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My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” or “What perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I  26  to some degree, though I sometimes do want to  27  them how much they know about Beckham, apart from his      28  and how much they know about football apart from  29  goals. It seems funny that we are  30  for things, with which we are unfamiliar or about which we are  31 , but we all, my friends as well as I, consider this one of life’s     32  .

We need these pleasures to brighten up our lives. But that doesn't amount to craziness or nonsense. As an old saying goes: “Don't judge a book by its cover.” We  33  not judge anything from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good  34  and great contribution that make one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say  35  about Beckham’s good looks.

If we close our eyes, falling in deep thought, we can find that the things that move us to be really happy or sad have a  36  meaning. If we don't go deeper and are just satisfied with  37  things, sooner or later we will find that we have not really gained anything because our first  38  has blinded and misled us, and we’ll remain ignorant  39  we realize that and make some changes.

It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is a sign of great progress. If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it pains us, we will finally prove how much we have  40  up, how much more sensible, mature, and intelligent we have become.

1.A. like                     B. agree                                 C. hope                      D. think

2.A. ask                     B. tell                                  C. teach               D. doubt

3.A. skills                      B. fame                       C. team                     D. appearance

4.A. kicking               B. hitting                       C. scoring                 D. controlling

5.A. thankful            B. crazy                                C. curious                 D. anxious

6.A. uncertain                   B. unhappy                        C. displeased     D. careful

7.A. aims                            B. qualities                        C. pleasures             D. truths

8.A. dared                    B. would                             C. could                    D. should

9.A. thinking            B. character                 C. looks                     D. ability

10.A. more                        B. something               C. less                        D. no

11.A. clear                         B. puzzling                         C. moving                 D. valuable

12.A. material                  B. deep                          C. surface                 D. pleasant

13.A. conclusion            B. experience                        C. lesson                   D. impression

14.A. since                         B. although                        C. unless                   D. before

15.A. given                   B. sent                                C. built                       D. grown

 

In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be____36____ .

Today things are___37_____, the world has become too___38____ . We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are___39____ our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth ___40____survive.

Everyone___41_____ today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing__42_____ , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, ___43____will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we ___44_____to use bigger and more powerful machines to __45____more and more trees.

We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die.___46_____, in most countries wastes are ___47______put into rivers or into the sea, and there are _48_____laws to stop this.

We know, too, that if the___49____ of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough___50_____. What can we do to solve these problems ?

It we eat more vegetables and less___51____, there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops __52_____five times more people than land where animals are kept.

Our natural resources will _53_____longer if we learn to recycle them. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth__54_______ .

Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and clearer ___55____in the future.

1.                A．beautiful        B．unlimited （无限的） C．rare  D．valuable

 

2.                A．common        B．the same        C．changeable    D．different

 

3.                A．crowded        B．small           C．dirty D．busy

 

4.                A．protecting      B．saving          C．polluting  D．fighting

 

5.                A．may not        B．will not         C．shall not  D．could not

 

6.                A．wonders        B．realizes         C．consider  D．discovers

 

7.                A．poles          B．boats           C．methods  D．ideas

 

8.A mountains     B. the sea       C. trees              D. forests

9.                A．continue        B．have           C．ought    D．will go on

 

10.               A．grow          B．plant           C．save  D．cut down

 

11.               A．Thus           B．However       C．Generally speaking   D．Therefore

 

12.               A．still            B．even           C．also  D．certainly

 

13.               A．too many       B．a few          C．some D．few

 

14.               A．production      B．pollution        C．population D．revolution

 

15.               A．houses         B．vegetables      C．food  D．lives

 

16.               A．fruit           B．meat           C．fish   D．grain

 

17.               A．feeds          B．increases       C．supplies   D．helps

 

18.               A．use            B．stay           C．keep D．last

 

19.               A．control         B．born           C．plan  D．reward

 

20.               A．nature         B．sea            C．planet D．forest

 

 

 

There was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile traffic. At present, we realize that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the United States and brought health warnings in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution. Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil) is creating a “greenhouse effect”— conserving heat reflected from the earth and raising the world’s average temperature. If this view is correct and the world’s temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be in water.

Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth’s temperature — a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas. Today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen (though one recent government report drafted by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very possible). Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world’s temperature will stay about the same as it is now. Driven by economic profits, people neglect the damage on our environment caused by the “advanced civilization”. Maybe the air pollution is the price the human beings have to pay for their development. But is it really worthwhile?

