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A.createnofearatall B.createnoconfusedfeeling C.createtoomanyfantasies D.createasenseofguiltiness Passage5 Oneoftheeasiestapproachestosolvingthegreenhouseproblemistomakeouruseofenergymoreefficient.Anoutstandingexampleofsuccessinthisareaistheincreaseingasolinemileageachievedbyautomobilemanufacturerssincethelate1970’s.Mostengineerssaythatmuchmorefueleconomycanbebuiltintocars. Stillanotherapproachinvolvesattackingtheothersideofthecarbondioxidedilemma-increasingtheabsorptionofthegasfromtheatmosphere.InSeptember1988,DanielJ.Dudek,asenioreconomistfortheEnvironmentalDefenseFunds,anindependentorganization,proposedsuchanapproachtotheSenateCommitteeonEnergyandNaturalResources.Dudeksaidthat4millionhectaresofnewforestcouldabsorballthecarbondioxideemittedbyalltheU.S.powerplantslikelytobebuiltinthenextdecade.Replantingthatmanyhectaresoffarmlandasforestwouldcostbetween$1billionand$2billion,accordingtoDudek,butwouldbeacosteffectivealternativeinbattlingglobalwarming. 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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