1.If one wants to apply for the NEMS programme, it is essential for him to __________.

A. have passed the GRE test.        

B. make contact with Ms Soh  

C. possess a university diploma     

D. major in engineering or science

2.Students admitted to the NEMS Programme __________.

A. will first have regular courses at Stanford  

B. needn’t be released from their regular jobs

C. are required to obtain a Doctor’s degree

D. can receive degrees of both NTU and Stanford

3.What’s the main purpose of the NEMS programme?

A. To offer scholarship for tuition grants and living expenses.

B. To strengthen the cooperation between NTU and Stanford.

C. To cultivate experts on environmental science and engineering. 

D. To introduce Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute

4.We can learn from the passage that _________.

A. applications for the NEMS programme are open for applicants from Asia and the wider region.

B. applications for the NEMS progamme are open only to graduates having relevant engineering or science background.

C. there are still some other graduate programs conducted by Nanyang Technological University.

D. graduating students from the NEMS programme will have opportunities to continue for the doctor’s degree at Stanford

根据所给首字母或中文意思，用单词的适当形式填空 （每个1分, 共20分.）

1.He was c__________(好奇的) to know what was going on in the neighborhood.

2.The law applies to all EU countries; Britain is no e__________ (例外).

3. It was pouring. The hunter got inside a hollow tree for s__________ (庇护).

4. This new pay-TV channel sends s__________ (信号) via satellite to cable companies.

5.They o__________(提供) him a very good job, but he turned it down.

6.The entire s__________ (员工) has done an outstanding job this year.

7. A good diet is e__________ (必不可少的) for everyone.

8. His dog became his closest c__________(同伴).

9.She a__________ (申请) for a job with the local newspaper yesterday.

10.She keeps a bottle of gin h__________ (隐藏的) behind a stack of books.

11. I want to do research on Mark Twain. Is there a b__________ (传记) about him?

12. He had a v__________(生动的) picture of her in his mind.

13. Sorry to d_________ (打扰) you, but I have an urgent message.

14. He finally won his f__________(自由) after twenty years in jail.

15.Our o__________(起初的) plan was to go camping, but it was pouring with rain.

16. Many endangered species now face e__________ (灭绝)

17.This kind of apples is more expensive because they are i__________(进口）from abroad.

18.The hotel is not modern, but it does have the a__________ (优势) of being close to the city.

19.Jordan, a talented leader, led his team to v__________(胜利) .

20. She s_________ (得分) an average of 95 in the last test.

______that blood diseases are going to continue, we’ll have to______ them. 

A．Assumed; doing research at               B．Assuming; do research on

C．Assuming; do research for                D．Being assumed; do research on

Changsha,

Hunan Province

May 6, 2010

Dear editor,

Under China’s current (现在的) educational system, there are those who do nothing but study. They of course are thought to be model students.

But I feel that there is another type of student who, perhaps not as diligent (勤奋的) as the first type, uses his time more efficiently and achieves a lot academically.

Last year, a classmate of mine was accepted by a top university. It surprised all of us. It was because, unlike most of us, he didn’t spend too much of his time studying.

When I asked him the secret of his success, he said that the key was properly and scientifically arranging his time.

“ I spent a lot of time keeping fit and as a result, I was able to better concentrate (集中) on my class work.”

The moral (教训) of the story is: it isn’t necessary to sit at your desk all day long to get high academic (学术) grades.

Yours,

Zhang Zishu

1.What does the letter-writer (a reader) think leads to the fact that many students do nothing but study?

2.It seems that this reader thinks        .

3.The reader wrote the letter in order to        .

4.What would be the best to stand for (代表) the letter-writer’s opinion?

本文是属于夹叙夹议体裁，反映的是海洋污染的问题。希望能够从中得到警示，让我们反醒自己的行为。彻底认识到保护自然就是保护我们自己！！

Every year 2. 2 million tons of oil are spilled（ 散落，溅出 ）into the ocean. Actually, this only amounts to a small percentage of the total 1. 6 billion tons of oil shipped around the world each year. However, this spilled oil has terrible effects on ocean life, including the coastlines where the off washes up onto shore. Some of the largest spills in history were caused by oil tankers running into each other or by an oil tanker sailing into shallow water and hitting the bottom of the ocean.

After these spills, officials try to discover who or what was at fault to help prevent similar accidents in the future.

One of the worst oil spills in history occurred along the Alaskan coastline in 1989. In this accident, 42,000 tons of oil spilled from a tanker which resulted in terrible damage to this sensitive natural area. In this spill, the tanker's captain, who was tired from overwork and drinking alcohol, had gone to___________. He gave control of the ship to the third mate. The third mate was unfamiliar with the path the ship took, and he ran the ship onto Blighe Reef. Blighe Reef is a natural underwater rock wall near the Alaskan coast. Damaged by the reef, the ship leaked oil out into the ocean. More than 1,600 kilometers of coastline were affected by the oil spill. Some scientists who studied nature in the area guessed that 580,000 birds and 5,500 others died when the oil from the spill covered their skin. As well, smaller shellfish and other sea creatures were later eaten by seals, whales, and other animals. The most oil ever spilled was actually dumped on purpose as an act of ecological warfare. The term ecological warfare means to fight by doing harm to nature in the area under attack. In 1990, Iraq sent soldiers into Kuwait and set off the Persian Gulf War. As part of the Iraq war plan, 900,000 tons of oil were let out into the Persian Gulf Way Iraq. This oil covered 1,500 square kilometers of water in the Persian Gulf. The oil also damaged 650 kilometers of the coastline of both Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. In some places, oil floating on the water was measured to be 43 centimeters thick. Water birds, water plants, and baby fish were all seriously affected by the oil. The long-term effects of this act on the food chain in the area are bound to cause problems tar into the future.

1. What’s the best title of the passage?

2. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

Officials make efforts to do research into the oil spill accidents and don’t want to see the similar things happen again in the future.

3. Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.（within ten words）

4. What do you think of the oil spill accident happening in 1990 in the Persian Gulf ?（within 30 words）

5. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.