20．A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life．Frank Hurley's pi——青夏教育精英家教网—

20．A new collection of photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage back to life．
Frank Hurley's pictures would be outstanding-undoubtedly first-rate photo-journalism-if they had been made last week．In fact，they were shot from 1914through 1916，most of them after a disastrous shipwreck （海难），by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival．Many of the images were stored in an ice chest，under freezing water，in the damaged wooden ship．
The ship was the Endurance，a small，tight，Norwegian-built three-master that was intended to take Sir Ernest Shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists，27men in all，to the southernmost shore of Antarctica's Weddell Sea．From that point Shackleton wanted to force a passage by dog sled（雪橇） across the continent．The journey was intended to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon Scott had done．Captain Scott had reached the South Pole early in 1912but had died with his four companions on the march back．
As writer Caroline Alexander makes clear in her forceful and well-researched story The Endurance，adventuring was even then a thoroughly commercial effort．Scott's last journey，completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger，caught the world's imagination，and a film made in his honor drew crowds．Shackleton，a onetime British merchant-navy officer who had got to within 100miles of the South Pole in 1908，started a business before his 1914voyage to make money from movie and still photography．Frank Hurley，a confident and gifted Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic，was hired to make the images，most of which have never before been published．
33．What do we know about the photos taken by Hurley？D
A．They were made last week．
B．They showed undersea sceneries．
C．They were found by a cameraman．
D．They recorded a disastrous adventure．
34．Who reached the South Pole first according to the text？C
A．Frank Hurley．
B．Ernest Shackleton．
C．Robert Falcon Scott．
D．Caroline Alexander．
35．What does Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914voyage？C
A．Artistic creation．
B．Scientific research．
C．Money making．
D．Treasure hunting．

19．Durban-Canada Monday became the first country to pull out of the historic Kyoto Protocol （京都议定书），inescapably scarring the global anticlimate change efforts．
The Kyoto Protocol，which set different duties for all countries to cut emissions （排放），states that different countries should reduce their collective greenhouse emissions accordingly．However，the United States refused to sign the protocol in 2001，and is the only developed country that has not agreed to sign it．The move has cast a shadow over the global community，and has made some other developed nations hesitate to cut their emissions．To add fuel to the fire，Canada，became the first to call it quits，with the deadline of the first commitment period （20082012）approaching．
The biggest concern at this moment is whether other developed countries would follow suit．
Over the past four years，a drama has unfolded among developed countries over the emissions cuts and offering support to their developing partners．
The Umbrella Group，consisting of Japan，Canada，Australia，the United States and other developed countries，hesitated and even backed away from their positions under certain excuses．The first one quoted by Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent is that emission cuts damage the economy．Still another is requiring China and India to have the same duty of cutting emissions as developed countries．
Actually，if emissions in developed countries could fall to the levels in developing countries，it would greatly help the fight against global climate change．
In sum，any irresponsible action，in the anticlimate change campaign should be a cause for blame．It is widely hoped that the United States and Canada will see reason and join the rest of the world community in supporting the Kyoto Protocol．
33．Which of the following serves as the best title of the passage？B
A．Canada Decides to Quit the Kyoto Protocol
B．Canada and the US Refuse to Cut Emissions
C．Developed Countries Hesitating to Cut Emissions
D．Developing Countries Supporting the Kyoto Protocol
34．According to the passage，C have refused to follow the Kyoto Protocol．
A．Canada and Australia　　
B．Japan and Canada
C．the US and Canada
D．China and India
35．People now are most worriedD．
A．whether the US and Canada will return to the negotiation table
B．whether developing countries will refuse to cut emissions
C．whether China and India will carry the same duty as Canada
D．whether more developed countries will do the same as Canada．

18．The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare's time is estimated to have been about five million．Today it is estimated that some 260million people speak it as a native language，mainly in the United States，Canada，Great Britain，Ireland，South Africa，Australia and New Zealand．In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas，there are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as various levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms．
In fact，it is impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages．The purpose for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to explain and still more difficult to judge what forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation．
The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its presentday importance as a world language．Besides serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers，English is a language in which some of the important works in science，technology，and other fields are being produced，and not always by native speakers．It is widely used for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications，international conferences，and the spread of information over the radio and television networks of many nations．It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries，especially former British colonies．Many of these countries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government，commerce，industry，law and education as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West．
25．Which of the following statements is NOT true？A
A．Some 260million people in the world have an adequate working knowledge of English．
B．There are some 260million native speakers of English in the world．
C．It is almost impossible to estimate the number of people with an adequate working knowledge of English．
D．People learn English for a variety of reasons．
26．According to the passage，what is the main reason for the widespread use of English？D
A．It was popular during Shakespeare's time．
B．It is used in former British colonies．
C．It serves the needs of its native speakers．
D．It is a world language that is used for international communication．
27．What forms an adequate working knowledge of English？B
A．The ability to read a newspaper．
B．It is difficult to judge because it differs for each situation．
C．Being a multilingual．
D．Being a native speaker．
28．What type of developing countries would be most likely to use English？C
A．Those geographically close to the United States．
B．Those interested in the culture of the United States．
C．Former colonies of Great Britain．
D．Countries where international conferences are held．

17．In the UK's referendum on 23June on whether to stay in the European Union，the majority of British people voted to leave the EU，while the mminority opposed．

16．He declined toreveal （透露，展现） everything about his family．

15．The sailorsabandoned （遗弃，丢弃） the burning ship．

14．So what should you do if you think you have been a victim offraud （欺诈）？

13．"What are you thinking？"he askedcuriously （好奇地）．

12．Be notcontent （满足的） with the commonplace in character．

11．The manin rags（衣衫褴褛）may be a beggar．

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