Los Angeles June 14, 2006 – Hollywood actress Daryl Hannah was arrested yesterday after spending two weeks sitting in a walnut tree on an urban farm a few kilometers from downtown Los Angeles. She was one of 40 people, including celebrities from the music and movie world, who were protesting at the proposed destruction of the 14 – acre farm. Police officers cut away branches from the tree and used a fire engine to reach Ms Hannah and her co – protester, environmentalist John Quigley. The two of them raised their fists in defiance（反抗）as they were removed.

Protesters, some of whom had chained themselves to concrete –filled barrels（桶），said that it was essential to keep the farm operating, as it provided food for hundreds of poor families in the area. About 350 people grow produce and flowers on the farm, which has been there for more than a decade and is situated in an inner –city area surrounded by warehouses and railroad tracks. However, the local authority recently approved plans for the area to be cleared and redeveloped for the construction of a huge new warehouse.

Ms Hannah, 45, star of films such as Splash and Kill Bill was not thrilled about being arrested. “But I felt it was important to show my support for the people,” she said. “This farm should be a model for sustainable (可持續(xù)的) urban agriculture. It needs to be replicated, not eradicated.”

The record length for a tree protest is held by a woman called Julia Hill, who remained on top of a 30-metre-high redwood tree in Northern California for 738 days from December 1997 to December 1999. She was successful in saving the tree and those around it from destruction. Ms Hill was also at the Los Angeles urban farm project this week, but her presence failed to stop the inevitable (不可避免的). No sooner had the protesters been removed than earth-moving machines moved in and began to clear the land.

1．Daryl Hannah was involved in a protest to           .

       A．save an agricultural city farm from destruction

       B．save a farm outside Los Angeles that provided jobs for the poor

       C．complain to the local council about all their development plans

       D．stop the police and fire department from cutting down trees

2．What did the protesters do?

       A．40 of them chained themselves to trees.

       B．They climbed trees with celebrities and refused to come down.

       C．They all chained themselves to large pieces of concrete.

       D．They fought with the police.

3．What did Daryl Hannah mean when she said “It needs to be replicated, not eradicated” in the third paragraph?

       A．The new warehouse much provide jobs for the poor.

       B．More farms should grow food for the cites not fewer.

       C．The city farm was a model to be copied not destroyed.

       D．The plans must be reconsidered and changed.

4．What happened after the protesters were removed?

       A．They built the warehouse immediately.

       B．They had hardly left when construction of the new building started.   

       C．As soon as they were gone, heavy machines cut down the trees.

       D．The farm was saved.

Yao Ming edged Kobe Bryant as the top votegetter in fan balloting^①for the 55th NBA All-Star game Thursday, and Shaquille O’Neal became the fifth player in league history to earn 13 consecutive^②selections for the midseason showcase.
Yao and Tracy McGrady give the host Houston Rockets two starters in the Feb.19 game. They were joined on the Western Conference squad by Bryant, San Antonio’s Tim Duncan and reigning MVP Steve Nash of Phoenix — who will be a first-time All-Star starter.
Yao edged Bryant by 71,107 votes for the top overall spot in the balloting, despite missing 21 games following surgery to clean out an infection^③ in his left big toe. It’s the fourth All-Star trip for the 7-foot-6 center from China and the eighth for Bryant, who leads the NBA in scoring and had an 81-point effort — the second-biggest night in NBA history — last month in the Los Angeles Lakers’ win over Toronto.
Yao finished with 2,342,738 votes; Bryant had 2,271,631 in the closest finish among the top two players in All-Star balloting since Vince Carter, then of Toronto, edged Miami’s Alonzo Mourning by 33,385 votes in 2000.
Notes:
①    ballot  vi. 投票
②    consecutive  adj. 連續(xù)的
③    infection  n. 傳染，感染

1. 1.

   Yao Ming’s got _______ Kobe Bryant in fan balloting for the 55th NBA All-Star game Thursday.

   1. A.
      the same votes as
   2. B.
      more votes than
   3. C.
      less votes than
   4. D.
      no more than
2. 2.

   Yao Ming and _______ belong to the Houston Rockets.

   1. A.
      Kobe Bryant
   2. B.
      Tracy McGrady
   3. C.
      Shaquille O’Neal
   4. D.
      Steve Nash
3. 3.

   Which of the following is not wrong according to this passage?

