57. What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1?

A. Plants’ reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystem.

B. The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists’ expectation.

C. Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.

D. Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.

58. We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that ______.

A. plants’ flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafing

B. there are 1,634 plant species on the four continents

C. scientists should improve the design of the experiments

D. the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change

59. Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because _______.

A. they can prove the climate change clearly

B. they are very important in the food chains

C. they play a leading role in reducing global warming

D. they are growing and flowering much faster than before

60. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the world’s temperature?

A. It has risen nearly 0.2℃ since 1979.

B. Its change will lead to weather extremes.

C. It is 0.8℃ higher in 1979 than that of 1990.

D. It needs to be controlled within 2℃ in this century.

第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

— What seems to be the problem?

— 61

— How long have yobeen like this?

— Since Saturday night.

— ____ 62

— Yes, I also feel lighthearted.

— Can yothink of anything yoate Saturday that might have caused it?

— All I can think of is the fish I had. It didn’t taste quite right.

— ____ 63 Now I’ll give yosome medicine. Take it and yoshould be feeling better soon.

— ____ 64

— I also suggest that yofollow a special diet.

— ____ 65

— Yoshould stick to eating lighter foods.

A. What’s that?

B. That might be it.

C. Thank you, doctor.

D. Any other problems?

E. I have a running nose.

F. Have yoseen a doctor?