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In Singapore, most of us love window-shopping while some others enjoy having a picnic at East Coast Park or Changi Beach on sunny days. Singaporeans are never bothered by the occasional thunderstorm. However, we know that if it rains for long continuous periods, there will be more serious effects. Just recently the main shopping street of Orchard Road was flooded and some part of Bukit Timah was impassable to traffic. People reacted by writing in to the newspaper to complain about this! We forget that other countries suffer much worse effects. Elsewhere, heavy tropical（热带的）storms often result in floods that ruin crops especially in Thailand and Malaysia. This in turn usually means that the price of rice and vegetables here in Singapore will rise because we import these products from them. If there is a typhoon or tsunami, thousands of lives are lost too. This happened in Indonesia and Phuket in Thailand in 2004 and it serves to remind us of how Mother Nature can cause great damage.
Weather patterns in general have changed dramatically in recent years. Scientists believe that global warming and the resulting melting of the polar ice-cap has caused the level of the ocean to rise. This in turn causes flooding of low-lying areas in countries where the land is rather flat and some parts of which is below water level. It is believed that human activities have caused Mother Nature to show her extreme anger, so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities, for example, illegal logging（伐木）or irresponsible forest-burning to clear land for farming.
56.From Paragraph 1, we can see that most Singaporeans love________.
A. making complaints B. going out for picnics
C. doing window-shopping D. traveling along the coast
【答案】C
【解析】根据第一段第一句可知。
57.What will happen in Singapore if there are floods in its neighboring countries?
A. Heavy tropical storms will follow shortly.
B. The price of rice and vegetables will go up.
C. Many people will write in to the newspaper.
D. More rice and vegetables will be imported.
【答案】B
【解析】根据第一段倒数三，四句可知。热带风暴导致的洪水会毁掉庄稼，新加坡的蔬菜和大米是从这些国家进口的，所以会导致蔬菜，大米的价格上升。
58.The underlined word“it” in Paragraph 2 refers to___________.
A. the arrival of heavy tropical storms
B. the import of rice and vegetables
C. the rising price of rice and vegetables
D. the loss of lives in natural disasters
【答案】D
【解析】上句提到台风和海啸会导致成千上万的人死亡。这在2004年在印度尼西亚和泰国的普吉岛发生过。自然灾害到这人死亡这件事用来提醒我们大自然可以带来巨大损害。
59.Which of the following shows how the low-lying areas are flooded?
a. global warming
b. the rise in ocean level
c. harmful human activities
d. the flooding of low-lying areas
e. the melting of the polar ice-cap
A. c→a→e→b→d B. a→c→e→b→d
C. c→a→b→e→d D. d→a→c→b→e
【答案】A
【解析】根据最后一段可知。
60.What should we do in order not to make Mother Nature angry?
A. Clear more land for farming. B. Reduce harmful human activities.
C. Bring down the price of food. D. Improve the quality of weather.
【答案】B
【解析】根据最后一段It is believed that human activities have caused Mother Nature to show her extreme anger, so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities,“人们认为是人类的活动导致了大自然极端愤怒， 因此，现在我们真的应该团结合作减少有害活动。”
查看习题详情和答案>>LONDON —A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake (假冒的）bomb detectors (探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences.
It is believed that James McCormick got about $77. 8 million from the sales of his detectors — which were based on a kind of golf ball finder — to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.
McCormick, 57，was convicted (判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.
“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people,’’ Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. “You have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt.”
The detectors, sold for up to $ 42,000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use.
McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.
“I never had any bad results from customers,” he said.
39. Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?
