【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 do we learn from this passage? A. Human beings depend emotionally on animals. B. Fashion can. go hand in hand with passion for life. C. Fur is more effective than bamboo/cotton blend for clothing. D. Fur is more expensive than other materials for fashion designers. B CHINA Coal mines claim (使 … 失蹤 ) more lives A COAL mine blast (爆炸 ) in Jixi, Helongjiang, left more than 100 miners dead on Thursday .Ten mines in Jixi were ordered to stop production. The government has tried to shut down thousands of small, illegal mines in the country that do not meet safety standards. MIDDLE EAST Bombers continues to kill PALESTINIANS killed 32 Israelis in three major attacks between Tuesday and Thursday. There were two suicide bombing and a militant (武裝的 ) attack on Jewish settlement . They yielded one of the highest Israeli death tolls ( 死亡人數(shù) ) in such a short period over the last two years. CHINA Young people stand tall THE average height of Chinese young people has risen by 6 centimeters pared to that of 20 years ago. This year far exceeds (超過 ) the word’s average growth speed. A survey on health conducted by a panel(調(diào)研組 ) of Chinese students found the results. According to the world average level, youths get taller by 1 cm every 10 years. CANADA Talking about world issue The Group of Eight (G8)—the US, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada and Russia will hold a summit on June26 and 27 in Kananaskis, Canada. The G8 are the richest and most powerful countries in the world. G8 leaders and some African presidents will discuss strengthening global economic growth and helping Africa. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General, will also attend. 60. Thousands of mines have been shut because ______. A. they have blast B. they produced less coal C. they are very small and illegal D. they don’t meet the safety standards 61. In the last 20 years, the average growth speed of Chinese youths exceeds the world’s average level by _______. cm cm C. 5 cm D. 6 cm 62. What’s the purpose of the Summit? A. to strengthen the global economic growth and helping some poor African countries. B. To make these eight countries much more powerful. C. To help some African president to strengthen their economic growth. D. Kofi Annan will have an important speech on world issues. 63. This passage may probably taken from _______. A. a story book B. a text book C. a newspaper D. a novel C Scientists claim that air pollution causes a decline in the world39。s average air temperature. In order to prove that theory, ecologists have turned to historical data in relation to especially huge volcanic eruptions. They suspect that volcanoes affect weather change that are similar to air polluti One source of information is the effect of the eruption of Tambora, a volcano in Sumbawa, the Dutch East Indias, in April 1815. The largest recorded volcanic eruption, Tambora threw 150 million tons of fine ash into the stratosphere(平流層 ). The ash from a volcano spreads worldwide in a few days and remains in the air for years. Its effect is to turn ining solar radiation into space and thus cool the earth. For example, records of weather in England show that between April and November 1815, the average temperature had fallen . During the next twenty four months, England suffered one of the coldest periods of its history. Farmers39。 records from April 1815 to December 1818 indicate frost throughout the spring and summer and sharp decreases in crop and livestock markets. Since there was a time lag(滯后 ) of several years between cause and effect, by the time the world agricultural modity munity had deteriorated, no one realized the cause. Ecologists today warn that we face a twofold menace. The ever present possibility of volcanic eruptions, such as that of Mr. St. Helens in Washington, added to man39。s pollution of th