   1. A.
      Yao Ming edged Kobe Bryant as the top votegetter in fan balloting for the 54th NBA All-Star game.
   2. B.
      Yao edged Tracy McGrady by 71,107 votes for the top overall spot in the balloting.
   3. C.
      It’s the fourth All-Star trip for Yao Ming from China.
   4. D.
      Yao finished with 2,271,631 votes; Bryant had2,342,738 in the closest finish among the top two players in All-Star balloting.

Global emissions（排放）of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record in 2010. Emissions rose 5.9 percent in 2010, according to an analysis released on Sunday by the Global Carbon Project.
Scientists said the increase was almost certainly the largest absolute jump in any year since the Industrial Revolution. The increase solidified a trend of ever-rising emissions that will make it difficult, if not impossible, to stop severe climate change in coming decades.
The burning of coal represented more than half of the growth in emissions, the analysis found. In the United States, emissions dropped by a remarkable 7 percent in the year of 2009, but rose by over 4 percent in 2010, the new analysis shows.
“Each year, emissions go up, and there’s another year of negotiations, another year of indecision,” said Glen P. Peters, a researcher at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research. “There’s no evidence that this path we’ve been following in the last 10 years is going to change.”
Scientists say the rapid growth of emissions is warming the Earth and putting human welfare at long-term risk. But their increasingly urgent pleas that society find a way to limit emissions have met sharp political resistance in many countries because doing so would involve higher energy costs.
The new figures show a continuation of a trend in which developing countries have surpassed (超過) the wealthy countries in their overall greenhouse emissions. In 2010, the burning of fossil fuels and the production of cement (水泥) sent more than nine billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere, the new analysis found, with 57 percent of that coming from developing countries.
On the surface, the figures of recent years suggest that wealthy countries have made headway in stabilizing their emissions. But Dr. Peters pointed out that, in a sense, the rich countries have simply exported some of them.
The fast rise in developing countries has been caused to a large extent by the growth of energy-intensive manufacturing industries that make goods that rich countries import. “All that has changed is the location in which the emissions are being produced,” Dr. Peters said.
Many countries, as part of their response to the economic crisis, invested billions in programs designed to make their energy systems greener. While it is possible, the new numbers suggest they have had little effect so far.
【小題1】Many governments in the world resist limiting emissions because          .

A Day of Design

Sunday, June 17,2010

9 a. m. ~ 4 p. m.

Thomas College Student Center

Join us for a free day of fun! A Day of Design will encourage those interested in flowers and design to get in touch with their creative side and get some tips from the experts – Jeff and Scott. Pleas see the schedule below for details about this wonderful opportunity!

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Registration (登記) for the day runs from 9 a.m. in the Student Center. Later guests will take a tour of the Thomas College campus before the day’s events.

10:30 a. m. ~ 12:00 p. m.

Jeff and Scott will design more than a dozen arrangements in a variety of sizes and colors and auction (拍賣) will be held and guests will have the opportunity to bid on the flower arrangements.

12:00 p. m. ~ 1:00 p. m.

A delightful boxed lunch will be served. During the lunch hour, Jeff and Scott will create a centerpiece for the holiday table and give tips for creating a beautiful centerpiece using things found in the home.

3:00 p. m. ~ 4:00 p. m.

A fitting way to end the day – guests are invited to enjoy a wine and cheese party. Jeff and Scott will be available to answer questions or just talk about flowers!

There is no charge for this event.

REGISTER NOW!

Space is limited to 45 guests.

64．What are guests supposed to do from 9:00 a. m. to 10:30 a. m.?

A．To design flower arrangements.    

B．To enjoy a wine and cheese party.

C．To learn how to create a centerpiece.    

D．To take a tour of the Thomas College campus. 

65．When will an auction be held?

A．9:00 a.m. ~ 10:30 a.m.   B．10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m.

C．1:00 p.m. ~ 3:00 p. m.    D．3:00 p. m. ~ 4:00 p. m.

66．The underlined word “centerpiece” is probably         .

A．a(chǎn) photo on the wall                       B．a(chǎn) picture that has been drawn

C．a(chǎn) decoration for the center of a table           D．a(chǎn) flower that is carved out of stone

67．We can learn from the passage that A Day of Design         .

A．lasts for eight hours                      B．is free of charge

C．is held annually in July                    D．is aimed at fashion designers