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Part B

Directions£º

In the following article£¬some sentences have been removed .For Questions 41-45£¬choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blank.There are two extra choices£¬which do not fit in any of the gaps.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.£¨10 points£©

Aremote Patagonian town that¡®s just beginning to prosper by guiding tourists through the virgin forests nearby is being shaken by the realization that it¡¯s sitting on a gold mine. Literally. 41£©___________________________________________________________________

Esquel¡®s plight is winning attention from international conservation and environmental groups such as Greenpeace. 42£©__________________________

About 3.2 million acres already are under contract for mineral exploration in poor and sparsely settled Chubut Province£¬where Esquel is£¬near the southern tip of South America. 43£©______________________________________

Meridian¡®s project£¬about 5 miles outside Esquel at a higher elevation£¬is about 20 miles from a national park that preserves rate trees known as alerces£¬a southern relative of California¡¯s giant sequoia. Some of them have been growing serenely in the temperate rain forest for more than 3£¬000 years.

The greatest fear is that cyanide£¬which is used to leach gold from ore£¬will drain downhill and poison Esquel¡®s and possibly the park¡¯s water supplies. The mine will use 180 tons of the deadly chemical each month. Although many townspeople and some geologists disagree£¬the company says any excess cyanide would drain away from Esquel.

¡°We won¡®t allow them to tear things up and leave us with the toxic aftermath£¬¡±said Felix Aguilar£¬28£¬as he piloted a boatload of tourists through a lake in the Alerces National Park.¡°We take care of things here£¬so that the entire world can hear and see nature in its pure state. The world must help us prevent this.¡±

44£©__________________________________________________________________________

A young English botanist named Charles Darwin£¬the author of the theory of evolution£¬was the first European to see alerces£¬with trunks that had a circumference of 130 feet. He gave the tree its generic name£¬Fitzroya cupressoides£¬for the captain of his ship£¬Robert Fitzroy.

Argentina£¬pressed by the United States£¬Canada£¬the World Bank and other global lenders£¬rewrote its mining laws in the 1990s to encourage foreign investment.45£©________________________________________

Argentina took in more than¡ç1 billion over the past decade by granting exploration contracts for precious metals to more than 70 foreign and domestic companies. If the country were to turn away a major investor£¬the message to its mining sector would be chilling.

[A]Whether Meridian Gold Corp. gets its openª²pit gold mine outside Esquel could determine the fate of mining in Patagonia£¬a pristine region spanning southern Argentina and Chile.

[B]Forest ecologist Paul Alaback£¬a University of Montana professor who studies the alerces£¬said Argentine authorities could gain from Alaska¡®s successful natureª²based tourism.

[C]More than 3£¬000 worried Esquel residents recently took to the streets in protests aimed at assuring that their neat community of 28£¬000 becomes a ecotourism center£¬not a goldª²rush town.

[D]American Douglas Tomkins£¬the founder of the Esprit clothing line and a prominent global conservationist£¬has bought more than 800£¬000 wilderness acres in Chile to preserve alerces and protect what¡®s left of the temperate rain forest. Ted Turner£¬the communications magnate£¬also has bought land in Argentine Patagonia with an eye to conservation.

[E]Residents also complain that Argentina hasn¡®t given natureª²based tourism a chance.

[F]Mining companies received incentives such as 30 years without new taxes and dutyª²free imports of earthª²moving equipment.

[G]In Argentina£¬the town has become a national symbol in the debate over exploitation vs. preservation of the country¡®s vast natural resources.

Part C

Directions£º

Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.£¨10 points£©

For better or worse£¬multiple marriages aren¡®t just for actress Elizabeth Taylor£¨renowned for her eight marriages£©anymore.

More Americans than ever are tying the knot£¨getting married£©for the third time or more.

Lynn Y. Naugle Haspel£¬a 53ª²yearª²old family therapist in New Orleans£¬says that people¡®s personal needs and desires simply changes as their life evolves.

¡°What functions well in the first part of our lives may not function well in the second or third parts of our lives£¬¡±she explains.She didn¡®t start her career as a therapist until her children from her first marriage went to school.That marriage lasted 21 years£¬her second marriage five years.Two years ago£¬she wed for a third time£¬and she describes this union as an¡°extremely easy marriage¡±¡£

Today£¬at an estimated one of seven weddings£¬the bride£¬the groom or both are making that trip down the aisle for at least the third time.That¡®s twice as many as a generation ago£¬according to the US National Centre for Health Statistics.

46£©In part£¬the surge in multiple marriages is a side effect of the 1970s divorce boom that has supplied an everª²expanding pool of divorced singles.Even the simple fact that people are living longer has opened the door to marrying more often.Noª²fault divorce laws£¨meaning no one is blamed for the failure of the marriage£©£¬and cultural changes have also meant there¡®s less peer pressure than in past generations to stay in a joyless or abusive marriage.

47£©While a single divorce didn¡®t block either Ronald Reagan or Bob Dole from seeking the most highly scrutinized job in America¡ªthe US presidency¡ªmodern society still raises an eyebrow at more than one matrimonial mistake.

Indeed£¬there are signs that attitudes are changing.Even the language is softening.Clinical papers in social science journals no longer probe for¡°neurosis¡±or mental depressive disorder among the¡°divorce prone¡±¡£More and more marriages are said to¡°end£¬¡±not¡°fail£¬¡±and one author has coined the term¡°encore marriages¡±¡£

¡°It¡®s coming out of the closet or becoming more accepted£¬¡±says Glenda Riley£¬a Ball State University professor who wrote a book on the history of divorce in the US.48£©¡°There¡¯s still embarrassment on the personal level£¬while there is growing acceptance on the public level¡±for three or more marriages in a lifetime.

49£©Some experts say that the trend toward multiple marriages shows an erosion in Americans¡®capacity for commitment.¡°We live in the age of light.We have light cream cheese£¬light beer£¬light mayonnaise£¬¡±says Wayne Sotile£¬a psychologist and marriage counselor in Winstonª²Salem£¬North Carolina.But£¬he adds£¬¡°There¡¯s no such thing as light£¬longª²term£¬intimate£¬romantic marriage.You¡®ve got to commit yourself to those things.¡±

There¡®s no guarantee£¬of course£¬that the third time is the best.50£©To the contrary£¬second and third marriages run an equal or greater risk of divorce than first marriages£¬which today are given 4ª²outª²ofª²10 odds of failing£¬and they tend to end more quickly.Divorce statistics show that failed second marriages typically end two years sooner than first marriages£¬lasting six years on average rather than eight.That leaves some doubly divorced people open for a third try at a relatively young age.

Section¢óWriting

Part A

51.Direction£º

You¡®ve just come back from a tour in JiuZhaiGou£¬and you¡¯re writing to your friend Mary.

1£©tell her that you¡®ve been back at the very day

2£©share your travelling experience with her

3£©invite her to a tour in ZhangJiajie in the coming year

You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use¡°Jane¡±instead. You do not need to wirte the address.£¨10 points£©

Part B

52.Direction£ºstudy the following picture carefully and write an essay of about 200 words.In the essay you should

1£©interpret the picture¡®s meaning

2£©give your comments on the phenomenon

3£©give your suggestions to solve the problem