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Mega-citiesIn1950,NewYorkwastheonlycitywithmorethan10millioninhabitants。Therearenow11citieshousingover11millionpeopleeach.Tokyoalonehas17million。In1995，theircombinedpopulationtotaled166million；in2015itisforecasttobeover204million。Theworld’surbanpopulation,increasingatfourtimestherateofruralpopulations，willdoubleintheperiod1990-2025，tooverfivebillion。Consequently，two—thirdsofthepeopleoftheworldwillliveincities,someofwhichwillbehuge。Moreover，about90%ofthegrowthwillbeindevelopingcountries。Thisgrowth，addingaround60millionpeopleperyeartocitypopulation，willbemainlyinSoutheastAsiaandAfrica.Theconsequencesaredramatic。Thisischangeonascaleneverbeforeexperienced，bringingwithitconsiderablechallengesandopportunities。Whydoesthisgrowthhappen?Mostofitresultsfrominternalmigrationratherthantheinternationalmovementofpeople，andiscausedbyavarietyofpushandpullfactors。Onepushfactorisduetopressureonlandavailability。Improvedhealthbringspopulationgrowth,causingpeopletomoveoutofruralareas。Othersmovebecauseofclimatechangeorpoorfarmingmethodswhichoftenresultindeforestationandflooding.Suchchangescanalterthesocialstructure，leadingpeopletomove。Furthermore，civilwarorregionalconflictsalsocausedisruption，drivingpeopleoutofruralareas.Ontheotherhand,therearethepullfactors.Citiesattractpeoplebecauseofthedemandforlaborinthemanufacturingandserviceindustries。Asaresult，theyofferahigherstandardoflivingtotheluckyones.Citiesalsotendtooffergreaterpersonalfreedom。Theworldeconomyhasexpandedfive-foldsince1950，withthecitiesdrivingtheexpansion。MuchofthiseconomicexpansionhasbeeninthedevelopingcountriesofSoutheastAsia.Therefore,mostofthemega—citiesofthefuturewillbefoundthere.題目1Thecombinedtotalpopulationofthese11cities________.選擇一項：a。was166millionin1950b.was17millionin1995c.is204millionnowd。willbeover204millionin2015答案為D。此題可以運用查讀技巧。先在找到第一段中找到包含題中關(guān)鍵信息（Thecombinedtotalpopulation）的句子，即第一段最后一句,于是可以直接得出選項D。而其他選項雖都在文中提到,但都不是與題干相對應(yīng)的，因此可排除A，B,C三項。題目2Theworld’sruralpopulation________。選擇一項：a。increasedatonefourththerateofurbanpopulationb.increasedatfourtimestherateofurbanpopulationc。willbefourtimesbiggerby2025d。willdoubleintheperiod1990-2025答案為A.此題需要運用查讀技巧，并考查計算能力。先找到文中第二段的第一句，“Theworld'surbanpopulation，increasingatfourtimestherateofruralpopulations”城鎮(zhèn)人口正以4倍于農(nóng)村人口的速度增長著，即農(nóng)村人口的增長速度的城鎮(zhèn)人口的1/4.因此，不要被選項B所迷惑而誤選。題目3Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothispassage？_________。選擇一項：a。Therearenow11citieswithatotalpopulationof11millionpeople.b。Theworld’surbanpopulationwillbefourtimesbiggerby2025c.Variouspushandpullfactorscausepeopletomove正確d。Two—thirdsoftheworld’spopulationwillliveincitiesinSoutheastAsiaandAfrica.答案為C.此題可以運用查讀技巧.找出選項A應(yīng)為“Therearenow11citieswithapopulationof11millionpeopleeach.”選項B應(yīng)改為“Itwilldoubleby2025.”選項D應(yīng)將“inSoutheastAsiaandAfrica"改為“allovertheworld”.因此,正確答案為選項C多種內(nèi)、外因引起人口流動。