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driving around on new roads. The residents do not think it is strange. Of the $40m Tuvalu received through the inter deal, $10m was used to asphalt(鋪瀝青于 )the island39。s 19km of roads. Before 1999 there were four cars on the islands. 共 43 頁(yè) 11 ? ? Now many Tuvalans suffer from obesity(肥胖 ), high blood pressure and diabetes. Others discovered that it was too expensive for them to keep their cars, and that anyway cars are not really necessary in a state that is just 26 sq km. There is now a huge rubbish dump in the middle of this tropical paradise, covered with abandoned cars and other waste. 共 43 頁(yè) 12 ? 5. ? Tuvalu joined the UN, at a cost of $ a year. The delegate to the UN is the prime minister39。s brother, and the Tuvalan delegation was especially active in promoting the Kyoto protocol to fight global warming. But while the political system argues about the best way to stop the rising waters, the sea keeps going up, and the Tuvalans keep spending their dollars. 共 43 頁(yè) 13 ? Paul Lindsay made a new film about the islanders. “Tuvalu is trying to keep its sense of social solidarity in the face of progress.” ? 答案: 共 43 頁(yè) 14 ? Ⅳ .短文改錯(cuò) ? 假定英語(yǔ)課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫(xiě)的一篇作文。文中共有 10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤,每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。 ? 增加:在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào) (∧ ),并在其下面寫(xiě)出該加的詞。 ? 刪除:把多余的詞用斜線 (\)劃掉。 ? 修改:在錯(cuò)詞下面畫(huà)一橫線,并在該詞下面寫(xiě)出修改后的詞。 ? 注意: ; ? 10處,多者 (從第 11處起 )不計(jì)分。 共 43 頁(yè) 15 ? I had never interested in sports, unlike most of my classmate. After the school they would take part in either a basketball and a football game, while I stayed inside all by myself. After some times I came to realize that I had to change all this when I intended to get along well with others. So, one weekend, at the great surprise of all my classmates, I announced that I want to go to the football game with them. I thought by join my classmates in sports, I would stop feeling lonely, and in the end I might even e to like sports very much as my classmates did. 共 43 頁(yè) 16 ? 答案: ? I had never∧ (been) interested in sports, unlike most of my classmate(classmates). After the\ school they would take part in either a basketball and(or) a football game, while I stayed inside all by myself. After some times(time) I came to realize that I had to change all this when(if) I intended to get along well with others. So, one weekend, at(to) the great surprise of all my classmates, I announced that I want(wanted ) to go to the football game with them. 共 43 頁(yè) 17 ? I thought by join (joining) my classmates in sports, I would stop feeling lonely, and in the end I might even e to like sports very(as)