【正文】 take effective measuresC. all sides concerned would make more effortsD. farmers would use less artificial fertilizers38. Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can cause ___B_______.A. air and water pollutionB. both a litter problem and a waster of resourcesC. to pay for the serviceD. to produce the receipt39. Which of the following can not help solving the problem of pollution? ___B_______A. Cutting out unnecessary buyingB. EatingC. Reduce excess use.D. Carefully dispose our daily products.40. What does the underlined word “l(fā)itter” mean in paragraph 2? __C_______A. not manyB. serious problemC. bits of waste thingsD. industrial pollution短文理解 3Benjamin Disraeli, the famous nineteenth century prime minister, said, “London is no t a city, it is a nation.” Today this is an understatement。 London, with its vast range of different ethnic groups, is a world.Certainly, London is the most culturally diverse city in the world. The city was founded by the Romans and since then new arrivals have constantly added to its character and prosperity.Within 10 years 40% of Londoners will be from ethnic minority groups, including the growing number of Londoners of mixed ethnic origin, but most of them will have been born in Britain. Children of Caribbean—Chinese marriages will go to school with children of RussiaIrish couples. None of them will be English, but all of them will be Londoners.Most of Britain’s ethnic minority residents live in the capital, speaking over 300 languages. Nearly all of the African population and many of the Caribbean population of Britain live in London(83% and 58% respectively)。 39% of the Chinese population of Britain and 36% of the Asian population of Britain live in London. The largest mingrant munity is from the Irish Republic with 256,000 people, % of the total population of London.There are an estimated 330,000 refugees and asylum seekers living in London, with most recent arrivals ing from Eastern Europe, North Africa and Kurdistan.Young people, in particular, are skilled at dealing with a large number of different and hybrid cultures. They themselves often have several different ethnic identities since their parents and grandparents may e from several different backgrounds, and their friends and partners do also. They are “skilled crosscultural travelers” without leaving their hometown.41. Why does the writer think that Benjamin Disraeli’s statement is an understatement? Because he thinks London is ___D______.A. part of the worldB. even larger than some countries in the worldC. not a nation at allD. a miniature world thanks to its great cultural diversity42. London is regarded as the most culturally diverse city in the world due to the following facts EXCEPT that ____D_____.A. within 10 years 40% Londoners will be from ethnic minority groupsB. most of Britain’s ethnic minority groups live in London, speaking over 300 languagesC. London acmodates about 330,000 refugees and asylum seekers from many other countriesD. many young people are immigrants from different backgrounds43. Ethnic minority groups will make up _B_______ of the London population in the future.A. % B. 40% C. 39% D. 36%44. The last paragraph mainly tells us in London __D______.A. young people are from different backgroundsB. young people are raised in a multicultural environmentC. young people find it hard to adapt themselves to hybrid cultural identitiesD. young people feel at ease with a large number of diversified cultures45. The passage mainly deals with ___C______.A. the advantage of hybrid cultures in LondonB. the position of the population in LondonC. the cultural diversity in LondonD. the contribaxon made by the new arrivals to London4650小題：閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容判斷其后的句子是正確（T），錯(cuò)誤（F），還是文字中沒(méi)有涉及相關(guān)信息（NG）。（每題2分，共10分）“Get up, the water is ing.” Yan Xinzhi, director of the neighborhood mittee of Chaoyang Street, Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi Province, would knock at the door of every household at midnight to have people collect water。 otherwise, the tap water would soon run dry when everyone in the city got up and joined the “water rush” in the morning. Yan, an elderly lady about 60, had served as mittee director for more than 20 years。 her major work was to rouse her neighbors from their sleep to get water. As time went by, residents could not go to sleep before one o’clock in the morning.Chaoyang Street was not the only street in Taiyuan that lacked water, and Taiyuan was not the only city in China with water in short supply.Niu Maosheng, Minister of Water Resources, told China Today that more than 300 cities nationwide lack water。 in 108 cities the situation has bee critical. The annual deficit of water has reached 6 billion cubic meters, leading to a loss of RMB 200 billion (approximately US $24 billion) in industrial output.T 46. As neighborhood mittee director, the major part of Yan Xinzhi’s job was to wake up her neighbors at midnight to get water.F 47. The passage reveals that all the cities in China suffer from water shortage.F 48. The passage is written by a water expert.T 49. The lack of water has led to a loss of US $ 24 billion in industrial output.NG 50. Xi’an is another city with water in short supply.