Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima was born on 22 September 1976 in a poor suburb of Rio de Janeiro. Like most of his childhood friends, Ronaldo began his soccer career playing barefoot in the streets of his neighborhood. At the age of 14, he joined SCristovo soccer club and only two years later became the star of Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte scoring a total of 58 goals in 60 matches and earning himself a reputation for his explosive pace and outstanding finishing skills. His goal-scoring record and unusual agility led him to be included in the Brazilian World Cup winning team the following year. After the World Cup, many top European football clubs were trying to sign him. Many people, including Brazilian football legend Pelé, referred to him as the most promising footballer of his generation.
Since his transfer to Dutch team PSV Eindhoven, Ronaldo’s biography is one of success after success. Two Copa América s, a UEFA Cup, a Dutch Cup, a Spanish League Cup, and two awards as best player in the world, all in the space of two years, are some of Ronaldo s impressive achievements. On arrival to Inter-Milan in 1997, Ronaldo became the idol of the local fans who refer to him as “il Fenomeno.”
Since the 98 World Cup he has suffered two serious knee injuries that have severely limited his appearances. Just when people began to wonder whether Ronaldo would be able to continue with his football career, he proved to the world that he still could play. In the World Cup held in Korea and Japan, the magical striker won the Golden Shoe award and tied Pelé's Brazilian record for career World Cup goals with 12. He helped Brazil capture its fifth World Cup championship on June 30 with a 2-0 win over Germany. It was the third time that Ronaldo has ever played in the World Cup.
【小题1】We can infer from the passage that Ronaldo _____________.

Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima was born on 22 September 1976 in a poor suburb of Rio de Janeiro. Like most of his childhood friends, Ronaldo began his soccer career playing barefoot in the streets of his neighborhood. At the age of 14, he joined SCristovo soccer club and only two years later became the star of Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte scoring a total of 58 goals in 60 matches and earning himself a reputation for his explosive pace and outstanding finishing skills. His goal-scoring record and unusual agility led him to be included in the Brazilian World Cup winning team the following year. After the World Cup, many top European football clubs were trying to sign him. Many people, including Brazilian football legend Pelé, referred to him as the most promising footballer of his generation.

Since his transfer to Dutch team PSV Eindhoven, Ronaldo’s biography is one of success after success. Two Copa América s, a UEFA Cup, a Dutch Cup, a Spanish League Cup, and two awards as best player in the world, all in the space of two years, are some of Ronaldo s impressive achievements. On arrival to Inter-Milan in 1997, Ronaldo became the idol of the local fans who refer to him as “il Fenomeno.”

Since the 98 World Cup he has suffered two serious knee injuries that have severely limited his appearances. Just when people began to wonder whether Ronaldo would be able to continue with his football career, he proved to the world that he still could play. In the World Cup held in Korea and Japan, the magical striker won the Golden Shoe award and tied Pelé's Brazilian record for career World Cup goals with 12. He helped Brazil capture its fifth World Cup championship on June 30 with a 2-0 win over Germany. It was the third time that Ronaldo has ever played in the World Cup.

1.We can infer from the passage that Ronaldo _____________.

2.The meaning of the underlined word in Paragraph1 is similar to __________________.

3.From the passage we can conclude that Ronald participated in ____big international soccer matches in all.

Kiribati covers a massive 3.5 million square kilometers stretch of the Pacific Ocean, but in population terms it is one of the smallest countries in the world, with only 100,000 people. More than half of them live in the capital Tarawa—strip of coral which measures just 450 meters at its widest point. As well as being narrow, Kiribati is extremely low lying, which makes it one of the most easily influenced countries in the world when it comes to climate change.

“We are counting the days rather than the decades…We don't have the time that we thought we had previously,” Kiribati President Anote Tong said.

Pelenise Alofa returned to Kiribati six years ago. The changes she saw led to her becoming one of the islands principal climate change campaigners. "Things began to change when I came here. I realized the king tides were big, and I told them 'have you heard of climate change, have you heard of global wanning, this is part of it, you're in it,'" Ms Alofa told SBS.

Linda Uan and her New Zealand born husband John have been documenting the changing climate in Kiribati for nearly 20 years. They didn't have to travel far to film the effects of a storm three years ago when for the first time it washed through their home. "There's been a lot of changes," Linda said, “When we were little there was a definite dry season and a definite wet season, now you can't feel the difference anymore.”

Kiribati is not just facing one knock-out punch but a whole round of killer blows. Because of its sensibility to the El Nino and La Nina weather patterns, climate scientists say droughts and floods will be more severe than in the past. Warmer seas could affect the migration patterns of fish, taking away vast taxes it gains from selling fishing licenses to foreign trawlers, while increased storms are expected to destroy crops and make the limited supply of water in the shallow water pools undrinkable.

It’s a claim the country will take to Copenhagen as it seeks to get the world's big emitters （排放者） to face up to the consequences of their actions. “It's a whole world issue,” President Tong said. “It’s a moral issue…it's almost criminal.”

1.According to the passage, we can infer that         .

