2012年深圳市高三年英语二模试卷

33．We know from the third paragraph that A．the desertification has been under control

B．the farmland is much larger than deserts

C．desertification area will be 2.65 million sq km in 2050

D．forest coverage rate is lower than 28 percent at present

34．Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

A．China’s progress in preserving forest is appreciated by UN.

B．Lots of farmland and deserts have been reforested up to now.

C．The nationwide sand control program includes three stages.

D．The desertification will be completely ended by the year 2030.

35．The passage mainly talks about .

A．resource and environment problems facing China

B．China’s Sustainable Development Strategy on Forestry

C．protection of forests and control of desertification

D．desertification sources under effective control

C

Like a good academic, Jean Adilifu did her homework.

The assistant principal for foreign languages at the Medgar Even College Preparatory School in New York had all the data at her fingertips before responding to questions about the recently released China Daily Gallup Poll(民意调查).

“Spanish is the No 1 foreign language offered in the schools across the country. French is second and Chinese is third, but growing rapidly.” Adilifu added.

In the survey of 2007 US citizens and 250 opinion leaders, conducted in December, four choices were given to the question, “If you were given a chance to learn a new foreign language, which language would you rather learn?”

Not surprisingly, Spanish was the easy winner with 58 percent, but Chinese placed second at 15 percent. Arabic was third with 11 percent and Japanese followed at 10 percent.

This is consistent with the US census data(户口普查资料) from 2010, showing English as the top spoken language in the United States, followed by Spanish and Chinese as the third.

At Adilifu’s preparatory school, all sixth grades are required to take Chinese.

Teacher Michael Jiang, who works closely with young children every day, sees the change in how China is viewed.

“In the old times, people looked at China and thought of communism. But today young kids see Chinese and the beauty of the culture.” Jiang said.

Adilifu mentioned the exposure of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the positive media