A. He sold bombs. B. He caused death of people.
C. He made detectors. D. He cheated in business.
40. According to the judge, what McCormick had done ________ .
A. increased the cost of safeguarding
B. lowered people’s guard against danger
C. changed people’s idea of social security
D. caused innocent people to commit crimes
41. Which of the following is true of the detectors?
A. They have not been sold to Africa.
B. They have caused many serious problems.
C. They can find dangerous objects in water.
D. They don't function on the basis of science.
42. It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick _________ .
A. sold the equipment at a low price
B. was well-known in most countries
C. did not think he had committed the crime
D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，题材是新闻报道。本文报道了一条卖假冒炸弹探测器的商人被判10年徒刑的新闻。
| 段落 | 关键词、句 | 大意推测 |
| 第一部分（Para. 1-3） | McCormick, 57，was convicted of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London | 新闻案件的简介：57岁的McCormick上月被起诉诈骗并于周三在伦敦的Old Bailey court法庭被判刑。 |
| 第二部分（Para. 4） | cheating conduct, promoted a false sense of security, contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people | 法官宣判：罪犯的欺骗行为增强了人们虚假的安全感并促使导致给无辜百姓带来死亡和伤害。 |
| 第三部分（Para. 5-7） | But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use, sold…to… , never had any bad results | 案件细节及当事人的反诉：假冒炸弹探测器被销往世界各地，但它根本没有科学依据，也毫无用处。罪犯狡辩假冒产品没有给用户带来任何不良后果。 |
【解析】
39. D。细节理解题。难度：中等。问题是“为什么McCormick被判刑入狱”。根据问题中的关键词sentenced to prison定位原文第一段。第一段说到McCormick是一位商人，生产了假冒的炸弹探测器，这是一种商业欺骗。选项D和其对应，为正确答案。
40. B。细节理解题。难度：难。问题是“根据法官的说法，McCormick的所为导致了什么样的结果”。根据问题中的关键词according to the judge定位第四段的第一句：your cheating conduct … promoted a false sense of security and … contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people（你的欺骗行为提高了人们虚假的安全感并助推给无辜百姓带来死亡和伤害）。由此可见，McCormick的行为让人们有了安全感，但这种安全并不真实。B “降低了人们防范危险的安全意识”符合此意，为正确答案。
41. D。判断题。难度：难。问题是“下面哪种说法对探测仪来说是正确的”。
解题思路：根据问题中的关键词detectors，把四个选项具体对应到原文中一处。A对应文章倒数第二段的最后一句he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand。该句中的Kenya是非洲的肯尼亚，否定了A的说法。B对应第一段第一句“the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences”，法官只说罪犯没有关注潜在的致命后果，而不是已经导致严重的问题。C对应第五段的第一句话“were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air”提示，探测仪的功能只是据说，而不一定真的具备找到水中危险物品的功能。选项D定位第五段的最后一句“in fact they ‘lacked any grounding in science’ and were of no use可知，这种探测仪没有科学根据，也毫无用途，和D“没有科学根据的工作原理”相吻合，故最佳答案是D。
42. D。推理判断题。难度：中等。
解题思路：返回原文，将选项与原文一一进行比较。
本题主要考查第四段和第七段。A“以低价销售设备”与原文第四段第一句不符，因为该句提到法官指控McCormick通过卖一些无用的设备来巨额利润。B“在大多数国家很有名”与文中提到的区区几个国家和地区Iraq，Belgium，Saudi Arabia，Kenya，Hong Kong，Egypt和Thailand购买他的探测仪不符。C“认为他没有犯罪”和第七段对应，其中他所说的“I never had any bad results from customers”和C符合，Ｃ是正确答案。Ｄ“他没有赚取文中提到的那么大利润”在原文没有语言根据。
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第一节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
M：Oh you’re doing the painting all by yourself．Where is David?
W：He’s so lazy．He doesn’t do anything to help me．
1．What is the woman doing?
A．Cleaning her house．
B．Washing clothes．
C．Painting her rooms．
W：Ow! I’ve burnt myself．
M：How did you do that?
W：I picked up a hot dish．
2．Where does this conversation most probably take place?
A．In a kitchen．
B．In a restaurant．
C．In a shop．
M：Look! Somebody has spilt milk on the carpet．
W：Well, it wasn’t me．I didn’t do it．
M：I wonder who it was then．
3．What does the man want to know?
A．Who poured the milk into the cup．
B．Who drank the milk in the cupboard．
C．Who spilt milk on the carpet．
M：This food is awful, isn’t it?
W：Yes, it’s disgusting．I’m going to complain．
4．Where does the conversation probably take place?
A．In a restaurant．
B．At home．
C．In a shop．
W：The weather’s too nice to stay indoors．I’m going to sit in the garden．
M：That’s a good idea．I think I’ll join you．
5．What are they going to do?
A．To go to the garden．
B．To stay indoors．
C．To join a party．
第二节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题．从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话前．你将有时间阅读各个小题．每小题5秒钟；听完后．各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6～7题。
M：Where do you live?
W：In Boston．
M：How long have you lived there?
W：Five years．
M：Where did you live before that?
W：In Chicago．
M：And how long did you live in Chicago?
W：Two years．
6．How long has the woman lived in Boston?
A．Four years．
B．Five years．
C．Six years．
7．How long did the woman live in Chicago?
