第I卷（选择题 共115分）

第一部分：听力（略）

第二部分： 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Vietnam is working to meet goals for food production and food security. In doing so, the government supports use of pesticides and other chemicals on crops. Farmers use these substances to help crops grow, and to protect them from insects and other threats.

Signs around Vietnam carry the message "don't abuse pesticides, think of the buyer." But the government has fewer rules restricting the use of the pesticides. Some Vietnamese are so worried about the issue that they buy food only from growers they know, or they buy food online.

Tran Thuy Nhat is a 30-year-old mother who lives near Hanoi. She shops in the city center, but she worries about pesticides, so she buys vegetables only from people she knows in her village. If she did not, she says the food could harm her baby.

Not everyone knows a trust for the farmer, but there is a website that can help. It lists stores in Hanoi that sell "safe vegetables". The Vietnamese buyers group Vinastas set up the website in 2011.

Dang Kiem Hien is part of the team that runs the site. Ms Hien says stores have to meet requirements to be included on the website. For example, they have to prove that they get their vegetables from farmers who do not use chemicals. Ms Hien says a store will be removed from the list, if it does not obey the rules.

Eduardo Sabio is with VECO, a Belgian non-government agricultural group. It supports the local website. Mr Sabio says pesticide misuse in Vietnam is a real problem.

"The government has a list of pesticides that are allowed, but almost always there are "illegal" pesticides that get over the border and get to the farmers," Sabio said.

Mr Sabio says the Vietnamese safe food website uses what is known as the Participatory Guidance System. It supervises food safety through quality reports from farmers groups, traders and local officials. The system is used in more than 20 countries around the world. And Mr Sabio says Vietnamese farmers keep detail notes about their pesticide use as well as that of neighboring farmers.

21. We can learn from the passage that_____________.

It is almost impossible to get the safe food in the local market.

If pesticide is abused in growing vegetables, people’s health will be threatened.

We should buy all our food in online store because of its good quality.

Babies suffer more from pesticide than adults because they eat too much vegetables.

22. Why does Tran Thuy Nhat buy the vegetables from the farmers she knows?

Because they sell the vegetables to her at a low price.

Because the vegetables are fresher .

Because they don’t use pesiticide on their vegetables.

Because their vegetables taste more delicious.

23. If a online store owner can not prove his vegetables free from pesticide,________.

He will be fined by the government.

His store will be removed from online store lists.

He must throw aways his vegetables.

He can return the vegetables to the farmer who sells the vegetables.

24 . Vinastas is an organization set up by ______.

A.Vietnamese government B.Vietnamese buyers

C.Vietnamese seller D. An Vietnamese website

B

Chicken feathers are useful, and not just to a chicken. Some go into pillows, coats and other products. But countless chicken feathers go to waste.

In the United States, billions of chickens are produced yearly. Most of their feathers are thrown away.

But instead of being buried in land, some feathers could find a future in plastics.

One of the products they have developed is a flowerpot（花盆）. It may look like other flowerpots. But the container breaks down in the earth within one to five years. And as it breaks down, it naturally becomes nutrient in the soil.

The environmentally friendly flowerpot is the work of two researchers. Walter Schmidt is with the Agricultural Research Service, part of the United States Agriculture Department. Masud Huda is with the Horticultural Research Institute, a private organization.

Walter Schmidt has been working to find uses for chicken feathers since the 1990s. Progress in 2002 showed that plastic made from feathers could be formed like other plastics.

He says feathers are much stronger and last longer than another plant material. "Feathers are stronger. By design, feathers are also more durable（耐用的）. And the other part about it is if feathers were twice as heavy, or half as strong, then birds couldn't fly."

He points out that traditional flowerpots made from other plastics can last much longer. But he wonders if there is really a need. He says most flowerpots are never re-used.

"Why would you want a plastic that you use for a year to last for two hundred years? It makes no sense. You want to match the product with the use." said Walter Schmidt.

