18．——would you like to go and see the film with me this evening?

——I am sorry, I can’t because I ________my homework.

does         B．did         C．am doing         D．has done

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One reaction to all the concern about tropical deforestation（砍伐森林） is a blank stare that asks the question, "Since I don't live there, what does it have to do with me?"

    The answer is that your way of life, wherever you live in the world, is tied to the tropics in many ways. If you live in a house, wash your hair, eat fruits and vegetables, drink soda, or drive a car, you can be certain that you are affected by the loss of tropical forests.

    Biologically, we are losing the richest regions on earth when, each minute, a piece of tropical forest, the size of ten city blocks ,disappears. As many as five million species of plants, animals, and insects (40 to 50 percent of all living things) live there, and are being lost faster than they can be found and described. Their loss is immeasurable.

    Take rubber for example. For many uses, only natural rubber from trees will do. Synthetics are not good enough. Today over half the world's commercial rubber is produced in Malaysia and Indonesia, while the Amazon's rubber industry produces much of the world's four million tons. And rubber is an important material in making gloves, balloons, footwear and many sporting goods. Thousands of other tropical plants are valuable for their industrial use.

    Many scientists strongly believe that deforestation contributes to the greenhouse effect -- or heating of the earth from increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As we destroy forests, we lose their ability to change carbon dioxide into oxygen.

    Carbon dioxide levels could double within the next half-century, warming the earth by as much as 4.5 degrees. The result? A partial melt-down of polar ice caps, raising sea levels as much as 24 feet; even 15 feet could threaten anyone living within 35 miles of the coast. Unbelievable? Maybe. But scientists warn that by the time we realize the severe effects of tropical deforestation, it will be 20 years too late.

    Can tropical deforestation affect our everyday lives? Now, you should have got the answer.

58．The underlined word "synthetics" probably means a kind of _________.

    A．natural rubber   B．tropical material   C．man-made material   D．tropical tree

59．In the last paragraph the author tries to__________.

    A．tell people how to avoid the tropical deforestation

    B．show us how important it is to protect the tropical forests

    C．persuade people to buy something synthetic

    D．let people realize the effect of tropical deforestation

60．The author's attitude towards the tropical deforestation is____________.

    A．puzzling        B．cold        C．supporting       D．opposed

 The great union we had been looking forward to _______ at last.

A．comes       B．come       C．coming        D．Came

 The Education Department announced that all the children should ______ sports meeting . 

A. join      B. join in          C. take part         D. Attend

The 2009 Chinese National Day’s Celebration held successfully in Beijing makes China______know throughout the world.

A .more              B.well       C.better             D.best

High up in the mountains _____ a quiet small village, with only 20 households.

A. surrounds         B. locates                    C. lies                D. lays

With the increasing unemployment rate, workers who are 50 to 60 years old are usually the first to be___.

A.laid aside      B.laid up      C.laid out     D.laid off

24. He saw a notice at the entrance ____ , “No spitting”

A. read    B. reads   C. is read   D. Reading

4.Can you imagine this shy _______ at the concert?

A.girl to sing  B. girl to be singing  C. girl’s singing  D. girl to have sung

  (   ) 19. What surprised me most was not what he said but _____ he said it.

the way    B. in the way that   C. in the way  D. the way which