澳门城市大学学历认证-顾城门前
【答案】
1) c
2) a
3) b
4) a
【原文】
Bali is a beautiful island of
mountains, forests and rice fields. It is also an
island of artists.
Almost everybody
there is an artist of some kind. The people work
all day at home, in the fields
or on
their boats, but in the evening they make music,
dance, paint or carve things out of wood
and stone.
For
the
Balinese,
art
is
part
of
religion.
It
is
a
way
of
pleasing
their
gods--and
Bali,
they
believe, is full of gods.
There are thousands of temples in Bali, and there
are
festivals at these
temples
when people die or get married, or when a child is
born. At these festivals the people try
to keep their gods happy by giving them
food, by dancing, by acting, and by playing music
for
them.
In the past, the Balinese did not care about the outside world. For them Bali was the whole
world. But in
the 1930s tourists began to visit Bali, and since
the 1950s tourism has become big
business there. So the islanders have
begun to sell their art to tourists. These days
the Balinese
pro-duce more and more
things for tourists; they make fewer things for
their temples. They have
less time for
their gods, so there are fewer festivals.
Each year more tourists bring more money to the island; they also bring new ideas and a
new way of life. The Balinese know that
if fewer tourists come to the island, there will
be less
money. But they also know if
there are too many tourists, the Balinese way of
life will change
drastically. The
authorities are trying hard to organize and
control tourism with caution. Bali has
to change; nevertheless they want to
make sure that it changes for the better, not for
the worse.
Task
3
【答案】
A.
1) Because until
1980, it had been quiet for more than a hundred
years.
2) It was strange. No
birds were singing, and the air was still.
3) He was standing near the summit and
reporting the eruption on radio.
B.
Washington; 35;
1980; 123; recreation; summit; tremors; small
eruptions; no danger; 1980; dust;
ash;
rocks; mud; 40; peaceful; empty
【原文】
Most
volcanoes
are
quiet.
They
rest
peacefully
for
hundreds
of
years.
No
one
pays
much
attention to them.
Mount St. Helens was one of these
volcanoes. Until 1980, it was a beautiful
recreation area.
Its last eruption had
been 123 years ago. No one was worried about
another one. Then, in March
1980, Mount
St. Helens began to make noises. At first, there
were tremors. Then, small eruptions
occurred. Some residents left
immediately. Others felt there was no
danger.
But
on
the
morning
of
May
18,
1980,
the
mountain
blew
its
top.
With
the
power
of
twenty-five atomic bombs, Mount St.
Helens exploded. Clouds of dust and ash rose more
than
twelve miles into the sky. Rocks
and mud crashed down the slopes.
Unfortunately,
many
people
were
still
living,
camping,
or
working
in
the
area.
Over
forty
people lost
their lives. Others were rescued.
Robert Baker was fishing with his
family when the explosion occurred. He reported
that the
morning of May 18 was strange.
No birds were singing. The air was still. Then, he
saw a large
black cloud coming down
toward them. In minutes, day turned into night. He
called his family to
their van and they
started on the slow dark ride away from the
mountain. All the time, hot ash
was
raining on them.
But other
people were not so lucky. David Johnston, a
volcano expert, was standing near the
summit of the mountain. At 8:31 a. m. ,
he radioed,
Mount St. Helens is
peaceful now. But its slopes are empty. It will be
many years before fish,
plants, and
trees will again live on the mountain.
Task
4
【答案】
A.
1) Mrs. Rakel Surlien is the Norwegian
Minister of Environmental Protection, and she is
about to
begin a three-day visit to
Britain.
2) Britain.
3) Britain insists the case against
acid rain in general and its contribution in
particular is far from
proven.
/
Britain
insists
that
neither
the
disastrous
effects
of
acid
rain
nor
Britain’
s
responsibility in the issue has been
proven.
4) Sweden.
5) It refers to a group of some 20
nations which are committed to reducing sulfur
dioxide by a
third.
6) Norway is against Britain in the
dispute over acid rain in spite of its cordial
approach.
B.
1) fish; aquatic life; forest
2) power stations
3)remain isolateed
【原文】
Norway
has
decided
to
resume
a
approach
to
Britain
in
the
long- standing
dispute
over
the
issue
of
acid
rain,
as
Mrs.
Rakel
Surlien,
the
Norwegian
Minister
of
Environmental Protection,
begins a three-day visit to Britain.
All the Nordic countries believe that Britain is responsible for as much as a third of the acid
deposit
failing
in
southern
Scandinavia,
killing
fish
and
most
other
aquatic
life
in thousands
of
lakes
and
rivers
and
possibly
putting
large
areas
of
forest
at
risk.
Emissions
from
coal
and
oil
burning power
stations are blamed mostly, but Britain insists
the case against acid rain in general
and its contribution in particular is
far from proven.
The issue has become almost fashionable since the Swedes raised it in 1972. More than 20
nations have agreed to
join the so-called
by a third, and
Britain is increasingly isolated in Western Europe
by its refusal to do so.
Mrs. Surlien says there has been no change in the Norwegian position in spite of the cordial
approach, and
she also scented victory, as she said,
way for long. It must be very difficult
to live with.
