完形填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

A young British woman had shortly arrived in Hong Kong and had not yet  36   anything about the Chinese   37  . One day she went to the home of a Chinese friend and was                                                                                                                                                       38   given a cup of Chinese tea. She was not   39   and she also found this type of tea rather   40  . However, since she had been given the tea , she felt she should drink it. Hoping to finish it   41   so that she would not feel about having to drink this tea which she did not   42   , she started to drink as much of it as she could. But as soon as her cup became half - full, the host   43   giving her more. Several times she told the host that she had had   44    , but it seemed to have no   45   . Her cup kept being   46  , and she kept on drinking. During the time of her   47  , she drank about twelve cups of tea. Later she found out that she should have just  48   the tea, and that this would have meant that she had had enough. Influenced by her  49   culture, she felt it too   50   to leave the tea and could not understand why the host took no notice of her protests(抗议) that she had had enough!

A. got   B. learned       C. taught D. remembered

A. culture   B. language    C. food   D. habit

A. hardly   B. certainly  C. carefully         D. immediately

A. tired      B. happy       C. thirsty         D. interested

A. bitter          B. sweet  C. nice  D. cold

A. in time  B. slowly C. gradually        D. quickly

A. take       B. have       C. like     D. buy

A. practised      B. insisted on  C. stopped      D. tried

A. some     B. enough       C. all      D. a little

A. value   B. end     C. effect       D. importance

A. filled   B. moved       C. changed     D. emptied

A. talk     B. visit    C. party   D. investigation

A. left      B. drunk  C. absorbed    D. filled

A. modern       B. ancient       C. Western      D. Eastern

A. impolite      B. polite  C. easy    D. uneasy

A small piece of fish each, day may keep the heart doctor away. That’s the finding of a study of Dutchmen in which deaths from heart disease were more than 50 percent lower among those who consumed at least an ounce(英两) of salt water fish per day compared to those who never ate fish.

The Dutch research is one of three human studies that give strong scientific support to the long-held belief that eating fish can provide health benefits, particularly to the heart.

Heart disease is the number-one killer in the United States, with more than 550,000 deaths occurring from heart attacks each year. But previous research has shown that the level of heart disease is lower in cultures that consume more fish than Americans do. There are fewer heart disease deaths, for example, among the Eskimos of Greenland, who consume about 14 ounces of fish a day, and among the Japanese, whose daily fish consumption average more than 3 ounces.

F  or 20 years, the Dutch study followed 852 middle-aged men, 20 percent of whom ate no fish. At the start of the study, average fish consumption was about two-thirds of an ounce each day, with more men eating lean fish than fatty fish.

During the next two decades, 78 of the men died from heart disease. The fewest deaths were among the group who regularly ate fish, even at levels far lower than those of the Japanese or Eskimos. This relationship was true regardless of other factors such as age, high blood pressure, or blood cholesterol levels.

What is the author’s attitude towards the topic?

       A．Disappointed.   B．Sad.  C．Concerned.      D．Satisfied.

We can infer from the passage that there are fewer heart disease deaths in the countries      .

       A．that are highly developed       B．with a lot of fish

       C．with high consumption of fish D．where it is very cold

The underlined words “This relationship” refers to the connection between      and deaths from heart disease.

       A．the amount of fish   B．regular fish – eating

       C．the kind of fish eaten      D．people of different areas

The passage is mainly about         .

      A．the changes in people’s diet

       B．the effect of fish – eating on people’s health

       C．the high percentage of heart disease in some countries

       D．the daily fish consumption of people in different cultures

In the atmosphere, carbon dioxide acts rather like a one-way mirror or the glass in the roof of a greenhouse which allows the sun's rays to enter but prevents the heat from escaping.

　　 According to a weather expert' s prediction, the atmosphere will be 3℃ warmer in the year 2050 than it is today, if man continues to burn fuels at the present rate. If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several metres and severely flooding coastal cities. Also, the increase in atmospheric temperature would lead to great changes in the climate of the northern hemisphere (北半球), possibly resulting in an alteration of the earth's chief food growing zones.

　　  In the past, concern about a man-made warming of the earth has concentrated on the Arctic because the Antarctic is much colder and has a much thicker ice sheet. But the weather experts are now paying more attention to West Antarctic, which may be affected by only a few degrees of warming, in other words, by a warming on the scale that will possibly take place in the next fifty years from the burning of fuels.

　　  Satellite pictures show that large areas of Antarctic ice are already disappearing. The evidence available suggests that a warming has taken place. This fits the theory that carbon dioxide warms the earth.

　　  However, most of the fuel is burnt in the northern hemisphere, where temperatures seem to be falling. Scientists conclude , therefore, that up to now natural influences on the weather have gone beyond those caused by man. The question is: Which natural cause has most effect on the weather?

