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A.that they can't understand the English language
B.that they lose their position of authority in their families
C.that their children have lost sense of their own national values D.how they can master the English language as soon as possible
2.From the passage we can infer that the population of the States at present is about.—— A.275 million B.220 million C.255 million
D.smaller than 250 million?
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.All the immigrants had expected the troubles they would meet before they went to the US. B.Two thirds of the immigrant families are low income households.
C.American culture shows a spirit against conservative social and cultural values. D.American pop culture puts the immigrant families at a disadvantage. 4.Which of the following is probably the title of the report? A.The Result of the US Census
B.The Differences Between Parents and Children in the US C.The Troubles of the American Immigrants
D.Role Reversal(颠倒) Troubles Many Parents and Children? Passage 13
Humanity uses a little less than half the water available worlide.Yet occurrences of shortages and droughts(干旱) are causing famine and distress in some areas,and industrial and agriculturalbyproducts are polluting water supplies.Since the world's population is expected to double in the next 50 years,many experts think we are on the edge of a widespread water crisis. But that doesn't have to be the outcome.Water shortages don't have to trouble the world—if we start valuing water more than we have in the past.Just as we began to appreciate petroleum more after the 1970s oil crises,today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic perspective.We can no longer afford to consider water a virtually free resource of which we can use as much aswe like in any way we want.
Instead,for all uses except the domestic demand of the poor,governments should price water to reflect its actual value.This means charging a fee for the water itself as well as for the supply costs. Governments should also protect this resource by providing water in more economically and environmentally sound ways.For example,often the cheapest way to provide irrigation(灌溉) water in the dry tropics is through smallscale projects,such as gathering rainfall in depressions(洼地) and pumping it to nearby crop land。
No matter what steps governments take to provide water more efficiently,they must change their institutional and legal approaches to water use.Rather than spread control among hundreds or even thousands of local,regional and national agencies that watch various aspects of water use,countries should set up central authorities to coordinate water supply. 1.What is the real cause of the potential water crisis? A.Only half of the world's water can be used.
B.The world population is increasing faster and faster.
C.Half of the world's water resources have been seriously polluted. D.Humanity has not placed sufficient value on water resources. 2.As indicated in the passage,the water problem—— A.is already serious in certain parts of the world
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B.has been exaggerated by some experts in the field
C.poses a challenge to the technology of building reservoirs D.is understated by government organiations at different level 3.According to the author,the water price should——
A.be reduced to the minimumB.stimulate domestic demand
C.correspond to its real valueD.take into account the occurrences ofdroughts 4.The author says that in some hot and dry areas it is advisable to ——. A.build big lakes to store water? B.construct big pumping stations
C.build small and cheap irrigation systems?
D.channel water from nearby rivers to cropland
5.In order to raise the efficiency of the water supply,measures should be taken to ———— A.guarantee full protection of the environment B.centralie the management of water resources
C.increase the sense of responsibility of agencies at all levels D.encourage local and regional control of water resources Passage 14
People in Shanghai can quench their thirst(解渴) with high quality water if the Shanghai Water Authority (SWA) is able to make good on its word.It has vowed(发誓) to make the city's water match its status as a worldclass city。
“The current tap water quality meets national standards,but,compared with that of the
European Union and the United States,it still needs to be improved,”said the SWA's director general,hang Jiayi.
The Shanghai Special Water Supply Layout calls for residents to be able to drinkthe tap water without boiling it,in less than a decade. In other developed countries,water fountains can be found almost everywhere—people do not
bother with bottled drinking water. By 2020,the water of the Huangpu River will be treated to reduce the amount of organic(有机
物的) waste in it.This initiative(倡议) is to be completed in the first half of this year,hang said. Major water works that draw water from the Huangpu will need more treatment facilities to improve the color,texture(结构),ammonia(氨)and nitrogen(氮) content before 2010.
These treatment facilities are expected to cost 4 billion yuan,something that could affect the price of water,according to Chen Yin,SWA's deputy director general. Chen said that replacing water pipes was also a key project.The city's aged pipes are mostly to blame for the bad water quality. The SWA has started the water facilities renovation(整修) work,including the more than
14,000 kilometers of indoor piping,107,000 tanks on top of the buildings,and more than 6,000 underground facilities.
World Water Day came on March 22,and this year's theme is“water for the future”.Beijing is
also drawing up plans during China's Water Week,which runs until March 28.
By 2008,the water for the Olympic Games is to above World Health Organiation
standards.And,the people of Beijing will be able to drink their tap water as well.
(From 21st CenturyMarch 27,2003)
1.What does the italicied word“it”mean in the second paragraph? A.The current tap water.?
