32. A. putting up
out
33. A. chance
34. A. wide B. turning out C. picking up D. holding B. fact
C. gift C. proud D. result D. shy B. confident B. kindness B. naturally B. rare 35. A. patience 36. A. obviously 37. A. old C. courage C. exactly C. precious D. determination D. probably D. nice D. in answer D. value 38. A. in contrast 39. A. possess B. in return B. accept C. in exchange C. carry
40. A. attractive B. significant C. unselfish D. sympathetic
第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，共50分）
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Easter (复活节) is still a great day for worship, candy in baskets and running
around the yard finding eggs, but every year it gets quite a bit worse for bunnies.
And no, not because the kids like to pull their ears. The culprit is climate change,
and some researchers found that rising temperatures are having harmful effects on at
least five species of rabbit in the US,
Take the Lower Keys Marsh rabbit, for instance. An endangered species that lives
in the Lower Florida Keys, this species of cottontail is a great swimmer -- it lives on
the islands! -- but it is already severely affected by
development and now by rising sea levels. According to the Center for Biological
Diversity, an ocean level rise of only 0.6 meters will send these ~ys jumping to higher
ground and a 0.9-meter rise would wipe out their habitat (栖息地) completely.
The snowshoe hare, on the other hand, has a color issue. Most of these rabbits
change their fur color from white in the wintertime to brown in the summer, each
designed to give them better cover from predators (~I~ ) ~ As the number of days with
snow decreases all across the country, however, more and more bunnies are being left
in white fur during brown dirt days of both fall and spring, making them an easier mark
for predators. Researchers know that the color change is controlled by the number of
hours of sunlight, but whether the rabbit will be able to adapt quick enough to survive
is a big question. The National Wildlife Federation has reported that hunters have
noticed their numbers are already markedly down.
American pikas or rock rabbits, a relative of rabbits and hares, might be the first
of these species to go extinct due to climate change. About 7-8 inches long, pikas live
high in the cool. damp mountains west of the Rocky Mountains. As global
temperatures rise, they would naturally migrate (J~2~) to higher ground -- but they
already occupy the mountaintops. They can t go any higher. The National Wildlife
Federation reports that they might not be able to stand the new temperatures as their
habitat heats up.
The volcano rabbit has the same problem. These rabbits live on the slopes of
volcanoes in Mexico, and recent studies have shown that the lower range of their