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Mega-citiesIn1950,NewYorkwastheonlycitywithmorethan10millioninhabitants。Therearenow11citieshousingover11millionpeopleeach.Tokyoalonehas17million。In1995，theircombinedpopulationtotaled166million；in2015itisforecasttobeover204million。Theworld’surbanpopulation,increasingatfourtimestherateofruralpopulations，willdoubleintheperiod1990-2025，tooverfivebillion。Consequently，two—thirdsofthepeopleoftheworldwillliveincities,someofwhichwillbehuge。Moreover，about90%ofthegrowthwillbeindevelopingcountries。Thisgrowth，addingaround60millionpeopleperyeartocitypopulation，willbemainlyinSoutheastAsiaandAfrica.Theconsequencesaredramatic。Thisischangeonascaleneverbeforeexperienced，bringingwithitconsiderablechallengesandopportunities。Whydoesthisgrowthhappen?Mostofitresultsfrominternalmigrationratherthantheinternationalmovementofpeople，andiscausedbyavarietyofpushandpullfactors。Onepushfactorisduetopressureonlandavailability。Improvedhealthbringspopulationgrowth,causingpeopletomoveoutofruralareas。Othersmovebecauseofclimatechangeorpoorfarmingmethodswhichoftenresultindeforestationandflooding.Suchchangescanalterthesocialstructure，leadingpeopletomove。Furthermore，civilwarorregionalconflictsalsocausedisruption，drivingpeopleoutofruralareas.Ontheotherhand,therearethepullfactors.Citiesattractpeoplebecauseofthedemandforlaborinthemanufacturingandserviceindustries。Asaresult，theyofferahigherstandardoflivingtotheluckyones.Citiesalsotendtooffergreaterpersonalfreedom。Theworldeconomyhasexpandedfive-foldsince1950，withthecitiesdrivingtheexpansion。MuchofthiseconomicexpansionhasbeeninthedevelopingcountriesofSoutheastAsia.Therefore,mostofthemega—citiesofthefuturewillbefoundthere.题目1Thecombinedtotalpopulationofthese11cities________.选择一项：a。was166millionin1950b.was17millionin1995c.is204millionnowd。willbeover204millionin2015答案为D。此题可以运用查读技巧。先在找到第一段中找到包含题中关键信息（Thecombinedtotalpopulation）的句子，即第一段最后一句,于是可以直接得出选项D。而其他选项虽都在文中提到,但都不是与题干相对应的，因此可排除A，B,C三项。题目2Theworld’sruralpopulation________。选择一项：a。increasedatonefourththerateofurbanpopulationb.increasedatfourtimestherateofurbanpopulationc。willbefourtimesbiggerby2025d。willdoubleintheperiod1990-2025答案为A.此题需要运用查读技巧，并考查计算能力。先找到文中第二段的第一句，“Theworld'surbanpopulation，increasingatfourtimestherateofruralpopulations”城镇人口正以4倍于农村人口的速度增长着，即农村人口的增长速度的城镇人口的1/4.因此，不要被选项B所迷惑而误选。题目3Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothispassage？_________。选择一项：a。Therearenow11citieswithatotalpopulationof11millionpeople.b。Theworld’surbanpopulationwillbefourtimesbiggerby2025c.Variouspushandpullfactorscausepeopletomove正确d。Two—thirdsoftheworld’spopulationwillliveincitiesinSoutheastAsiaandAfrica.答案为C.此题可以运用查读技巧.找出选项A应为“Therearenow11citieswithapopulationof11millionpeopleeach.”选项B应改为“Itwilldoubleby2025.”选项D应将“inSoutheastAsiaandAfrica"改为“allovertheworld”.因此,正确答案为选项C多种内、外因引起人口流动。题目4Peoplechoosetoleaveruralareaspartlybecause_________。选择一项：a.climatechangeorpoorfarmingmethodsresultindeforestationandflooding正确b.thelivingstandardsofcitiesaremuchlowerc。thepopulationofruralareasincreasedfasterthanthatofurbanareasd.therearenotenoughspaceforpeopletolivethere答案为A。此题考查仔细阅读和分析的能力。文章第四段说明了人们纷纷离开农村的一些原因。四个选项中，只有选项A谈到了气候的改变和落后的农业方法使得山林遭到砍伐，洪水泛滥，这是人们选择离开农村的原因之一。而其他选项均不是文中列举出的原因。题目5Wecanconcludefromthelastparagraphthat_________.选择一项：a。theworldeconomyhasdeclinedsince1950b。