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1. 根据材料回答2-57题：



When Nathan Myhrvold says，“There are lots of reasons to like natural gas，but climate change isn’t one ofthem，”(Line l，Paragraph l)he means__________．
A．natural gas is to blame for climate change
B．using natural gas does not help fight climate change
C．it’s not a good idea to use natural gas instead of coal
D．natural gas does not bum more cleanly than coal

2. 根据以下材料回答57-2题：


The main idea of this passage is that __________.

3. There are various kinds of fun and rewarding projects available in different libraries．

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4. Directions;In this part，you will have l5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on answer Sheet1．
For questions 2-8，mark
　　Y(for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
　　N(for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
　　NG(for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage．
For questions 9-11，complete the sentences with the information given in the passage．
　　Foreign adoptions
　　Madonna，as you might have hard，is in the process of adopting a baby from Malawi．The one—year—old boy named David was flown last month to London．The American pop music star and her husband have a home there．Madonna is married to a film director Guy Ritchie and is the biological mother of two children．
　　Madonna recently gave millions of dollars to support efforts to help orphans(孤儿)in Mala wi．The southern African country is one of the poorest nations in the world．
　　Madonna says she wants to give David a better life．But some people citicized her for adop ting a child whose father is still alive，even if the father did agree to it．And some child psychologists said children do best if they are well cared for in their own homeland．
　　The adoption is not yet final．The Lilongwe High court gave Madonna and her husband temporary custody of David on October l2th．The court order is for eighteen months．During that period a social worker will report on how the boy is being cared for．
　　A committee of 67 human rights groups in Malawi argued that adoption laws there normally ban international adoptions．The committee has brought a legal action to make sure if Madonna received special treatment．
　　Madonna says she did not．But she has supporters．They include Jane Aronson，an influential expert on adoptions and had of the World Orphans Foundation．She says Madonna is offering David a new life.
　　More than two thirds of people in the United States who adopt .children from other countries are not famous．They are people like Miriam and John Baxter of Bethesda, Maryland. The Baxters have a biological daughter named Olivia. Olivia was almost eight when her new brother, Matthew,arrived. The Baxters adopted Matthew from an orphanage (孤儿院) in South Korea.
　　They had thought about adopting a baby from China. But their plans changed five years ago after the World Trade Center attack in New York. A nearby office where they needed to get a document to satisfy Chinese adoption requirements was closed temporarily.
　　Waiting for the office to re-open would have delayed the process another month. And .the Baxters already faced a year of waiting,
　　Then they learned that it might be faster to try to adopt a child from South Korea. Miriam Baxter has a brother and a sister who were adopted from there. And, in her words, "we wanted the
child so much, we just could not wait any longer. "
　　There are many ol
5. 　　Directions : In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
　　Questions12-1are based on the following passage.
　　Perhaps like most Americans you have some extra pounds to shed. You may even have tried a fad(时尚) diet or two, but found yourself right back where you　1　. The key to weight loss is regular　2　activity. And surprisingly, you don't have to give up eating or make the gym your second home to see long-term,　3　effects. Your body needs a certain amount of energy to maintain basic　4　such as breathing, blood circulation and digestion. The energy required to keep your organs functioning is referred to as the resting or basal metabolic rate.
　　Any time you are active,　5　energy is required. It is obtained from glycogen (糖原) and fat stored in the blood, liver, and muscles. The key to losing weight is to draw on the fat rather than on the carbohydrate reserves. Which of the two energy sources you use depends on the intensity and　6　of your activity? The higher the intensity, the more your body will pull from the stored carbohydrates. The lower the intensity, the　7　your body will rely on fat as its fuel.
　　Aerobic exercise is most　8　for weight loss. When you perform aerobic activities you　9　contract large muscle groups such as your legs and arms. Walking, running, rollerblading, swimming, dancing, and jumping jacks are all forms of aerobic activity. Surprisingly, if your aerobic activity is low to moderately intense and of long duration, you will bum more fat than if you had　10　in a short burst of high-intensity exercise. In short, a brisk 30-minute walk will bum fat while a 100-yard sprint will burn glycogen.
A．positive　　 F．physical 　　K．started
B．additional 　　G．activities 　　L．repeatedly
C．duration 　　H．functions　　 M．less
D．effective 　　I．participated 　　N．amount
E．more 　　J．efficient 　　O．obviously

but found yourself right back where you　1　.
6. The team seems to__________________ (失去了竞争优势)recently because of the injury of its leading player．

7. The film was so boring that____________________ (观众忍不住离开了剧场)．

8. Tortured by his conscience for a whole night，the policeman __________ (承认了是他杀死了那只熊猫)instead of Tom．
9. What's the feature of Mamma Mia?

10. 阅读下列材料，回答第{TSE}题：