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A.createnofearatall
B.createnoconfusedfeeling
C.createtoomanyfantasies
D.createasenseofguiltiness
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Oneoftheeasiestapproachestosolvingthegreenhouseproblemistomakeouruseofenergymoreefficient.Anoutstandingexampleofsuccessinthisareaistheincreaseingasolinemileageachievedbyautomobilemanufacturerssincethelate1970’s.Mostengineerssaythatmuchmorefueleconomycanbebuiltintocars.
Stillanotherapproachinvolvesattackingtheothersideofthecarbondioxidedilemma-increasingtheabsorptionofthegasfromtheatmosphere.InSeptember1988,DanielJ.Dudek,asenioreconomistfortheEnvironmentalDefenseFunds,anindependentorganization,proposedsuchanapproachtotheSenateCommitteeonEnergyandNaturalResources.Dudeksaidthat4millionhectaresofnewforestcouldabsorballthecarbondioxideemittedbyalltheU.S.powerplantslikelytobebuiltinthenextdecade.Replantingthatmanyhectaresoffarmlandasforestwouldcostbetween$1billionand$2billion,accordingtoDudek,butwouldbeacosteffectivealternativeinbattlingglobalwarming.
Wastheveryhotsummerof1988causedbythegreenhouseeffect,orwasitjustarandomvariationinEarth’sfickle(无常的)weather?Itreallydoesnotmatter,saymanyatmosphericscientists.Globalwarmingisontheway,anditistime,accordingtothem,totakeactiontoavoidaworseoutcomethannatureitselfdecrees.
AsSchneiderputsit,“Itisoftensaidthatwedonotsomuchinherittheworldfromourforebears,butratherweborrowitfromourchildren.Itisincreasingly

Inthesecondsentence,“theoustandingexampleofsuccess”herereferstotheimprovementon_____.
A.thequalityofgasoline
B.streetconditions
C.thespeedofthecar
D.thedesignofthecarengine


Asasolutiontothegreenhouseproblem,Dudeksuggests_____.
A.usingfewercarsthannecessary
B.stoppingfactoriesfromemittingcarbondioxide
C.improvingthequalityoffactoryequipment
D.rebuildingandcreatingforests


Inthethirdsentenceofparagaph3,bysayingthat“globalwarmingisontheway?-”,theauthormeans_____.
A.theatmosphereistoohottobebearable
B.theearthisbecomingincreasinglywarm
C.globalwarmingisbecominguncontrollable
D.globalwarmingisnowwithineasycontrol


WhenSchneidersays“?-weborrowitfromourchildren.”,hemeans_____.
A.weshouldworkoutagoodmethodtocontrolglobalwarmingandpassitontoourchildren
B.weshouldmakethefutureworldabetterplaceforourchildrentolivein
C.inthedaysofourchildren,globalwarmingwillgorwoutofcontrol
D.globalwarmingwillgoontoaffectthelifeofourchildrenanyway
PartIVEnglish-ChineseTranslation

Directions:ReadthefollowingpassagecarefullyandthentranslatetheunderlinedsentencesintoChinese.(15points)

(71)OneofthemostcriticalproblemsfacingblackandotherminorityAmericanstodayisthedifficultyofenteringmainstreamsocietywithoutdenyingtheirownracialandethnicheritage.Theprocesscanbeanagonizingone,anditsometimesleadstodisaster.OnJune12,1985,EdmundPerrywasshotandkilledwhileattemptingtorobaplainclothespoliceofficer.(72)PerrywasblackandaresidentofHarlem;hewasalsoagraduateofoneofthenation’sfinestprepschoolsandwaspreparingtoenterStanfordUniversityonafullscholarship.In“TheTwoWorldsofEdmundPerry”,RobertSamAnsonrelatesthedetailsofthisstarstudent’sdoublelifeandexaminestheuniquepressureofbeingcaughtbetweentworadicallydifferentsocialrealms.

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