economicexpansionleadstomega-cities正确c.theexpansionismainlytakingplaceinEuroped.thereisn’tanyeconomicexpansioninthedevelopingcountries答案为B.此题可以运用查读技巧。题干中已道明此题考查的范围，因此直接在最后一段中进行查读。第一句话讲“自1950年以来城市的发展促使世界经济出现了五倍的扩张”，因此选项A经济下降显然不对；第二句接着讲“大部分的经济扩张发生在东南亚这样的发展中国家"，因此，选项C讲经济扩张发生在欧洲也是错误的；选项D讲经济扩张没发生在发展中国家显然也不正确。通过分析可逐一排除选项A、C、D而得出正确答案B.ACaseStudy：DesertificationaroundtheGobiDesertTheProblemsTheGOBIDesert,inthenorthofChina，isnowseventimesbiggerthanBritain。Chinahaslargedesertareasandmuchofitsagriculturallandisbeingthreatenedbydesertification,whichisgettingworse。Inaddition,soilerosionhasledtoahugelossoffarmlandandthedryingupofrivers。Consequently，thelivelihoodsof35millionpeoplearebeingthreatened。Furthermoreitisevenaffectingcities.Thenearestsandduneislessthan100milesfromBeijing，whereunpleasantsandstormsarebecomingmorefrequent。Theworsethesituation，themorepressurethereisonthegovernmenttotakeaction.TheCausesThereasonsforthechangesarecomplex.Itisclearthatpollutionoftheairandwaterbyfactoriesisaffectingtheenvironment。Treesandothervegetationdie,andsosoiliseroded。Themoretreesthatdie,thelesswaterisheldintheearth.Theneedforwoodforfuelandbuildingsleadstofurtherdeforestation，whichcausesfurthersoilerosion。Localfarmersfinditmoreandmoredifficulttomakealiving.Theyendupusinginefficientfarmingmethods,whichagainleadstosoilerosion。TheSolutionsTheGovernmentiscarryingoutanti-desertificationprojects，includingthecreationofaforestbeltarounddeserts.Thetree-plantingcampaign,knownastheGreatGreenWall，ismeanttoprotectBeijingfromsandstorms。Chinahopestocontroltheexpansionofdesertlandbytheyear2010andplanstoestablishaprotectedeco—systemindesertareasby2050。题目1Accordingtothispassage，theGobidesertis______。选择一项：a。asbigasBritainb。20%ofthesizeofBritainc。oneseventhofthesizeofBritaind。seventimesbiggerthanBritain正确答案为D。题目2ThetotaldesertareaofChinais______.选择一项：a。increasing正确b.decreasingc.remainingconstantd。thelargestoftheworld答案为A。题目3______leadstosoilerosion.选择一项：a。Thegrowthoftreesandothervegetationb。Thedeforestation正确c。Theefficientfarmingmethodsd.Thepollutionofsomefactories答案为B题目4TheChinesegovernmentisplantingtrees_______。选择一项：a.arounddeserts正确b。aroundBeijingc.aroundtheborderofChinad。alloverChina答案为A。题目5Theexpansionofdesertland_______.选择一项：a。won’tbecontrolledby2010b。willdefinitelybecontrolledby2010c.shouldbecontrolledafter2010d.isexpectedtobecontrolledby2010正确答案为DTheworld'surbanpopulation,(世界城市人口）（1)increasing

atfourtimestherateofruralpopulations，willdoubleintheperiod1990—2025,tooverfivebillion.Consequently,（2)two-thirds

ofthepeopleoftheworldwillliveincities，someof(3）whichwillbehuge。Moreover，about90％ofthegrowthwillbeindevelopingcountries.Thisgrowth,addingaround60millionpeopleperyear(4)tocitypopulations,willbemainlyinSoutheastAsiaandAfrica.Theconsequencesaredramatic。Thisischangeonascaleneverbefore(5)experienced，bringingwithitconsiderablechallengesandopportunities。Whydoesthisgrowthhappen？Mostofitresults（6）frominternalmigrationratherthantheinternationalmovementofpeople,andiscausedbyavarietyofpushandpullfactors。Onepushfactorisduetopressure（7)onlandavailability。Improvedhealthbringspopulationgrowth,causingpeopletomoveoutofruralareas.Othersmovebecauseofclimatechangeorpoorfarmingmethodswhichoftenresultindeforestationandflooding.Suchchangescanalterthesocialstructure,leadingpeople(8)tomove.Furthermore，civilwarorregionalconflictsalsocausedisruption,drivingpeopleoutofruralareas。