1、t care about sex or age! Come and join us, then youll make it!Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant（No Pay with Free Meals）Place: Manchester Hours: Part TimeWe are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 days left. Dont miss the chance
2、 of lending your warm hands to help others!Role：You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives. You will help them to develop new skills. You will help them to protect their rights and their safety. But your primary concern is to let them know they are value
3、d.Skills and Experience Required：You will have the right values and great listening skills. You will be honest and patient. You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since youll have to help those people with different learning disabilities. Pre
4、vious carerelated experience will be a great advantage for you.1The text is meant to _.Aleave a note Bsend an invitationCpresent a document Dcarry an advertisement2The volunteers primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities _.Ato get some financial supportBto properly protect
5、themselvesCto learn some new living skillsDto realize their own importance3Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?AThe one who can drive a car.BThe one who has done similar work before.CThe one who has patience to listen to others.DThe one who can use English to communicate.【答案】1D
6、写作意图题。根据文章中“Position: Volunteer Social Care Assistant”可以得知，本文是一则招聘志愿者的广告。2. D细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句“But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued.”可知，主要任务就让他们知道自己是有价值的，也就是说知道自己的重要性。3. B细节理解题。根据文章最后一句“Previous carerelated experience will be a great advantage for you.”可知，对你来说之前有关的工作经历可能是一个很大
7、的优势。BThere was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy traffic.At present, we realize that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is really worldwide.On several occasions over the past decade, a he
8、avy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the United States and brought health warnings in distant areas away from any industrial cities.In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution.Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxid
9、e in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels （coal and oil） is creating a “greenhouse effect” keeping heat reflected from the earth and raising the worlds average temperature.If this view is correct and the worlds temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will me
10、lt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be in water.Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earths temperature a result that would be equally disastrous.A drop of just a few degrees could
11、 create something close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas.Today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen.Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two tendencies will offset each other and the worlds temperatur
12、e will stay about the same as it is now.Driven by economic profits, people ignore the damage on our environment caused by the “advanced civilization”Maybe the air pollution is the price the human beings have to pay for their development.But is it really worthwhile?4People used to think that air poll
13、ution _.Acaused widespread damage in the countrysideBaffected the entire eastern half of the United StatesChad a very bad effect on healthDexisted merely in urban and industrial areas5As to the greenhouse effect, the author _.Ashares the same view with the scientistsBis uncertain of its occurrenceCr
14、ejects it as being ungroundedDthinks that it will destroy the world soon6The underlined word “offset” in the third paragraph could be replaced by “_”Acounteract Bbreak fromCget along Dcommunicate7If the worlds temperature lowered just a few degrees _.Ait would not do much harm to life on earthBit wo
15、uld lead major farming areas to disasterCparticular things would increase greatly in the atmosphereDseas and oceans would flood many cities本文主要讲述了空气污染可能会给我们造成的影响。4D细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句可知，人们过去认为空气污染只存在于工厂林立的工业区和交通拥挤的大城市当中。故答案选D。5B推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句中的“If this view is correct and”可知，作者并不确定这种观点（来自化石燃料燃烧的二氧化碳会导
16、致温室效应，使全球变暖）是否正确。故答案选B。6A词义猜测题。根据画线词所在的句子及其前一句可知，我们不知道这两种可能情况（全球变暖和全球变冷）中的哪种会发生，如果我们足够幸运的话，这两种现象会相互抵消中和，温度依然会保持不变。因此，offset应为“补偿；抵消”之意，故答案选A。7B细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，温度降低几度的话，就会出现类似冰川时代的现象，农业将会变得很困难甚至是不可能了。CCarbon monoxide （一氧化碳） poisoning kills and injures many people and animals around the world.The gas
