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Climate change will increase U.S wildfires, and the smoky air will cause terrible problems in areas far beyond those burned, reports an environmental group Thursday.

Two-thirds of Americans, or nearly 212 million, lived in states suffering from wildfire smoke three years ago, according to the report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). These areas, which had smoke for at least a week, were nearly 50 times greater than those burned directly by fire.

“ It affects a much wider area of the United States than people have realized, ” says author Kim Knowlton, a Columbia University health professor, adding the smoke can move up to hundreds of miles. She says the smoke contains air pollution and can cause several kinds of disease.

Texas was hit hardest in 2011, when smoke stayed for at least a week in areas that are home to 25 million people, according to NRDC’s report. Illinois, which recorded no wildfires within its borders( 边界) ,ranked (排名 ) second with nearly 12 million people affected by smoke that moved in from elsewhere. The other eight states with the most people exposed (接触 ) to smoky air were, in descending ( 下降的) order: Florida, Missouri, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Alabama, Oklahoma and Iowa.

Nearly two dozen states had no wildfires within their borders in 2011, but eight of them still had at least one week of smoky air: Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio.

Only 18 states and the District of Columbia had no people exposed to at leas t a week of smoke that year, although five of them----Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah---had a large area burned by wildfires.

The problem will only get worse, Knowlton say. Scientific research shows climate is causing higher temperatures and health problems.

33. We can learn from the first two paragraphs that      .

A. most Americans suffered from climate change.

B. the stat es burned by wildfires had more serious problems.

C. most Americans suffered from wildfire smoke in 2011.

D. Every state had wildfire smoke for at least a week.

34. Which of the following states had wildfires within its borders?xkb1.com

A. Texas   B.  Kansas.  C. Ohio   D. California.

35. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Climate change causes more wildfires.

B. More wildfires cause climate change.

C. Wildfire smoke becomes a serious health problem.

D. Air pollution becomes a terrible problem.

第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

For a long time, I have been thinking about the idea of going abroad to do something worthwhile(值得做的), such as doing some voluntary work, working with kids or animals. However, I had been stopped for different choices with the kind of things I could do and different countries where I could do them.     36        And I had been puzzling over how I was able to afford the flights, costs and everything.

I thought I couldn’t wait to do something.      37       So I just got up off my bed and went downstairs. I started making sandwiches, and then put some crisps, some biscuits and an apple into about six little picnic bags. I called a couple of friends and told them my idea that I was going into the city to give these foods out to the homeless.      38

While we were buying some other things in the supermarket, we saw a whole cooked chicken that was on sale, so we bought it. We gave it to the first homeless man we came across.____39_____      What a feeling like no other!

______40_____ But I was very sad because I knew I had only helped one person out of thousands. Actually, it made me cry. But still at least I felt good to have helped others and the excitement got me satisfied, so I just had to keep doing that!

I think we don’t need to look too hard or travel too far for the things that are always on our own doorsteps.

A. He was really shocked and grateful.xkb1.com

B. He seemed glad to share the story with others.

C. They don’t need to travel far for voluntary work.

D. Besides, it’s very expensive to prepare for that.

E. I said to myself, “I have to do something worthwhile NOW!”

F. My friends loved my idea so much that they decided to join me.

G. I felt very happy because I did something making someone’s day.

第三部分：语言知识运用

第一节：完形填空(20题，30分)

I always knew I wanted to be a writer. Even before I learned to write , I would listen___41___ to stories read to me. Then I would___42___ them to my friends. But I usually ___43___ things I didn’t like and added things that I thought would ___44____ the story. I was not sure if my “improved new” stories made a lot of sense----- but my ___45____ seemed to enjoy them. In a way, I have been still doing the ___46___ things: listening to stories and telling them in a new way.

When I learned how to write, I ___47____ that I wanted to be a writer who would see stories he himself wrote in magazines, newspapers and books. The ___48____ “books” I wrote were for my family and friends. I liked my stories to have ___49____ , but I wasn’t very good at drawing. ____50___ , my brother Daniel loved drawing, so he ___51____ for many of my first “books”.

In the second grade, I thought I was ___52____ to become a published writer. With my mother’s ___53___ , I started sending my stories to some big New York___54____. Although the editors never bought my stories, some of them ___55____ me to keep writing.

All the time I was hoping to be a published writer and my brother was ___56____ becoming a full-time book painter. So I was taking classes to improve my ___57____ . My brother was going to a ___58____ school to learn more about skills of painting. Usually, when I ___59____ a new story, Daniel would paint for it. We would get ourselves published as a picture book ___60____ and a painter.

41. A. sincerely   B. casually   C. carefully    D. carelessly

42. A. hand    B. retell    C. teach    D. return

43. A. made for    B. changed into    C. left out    D. looked through

44. A. enjoy    B. forget    C. explain    D. improve

45. A. teachers    B. friends    C. sisters    D. families

46. A. different    B. same    C. useful    D. new

47. A. showed    B. decided    C. wished    D. learned

48. A. first    B. last    C. best     D. old

49. A. ends    B. covers    C. pictures     D. readers

50. A. Happily    B. Strangely    C. Unhappily     D. Importantly

51. A. wrote     B. spoke    C. looked     D. drew

52. A. unwilling    B. lucky    C. determined    D. ready

53. A. invitation    B. help    C. agreement    D. education

54. A. publishers    B. writers   C. schools    D. artists

55. A. encouraged   B. forbade   C. allowed    D. forced

56. A. asking for    B. dreaming of    C. laughing at    D. leading to

57. A. reading     B. listening    C. writing    D. drawing

58. A. business     B. music    C. medical    D. special

59. A. started       B. wanted    C. finished    D. read

60. A. lover        B. editor    C. author    D. talker