The cold and dry climate of Antarctica ______ it one of the toughest places on Earth

According to the stranger, in the West the winters are______.

A. dry and cold

B. warmer than in the East

C. wet and cold

D. mild

to live, and you can see that by contrasting what lives there with what lives in the Arctic.

A.relevant details

B.synonymy

C.antonymy

D.hyponymy

The word temperate in the sentence “The climate is temperate…”(Line 10) ，most probably means ________.

A) hot

B) mild

C) dry

D) cold

Steam smoke will occur when ______.

A.extremely cold air from shore passes over warmer water

B.warm dry air from shore passes over cooler water

C.cold ocean water evaporates into warm air

D.cool rain passes through a warm air mass

Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.

For many Americans, 2013 ended with an unusually bitter cold spell. November and December（36） early snow and bone-chilling temperatures in much of the country, part of a year when, for the first time in two（37）, record-cold days will likely turn out to have outnumbered record-warm ones. But the U.S. was the exception; November was the warmest ever （38）, and current data indicates that 2013 is likely to have been the fourth hottest year on record.

Enjoy the snow now, because （39）are good that 2014 will be even hotter, perhaps the hottest year since records have been kept. That’s because, scientists are predicting, 2014 will be an EI Niuo year.

EI niuo, Spanish for “the child”, （40） when surface ocean waters in the southern Pacific become abnormally warm. So large is the Pacific, covering 30% of the planet’s surface, that the（41 ）energy generated by its warming is enough to touch off a series of weather changes around the world. EI Ninos are （42）with abnormally dry conditions in Southeast Asia and Australia. They can lead to extreme rain in parts of North and South America, even as southern Africa（43） dry weather. Marine life may be affected too; EI Ninos can （44 ） the rising of the cold, nutrient-rich（营养丰富的）water that supports large fish （45）,and the unusually warm ocean temperatures can destroy coral(珊瑚).

The Rules for Making Good Biluo Chun Tea

1． Draw cold water fronl the tap；

2． When the kettle boils,heat the teapot,keeping its inside as dry as possible；

3． Put the tea in the teapot.The amount will vary according to the number of people and the strength which they like their tea.As a general rule,use one teaspoonful for each person and an extra"one for the pot"；

4． Pour the boiling water on to the tea and stir well；

5． Place a cozy over teapot；

6． Leave the tea to infuse for five minutes；

7． Put milk and sugar(if required)in the teacups；

8． Start pouring the tea into the cups and then,half filling them,and then top up the teapot with freshly boiled water.Fill the cups and then up the teapot again if the second cup of tea is required.

Section B

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should choose the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D.

听力原文： Finding enough meat was a problem for primitive man Keeping it when it was scarce was just as hard, Three ways were found to keep meat from spoiling: salting, drying, and freezing.

People near salty waters salted their meat. At first, they probably rubbed dry salt on it. but this preserved only the outside. Later they may have pickled their meat by soaking it in salt water.

In hot, dry lands, men found that they could eat meat that had dried while it was still on the bones. They later learned to cat meat into thin stops and hang it up to dry in the hot air

Men in cold climates found that frozen meat did not spoil. They could leave their meat outside and eat it when they pleased.

6. How many methods are mere mentioned in the article to preserve the meat？

(6)

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

clothes you really need and decide how_____money you can _____on them. Then look at the labels that are inside the new clothes. They tell you how to _____the clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash it in cold water. The label on a coat may say “dry clean only” and cleaning in water may _____this coat. If you do _____the directions say on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best.

1.A. much

B. many

C. large

2.A. cost

B. spend

C. take

3.A. take place of

B. take use of

C. take care of

4.A. change

B. replace

C. ruin

5.A. as

B. by

C. for