根据短文回答 16~22 题。
G8 Summit
Leaders of the Group of Eight Major Industrialized Nations (G8) will meet in Scotland in July this year.Representatives from China,India,Mexic0,South Africa and Brazil have also been invited.Here's what the G8 leaders want from tile meeting.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants the G8 to cancel debt to the world's poorest countries.He wants them to double aid to Africa t0 50 billion pounds by 2010.He has also proposed reducing subsidies to Western farmers and removing restrictions on African exports.This has not got the approval of all members because it will hurt their agricultural interests.On climate change,Blair wants concerted(共同的)action by reducing carbon emissions(排放).
US President George W.Bush agrees to give help to Africa.But he says he doesn't like the idea of increasing aid to countries as it will increase corruption.Bush said he would not sign an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the summit,according to media.The US is the only G8 member not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol(京都议定书).Although the US is the world's biggest polluter,Bush so far refuses to believe there is sufficient scientific data to establish beyond a doubt that there is a problem.
French President Jacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change.He is determined to get the US to sign the climate change deal.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder remains doubtful of Blair'S Africa proposals.Schroder's officials have dismissed the notion that money will solve Africa's problems as "old thinking."Berlin says that African states should only receive extra money if they c;m prove they've solved the corruption problem.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was doubtful about the value of more aid to Africa.But he has seen a way to make this work to his advantage.Putin intends to use the aid to Africa as a springboard(跳板)next year to propose aid to the former Soviet republics of Georgia,Uzbekistan,Tajiikistan and Moldova.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's priorities are a seat on the UN Security Council,for which he will be lobbying(游说)at the summit.And he's concerned about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear weapons programme
第 16 题 The G8 countries include China,India,Mexico,South Africa and Brazil.()
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
Stick gold's research focused on the side effect produced by()
A. memory impairment.
B. lack of sleep.
C. low work efficiency.
D. memory recall.
请选择(2)处的最佳答案
A. get out
B. look round
C. move round
D. move about
根据短文回答 31~35 题。
Sleepless at Night
It was a normal summer night. Humidity (湿气) hung in the thick air.
I couldn't go to sleep, partly because of my cold and partly because of my expectations for the next day. My, mum had said that tomorrow was going to be a surprise.
Sweat stuck to my aching body. Finally, I gathered enough strength to sit up. I looked out of my small window into the night. There was a big bright moon hanging in the sky, giving off a magic glow.
I couldn't stand the pressure anymore, so I did what I always do to make myself feel better. I went to the bathroom and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste. I cleaned my teeth as if there was no tomorrow. Back and forth, up and down.
Then I walked downstairs to look for some signs of movement, some life. Gladiator, my cat, frightened me as he meowed (喵喵地唱出) his sad song. He was on the old orange couch (长沙发), sitting up on his front legs, waiting for something to happen. He looked at me as if to say, "I’m lonely, pet me. I need a good hug (紧抱).”Even the couch begged me to sit on it.
In one movement I settled down onto the soft couch. This couch represented my parents' marriage, my birth, and hundreds of other little events.
As I held Gladiator, my heart started beating heavily. My mind was flooded with questions: What's life? Am I really alive? Are you listening to me? Every time I moved my hand down Gladiator's body, I had a new thought; each touch sang a different song.
I forgot all about the heat and the next day's surprise. The atmosphere was so full of Warmth and silence that I sank into its arms. Falling asleep with the big cat in my arms, I felt all my worries slowly move away.
第 31 题 The author of the passage could not go to sleep partly because()
A. it was too cold
B. it was too dry
C. he had a cold
D. he had a fever