第二部分 阅读理解(共25小题,第一节每小题2分,第二节每小题1分;满分45分)

第一节,阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Bollworms are a traditional threat to cotton crops.Young ones feed on the boll,the part of the cotton plant that contains the seeds.

A bacterium known as Bt is able to kill bollworms and some other pests.Bt is the short form for Bacillus thuringiensis.It was discovered in the early twentieth century.Farmers began using Bt as a natural pesticide(杀虫剂).

Then,in the 1990s,researchers found a way to grow cotton plants that contain a Bt gene.The genetically improved cotton plant produces liquid that kills bollworms.Farmers around the world are now growing an estimated fourteen million hectares of Bt cotton.

Cotton bollworms also attack other crops.But scientists in China recently reported that Bt cotton may help prevent bollworm in other crops growing nearby.

The study involved crops grown in six provinces of northern China between 1992 and 2008.The study area contained three million hectares of cotton and twenty-two million hectares of corn,peanuts,soybeans and vegetables.

The researchers say the study suggested that Bt cotton not only controls bollworm on the transgenic cotton,but also may reduce its existence on other crops.And that reduction,they say,may decrease the need for insecticide use in general.

But the researchers also pointed out concerns.They say bollworms could develop resistance to the cotton plants designed to resist them.And they noted that insects called mirids have become “key pests” of cotton in China.They said this is because of a decrease in pesticide use made possible by Bt cotton.

The researchers say they do not believe that Bt cotton alone can solve all insect problems.Instead,they say farmers in China should consider it just one part of pest management systems.

1.What is Bt in this passage?

A.It's a kind of hi-tech invention.                   B.It's a natural bacterium.

C.It's a kind of pest.                        D.It's a man-made pesticide.

2.Bt cotton has all the advantages EXCEPT that ________.

A.it resists bollworms

B.it does good to other crops growing around

C.it reduces the use of insecticide

D.it helps to develop new insects

3.The underlined word “ones” in the first paragraph refers to ________.

A.bollworms          B.cotton crops         C.cotton seeds        D.pests

4.From the passage,we can infer ________.

A.farmers around the world are now growing a large area of Bt cotton

B.researchers are probably now searching for new ways to solve other cotton problems C.bollworms could not exist in Bt cotton any longer

D.Chinese scientists found the way to grow Bt cotton

 

 A new study warns that about thirty percent of the world’s people may not have enough water by the year 2025.

An American organization called Population Action International did the new study. It was more than three hundred and thirty-five million people lack enough water now. The people live in twenty-eight countries. Most of the countries are in Africa or in the Middle East.

Population Action International researcher Robert Engelman says by the year 2025, about three thousand million people lack water. At least 18 more countries are expected to have serious water problems. The demand for water keeps increasing. Yet the amount of water on the earth the same. Mr Engelman says the population in countries that lack water is growing in these countries will continue to increase.

The report says lack of water in the future may result several problems. It may increase health problems. Lack of water often means drinking water is not safe. Mr Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases such as cholera that are carried in water.

Lack of water also may result in more international conflict. Countries may have to fight for water in the future. Some countries, such as Syria, Sudan, Cambodia, and so on, now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. And the report says lack of water would affect the ability to improve their economies. This is because industries often need a large amount of water.

The Population Action International study gives several ways to solve the water problem. One way is to find ways to use water for more than one purpose. Another way is to teach people to be careful not to waste water. A third is to use less water for agriculture. The report also says long-term solutions to the water problem must include controls on population growth.

1.According to the report, how many countries will lack water by the year 2025?

A.More than eighteen

B.About twenty-eight

C.Less than forty

D.At least forty-six

2.____ million will lack water by the year 2025?

A.335

B.3,000

C.3,305

D.355

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.The amount of the water on earth will always stay the same.

B.The report gives three solutions to water problem.

C.M ost of the countries that lack water belong to the developing ones.

D.There’s only one long-term solution to solve the water problem, that is we must try our best to control the population growth.

4.The passage mainly tells us that_____.

A.water is very important for any people

B.PAI did a lot of study about water shortage

C.water shortage will be a serious problem facing us in the near future

D.controlling the population is the best way to solve the problem of water shortage

 

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