Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and StructureIn this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Part Ⅲ IdentificationEach of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Part Ⅳ ClozeThere are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fit into the passage.
Scientists say that something very serious is happening to the earth. It will begin to get 1 in the following years. There will be major changes in 2 in the new century. Coastal waters will have a 3 temperature. This will have a 4 effect on agriculture. In northern areas, the 5 season will be ten days longer by the year 2010.However, in warmer areas, it will be too dry. The 6 of water could 7 by eighty percent. This would 8 a large decrease in agriculture production.
World temperature could 9 two degrees centigrade by the year 2040.However, the increase could be three times as great in the Arctic and Antarctic areas. This could cause the 10 sheets to melt and raise the 11 of the oceans 12 one to two meters. Many coastal cities would be 13 water.
Why is this happening? There is too 14 carbon dioxide in the air. 15 oil, gas and coal burn, they create large amounts of carbon dioxide. This carbon dioxide lets 16 enter the earth’s atmosphere and 17 the earth. However, it doesn’t let as much heat 18 the atmosphere and enter space. It’s like a blanket. The heat 19 the sun can pass through the blanket to warm the earth. The heat 20 there and can’t escape through the blanket again.
Scientists call this the green-house effect. Section A1. Indian energy officials have been seeking ways to use less imported oil to provide energy.
印度能源官员一直在寻找可以少用进口石油提供能源的方法。
2. Clocks operate with gears. So do cars and so does the device invented by the Indian scientists to produce electricity.
钟表是由齿轮来带动的。汽车和印度科学家发明的这种发电设备也是一样的。
3. When the issue of smoking at the workplace is discussed, perhaps the most important problem is the health risk that smoking causes to both smokers and never-smokers.
当讨论工作场所吸烟的问题时,也许最重要的问题是,吸烟给吸烟者和不吸烟者带来的健康风险。
4. Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories.
现在美国研究者认为他们很快就会发明出来一种药丸,帮助人们忘掉不好的记忆。
5. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
迄今为止,研究表明,被减弱的只是记忆的情感影响,而不是记忆本身被抹去。
Section B1. 我想说的是,在奥运会上做志愿者(volunteer)对于年轻人是有意义的事。
What I want to say is that it is meaningful for the young to be volunteers in the Olympic Games.
2. 简而言之,每个人都应该为自己的行为负责。
In short, everybody should take responsibility for his behavior.
3. 我下决心一个月之内在功课上要赶上同学们。
I am determined to catch up with my classmates in one month.
4. 在我看来,他们很难掩盖事实真相。
In my view, it is very difficult for them to cover up the truth.
5. 直到会议结束那位经理一直保持沉默不语。
The manager kept silent until the end of the conference.