单项选择题

　　1、 Fourteen people were charged with offences including obstruction and resisting arrest.

　　A.warfare

　　B.violation

　　C.robbery

　　D.racism

　　2、 Knowing that I had been out of work now, they were unwilling to lend me money.

　　A.unhappy

　　B.ready

　　C.prepared

　　D.reluctant

　　3、 The excitement of hunting big game in Africa has been a lure to Europeans for 200 years.

　　A.error

　　B.function

　　C.attraction

　　D.miracle

　　4、阅读材料，回答题：

　　Renewable Energy Sources

　　Today petroleum( 石油) provides around 40% of the world's energy needs, mostly fuellingautomobiles. Coal is still used, mostly in power stations, to cover one-quarter of our energy needs,but it is the least efficient, unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel( 矿物燃料). Natural gas reserves could fill some of the gap from oil, but reserves of that will not last into the 22nd century either. Most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years. Less-polluting renewable energy sources offer A.more practical long-term energy solution. "Renewable" refers to the fact that these resources are not used faster than they can be replaced.

　　Hydroelectric(水力发电的)power is now the most common form of renewable energy, sup-plying around 20% of world electricity. China's Three Gorges Dam is the largest ever. At five timesthe size of the U. S. 's Hoover Dam, its 26 turB.ines(涡轮机) will generate the equivalent energyof 18 coal-fired power stations. It will satisfy 3% of China's entire electricity demand.

　　In 2003, the first commercial power station to use tidal ( 潮汐的) currents in the open seaopened in Norway. It is designed like windmill( 风车), but others take the form of turB.ines.

　　As prices fall, wind power has become the fastest growing type of electricity generation--quadrupling(翻两番) worldwide between 1999 and 2005. Modern wind farms consist of turbinesthat generate electricity. Though it will be more expensive, there is more than enough wind to pro-vide the world's entire energy needs. Wind farms come in onshore and offshore forms. They can of-ten end up at spots of natural beauty, and are often unpopular with residents. And turbines are nottotally harmless--they can interfere with radar, alter climate and kill seabirds. Scotland is build-ing Europe's largest wind farm, which will power 200,000 homes. The U. K. 's goal is to generateone-fifth of power from renewable sources, mainly wind, by 2020. but this may cause problems,because wind is unreliable.

　　According to the passage, which of the following is the most polluting energy resource?

　　A.Petroleum.

　　B.Coal.

　　C.Natural gas.

　　D.Water.

　　5、 Her display of bad temper completely ruined the party.

　　A.harmed

　　B.damaged

　　C.spoiled

　　D.hurt

　　6、 The once barren hillsides are now good farmland.

　　A.hairless

　　B.bare

　　C.empty

　　D.bald

　　7、回答题：

　　A Star Is Born

　　1. The VLT (Very Large Telescope) is the world's largest telescope ( 望远镜) and is taking astronomers (天文学家 ) further back to the Big Bang than they ever thought possible. Located 2,600 metres up io the Chilean Andes, it has four huge mirrors, each about the size of a London bus. The VLT is so powerful it can spot a burning match 10,000 kilometres away.

　　2. This astonishing power will allow astronomers to see events in space from the birth of stars to the collision ( 碰撞 ) of galaxies ( 星系 ) on the edge of the cosmos ( 宇宙 ). The VLT is giving astronomers their best-ever view of the cosmos. The power of the VLT to see the smallest detail at the furthest distances makes its designers amazed.

　　3. Take the case of Eta Carinae, one of the most explosive stars in the universe. This star produces ultraviolet laser rays ( 紫外线 ) and it will destroy itself in a few million years' time. It is five times brighter than the sun and when it explodes it is going to be a sight worth waiting for!

　　4. But it is at distances of millions, even billions, of light years that the VLT really shows its power. The VLT can detect light that set out on its journey before the earth even existed. This gives astronomers their first-ever detailed views of events that took place in the earliest days of the cosmos.

　　5. In other words, the VLT is a kind of a time machine. It takes astronomers back to a time when complete galaxies crashed into each other. The effects of these past collisions can now be seen by scientists, and astronomers believe the telescope will reveal more about these exciting events in the years to come. One day, we might be able to say we have traveled back to the beginning of time, and we will have a much clearer picture of how our planet was born.

　　Paragraph 1__________

　　A.Enents that Took Place before the Earth Existed

　　B.Power of the Telescope

　　C.Details of Eta Carinae

　　D.Invention of a Time Machine

　　E.Biggest Telescope

　　8、 The document was compiled by the Department of Health.

　　A.written

　　B.printed

　　C.attached

　　D.sent

　　9、 The world champion suffered a sensational defeat.

　　A.dramatic

　　B.reasonable

　　C.humiliating

　　D.horrifying

　　10、 The AIDS convention will be held in Glasgow.

　　A.conference

　　B.party

　　C.celebration

　　D.union

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