B. expose to different kinds of pests C. exposed to the pest at the same time D. placed together in a closed compartment
34. The experiment shows that the infested plant helps its neighbors by ____D细节题__
A. making more Hex Vic to attract the pest B. releasing Hex Vic into the air to warn them C. letting them know how to produce Hex Vic D. producing enough Hex Vic to kill the pest
35.What may be the best title for the passage?C主旨题 A. Survival of Plants B. Plant World C. Talking Plants D. Plant Bug Killer Passage Four
Vancouver is the best place to live in the Americas, according to a quality-of-life ranking published earlier this month .The city regularly tops such indexes as its clean air, spacious homes and weekend possibilities of sailing and skiing. But its status as a liveable city is threatened by worsening congestion(拥挤).Over the next three decades, another I million residents are expected to live in the Greater Vancouver region, adding more cars, bicycles and lorries to roads that
arc already struggling to serve the existing 2.3 million residents.
A proposal by Vancouver’s mayor seeks to prevent the worsening conditions. Upgrades would be made to 2,300 kilometres of road lanes, as well as bus routes and cycle paths. Four hundred new buses would join the fleet of 1,830. There would be more trains and more “sea bus” ferry crossings between Vancouver and its wealthy northern suburbs. To get all that, residents must vote to accept an increase in sales tax, from 7% to 7.5%. Polls suggest they will vote no.
Everyone agrees that a more efficient transport system is needed. Confined by mountains to the north, the United States to the south and the Pacific Ocean to the west, Vancouver has spread in the only direction where there is still land, into the Fraser Valley, which just a few decades ago was mostly farmland. The road is often overcrowded.
Yet commuters’suspicion of local bureaucrats may exceed their dislike of congestion. TransLink, which runs public transport in the region, is unloved by taxpayers. Passengers blame it when Skytrain,the light-rail system, comes to a standstill because of mechanical or electrical faults, as happened twice in one week last summer, leaving commuters stuck
in carriages with nothing to do but expressing their anger on Twitter. That sort of thing has made voters less willing to pay the C$7.5 billion in capital spending that the ten-year traffic upgrade would involve.
Despite the complaints, Vancouver’s transport system is a decent, well-integrated one on which to build, reckons Todd Litman, a transport consultant who has worked for TransLink. “These upgrades are all-important if Vancouver wants to maintain its reputation for being a destination others want to go to.”He says.
36. The biggest problem threatening Vancouver as a liveable city is .A细节题
A. increasing congestion B. climate change C. shortage of land D. lack of money
37. The upgrade proposal by Vancouver’s mayor may be turned down by residents because .D推理题 A. they do not want more people to move in B. they are reluctant to move to new places C. upgrades would take away their living space D. upgrades would add to their financial burdens
38. The only direction for Vancouver to further expand is towards .A推理题 A. the east B. the west C. the south D. the north
39. TransLink is mentioned (Para.4) as an example of .A细节题
A. world famous transport companies
B. local residents’complaints about the bureaucrats C. local effort to improve public transport D. worsening traffic congestion
40. According to Todd Litman, the upgrade proposal .B推理题
A. will solve the traffic problem B. will benefit local economy C. satisfies the transport company D. deserves public support Section B
Directions: In this section, you are required to read one quoted blog and the comments on it. The blog and comments are followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four
suggested answers A, B, C and D Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. 有两种题型：
一种是阅读完博客及跟帖、广告等，四选一的传统题型；另一种是在几份阅读材料前设置空白，将合适的内容填充到空格处。
解题技巧：
第一：抓住专有词汇：某段落中围绕的人物、事物、机构等； 第二：锁定主题方式：首句—末句—关键词重合； 第三：掌握阅读技巧；
第四：学会详阅得当：首句、末句、问题、句子的详读。
Towards the end of the 1990s, more than a decade and a half Diet Coke was first introduced, sale of Coca Cola’s best-selling low caloric drink appeared to slow down. However, in the decade that followed, diet sodas grew by more than 30 percent. In 2009, sales pushed above $8.5 billion