the chair is very comfortable to sit on该句中的不定式与主语有动宾关系，因此必须是及物动词，不及物动词则该加上适当的介词。

单词拼写（共10小题；每题2分，共20分）：

1.As is known, the Great wall is one of the w___________ of the world.

2.In the accident, only two people s__________ at last.

3.The building is specially d__________ for the homeless people.

4.Some ___________(志愿者 in your room looks new at the first sight.

5.Enough e__________ can help him a lot in the court.

6.I got a very friendly ____________ (接待) when I arrived there.

7.I have some _________(怀疑) whether they will come here on time.

8.What`s the __________(不同) between these two words?

9.The thief           (承认) that he had stolen the bicycle.

10.The head of a large company has many          （职责）.

Health and climate scientists have mapped how climate change affects different parts of the world in different ways. The scientists point to the fact that changes in the past thirty years may, have been affecting human health. Possible effects include more deaths from extreme(极度的) heat or cold, more storms and more crop failures in dry periods.

The health and climate scientists recently estimated(估计) that climate changes caused by human activity lead to more than one hundred and fifty thousand deaths each year. Cases of sickness are estimated at five million. And the W.H.O. says the numbers could rise quickly by the year of 2003.

Jonathan Patz of an environmental institute led the study. Professor Patz points out that climate scientists connected global warming with the heat that killed thousands in Europe in August, 2003. But he says poor countries least responsible(对……负责) for the warming are most in danger from the health effects of higher temperatures.

Professor Patz says areas in greatest danger include southern and eastern Africa and coastlines along the Pacific and Indian oceans. Also, large cities experience what scientists call a "heat island"effect that can make conditions worse.

Representatives(代表) from about two hundred countries hold a meeting in Canada, to discuss climate change. The ten-day meeting ends on December 9th. It is the first such United Nations meeting since the Kyoto Protocol(京都议定书) took effect earlier this year. The agreement aims to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) and other heat-trapping(吸热的) gases sent off into the air.

1.Who is Jonathan Patz?

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

3.Possible effects from the climate changes include the following EXCEPT ______.

4.According to the health and climate scientists, climate changes have been caused by ______.

5.We can infer from the passage that ______.

情景交际运用

IX. 根据短文内容，选择填入恰当的词语。（每空一词，每词1分，共6分）

Linda and Jenny are senior 3 students in our school. They are from Hong Kong. It is a busy city, and sometimes it is very n______ because of so many tourists. Different from that, Xiamen is more p           . Linda is a quiet girl so she likes to study here very much. But her sister Jenny p        Hong Kong because she loves shopping.

After g             next year, Linda will go to London for further education, and Jenny is going back to Hong Kong. Linda learns from a travel book that the w_________ there is rainy. She needs to prepare an umbrella and a raincoat. Jenny thinks that she will be reallyc___________ when she comes back to Hong Kong.

短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）