17、 has been a problem since people first began burning fuels to cook food or to create heat.It is a problem in all parts of the world that experiences cold weather.Carbon monoxide is called the silent killer because people do not know it is in the air.The gas has no color.It has no taste.It has no sme
18、ll.It does not cause burning eyes.And it does not cause people to cough.But it is very deadly.It robs the body of its ability to use oxygen.Carbon monoxide decreases the ability of the blood to carry oxygen to body tissues.It does this by linking with the blood.When the gas links with the blood, the
19、 blood is no longer able to carry oxygen to the tissues that need it.Damage to the body can begin very quickly from large amounts of carbon monoxide.How quickly this happens depends on the length of time a person is breathing the gas and the amount of the gas he or she breathes in.Carbon monoxide po
20、isoning has warning signs.But people have to be awake to recognize them.Small amounts of the gas will cause a persons head to hurt.He or she may begin to feel tired.The person may feel sick.The room may appear to be turning around.The person may have trouble thinking clearly.People develop severe he
21、ad pain as the amount of gas continues to enter their blood.They will begin to feel very tired and sleepy.They may have terrible stomach pains.Medical experts say carbon monoxide affects people differently.For example, a small child will experience health problems or die much quicker than an adult w
22、ill.The general health of the person or his or her age can also be important.An older adult with health problems may suffer the effects of carbon monoxide more quickly than a younger person with no health problems.People with heart disease may suffer chest pains.They may begin to have trouble breath
23、ing.8Why is carbon monoxide called the silent killer?ABecause it tastes and smells good.BBecause it is not easily noticed.CBecause it kills and injures people.DBecause it always harms people.9How does carbon monoxide harm people?AIt makes peoples blood unable to move.BIt decreases the amount of bloo
24、d in the body.CIt makes body tissues full of blood.DIt makes the blood less able to carry oxygen.10When people breathe in small amounts of the gas, they may _.Afeel a little dizzyBsuffer a severe headacheCgo around in the roomDhave a terrible stomachache11Which of the following about carbon monoxide
25、 poisoning is TRUE?AAdults are affected more seriously than children.BYoung people are more severely affected than old people.CPeople in poor health may have more severe consequences.DPeople with heart problem only suffer from chest pains.这是一篇科普类的文章。文章向我们介绍了一氧化碳的特性以及伤害人的原理及症状。8B细节理解题。由文章第二段的“ The ga
26、s has no color.It has no taste.It has no smell.It does not cause burning eyes.And it does not cause people to cough.”可以看出，一氧化碳无色、无味、不刺激眼睛、也不会让人咳嗽，也就是说他不容易被人发觉。故选B。9D细节理解题。由第三段的“Carbon monoxide decreases the ability of the blood to carry oxygen to body tissues.”可以看出，一氧化碳伤害人体的方式是：降低血液携带氧的能力。10A细节理解题。倒
27、数第二段向我们描述了人体吸入一氧化碳时的反映，吸入少量时，“A persons head hurts.He or she may begin to feel tired thinking clearly.”只有A项所说的“feel a little dizzy”对应“The room may appear to be turning around.”。11C细节理解题。最后一段讲述了不同的人以及不同状况的人吸入一氧化碳后的反应，老人等身体健康状况欠佳的人所受的影响会更大。故选C。DEver since they were first put on the market in the early
28、 1990s，genetically modified （GM，转基因） foods have been increasingly developed and marketed in many countries in the world，mainly on the basis of their promise to end the worldwide food crisis.But can GM technology solve world hunger problems？Even if it would，is it the best solution?Despite what it pro
29、mises，GM technology actually has not increased the production potential（潜力） of any crop.In fact，studies show the most widely grown GM crop.GM soybeans，has suffered reduced productivity.For instance，a report that analysed nearly two decades of research on major GM food crops shows that GM engineering
30、 has failed to significantly increase US crop production.Something else，however，has been on the rise.While GM seeds are expensive，GM companies tell farmers that they will make good profits by saving money on pesticides（杀虫剂）On the contrary，US government data show that GM crops in the US have produced
31、 an overall increase in pesticide use compared to traditional crops.“The promise was that you could use fewer chemicals and boost production.But neither is true，” said Bill Christison，President of the US National Family Farm Coalition.At the same time，the authors of the book World Hunger，Twelve Myths argue that there actually is more than enough food in the world