Walter Schmidt and Masud Huda are now adding another chicken product to their flowerpots -- chicken waste. The waste will add more nutrients to the soil as the pot breaks down. The scientists say they hope their flowerpot will be on the market in a year or two.

25. What do people mainly deal with feathers?

A. Feathers are used to make pillows, coats and other products.

B. Most feathers are paid no attention to.

C. Most feathers are used as nutrient

D. Most feathers are used to make flowerpots

26. What’s the advantage of the flowerpots?

A. They won’t last long. B. They can’t break

C. They are environmentally friendly D. They can be reused

27. What does Walter Schmidt think of traditional flowerpots?

A. Too heavy B. Too old

C. Never re-used D. Lasting longer but unnecessary

28. What do you think is the main idea of the passage?

A. Chicken and its feathers B. How to deal with feathers

C. Feathers made into flowerpot D. New flowerpots

C

The ISS project is a partnership of five - the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada.

At the moment, no program for its use nor any money has been put in place to support the platform beyond 2015.

One of the biggest issues stopping an agreement on station-life extension is the human spaceflight examination ordered by US President Barack Obama.

The Americans are developing a new vision for space exploration, and the rockets and spacecraft they will need to start it. The future of US joining in the ISS is closely tied to the result of the examination.

Mr Dordain, the European Space Agency's (Esa) Director General, said no one partner in the ISS project could alone call an end to the platform. A meeting would be held in Japan later in the year where he hoped the partners could get something clearly going forward. He said it was also necessary the benefits were increased and the costs were reduced. Increasing the benefits could include finding new uses for the station.

Esa has called for ideas on how to use the ISS as a platform for Earth observation. Mr Dordain said the agency had received about 20 very good proposals.

On the issue of reducing costs, there were many ideas on the table, he explained.

He also questioned whether it was necessary for the station to have six astronauts at all times. If there were periods when little maintenance was required or the experiment load was light, could the ISS run on a smaller group of people, he suggested.

Construction of the space station should finish this year. Next month, two components built in Europe - a connecting node and a robotic control room - will be flown to the platform by the US shuttle Endeavour.

Tranquility and the Cupola, as they are known, will complete the non-Russian side of the ISS.

29. Why will America joining in the ISS be tied to the result of the examination?

A. Because America is the greatest power among them

B. Because America provides most of the money

C. Because they need America’s rockets and spacecraft

D. Because Obama ordered the human spaceflight examination

30. According to Mr Dordain, how should they do to reduce costs?

A. To find new uses for the station

B. To make little maintenance

C. To reduce the experiment load

D. To have fewer astronauts sometimes

31. Where do you think you can read this passage?

A. In a story book B. In a handbook

C. In an advertisement D. In a newspaper

D

Ben Olsen had great careers as professional players. His story tells a lot about the past, present and future of professional soccer in America.

Ben Olsen was an important part of D.C. United's early success. He was the top new player, or rookie of the year, in 1998. His young professional career reached a high point the next season. D.C. United won the M.L.S. Cup, the league championship, on the strength of a Most Valuable Player performance by Olsen. He scored one of two goals for his team in the win against the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Ben Olsen looks back on his score in that championship as his most memorable. "I'd lost a lot of championships before that year, so that was a special game." said Ben Olsen.

Like many top American soccer players, Olsen played overseas. He joined the club Nottingham Forest in Britain. He says different leagues have different styles of play. "Some teams are very fast and athletic. Some teams are a little bit more low pressure on the ball and more skillful players. England has always been known to be a fast and physical league."

Olsen was also a part of the United States World Cup team of 2006. He says playing for his country was something he will never forget.

Ben Olsen has had five operations for severe ankle injuries. Still, he had one of his best years in 2007. He scored seven goals including a "hat trick"-- three in one game.

Ben Olsen celebrates his third goal in one game against the New York Red Bull in June of 2007

He was recognized for his outstanding play with an M.L.S. Best Eleven award. He accepted the award in a wheelchair after a minor operation became major ankle surgery（外科手术）. Ben Olsen retired after the 2009 season. Today he is an assistant coach with D.C. United.

32. When did Ben O