【题目】概要写作。阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
A new study warns that about thirty percent of the world's people may not have enough water by the year 2025.
A private American organization called Population Action International(PAI) did the new study. It says more than 335 million people lack enough water now. The people live in 28 countries. Most of the countries are in Africa or the Middle East.
PAI researcher Robert Engelman says by the year 2025, about 3, 000 million people may lack water. At least 18 more countries are expected to have severe water problems. The demand for water keeps increasing. Yet the amount of water on Earth stays the same.
Mr. Engelman says the population in countries that lack water is growing faster than in other parts of the world. He says population growth in these countries will continue to increase.
The report says lack of water in the future may result in several problems. It may increase health problems. Lack of water often means drinking waters is not safe. Mr. Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases, such as cholera which are carried in water.
Lack of water may also result in more international conflict. Countries may have to compete for water in the future. Some countries now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. And the report says lack of water would affect the ability to improve their economies. This is because new industries often need large amounts of water when they are beginning.
The Population Action International study gives several solutions to the water problem. One way, it says, is to find ways to use water for more than one purpose. Another way is to teach people to be careful not to waste water. A third way is to use less water for agriculture.
The report also says long--term solutions to the water problem must include controls on population growth.

【题目】阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。
Zipped into a bag, it looks like a large umbrella. Unfolded, it goes along the street like any other bicycle.
It's the "A-bike", the brainchild (脑力劳动的产物) of British inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, who made history in the 1970s by developing the world's first pocket calculator. He described his new invention as "the world's smallest, lightest foldable bicycle".
"My original thought was that if you could have a bicycle that was dramatically lighter and more firm than the ones that exist today, it would change the way in which bicycles are used,"said Sinclair.
The mini-bike, showed in Singapore last week and set to go on sale worldwide in 2005 at a price of nearly US$300, is built for riders as heavy as 112 kilograms and is height-adjustable(可调整高度的). It takes about 20 seconds to fold or unfold.
Its wheels are a quarter the size of those on a regular bicycle, but Sinclair promises a smooth ride for most cyclists. "You require no extra energy to ride the A-bike and it can go up to 15 miles per hour (24 kilometers per hour)," he said. Constructed mainly of plastic, the 5.5-kilogram bicycle folds into a package of less than 0.03 cubic meters (立方米).
Sinclair also invented the first pocket TV in 1984 and the futuristic C5 electric tricycle in 1985. He said he hoped the bicycle would attract common citizens, officials, campers or anyone needing transport for a short trip and he said the next step for the A-bike was to add an electric motor in a few years.
(1)The most important character of this kind of bike is its ________ .
A.big size
B.light weight
C.beautiful appearance
D.foldable structure
(2)The wheels of a regular bicycle is ________ the size of this kind of bike.
A.four times
B.three times
C.one-fourth
D.one-third
(3)This kind of new bike is mainly made of ________ .
A.plastic
B.packages
C.bags
D.metal
(4)The best title of the text is ________ .
A.World's smallest foldable bicycle arriving
B.A new bike, a large umbrella
C.A foldable bike, a large bag
D.A great inventor of a new bike
(5)This kind of new bike hasn't been fixed with ________ .
A.a wheel
B.an electric motor
C.pedal
D.a hand

【题目】阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。
When Rosina Hernandez was in college, she once attended a rock concert at which one young man was cruelly beaten by another. No one made an1to stop the beating. The next day she was2to learn that the youth had died as a result of the3. Yet neither she nor anyone else had raised a hand to help4. She could never forget the incident and her responsibility as an5bystander(旁观者).
Some years later, Rosina saw another6. A car driving in the rain ahead of her suddenly rushed into Biscayne Bay. The car landed head down in the water with only the tail end7. In a moment a woman appeared on the8, shouting for help and saying her9was stuck inside. This time Rosina waited for no one. She jumped into the water, tried10to open the car door, then broke the back window11other bystanders stood on the street and12. First she13at them, begging for help, then14them, telling them there was a man dying in the car.
First one man, then another, 15came to help. Together they16the safety glass and dragged the man out. They were just in time—a few17later it would have been all over. The woman thanked Rosina for saving her husband, and Rosina was18for weeks. She had promised herself that she would never again fail to do19she could do to save a human's life. She had made good on her20.
(1)A.escape B.excuse C.attempt D.attention
(2)A.shocked B.frightened C.ashamed D.worried
(3)A.listening B.beating C.drinking D.watching
(4)A.her B.them C.it D.him
(5)A.inactive B.active C.ordinary D.extraordinary
(6)A.case B.condition C.incident D.accident
(7)A.floating B.showing C.falling D.sinking
(8)A.street B.land C.surface D.feet
(9)A.driver B.husband C.son D.mother
(10)A.luckily B.unluckily C.successfully D.unsuccessfully
(11)A.if B.since C.as D.unless
(12)A.laughed B.ran C.watched D.jumped
(13)A.smiled B.waved C.looked D.screamed
(14)A.cursed B.embraced C.warned D.helped
(15)A.happily B.sadly C.finally D.hurriedly
(16)A.fixed B.repaired C.moved D.broke
(17)A.days B.minutes C.weeks D.years
(18)A.embarrassed B.depressed C.surrounded D.excited
(19)A.which B.why C.what D.that
(20)A.plan B.future C.promise D.dream

【题目】Dictionaries are not closed books. There is still plenty of room for more words in these great vocabulary authorities.

Dictionaries are not closed books. There is still plenty of room for more words in these great vocabulary authorities. New words are continually being created and added to our language. And many of today's word experts can credit a famous mathematician with the creation of the method by which they develop many new words. The mathematician was an Englishman named Charles L. Dodgson. In addition to working with figures, Dodgson wrote books. His imaginative stories and poems have made Dodgson beloved to generations of readers. We know him, however, not by the name of Dodgson but by his pen name, Lewis Carroll.

Lewis Carroll has delighted countless readers, young and old, with Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and numerous poems. In these works, Carroll developed dozens of nonsensical words such as "chortle" and "galumph". Many of these words are combined naturally with more common words in the English language. Carroll referred to his made-up words as "portmanteau" words, named after a kind of leather suitcase that opens into two compartments. The name was well suited, because most of Carroll's words had two compartments. Rather than being entirely fabricated(虚构), they were usually made from the combined parts of two different words. A "snark", for example, clearly came from a snake and a shark.

Although Carroll died long ago, his technique continues to be used today. We clearly see his influence in such words as smog, brunch, and guesstimate.

1What does the underlined sentence probably mean according to the passage?

A. Dictionaries are open to the public.

B. Dictionaries are helpful to the public.

C. Dictionaries are ready to welcome new words.

D. The vocabularies in dictionaries are limited.

2Dodgson's made-up words ________.

A. are based on different words

B. are borrowed from other languages

C. all come from his poems

D. are still widely used

3This passage is mainly about ________.

A. how Dodgson wrote his works

B. how English words are created

C. how a dictionary is written

D. how Dodgson created new words

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