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PartWriting

【审题与构思】① 审题及布局。这篇作文根据提纲,可以分为三个段落写作。可以根据自己对这三个方面的了解程度决定详写和略写的段落。第一段说明一些城市政府实施多项举措降低公共交通票价,大力发展公共交通的情况,如果要把这一段作为详写的段落,可以列举城市政府采取的一些具体的措施。第二段写发展公共交通带来的好处,可以写人们的交通费用降低,同时也可以叙述随着越来越多的人出门乘坐公共交通工具,降低了私家车的出行频率,从而能缓解交通和环境问题。 第三段写如何响应政府的号召,最好的方法就是尽量在出行时,使用公共交通工具。②语言。注意段落之间、句子之间的衔接,从而使其成为一个表达清晰,符合逻辑的整体。

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The Decrease of Public Transportation Ticket Fare

Recently, ① some municipal governments have taken a series of measures to develop public transportation including decreasing public transportation ticket fare. ② On the one hand, they strengthen financial support to public transportation companies. On the other hand, IC cards are issued to offer discount of subway and bus ticket fare.  

The benefits can be seen obviously. ③ One advantage is that the daily transportation expense is reduced. Due to the low prices, more and more people are willing to go out by public vehicles with less cars streaming in the street, ④ the street is clearer and the air is cleaner.    

⑤ To my mind, traveling via public vehicles is the best way to respond to governments' appeal. Besides, trying to make every trip efficient and reducing the frequency of vehicles is also a good answer.

①开门见山,说明一些城市政府实施多项举措降低公共交通票价,大力发展公共交通。municipal"城市的"为高分词。 

②用On the one hand 和On the other hand,清晰地表明一些城市政府采取的具体措施。

③这段阐述发展公共交通带来的好处,采用了因果法。发展公共交通导致交通费降低,而它又使更多人选择公共交通,而其又能缓解交通,改善环境。环环相扣,逻辑严密。

④分别用了clear "无堵塞的"和clean"清洁的",用词简单而生动,说明政府的举措有利于解决交通问题和污染问题。

⑤表达个人观点,提出了两个建议。

Part Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

本文首先比较传统的作物培育方法和转基因培育作物的方法,然后讨论转基因作物及食物给人类以及自然带来的利弊,最后指出人类必须密切关注转基因技术的发展及其影响。

1. A)。[定位]由题干中的conventional breeding和main difference定位到本文第四段。

[精析]段首设题。这段明确指出,传统种植过程是在物种之间或者非常相近的物种间进行杂交;GM crops的基因可以取自非常相近的物种,甚至是细菌和病毒。A)项为正确答案。B)项认为传统种植不可预测,而基因培植可以预测,由原文第二段...organisms...through genetic modification.... However, this technology too is inherently unpredictable知该项陈述错误;C)项认为农民用传统种植法,科学家用基因培植法,这与科学家致力于推广该技术的表述不符;D)项认为传统种植法时间长,但基因法短暂,这不是主要的区别。

2. A)。[定位]由选项的herbicide-resistant,drought-tolerant和salt-tolerant定位到Herbicide-resistant crops这一部分。

[精析]段落中设题。由该部分下前两句 "So what other advantages do GM crops hold for farmers? GM crops can be produced to be herbicide-resistant."知A)选项正确;第二段首句"Biotechnology companies are even experimenting with crops that can be genetically modified to be drought and salt-tolerant."知C)项陈述错误。B)、D)两项文中没有提及。

3. B)。[定位]由题干中的genetically modified animals定位到Better Quality Foods这一部分的第一段。

[精析]段首设题。由首句"Even animals can be genetically modified to be leaner, grow faster, and need less food."知A)、C)两项的陈述与原文陈述相悖,由本段最后一句"Modified crops could perhaps prevent outbreaks such as foot and mouth disease..."知D)项陈述专指转基因食物可以防止口蹄疫,D)项陈述也不符合原文;B)项认为这类动物可以提高产量,即本段第三句"These modifications again lead to improved productivity for farmers",故B)项为正确答案。

4. D)。[定位]由题干中的GM salmon定位到Better Quality Foods小标题下的第二段第二句。 

[精析]举例处设题。由"GM salmon, capable of growing almost 30 times faster than natural salmon"知A)项陈述不正确;由...without a single study on the impact on human health or the environment"知转基因鲑鱼有可能会对环境和健康造成威胁,C)项陈述不正确、D)项陈述正确。B)项在本段没有提及。

5. A)。[定位]由题干中的environmental damage定位到Environmental damage这一部分。

[精析]段首设题。由该部分下第一段的前两句"The problem with GM crops is that there is little known about what effect they will have in, say, 20 years time....GM crop tests focus on short-term effects."可知主要原因是目前的转基因作物的试验着眼于短期影响,无法预知长远的影响。B)、C)项的表述与原文不符;D)项陈述的是可能的结果不是原因,而且与环境没有直接的关系。故A)为正确答案。

6. D)。[定位]由题干中risks和GM crops定位到Risks: the other side of the debate这一部分。

[精析]标题处设题。该部分下设三个小标题,分别为:Environmental damage,Risk to food web和Disease。故文章共提到3个潜在危险。D)项为正确答案。

7. A)。[定位]需要迅速浏览全文,注意标题和小标题。

[精析]作者态度题。该文的标题为The Debate Over Genetically Modified Foods,同时陈述时有两方对立的观点,即Benefits: one side of the debate和Risks: the other side of the debate。由此可知作者在转基因食品的问题上是比较客观的,A)项为正确答案。

8. built-in pesticides

[定位]由题干中的eat GM crops和poisoned定位到Risk to food web小标题下的第二句GM crops may also pose a health risk to native animals that eat them. 和第三句The animals may be poisoned by the built-in pesticides.

[精析]此处需填名词性成分或者动名词。题干将第二和第三个句子重新改写,第二句话中的主语GM crops放到第三句话中充当the animals 的定语,所以此处应该填写名词性成分built-in pesticides。

9. their genetic modification of a plant

[定位]由题干中的Marker genes定位到Disease小标题下的第四句Marker genes are used by scientists to determine whether their genetic modification of a plant was successful.

[精析]此处需填名词性成分。题干将原文的被动句Marker genes are used by scientist改写成主动句Scientists relied on...,并且把原文中的use, determine分别用同义词rely on,test代替;空前给出一个介词of,故可推断空格处应填名词形式,结合原文可知应填写their genetic modification of a plant。

and environmental impacts

[定位]由题干中的Friends of the Earth定位到文章末段末句...Friends of the Earth who demand required labeling of these food products and independent testing for safety and environmental impacts. 

[精析]此处需填名词。题干将原文中定语从句改写成一个that引导的宾语从句;题干中的claim和原文的demand对应;空格前给出一个介词for,故可推断后面是名词形式,结合原文可知应填写safety and environmental impacts。

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