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　　Tokyo: Three snakes, whose poison could kill a person in ten minutes, are guarding a blue star sapphire (蓝宝石)worth nearly six hundred thousand dollars at a Japanese exhibition of jewels sent from an Indian museum.

　　“Normally it would be forbidden to let these poisonous snakes guard exhibiton objects, but it's different this time because the jewels are being exhibited at a hotel. ”a police official said.

　　Exhibition officials said that a person bitten (咬)by one of these snakes would need at least 80m1 of an anti-poison medicine to be saved. Medicine was being kept ready at a nearby hospital.

　　The star sapphire and other valuable jewels worth a total of one million dollars are on show behind glass. Hundreds of visitors came to see the special blue star sapphire and were surprised when they saw the sixty-centimetre-long brown guards.

1．Using snakes at exhibitions of valuable objects is ________.

[　　]

A．quite normal

B．never allowed

C．often necessary

D．usually forbidden

2．The jewels were being shown in ________.

[　　]

A．an Indian hotel

B．an Indian museum

C．a Japanese hotel

D．a Japanese museum

3．Why were the snakes and jewels at the same exhibition?

[　　]

A．They were both special things from India.

B．The snakes were to keep the jewels safe.

C．The organizers wanted to do something unusual.

D．People liked to visit an exhibition guarded by snakes.

4．Many visitors came to the exhibition because ________.

[　　]

A．the snakes were on show

B．so many jewels were being exhibited

C．exhibition officials said it was special

D．they were interested in seeing a famous jewel

5．If the visitors were bitten by one of the poisonous snakes, he ________.

[　　]

A．would be saved by anti-poison medicine

B．would be dying soon

C．would feel nothing serious

D．would run away as soon as possible

  Pupils in Warwickshire will soon be learning Mandarin after new links were forged(建立联系)with a region in China.

　　Head teachers from the county spent a week in Shenzhen in South-east China, making links with schools and touring different education establishments.

　　Schools that took part are now looking to introduce Mandarin lessons. Pupils from schools in Warwickshire and Shenzhen are starting to write and e-mail each other and plans are being made to share lessons over the Internet.

The trip was arranged by Warwickshire County Council and funded by the British Council as the first stage of development of a range of ties with the economically booming city.

International development officer Judith Young said: “We are entering an exciting period of school relation between Warwickshire and Shenzhen. There is a real appetite for sharing ideas among the Chinese. We were able to see the differences and similarities between the education systems and there are many areas in which our schools, teachers and pupils will be able to benefit from a different cultural perspective(观点)and links with a country that is becoming very important on the world stage. Throughout the high profile(引人注目)visit led by our county education officer, Eric Wood, our group was made to feel very welcome and attracted a great deal of interest. Our visit to a primary school was featured as the main news item on television that night. A mark of how highly the visit was valued is that plans are being made for a return visit to Warwickshire of civic leaders, senior education officials and school principals. ”

61. Head teachers from Warwickshire came to Shenzhen_________.

　　A. to get in touch with Shenzhen schools  B. to pay a return official visit

　　C. to have Mandarin lessons               D. to have sightseeing

62. According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT_________.

　　A. the one-week visit to China was a great success

　　B. Mandarin will soon be learned at schools in Warwickshire

　　C. pupils in Warwickshire and Shenzhen will have the same subjects

　　D. there will be further communications between Warwickshire and Shenzhen

63. Which country do you think the underlined part in the last paragraph refer to?

　　A. Warwickshire   B. USA       C. Britain       D. China

64. How does Judith Young feel about the future co-operation?

　A. Upset.         B. Confident. C. Disappointed. D. Unsure.

65. Which might be the best title of this passage?

　　A. Warwickshire Teachers in Shenzhen.

　　B. Sharing Different Education Ideas.

　　C. Schools in Warwickshire Forge Chinese Links.

　　D. Sharing Lessons on the Internet.

　　Terrible weather, melting (融化的) snow and gathering clouds may be signs of global warming．The average temperature on Earth for last year was the second warmest since written records began 140 years ago．

　　“The global average surface temperature in 2001 was 14．42 degrees centigrade,”the World Meteorological Organization (WMO世界气象组织) said．The record, set in 1998, was 14．58 degrees centigrade．

　　“Temperatures are getting hotter, and they are getting hotter faster now than at any time in the past,” said Michel Jarraud, a WMO official．

