【阅读判断】For over a month, Indonesia was in crisis. Forest fires raged out of control as the country suffered its worst drought for 50 years. Smoke from the fires mixed with sunlight and hot dry air to form a cloud of smog. This pollution quickly spread and within days it was hanging over neighbouring countries including Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.Q: Indonesia was in crisis because of the drought.

【阅读判断】Norwich, the capital of the part of Britain known as East Anglia, has been in existence for more than two thousand years. It began as a small village beside the River Wensum. At the time of the Norman invasion in 1066 it had grown to become one of the largest towns in England.Q: The River Wensum flows by Norwich.

【阅读理解】I have learnt of a plan to build three hundred houses on the land called Parsons Place by the football ground. Few people know about this new plan to increase the size of our town. For me, Parsons Place is special because it is a beautiful natural area where local people can relax - the small wood has many unusual trees and the stream is popular with fishermen and bird-watchers. It’s very quiet because there are few houses or roads nearby. I think that losing this area will be terrible because we have no other similar facilities in the neighbourhood.Why is Parsons Place particularly important, in Alans opinion?

【阅读理解】After notifying the nurse of the situation we exchanged cell phone numbers in case Ed showed up. Once arriving in the parking lot of the restaurant Helen received a call from the nurse, who had found Ed sitting on a bench in front of the hospital a few buildings down waiting for her. What a relief! Ed was found at last ________.

【阅读理解】A new study has found no evidence that sunscreen, commonly used to reduce the risk of skin cancer, actually increase the risk.Researchers from the University of Iowa based their findings on a review of 18 earlier studies that looked at the association between sunscreen use and melanoma (黑素瘤). They said that they found flaws in studies that had reported associations between sunscreen use and higher risk of melanoma.The word “flaws” in the 2nd paragraph most probably means _______.

【阅读理解】He is a resolute man. Once he makes up his mind to do something, he won’t give it up halfway.The word “resolute” means____.

【阅读理解】I found in my baby’s behaviour a metaphor for the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine，but he merely spit upon them. When we read to him，he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don’t read，that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby，however，I have reached a conclusion: let them watch it. If television is that much more attractive to children than books，why should we fight it? Let them watch it all they want!From the passage we know that the author is ______.

【阅读理解】In this world of change and complexity, the need for information is of greatest importance. Those people who have accurate, reliable up-to-date information to solve the day-to-day problems, the critical problems of their business, social and family life, will survive and succeed "Knowledge is power" may well be the truest saying and access to information may be the most critical requirement of all people.We can learn from the paragraph that _______.

【阅读理解】"Scientific conservatism suggests that a biological explanation should be the last choice after all non-biological explanations are addressed," Allen said. "We have a lot of work to do to rule out (排除……的可能性) possible non-biological explanations. It is more likely that a chemical process, without biology, can explain these results."What can be inferred from what Allen said?

【阅读理解】Somewhere around puberty (发育；青春期), something happens in the timing of the biological clock. (2)The clock pushes forward, so adolescents and teenagers are unable to fall asleep as early as they used to. When your mother tells you it's time for bed, your body may be pushing you to stay up for several hours more. And the light coming from your computer screen or TV could be pushing you to stay up even later.What is implied in the second paragraph?