Ontheotherhand,therearethepullfactors。Citiesattractpeoplebecauseofthedemand(9）forlabourinthemanufacturingandserviceindustries.Asaresult,theyofferahigherstandardofliving（10)totheluckyones.Citiesalsotendtooffergreaterpersonalfreedom。GlobalFood全球食品“妈妈，我们去麦当劳，好吗？“Mum，canwegotoMcDonald’s,please？”Somepeoplemightask,“Wherewouldwebetodayifwedidnothavefastfood?"and“Wherewouldparentstaketheirchildrenouttoeat？’Ithasbeenreportedthatapproximately30%ofmealsconsumedbyfamiliesintheUSAareeatenatoneofthebigchainslikeBurgerKingandTacoBell，thoughprobablynoneismorefamousthanMcDonald’s。Thedistinctive“goldenarch”cannowbeseeninmostmajorcitiesintheworld.In2002,McDonaldshadapproximately25，000restaurantsinover120countriesandserved29millionpeopleaday。Apparently,thesecretoftheirsuccessisamarketingstrategyof“thinkglobal，actlocal”.McDonald'slearntthatiftheyadaptedtheir“Mac”mealstodifferentcultures,itwasmoresuccessfulthanhavingastandardizedsetofproductsthattastethesameeverywhere。Sonow，around80%ofMcDonald'srestaurantsarefranchisedtolocalpeoplewhoservefoodwitha“local”flavor.Forexample，inHongKong，foodcalled“ShakeShakeFries”and“RedBeanSunday”canbefoundonthemenu,whileinSwitzerland，“VegiMacs”areserved.However,fastfoodisnotpopularwitheveryone.Itisoftencalled“junk"foodbecauseitissaidtobeunhealthyandfulloffat.Furthermore，manypeopleclaimthatfastfoodchainsproduceenormousamountsofwaste，whilemillionsofpeopleindevelopingcountriesgohungry.Atthesametime，moreandmorepeoplenolongercookfreshfoodathome。“Convenience”foodisjusttooconvenient！ItissoeasyforpeoplewithbusyworkinglivestocallintotheirlocalbranchofMarksandSpencer，orsomeothersupermarketchain，tobuyready—mademealsontheirwayhomefromwork.Itiseveneasiertobuya“take—away”fromalocalrestaurantorpickupthephoneandorderapizzatobedeliveredtoyourhome.题目1Thesecretoffastfoodchains’successis_________。选择一项：a.franchisingtolocalpeopleb.havingastandardizedsetofproductsc。themarketingstrategyof“thinkglobal，actlocal”正确d。havingalotofrestaurantscoveringmanycountries答案为C题目2Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat_________.选择一项:a。aroundone-thirdofAmericanfamilieseatatoneofthebigchains正确b。therewereabout25，000McDonald’sRestaurantsintheUSAin2002c.in2002,McDonald’sserved29millionpeopleadayinEuroped.thepercentageoffamilieseatingatMcDonald'sishigherintheUKthanintheUSA答案为A.题目3Allthefollowingarecorrectexceptthat_________。选择一项：a。mostchildrenlikegoingtoMcDonald’sb.mostcountrieshavedifferentkindsofMcDonald’smealsc.about20%ofMcDonald’srestaurantsarenotfranchisedd.the“ShakeShakeFries"canbefoundbothinHongKongandinSwitzerland正确答案为D。题目4Whichofthefollowingisnotthereasonformoreandmorepeoplepreferringfastfoodtocookingathome?_________。选择一项：a.Becausetheyaremoreconvenientb.It'seasyforpeopletobuya“take—away”ontheirwayhomec.Peoplecanpickupaphoneandorderwhattheywanttobedeliveredtotheirhomed。Itischeapertobuyfastfoodthantocookathome正确答案为D。题目5Peoplecallfastfood“junkfood”because_________.选择一项：a。theyaretooconvenientb。theyaresaidtobeunhealthyandfulloffat正确c。theyarepopularamongchildrend。theyproducemuchwaste答案为BWhataWaste！（真是浪费！处理废物是一个巨大的全球性问题。)Dealingwithwasteisahugeglobalproblem.Unfortunately,manypeopledon’tusuallythinkmuchaboutwhathappens(1）totheiroldfridgewhentheyupdatetothelatestmodel。