1.根据以下资料，回答103-106题。 　　The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last 40 years than previously thought due to climate change, Australian and US climate researchers reported Wednesday．Higher ocean temperatures expand the volume of water, contributing to a rise in sea levels that is covering small island nations and threatening to destroy the low-lying, densely-populated low regions around the globe. 　　The study, published in the British journal Nature, adds to a growing scientific chorus of warnings about the pace and consequences rising oceans．It also serves as a corrective to a massive report issued last year by the Nobel-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), according to the authors. 　　Rising sea levels are driven by two things: the thermal expansion of sea water, and additional water from melting sources of ice．Both processes are caused by global warming．The ice sheet that sits atop Greenland, for example, contains enough water to raise world ocean levels by seven meters, which would bury sea-level cities from Dhaka to Shanghai. 　　Trying to figure out how much each of these factors contributes to rising sea levels is critically important to understanding climate change, and forecasting future temperature rises, scientists say．But up to now, there has been a puzzling gap between the projections of computer-based climate models, and the observations of scientists gathering data from the oceans. 　　The new study, led by Catia Domingues of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, is the first to reunite the models with observed data．Using new techniques to assess ocean temperatures to a depth of 700 meters from 1961 to 2003, it shows that thermal warming contributed to a 0.53 millimeter-per-year rise in sea levels rather than the 0.32 mm rise reported by the IPCC. 103 What happens when the ocean's temperature rises?

2.Nuclear science should be developed to benefit people __________harm them.

3.Steve looked at the envelope and recognized Jenny’S handwriting_________ .

4.Laura was married for 6 months．Her husband was using drugs．She didn't want her son or her unborn baby to live that way, but she was afraid to ask her husband to leave．She left him a note instead．After reading the note, Laura's husband waited for her to come home and then beat her and her son. 　　Laura had little education and she never had a good paying job．She was ashamed to ask for help from the police, courts or women's shelters．Sometimes her husband was very nice to her．She decided to try harder so her children could have a home and a father．Laura joined a church and told a priest about her problem. 　　But her husband kept using drugs and hurting the family．Finally, she told her husband she loved him, but they should live apart for a while．He beat her again．The priest came over to talk to her．He asked the husband to go out for a while．Laura packed up her things and left home with her son．The next day she lost the baby．Her husband went to jail. 　　Laura got a lot of help from groups that help women who have been beaten．Now she is in college, has her own apartment and works on special projects at a women's shelter．"We got out, and it changed life for me and my child．You can do it．You can break the cycle," Laura said.[单选题] Which of the following statements is TRUE?

5.It’s interesting that technology often works as a servant for us, yet frequently we become a servant to it. E?mail is a useful tool but many feel controlled by this new vehicle. The averagebusinessperson is getting about 80 e?mails per day and many feel that about 80% of the messages in their “In Box” are of little or no value.So, I have four suggestions to help you to become better at “Easing E?mail”.1.Get off the lists. The best way to deal with a problem is to never have it. If you are receiving a lot of unwanted e?mails, ask to be removed from the various lists. This would include your inclusion in unwanted “cc” lists(抄送名单).2.“Unlisted address”.Just like getting an “unlisted” telephone number that you share only with those whom you want to give direct access, you might want to get a separate e?mail address only for the important communications you wish to receive.3.Check it once or twice per day.Many I speak with are becoming chained to their email server,monitoring incoming email on a continuous basis. Maybe this is because e?mail creates its own sense of urgency, but most of the communications are not all that urgent. I respond to them a couple of times per day.4.Deal with it. As you open each e?mail do one of the following:a.If it requires a quick response, respond to it and delete it.b.If it requires a response but is not the best use of your time, try to find someone else to do it.c.If it is going to take any serious amount of time to respond, schedule it for action in your Day Planner and then download the message, save it, or print it out for future action.I personally receive approximately 250 e?mails per day and by practicing the suggestions above, I can handle that volume in about an hour, taking advantage of this fantastic tool but not being controlled by it to the distraction(分心)of more important tasks in my day.To deal with an e?mail you get, you can do the following EXCEPT .

