Countries 33 the Arctic are not the only ones with interests there. There certainly will be interest in the Arctic from nations that don't touch physically on the Arctic; that's very clear for natural resources,
for fishing, for 34 reasons. Energy supplies are among those reasons. Scientists say more open water in the Arctic means more gas from water and extreme weather elsewhere.
The Arctic is far from most of the world's population. However, scientists 35that distance is no guarantee people will be spared the effects of warming in the planet's northernmost regions.
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Part II Listening Comprehension.(30 minutes)
Part III Reading Comprehension.(40 minutes)
Section C
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
57、 Questions 57-66are based on the following passage.
In his first term. Mayor Michael Bloomberg mapped out a fair plan to get rid of 11,000 tons of New York City garbage every day. The complex proposal was designed to make each district take care of its own trash. It was also supposed to help limit noisy garbage trucks going long distances through, the city to reach marine barges (驳船), railways or out-of-state trash facilities.
Nobody wanted these new garbage transfer stations in their neighborhood, even with promises of new high-tech, low-smell facilities. There are already stations in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island, most of them in lower-income commtmities. Only one area of the city--the Upper East Side of
Manhattan--has refused to accept a trash facility. The city should not give in to local resistance.
It is time for residents in that neighborhood to accept a share of the city's garbage problem. The city should build a modern, environmentally sound facility at 91st Street to transfer trash from Manhattan to barges on the East River. That trash, estimated at up to 1,800 tons a day, would then go by barge to other states.
Deputy Mayor Cas Hoiloway said last week that the city has had to fight off "lawsuit after lawsuit" with "every useless argument under the sun" from those opposing the 91st Street facility. Those delays have helped push the cost for building the station from $125 million in 2006 to about $ 226 million now.
An earlier trash station at that site, which was closed in 1999, was badly designed so that trucks idled along York Avenue. The new facility, Mr. Holloway said, has been designed to reduce the congestion problem with longer ramps (匝道) leading to the facility, which sits on the eastern side of Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive. The plans also call for higher noise-blocking walls along the ramps.
This terminal is an essential part of the city's 20-year waste management plan. John Doherty, the sanitation (环境卫生) commissioner, told critics at a hearing last week, "We will not entertain any changes to what is a fair and thoughtful, district-based approach that was founded on the principles of environmental equity for all New Yorkers."
Environmental equity, in this case, means that the Upper East Side of Manhattan has to do its part.
The plan worked out by Mayor Michael Bloomberg will______.
A.make garbage trucks no longer necessary
B.need more out-of-state trash facilities
C.reduce the amount of trash in the city
D.make each district deal with its own trash
58、 According to the author, the city should______.
A.insist its plan to build trash stations in each district
B.establish new high-tech, low-smell facilities
C.build stations only in low-income communities
D.reach an agreement with the Upper East Side of Manhattan
59、 What do we learn about the trash facility built at 91st Street?
A.It will generate no influence on the neighborhood.
B.It will help the neighborhood deal with trash by itself.
C.It will deal with about 1,800 tons of trash a day.
D.It will be built by the side of the East River.
60、 The delays in building the 91 st Street facility______.
A.have put the city into trouble of nationwide opposition
B.have caused the city bigger financial pressure
C.have damaged the government's authority
D.have brought Deputy Mayor endless lawsuit
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