You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temperature But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation（撤離）of an island nation—the citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.
During the 20th century ,sea level rose 8—12 inches. As a result .Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water which has polluted the country’s drinking water.
Paani Laupepa , a Tuvaluan government official ,reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years .Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.
Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions（導(dǎo)致溫室效應(yīng)的氣體排放）,which are a main cause of global warming . “By refusing to sign the agreement ,the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years,” Laupepa told the BBC.
Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries .
Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable （易受影響的）to rising sea levels .Maumoon Gayoon ,president of the Maldives ,told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”.
1．The text is mainly about           .
A．rapid changes in earth’s temperature  B．bad effects of global warming
C．moving of a country to a new place       D．reasons for lowland flooding
2．According to scientists ,the DIRECT cause of more and fiercer storms is           .
A．greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations
B．higher surface water temperatures of the sea
C．continuous global warming                  
D．rising sea levels
3．Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not        .
A．a(chǎn)gree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions
B．sign an agreement with Tuvalu
C．a(chǎn)llow Tuvaluans to move to the US
D．believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real
4．The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu is          .
A．Australia             B．New Zealand       
C．the Maldives        D．the United States
1-4 BBAC
1.  這是一道主旨題。這篇短文主要講述了全球變暖造成的惡劣影響。
2.  這是一道細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第三段“Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.”可判斷出造成嚴(yán)重的暴風(fēng)雨的直接原因是海洋表面水的氣溫太高。
3. 這是一道細(xì)節(jié)題。第四段第一句話(huà)表示Laupepa對(duì)美國(guó)不滿(mǎn)意的原因是美國(guó)拒絕簽署減少溫室效應(yīng)氣體排放的公約。
4. 這是一道細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)最后一段可判斷出the Maldives與Tuvalu的情況相似
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C．The first chip born
D．Faster computer chip
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B．do some repairs
C．be in memory to Columbia shuttle.
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A．Pluto is no longer a real planet according to the new theory.
B．People have been dreaming about space flight.
C．Anousheh Ansari was the first women space tourist.
D．The US space shuttle Discovery is the first one launched by NASA at night.
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Current U.S. foreign aid for drinking water and sanitation budgets only one dollar per year per American citizen. Few members of Congress have ever received a letter from voters about clean drinking water abroad.
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D .  U.S.-based water organizations
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C. How to build a positive self-image.
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Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can't talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.

Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator（獵食動(dòng)物）gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the "hurt" adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.    
Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.
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Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don't hear them,  and they don't need to share their food.
As children, many of us learn the saying "You can't fool Mother Nature." But maybe you can't trust her, either.
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A．getting closer to its young
B．driving away the adult predator
C．leaving its young in another nest
D．pretending to be injured
小題2:By "Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky" (paragraph 5), the author means______.
A．chimps are ready to attack others
B．chimps are sometimes dishonest
C．chimps are jealous of the winners
D．chimps can be selfish too
小題3:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．Some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others.
B．The losing chimp won the fight by taking the winner's hand.
C．Cuckoos fool their adoptive parents by making no nests.
D．Some clever scrub jays often steal their food back.
小題4:Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A．Do animals lie?
B．Does Mother Nature fool animals?
C．How do animals learn to lie?
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