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Part I Writing
The Importance of Keeping A Good Mood
In today's increasingly competitive world it is essential to maintain a positive attitude towards life. To put it in a metaphor, keeping a good mood is a foundation upon which our life is built.
Keeping a good mood is important because it can help us solve various problems in life. The following two situations can enable us to clearly see how a positive attitude helps us cope with unpleasant things. Take English learning for example. In our effort to grasp English, mistakes are unavoidable. From one perspective mistakes are annoying, but a positive attitude can make us realize that only through making mistakes can a learner be expected to make progress. Sometimes one may come down with a serious cold, feeling depressed. But a change in attitude will enable us to look at the matter from a positive perspective. The illness may teach us the importance of health.
As we can see, keeping a good mood can help us to deal with mistakes in the right way and find comfort in time of sorrow. Its importance cannot be denied.
Part II Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)
1. Y 通讀全文后,即可發現本文描寫了新奧爾良被“卡特利娜”颶風襲擊后的景象,可知題干表述正確。
2. N 通讀全文可知,開頭幾段(即小標題上的段落)都是總體講新奧爾良受災后的景象。本題題干信息講了“卡特利娜”颶風帶來的污染,屬于此部分內容,定位后在第二段首句發現,颶風帶來的污染不僅有石油、污水,還有有毒廢棄物濾出的有害物質,題干信息不完整。
3. Y 根據題干中的信息詞Plaquemines Parish定位原文,在小標題Old Pollution Resurfacing下首段可找到答案,可知題干表述正確。
4. Y 題干內容提到“不要接觸污泥”,是講自我保護的,推知答案在標題Protection Kits下。再根據題干中的信息詞health and environmental agencies定位,在首段首句可找到答案,可知題干表述正確。
5. N 題干中的protective kit提示答案在Protection Kits下。根據題干中的信息詞The Southern Mutual Help Association和Oxfam America定位原文在第五段找到答案,原文用的give而非題干中的sell,可知題干表述錯誤。
6. NG掃讀文章可知,本文主要談到受災地區污染狀況,并未提及新奧爾良地區的狀況比較特殊。
7. Y 根據題干中的信息詞blooms of mold可知,此答案在標題Toxic Mold Blooms下,再用sprawling blooms of mold定位原文,在首段找到答案,可知題干表述正確。
8. Vibrio infections。由題干的died from可知填空處可能要填某種真菌,因而推知答案在Toxic Mode Blooms下。在倒數第二段可找到答案。
9. sick and injured。題干講到受災區的基本生活條件,已不涉及mold的內容,估計答案在Disaster Response Care下,用Katrina-struck定位原文,答案在第三段。
10. natural disasters。最后一題一般涉及最后一個標題下的內容。根據題干中的信息詞All of these conditions定位原文,在倒數第二段首句可找到答案。