單項選擇題
1、 B． Storms Sink Ships
1 Rescuers have found the bodies of over 130 people killed in two ferry disasters in Bangladesh. The accidents happened during a storm that hit the country on April 21. undreds more are missing or feared deaD．
2 The two ferries sank in different rivers near the capital city of Dhaka as strong winds and rain hit the South Asian country.
3 The government has since banned all ferries and other boats from traveling at night during the April-May stormy season.
4 One of the ferries, MV Mitali，was carrying far more people than it was supposed to. About 400 passengers fitted into a space made for just 300, police saiD． The second ferry carried about 100 passengers.
5 “The number of deaths is certain to rise. ” said an official in charge of the rescue work. "No one really knows how many people were on board the ferry or how many of them surviveD． “
6 Ferries in Bangladesh don't always keep passenger lists, making it difficult to determine the exact number of people on boarD．
7 Besides the ferry accidents, at least 40 people were killed and 400 injured by lightning strikes，falling houses and trees and the sinking of small boats.
8 Storms are common this time of year in Bangladesh, as are boating accidents. Ferry disasters take away hundreds of lives every year in a nation of 130 million people.
9 Officials blame these river accidents on a lack of safety measures, too many passengers in boats and not enough checks on weather conditions.
10 Ferries are a common means of transport in Bangladesh. It is a country covered by about 230 rivers. Some 20，000 ferries use the nation's waterways every year. And many of them are dangerously overcrowdeD．
11 Since 1977，more than 3,000 people have died in some 260 boating accidents.
閱讀短文，回答題。
How many people have been found dead in the two ferry disasters?
A．Over 130.
B．At least 40.
C．About 400.
D．Over 3000.
2、Patricia stared at the other girls with resentment. A．a(chǎn)nger B．doubt C．love D．surprise
3、There is no risk to public health. A．point B．danger C．chance D．hope
4、 根據(jù)以下材料回答題： Age Discrimination By the year 2000 nearly half the workforce in Europe are over 40 and yet throughout Europe there is a deep ambivalence ( 猶豫 )-if not outright suspicion-towards the capabilities of older workers. Those over the age of 40 generally take longer to find new employment, but European governments have done little to protect their employment rights. Only Germany, with incentives to business to encourage the employment of older people, and France, with the introduction of legislation making it illegal to use age barriers in recruitment-or to make employees redundant because of their age done anything substantive to combat age discrimination. Yet even in these two countries, there has been no noticeable improvement in the lot of the older workers; indeed, in France, job advertisements flout ( 輕視，反對 ) the law openly by asking for applicants of a certain age. So, should France and Germany be tightening up their laws and should the rest of Europe follow suit? Bill Robbins, a careers consultant said, "Legislation against age discrimination has been in existence for well over ten year in the U.S. and Canada, but has had no effect. Employers will always be able to find some reasons for turning down an older applicant without appearing to break the law." Ironically, it was governments which played a leading role in hardening business culture against older workers in the first place. In the late 1970s, many European countries were extremely concerned about the levels of youth unemployment, and France, Germany and Belgium even initiated incentive schemes for businesses to encourage older employees to take early retirement provided that younger trainees were taken on in their place. As more and more employees took early retirement, often willingly, a new, youth-oriented culture permeated business throughout most of Europe-even in those countries that had taken no active measures to promote it. Demographic ( 人口統(tǒng)計學的 ) trends mean that governments are now anxious to slow down the policy of early retirement as they realize that they simply do not have the funds to meet their pension promises. But reversing business attitudes is no easy matter. Dianah Worman a policy adviser said, "There is a widely held belief that older people are less, adaptable and trainable. This is just not true: research has shown that differences in capability are as wide within age groups as they are between them."
Which of the following words can best describe the European attitude to older workers? A．Dislike. B．Disapproval. C．Distrust. D．Disappointment.
5、 My father is a physician． A．researcher B．professor C．doctor D．student
6、 That guy is really witty． A．ugly B．smart C．honorable D．popular
7、 The researchers have just completed a study of driving situations. A．started B．finished C．changed D．made
8、 Climate Change: The Long Reach 根據(jù)以下材料回答題： 1. Earth is wanning. Sea levels are rising. There's more carbon in the air and Arctic ice is melting faster than at any time in recorded history. Scientists who study the environment to better gauge (評估 ) Earth's future climate now argue that these changes may not reverse for a very long time. 2. People burn fossil fuels like coal and oil for energy. That burning releases carbon dioxide, a colorless gas. In the air, this gas traps heat at Earth's surface. And the more carbon dioxide released, the more the planet warms. If current consumption of fossil fuels doesn't slow, the long-term climate impacts could last thousands of years-and be more severe than scientists had been expecting. Climatologist Richard Zeebe of the University of Hawaii at Manoa offers this conclusion in a newspaper. 3. Most climate-change studies look at what's going to happen in the next century or so. During that time, changes in the planet's environment could nudge ( 推動 ) global warming even higher. For example : Snow and ice reflect sunlight back into space. But as these melt, sunlight can now reach-and warm-the exposed ground. This extra heat raises the air temperature even more, causing even more snow to melt. This type of rapid exaggeration of impacts is called a fast feedback. 4. Zeebe says it's important to look at fast feedbacks. However he adds, they're limited. From a climate change perspective, "This century is the most important time for the next few generations," he told Science News. "But the world is not ending in 2100." For his new study, Zeebe now focuses on "slow feedbacks." While fast feedback events unfold over decades or centuries, slow feedbacks can take thousands of years. Melting of continental ice sheets and migration of plant life-as they relocate to more comfortable areas-are two examples of slow feedbacks. 5. Zeebe gathered information from previously published studies investigating how such processes played out over thousands of years during past dramatic changes in climate. Then he came up with a forecast for the future that accounts for both slow and fast feedback processes. Climate forecasts that use only fast feedbacks predict a 4.5 degree Celsius ( 8.1 degree Fahrenheit ) change by the year 3000.But slow feedbacks added another1.5℃ -for a 6° total increase, Zeebe reports. He also found that slow feedbacks events will cause global warming to persist for thousands of years after people run out of fossil fuels to burn. Arctic ice has never been melting so fast in__________ A．a(chǎn) very long time B．recorded history C．rapid exaggeration of impacts D．the extra heat E．the exposed ground F．previously published studies
