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veloping countries.
B) A considerable portion of corn is used to produce green fuel.
C) Climate change has caused corn yields to drop markedly.
D) Inflation rates have been skyrocketing since the 1970s.
60. What does the author say about global wildfire incidence over the past 70 years?
A) It has got worse with the rise in extreme weathers.
B) It signals the early stages of global warming.
C) It has dropped greatly.
D) It is related to drought.
61. What does the author think of the exaggerated claims in the media about global warming?
A) They are strategies to raise public awareness.
B) They do a disservice to addressing the problem.
C) They aggravate public distrust about science.
D) They create confusion about climate change.
Part VCloze (15 minutes)
Directions:
There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the rght side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
In most cultures throughout the world, there is an expectation that when a person reaches adulthood, marriage should soon follow. In the United States 62，each month upwards of 168,000 couples wed,63 to love, honor, and respect their chosen life mates 64 death parts them. The expectation is deep-rooted.
65 the social functions, purposes, and relevance of marriage are rapidly changing in 66 society, making them less clear-cut than they have been 67 history. For instance, in a Pew Research Center random polling of over 2,000 68 fewer than half of all of the adults polled indicated that 69 a man and a woman plan to spend the 70 of their lives together as a couple, it was important than 71 marry.
Those of us who choose to marry have 72 reasons why we decide to marry the person we do. There is a 72, however in our Western, individualistic culture: We tend to marry for reasons that benefit ourselves,74for reasons that benefit the society 75, such as found in collectivist cultures. Research in Western cultures has found, for example, that the number-one 76 people cite for marrying to signify a lifelong commitment 77 someone they love. However, this reason is not the only response to why people wed—today, people get married for reasons of commitment, security, and personal belief systems. The Pew Research Center’s recent findings 78 that the main reasons people get married are for 79happiness and commitment, and bearing and missing children. As the date from this 80 show us, there are racial, age, and religious differences in what people 81 to be the main purposes of getting married.
62. A）alone C) barely
B) solelyD) again
63. A）trustingC) vowing
B) competingD) pretending
64. A）afterC) when
B) untilD) though
65. A）HoweverC)Therefore
B) HenceD) Then
66. A) contemporary C) constructive
B) conventionalD)consequent
67. A) beyondC) within
B) throughout D) amidst
68. A) objects C) individuals
B) specimensD) incidents
69. A) whereas C) for
B) unlessD) if
70. A) wholeC) leftover
B) totalD) rest
71. A) equallyC) nominally
B) legally D) vitally
72. A) radical C) specific
B) constantD) designated
73. A) worry C) myth
B) confidence D) tendency
74. A) rather thanC) not only
B) or else D) as well
75. A) at length C) at random
B) at large D) at risk
76. A) ease C) reason
B) beliefD) notion
77. A) about C) in
B) over D) to
78. A) suggestC) signify
B) raise D) resolve
79. A) moral C) visual
B) mutual D) versatile
80. A) legendC)survey
B) episodeD) blueprint
81. A) observeC) substitute
B) dispatch D) consider
Part ⅥTranslation(5minutes)
Directions：Complete the sentence by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheer 2.
82. （我们刚到山顶）than we all sat down to rest.
83. Anyone driving with a high blood alcohol level (将被指控为醉驾) and face a severe penalty.
84. Many people have become so addicted to online shopping that they (情不自禁每天都要访问购物网站).
85. You are an executive council member of our organization, so （你说的话有份量）.
86. To fully appreciate the author’s motive and intention, you really have to (仔细从字里行间去解读).
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