    A．Kiribati covers a land area of 3,500,000 km2

    B．the country's average altitude is 450 meters in Kiribati

    C．Kiribati is one of the countries facing the climate change calmly

    D．Over fifty thousand people live in Tarawa

2.President Anote’s words are quoted in order to show          .

    A．the high pressure from time      B．the importance of measuring time

    C．the different timing units       D．the personal attitude towards time

3.Which of the following statements does Ms Alofa probably agree with?

    A．The tides hitting Kiribati used to be bigger than they are now.

    B．Most people in the world have never heard of global warming.

    C．Nobody can keep away from the effects caused by climate changes.

    D．Changes in this country will make you a climate change campaigner.

4.Climate changes have brought about the consequences EXCEPT        .

    A．Severe droughts and floods       B．abundant fresh water

    C．fiercer storm and tide           D．changed living patterns of fish

“Rising seas have forced 100 people on a Pacific island to move to higher ground in what may be the first example of a village formally displaced（搬迁）because of modern global warming，”a U.N. report said on Monday.

      With coconut palms on the coast already standing in water, inhabitants（居民）in the Lateu settlement（定居点）on Tegua island in Vanuatu moved about 600 yards（meters） inland.

      “They could no longer live on the coast,” Taito Nakalevu, a climate change expert at the Secretariat of the pacific Regional Environment Programme, said during a 189-nation conference in Montreal on ways to fight climate change. So-called “king tides” has become stronger in recent years and made Lateu uninhabitable by flooding the village 4 to 5 times a year. The U.N. Environment Programme（UNEP） said in a statement that the Lateu settlement has become one of ,if not the first, to be formally moved out of harm’s way as a result of climate change.

The scientists said that seas could rise by almost 3 feet（a meter） by 2100 because of melting ice caps and warming linked to a build-up of heat-trapping gases given off by burning fuels in power plants, factories and cars.

      Pacific Islanders are among those most at risk. Off  Papua New Guinea, about 2000 people on the Cantaret Islands are planning to move to nearly Bougainville island, four hours’ boat ride to the southwest. Two uninhabited         Kiribati island, Tebua Tarawa and Abanuea, disappeared underwater in 1999.

1． The purpose of the 189-nation conference in Montreal is to________________.

A． discuss how to settle the people of Lateu        

B． discuss how to deal with the global warming

C． offer help to the Pacific Islanders             

D． find ways to control the pollution in the world

2． Bougainville island _____________________.

A． is uninhabited                 

B． has disappeared underwater

C．is higher than the Cantaret islands  

D． is four hours’ walk from the Cantaret Islands

3． The inhabitants in the Lateu settlement ___________________.

A． had to move to higher ground in the same island 

B． had to move to another higher island

C． are planning to move to nearby Bougainville island

D． were forced to plant many coconut palms

4． Which of the following is the best title?

A． The global warming

B． Two uninhabited islands

C． Pacific Islanders most at risk

D． Pacific Islanders move to escape global warming

The big news for American newspapers this week was the elections. But there was also news about their industry. The number of newspaper readers in the United States continues to fall. Average daily circulation(发行量) fell by almost one percent in the six months that ended September 13th.

American newspapers get some of their money from readers. But mostly they depend on businesses to buy advertising space in their pages.

The larger the circulation is, the more a newspaper can charge advertisers. But recently, several newspapers have admitted lying about their number of readers.

In June, the Tribune Company announced that it had overstated(夸大) sales of two of its papers. These were Newsday in Long Island, New York, and the Spanish-language paper Hoy in New York City. The Tribute Company also owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.

In July, the Audit Bureau of Circulations(ABC) punished Newsday and Hoy. The ABC is a private organization. It examines circulation claims made by publishers, so advertisers can trust the numbers. Among other steps, the two newspapers will have to report their circulation numbers more often than usual for the next two years.

The Chicago Sun-Times also faces the same punishment. That newspaper is owned by Hollinger International.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating(调查) Hollinger International and its chief, Conrad Black. Hollinger says Mister Black took nearly four hundred million dollars from the company.

 Recently the Belo Corporation announced it had overstated the circulation of the Dallas Morning News in Texas. The publisher will repay twenty-three million dollars to advertisers. It will also provide four million dollars. Other publishers that falsely reported their circulations will also be repaying advertisers millions of dollars.

An Audit Bureau spokeswoman says cases like these appear to be rare. But the Securities and Exchange Commission announced last month that it would expand its investigation to other newspapers.

31. What does the underlined word “their” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. The news.                                                            B. The elections.          

C. American newspapers.                                           D. Newspaper readers.

32. From the passage, we can learn that______.

A. Advertisers got the circulation only from ABC.

B. At least four newspapers cheated the advertisers.

C. More companies will investigate other newspapers.

D. American newspapers get some of their money from advertisers.

33. How many newspapers are mentioned in the passage?

A. Four.                              B. Six.                          C. Eight.                       D. Ten.

34. The publisher overstated the number of their newspapers mainly to ______.

A. attract more readers                                              B. hide the truth that their circulation fell

C. avoid being punished                                             D. charge the advertisers more money