46. As pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution _______.

　A. cause widespread damage in the countryside

　B. affected the entire eastern half of the United States

　C. had damaged effect on health

　D. existed merely in urban and industries areas

47. As to the greenhouse effect, the author __________.

　A. share the same view with the scientist.

　B. is uncertain of its occurrence

　C. rejects it as being ungrounded

　D. thinks that it will destroy the world soon

48. The word “offset” in the second paragraph could be replaced by _________.

　A. slip into   B. make up for　　 C. set up    D. catch up with

49. It can be concluded that ____________.

　A. raising the world’s temperature only a few degrees would not do much harm to life on earth

　B. lowering the world’s temperature merely a few degrees would lead major farming areas to disaster 

　C. almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decade

　D. the world’s temperature will remain constant in the years to come

50. This passage is primarily about __________.

　A. the greenhouse effect        　    B. the burning of fossil fuels

　C. the potential effect of air pollution  　D. the likelihood of a new ice age

 

PLAYA GRANDE, COSTA RICA----This resort town was long known for Leatherback Sea Turtle（棱皮龟）National Park, nightly turtle beach tours and even a sea turtle museum. However, on a beach where dozens of turtles used to nest on a given night, scientists spied only 32 leatherbacks all of last year.

With leatherbacks threatened with extinction, Playa Grande’s turtle museum was abandoned （抛弃）three years ago and now sits among a sea of weeds. And the beachside ticket office for turtle tours was washed away by a high tide in September. “We do not promote that as a turtle tourism destination any more because we realize there are far too few turtles to please,” said Alvaro Fonseca, a park ranger.（管理员）

Even before scientists found temperatures going up over the past decade, sea turtles were threatened by beach development, drift net fishing and Costa Ricans’ interest in eating turtle eggs. But climate change may cause the most serious harm to an animal that has lived in the Pacific for 150 million years.

Sea turtles are sensitive to numerous effects of warming. They feed on reefs, which are dying in hotter seas. They lay eggs on beaches that are being covered by rising seas and more violent waves.

More uniquely（独特地）, their gender is determined not by genes but by the egg’s temperature during development. Small rises in beach temperatures can result in all-female populations, obviously problematic for survival. If the sand around the eggs hits 30 degrees Celsius, the gender balance shifts to female; at about 32 degrees they are all female. Above 34, you get boiled eggs.

On some nesting beaches, scientists are artificially cooling nests with shade or irrigation and trying to protect broader areas of coastal property from development to ensure that turtles have a place to nest as the seas rise.

1.Why does the resort town stop promoting its turtle tourism?

A.It decides not to disturb the turtles’ normal life.

B.Tourists have lost interest in watching turtles.

C. There are only very few turtles now.   D. The turtle museum was destroyed by a high tide.

2. Which of the following is the major factor in the turtles’ endangerment?

A. The locals’ eating habit.   B. Drift net fishing.  C. Beach development. D. Global warming.

3. The underlined word “gender” in Paragraph 5 means ____.

A. the sex of turtles   B. the habit of turtles   C. the weight of turtles   D. the kind of turtles

4. We learn from the last paragraph that scientists ____.

A. are doing research on the sea rise   B. are moving turtles to new homes

C. are protecting turtles’ nests        D. are going rid of sea weeds

5. The passage intends to ____.

A. introduce a special kind of sea turtle   B. explain the mystery of turtles’ eggs

C. show the dangers a certain kind of sea turtle is facing  

D. attract more visitors to a sea turtle museum

 

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We all know that money can’t buy happiness. No matter how much we earn, or how nice our clothing or cars or toys are, none of it will make us happier. __【小题1】_____ and the sad thing is that it could take us decades of pursuing wealth and luxury(奢侈) items before we realize this.
So what will bring us happiness? ___【小题2】__ these three things have been proven by surveys of hundreds of thousands of people about what they have, what their lives are like, and how happy they are.
_____【小题3】_____ We have a human need to be close to other human beings. Having good, supportive friendships, a strong marriage or close and loving relationships with our family members will make us much more likely to be happy. So take time to stay with your loved ones, to tell them what they mean to you, to listen to them.
Positive thinking can lead to happiness too. In fact, optimism and self-confidence are some of the indicators(迹象)of people who lead happy lives. So remember to get into the habit of squashing(排除)all negative thoughts and replacing them with positive ones.___【小题4】____
The state we enter when we are completely focused on the work or task before us will almost undoubtedly lead to happiness. People find greatest enjoyment not when they are doing mindless work, but when they are absorbed in a mindful challenge.____【小题5】_____ turn off the TV, get outside and do something that truly attract you.
You’ve been given the Three Secrets to Happiness. Don’t waste them.

A．Instead of “I can’t” think “I can”.

B．You will have good relationships with peoples around you.

C．But many times we act as if we’d be happier with a bit more money.

D．Luckily, it’s three things that don’t cost a thing.

E.  Find work and hobbies that you’re passionate about seriously.
F.  The first thing is good relationships.
Most people value their personal happiness above money.