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part A
G8 Summit
Leaders of the Group of Eight Major Industrialized Nations (G8) will meet in Scotland in July this year. Representatives from China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Brazil have also been invited. Here's what the G8 leaders want from the meeting.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants the G8 to cancel debt to the world's poorest countries.
He wants them to double aid to Africa to 50 billion pounds by 2010. He has also proposed reducing subsidies to Western farmers and removing restrictions on African exports. This has not got the approval of all members because it will hurt their agricultural interests. On climate change, Blair wants concerted (共同的 ) action by reducing carbon emissions (排放) .
US President George W. Bush agrees to give help to Africa. But he says he D oesn't like the idea of increasing aid to countries as it will increase corruption. Bush said he would not sign an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the summit, according to media. The US is the only G8 member not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol ( 京都議定書 ). Although the US is the world's biggest polluter, Bush so far refuses to believe there is sufficient scientific data to establish beyond a doubt that there is a problem.
French President Jacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change. He is determined to get the US to sign the climate change deal.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder remains doubtful of Blair's Africa proposals. Schroder's officials have dismissed the notion that money will solve Africa's problems as "old thinking". Berlin says that African states should only receive extra money if they can prove they've solved the corruption problem.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was doubtful about the value of more aid to Africa. But he has seen a way to make this work to his advantage. Putin intends to use the aid to Africa as a springboard (跳板) next year to propose aid to the former Soviet republics of Georgia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Moldova.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's priorities are a seat on the UN Security Council, for which he will be lobbying (遊說) at the summit. And he's concerned about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear weapons programme.
1. The G8 countries include China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Brazil.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
r hopes that the G8 countries will work together to reduce carbon emissions.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
a has accepted the invitation to attend the G8 meeting.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
agrees to increase aid to Africa.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
ac takes a stand similar to Blair's on Africa and climate change.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
rding to media, Bush will sign the Kyoto Protocol at the summit.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
n will reject Blair's proposal to increase aid to Africa.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
試題解析
1.B。題幹：八國組織包括中國、印度、墨西哥、南非和巴西。由專有名詞G8和題幹中的國家名稱回到原文定位，很容易找到第一段中的相關信息。文章意思是中國、印度等國的領導人也受到邀請，證明他們不是G8的成員國。故選B。
2.A。題幹：Blair希望八國成員國通力合作減少碳的排放。由專有名詞Blair回到原文定位，不難發現第二段是答案的出處。本段最後一句與題幹含義相符。故選A。
3.C。題幹：印度接受了參加八國峯會的邀請。由國家名稱India回到原文定位，除了第一段外並未有所提及。故題乾沒有在原文得到體現。故選C。
4.B。題於：Bush同意增加對非洲的援助。由專有名詞Bush來定位，很容易發現第三段第二句有相關信息：Bush不願意增加對非洲的援助。故選B。
5.A。題幹：在南非氣候變化的問題上，Chirac跟Blair的立場相似。由Chirac回到原文定位，第四段有相關信息。此段較短，因此很容易通過對比得出答案爲A。
6.B。題幹：根據媒體報道，Bush將在峯會上簡述《京都議定書》。由專有名詞Bush和Kyoto Protocol回到原文定位，第三段有相關信息;美國是目前G8成員國中唯一未簽訂《京都議定書》的國家，並且目前也拒絕相信碳排放會帶來問題。題干與文章信息不符，故選B。
7.C。題幹：日本將否決布萊爾的援助非洲的提案。由國家名稱Japan和Blair回到原文定位，不難發現原文並未提及日本是否會拒絕布萊爾的提案。故選C。
part B
Eruptions of Mount Saint Helens
On March 27, the US Government scientists made a decision after they predicted the eruption of Mount Saint Helens. They telephoned all state and local officials in the area and told them that a serious eruption was possible at any time. Roads were closed to every one except scientists and forest keepers struggled to keep curious visitors away from the mountain.
Shortly afternoon on March 27, Mount Saint Helens erupted for the first time in 123 years.
People living north of the mountain heard a loud boom that shook their windows, and airline pilots flying near the volcano soon afterwards described a thick black column of ash and steam shooting more than 2,100 meters into the sky.
Later, scientists found that the explosion had made a new crater (大坑) in the top of the mountain, not far from the old crater. The north side of the peak now had a huge bulge (凸出部分)where rock and ice had been pushed out by the eruption.
A second eruption shook the mountain on March 28. It, too, sent up a column of black ash high into the sky. By March 29, scientists flying over the mountain saw that a second crater formed about 9 meters from the first one. Strange blue flames flickered (閃爍) inside the crater and sometimes jumped from one crater to the other.
By April the mountain had erupted several more times and the snow on the north slope of the peak was black with ash. Ash carried by the wind had fallen on towns as far as 240 kilometers away from Mount Saint Helens.
During the first week of April, Mount Saint Helens gave scientists something new to worry about: harmonic tremors (振動) recorded by scientists showed a big eruption would happen. All during April and into May Mount Saint Helens continued to shudder ( 振動 ) and shoot out ash. By April 8, two craters had merged to from a vast hole nearly a half of a kilometer wide and 250 meters deep.
Scientists' main worry during this time was the growing bulge of rock and ice on. the north face of the mountain. By May 7 scientists feared the worst. Their warnings led Washington Governor to set up safety zones around the mountain. The inner "red" zone was open to scientists only. The outer "blue" zone was open only to people who got special permits. But in spite of these warnings, some people got past the road barriers and risked their lives trying to get close to the volcano.
ican scientists predicted that Mount Saint Helens was to erupt soon.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
ts flying at the height of more than 2,100 meters saw a thick black column of ash and steam shooting up into the air from the crater.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
3.A new crater, which was to the south of the old one, was formed after the second eruption.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
quakes recorded during the first week of April in the area of Mount Saint Helens warned scientists of a new eruption.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
scientists lost their lives during the second eruption of Mount Saint Helens.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
of the dreadful eruptions of Mount Saint Helens took place in early May.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
7. The eruption of Mount Saint Helens attracted a large number of foreign tourists.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