題目4Peoplechoosetoleaveruralareaspartlybecause_________。選擇一項：a.climatechangeorpoorfarmingmethodsresultindeforestationandflooding正確b.thelivingstandardsofcitiesaremuchlowerc。thepopulationofruralareasincreasedfasterthanthatofurbanareasd.therearenotenoughspaceforpeopletolivethere答案為A。此題考查仔細閱讀和分析的能力。文章第四段說明了人們紛紛離開農(nóng)村的一些原因。四個選項中，只有選項A談到了氣候的改變和落后的農(nóng)業(yè)方法使得山林遭到砍伐，洪水泛濫，這是人們選擇離開農(nóng)村的原因之一。而其他選項均不是文中列舉出的原因。題目5Wecanconcludefromthelastparagraphthat_________.選擇一項：a。theworldeconomyhasdeclinedsince1950b。economicexpansionleadstomega-cities正確c.theexpansionismainlytakingplaceinEuroped.thereisn’tanyeconomicexpansioninthedevelopingcountries答案為B.此題可以運用查讀技巧。題干中已道明此題考查的范圍，因此直接在最后一段中進行查讀。第一句話講“自1950年以來城市的發(fā)展促使世界經(jīng)濟出現(xiàn)了五倍的擴張”，因此選項A經(jīng)濟下降顯然不對；第二句接著講“大部分的經(jīng)濟擴張發(fā)生在東南亞這樣的發(fā)展中國家"，因此，選項C講經(jīng)濟擴張發(fā)生在歐洲也是錯誤的；選項D講經(jīng)濟擴張沒發(fā)生在發(fā)展中國家顯然也不正確。通過分析可逐一排除選項A、C、D而得出正確答案B.ACaseStudy：DesertificationaroundtheGobiDesertTheProblemsTheGOBIDesert,inthenorthofChina，isnowseventimesbiggerthanBritain。Chinahaslargedesertareasandmuchofitsagriculturallandisbeingthreatenedbydesertification,whichisgettingworse。Inaddition,soilerosionhasledtoahugelossoffarmlandandthedryingupofrivers。Consequently，thelivelihoodsof35millionpeoplearebeingthreatened。Furthermoreitisevenaffectingcities.Thenearestsandduneislessthan100milesfromBeijing，whereunpleasantsandstormsarebecomingmorefrequent。Theworsethesituation，themorepressurethereisonthegovernmenttotakeaction.TheCausesThereasonsforthechangesarecomplex.Itisclearthatpollutionoftheairandwaterbyfactoriesisaffectingtheenvironment。Treesandothervegetationdie,andsosoiliseroded。Themoretreesthatdie,thelesswaterisheldintheearth.Theneedforwoodforfuelandbuildingsleadstofurtherdeforestation，whichcausesfurthersoilerosion。Localfarmersfinditmoreandmoredifficulttomakealiving.Theyendupusinginefficientfarmingmethods,whichagainleadstosoilerosion。TheSolutionsTheGovernmentiscarryingoutanti-desertificationprojects，includingthecreationofaforestbeltarounddeserts.Thetree-plantingcampaign,knownastheGreatGreenWall，ismeanttoprotectBeijingfromsandstorms。Chinahopestocontroltheexpansionofdesertlandbytheyear2010andplanstoestablishaprotectedeco—systemindesertareasby2050。題目1Accordingtothispassage，theGobidesertis______。選擇一項：a。asbigasBritainb。20%ofthesizeofBritainc。oneseventhofthesizeofBritaind。seventimesbiggerthanBritain正確答案為D。題目2ThetotaldesertareaofChinais______.選擇一項：a。increasing正確b.decreasingc.remainingconstantd。thelargestoftheworld答案為A。題目3______leadstosoilerosion.選擇一項：a。Thegrowthoftreesandothervegetationb。Thedeforestation正確c。Theefficientfarmingmethodsd.Thepollutionofsomefactories答案為B題目4TheChinesegovernmentisplantingtrees_______。選擇一項：a.arounddeserts正確b。aroundBeijingc.aroundtheborderofChinad。alloverChina答案為A。題目5Theexpansionofdesertland_______.選擇一項：a。won’tbecontrolledby2010b。willdefinitelybecontrolledby2010c.shouldbecontrolledafter2010d.isexpectedtobecontrolledby2010正確答案為DTheworld'surbanpopulation,(世界城市人口）（1)increasing