Afewjustdumpit（2）inthestreetwithoutanotherthought.Asaresult,Britaincurrentlyhasoveramillionoldfridges（3）rottingindumpsinfieldsandinwarehousesbecausethecountrydoesnothaveenoughequipmenttodispose(4）ofthem.NewEuropeanUnionregulationssaythatfrom1January2002，allmaterialthatdepletestheozonelayer,suchasCFCcoolants,（5）mustberemovedfromfridgesbeforetheyareputinlandfillsites。Itis（6）likelytotakequiteawhiletosolvetheproblem。Butitisnotonlyfridges（7）thataredifficulttogetridof。Whataboutoldcomputers，TVsandotherhi—techjunk？Forexample,GuangdongProvince，inthesoutheastofChina，hasbeensufferingfromproblems（8）causedbyimportedwasteelectricalgoodslikecomputers。Workersthere(9)havebeenbreakingupoldcomputerstoextracttherecyclablepartslikechips,andpreciousmetals（10）likegoldandplatinum.Unfortunately，unsaferecyclingmethodshavecausedhealthandenvironmentaldamageinthearea。ThereforethegovernmenthasbannedtheimportofitemslikeoldTVsets,computers，photocopyingmachines，videocamerasandtelephones.Somerecyclingfactorieshavealsobeenshutdownbecausetheywerepollutingtheairandwaterwithtoxicchemicals.Peopleshouldthinktwicebeforetheythrowawaytheiroldfridgeorcomputer。Itismorethanlikelytocausedamagetootherpeopleortheenvironment.题目1Fromthetitle“WhataWaste!”andthefirstsentence，wecouldanticipatewhichofthefollowingwillnotbeincludedinthepassage？__________.选择一项:a。Dealingwithwasteisahugeglobalproblemb。Itisdifficulttogetridofhi-techjunkc.Unsaferecyclingmethodshavecausedsomehealthandenvironmentaldamaged.Peopleshouldnoteatfoodthathasn’tbeendealtwithcarefully正确答案为D.题目2__________oldfridgesrottingindumpsinfieldsandwarehousesbecauseofthelackofequipmenttodisposeofthem。选择一项：a.Onemillionb。Morethanonemillion正确c。Onebilliond。Morethanonebillion答案为B。题目3正确Whenpeoplewanttobuyanewfridgetheyusually_________。选择一项:a。thinktwicebeforetheygetridoftheoldoneb。donatetheoldonetothepoorerpeoplec。dumptheoldoneinthestreetwithoutanotherthought正确d。justleavetheoldoneinthesameplaceathome答案为C.题目4CFCcoolantsmustberemovedfromfridgesbecause__________.选择一项：a。itisakindofpreciousmetallikegoldandplatinumb.itwoulddepletetheozonelayerifnotremoved正确c.itcanbeusedagainwhenputintonewfridgesd.somepeoplecollectitasahobby答案为B。.题目5Whatproblemshasn’tGuangdongProvincebeensufferingfrom？_________。选择一项：a.Somefactoriesexplodedinanaccident正确b。Somefactorieswerepollutingtheairandwaterwithtoxicchemicalsc。Ithasbeensufferingfromproblemscausedbyimportedwasteelectricalgoodsd.Theirunsaferecyclingmethodshavecausedhealthandenvironmentaldamage答案为A。GreenpeaceLaunchesRenewableEnergyGlobalTour（绿色和平组织启动可再生能源全球旅游）Wednesday,June26，HornsRev,Denmark:IntheleaduptotheEarthSummitinJohannesburginAugust，theGreenpeaceship,theRainbowWarrior,todaybeganthefirstpartofaglobaljourneytosupportthedevelopmentofrenewableenergyaroundtheworld。OffshorewindintheNorthSeaalonecanproducenearlytwicetheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountries。Usingonly20％ofthatwouldsupplyone—thirdofthesecountries’electricity。Greenpeacearegoingtochallengegovernmentsandindustrytomakethishappen。TheRainbowWarriorsailedtodaytoHornsRev，theworld’slargestoffshorewindpark，whichisbeingbuiltoffthecoastofDenmark.AnotherGreenpeaceship,theArcticSunrise,willbeginthesecondpartoftheglobaltourinSoutheastAsianextmonth.“Duringtheseweeks,Greenpeacewillbeconductingthisglobaltourwithtwoshipstoshowthatrenewableenergyisreadyandabletoreplacedirtycoal，oil，gasandnuclearpower–notonlyinthefuture，buttoday”,saidaGreenpeacespokesperson。