阅读理解

Information from the pioneer spacecraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) obviously proves the theory that the burning 900-degree Fahrenheit surface temperature of Venus (金星) is due to an atmospheric greenhouse effect caused mainly by a blanket of carbon dioxide. Such a greenhouse effect is created when energy in the form of sunlight easily passes through a planet’s atmosphere, warms is surface, and becomes heat radiation that is then held in by the atmosphere. The orbiting spacecraft has collected Venus’s atmosphere from top to bottom so that NASA’s scientists are able to prove the exact amount of sunlight received at various places in the planet’s atmosphere and on its surface. Measurements of atmosphere, temperature, and radiative heating foresee Venus’s surface temperature very exactly. The planet is closer to the Sun than it is to the Earth, and it has a thin atmosphere like the Earth’s but Venus atmosphere is made up of more than ninety percent carbon dioxide, compared to less than four percent in that of the Earth. Because of its higher percentage of carbon dioxide, Venus’s atmosphere receives much more heat radiation than the Earth’s does. Thus the Venus studies are believed to be important to the understanding of possible bad effects on Earth’s agriculture and sea levels that could result from the long-term use of fuels, which add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere．

Notes

1. atmospheric adj．大气(中)的

2. carbon dioxide 二氧化碳

3．orbit vt.使(人造卫星、宇宙飞船等)进入空间轨道；绕轨道运行

4．amount n．总数，总额

5．compare vt．把……比作(to)

1．Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?

A．A New Theory

B．Measuring Planetary Temperatures

C．The Journey of Pioneer Spacecraft

D．The Greenhouse Effect on Venus

2．According to the passage, what happens to heat radiation on Venus?

A．It disappears at the planet’s surface．

B．It is received by the atmosphere．

C．It creates energy．

D．It is changed into other kind of energy．

 (丢失三道题)

Information from the pioneer spacecraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) obviously proves the theory that the burning 900-degree Fahrenheit surface temperature of Venus (金星) is due to an atmospheric greenhouse effect caused mainly by a blanket of carbon dioxide. Such a greenhouse effect is created when energy in the form of sunlight easily passes through a planet’s atmosphere, warms is surface, and becomes heat radiation that is then held in by the atmosphere. The orbiting spacecraft has collected Venus’s atmosphere from top to bottom so that NASA’s scientists are able to prove the exact amount of sunlight received at various places in the planet’s atmosphere and on its surface. Measurements of atmosphere, temperature, and radiative heating foresee Venus’s surface temperature very exactly. The planet is closer to the Sun than it is to the Earth, and it has a thin atmosphere like the Earth’s but Venus atmosphere is made up of more than ninety percent carbon dioxide, compared to less than four percent in that of the Earth. Because of its higher percentage of carbon dioxide, Venus’s atmosphere receives much more heat radiation than the Earth’s does. Thus the Venus studies are believed to be important to the understanding of possible bad effects on Earth’s agriculture and sea levels that could result from the long-term use of fuels, which add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere．

Notes

1. atmospheric adj．大气(中)的

2. carbon dioxide 二氧化碳

3．orbit vt.使(人造卫星、宇宙飞船等)进入空间轨道；绕轨道运行

4．amount n．总数，总额

5．compare vt．把……比作(to)

1．Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?

A．A New Theory

B．Measuring Planetary Temperatures

C．The Journey of Pioneer Spacecraft

D．The Greenhouse Effect on Venus

2．According to the passage, what happens to heat radiation on Venus?

A．It disappears at the planet’s surface．

B．It is received by the atmosphere．

C．It creates energy．

D．It is changed into other kind of energy．

 (丢失三道题)

第三节    书面表达（满分30分）

假如你是李华，是阳光中学学生会主席，根据双方约定，你们打算今年夏天去伦敦Ealing School进行四个星期的学习及旅游。请根据下面的表格内容写信给伦敦Ealing School。告诉他们一些你们的基本情况及活动内容，请他们帮你们作好安排。

注意：1．文章必须包括主要内容，可以适当增减细节，使其连贯、完整；

    2．词数：100左右；

    3．生词：办理手续（go through all the procedures）

        4.信的开头已给出。

Sunlight Middle School.

Wuhan, China

March 22, 2008

Ealing School

Dear sir，

I’m Li Hua，chairman of the student union of Sunlight Middle school.

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昨天，我班同学就“是否应该积极参与选修课”进行了一次热烈地讨论，讨论结果如下：

注意：1、适当补充，使原因不少于三条；  2、文章最后表明自己观点；  3、字数：110词左右。

选修课：selective courses   开拓视野: broaden one’s horizons  放松时间 a leisure time

阅读下列两则材料，回答问题。

材料一：据俄新社报道，塔吉克斯坦3月10日推出了一个措施：所有中小学师生今后在学校禁用手机，目的在于提高学校的教学质量。

材料二：一位中学教师在他的博客中写道：我在上课时总是把手机调到静音状态，不接电话也不打电话，没课时还真离不开手机；家长为学生配手机，是为了方便联系。

(1)用一句话概括以上材料的内容。要求字数不超过25个。

答：                                                                                    

  (2)你对上述材料有何看法?请简要阐述。

答：