atfourtimestherateofruralpopulations，willdoubleintheperiod1990—2025,tooverfivebillion.Consequently,（2)two-thirds

ofthepeopleoftheworldwillliveincities，someof(3）whichwillbehuge。Moreover，about90％ofthegrowthwillbeindevelopingcountries.Thisgrowth,addingaround60millionpeopleperyear(4)tocitypopulations,willbemainlyinSoutheastAsiaandAfrica.Theconsequencesaredramatic。Thisischangeonascaleneverbefore(5)experienced，bringingwithitconsiderablechallengesandopportunities。Whydoesthisgrowthhappen？Mostofitresults（6）frominternalmigrationratherthantheinternationalmovementofpeople,andiscausedbyavarietyofpushandpullfactors。Onepushfactorisduetopressure（7)onlandavailability。Improvedhealthbringspopulationgrowth,causingpeopletomoveoutofruralareas.Othersmovebecauseofclimatechangeorpoorfarmingmethodswhichoftenresultindeforestationandflooding.Suchchangescanalterthesocialstructure,leadingpeople(8)tomove.Furthermore，civilwarorregionalconflictsalsocausedisruption,drivingpeopleoutofruralareas。Ontheotherhand,therearethepullfactors。Citiesattractpeoplebecauseofthedemand(9）forlabourinthemanufacturingandserviceindustries.Asaresult,theyofferahigherstandardofliving（10)totheluckyones.Citiesalsotendtooffergreaterpersonalfreedom。GlobalFood全球食品“媽媽，我們?nèi)湲攧?，好嗎？“Mum，canwegotoMcDonald’s,please？”Somepeoplemightask,“Wherewouldwebetodayifwedidnothavefastfood?"and“Wherewouldparentstaketheirchildrenouttoeat？’Ithasbeenreportedthatapproximately30%ofmealsconsumedbyfamiliesintheUSAareeatenatoneofthebigchainslikeBurgerKingandTacoBell，thoughprobablynoneismorefamousthanMcDonald’s。Thedistinctive“goldenarch”cannowbeseeninmostmajorcitiesintheworld.In2002,McDonaldshadapproximately25，000restaurantsinover120countriesandserved29millionpeopleaday。Apparently,thesecretoftheirsuccessisamarketingstrategyof“thinkglobal，actlocal”.McDonald'slearntthatiftheyadaptedtheir“Mac”mealstodifferentcultures,itwasmoresuccessfulthanhavingastandardizedsetofproductsthattastethesameeverywhere。Sonow，around80%ofMcDonald'srestaurantsarefranchisedtolocalpeoplewhoservefoodwitha“l(fā)ocal”flavor.Forexample，inHongKong，foodcalled“ShakeShakeFries”and“RedBeanSunday”canbefoundonthemenu,whileinSwitzerland，“VegiMacs”areserved.However,fastfoodisnotpopularwitheveryone.Itisoftencalled“junk"foodbecauseitissaidtobeunhealthyandfulloffat.Furthermore，manypeopleclaimthatfastfoodchainsproduceenormousamountsofwaste，whilemillionsofpeopleindevelopingcountriesgohungry.Atthesametime，moreandmorepeoplenolongercookfreshfoodathome。“Convenience”foodisjusttooconvenient！ItissoeasyforpeoplewithbusyworkinglivestocallintotheirlocalbranchofMarksandSpencer，orsomeothersupermarketchain，tobuyready—mademealsontheirwayhomefromwork.Itiseveneasiertobuya“take—away”fromalocalrestaurantorpickupthephoneandorderapizzatobedeliveredtoyourhome.題目1Thesecretoffastfoodchains’successis_________。選擇一項：a.franchisingtolocalpeopleb.havingastandardizedsetofproductsc。