Climate change，pollution，overuse of water and development are killing some of the world’s most famous rivers including China’s Yangtze．India’s Ganges and Africa’s Nile．WWF said on Tuesday．At the global launch of its report “World’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk”，the group said many rivers could dry out. affecting hundreds of millions of people and killing unique aquatic(水生的)life．

    “If these rivers die，millions will lose their livelihoods，biodiversity(生物多

样性)will be destroyed on a massive scale，there will be less fresh water and agriculture，resulting in less food security，”said．Rayi Singh，secretary—general

of WWF—India．The report。launched ahead of“World Water Day”today，also

cited the Rio Grande in．the United States，the Mekong and Indus in Asia，Europe’s Danube, La Plata in South America and Australia’s Murray—Darling as in need of greater protection．

    Rivers are the world’s main source of fresh water and WWF says about half of the available supply is already being used up．Dams have destroyed habitats and cut rivers off from their flood plains．while climate change could affect the seasonal water flows that feed them，the report said．Fish populations，the top source of protein and overall life support for hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide，are also being threatened, it found．．The Yangtze basin is one of the most polluted rivers in the world because of decades of heavy industrialization，damming and huge influxes(流入)of seaiment(积淀)from land conversion.

  Climate change，including higher temperatures，also means serious consequences for fishery productivity，water supply and political security in Africa’s arid Nile basin．Tributaries(支流)flowing into the Ganges are drying up because of irrigation，WWF said．

What does the text mainly about?

  A．Saving fresh water in our life．B．How to protect our rivers．

  C．An important discovery．D．World’s top 10 rivers are at risk．

We can infer from the text that _____.

    A．rivers’dying out could affect food security

    B．there are four Asian rivers mentioned in the passage

    C．the Yangtze is polluted thanks to the lack of enough tributaries

    D．higher temperatures couldn’t affect fishery productivity

WWF is probably a name of _____.  

A．an organization   B．a newspaper   C．a magazine   D．a report

Climate change, pollution, overuse of water and development are killing some of the world’s most famous rivers including China’s Yangtze, India’s Ganges and Africa’s Nile, WWF said on Tuesday．At the global launch of its report “World’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk”, the group said many rivers could dry out, affecting hundreds of millions of people and killing unique aquatic life．

 “If these rivers die, millions will lose their livelihoods, biodiversity will be destroyed on a massive scale, there will be less fresh water and agriculture, resulting in less food security,” said Rayi Singh, secretary-general of WWF-India．The report launched ahead of “World Water Day” today, also cited the Rio Grande in the United States, the Mekong and Indus in Asia, Europe’s Danube, La Plata in South America and Australia’s Murray-Darling as in need of greater protection．

Rivers are the world’s main source of fresh water and WWF says about half of the available supply is already being used up．Dams have destroyed habitats and cut rivers off from their flood plains while climate change could affect the seasonal water flows that feed them, the report said．Fish populations, the top source of protein and overall life support for hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide, are also being threatened, it found… The Yangtze basin is one of the most polluted rivers in the world because of decades of heavy industrialization, damming and huge influxes of sediment from land conversion．

Climate change, including higher temperatures, also means serious consequences for fishery productivity, water supply and political security in Africa’s arid Nile basin．Tributaries flowing into the Ganges are drying up because of irrigation, WWF said．

What does the text mainly talk about?

      A．Saving fresh water in our life．             B．How to protect our rivers．

      C．An important discovery．                  D．World’s top 10 rivers are at risk．

We can infer from the text that _____．

      A．rivers’ dying out could affect food security  

       B．there are four Asian rivers mentioned in the passage  

       C．the Yangtze is polluted thanks to the lack of enough tributaries 

       D．higher temperatures couldn’t affect fishery productivity

The top 10 rivers are fast dying as a result of the following EXCEPT _____．

      A．climate change    B．wasting water   

       C．pollution              D．dams

WWF is probably a name of _____．

      A．an organization      B．a newspaper         C．a magazine           D．a report

When I was fourteen I was hit by a car and I felt almost senseless from the waist down．I spent the next four years   36  a back support．I began running seven days a week to   37 my muscles （肌肉）．It was exhausting but I   38  before I graduated from high school．
When I was thirty-one, I was in   39  car accident in which my legs were seriously injured．The  40  told me that their goal was to get me to walk "__41  " but that I would never run again．Stubborn and _42_ , however, I set out to rebuild my leg muscles to support my knees through my own personalized 43  program． The fact was that it took me two years to learn how to walk and nine and a half years to run again．
While on one of my runs, a   44  thought entered my mind: what   45  I could run the LA Marathon? I wanted to know what it felt like to _46  the prized finish line, even if it  47  I had to crawl（爬） across it．I had only four months to get ready．I spent almost all my time training as if my very 48  depended on it——actually, it did．I   49  that if I didn’t train to my fullest, my body would   50  and the doctors’ diagnosis （诊断） would win．I wasn’t about to let that happen．I had a dream: I would run the LA Marathon to achieve one of my life’s greatest   51  ．I trained eight times a week, seven days a week —twice on Wednesdays．
Finally, my hard efforts   52  ．I crossed the finish line of the LA Marathon, strong and solid．
I’m often asked why I run, to which I always   53  ,"I run because I can．" I   54 myself that the aches and pains I experience while training and racing are  55  , compared to the suffering those whom I admire must bear．This is why I run．
【小题1】A, dressing           B．wearing             C．designing       D．decorating

Less than one year after France imposed(强加于)a nationwide ban on smoking in most public places, it will, from Jan. 1, 2008, extend the ban to bars, restaurants, hotels, nightclubs - and the most cherished of all: caf†s.

