2．In the debates about how a particular piece of land is to be used，the priorities often conflict．What should you do，for example，if you find out that under the fertile fields of a farming community there is a thick bed of coal which can be strip mined（露天礦）？Strip mining tears up top soil and plants．But mining may create jobs，bring money to the towns businesses．Those who approve of strip mining say that the coal is needed，and they point out that it is quicker and cheaper to get coal from the surface than to go deep into the earth to get it by standard mining techniques．On the other hand，it takes nature 500years to create an inch of top soil．As the countryside fills up，people are becoming more aware of the need for open space．Nearly every proposal for a new power plant，highway，or airport draws fierce opposition．Everyone wants the big，land-eating"uglies"to be in someone else's backyard．Minneapolis and St．Paul，Minnesota，for example，have been debating about the site of a future airport for years．Yet if a new airport is needed，it will have to go somewhere．
How do we find our way out of the land-used problem？One way might be to reexamine our values，to think in new directions．Does everyone have to have a car with its need for highways and parking lots？What about developing mass transport systems that use less land？Do suburbs have to spread？Can they be designed so they use less space？Do we have to have more energy？If we do，do we really have to strip-mine coal to provide it？
However difficult they may be to arrive at，choices will have to be made if we want to preserve the beauty and usefulness of the land．For there is at least one point on which all of us can agree：The land does have its limits．

97．The word"priorities"in the sentence meansD．
A．the various needs           
  B．the most important goal
C．the number one necessity     
  D．the first thing to be considered
98．"…，people are becoming more aware of the need for open space．"tells us thatB．
A．people are thinking to develop their living space into the sky
B．people noticed the need for unoccupied land
C．people are struggling to get more land from the space
  D．people are becoming more active on the space issue
99．How do we find our way out of the land use problems？A
A．One way might be to reexamine our values，to think in new directions．
  B．Everyone has to have a car with its need for highways and parking lots．
C．We have to have more energy．We need strip-mine coal to provide it．
  D．We may develop mass transit systems which use less land．
100．"Everyone wants the big，land-eating‘uglies'to be in someone else s backyard．"shows thatB．
A．people don t want more big projects
B．people don t want to live in the neighborhood of the big projects
C．people regard the large construction projects are"uglies"
D．people don t like the undesirable building projects．
101．The main idea of this article isA．
A．The Limits of Land            B．Land
  C．Land and Our Life Styles      D．Land and Space．

分析 本文主要講的是土地的有限性，我們不應(yīng)過(guò)度開發(fā)．

解答 DBABA
97  D 猜測(cè)詞義題．  根據(jù)文章第一 段What should you do 可知第一件我們需要考慮的事情是該如何利用這塊土地，故選D．
98  B 推理判斷題．此句的意思為"人們?cè)絹?lái)越意識(shí)到對(duì)開闊空間的需要"，開闊空間指的就是未被占用的土地，故選B．易錯(cuò)選項(xiàng)D，D項(xiàng)意為"人們對(duì)空間問(wèn)題越來(lái)越積極"，此句并沒有體現(xiàn)．
99  A  細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段第一、二句話How do we…in new directions．可知答案為A．
100  B   細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章第一 段 Yet if a new airport is needed，it will have to go somewhere．可知如果需要一個(gè)新的機(jī)場(chǎng)，它必須去某個(gè)其他地方說(shuō)明人們不想住在一個(gè)大的工程附近，故選B．
101  A  主旨大意題．本文主要講的是土地的有限性，我們不應(yīng)過(guò)度開發(fā)，因此A最準(zhǔn)確．易錯(cuò)選項(xiàng)B，B項(xiàng)涉及面太廣，不宜作此文標(biāo)題．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 做閱讀理解時(shí)要快速的瀏覽全文，把握文章主旨大意，帶著問(wèn)題回到原文，尋找細(xì)節(jié)或概括相應(yīng)的答案，最后要理清作者寫作思路．

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14．Two friends were talking about education，_______，about the kind of education that they received in their youth．（　　）
A．or elseB．worse stillC．or ratherD．above all

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11．moment片刻，瞬間，時(shí)刻．

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12．I would give you what you want，but as for marry you，it would be out of the question．marry改為marrying．

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