【题目】Australia’s koalas could be wiped out within 30 years unless urgent action is taken to stop the losing in population, according to researchers They say development, climate change and bushfires have all combined to reduce the number of wild koalas sharply. The Australian Koala Foundation said a recent survey showed the population could have dropped by more than half in the past six years. Previous estimates (估计) put the number of koalas at more than 100,000, but the latest calculations (计算) suggest there could now be as few as 43,000.

The foundation collected field data from 1,800 sites and 80,000 trees to calculate the numbers. In one area in northern Queensland estimated to have 20,000 koalas a decade ago, a team of eight people could not find a single animal in four days of searching.

The foundation said besides problems caused by cutting down forests, hotter and drier conditions because of global warming had reduced the nutritional (营养的) value of their staple food, eucalyptus leaves, leading to poor nutrition for them.

Koalas, which live in the forests in Australia’s east and south, are very fussy (爱挑剔的) about what types of the leaves they eat.

Foundation chief Deborah Tabart said: “The koalas are missing everywhere we look. It’s really no tree, no me. If you keep cutting down trees you don’t have any koalas.”

She is hoping the new figures will persuade the government’s Threatened Species Steering Committee (TSSC) to list the koala as threatened. But committee chairman Bob Beeton said a decision was not likely recently and the koala’s status as one of the country’s favourite animals would not be a factor. “There’s a number of species which are attractive and people have special feelings towards them. We don’t consider that,” Mr Beeton was reported as saying by the AFP agency.

【1】The writer gives the example of the area in northern Queensland in Paragraph 3 to show that _____.

A. the forests are being damaged heavily

B. the environment is being polluted seriously

C. the number of koalas is dropping quickly

D. koalas usually live in wild mountainous areas

【2】Global warming is an important cause of koalas’ reduction because _____.

A. koalas can hardly stand the hot weather

B. koalas cannot get enough water to drink

C. the leaves koalas eat are losing nutritional value

D. the leaves koalas eat cannot grow in hot weather

【3】According to Bob Beeton, _____.

A. koalas are his favourite animals

B. a decision will be made to protect koalas

C. they needn’t pay special attention to koalas

D. koalas needn’t be protected at all

【题目】So the man left France,___________ to give up the fortune that would one day come to him,___________ to live in England.

A. to prefer ； went

B. preferring ； had gone

C. preferred ； going

D. preferring ； and went

【题目】第一节短文填词（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）.

Parents all around the world want the best for their children, e___【1】__ when it comes to education. Today we will talk about a program that ___【2】__(教育)children with an international focus.

World economies are being more and more interconnected. And people are moving around the world in ___【3】__of personal and professional opportunities. With this global way of l___【4】__ being more common, an international __【5】___ （方法）to education seems like a good one. The goal of the International Baccalaureate Organization is to create “Students of the World.”

The International Baccalaureate Organization was f__【6】___ in 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland. The IB organization works with schools in 147 countries to offer programs for students 3 to 19 years old. These programs, it says, “help to develop the intellectual, personal, ___【7】__ （情感的）and social skills to live, learn and work in a ___【8】__ （rapid）globalizing world.”

The organization says that IB programs are in nearly 3,800 schools worldwide. The m___【9】__ of these schools offer IB diploma programs. High school students have to complete six courses, pass exams and write a 20-page paper to earn an IB diploma. And schools accepted into the IB program are expected to “walk the walk and not just talk the talk.”

Students are given opportunities to attend events that open their eyes to a larger world. There are IB workshops and conferences __【10】__（hold） all over the world.

【题目】I find ___________ possible for ___________ to work out the math problem if they can cooperate.

A. it;me

B. that；me

C. it ； them

D. that ； them

【题目】I ______to meet you at the airport this morning but I was too busy for I was writing a report.

A. meant B. had meant

C. have meant D. would mean

【题目】–The Wall Street Journal is giving me a laptop with Windows XP, an operating system I found satisfying when it first came out eight years ago.

–Are you sure? You_____ be talking big.

A. should B. shall C. can D. must

【题目】Yongquan Temple,_________ from 908 and _____ in Gushan, Fuzhou, received crowds of people who came to welcome the Chinese New Year．

A．dating ;located B．to date ;locating

C．dated ;locating D．having dated;located

【题目】Social practice is an opportunity for students to gain a better understanding of_____ society operates.

A. when B. what C. how D.whether

【题目】

【1】She’d find a way to ______（原谅） him for the theft of the money.

【2】I felt incredibly a________ of myself for getting so angry.

【3】The striking workers have ______(占据) the whole building.

【4】Gradually I lost the ______ (勇气) to speak out about anything.

【5】When things aren’t going well, she e____ me, telling me not to give up.

【6】We’ve had a few _____ （分歧）, but we’re still good friends.

【7】He a______ to escape from the prison, but failed in the end.

【8】The firefighter lost his life when trying to r____ a child from the big fire.

【9】Susan looks s_____ — she obviously didn’t expect anything like this.

【10】The house on the hill ________（俯视）the valley.

【题目】__________, I managed to get through the game and the pain was worth it in the end.

A. Hopefully

B. Normally

C. Thankfully

D. Conveniently