Ireland and Italy show that countries with longstanding smoking traditions may introduce bans fairly smoothly, as they did in 2004 and 2005. In Germany, where regulations vary locally, Berlin will join France on Jan 1. But fierce critics of the new law in France say it all but destroys the caf†'s basic function: to serve as the socioeconomic glue of society.

C†cile Perez, owner of La Fronde, a typical Parisian neighborhood caf† said: "In the morning, street cleaners in bright green uniforms sip coffee next to well-dressed businessmen; at lunch hour, working-class types rub shoulders with those of the latest fashion at the bar, while couples of all ages rub noses over salads; during the after-work rush, there is a steady soundtrack of clinking glasses combined with conversation; the constant, no matter what time of day, is the smoke that drifts through the air in curls and clouds, seemingly unnoticed."

"Our motto in France is: liberty, equality, fraternity," Olivier Seconda, a regular at the caf†, said.

"The caf† is the place that represents that. You're free to smoke, everyone pays the same price for a beer and different kinds of people talk with one another. This new law goes against that."

Seconda expects the ban to be felt even more strongly in small villages far from Paris, where the caf† is often the only means of social activity. "People already miss the space that allows people of all walks of life to share something-even if it is sometimes no more than a few words and the smoke floating between them."

69. In Germany, ______.

    A. caf† smoking will be forbidden from Jan,1, 2008

    B. the tradition of caf† smoking is and will be well-kept

    C. local customs are well respected in terms of smoking

    D. there are different regulation on smoking

70. C†cile Perez mentions the curls and clouds of smoke drifting through the air to ______

    A. describe a friendly atmosphere                         B. show the beauty of his own caf†

    C. support the ban on smoking                               D. remind us of something unnoticed

71. Olivier Seconda implies that ______.

    A. the caf† provides people with enough liberty, equality, and fraternity

    B. people, regardless of their social class, enjoy equal rights in a caf†

    C. the new ban on caf† smoking should be put in effect only in villages

    D. people would not find fun in a caf† without smoking a cigarette

72. The passage is written to _______.

    A. show the writer's personal opinion against a new law

      B. provide information for law-makers to pass a new law

    C. tell why some people are unhappy about smoking ban in caf†s

    D. compare attitudes to a law, held by people from different countries

Climate change，pollution，overuse of water and development are killing some of the world’s most famous rivers including China’s Yangtze．India’s Ganges and Africa’s Nile．WWF said on Tuesday．At the global launch of its report “World’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk”，the group said many rivers could dry out, affecting hundreds of millions of people and killing unique aquatic（水生的）life．

    “If these rivers die，millions will lose their livelihoods，biodiversity（生物多样性）will be destroyed on a massive scale，there will be less fresh water and agriculture，resulting in less food security，”said．Rayi Singh，secretary—general of WWF—India．The report launched ahead of “World Water Day” today，also cited the Rio Grande in the United States，the Mekong and Indus in Asia，Europe’s Danube, La Plata in South America and Australia’s Murray—Darling as in need of greater protection．

    Rivers are the world’s main source of fresh water and WWF says about half of the available supply is already being used up．Dams have destroyed habitats and cut rivers off from their flood plains．while climate change could affect the seasonal water flows that feed them，the report said．Fish populations，the top source of protein and overall life support for hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide，are also being threatened, it found．．The Yangtze basin is one of the most polluted rivers in the world because of decades of heavy industrialization，damming and huge influxes（流入）of sediment（积淀）from land conversion．

  Climate change，including higher temperatures，also means serious consequences for fishery productivity，water supply and political security in Africa’s arid Nile basin．Tributaries（支流）flowing into the Ganges are drying up because of irrigation，WWF said．

1.hat is the text mainly about?

A．Saving fresh water in our life．   B．How to protect our rivers．

C．An important discovery．   D．World’s top 10 rivers are at risk．

2.We can infer from the text that _____．

A．rivers’ dying out could affect food security

B．there are four Asian rivers mentioned in the passage

C．the Yangtze is polluted thanks to the lack of enough tributaries

D．higher temperatures couldn’t affect fishery productivity

3.The top 10 rivers are fast dying as a result of the following EXCEPT _____．

A．climate change B．wasting water       C．pollution            D．dams

4.WWF is probably a name of _____．

A．an organization        B．a newspaper      C．a magazine         D．a report