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  Support for renewable energy technology to figllt global warming is weakening in the face of

worldwide economic problems and the true scale of the carbon reductions required，a survey pub-

lished today has suggested．

    Figures presented at the UN climate talks in Poznan，Poland，show that climate experts have

less faitll in alternative energy than they did 12 months ago．

  The survey shows less support for wind energy，solar power，biofuels，biomass and hydrogen

energy as technologies with“high potential”to reduce carbon levels in the atmosphere over the next

25 years．

    Eric Whan of Globesean，which carried out t}le survey of“climate decision makers”．said．

“As the climate crisis deepens they could be becoming less optimistic that individual technologies

may be able to solve the problem．’’

    The survey，supported by groups including the World Bank，the United Nations Environment

Programme and the Pew Center for Global Climate Change，questioned l，000 senior figures across

governments，pressure groups and companies in 1 15 countries over the last few weeks．

  Almost three—quarters of the experts agreed in the survey that“equitable(公平的，平等的)e—

eonomic growth and development and significant progress in combating(與…斗爭)climate change

Call be achieved at the salne time．’’

    Asked to rate the likely Success of low—carbon technologies in the mid—term，they showed

less confidence than a similar survey 12 months ago．Support for offshore wind farms，was down

61％from 65％last year.Solar electricity generation was rated as having high—potential by 66％of  respondents，down from 74％．Support for hydrogen power was 32％，down form 36％in 2007．

    The respondents also warned that a deep recession(衰退)would make a new global deal on climate harder to achieve．Some 44％agreed that the current economic crisis will significantly delay orcompromise the“achievement of effective climate change agreements．’’

72．Which of the following is NOT the alternative energy?    ·

  A．Wind energy．    B．Solar power．    C．Hydrogen energy．D．Conventional energy．

73．Which of the following altemative energy sees the most remarkable reduction in support'?

  A．Offshore wind farms．    B．Solar electricity．

  C．Hydrogen power．       D．Natural gas．

Why is support for renewable energy technology to fight dobal warming weakening?

  A．The technology has no use at  all．

  B．People don’t want to use the technology．

  C．Nothing can be done to reduce carbon levels in the atmosphere．

  D．The current economic crisis iS to blame．

75．What’S the best title of the passage?

A．Experts Lost Faith in Renewable Technology  B．Global Environment Is Worsening

C．Who Is to Blame f．0r tIle Environment  D．What Can Be Done to Save the Earth

.--Have you heard that eleven people were killed on the spot in the highway tragic accident?

  --yes，what——   shock it is to hear ——news．

A．a(chǎn)；the    B．a(chǎn)；a    C．／；／D．the；／

第II卷(非選擇題共35分)

第四部分(共二節(jié)，滿分35分)

第一節(jié)：對話填空(共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分)

    閱讀下面對話，掌握其大意，并根據(jù)所給首字母的提示，在標(biāo)有題號的右邊橫線上寫出一個英語單詞的完整、正確形式，使對話通順。

M：Hi，it’s you，Mary! I didn’t(76)r          you !                   76．            

W：Hi，Tom! Long time no see．I've changed a lot，haven’t I?

M：Yes, indeed．You're(77)s          than before．                    77．            

w：Really? I，m losing(78)w          ．                                   78．            

M：But how? Going on a(79)d       or…?                                  79．            

W：I tried to eat 1ess，but(80)f     ．You know I've got a sweet      80．          

      tooth．Chocolates，ice creams…．a(chǎn)ll my favorites．

M：So?

W：My doctor(81)s       that I do more exercise．You see，         81．             

      as a secretary，I always sit at the desk doing paperwork．

      (82)L         of exercise led to my gaining weight day by day．   82．           

      So at last，I(83)f     his advice．I’m attending a Yoga             83．           

      Course regularly(84)t      a week．And I often do jogging.          84．           

M：Can you(85)I    your Yoga coach to me? I’m interested in it．     85．           

W．Sure

—John．I know nothing about playing tennis．I wonder if you could teach me．

    —             ．Just name the day．

    A．I'm glad        B．Go ahead             C．If you want it         D．With pleasure

We were late, ________ the film wasn’t very good.

       A．a(chǎn)nyhow    B．a(chǎn)ctually    C．however   D．though

Blue is the most attractive eye colour according to a new research.

Blue eyes like those belonging to sexy star Angelina Jolie are the most appealing colour according to a poll of 3,000 18-24 year olds by Fresh Look One Day Colour. Angelina, her partner Brad Pitt and his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston all have blue eyes and have all been named in a top twenty of the world’s most desirable eyes.

The survey found that young folk with blue eyes are generally seen as being more sexy and kind.

And when asked if they would change the colour of their eyes if they could, only one in ten blue-eyed people wanted to, significantly less than people with other colour eyes.

One in three people who didn’t have blue eyes wanted a change.

One quarter of respondents have considered wearing coloured contact lenses(隱形眼鏡) to change their eye colour temporarily --- and blue is most wanted colour.

Green was the second most popular colour for those wanting a new look, with respondents saying green-eyed people were usually mysterious and creative.

People with brown or hazel eyes were perceived to be more trustworthy than people with other eye colours.

People with grey eyes were generally thought to be more intelligent than other people, and they were also described as usually being shy.

Blue was the most common eye colour among respondents, with 41 per cent of those who answered the survey having baby blue peepers and 39 per cent having brown or hazel eyes.

The survey also found that 18 per cent of people don’t know what colour eyes their partner has!

Which of the following stars doesn’t have blue eyes?

A. Angelina Jolie       B. Jennifer Aniston      C. Brad Pitt     D. Audrey Hepburn

According to the study result, if you were a manager and wanted to find a most reliable person, you’d better hire one who has _________ eyes.

A. blue    B. green    C. brown     D. grey

According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. All people don’t know what colour eyes their partner has.

B. About 30% people without blue eyes don’t want a change.

C. Blue eyes are considered as the best eyes in the world.

D. People with grey eyes are thought to be less clever.

The underlined word “peepers” in the passage could be replaced by ______.

A. babies     B. colours    C. eyes       D. respondents

Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. Different eye colours in the world          B. A survey result on eye colours

C. Blue--- the most attractive eye colour       D. My favourite eye colour

Everyone present at the party was given a nice little gift with a suitable poem ________ to it.

A. attacked       B. attracted     C. attached           D. attributed

She will have to _____________herself to the new condition.

A. change             B. fit              C. adjust                D. suit

        Do you know the difficulty he had _______the work?

A. on finishing       B. to finish     C. finishing    D. finished

Rather than            on a crowded bus, he always prefers          a bicycle.

       A．ride; ride  B．riding; ride      C．ride; to ride      D．to ride; riding