themarketingstrategyof“thinkglobal，actlocal”正確d。havingalotofrestaurantscoveringmanycountries答案為C題目2Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat_________.選擇一項:a。aroundone-thirdofAmericanfamilieseatatoneofthebigchains正確b。therewereabout25，000McDonald’sRestaurantsintheUSAin2002c.in2002,McDonald’sserved29millionpeopleadayinEuroped.thepercentageoffamilieseatingatMcDonald'sishigherintheUKthanintheUSA答案為A.題目3Allthefollowingarecorrectexceptthat_________。選擇一項：a。mostchildrenlikegoingtoMcDonald’sb.mostcountrieshavedifferentkindsofMcDonald’smealsc.about20%ofMcDonald’srestaurantsarenotfranchisedd.the“ShakeShakeFries"canbefoundbothinHongKongandinSwitzerland正確答案為D。題目4Whichofthefollowingisnotthereasonformoreandmorepeoplepreferringfastfoodtocookingathome?_________。選擇一項：a.Becausetheyaremoreconvenientb.It'seasyforpeopletobuya“take—away”ontheirwayhomec.Peoplecanpickupaphoneandorderwhattheywanttobedeliveredtotheirhomed。Itischeapertobuyfastfoodthantocookathome正確答案為D。題目5Peoplecallfastfood“junkfood”because_________.選擇一項：a。theyaretooconvenientb。theyaresaidtobeunhealthyandfulloffat正確c。theyarepopularamongchildrend。theyproducemuchwaste答案為BWhataWaste?。ㄕ媸抢速M！處理廢物是一個巨大的全球性問題。)Dealingwithwasteisahugeglobalproblem.Unfortunately,manypeopledon’tusuallythinkmuchaboutwhathappens(1）totheiroldfridgewhentheyupdatetothelatestmodel。Afewjustdumpit（2）inthestreetwithoutanotherthought.Asaresult,Britaincurrentlyhasoveramillionoldfridges（3）rottingindumpsinfieldsandinwarehousesbecausethecountrydoesnothaveenoughequipmenttodispose(4）ofthem.NewEuropeanUnionregulationssaythatfrom1January2002，allmaterialthatdepletestheozonelayer,suchasCFCcoolants,（5）mustberemovedfromfridgesbeforetheyareputinlandfillsites。Itis（6）likelytotakequiteawhiletosolvetheproblem。Butitisnotonlyfridges（7）thataredifficulttogetridof。Whataboutoldcomputers，TVsandotherhi—techjunk？Forexample,GuangdongProvince，inthesoutheastofChina，hasbeensufferingfromproblems（8）causedbyimportedwasteelectricalgoodslikecomputers。Workersthere(9)havebeenbreakingupoldcomputerstoextracttherecyclablepartslikechips,andpreciousmetals（10）likegoldandplatinum.Unfortunately，unsaferecyclingmethodshavecausedhealthandenvironmentaldamageinthearea。ThereforethegovernmenthasbannedtheimportofitemslikeoldTVsets,computers，photocopyingmachines，videocamerasandtelephones.Somerecyclingfactorieshavealsobeenshutdownbecausetheywerepollutingtheairandwaterwithtoxicchemicals.Peopleshouldthinktwicebeforetheythrowawaytheiroldfridgeorcomputer。Itismorethanlikelytocausedamagetootherpeopleortheenvironment.題目1Fromthetitle“WhataWaste!”andthefirstsentence，wecouldanticipatewhichofthefollowingwillnotbeincludedinthepassage？__________.選擇一項:a。Dealingwithwasteisahugeglobalproblemb。Itisdifficulttogetridofhi-techjunkc.Unsaferecyclingmethodshavecausedsomehealthandenvironmentaldamaged.Peopleshouldnoteatfoodthathasn’tbeendealtwithcarefully正確答案為D.題目2__________oldfridgesrottingindumpsinfieldsandwarehousesbecauseofthelackofequipmenttodisposeofthem。