution. Most of the main greenhouse gases exist naturally in small amounts in our atmosphere, and without them the earth would be 30 degrees colder and human life would not exist. In other words, the greenhouse effect is a natural course which is to some degree helpful to us.

The problem is that in the last century and a half, we have been putting too many of these gases into the earth’s atmosphere by burning large quantities of coal and oil and by cutting down forest. The rapid increase in greenhouse gases is making the world warmer. The world’s temperature has already gone up by half a degree this century, and the sea level has risen by 10 centimetres. If the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubles, there will probably be a rise in the earth’s temperature of between I and 4℃;. This may seem a small increase, but it would be enough to cause major changes in geography and agriculture. Large areas of the world would be flooded, and some areas would become dry and unable to produce crops. It is important, too, to consider that there may be a delay of about 30 years in the greenhouse effect. This means that we are probably experiencing only now the effect of the gases put into the atmosphere before the 1960s. Since then, our use of these gases has greatly increased.

1. According to the passage, we can know “greenhouse effect” means_______.  

A.the way in which gases are used for keeping plants warm

B.a natural course that is to a certain degree useful to us

C.the way “greenhouse gases” trap heat on the earth

D.the whole course in which greenhouse gases prevent heat

2. If there were no greenhouse effect,_______.

A.all plants would not grow on our planet

B.soil would reduce the temperature by 30 degrees

C.man would breathe the cleaner air

D.people couldn’t live in the earth

3. Which of the following is not true?

A.Burning too much coal and oil produces lots of greenhouse gases.

B.It has become warm on the earth now than in the past.

C.Gases put into the atmosphere now will affect the earth years later.

D.The temperature in a greenhouse is as high as that in the atmosphere.

4. Suppose the earth’s temperature rose by 3 degrees, _______. 

A.great harm will be done to mankind

B.the sea level would go up by 10 centimeters

C.all the land in the world would be flooded

D.crops would be unable to grow on the earth

5. This passage mainly deals with ________.

A.the concept (概念) and the harm of the greenhouse

B.the relation between greenhouse gases and man

C.the concept and change of greenhouse effect

D.the effect of the rise of the earth’s temperature

 

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