　　Carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) produced from burning fuels is the most common of the so-called greenhouse gases．The growing concentration (集中) in the atmosphere of these gases is thought to be warming the Earth．“Most of the causes of global warming are due to human action,” said Ken Davidson, director of WMO's climate programme department．

　　Every year, large amounts of gases produced by factories, cars and burning trees hold in too much heat and cause global warming．Many scientists believe the warming, if not stopped, will cause extreme climate changes this century．

　　Throughout the world, the spreading of particular diseases and other threats (威胁) to human health depend largely on local climates．Extreme temperatures can directly cause loss of life．Warm temperatures can increase air and water pollution, which in turn can harm human health．

　　In the Earth's atmosphere there are tiny amounts of gases called greenhouse gases．These gases hold in the heat that comes up from the sun-warmed Earth．As cities have increased in size and population, factories and industries in the world have grown．People need more and more electricity, cars and other things．So more greenhouse gases have been added to the atmosphere．This causes more heat to be trapped than in the past．This is called the greenhouse effect．

1．The subject discussed in the passage is________．

[　　]

A．the growing population of the world

B．the global average surface temperature

C．the increasing greenhouse effect

D．the causes of air and water pollution

2．According to a WMO official, it is________ that should be blamed for global warming．

[　　]

A．modern factories

B．human activities

C．carbon dioxide

D．burning fuels

3．The rising of the earth temperature will finally result in ________．

[　　]

A．the spreading of particular diseases

B．air and water pollution

C．extreme climate changes

D．all of the above

4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Air and water pollution is caused by global warming．

B．Greenhouse gases do no good to human beings．

C．With the air getting hotter, people need more and more electricity, cars and other things．

D．The average temperature on Earth for 1998 was the warmest according to written records．

阅读理解

　　Tokyo: Three snakes, whose poison could kill a person in ten minutes, are guarding a blue star sapphire (蓝宝石) worth nearly six hundred thousand dollars at a Japanese exhibilion of jewels sent from an Indian museum.

　　“Normally it would be forbidden to let these poisonous snakes guard exhibition objects, but it's different this time because the jewels are being exhibited at a hotel,” a police official said.

　　Exhibition official said that a person bitten (咬) by one of these snakes would need at least 80 ml of anti-poison medicine to be saved. Medicine was being kept ready at a nearby hospital.

　　Star sapphires and other valuable jewels worth a total of one million dollars are on show behind glass. Hundreds of visitors came to see the special blue star sapphires and were surprised when they saw the sixty-centimetre long brown guards.

1．Using snakes at exhibitions of valuable objects is ________.

[　　]

2．The jewels were being shown in ________.

[　　]

3．Why were the snakes and jewels at the same exhibition?

[　　]

A．They were both special things for India.

B．The snakes were there to keep the jewels safe.

C．The organizers wanted to do something

D．People liked to visit an exhibition guarded by snakes.

4．Many visitors came to the exhibition because ________.

[　　]

A．the snakes were on show

B．so many jewels were being exhibited

C．exhibition official said it was special

D．they were interested in seeing the famous jewels

阅读理解

　　Tokyo: Three snakes, whose poison could kill a person in ten minutes, are guarding a blue star sapphire (蓝宝石) worth nearly six hundred thousand dollars at a Japanese exhibition of jewels sent from an Indian museum.

　　“Normally it would be forbidden to let these poisonous snakes guard exhibition objects, but it's different this time because the jewels are being exhibited at a hotel, ”a police official said.

　　Exhibition officials said that a person bitten (咬) by one of these snakes would need at least 80mls of an anti-poison medicine to be saved.

　　Medicine was being kept ready at a nearby hospital. The star sapphire and other valuable jewels worth a total of one million dollars are on show behind glass. Hundreds of visitors came to see the special blue star sapphire and were surprised when they saw the sixty-centimetre-long brown guards.

1．Using snakes at exhibitions of valuable objects is ________ .

[　　]

2．Why were the snakes and jewels at the same exhibition?

[　　]

A．They were both special things from India.

B．The snakes were to keep the jewels safe.

C．The organizers wanted to do something unusual.

D．People liked to visit an exhibition guarded by snakes.

3．Many visitors came to the exhibition because ________ .

[　　]

A．the snakes were on show

B．so many jewels were being exhibited

C．exhibition officials said it was special

D．they were interested in seeing a famous jewel

4．If the visitors were bitten by one of the poisonous snakes, he ________ .

[　　]

A．would be saved by anti-poison medicine

B．would be dying soon

C．would feel nothing serious

D．would run away as soon as possible