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Passage2

Wanttoknowmoreaboutglobalwarmingandhowyoucanhelppreventit?

DoctorHermanFriedman,whoisconsideredaleadingexpertonthesubject,willspeakatGraysonHallnextFriday.Friedmanstudiedenvironmentalscienceatthreewell-knownuniversitiesaroundtheworldbeforebecomingaprofessorinthesubject.Hehasalsotraveledaroundtheworldobservingenvironmentalconcerns.Thegradualbleaching（变白）oftheGreatBarrierReef,whichcameintothepubliceyein2002,ishislatestinterest.Signedcopiesofhiscolorfulbook，whichwaspublishedjustlastmonth,willbeonsaleafterhistalk.

56.TheInformationHighway.

A.isfreefromtrafficaccidentsB.iscrowdedwithcardrivers

C.offersjustafewon-lineservicesD.appealstoalargenumberofusers

57.HowdoesMr.CoolmanagetotraveltheInformationHighwaysofast？

A.Bystoringfewerfiles.B.Byrepairingthesystem.

C.Bybuyingabettercomputer.D.Byusingabroad-bandconnection.

58.WhatcanbelearnedfromPassage2？

A.TherewillbeabookshowatGraysonHall.B.FriedmanisnowstudyingtheGreatBarrierReef.

C.Therewillbeatalkonglobalwarmingthisweek.D.Friedmanisaleadingexpertoncomputerscience.

59.Passage2ismostprobably________.

A.aposteraboutalectureB.anadforanewbook

C.anotetoadoctorinauniversity 

D.anintroductiontoaprofessor

B

Thinkaboutthedifferentwaysthatpeopleusethewind.Youcanuseittoflyakiteortosailaboat.Windisoneofourcleanestandrichestpowersources（来源）,aswellasoneof 

theoldest.Evidenceshowsthatwindmills（风车）begantobeusedinancientIranbackintheseventhcenturyBC.TheywerefirstintroducedtoEuropeduringthe1100s,whenarmiesreturnedfromtheMiddleEastwithknowledgeofusingwindpower.

Formanycenturies,peopleusedwindmillstogrind（磨碎）wheatintoflourorpumpwaterfromdeepunderground.Whenelectricitywasdiscoveredinthelate1800s,peoplelivinginremoteareasbegantousethemtoproduceelectricity.Thisallowedthemtohaveelectriclightsandradio.However,bythe1940swhenelectricitywasavailabletopeopleinalmostallareasoftheUnitedStates,windmillswererarelyused.

Duringthe1970s,peoplestartedbecomingconcernedaboutthepollutionthatiscreatedwhencoalandgasareburnedtoproduceelectricity.Peoplealsorealizedthatthesupplyofcoalandgaswouldnotlastforever.Then,windwasrediscovered,thoughitmeanshighercosts.Today,thereisaglobalmovementtosupplymoreandmoreofourelectricitythroughtheuseofwind.

60.Fromthetextweknowthatwindmills.

A.wereinventedbyEuropeanarmiesB.haveahistoryofmorethan2,800years

C.usedtosupplypowertoradioinremoteareasD.haverarelybeenusedsinceelectricitywasdiscovered

61.Whatwasanewuseforwindpowerinthelate19thcentury?

A.Sailingaboat.B.Producing 

electricity

C.GrindingwheatintoflourD.Pumpingwaterfromunderground

62.Oneofthereasonswindwasrediscoveredinthe1970sisthat_________.

A.windpoweriscleanerB.itisoneoftheoldestpowersources

C.itwascheapertocreateenergyfromwindD.thesupplyofcoalandgasfailedtomeetneeds

63.Whatwouldtheauthorprobablydiscussintheparagraphthatfollows?

A.Theadvantagesofwindpower.B.Thedesignofwindpowerplants.

C.TheworldwidemovementtosaveenergyD.Theglobaltrendtowardsproducingpowerfromwind

C

Theyarethesortoffriendswhoaresoclosetheytrusteachotherwiththeirlives.Ifonefalls,theotheristheretocatchhim.

TheyareWellman,whoselegswerepermanentlyinjurednineyearsagoinrock-climbing 

accident,andCorbett,anexperiencedrockclimber.Together,theyclimbedupHalfDome,thefamous2,000-footrockintheYosemiteNationalpark,throughoneofthemostdifficultroutes（路线）.

Duringtheclimb,Corbetttookthelead,hitinthemetalspikes（尖状物）thatguidedtheropesandclimbedup.Then,afterWellmanpulledhimselfuptherope,Corbettwentdowntoremovesthespikesandclimbedupagain.Thisprocesswasrepeatedtimeandagain,inchbyinch,for13days.

Wellman’sjobwasnoteasyeither.Hegothimselfuptheropethroughupperbodystrengthalone.Inall,Wellmanfiguredthathehaddone5,000pull-upsuptheropeontheclimb.

However,whenthetwomenfirstmet,theynevertalkedaboutclimbing“HeknewthatwashowIgotinjured.”Wellmansaid.UntilonedayWellmandecidedthathewantedtoclimbagainandtheystartedtraining.

