3、The energy crisis has made people aware of how the careless use of the earth’s energy has brought the whole world to the edge of disaster．The over-development of motor transport, with its increase of more cars, more traveling, has contributed to the near-destruction of our cities and the pollution not only of local air but also of the earth’s atmosphere．

    Our present situation is unlike natural disasters of the past．Worldwide energy use has brought us to a state where long-range planning is vital．What we need is not a continuation of our present serious state, which endangers the future of our country, our children, and our earth, but a movement forward in order to work rapidly and effectively on planetary problems.

This country has been falling back under the continuing exposures of loss of morality and the revelation that lawbreaking has reached into the highest place in the land．There is a strong demand for morality to turn for the better and for some devotion that is vast enough and yet personal enough to enlist the devotion of all．In the past it has been only in a way in defense of their own country and their own benefits that people have been able to devote themselves wholeheartedly.

This is the first time that we have been asked to defend ourselves and what we hold dear in cooperation with all the other people of this planet, who share with us the same endangered air and the same endangered oceans．There is a common need to reassess our present course, to change that course and to employ new methods through which the world can survive．This is a priceless opportunity.

To grasp it, we need a widespread understanding of nature if the crisis we and the world are facing is no passing inconvenience, no byproduct of the ambitions of the oil-producing countries, no environmentalists’ only fears, no byproduct of any present system of government．What we face is the result of the invention of the last four hundred years．What we need is a transformed life style．This new life style can flow directly from science and technology, but its acceptance depends on a sincere devotion to finding a higher quality of life for the world’s children and future generation．

1．___________________ has resulted in the near-destruction of our cities?

       A．The rapid growth of motors．             B．The energy crisis

       C．the edge of disaster                              D．loss of morality

2．which one is NOT true , according to the whole passage?

       A．The over use of our earth’s energy has brought the whole world to the edge of disaster.

       B．By comparing past problems with present ones, the author draws our attention to the seriousness of this crisis

       C．What we need is a movement forward in order to work rapidly and effectively on planetary problems

       D．There is no need to reassess our present course, to change that course and to employ new methods

3．In para3, the author used____________ as an example to show the loss of morality?

       A．Disregard for law.                                                               B．Lack of devotion.

       C．Lack of understanding.                         D．Destruction of cities.

4．The author wrote the passage mainly to________.

       A．make a recommendation for a transformed life style

       B．limit ambitions of the people of the whole world

       C．demand devotion to nature and future generation

       D．encourage awareness of the decline of morality

2、Do we need an “Ivy League”?

China may soon have its own “Ivy League”, with a union of top universities.

The term originally referred to an athletic conference of eight top universities in the northeastern US．The Chinese version, which was officially started in mid-October, consists of nine famous universities, including Peking, Tsinghua, Zhejiang and Fudan．The union is supposed to result in student exchange programs, recognition of academic achievements, and other joint programs.

The news of this Chinese “Ivy League” has received mixed responses from the public and press．Some negative critics have dismissed it as yet another example of the wishful copying of international practices without fully understanding them．Others say that the “Ivy League” is not necessary but that the union is a good idea, one that could promote academic development.

So what’s your opinion on a Chinese “Ivy League”? Do we need one?

Yes．Ivy League or not, nine of China’s best universities cooperating is a good thing.

1.         These universities combining resources could create a better environment for students and for research．It could also save a lot of time and resources because it would mean fewer unnecessary investments for some of the universities.

2.         Allowing students to move to or have exchanges with other universities could broaden their horizons, improve their social skills and create more employment opportunities．The results could be more important than lessons and achievements.

3.         The term “Ivy League” carries a sense of academic excellence, tradition and reputation．If borrowing such a term could encourage students’ and professors’ mental state and improve Chinese higher education, then there’s no reason not to do it.

No．Universities should do some work on increasing cooperation instead of copying an “Ivy League” model.

1.         Many Chinese universities already have such cooperation with each other．If this cooperation were associated with the “Ivy League”, it would just distract （分散） attention and resources and have a negative effect.

2.         These Chinese universities are all state-run and most get their funding from the government．They’re quite similar to each other in many ways and more cooperation wouldn’t bring about as much potential ability as between , say, public and private, or Chinese and foreign universities.

3.         China should find its own way to develop world-class universities instead of by copying some foreign practices．We have our own unique conditions and foreign lessons often don’t apply well here．

1、90后出生的學(xué)生，思想特殊、行為方式和價(jià)值觀令人擔(dān)憂。假如你是一名90后出生的學(xué)生王林，請(qǐng)根據(jù)下表中所提供信息以“Do trust us—a generation born in the 90s”為題寫(xiě)一篇英語(yǔ)演講稿，以消除人們的憂慮。

注意：1．對(duì)所給要點(diǎn)，逐一陳述，適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，不要簡(jiǎn)單翻譯。

2．詞數(shù)150左右。開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)寫(xiě)好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

3．參考詞匯：盲目：blindly    

Good afternoon, everyone!

The topic of my speech today is “Do trust us—a generation born in the 90s”.

Living in an environment full of fiercer competition, we, a generation born in the 90s, are faced with more problems in entering higher schools and getting employed． ____________________

_______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________                      

    Thank you for your listening.

26、We don’t doubt ________ the boy can ________ the angry teacher．

A．if; apologize for                                        B．whether; apologize to

C．that; apologize to                                        D．what; apologize

25、So ________ was he in 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa that he didn’t hear anybody knocking at the door．Which of the following is NOT correct?

A．a(chǎn)bsorbed            B．buried             C．devoted           D．lost

24、He was made ________ the house under his mother’s direction．

A．clean          B．cleaning          C．cleaned              D．to clean

23、Yet ever since then, people at home and abroad have ________ different opinions about the policy．

A．risen         B．voiced        C．prohibited          D．discouraged

22、---- Have we ________ water?

---- Yes．We’d better get some．

A．run out                                 B．run out of

C．run into                                       D．run across

21、Much new high technology has been introduced from America, ________ a great increase in the production of the company．

A．resulting in                                 B．having led to

C．contributed to                             D．caused