Windenergyisreportedtobecompetitivewithcoalandgaspowergenerationandclearlybeatscostlynuclearpower。TheUKgovernment’senergyreviewclaimedthatwindenergywillbethecheapestenergysourceby2020。Nextmonth,theArcticSunrisewillbevisitingthePhilippinesandThailand，wherecommunitiesarerejectingdirty,old-fashionedenergytechnologylikecoal—firedpowerstationsanddemandingclean,renewableenergy.题目1Thepurposeoftheglobaltourwas_____。选择一项：a。toproduceelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountriesb.tosupportthedevelopmentofrenewableenergyaroundtheworld正确c。tovisitthePhilippinesandThailandd.toproduceclearandfashionedenergy答案为B题目2Thedestinationoftheship，theRainbowWarriorwas_____。选择一项：a。Denmarkb。thePhilippinesc.Thailandd.HornsRev正确答案为D题目3Accordingtothepassage,______willbethecheapestformofenergyby2020.选择一项：a.windenergy正确b.nuclearpowerc.coal-firedpowerd.solarenergy答案为A题目4ThepowerproducedbytheoffshorewindintheNorthSeacanbe_____.选择一项：a.one-thirdoftheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountriesb.20％oftheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountriesc。nearlytwicetheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountries正确d。exactlythesameamountoftheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountries答案为C题目5Wecaninferfromthispassagethat_____。选择一项:a。offshorewindintheNorthSeahasalreadyproducedenoughelectricityfortheNorthSeacountriesb.thepurposeoftheGreenpeaceshipistotransportrenewableenergyc.nuclearpoweristhecheapestpoweratpresentd.Greenpeacehavemorethanoneship正确答案为DCETACEANS：FACTFILE鲸类动物：事实文件Thereareover80speciesofwhales,dolphinsandporpoises,（1）knowncollectivelyas“cetaceans”,throughouttheworld.Theycomeinallshapesandsizes。Herearesomefactsandfiguresabouttheseincredibleanimals.有超过80种的鲸鱼、海豚和鼠海豚，统称为“鲸鱼”，整个世界。它们有各种形状和大小.下面是一些关于这些令人难以置信的动物的事实和数字.1.LargestThebluewhaleis（2）theheaviestandlongestanimalonEarth.Theaverageadultlengthis25mformalesand26。2mforfemales，(3）withbodyweightsof90-120tonnes.2。SmallestHector’sdolphinistheworld’sshortestcetacean。Theymaybeonly1。2mlongwhenfully(4)grown.3.LargestAppetiteAbluewhaleeatsupto4tonnesofkrilldaily.Thisisequivalent（5）toeatingafullygrownAfricanelephanteveryday.4。DeepestDiveThespermwhale(6）isbelievedtodivedeeperthananyothercetacean.Theyhavebeenknowntodiveasdeepas2000m。5.LongestLivedOnebowheadwhaleisreportedto（7)havebeen130yearsoldwhenitdied.6.HeaviestBrainThespermwhalehastheworld'sheaviestbrain（8）whichcanweighupto9。2kg。Thiscompares（9）withtheaverage1。4kgforthebrainofanadulthuman.7。MostEndangeredThebaijidolphin,orChineseriverdolphin,istherarestdolphinintheworldandisreportedtobeendangered.ItlivesintheYangtzeRiverinChina.Conservationmeasures（10)arebeingtakenbytheChinesetosaveit。题目1Thisarticleismainlyabout________.选择一项：a.thespeciesofcetaceansb。somespecialtypesofcetaceans正确c。theageofdifferentwhalesd.thebluewhale答案为B题目2________livesintheYangtzeRiverinChinaandisreportedtobeendangered。选择一项：a。Thespermwhaleb.Thebluewhalec.Hector’sdolphind.Thebaijidolphin正确答案为D题目3Thelongestlivedwhaleis________。选择一项：a。thebowheadwhale正确b.hector'sdolphinc。thespermwhaled.thebluewhale答案为A题目4Thebrainofaspermwhalecanbe________thanahumanone。选择一项：a。over3timesheavierb。over4timesheavierc。over5timesheavierd。over6timesheavier正确答案为D题目5Usuallyadultmalebluewhalesare________thanfemaleones。