6.Passage Two　　Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is essential to one's life. Eating breakfast at the start of the day, we have been told,and told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip. But for many people, the thought of food as the first thing in the morning is never a pleasure So despite all the efforts,they still take no breakfast.　　Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures could be obtained, the number of people who didn't have breakfast increased by 33%from 88 million to 117 million--according to the Chicago-based Market Research Corporation of AmericA、For those who dislike eating breakfast, however, there is some good news.　　Several studies in the last few years have shown that,for adults especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast. "Going without breakfast does not affect work,"said Arnold E.Bender, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, "nor does giving people breakfast improve work. " Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better work is surprisingly inadequate(不充分) ,and most of the recent work involves children, not adults. "The literature," says one researcher, Dr. Earnest Polite at the University of Texas, "is poor."Which is closest in meaning to the underlined part?

7.Mr. Andrewsspoke to me first.“Why do you want to come here?”he asked. I had been thinking of sayingsomething about studying but I couldn’t __________remembering the boys outside.请选择最佳答案()。

8.When he was in the middle school, he _____ half an hour reading aloud every morning.

9.Different things usually stand for different feelings.Red,for example,is the coloroffire,heat,blood and life,People say red is an exciting and active color.Theyassociate(使发生联系）red with a strong feeling like1 .Red is used for signs of 2 .suchSTOP signs and fire engines.Orange is the bright.warm color of3 in autumn.Peoplesay orange is a 4 color.They associate orange withhappiness.Yellow is the color of 5.People say it is a cheerful color.They associate yellow too,with happiness.Greenis the cool color of grass in6 .People say it is a refreshing color.In general,people7 two groups of colors:warm colors and cool colors.The warm colors are red,orangeand 8.Where there are warm color and a lot of light.people usually want to be 9.Those who like to be with10 like red.The cool colors are11 and blue.Where there are these colors,people are usually worried.Some scientists say that timeseems to12 more slowly in a room with warm colors.They suggest that a warm coloris a good13for a living room or a14 .People who are having a rest or are eatingdo not want time to pass quickly.15 colors are better for some offices if the peopleworking there want time to pass quickly.7.

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Please be advised that Nairobi like any other large city has a security andcrimeproblem.However,if you observe the following simple guidelines you will have a trouble-free,stay here.1.Do not wear a money belt.This makes you an instant target.2.Cameras of all kinds are a favourite with snatchers.Feel free to use them within the Starehe Campus and the hotel grounds but not in the streets.3.Ladies'handbags are also a regular snatch.Avoid carrying one,and if you must,bealert and hold on to it tightly.4.Jewellery and even glasses with valuable frames are also often targeted.Bear this in mind.5 Whenin a vehicle keep the doors always locked,and the windows only slightly Open-especially at traffic lights,junctions and in slow moving traffic.6.Beware of street children,their begging often quickly transforms into something more unpleasant.7.Stay with the main party all the time,and avoid wandering off on your own.8.Finally,the best defence is to be alert at all times and conscious of your environment.Should you have any problem or need help at any hour of the day or night,call any of the following and they will do their best for you:*Office fixed,home fixed and mobile phones *Kenndy Hongo 763856 761221 763182 761294 *Fred Okogo 761221 764988 604490 *Edwin Otieno 761221 761642 763011 701279After reading this notice,visitors to Nairobe might gain an impression that（）

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13. 根据以下材料，回答21-35题 Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper．That is 21 menfirst began to write six thousand years ago or22．The alphabet we now use 23 down to usover a long period of time．It was developed from the picture—writing of ancient Egypt． Picture—writing was useful in many 24．It could be used to express ideas as well as 25．For example，a drawing of a26meant the object“man"． 27 a drawing of a man lying on the groud with a spear in him meant“28”． Besides the Egyptians，the Chinese 29 the American Indians also developed ways 30writing in pictures．But only 31much could be said this way．Thousands of pictures would have beenneeded 32 express all the ideas that people might have．It would have taken many thousand more toexpress all the objects33 to men．No one could34 so many pictures in a lifetime．Nor couldanyone learn the meaning of all 35 drawings in a lifetime．26.查看材料<

