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

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

53.解析：这是一道细节推断题。第三段“Instead of stealing cars，he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car－owner to place an ad in the newspaper asking for help.”表明他从报纸广告上知道如何与汽车司机联系。

第7题(2005年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语全国卷Ⅱ(不含听力卷))

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 suffered 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 .

Tuvalu 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”.

52.解析：这是一道所指题。根据上文“Demands for pigeon－delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story.”可判断出they指的是demands for money。

51.解析：这是一道细节推断题。第四段“The theory is supported by the fact that，so far，none of the stolen cars have been returned.”表示Chen的想法是对的。

50.解析：这是一道细节推断题。从第二段可以看出，这些盗贼通过让司机主动把钱放在口袋里让鸽子带走，可推断出“lazier and more inventive”的盗贼是鸽子的主人。

49.解析：这是一道细节推断题。根据第二段的内容可推断出当汽车司机接到电话后，他要把钱放在口袋里让鸽子带走。

53．We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because　 　　.

A．he reads the ads in the newspaper　 　　　 B．he lives in the same neighborhood

C．he has seen the car owners in the park　 D．he has trained the pigeons to follow them

答案 49.A50.D51.B52.D53.A

52．The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to　 　.

A．criminals　 B．pigeons　　 　　　 C．the stolen cars　 D．demands for money

51．The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show　 .

A．how easily people get fooled by criminals 　　 B．what Chen thinks might be correct

C．the thief is extremely clever 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．the money paid is too little