选择一项：a。muchlongerb。muchshorter正确c。thesamed.muchheavier答案为BInterviewer—WhyisEnglishsoimportant？成功英语为什么这么重要David—well，Englishissoimportantprimarilybecausesomanypeoplespeakitanduseit，soithasnowbecomethelinguafrancaintheworld（1）inawaythatwe’veneverseenbefore.We’（2）veneverhadaworldlanguageofthiskindbefore.Sopeoplearelearningitnotjusttobeabletocommunicate(3）withnativespeakers,butalsowithspeakersofotherlanguagesaroundtheworld.Interviewer-Andwhyhasitbecomethatdominantlanguage?David—Ithinkthereason(4)forthatisactuallyverycomplicated,althoughinthetwentiethcentury,wecanjustseethatit'stheriseoftheUSmilitaryandconsumerpower。Imeanthetechnology；allthebigdevelopmentsintechnologylargelycamefromtheUS.Soallofthesedevelopmentsactually（5）wereproducedwithintheEnglishlanguage,andpeoplehadtolearnEnglishinordertounderstandthem,ortobenefit（6）fromthem。TheInternetisonlyoneexampleofthatkind.Oncealanguagehas（7)gotintothatpositionofdominance,it'sactuallyverydifficult（8）toshiftit.Sowecouldbeseeingtheemergenceofotherbiglanguagesintheworld(9）becomingmoreimportantthantheyhavebeen,likeSpanish,butit'sunlikely（10）thatthey'regoingtoshiftEnglishfromitspositionofdominance。题目1AccordingtoDavid，Englishisimportantbecause_________________。选择一项：a.ithasbecomeaworldlanguageb.somanypeoplespeakanduseit正确c.alotofpeoplearelearningitd.thenumberofpeoplewhospeakitisthelargest答案为B题目2Englishhasbecomethedominantlanguageintheworld______。选择一项：a.becauseithasalwaysbeenthatwayb。onlyinthe20thcenturyc.forareasonthatisverycomplicated正确d.onlybecauseoftheriseoftheUSmilitary答案为C题目3PeoplehadtolearnEnglish______.选择一项:a。tobeabletocommunicatewithnativespeakersb.tousetheInternetc。becausedevelopmentsintechnologyweremadebyEnglishspeakersd.becausetheyneededtounderstandthenewdevelopmentsintechnology正确答案为D题目4Davidthinksthatotherbiglanguagesintheworld_______。选择一项：a。willbecomemoreimportantthantheyarenow正确b。willbecomemoreimportantthanEnglishc.willshiftEnglishfromitspositionofdominanced。willneverbemoreimportantthanEnglish答案为A题目5Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothispassage？选择一项：a。Englishhasalwaysbeenthedominantlanguageintheworld.b.Englishbecamethedominantlanguageintheworldin20thcentury.正确c.Englishbecamedominantbecausemanypeopleallovertheworldspeakit。d.Oncealanguagehasgotintothepositionofdominance,itwillneverbeshifted.答案为BWillEnglishAlwaysBetheMainInternetLanguage?英语永远是主要的网络语言吗TheInternet’sabilitytoconnectawiderangeofculturesencouragesvariety.However，forthetimebeing，Englishdominatesonlinebecausefromthestartitwasthelinguafrancaofcyberspace.Willthisalwaysbethecase？Currentlyabout70%oftheInternetisinEnglish，butonlyabout44％ofInternetusersarenativeEnglishspeakers。Worldwide，nativeSpanishspeakersoutnumbernativespeakersofEnglishonline，andthenumberofnativeChinesespeakersisgreaterthanboththosegroupsputtogether。Statisticsshowthatthesituationischanging。Forinstance，threeyearsago75％ofwebpageswereinEnglish,butthatnumberhasdroppedto50%today。Furthermore，Internetuseamongnon-nativespeakersofEnglishisgrowingatafasterratethanthatofnativeEnglishspeakers。By2003,thenumberofnativeEnglish—speakingwebuserswillhavedroppedto29％,accordingtooneestimate.Asaresult,someresearcherssaythattheearlypredominanceofEnglishisgoingtodecline.TheysaythatEnglishwillkeepaspecialroleinconnectingcommunitieswhosenativelanguagesaredifferent,butinabout20years’time，Spanish,French,ArabicandChinesewillalsohavetakenonthisconnectingrole。