14.根据以下材料，回答44-47题 The intelligence test used most often today are based on the work of a Frenchman，Alfred Binet．In l905，Binet Was asked by the French Ministry of Education to develop a way to identify those childtIin French schools who were too“mentally deficient(不足的)”to benefit from ordinary schooling andwho needed special education．The tests had to distinguish those who were merely behind in schoodfrom those who were actually mentally deficient． The items that Binet and his colleague Theophile Simon included on the test were chosen on the basis of their ideas about intelligence．Binet and Simon believed intelligence includes such abilitiesas understanding the meaning of words；solving problems，and making commonsense judgements.Two other important assumptions also shaped Binet’s and Simon’s work：(1)that children with moreintelligence will do better in school and(2)that older children have a greater ability than youngerchildren． Binet’S first test consisted of t }lirty tasks．They were simple things most children learn as a result oftheir everyday experiences．The tasks were arranged in groups．according to age．Binet decided whichtasks were appropriate for a given age group by giving them first to a large number of children of differentages．If more than half of the children of a given age passed a test，it was considered appropriate for thatage group.What was the purpose of the intelligence test designed by Alfred Binet in l905?

15.Mark Twain is one of America's much-beloved authors, creating imaginative and humorous classics for children and adults alike, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and The Pauper, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain passed away in 1910, leaving behind a treasure of great literature. But now, 100 years after his death,he'll have a brand-new book on the shelves: a three-volume autobiography.Twain hasn't been keeping busy in his tomb: it was his wish that publishers wait until 100 years after his death to publish his memoirs（自传）, which he spent the last decade of his life working on.The autobiography totals more than 5,000 pages, and likely won't be all sunshine and roses. It seems that Twain harbored some bitterness against former girlfriends and ex-friends. He also writes negatively about politicians of his day, such as Teddy Roosevelt. It's likely that he requested such a long lead time for the memoirs because he didn't want to hurt the feelings of anyone mentioned in this work.Although small sections of the memoirs have been previously published, the autobiography has never been available in full, and should provide great insights into the man behind the classic books. The first volume of the set will be available in November, and the trilogy is being published by the University of California, Berkeley."There are so many biographies of Twain, and many of them have used bits and pieces of the autobiography," editor Robert Hirst told The Independent. "But biographers pick and choose what bits to quote. By publishing Twain's bookin full, we hope that people will be able to come to their own complete conclusions about what sort of a man he was.What is the purpose of publishing Twain's autobiography?

16.--Let's go and play football.___?--That's wonderful.

17.Key James, Secretary of Health and Human Resources in the Virginia State government, loves to turn the tables on those who don't think it's possible to be middle-class, conservative, educated and still be truly black．Once, during an abortion debate, a woman in the audience angrily told James she was so middle-class she didn't have a clue about real African American life．"If you understood what these women go through," the woman said, "you would realize that abortion is their only choice." 　　James then asked the woman to consider a poor black mother on welfare．She already has four children and an alcoholic husband who has all but abandoned the family．Now she discovers another child is on the way．"How would you counsel that woman?" asked James. 　　"Have an abortion," the woman responded．"That child would have a very poor quality of life." 　　"I have a vested interest in your answer," James said．"The woman I described was my mother．I was the fifth of six children born into poverty．And, in case you're interested, the quality of my life is just fine!"[单选题] James' mother __.

18.Directions:In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or ltter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

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The Red Cross is 61 organization which cares for people who are in 62 of help. A man in a Paris hospital who needs blood, a woman in Mexico who was injured 63 an earthquake, and a family in India 64 lost their home in a storm may all 65 by the Red Cross.

The Red Cross exists in almost every country 66 the world . The World Red Cross Organizations are sometimes are sometimes called the Red Crescent( 新月 ) the Red Mogen David, the Sun , and the Red Lion . All of these agencies 67 a common goal of trying 68 people in neeD、

The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and 69 during a war started 70 Jean Henry Dunant. In 1859, he observed 71 suffering 72 a battlefield in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded people 73 of which side they were 74 .The most important result of his work was an international treaty 75 the Geneva Convention( 日内瓦公约 ). It 76 prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, and 77 citizens during a war.

The American Red Cross 78 by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of 79

for the publiC、Such as helping people in need, teaching first aid, 80 water safety and artificial respiration, and providing blood.80.

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