D

You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temperature But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation(撤离)of an island nation-the citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.

During the 20th century, sea level rose 8-12 inches. As a result. Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water which has polluted the country’s drinking water.

Paani Laupepa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation count: 2. 0; uffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.

Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions(导致温室效应的气体排放),which are a main cause of global warming. “By refusing to sign the agreement, the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years,” Laupepa told the BBC.

Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries.

AustraliaTuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable(易受影响的)to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, president of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”.

54. The text is mainly about _______.

A. rapid changes in earth’s temperature

B. bad effects of global warming

C. moving of a country to a new place

D. reasons for lowland flooding

55. According to scientists, the DIRECT cause of more and fiercer storms is _______.

A. greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations

B. higher surface water temperatures of the sea

C. continuous global warming

D. rising sea levels

56. Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not _______.

A. agree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions

B. sign an agreement with Tuvalu

C. allow Tuvaluans to move to the US

D. believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real

57. The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu is _______.

A. Australia                    B. New Zealand

C. the Maldives                  D. the United States

E

Last year my sixth-grader daughter, Elizabeth, was forced to put up with science. Her education week after week, contained mindless memorization of big words like “batholith” and “saprophyte” She learned by heart the achievements of famous scientists who did things like “improved nuclear fusion(核聚变)“-never mind that she hasn’t the least idea of what nuclear fusion means. Elizabeth did very well(she’s good at memorizing things ). And now she hates science. My eighth-grader son, Ben, also suffered from science education. Week after week he had to perform lab experiments with answers already known. Ben figured out how to guess the right answers, so he got good grades. Now he hates science, too.

Science can provide an exciting way to develop children’s curiosity. Science education should teach ways to ask questions and week answers. But my children got the mistaken idea in school than science is difficult dull and has no relation to their everyday interests.

As a physicist, I am saddened and angered to see “the great science turnoff” I know that science is important in our lives. Yet studies prove that our schools are turning out millions of graduates who know almost nothing about and have almost no interest in science. What’s gone wrong? Who is to blame?

58. We learn from paragraph 1 that _______.

A. the writer was proud of Elizabeth and Ben

B. both Elizabeth and Ben could become scientists

C. Elizabeth had to learn much about great scientists

D. Ben was good at trying new ideas in lab experiments

59. The writer thinks that in science education we should first _______.

A. get students interested in the subject

B. answer students’ questions in delightful ways.

C. smooth out difficulties in lab experiments

D. explain the special terms clearly

60. By writing the text, the author questions _______.

A. the difficulty level of the science texts

B. the way science is taught in school

C. the achievements of famous scientists

D. students’ poor records in science classes

第二节  根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并将答案填写在本题下面的横线上。选项中有两项多余选项。(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)

-He is very good, isn’t he?

- ___61___

-I said the singer was great.

-___62___

-___-Have you seen him here before?

-___63___  I think he probably writes the music and words because I’ve never heard any of the songs before.

-It’s not fair.

-___64___

-People with musical ability like that having to stand around here to make a living

-Perhaps he enjoys it or makes more money than you think.

-___65___

A. What do you mean

B. Sorry, what did you say?

C. I hope so.

D. Do you like popular music?

E. Be quiet, listen to him

F. Yes, and interesting to watch

G. Oh, yes, He’s always at exactly the same place on Saturdays when I come into town.

第三部分  写作(共两节, 满分50分)

第一节  短文改错(共10小题;每小题1. 5分。满分15分)此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。 对标有题号的每一行做出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√); 如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:

此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^), 在该行右边横线上写该加的词。

此行错一个词: 在错的词下划一横线, 在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意: 原行没有错的不要改。

Dear Mr. Brown,

I am writing to thank you with your kind help.  66. ________

Before you came to teach us, I had not interest in         67. ________

English. My pronunciation was terribly. I could          68. ________

only speak a few words. But one and a half year later.     69. ________

I now think English fun to learn. I got a lot from your      70. ________

encouraging words. I will always remember what you     71. ________

said, “If you try to, you can be No. 1!” I hope you’ve     72. ________

had pleasant journey home and will come to China        73. ________

again sometimes in the future. I will write again          74. ________

and send you the photos we take together.          75. ________

Yours sincerely,

Li Min

第二节  书面表达(满分35分)假设你是李华,最近国内一家英文报纸正在讨论北京动物园是否应迁出市区。以下是你所在班级讨论的情况。请你给该报写一封信,反映讨论结果。赞成迁出:   1. 游客多,交通堵塞  2. 郊区环境好

反对迁出:  1. 建于1906年,中外闻名  2. 搬迁易造成动物死亡

注意:1. 词数至少120,信的开头已为你写好。

2. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

3. 参考词汇: 郊区-suburb

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June 3, 2005

Dear Editor,

Recently, our class have had a heated discussion about whether the Beijing Zoo should be moved out of the city.

Yours truly,

Li Hua

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