1 The development of Jamestown in Virginia during the second half of the seventeenth century was closely related to the making and use of bricks.

　　There are several practical reasons why bricks became important to colony.

　　Although the forest could __1__supply sufficient timber,the process of lumbering was extremely difficult,particularly because of the lack of roads.Later when the timber on the peninsula had depleted,wood had to be brought from some __2__.Building stone was also in __3_supply.However ,as clay was plentiful,it was __4__that the colonistwould turn to brick making.

　　In addition to practical reasonsfor using brick as the __5__construction material,there was also an ideological reason.Brick represented __6__and permanence.The Virginia company of London instructed the colonists to build new hospitals and new _7__out of brick.In 1662,the town Act of the Virginia Assembly provided for the construction of thirty-two brick buildings and __8__the use wood as a construction material.Had this law ever been successfully __9_,Jamestown would have been a model city.Instead,the residents failed to __10__fully with the law.And by 1699 Jamestown had collapsed into a pile of rubble with only three or four habitable houses.

　　A principal, B comply, C short, D frankly, E residence , F initially,

　　G installment ,H enforced, I durability, J designated, K distance ,L imply,

　　M prohibited, N principle, O inevitable

　　2 You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the World’s temperature .But ,rising sea levels__1by it have resulted in the first evacuation{撤离}of an island nation-the citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.

　　During the 20th century, sea level to 8-12 inches. As a result, Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water which has __2the century drinking water.

　　Panny, an official, reported to earth policy institution that the nation suffered an __3high numbers of storm in last ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperature__4 from global warming to greater and damaging water.

　　Panny expressed__5with the United States for refusing to sigh the Kyoto Protocol,an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas __6,which are a main cause of global warming. “By refusing to sigh the agreement,. the US has __7taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands years.” Panny told the BBC..

　　Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual __8of its people to both countries.

　　Tuvalu is not the only country that is __9to rising sea levels .Maumoon Gayoon,president of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311 000 an “__10nations.”

　　A}exhausted I}effectively

　　B}move J}contributing

　　C}caused K}resulting

　　D}outlets L}emission

　　E}unusually M}polluted

　　F}vulnerable N}dissatisfaction

　　G}sufficiently O}valuable

　　H}endangered

　　

　　阅读1 41 F 42 K 43 C 44 O 45 A 46 I 47 E 48 M 49 H 50 B

　　43 C in short supply 是供应不足/短缺

　　44 O 答案应该是个形容词，只要能看懂句义便可

　　45 A 答案应该是个形容词或是个具备修饰能力的词

　　47 E 根据空格钱5的hospitals可以判断，答案应于“医院”一样，属于一种建筑物。

　　48 M 答案应该是位于动词的过去式

　　50 B comply with(服从，遵守)是4，6级中常考的词组

　　阅读2 第一步请各位同学讲15个单词按照词性进行分类，动词组B,D,L,N,动词组：A,C,H,M,形容词词组：F,O,副词组：E,G,I.另外还需要注意J,K有可能即位名词也为动词，B也有可能为动词。

　　1：C。根据结构，答案应该是一个后置定语。过去分词和现在分词都可以满足

　　2：M。答案应该是一个过去分词形成现在完成时态，根据句子中的salt water(盐水)可以推断polluted(污染)为最佳选择

　　3：E.根据空后的high可以确定应该填入一个副词来进行修饰

　　4：K。

　　5：N.根据前面的expressed确定应该填入一个名词

　　6：L

　　7：I

　　8：B。答案应该是个名词，只有move 和 outlets 可以满足，利用空格后的to可以确认正确答案为move ,另外，咱们做十五选十的时候也经常出现一个单词的词性有两个，这就需要各位同学耐心一点随机应变了。

　　9：F。

　　10：H