1、【2010辽宁卷B篇】I hated dinner parties. But I decided to give them another shot because Im in London. And my friend Mallery invited me. And because dinner parties in London are very different from those back in New York. There, “Im having a dinner party means: Im booking a table for 12 at a restaurant yo
2、u cant afford and well be sharing the checque evenly, no matter what you eat. Worse, in Manhattan there is always someone who leaves before the bill arrives. Theyll throw down cash, half of what they owe, and then people like me, who dont drink, end up paying even more. But if I try to use the same
3、trick, the hostess will shout:Where are you going? And its not like I can say I have somewhere to go: everyone know I have nowhere to go. But in London, dinner parties are in peoples homes.(转折对比,说明前面New Yorkers 评价是Self-centred.) Not only that, the guests are an interesting mix. The last time I went
4、to one, the guests were from France, India. Denmark and Nigeria; it was like a gathering at the United Nations in New York. The mix is less striking. Its like a gathering at Bloomingdales, a well-known department store.-61. What does the writer dislike most about dinner parties in New York? A There
5、is a strange mix of people. B. The restaurants are expensive. C. The bill is not fairly shared. D. People have to pay cash63. What is the authors opinion of some New Yorkers from her experience? A. Easy-going. B. Self-centred. C. Generous. D. Conservative.【2012四川卷E篇】So far, efforts to cut emissions(
6、排放)of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2 this century a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.-60. What can
7、be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the worlds temperature?A. It has risen nearly 0.2 since 1979.B. Its change will lead to weather extremes.C. It is 0.8 higher in 1979 than that of 1990.D. It needs to be controlled within 2 in this century.【2012四川卷A篇】The seasons change just outside the d
8、oor. We watch the maples turn every shade of yellow and red in the fall and note the poplars(杨树)putting out the first green leaves of spring. The rainbow smelt fills the local steam as the ice gradually disappears, and the wood frogs start to sing in pools after being frozen for the winter. A family
9、 of birds rules our skies and flies over the lake.43. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?A. The change of seasons is easily felt.B. The seasons make the scenes change.C. The weather often changes in the forest.D. The door is a good position to enjoy changing seasons.【2012陕西
10、卷C篇】The authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy people and certainly modest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure. However, it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless
11、 of lifestyle choices. So stricter regulation by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health.55. What can we learn from the text? A. Eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart.B. The EPA conducted many studi
12、es on air quality.C. Moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking,D. Stricter regulations on pollutants should be made.【2012江西卷D篇】For those who make journeys across the world, the speed of travel today has turned the countries into a series of villagesDistances between them appear no greater to
13、 a modern traveler than those which once faced men as they walked from village to village. Jet plane fly people from one end of the earth to the other, allowing them a freedom of movement undreamt of a hundred years ago.Yet some people wonder if the revolution in travel has gone too far. A price has
14、 been paid, they say, for the conquest (征服) of time and distance. Travel is something to be enjoyed, not endured (忍受). The boat offers leisure and time enough to appreciate the ever-changing sights and sounds of a journey. A journey by train also has a special charm about it. Lakes and forests and wild, open plains sweeping past your carriage window create a grand view in which time and distance mean nothing. On board a plane, however, there is just the blank blue of
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