23. 解析：答案B。too eager to do sth. “太渴望做某事”，在此处作状语，不能理解为太渴望而不想做某事。类似表心理活动的词语还有glad, pleased, excited, ready, willing等。much作副词一般修饰形容词和副词的比较级。

22. 解析：答案B。2002年，以活力四射的表演而闻名的杰克逊在民主党全国委员会义演音乐会“阿波罗之夜”上表演。performed作谓语，一般过去时。

21. 解析：答案C。when引导时间状语从句，二十年以前当我十几岁的时候。It was…that是强调句型。

84. Why was Ostrom awarded the Nobel prize for economics?　 (not more than 16 words)

SECTION C

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

假如你是李华，是校学生会的学习部长。请你代表全校学生给新来的外教Steven 写一封信表示欢迎, 并提出教学建议(至少两条)及理由。

注意：词数不少于120字．

参考词汇：学生会学习部长: the academic minister of the Students’ Union

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Yours sincerely,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　Li Hua

解析

83. Why was Ostrom advised not to take a PhD when she applied for graduate school?　 (not more than 9 words)

82. What does “cross-disciplinary” mean according to the passage?　 (not more than 9 words)

● spent-nuclear-fuel storage / storage of spent-nuclear-fuel

● 　　　　80　　　　　　

● uncertainty about the costs and time needed

SECTION B

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

A political scientist from Indiana University whose work exploring how people come together to preserve their collective resources may provide important clues in the fight against climate change has become the first woman to win the Nobel prize for economics.

Elinor Ostrom, 76, shares 2009 Nobel prize with fellow American academic Oliver Williamson, 77. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced to the world the pair had been chosen to win the 40th prize in economic sciences.

For Ostrom, the award came, as a "big surprise". To rise to the peak of her area of learning has been a big journey, as she has had to struggle against her own weaknesses and the barriers of the system. At school in Los Angeles, she suffered from stuttering. She also faced the barriers common to most women of her generation entering the sciences --- she was discouraged from taking a PhD when she applied for graduate school.

Her field of study has been striking for how cross-disciplinary it is. Early on she gained a reputation for bringing economics, political science and sociology together.

What interests her is how common property can be managed successfully through groups in society. The findings of her research have been striking, as the Nobel committee pointed out, because they have challenged the traditional assumption that common property is poorly managed unless it is either controlled by government or privatized. She has shown how different individuals can band together and form collectives that protect the resource at hand.

“A lot of people are waiting for more international co-operation to solve global warming.” Ostrom said , “It is important that there is international agreement, but we can be taking steps at family level, community level, civic and national level … There are many steps that can be taken. That will not solve it on their own but continuously will make a big difference.”

81. How did Ostrom feel when she got the prize?　 (not more than 3 words)

● nuclear power　

● the strategies of carbon capture and storage

● renewable energy 　　

● 　　　　　　　78　　　　 　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ● a carbon tax　　

●　 to produce energy and materials with little GHG emission

● to use those energies and materials efficiently

● to have 　　　　　76　　　　 　　　of GHGs

● global warming

● long-term climate change

● 　　　　　　74　 　　　　　　on humanity