選擇一項：a.Onemillionb。Morethanonemillion正確c。Onebilliond。Morethanonebillion答案為B。題目3正確Whenpeoplewanttobuyanewfridgetheyusually_________。選擇一項:a。thinktwicebeforetheygetridoftheoldoneb。donatetheoldonetothepoorerpeoplec。dumptheoldoneinthestreetwithoutanotherthought正確d。justleavetheoldoneinthesameplaceathome答案為C.題目4CFCcoolantsmustberemovedfromfridgesbecause__________.選擇一項：a。itisakindofpreciousmetallikegoldandplatinumb.itwoulddepletetheozonelayerifnotremoved正確c.itcanbeusedagainwhenputintonewfridgesd.somepeoplecollectitasahobby答案為B。.題目5Whatproblemshasn’tGuangdongProvincebeensufferingfrom？_________。選擇一項：a.Somefactoriesexplodedinanaccident正確b。Somefactorieswerepollutingtheairandwaterwithtoxicchemicalsc。Ithasbeensufferingfromproblemscausedbyimportedwasteelectricalgoodsd.Theirunsaferecyclingmethodshavecausedhealthandenvironmentaldamage答案為A。GreenpeaceLaunchesRenewableEnergyGlobalTour（綠色和平組織啟動可再生能源全球旅游）Wednesday,June26，HornsRev,Denmark:IntheleaduptotheEarthSummitinJohannesburginAugust，theGreenpeaceship,theRainbowWarrior,todaybeganthefirstpartofaglobaljourneytosupportthedevelopmentofrenewableenergyaroundtheworld。OffshorewindintheNorthSeaalonecanproducenearlytwicetheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountries。Usingonly20％ofthatwouldsupplyone—thirdofthesecountries’electricity。Greenpeacearegoingtochallengegovernmentsandindustrytomakethishappen。TheRainbowWarriorsailedtodaytoHornsRev，theworld’slargestoffshorewindpark，whichisbeingbuiltoffthecoastofDenmark.AnotherGreenpeaceship,theArcticSunrise,willbeginthesecondpartoftheglobaltourinSoutheastAsianextmonth.“Duringtheseweeks,Greenpeacewillbeconductingthisglobaltourwithtwoshipstoshowthatrenewableenergyisreadyandabletoreplacedirtycoal，oil，gasandnuclearpower–notonlyinthefuture，buttoday”,saidaGreenpeacespokesperson。Windenergyisreportedtobecompetitivewithcoalandgaspowergenerationandclearlybeatscostlynuclearpower。TheUKgovernment’senergyreviewclaimedthatwindenergywillbethecheapestenergysourceby2020。Nextmonth,theArcticSunrisewillbevisitingthePhilippinesandThailand，wherecommunitiesarerejectingdirty,old-fashionedenergytechnologylikecoal—firedpowerstationsanddemandingclean,renewableenergy.題目1Thepurposeoftheglobaltourwas_____。選擇一項：a。toproduceelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountriesb.tosupportthedevelopmentofrenewableenergyaroundtheworld正確c。tovisitthePhilippinesandThailandd.toproduceclearandfashionedenergy答案為B題目2Thedestinationoftheship，theRainbowWarriorwas_____。選擇一項：a。Denmarkb。thePhilippinesc.Thailandd.HornsRev正確答案為D題目3Accordingtothepassage,______willbethecheapestformofenergyby2020.選擇一項：a.windenergy正確b.nuclearpowerc.coal-firedpowerd.solarenergy答案為A題目4ThepowerproducedbytheoffshorewindintheNorthSeacanbe_____.選擇一項：a.one-thirdoftheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountriesb.20％oftheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountriesc。nearlytwicetheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountries正確d。exactlythesameamountoftheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountries答案為C題目5Wecaninferfromthispassagethat_____。選擇一項:a。offshorewindintheNorthSeahasalreadyproducedenoughelectricityfortheNorthSeacountriesb.thepurposeoftheGreenpeaceshipistotransportrenewableenergyc.nuclearpoweristhecheapestpoweratpresentd.Greenpeacehavemorethanoneship正確答案為DCETACEANS：FACTFILE鯨類動物：事實文件Thereareover80speciesofwhales,dolphinsandporpoises,（1）knowncollectivelyas“cetaceans”,throughouttheworld.Theycomeinallshapesandsizes。Herearesomefactsandfiguresabouttheseincredibleanimals.有超過80種的鯨魚、海豚和鼠海豚，統(tǒng)稱為“鯨魚”，整個世界。它們有各種形狀和大小.下面是一些關(guān)于這些令人難以置信的動物的事實和數(shù)字.1.LargestThebluewhaleis（2）theheaviestandlongestanimalonEarth.Theaverageadultlengthis25mformalesand26。2mforfemales，(3）withbodyweightsof90-120tonnes.2。SmallestHector’sdolphinistheworld’sshortestcetacean。Theymaybeonly1。2mlongwhenfully(4)grown.3.LargestAppetiteAbluewhaleeatsupto4tonnesofkrilldaily.Thisisequivalent（5）toeatingafullygrownAfricanelephanteveryday.4。DeepestDiveThespermwhale(6）isbelievedtodivedeeperthananyothercetacean.Theyhavebeenknowntodiveasdeepas2000m。5.LongestLivedOnebowheadwhaleisreportedto（7)havebeen130yearsoldwhenitdied.6.HeaviestBrainThespermwhalehastheworld'sheaviestbrain（8）whichcanweighupto9。2kg。Thiscompares（9）withtheaverage1。4kgforthebrainofanadulthuman.7。MostEndangeredThebaijidolphin,orChineseriverdolphin,istherarestdolphinintheworldandisreportedtobeendangered.ItlivesintheYangtzeRiverinChina.Conservationmeasures（10)arebeingtakenbytheChinesetosaveit。題目1Thisarticleismainlyabout________.選擇一項：a.thespeciesofcetaceansb。somespecialtypesofcetaceans正確c。theageofdifferentwhalesd.thebluewhale答案為B題目2________livesintheYangtzeRiverinChinaandisreportedtobeendangered。選擇一項：a。Thespermwhaleb.Thebluewhalec.Hector’sdolphind.Thebaijidolphin正確答案為D題目3Thelongestlivedwhaleis________。選擇一項：a。thebowheadwhale正確b.hector'sdolphinc。thespermwhaled.thebluewhale答案為A題目4Thebrainofaspermwhalecanbe________thanahumanone。選擇一項：a。over3timesheavierb。over4timesheavierc。over5timesheavierd。over6timesheavier正確答案為D題目5Usuallyadultmalebluewhalesare________thanfemaleones。選擇一項：a。muchlongerb。muchshorter正確c。thesamed.muchheavier答案為BInterviewer—WhyisEnglishsoimportant？成功英語為什么這么重要David—well，Englishissoimportantprimarilybecausesomanypeoplespeakitanduseit，soithasnowbecomethelinguafrancaintheworld（1）inawaythatwe’veneverseenbefore.We’（2）veneverhadaworldlanguageofthiskindbefore.Sopeoplearelearningitnotjusttobeabletocommunicate(3）withnativespeakers,butalsowithspeakersofotherlanguagesaroundtheworld.Interviewer-Andwhyhasitbecomethatdominantlanguage?David—Ithinkthereason(4)forthatisactuallyverycomplicated,althoughinthetwentiethcentury,wecanjustseethatit'stheriseoftheUSmilitaryandconsumerpower。Imeanthetechnology；allthebigdevelopmentsintechnologylargelycamefromtheUS.Soallofthesedevelopmentsactually（5）wereproducedwithintheEnglishlanguage,andpeoplehadtolearnEnglishinordertounderstandthem,ortobenefit（6）fromthem。