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　　Experts say that agriculture provides fourteen percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions each year．The gases released include carbon dioxide，a major cause of global warming．

　　Twenty－one nations around the world recently joined forces to better understand and prevent greenhouse gas emissions from farms．The Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases was launched at the United Nations conference on climate change．The meeting took place in Copenhagen，Denmark last month．

　　Agricultural experts blame a number of farm activities for producing greenhouse gases．For example，animal waste and cattle digestive systems release methane(甲烷，沼气)gas．Fertilized soil and the burning of crop waste also release harmful gases into the air．Experts say some methods of farming－turning the soil to prepare for planting－also release harmful carbon dioxide．

　　An official of the European Commission's Directorate General for Research says agricultural greenhouse gas emissions can be cut．Maive Rute suggests feeding animals a diet designed to reduce emissions．

　　The new agricultural research group says protecting against global warming is only part of its purpose．It says the world also needs to develop better farming methods to feed growing populations in poor countries．

　　United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said no one single nation can fight agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and increase food production at the same time．This is why the alliance is important for combining resources and finding new ones．

　　The United States Department of Agriculture will increase spending on farm emissions research by ninety million dollars over the next four years．The total will reach one hundred and thirty million dollars．The U．S．D．A．will share the research with other countries in the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and support researchers from developing countries that belong to the alliance．Money from the Borlaug Fellowship Program will let the researchers study agricultural climate change with American scientists．

　　Mister Vilsack said that just as climate change has no borders，there should be no borders for research．

(1)

In Paragraph 4，Maive Rute recommends ________．
[　　]
A．	increasing food production
B．	changing cattle digestive systems
C．	developing better farming methods
D．	giving animals the food meant to produce fewer emissions

(2)

The underlined word“alliance”in Paragraph 6 probably means ________．
[　　]
A．	action or state being joined together
B．	an agreement signed between countries
C．	a program or project set up for a research
D．	an organization formed for different goals

(3)

How much has the U．S．D．A．spent on farm emissions research so far?
[　　]
A．	130 million dollars．
B．	220 million dollars．
C．	40 million dollars．
D．	90 million dollars．

(4)

The purpose of the passage is to ________．
[　　]
A．	suggest a total ban on farm activities
B．	introduce the Copenhagen conference held last month
C．	appeal to more countries to cut agricultural emissions
D．	inform readers of the major cause of global warming

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—Have you heard that Tom, along with his parents, ____to Japan?

—Really? No wonder I haven't seen him these days.

A. has been　　 B. has gone　　 C. have been　　 D. have gone

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Dahlia was running around the house screaming and crying. “I hate her! I hate her! I will __26__ play with her again!” Finally, her steps slowed, __27__ she told her father what had happened. He listened attentively. __28__ she stopped, he asked, “Is there __29__ else?” Dahlia added more details and began __30__ bitterly again. Father was listening. When Dahlia __31__ talking, he said, “It must __32__ you to be made fun of like this by your best friend Tina.” Dahlia __33__ her father’s embrace（拥抱）and support as she cried __34__ more in his arms. Then as __35__ as the storm of tears began, she was finished. She got up and _36__ announced, “Daddy, did you know that tomorrow Tina and I are going together to the beach? We are __37__ a log house there with Adam and Tom, I will tell Tina before we go that I __38__ ruin her work again, and I’m sure she will be __39__ to me. ”

　　Why was this encounter (sudden meeting) so successful? How did Dahlia __40__ her sadness so completely and realize her responsibility in the matter __41__ her own?

　　There were three main parts in her father’s reaction that __42__ : (A) Attention (B) Respect (C) Trust. He gave his daughter __43__ attention and took her seriously as she __44__ her feelings. He respected her by not coming with words of wisdom, advice or help. He validated（证实）the feelings she __45__ . And he trusted her to do and say what she needed in order to lead herself toward resolution of her emotions.

1. A．hardly B．seldom C．ever D．never

2. A．so B．but C．and D．then

3. A．Before B．When C．While D．Since

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

5. A．crying B．running C．talking D．saying

6. A．kept B．started C．stopped D．hated

7. A．hurt B．ache C．injure D．wound

8. A．got B．received C．accepted D．admitted

9. A．many B．some C．any D．no

10. A．soon B．quickly C．suddenly D．fast

11. A．surprisingly B．angrily C．sadly D．cheerfully

12. A．building B．buying C．making D．repairing

13. A．shouldn’t B．won’t C．daren’t D．can’t

14. A．polite B．cruel C．rude D．nice

15. A．get over B．get away C．get along D．get through

16. A．for B．on C．by D．in

17. A．did B．followed C．went D．worked

18. A．full B．incomplete C．half D．undivided

19. A．sent out B．threw out C．put out D．poured out

20. A．expressed B．showed C．said D．strengthened

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—What do you think of Tom?

—He is not very clever, but I like him　　 .

A. all the way B. all the best　　　　 C. all at once　　 D. all the same

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79 Mayfair Road
Plumton, Kent
October 10th
Dear Rosemary,
I was very glad to get your letter this morning. I really ought to have written to you---it was my turn, I know----but I have been terribly busy. The children seem to take up all my time. I am thinking of sending Ann to a nursery school. She’ll be four next month. Baby has just started to walk and doesn’t give me a moment’s peace. But you know what it is like! How are all your children? I’m sure they love living in the country.
I’m afraid we can’t come over to see you next Sunday, as you suggest. Tom’s mother is coming to spend the day with us. What about the Sunday after that----- the twenty-second? We are free that day and should love to come. We’re longing to see your house.
Let me know, then, if the Sunday after next suits you. May we come for lunch? We’d like to leave fairly early in the evening to avoid the heavy traffic on the roads.
Love from us all,
Edna
【小题1】 Edna can not see Rosemary the following Sunday because_____.

A．she is afraid of the traffic	B．Tom’s mother is coming to see them that day
C．she prefers to come on 22nd	D．she is terribly busy with the children

【小题2】What doesn’t give Edna a moment’s peace?

A．That she has been thinking of sending Ann to a nursery school

B．That Tom’s mother will come soon

C．That she has been thinking of going to see Rosemary’s new house

D．That her baby has just started to walk

【小题3】We can infer from the letter that Tom is_________.

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