A．Two years．
B．Four years．
C．Five years．
听第7段材料，回答第8～10题。
W：Well, what time shall we meet?
M：Come to the cafe by the station at four o’clock．I’ll be waiting for you when you arrive．I’ll be sitting by the window and I’ll be wearing a bright green sweater．
W：OK．Is Agent 307 coming too?
M：No, she can’t be there．
W：Oh．Shall I bring the documents?
M：Yes．I’ll explain everything when I see you．And don’t be late．
W：OK．I’ll try to be on time．
8．What time will they meet?
A．At four o’clock．
B．At five o’clock．
C．At six o’clock．
9．What can be inferred from their conversation?
A．They are old friends and haven’t seen each other for a long time．
B．They are going to meet another person in the cafe．
C．The two speakers have never seen each other before．
10．What will the woman bring?
A．An umbrella．
B．The documents．
C．A bright green sweater．
听第8段材料，回答第11～13题。
M：Do you have any plans for next year?
W：Well, I’d travel if I could afford it．But I don’t have any money．
M：If you found a job abroad, would you take it?
W：If it were somewhere I want to go, I’d certainly consider it carefully．
M：What about working as an “au pair”(家庭打工留学生), living with a family and doing some housework?
W：I’d only consider that if I were sure about the family．If they didn’t treat me well, I’d be very miserable．
M：Yes．You’d have to be sure to use a reputable agency．We have a list in the office．I will get you one if you’re interested．
W：Yes, I am．Um, if I decided to apply, would you give me a reference?
M：Of course．Well, I hope you succeed, whatever you decide to do．
W：Thank you very much．I’ll let you know．
M：Yes, I’d like that．Goodbye．
W：Goodbye．
11．Why does the man suggest that the woman should find a job?
A．Because it is necessary for the woman to have some experience of doing a job．
B．Because the woman needs money for the travel．
C．Because they need the money to support the family．
12．What worries the woman if she works as an “au pair”?
A．Whether she could get used to the life style of the family．
B．Whether the family are friendly to her．
C．Whether she could get as much money as she expects．
13．Which of the following is true?
A．The woman has not decided what to do．
B．The man has given the woman a list of agencies．
C．The woman is not interested in the man’s suggestion．
听第9段材料，回答第14～17题。
M：Shall we ask the girl Garlo’s been going out with to the party?
W：Who’s that?
M：Celia’s her name．She works in that cinema where they show all the foreign films．
W：But will she be free on Thursday evening?
M：Yes, it’s her evening off．That’s the reason I suggested Thursday．
W：OK．Who else? What about Nicky and Cherry?
M：Are they the girls you went to France with?
W：Yes．If they bring their boyfriends, that’ll be ten of us．But have you got a room that is big enough? My mother says we can’t use our sitting-room because we made too much mess the last time she let us have a party．
M：It’s all right．We’ve got a basement(地下室)where we store old furniture．If we clean it up, it’ll be fine．
W：Great．Let’s go and have a look at it．
14．Where does Celia work?
A．In a cinema．
B．In a hotel．
C．In a hospital．
15．On what day is Celia free?
A．On Tuesday．
B．On Thursday．
C．On Saturday．
16．How many people will their party?
A．Ten．
B．Five．
C．Six．
17．Where will they have their party?
A．In the woman’s house．
B．In the man’s house．
C．A restaurant owner．
听第10段材料，回答第18～20题。
W：Hi, Tom．What is your plan for the summer break?
M：I’m going to work on the coast at Nantucket．
W：What are you planning to do on the coast?
M：My uncle owns a restaurant there, so I’ll be working as a waiter at night and then helping him do some accounting(会计, 清算账目)a few days each week．I have to save a lot of money for the next school year．Maybe we can get together and go to the beach this summer since we’ll be living near each other．
W：That sounds good．I’ll be working on a boat during July, and I won’t return to shore for the entire month．But in June and later in August I’ll be working in the lab, and I could drive up and see you in Nantucket．
M：OK．My uncle tells me June is the best time to go there before the town gets too crowded with tourists．Call me before you leave tomorrow, and I’ll give you a phone number where I can be reached this summer．
W：All right．I’ll talk to you later．
M：Thanks．
18．What is the man’s uncle?
A．A tourist．
B．A waiter．
C．A restaurant owner．
19．Where will the woman be working during July?
A．In the lab．
B．On a boat．
C．On the shore．
20．When is the best time to go to the shore?
A．July．
B．June．
C．August．