It's been so warm in the United states this year, especially in March, that national records weren't just broken, they were deep-fried.

以下是关于这些插图的简要评论。请把评论与相关插图及提示性文字匹配起来。46. As climate change inevitably continues in coming decades; we are likely to see greater impacts on many rivers and water resources. There is evidence that the rapid warming since the 1970s has caused an earlier onset.of spring that induces earlier snowmelt and peak streamflow in the western United States and earlier breakup of river-ice in Russian Arctic rivers and many Canadian rivers.

47. Researchers discovered only recently that inaccessible sub-glacial lakes in Antarctica periodically shed huge quantities of water. An increase measured in tens of centimeters could cause widespread damage to hundreds of millions of people living in low-lying deltas and island nations around the world.

48. Scientists say man-made climate change does .have the 'potential to cause more frequent and more severe weather extremes, such as heat waves, storms, floods, droughts and even cold spells. But expeus did not connect the current frigid blast to climate change. We basically have seen just a big outbreak of Arctic air over populated areas of the Northern Hemisphere.

49. An unusual confluence of several weather patterns, including La Nina, was the direct cause of the warm start to 2012. While individual events can't be blamed on global warming. experts said this is like the extremes that are suunosed to get more freauent because of manmaae climate change rrom the burning of tossu ruets.

50. The likely loss of small island states such as Tuvalu and the .Maldives will raise profound questions over nationality and territory. It is a matter of time before global warming drives up sea levels the one or two metres that it would take to force permanent evacuation of islands such as Tuvalu, the highest point of which is four metres above water.

III．写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）

高考即将结束，黄金暑假即将来临。作为校刊的英文小记者，你特意向高三的 同学们推荐了几个假期的理想去处。 【写作内容］

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【写作要求】·

1.只能使用五个句子表达全部内容； 2.文中不能出现真实姓名和学校。

注意：开头和结尾己给出，不算进总句数。 【评分标准】

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。 参考词汇：

1.羊城八景Top Eight Scenes of Guangzhou 2.三角洲delta

The golden summer holiday is coming soon and it's right time for us to explore our mother citv一Guangzhou. Here we/d like to recommend you some wonderful places

Dear fellow schoolmates, don/t hesitate and enjoy your trip! 第二节读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

A grand memorial service was held in central Hubei province to honor three college students who died rescuing two children from the Yangtze River. Thousands of people holding chrysanthemum flowers went 'to the Jingzhou Memorial House to see off the teenagers, all 19-year-old students from the Yangtze university based in Jingzhou City. More than 10 students from the Yangtze University formed a ladder with one student holding another's arms to rescue the two boys in the river on the afternoon of October 24. One of the student lost his grip（控制）on his classmates and all of them～in danger. Several members of a winter sag tedin nearby came to help: Chen Jishi, He Dongxu and Fang Zhao～swept away in the river, but others were saved. People touched by their selfless act had donated more that 500,000 yuan to their relatives on Wednesday. Millions of Internet users made online comments to show their grief.

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northwestern Xi'an City: However, some questioned the sacrifice. \rescue two, is that worthwhile?\～163．com. \ 【写作内容】

1．以约30个词概括短文的要点。

2．以约120个词就“救人是否要考虑自身安全”这个主题发表你的看法，包括以下 要点：

1)当别人有难时，你是否会马上伸出援手？为什么？

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2)救人时你是否会考虑自身的安全？ 3)假如你当时在场，你会怎样做？ 【写作要求】

1.作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得 直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。 【评分标准】

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

英语参考答案

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