Because the northern America is cold, James Naismith invented basketball which is a go

northern ireland is significant because of its manufacturing industry. ()

There is a(n) ______ lack of water in the northern part of the country, because there has been almost no rain since last February.

A.accurate

B.cute

C.intense

D.acute

A、because they are quick, warm and filling

B、because they like them

C、because there are different types of noodles

D、because they are cheap

A.they wanted to increase its control over Ireland

B.they had too many people and didn’t have enough space for them to five in Britain

C.they intended to expand their investment

D.they believed that Ireland was the best place for them

Which of the following inferences is TRUE, according to this passage？

A．The economy developed faster in welfare states than in non-welfare states.

B．In the 1930s, protectionism began to rise.

C．The new protectionism is so called mainly because it is the latest.

D．Government plays a more active role in economic life in Northern Europe than in Great Britain.

Passage Five

The Northern Pike is a very bad fish. It is a big, hungry fish, and swallows little fish such as trout and perch. Many Northern Pikes live in Lake Davis. They are killing all the smaller fish in the lake. The Northern Pike are a serious threat to the lake because they eat all the smaller fish. Soon, all other species of fish in the lake will be killed off. This is not healthy for the environment.

Experts are afraid that the Northern Pike will swim out of Lake Davis through many smaller rivers that feed into the lake. They could spread all over the country and damage many other water environments. If that happens, it would be too late to stop the Northern Pike.

For ten years, officials have been trying to remove the Northern Pike from Lake Davis. They haw. tried using nets, explosives and poisons. However, the Northern Pike population is still doing well in Lake Davis. Many people do not like the idea of using poison to kill the fish. They worry that the poi- sons are bad for humans who use the water. No trace of the poisons has ever been found in local wells, however.

Scientists are going to try the poison again. This time, they will drain the lake before they add the poison to the water. A public hearing will be held to talk about the problem.

52. Why are some people against the use of poisons to kill Northern Pike？

A. Fishermen will be poisoned too.

B. The poisons are expensive.

C. They think that wells will be polluted.

D. The lake will become unsafe.

In the countries of northern Europe, that has【C6】______large and successful retraining schemes to get laid-off workers back into jobs quickly.【C7】______in nations like Germany, jobs have also been【C8】______by cutting hours. Rather than laying off workers, a number of European companies have chosen to cut【C9】______schedules by a third or more as part of larger government schemes to【C10】______mass layoffs. Companies save money on salaries【C11】______the government picks up the cost of the pay cuts, including payroll(工资总额)taxes. It's successful, but it【C12】______to the national debt and also has the【C13】______to twist European labor markets.

What's more, economists note, European unemployment【C14】______tend to lag behind those of the U.S.-- meaning that while American unemployment will probably【C15】______this year, the big European economies will【C16】______numbers continue to rise into the years ahead.

All these emphasize the fact【C17】______while Northern Europe has handled the crisis【C18】______well up to now, the future is【C19】______bright. Indeed, economists say that Europe's usual slower-growth, higher-unemployment trend line will【C20】______in the years ahead.

【C1】

A．evoked

B．evolved

C．called

D．developed

Questions are based on the following passage．

Most of us are used to seasons． Each year, spring follows winter, which follows autumn, which follows summer, which follows spring． And winter is colder than summer． But the earth goes through temperature cycles over much longer perio~ds than those that we experience． Between 65,000 and 35,000 years ago, the planet was much colder than it is now． During that time the temperature also changed a lot, with periods of warming and cooling． Ice melted duringthe warm periods, which made sea levels rise． Water froze again during the cold periods．

(77) A new study from Switzerland sheds light on where ice sheets melted during the ice age． It now seems that the ice melted at both ends of the earth, rather than just in either northemor southern regions．

age． It now seems that the ice melted at both ends of the earth, rather than just in either northern

or southern regions．

This surprised the researchers from the University of Bern． (78) Scientists have long assumed that most of the ice that melted was in the Northern hemisphere (半球) during the 30,000-year long ice age． That belief was held because the North Pole is surrounded by land, while the South Pole is surrounded by the Antarctic Ocean． It is easier for ice sheets to grow on land． If surrounded by sea the ice can easily just slip into the ocean instead of building up．

The researchers used a computer model to look at ways the ice could melt and how it might affect sea levels． They compared these results to evidence of how temperatures and currents actually changed during that time． The model showed that if it was only in the Northern hemisphere that ice melted, there would have been a bigger impact (影响）on ocean currents (洋流) and sea temperatures than what actually happened． Studies suggest that melting just in the Southern hemisphere would have been impossible, too． The only reasonable conclusion, the scientists could make, was that ice melted equally in the North and the South．

It is still a mystery as to what caused the temperature changes that caused the ice to melt．

The North Pole is surrounded by land， while the South Pole is surrounded by the Antarctic Ocean． So scientists thought that __________ 查看材料

A.most of the ice melted in the Northern hemisphere

B.most of the ice melted in the Southern hemisphere

C.The North Pole is colder than the South Pole

D.The South Pole is colder than the North Pole

Text 4

It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group’s on-line service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: “We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”

The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right to life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia—where an aging population, life extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part—other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the right to die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.

Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death—probably by a deadly injection or pill—to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off” period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54 year old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. “I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, because I’ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he says.

56. From the second paragraph we learn that ________.

[A] the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries

[B] physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia

[C] changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hasty passage of the law

[D] it takes time to realize the significance of the law’s passage