TheirclimbofHalfDomewasnotallsmooth.Atonepoint,piecesofrockgaveway,andCorbettdroppeddownquickly.Wellmanlockedtheirropeinplace,stoppingthefallat20feet.Hisquickactionprobablysavedhisfriend’slife.

“Yourpartnercansaveyourlife—youcansaveyourpartner’slife,”Wellmansaidasthepairreceivedcongratulationsfromfriends“Therearerealcloseties.”

64.WhichofthefollowingwasachallengeforCorbettinclimbingHalfDome?

　　A.Toclimbuptoremovethespikes.B.Toclimbittwice.

　　C.Todo5,000pull-upsuptherope.D.Tolocktheropeinplace.

65.Whydidthetwomennevertalkaboutclimbingwhentheyfirstmet?

　　A.Corbettwaspoorlytrained.B.Wellmanhadlostinterestinclimbing.

C.Corbettdidn’twanttohurtWellman.D.Wellmanhadn’tdecidedwhethertoclimbagain.

66.WhatdoweknowaboutWellman?

　　A.HeclimbedHalfDomebyhimself.B.Hewasdisabledinatrafficaccident.

C.Hestoppedrock-climbingforsometime.D.HewassavedbyCorbettduringtheclimb.

67.Themainideaofthetextisthat.

　　A.twoheadsarebetterthanone.B.friendshipispreciousinlife

C.thedisabledshouldnevergiveup.D.amancanbedestroyedbutcannotbedefeated.

　　D

Irelandhashadaverydifficulthistory.Theproblemsstartedinthe16thcenturywhenEnglishrulertriedtoconquer（征服）Ireland.Forhundredsofyears,theIrishpeoplefoughtagainsttheEnglish.Finally,in1921,theBritishgovernmentwasforcedtogiveindependencetothesouthofIreland.Theresultisthattodaytherearetwo“Irelands”.NorthernIreland,inthenorth,ispartoftheUnitedKingdom.TheRepublicofIreland,inthesouthisanindependentcountry.

Inthe1840sthemaincrop,potatoes,wasaffectedbydiseaseandabout750,000peoplediedofhunger.This,andashortage（短缺）ofwork,forcedmanypeopletoleaveIrelandandliveintheUSA,theUK,AustraliaandCanada,Asaresultoftheseproblems,thepopulationfellfrom8.2millionin1841to6.6millionin1851.

Formanyyears,themajorityofIrishpeopleearnedtheirlivingasfarmers.Today,many 

peoplestillworkonthelandbutmoreandmorepeoplearemovingtothecitiestoworkinfactoriesandoffices.Lifeinthecitiesisverydifferentfromlifeinthecountryside,wherethings 

moveataquieterandslowerpace.

TheIrisharefamousforbeingwarm-heartedandfriendly.OscarWilde,afamousIrishwriter,oncesaidthattheIrishwere“thegreatesttalkerssincetheGreeks”.Sinceindependence,Irelandhasrevived（复兴）itsowncultureofmusic,language,literatureandsinging.DifferentareashavedifferentstylesofoldIrishsongswhicharesungwithoutinstruments.OtherkindsofIrishmusicusemanydifferentinstrumentssuchastheviolin,whistles,etc.

68．WhatdoestheauthortellusinParagraph1 

?

　　A．HowtheIrishfoughtagainsttheEnglish. 

B．HowIrelandgainedindependence

C．HowEnglishrulerstriedtoconquerIreland.D．Howtwo“Irelands”cameintobeing

69．WelearnfromthetextthatinIreland_______．

　　A．foodshortagesinthe1840sledtoadeclineinpopulation

　　B．peoplearemovingtothecitiesforlackofworkinthecountryside

　　C．itishardertomakealivingasafarmerthanasafactoryworker

D．differentkindsofoldIrishsongsareallsungwithinstruments.

70.Thelastparagraphismainlyabout 

.

A．theIrishcharacter 

B．Irishculture　C．Irishmusicalinstruments 

D．afamousIrishwriter

71．Whatcanbethebesttitleforthetext?

　　A．LifeinIrelandB．AVeryDifficultHistory

C．Ireland，PastandPresentD．TheIndependenceofIreland

E

GeorgeProchnikwouldliketheworldtoputasockinit.Hemakeshiscaseinanewbook,ListeningforMeaninginaWorldofNoise.Hereheexplainshimself（usinghis 

indoorvoice）:

　　“We’vebecomesoaccustomedtonoise,there’salmostadeepprejudiceagainsttheideathatsilencemightbebeneficial.Ifyoutellsomeonetobequiet,yousoundlikeanoldman.Butit’sneverbeenmoreimportanttofindcontinuingquiet.Silencefocusesus,improvesourhealth,andisakeytolastingpeaceandsatisfaction.”

　　“Weneedtoexcitepeopleaboutthesoundsyoustarttohearifyoumerelyquietthingsdownalittle.DuringaJapaneseteaceremony,thesmallest