摘要: In recent years we have given the rural areas in the west China support in economy, education as well as medical services. III: Complete the sentences according to the given letters: (15%)

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阅读短文,根据所读内容在表格的空白处填上适当的单词或短语,每空不超过3个单词。

  It is December thirty-first, 2004, the time when the old year dies and the New Year is born.

  Many Americans have parties at home and invite all their friends.Many of these events are noisy.People shout and sing.They often blow on small noisemakers when the New Year arrives at midnight.They kiss their husband or wife or the person they are with.They dance to music.Other Americans spend a quiet evening at home.They drink Champagne at midnight to welcome the New Year.

  Some people drink too much alcohol at New Year’s Eve celebrations.This can lead to tragic results if a person drinks too much and then drives a car.The National Safety Council says hundreds of people die in road accidents during the holiday.

  In recent years, the danger of accidents has resulted in a new tradition called the “designated driver”.One person among a group of friends drinks little or no alcohol during New Year’s Eve celebrations.Then this designated driver can safely drive the other people home.Many American cities also offer free taxi service on New Year’s Eve to take people home safely.

  Other Americans observe the coming of the New Year at events without alcohol.More than 220 American cities hold these First Night celebrations.Artists in Boston Massachusetts started the tradition of First Night celebrations in 1976.They wanted to observe the coming of a New Year.But they did not want to hold noisy drinking parties.So they organized music, art and other events to observe the holiday.

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Imagine a mass of floating waste is two times the size of the state of Texas. Texas has a land area of more than 678 000 square kilometers. So it might be difficult to imagine anything twice as big.

  All together, this mass of waste flowing in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch. It weighs about 3 500 000 tons. The waste includes bags,bottles and containers—plastic products of all kinds.

  The eastern part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is about l 600 kilometers west of California. The western part is west of the Hawaiian Islands and east of Japan. The area has been described as a kind of oceanic desert,with light winds and slow moving water currents. The water moves so slow that garbage from all over the world collects there.

  In recent years,there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health. Scientists say thousands of animals get trapped in the floating waste,resulting in death or injury. Even more die from a lack of food or water after swallowing pieces of plastic. The trash can also make animals feel full,lessening their desire to eat or drink.

  The floating garbage also can have harmful effects on people. There is an increased threat of infection of disease from polluted waste,and from eating fish that swallowed waste. Divers can also get trapped in the plastic.

  Its existence first gained public attention in l997. That was when racing boat captain and oceanographer Charles Moore and his crew sailed into the garbage while returning from a racing event. Five years earlier,another oceanographer learned of the trash after a shipment of rubber duckies got lost at sea. Many of those toys are now part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

  In August,2009,a team from the University of California,San Diego became the

latest group to travel to it. They were shocked by the amount of waste they saw. They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patch’s effect on ocean environment.

63. How did the writer introduce the topic of the passage?

  A. By giving an example.   

B. By listing the facts.

  C. By telling a story.     

D. By giving a comparison.

64. What do we know about the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?

  A. It is made up of various kinds of plastic products.

  B. It is a solid mass of floating waste materials.

  C. It lies l60 000 kilometers east of California.

  D. It is described as a kind of oceanic desert.

65. Why do people pay attention to the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?

  A. Because it may prevent the flow of ocean water.

  B. Because the polluted plastic articles will move up the food chain.

  C. Because it may be from an island in the pacific.

  D. Because ships may be trapped in the floating waste.

66. The purpose of writing this passage is to____________.

  A. warn people of the danger to travel in the pacific

  B. analyze what caused the waste patch in the pacific

  C. give advice on how to recycle waste in the ocean

D. introduce the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch

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