B.The quality of current tap water.
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C.National standards.?
D.The tap water of the European Union and the US. 2.People in Shanghai can drink their tap water.———— A.By 2020
B.in the first half of this year C.before 2010 D.by 2008
3.What step need not be taken in order to improve the tap water? A.The water of the Huangpu River will be treated. B.Aged water pipes will be treated. C.Water facilities must be renovated. D.Water fountains must be found.
4.Which is the correct order of the following events?
a.People of Shanghai can quench their thirst with high quality water. b.The tap water quality meets national standards.
c.The water of Shanghai reaches the standards of developed countries. d.The people of Beijing drink their tap water.?
e.The treatment of the water of Huangpu River has been finished. A.e,d,a,b,c B.b,d,e,a,c C.e,d,b,c,a .b,e,d,c,a
5.What is the main idea of the passage? A.The cost of treating the tap water.
B.How to reach the water standards of developed countries.
C.The project for making tap water drinkable in Shanghai and Beijing. D.The progress of treating the water of Huangpu River.? Passage 15?
United States President George W.Bush yesterday expressed dou on efforts by United Nations arms inspectors(调查人员) to get information from Iraqi scientists, adding the presence of Iraqiofficials as a reason for it. A US official said any interference(干涉) by Iraq with the interview would be another sign that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was failing to meet UN disarmament(解除武装) demands. “The inspectors are there to decide whether or not he is disarmingYou hear these reports about Iraqi scientists being interviewed, but there's an official in the room.\during a tour of his Texas farm. Bush had been asked whether he was satisfied with the UN inspectors' attempts to interview Iraqi scientists. Bush's answer included broad criticism(批评) of Saddam and a warning that a war was near. “He is a man who likes to play games andjokes. The question is, will Saddam Hussein disarm?\Bush said. “The first sign isn't very satisfactory that he will voluntarily disarm.\interviews. “He's got to understand his day is coming,\Bush said of Saddam. Bush spoke as more than 11,000 US soldiers prepared to head for the Gulf to join in US preparations for a possible invasion(入侵) of Iraq to force an end to any programmes Saddam has to make nuclear biological or chemical weapons(武器). The news came the same day as warplanes dropped 480,000 leaflets(传单) over two cities in a so called nofly area of southern Iraq on Thursday, pressing Iraqi armyand citiens to listen to US specialforces radio broadcasts to the area, the US armed forces said.? 1?What didn't President Bush talk about according to this news report?
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A?The interview with Iraqi scientists.? B?The warning towards Iraq.?
C?The dou about Saddam's disarmament.? D?Sending 480,000 soldiers to Iraq.?
2?Why didn't Bush believe what the Iraqi scientists said during the inerviews?? A?Because the scientists wouldn't like to tell the truth.? B?Because Bush never believed anything the scientists said.?
C?Because Iraqi officials were watching them during the interviews. D?Because Saddam asked them to tell lies during the interviews. 3?Which of the following statements is true?? A?The farm owned by Bush is in California.?
B?11,000 US soldiers haven't got to the Middle East.? C?The nofly one is in the northern part of Iraq.? D?Bush thinks Saddam will disarm of himself.? 参考答案与解析? Passage 1?
1.细节题。从文中第一段的最后一句“…or are prevented from asking by ourfear of being criticied”可以得出结论。答案为B。?
2.从文章第三段“In order to protect your feelings,which you may not want exposed,write the question down(in capitals if you wish) on a slip of papes without your name on it.Then fold the paper and hand it to your teacher…”可
以得出结论。答案为B。?
3.从文中的最后一段“The class should regard both!Questions and answers and the discussion that arises from them as confidential to avoid breaking the trust the questioner has placed in the lesson…”可以得出答案。答案为A。? Passage 2? 1.主旨题。其实我们根据文章的标题“Chinese，MainLand， Hong Kong，TaiwanJoin Hand in SARS Research”，另外从文章的倒数第二段的第一句话“We have cooperated with the US Center for Disease Control…”和文章的最后一段“Experts fromthe mainland and Taiwan are pushing for greater cooperation in the field”，均可找出答案。答案为B。?
2.细节题。从文中第三段“The disease's infectiousness(传染性)is being weakened as it passes from one group to another.”可直接找到答案。答案为B。?