Ifthisistrue,thenmonolingualnativeEnglishspeakersmaybemorelikelytolearnanotherlanguageandalsobecomebilingual,orevenmultilingual.题目1EnglishbecamethedominantInternetlanguagebecause________.选择一项：a.itisspokenincyberspaceb。fromthestartitwasthelinguafrancaofcyberspace正确c.alltheInternetcontentisinEnglishd。it’smostconvenientforpeopletouseEnglishonline答案为B题目2WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?选择一项：a.OverhalfofInternetcontentisinEnglish。b.LessthanhalfofInternetusershaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage。c.MorethanhalfofInternetusersarenativeEnglishspeakers.正确d.TherearemorenativeSpanishspeakersthannativeEnglishspeakersonline。答案为C题目3ThenumberofEnglishwebpageshas________intherecent3years。选择一项:a.risenb。dropped正确c。notchangedd。changedonlyalittle答案为B题目4________isNOTmentionedinthepassagetohavethepossibilitytotakeontheconnectingroleofEnglish。选择一项：a.Spanishb.Frenchc.Chinesed.Japanese正确答案为D题目5Accordingtothispassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutthefutureofEnglish?选择一项：a.ThenumberofnativeEnglish-speakingwebuserswillriseinthenearfuture。b。TheearlypredominanceofEnglishisnotgoingtodeclineinthenearfuture。c。Englishwillkeepaspecialroleinconnectingcommunitieswhosenativelanguagesaredifferent。正确d.Englishisgoingtodominatetheworldforever,althoughtherearemanybiglanguages..答案为CTwohundredyearsago,ittookseveralweeksforthenewsoftheimportantBattleofTrafalgartoreachLondon。（二百年前，特拉法加战役的消息到达伦敦花了好几个星期）Nowadays,youcanwatchaterroristattackasithappensanywhereintheworld.Thecommunicationsrevolutionmeansthatweareconstantlybombardedwithinstantnews。Thishasgreatadvantages，butitalsoraisesimportantquestions。Satelliteshaveenabledimmediatereportingworldwide。AreportercansendthenewstoanetworklikeCBSNewsandwithinsecondsitcanbeallovertheworld。TheysendelectronicreportsthatgostraightintothenewspaperorontotheTVscreen。Reporterscannowalsostransmitimagesathroughtheirmobilephones.Consequently，live，“on-the-spot"reportinghasbecomethenormandTVviewerscangetamuchbetterideaofwhatanaturaldisaster，aconflictoraninterestingscientificdiscoveryislike.Inrecentyears，severalchangeshaveoccurredintheownershipofnewsmedia.Networksownedbylargecompaniesandgovernmentshavebecomebiggerandverypowerful。Thesenetworks–suchasBBCNews24–arehungryfornewsandhavehugeaudiences.However，therecanonlybealimitednumberofsuchnetworksandtheirownershipisabigissue.SomecompaniesnotonlyownTVandradionetworksbutnewspapergroupsaswell.Whodecideswhatnewstopublishandwhatsortof“spin”toputonit？Isitalwaysobjective?Therearenow“spindoctors”whomanipulatethenews，emphasisingcertainpartsandnotothers–andasaresult，muchofitisnotneutral。Therefore，thequestionofcontrolofthemediamattersverymuch。Insomecases，themediacompaniesaremorepowerfulthangovernments。Theycaneveninfluenceelections.Sothequestionis–shouldtheybecontrolledandifso,bywhom?题目1Immediatereportinghasbecomepossibleallovertheworldbecauseof_____。选择一项：A.reportersB。theuseofnewsnetworksC.theuseofsatellites正确D。thecommunicationsrevolution答案为C题目2_____hasbecomethenorm。选择一项：A。ElectronicreportsB.InstantnewsC。Livereporting正确D。Transmittingimagesthroughmobilephones答案为C。题目3Inwhatwaysaremediacompaniespowerful?_____。选择一项:A。TheycaninfluenceelectionsinsomewayB.Nowadays,th