Task
5
【答案】
1) four out of five; survive; rosy;
forest flower; for centuries
2)
2,000; fight cancer; 40; wildlife; the rain
forest
3) drugs; a South
American tree; blood pressure; the snakeroot plant
from Indian forests
4) foods;
tropical forests; winged bean
5)
rubber; oils; one; examined; 99; threatened
【原文】
A representative
of an ecological organization is talking about the
advantages and benefits
for humans of
the rain forests.
Four out of five of all children who got leukemia in 1960 died. Now four out of every five
survive. The secret
of this miraculous change is the rosy periwinkle,
a forest flower which tribal
doctors
had used for centuries.
The United States National Cancer Institute has identified more than 2,000 tropical rain
forest
plants with the ability to fight cancer. In fact,
about 40 percent of all drugs given out in the
United States today owe much of their
strength to chemicals from wildlife, largely from
the rain
forest.
Other
drags
include
quinine,
which
comes
from
a
South
American
tree,
and
drugs
to
relieve
high
blood
pressure
are
derived
from
the
snakeroot
plant
from
Indian
forests.
The
armadillo of
South America is helping us find a cure for
leprosy.
The
tropical
forests
also
contain
large
amounts
of
new
foods.
For
example,
the
winged
bean of New
Guinea is now grown in about 50 different
countries. Japanese scientists have found
a calorie-free substance in Paraguay
which is 300 times sweeter than sugar, and a
coffee free of
caffeine has been found
in the small forests of the Comoros
islands.
Every
day
we
use
products
from
the
rain
forests--robber,
spices
and
oils,
and
of
course
wood. Less than one
percent of the forest plants have been examined
for their potential, but the
remaining
99 percent is threatened by our endless search for
wood. The South American Indians
say
the trees hold up the sky, and if they come down
there will be a catastrophe.
Task
6
【答案】
A.
1) A solar eclipse occurs when the moon
passes between the E
arth and the sun, and the moon’s
shadow covers part of the
earth.
2) A solar eclipse has
occurred at Christmas only 30 times during the
past 5,000 years, the last
time in
1954.
3) The (retina of the) eye
can be permanently damaged.
4)
It works
by projecting the sun’s image on a piece of paper
through a pinhole on another piece.
5) The next eclipse at
Christmas will occur in 2307; it can be observed
on the west coast of Africa.
B.
1) T
2) F
3) T
【原文】
On December 25,
2000, many people across North America received a
rare Christmas treat
when the moon
passed in front of the sun resulting in a partial
solar eclipse.
Solar eclipses
occur when the moon passes between the earth and
the
sun, and the moon’s
shadow
covers part of the earth, and a total solar
eclipse takes place when the moon’s shadow
blocks out the sun entirely. What made
this particular solar eclipse unique was that this
event has
occurred on December twenty-
fifth only 30 times during the past five thousand
years, the last
time in 1954.
But
people
must
be
exceptionally
careful
when
attempting
to
view
the
solar
eclipse.
Without
taking
precautionary
measures,
one
can
permanently
damage
the
retina
of
the
eye;
however, there are several safe methods
of witnessing this heavenly marvel.
First, you can view a solar eclipse by
using eclipse safety glasses for filtering out the
sun’s
harmful rays. They should be used
when any part of the sun is visible.
Sunglasses
can
block
out
so
me
of
the
sun’s
ultraviolet
rays,
but
the
results
can
be
very
deceptive. The
eye’s natural reaction to this darken state when
wearing sunglasses is to make the
pupil
larger, which allows in more light and can
intensify the damage to the your eye.
You can
watch an eclipse by projecting the sun’s image on a piece of paper either by using a
telescope,
or
easier
yet,
by
creating
a
pinhole
in
a
piece
of
paper
and
viewing
the
result
on
another piece of paper, thus
called a pinhole projector.
Only during a total eclipse when the
sun is completely and briefly covered can you
watch the
eclipse without eye
protection. Even then, extreme caution should be
taken.
In case you didn’t catch
this last spectacular solar eclipse on December
twenty
-fifth, 2000,
there is no
need to fret. Your posterity can record the next
eclipse on Christmas in the year 2307,
but only if they’re visiting the west
coast of Africa for the holidays.
Task
7
【答案】
A.
1) pottery; metal
2)
large cities; food production
3)
the late 1950s; borrow; returnable; one-
trip
4) pots; pans
B.
1) Because the
food must be shipped from place to place when it
is produced, and because of the
increased variety of foods available
and the convenience of precooked meals, it is
impossible
for the customer to collect
many foods in his own container.
2) Until the late 1950s Americans had
to borrow soft-drink bottles by paying a deposit
each time
they bought one.
3) Yes, beaus sales of soft drink
climbed.
4) Glass companies gave
soft-drink sellers a helping hand. A US company,
Consumer's Glass, made
an
arrangement
with
the
bottler
companies
to
reimburse
them
for
much
of
the
cost
of
one-trip bottles.
5) Aluminium food packages now have
their own electric plugs. After you eat the food,
you can
just throw them away.
6) The writer is mildly criticizing the
trend toward one-trip living and thinks it
probably has gone
too far.
【原文】