第四节 阅读理解（20×2分）

James Langston Hughes finally arrived in New York on September 4, 1921 to attend Colombia University. Langston felt frustrated at Colombia due to the discrimination of his white classmates. His grades began to suffer and finally he left and looked for a job.

Job were still hard to come by for most blacks. He longed to work on a ship that would sail abroad. After much persistence, he headed to Africa on a freighter ( 货船 ). Hughes was disturbed by the African tribes’ lack of political and economical freedom. The Africans considered him white because of his brown skin and stranded dark hair. It was here that he met a mulatto （白黑混血 ）child who was ignored by the Africans and the whites. This was a sourced of inspiration for his play, “Mulatto”.

Hughes found work on another freighter and ended up in Pairs. While there he worked at a night club that featured southern cooking and jazz performers. While moving on to Italy, Hughed was robbed and left stranded (helpless) wanting to return to the United States. He tried to get a job on a ship heading for the U.S.A. but was told they only hired the white. In this depressed state of mind he wrote, “I, Too, Sing America.”

He returned to America and found the Harlem Renaissance was spreading across racial boundaries（种族界线）. Many black poets and authors were now published in mainstream publications. Hughes was warmly welcomed by his peers （同辈）and recognized for the poetry he wrote while traveling. 

56. What inspired James Hughes to white the play “Mulatto”?

A. Neither the African nor the whites took care of a mulatto child he met.

B. The African did not like white people.

C. Blacks found it hard to find a decent job.

D. There was no political nor economical freedom in Africa.

57. How did Hughes pay for his trip from Africa to Paris?

A. He sold his poems.                  B. He got a job on ship.

C. He worked for a night club.     D. His African friends gave him some money.           58 . What happened to Hughes at Colombia University?

A. His white classmates were kind and helpful to him.

B. He was recognized as a promising poet.

C. He graduated with honors.   

D. He was very disappointed.   

    TUVALU, a tiny country in the Pacific Ocean, has asked for help as it will be swallowed up by the sea.

       Storms and huge waves are a constant threat and none of Tuvalu’s nine little islands is more than five meters above sea level. Salt water is already entering the country’s drinking water supply, as well as damaging plants that produce fruit and vegetable. Without urgent help, the country’s days are numbered.

       But Tuvalu is not the first place to face sinking into the sea. Venice, a historic city in Italy best known for its canals, has sunk about 24cm over the past 100 years. Experts say that it will have sunk another 20-50cm by 2050. A century ago, St. Mark’s Square, the lowest point city, flooded about nine times a year. Nowadays, it happens more than 100 times. While Venice is slowly sinking into the mud on which it stands, global warming causes Tuvalu’s rising sea level.

       The average global temperature has increased by almost 0.5 centigrade degrees over the past century; scientists expect it rise by extra 1-3 degrees over the next 100 years.

      Warmer weather makes glaciers (冰川) melt, and adds more water to the ocean. The warmer temperatures also make water expand, so it takes up more space, causing the sea level to rise. The sea level has risen about 10-25 cm in the last 100 years.

       The main cause of global warming is human pollution. Through burning coal, oil and gas, people have been increasing the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as CO2. This adds to the power of the greenhouse effect, making the planet even warmer.

         Many scientists believe that, if the warming is not stopped, there will be huge climate changes. The sea level could rise by one meter this century.

       Should this come true, the sea will swallow up millions of homes and the world will be flooded with “climate refugees” looking for somewhere to live.

68. We can infer from the second paragraph that         .

   A. Tuvalu is in danger of being swallowed up by the sea

   B. all Tuvalu’s islands are about five meters above the sea level

   C. drinking water in Tuvalu has been destroyed

   D. Tuvalu is often flooded by storms and waves

69. Put the following events in the right order.

    a. Glaciers began to melt.                b. People burn coal ,oil and gas.   

c. The greenhouse effect is growing.       d. The earth is getting warmer and warmer       

e. The sea level is rising.                 f. More CO2 is produced.       

    g. Many places are sinking into the sea.

    A. d,f,b,c,a,e,g       B. b,f,c,d,e,a,g       C. f,c,b,d,a,e,g       D. b,f,c,d,a,e,g

70. What does “climate refugees” mean?

    A. Climate changes.       B. Climate effect.     

    C. People forced away from their homeland by climate.   

    D. Rare animals moving from place to place for climate changes.

71 Which of the following is False according to the passage?

    A. The sea level has risen about 10-25 cm in the last 100 years for warmer       temperatures.

    B. The average global temperature has risen by 1-3 centigrade degrees over the past 100 years.

    C. The warmer temperature causes the sea level to rise.

D. There will be huge climate changes unless the warming is stopped

第二节 写作（满分30分）

    仔细观察下图，给某英文报纸写一篇120～150词的短文。短文应主要包括以下内容：

    1.简要描述图中的内容；

    2.图片中所反映的现象；

3.你对此现象的看法和建议。

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In the clinic the doctor gave me a (n) ___________ for anti-H1N1 flu.

    A.indication    B.prescription

    C.direction     D.reservation

.—Did you receive my letter?

—I received one just as I _________

A.set out                                    B.had set out  

C.was setting out                         D.would set out

 —How can you say so about my boss?

— Don’t get me wrong. I _____ ill of him.   

A. won’t speak                                          B. wasn’t speaking

C. haven’t spoken                                      D. hadn’t spoken

My house ___________white, it looks much more beautiful.

A .is painting   B .to paint   C. painting   D. painted

The woman scientist was so busy that she could hardly__________time to her children.

       A．spend       B．devote      C．share D．provide

　　Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would become a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has be come common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．

50．Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．

　 A．cheap and strong           B．cheap and long

　 C．fast and expensive          D．strong and slow

51．Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．

　 A．he made many greet cars                   B．his cars are many

　 C．he made lots of cars of the same kind         D．both A and B

52．The “Model T” was very famous_____．

　 A．before 1908  B．between 1982 and 1908   C．before 1892  D．after 1908

53．Ford built his own car factory      

A．in 1903      B．in 1908      C．in 1913       D．in 1897

We can’t continue to pretend that the problem of pollution doesn’t___________in this city.

A. exist             B. live          C. be           D. survive