TheInternetisonlyoneexampleofthatkind.Oncealanguagehas（7)gotintothatpositionofdominance,it'sactuallyverydifficult（8）toshiftit.Sowecouldbeseeingtheemergenceofotherbiglanguagesintheworld(9）becomingmoreimportantthantheyhavebeen,likeSpanish,butit'sunlikely（10）thatthey'regoingtoshiftEnglishfromitspositionofdominance。題目1AccordingtoDavid，Englishisimportantbecause_________________。選擇一項：a.ithasbecomeaworldlanguageb.somanypeoplespeakanduseit正確c.alotofpeoplearelearningitd.thenumberofpeoplewhospeakitisthelargest答案為B題目2Englishhasbecomethedominantlanguageintheworld______。選擇一項：a.becauseithasalwaysbeenthatwayb。onlyinthe20thcenturyc.forareasonthatisverycomplicated正確d.onlybecauseoftheriseoftheUSmilitary答案為C題目3PeoplehadtolearnEnglish______.選擇一項:a。tobeabletocommunicatewithnativespeakersb.tousetheInternetc。becausedevelopmentsintechnologyweremadebyEnglishspeakersd.becausetheyneededtounderstandthenewdevelopmentsintechnology正確答案為D題目4Davidthinksthatotherbiglanguagesintheworld_______。選擇一項：a。willbecomemoreimportantthantheyarenow正確b。willbecomemoreimportantthanEnglishc.willshiftEnglishfromitspositionofdominanced。willneverbemoreimportantthanEnglish答案為A題目5Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothispassage？選擇一項：a。Englishhasalwaysbeenthedominantlanguageintheworld.b.Englishbecamethedominantlanguageintheworldin20thcentury.正確c.Englishbecamedominantbecausemanypeopleallovertheworldspeakit。d.Oncealanguagehasgotintothepositionofdominance,itwillneverbeshifted.答案為BWillEnglishAlwaysBetheMainInternetLanguage?英語永遠是主要的網(wǎng)絡(luò)語言嗎TheInternet’sabilitytoconnectawiderangeofculturesencouragesvariety.However，forthetimebeing，Englishdominatesonlinebecausefromthestartitwasthelinguafrancaofcyberspace.Willthisalwaysbethecase？Currentlyabout70%oftheInternetisinEnglish，butonlyabout44％ofInternetusersarenativeEnglishspeakers。Worldwide，nativeSpanishspeakersoutnumbernativespeakersofEnglishonline，andthenumberofnativeChinesespeakersisgreaterthanboththosegroupsputtogether。Statisticsshowthatthesituationischanging。Forinstance，threeyearsago75％ofwebpageswereinEnglish,butthatnumberhasdroppedto50%today。Furthermore，Internetuseamongnon-nativespeakersofEnglishisgrowingatafasterratethanthatofnativeEnglishspeakers。By2003,thenumberofnativeEnglish—speakingwebuserswillhavedroppedto29％,accordingtooneestimate.Asaresult,someresearcherssaythattheearlypredominanceofEnglishisgoingtodecline.TheysaythatEnglishwillkeepaspecialroleinconnectingcommunitieswhosenativelanguagesaredifferent,butinabout20years’time，Spanish,French,ArabicandChinesewillalsohavetakenonthisconnectingrole。Ifthisistrue,thenmonolingualnativeEnglishspeakersmaybemorelikelytolearnanotherlanguageandalsobecomebilingual,orevenmultilingual.題目1EnglishbecamethedominantInternetlanguagebecause________.選擇一項：a.itisspokenincyberspaceb。fromthestartitwasthelinguafrancaofcyberspace正確c.alltheInternetcontentisinEnglishd。