　　  One possibility is the variable behavior of the sun. Astronomers at one research station have studied the hot spots and "cold" spots (that is, the relatively less hot spots) on the sun. As the sun rotates (使旋转), every 27. 5 days, it presents hotter or "colder" faces to the earth, and different aspects to different parts of the earth. This seems to have a considerable effect on the distribution of the earth's atmospheric pressure, and consequently on wind circulation. The sun is also changeable over a long term: its heat output goes up and down in cycles, the latest trend being downward.

　　  Scientists are now finding shared relations between models of solar weather interactions and the actual climate over many thousands of years, including the last Ice Age. The problem is that the models are predicting that the world should be entering a new Ice Age and it is not. One way of solving this theoretical difficulty is to assume a delay of thousands of years while the solar effects overcome the inertia (惯性) of the earth's climate. If this is right, the warming effect of carbon dioxide might thus be serving as a useful opposed balance to the sun's fading heat .

It can be concluded that a concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would_________.

   A. mean a warming-up in the Antarctic

   B. raise the temperature of the earth' s surface

C. prevent the sun's rays from reaching the earth's surface

D. explain the cause of  great changes in the climate in the northern hemisphere

The article was written to explain ___________.

A. the greenhouse effect

B. the solar effects on the earth

C. the causes affecting weather

D. the models of solar-weather interactions

Although the fuel consumption is greater in the northern hemisphere, temperatures there　seem to be falling. This is__________.

A. mainly because the levels of carbon dioxide are rising

 B. partly due to changes in the output of solar energy

C. possibly because the ice caps in the poles are melting

D. only due to the effect of the inertia of the earth' s climate

On the basis of their models, scientists believe the opinion that__________.

A. the climate of the world should be becoming cooler

B. the new Ice Age will be delayed by the greenhouse effect

C. the man-made warming effect helps to increase the solar effects

D. it will take thousands of years for the inertia of the earth's climate to take effect

If the assumption about the delay of a new Ice age is correct, ____________.

A. ice would soon cover the northern hemisphere

B. the greenhouse effect could work in favor of the earth

C. the best way to overcome the cooling effect would be to burn more fuels

D. the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could warm up the earth even more quickly

. If you’d like to succeed in the work, you must take great        to do it

   A. pain            B. pains           C. effect            D. effort

Tolerance: Respect the differences in others

       You may not realize it, but you are doing much more than just studying when you are at school. School is also the place   36   you socialize and learn to get along with people. But this is   37   easy. What can you do   38   you just don’t like one of your classmates?

       If you discover that you have problems   39   your classmates or friends, the most important thing to learn is tolerance. Tolerance is the   40   to recognize and respect the   41   in others. We cannot change the way that other people act,   42   it is important to learn to live happily with them.  

       Practicing tolerance will allow everyone to form better    43    with each other. Getting to know someone   44     help you understand why they do things   45   from you. It is important to remember that just because something is different does not mean that it is bad.   46   teaches us to keep an even temper and open mind.

       One thing to   47   is the old saying, “Treat others how you want   48   ”. You would like to be treated kindly by your classmates, so it is   49   to treat them with equal kindness. If you tolerate   50   it does not mean that you have to like it. No one is asking you to   51   who you are or what you believe in. Tolerance just means that you will be   52   of the differences in others and not try to make them change. 

       It is important to   53    tolerance because it will make everyone’s lives easier.  Learn to accept people for their different abilities and interests. The world is a very   54   , and practicing tolerance in your own school and city can help make    55   .

36．A．which       B．where       C．that   D．when

37．A．very  B．often C．not always       D．really

38．A．unless       B．since C．because     D．if

39．A．getting along with          B．making apologies to

       C．getting away from   D．fleeing from

40．A．reflection  B．benefit      C．patience    D．ability

41．A．characteristics  B．thoughts   C．consequence    D．differences

42．A．so    B．and   C．but    D．although

43．A．moods      B．habits       C．relationships    D．feelings

44．A．must B．may C．should      D．can

45．A．fortunately       B．easily       C．differently       D．attentively

46．A．Patience   B．Experience       C．Tolerance        D．kindness

47．A．keep in touch   B．keep in mind   C．keep up with    D．keep to yourselves

48．A．to treat     B．being treated    C．to be treated    D．to be treating

49．A．attractive  B．important        C．desperate D．fantastic

50．A．something       B．anything   C．everything       D．nothing

51．A．change     B．remind     C．promise    D．decide

52．A．convenient       B．respectful        C．negative    D．unselfish

53．A．ignore      B．cancel      C．prevent     D．practice

54．A．diverse    B．same C．individual D．apparent

55．A．no difference   B．an effect   C．an apology       D．a difference