3.从文章的倒数第二段的第一句“We have cooperated with the US Center…”和倒数第一段的第一句“Experts from the mainland and Taiwan are pushing for greater cooperation in the field”可以得出结论。A.“about half of the patients with SARS died”是一个错误信息，通过文章的几句话，“So far,over 83% of the patients have recovered and been released from hospital.”“So far,a little over 20 peoplehave been affected,with no deaths reported.” 可以推测出来。B.“When the passage was written there were about 2，960 people with SARS in Guangdong.”这是个错误
信息。文章的第一段第一句话告诉我们“…worlide…”表明是世界共有2，960，而不是
广东一个地方。C.是一个错误信息。第五段第二句话“So far，a little over 20 people have been affected.”已经有20多人患病。答案为D。 ?
4.词语理解题。从第三段中可以看出，“…there is no reason to panic”中的“panic”表示“慌乱，害怕”，“scare”的意思是“恐惧，害怕”。答案为C。? Passage 3?
1.A.“45,000 children and teachers a year…”这是一个错误答案。从文中最后一句话“…and at least…over the past 19 years…”可知是在过去十九年中，而不是一年。B为错误答案，从第五段
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的最后一句“regardless of their background”可以看出。D是错误答案，从文中的第四段的最后一句可以看出。C是正确答案，从“What made it really bad was when I started mixing…”得出结论。答案为C。 ?
2.通读全文可以了解该文章主要介绍“Lapalala Wilderness”。答案为D。 3.三个人有“Walker,Conita,a neighbour”。答案为C。? Passage 4?
1.细节题。从第一段“…he helps the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) find out the world's most wanted cyber criminals”可找出答案。答案为A。
2.细节题。从第二段的第一句话“Jonathan first made headlines when he and another Swede,Fredrik Bjoerck,found out the maker of the ?Melissa?virus in March 1999.”可以找出答案。答案为B。? 3.Jonathan的一些经历积累了知识，所以我们说，“experience is knowledge.”答案为B。? 4.总体说来Jonathan是一个“regular kid”，但是他又做了一些不寻常的事情。答案为D。? Passage 5
1.该则新闻报道的所有内容都是围绕戈尔放弃2004年总统竞选决定这一中心来写的。答案为B。?
2.作为现年54岁的戈尔年龄并不大，A是不对的；从“…their party had lost a top candidate”也可以判断出B是不正确的；从戈尔的话“…it probably means that I will never have another opportunity to run for president.”来分析，他还是很想当美国总统的。再说，又有谁不想当总统呢?从“There are a lot of people within the Democratic Party who felt exhausted( by the 2000 race)…who fell like,OK，?I don't want to go through that again.?And I'm frankly sensitive to that feeling.”可以很清楚地推断出正确答案为C。?
3.从好多人对戈尔的赞扬以及戈尔的话“…in the full understanding that…”可以看出戈尔做出的决定是通过深思熟虑的，因此，他也是很冷静的(calm)。答案为D。? Passage 6
1.推断题。本文第一段的首句是本文的主题句。“Pricilla这幢?有效节能?的房子，结果却是一场噩梦。”从通篇的阐述分析，这栋房子确实无可指责，而问题在于良好的节能性使早已存在的室内环境污染得以显现，致使Ouchida身受其害。所以选项B“从节约能源方面看是完美无瑕的”正确。选项C“不能达到节约能量的标准”与此刚好相悖。文章没有涉及到建房所需费用值不值的问题。因此，选项A花在其建设上的钱比较值得”，不对。文章没有提到选项D“按科学的方法设计建造的”，故此项也不对。答案为B。?
2.细节题。第三段的第二、三句：“厨房内甲醛气体的标准比联邦当局要求从事化学生产的 标准的两倍还要高。气体来自哪里?厨房内的新柜子和铺满地板的地毯。”另外从最后一段 的分析可看出，此类问题是由于新建房屋的密封性好所致。所以，选项A“缺乏新鲜空气” 为正确答案。而选项B、C、D均与文章内容不符。答案为A。?
3.词语题。这一段指出：The Ouchidas是室内空气污染的受害者，国家开展的节能运动使人 们忽视室内空气污染问题，这是造成这种情况的部分原因。然后指出：室内空气污染问题早 在节能运动前就存在，只是节能使这种问题在有些情况下变得更严重。据此，答案为C。? 4.细节题。最后一段第二句明确指出：“因为在以前能源便宜时，房屋的建造者不必担心未 封闭的裂缝。”应选择选项B。其他三项都不符合题意。答案为B。?
5.主旨题。综观全文，尤其是作者在最后两段的分析，可以看出本文只是以节能所造成的问 题为例，旨在阐述早已存在的室内空气污染问题。所以选项C为正确答案。实际上该题就 是“Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?”的另一种表达形式。答案为C。Passage 7?
1.从文中的第二段可以看出：私立学校可以提供“better teachers,superior living facilities and more advanced teaching equipment”。答案为C。? 2.从第一、二段中可以找到。答案为D。?
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