it’smostconvenientforpeopletouseEnglishonline答案為B題目2WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?選擇一項：a.OverhalfofInternetcontentisinEnglish。b.LessthanhalfofInternetusershaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage。c.MorethanhalfofInternetusersarenativeEnglishspeakers.正確d.TherearemorenativeSpanishspeakersthannativeEnglishspeakersonline。答案為C題目3ThenumberofEnglishwebpageshas________intherecent3years。選擇一項:a.risenb。dropped正確c。notchangedd。changedonlyalittle答案為B題目4________isNOTmentionedinthepassagetohavethepossibilitytotakeontheconnectingroleofEnglish。選擇一項：a.Spanishb.Frenchc.Chinesed.Japanese正確答案為D題目5Accordingtothispassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutthefutureofEnglish?選擇一項：a.ThenumberofnativeEnglish-speakingwebuserswillriseinthenearfuture。b。TheearlypredominanceofEnglishisnotgoingtodeclineinthenearfuture。c。Englishwillkeepaspecialroleinconnectingcommunitieswhosenativelanguagesaredifferent。正確d.Englishisgoingtodominatetheworldforever,althoughtherearemanybiglanguages..答案為CTwohundredyearsago,ittookseveralweeksforthenewsoftheimportantBattleofTrafalgartoreachLondon。（二百年前，特拉法加戰(zhàn)役的消息到達倫敦花了好幾個星期）Nowadays,youcanwatchaterroristattackasithappensanywhereintheworld.Thecommunicationsrevolutionmeansthatweareconstantlybombardedwithinstantnews。Thishasgreatadvantages，butitalsoraisesimportantquestions。Satelliteshaveenabledimmediatereportingworldwide。AreportercansendthenewstoanetworklikeCBSNewsandwithinsecondsitcanbeallovertheworld。TheysendelectronicreportsthatgostraightintothenewspaperorontotheTVscreen。Reporterscannowalsostransmitimagesathroughtheirmobilephones.Consequently，live，“on-the-spot"reportinghasbecomethenormandTVviewerscangetamuchbetterideaofwhatanaturaldisaster，aconflictoraninterestingscientificdiscoveryislike.Inrecentyears，severalchangeshaveoccurredintheownershipofnewsmedia.Networksownedbylargecompaniesandgovernmentshavebecomebiggerandverypowerful。Thesenetworks–suchasBBCNews24–arehungryfornewsandhavehugeaudiences.However，therecanonlybealimitednumberofsuchnetworksandtheirownershipisabigissue.SomecompaniesnotonlyownTVandradionetworksbutnewspapergroupsaswell.Whodecideswhatnewstopublishandwhatsortof“spin”toputonit？Isitalwaysobjective?Therearenow“spindoctors”whomanipulatethenews，emphasisingcertainpartsandnotothers–andasaresult，muchofitisnotneutral。Therefore，thequestionofcontrolofthemediamattersverymuch。Insomecases，themediacompaniesaremorepowerfulthangovernments。Theycaneveninfluenceelections.Sothequestionis–shouldtheybecontrolledandifso,bywhom?題目1Immediatereportinghasbecomepossibleallovertheworldbecauseof_____。選擇一項：A.reportersB。theuseofnewsnetworksC.theuseofsatellites正確D。thecommunicationsrevolution答案為C題目2_____hasbecomethenorm。選擇一項：A。ElectronicreportsB.InstantnewsC。Livereporting正確D。Transmittingimagesthroughmobilephones答案為C。題目3Inwhatwaysaremediacompaniespowerful?_____。選擇一項:A。TheycaninfluenceelectionsinsomewayB.Nowadays,th