【正文】 knowledge. And at the end of the 14 years, anyone could use the invention idea behind the patent system was twofold: it would increase the amount of technology, by providing a way for people to make money out of new ideas, and it would make new technology widely available, by publicizing ideas that might ___10__ be kept as trade secrets.　　A) license I ) specifications　　B) however J ) yield　　C) accuse K) issue　　D) submit L) charge　　E) convenient M) availabe　　F) permission N) otherwise　　G) enable O) original　　H) free 【參考答案】：DOAKCFIMHN二、閱讀理解第2題：Gobal warming may or may not be the great environmental crisis of the 21 st century, but—regardless of whether it is or isn’t—we won’t do much about it. We will agrue over it and may even, as a nation, make some fairly solemnsounding mitments to avoid it. But the more dramatic and meaningful these mitments seen, the less likely they are to be observed.　　Al Gore calls global warming an “inconvenient truth”, as if merely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution. But the real truth is that we don’t know enough to relieve global warming, and—without major technological breakthroughs we can39。t do much about it.　　From 2003 to 2050, the world’s population is projected grow from billion to billion,a 42% increase. If energy use per person and technology remaim the same, total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (mainly CO2 ) will be 42% higher in 2050. But that’s too low, because societies that grow richer use more energy. We need economic growth unless we condemn the world’s poor to their present poverty and freeze everyone else’s living standards. With modest growth, energy use and greenhouse emissions more than double by 2050.　　No government will adopt rigid restrictions on economic growth and personal freedom (limits on electricity usage, driving and travel) that might cut back global warming. Still, politicians want to show they’re “doing something”. Consider the Kyoto protocol (京都議定書). It allowed countries that joined to punish those that didn’t . But it hasn’t reduced CO2 emissions (up about 25% since 1990), and many signatories (簽字國) didn’t adopt tough enough policies to hit their 2008―2012 targets.　　The practical conclusion is that if global warming is a potential disaster, the only solution is new technology. Only an aggressive research and development progrom might find ways of breaking our dependence on fossil fuels or dealing with it.　　The trouble with the global warming debate is that it has bae a moral problem when it’s really an engineering one. The inconvenient truth is that if we don’t solve the engineering problem, we’re helpless.　　1. What is said about global warming in the first paragraph ?　　A)It may not prove an environmental crisis at all.　　B)It is an issue requiring worldwise mitments.　　C)Serious steps have been taken to avoid or stop it.　　D)Very little will be done to bring it under control.　　 to the author’s understanding, what is AL Gore’s view on global warming ?　　A)It is a reality both people and Politicians are unaware of .　　B)It is a phenomenon that causes us many inconveniences.　　C)It is a problem that can be solved once it is recognized.　　D)It is an area we actually have little knowledge about.　　 emissions will more than double by 2050 because of ______________.　　A)enonomic growth B)wasteful use of energy　　C)the widening gap between the rich and poor D)the rapid advances of science and technology author believes that, since the signing of Kyoto Protocol, ________________.　　A)politicians have started to do something to better the situation　　B)few nation have adopted real tough measures to limit energy use　　C)reductions in energy consumption have greatly cut back global warming　　D)international cooperation has contributed to solving environmental problems　 is the message the author intends to convey ?　　A)Global warming is more of a moral issue than a practical one.　　B)The ultimate solution to global warming lies in new technology.　　C)The debate over global warming will lead to technological breakthroughs　　D)People have to give up certain material forts to stop global warming. 1小題、【正確答案】：D2小題、【正確答案】：C3小題、【正確答案】：A4小題、【正確答案】：B5小題、【正確答案】：B【參考解析】： 由題干中說提及到的in the first paragraph 可以將題目答案迅速定位到文章第一段后半部分but―regardless of whether it is or isn’t―we won’t do much about ，全球變暖有可能成為21世紀的環(huán)境危機，但是無論結果如何，我們都無能為力。迅速鎖定答案為D。B選項說全球變暖問題需要全世界范圍內(nèi)的努力，作者在文中是提到了這方面的內(nèi)容，但是作者的意圖重在后半句，也就是說國家承諾越多，執(zhí)行得越不到位，該句為第一句話服務，因此也不是第一段的主旨，故排除?！　?由題干中的人名Al Gore 可定位到第二段第一句…as it merely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution to relieve global warming. 題目問的是Al Gore 對全球變暖的看法。C與此表述一致。B項這是一個導致很多不便的現(xiàn)象，是對inconvenient truth 的表面的表面理解，排除?！　?由題干中的 more than double by 2050 定位到第三段末句With modest growth，energy use and greenhouse emissions more than double by ，能量消耗和溫室氣體排放到2050年時將是現(xiàn)在的兩倍。B項“能源的浪費”，文章中沒有涉及能源浪費問題，排除。D項科技的突飛猛進，作者在該段第二句中提到if energy use per person