9、The indecisive man was readily persuaded to change his mind again. A．easily B．hardly C．subtly D．suddenly
10、 He demolished my argument in minutes. A．supported B．disproved C．disputed D．a(chǎn)ccepted
2、Patricia stared at the other girls with resentment. A．a(chǎn)nger B．doubt C．love D．surprise
3、There is no risk to public health. A．point B．danger C．chance D．hope
4、 根據(jù)以下材料回答題： Age Discrimination By the year 2000 nearly half the workforce in Europe are over 40 and yet throughout Europe there is a deep ambivalence ( 猶豫 )-if not outright suspicion-towards the capabilities of older workers. Those over the age of 40 generally take longer to find new employment, but European governments have done little to protect their employment rights. Only Germany, with incentives to business to encourage the employment of older people, and France, with the introduction of legislation making it illegal to use age barriers in recruitment-or to make employees redundant because of their age done anything substantive to combat age discrimination. Yet even in these two countries, there has been no noticeable improvement in the lot of the older workers; indeed, in France, job advertisements flout ( 輕視，反對 ) the law openly by asking for applicants of a certain age. So, should France and Germany be tightening up their laws and should the rest of Europe follow suit? Bill Robbins, a careers consultant said, "Legislation against age discrimination has been in existence for well over ten year in the U.S. and Canada, but has had no effect. Employers will always be able to find some reasons for turning down an older applicant without appearing to break the law." Ironically, it was governments which played a leading role in hardening business culture against older workers in the first place. In the late 1970s, many European countries were extremely concerned about the levels of youth unemployment, and France, Germany and Belgium even initiated incentive schemes for businesses to encourage older employees to take early retirement provided that younger trainees were taken on in their place. As more and more employees took early retirement, often willingly, a new, youth-oriented culture permeated business throughout most of Europe-even in those countries that had taken no active measures to promote it. Demographic ( 人口統(tǒng)計學的 ) trends mean that governments are now anxious to slow down the policy of early retirement as they realize that they simply do not have the funds to meet their pension promises. But reversing business attitudes is no easy matter. Dianah Worman a policy adviser said, "There is a widely held belief that older people are less, adaptable and trainable. This is just not true: research has shown that differences in capability are as wide within age groups as they are between them."
Which of the following words can best describe the European attitude to older workers? A．Dislike. B．Disapproval. C．Distrust. D．Disappointment.
5、 My father is a physician． A．researcher B．professor C．doctor D．student
6、 That guy is really witty． A．ugly B．smart C．honorable D．popular
7、 The researchers have just completed a study of driving situations. A．started B．finished C．changed D．made
8、 Climate Change: The Long Reach 根據(jù)以下材料回答題： 1. Earth is wanning. Sea levels are rising. There's more carbon in the air and Arctic ice is melting faster than at any time in recorded history. Scientists who study the environment to better gauge (評估 ) Earth's future climate now argue that these changes may not reverse for a very long time. 2. People burn fossil fuels like coal and oil for energy. That burning releases carbon dioxide, a colorless gas. In the air, this gas traps heat at Earth's surface. And the more carbon dioxide released, the more the planet warms. If current consumption of fossil fuels doesn't slow, the long-term climate impacts could last thousands of years-and be more severe than scientists had been expecting. Climatologist Richard Zeebe of the University of Hawaii at Manoa offers this conclusion in a newspaper. 3. Most climate-change studies look at what's going to happen in the next century or so. During that time, changes in the planet's environment could nudge ( 推動 ) global warming even higher. For example : Snow and ice reflect sunlight back into space. But as these melt, sunlight can now reach-and warm-the exposed ground. This extra heat raises the air temperature even more, causing even more snow to melt. This type of rapid exaggeration of impacts is called a fast feedback. 4. Zeebe says it's important to look at fast feedbacks. However he adds, they're limited. From a climate change perspective, "This century is the most important time for the next few generations," he told Science News. "But the world is not ending in 2100." For his new study, Zeebe now focuses on "slow feedbacks." While fast feedback events unfold over decades or centuries, slow feedbacks can take thousands of years. Melting of continental ice sheets and migration of plant life-as they relocate to more comfortable areas-are two examples of slow feedbacks. 5. Zeebe gathered information from previously published studies investigating how such processes played out over thousands of years during past dramatic changes in climate. Then he came up with a forecast for the future that accounts for both slow and fast feedback processes. Climate forecasts that use only fast feedbacks predict a 4.5 degree Celsius ( 8.1 degree Fahrenheit ) change by the year 3000.But slow feedbacks added another1.5℃ -for a 6° total increase, Zeebe reports. He also found that slow feedbacks events will cause global warming to persist for thousands of years after people run out of fossil fuels to burn. Arctic ice has never been melting so fast in__________ A．a(chǎn) very long time B．recorded history C．rapid exaggeration of impacts D．the extra heat E．the exposed ground F．previously published studies
9、The indecisive man was readily persuaded to change his mind again. A．easily B．hardly C．subtly D．suddenly
10、 He demolished my argument in minutes. A．supported B．disproved C．disputed D．a(chǎn)ccepted