1. A。由第三段“On October 12, Gore shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for his work raising awareness of global warming. ”可知A项符合题意。
2. A。由第五段“Gore became interested in global warming when he took a course on it at Harvard University. While acting as US vice-president under Bill Clinton, he was active in pushing the country to cut greenhouse gas emission (排放).”可知Gore在哈佛学习全球变暖课程发生在他参加总统竞选以前。由第七段“After the narrow defeat, Gore traveled to Europe…”以及第九段“His hard work finally paid off years later when his documentary An Inconvenient Truth discussing global warming won an Oscar.”可知A项排序正确。
3. B。由第九段的“But now after winning the Nobel prize, Gore does not plan to go back to politics anymore.”可知A项不对；C项文中没有提及Gore对“ozone man”这一外号的态度；由第六段的“Although he won the most votes overall…”以及第七段的“After the narrow defeat”可知D项与事实不符。
1. D。由第一段“CALL it proof of how carefully students court (讨好) college admissions offices these days: thank-you notes have become the new trend. ”可知D项很好地概括了本文主旨。
2. B。A项与第三段的“The notes are directed not just to admissions officers, but also to college tour guides and alumni (校友) who are often the ones conducting college interviews these days.”不符；C项不是所有thank-you notes的特点；D项文中没有提及；从文中引用的所有thank-you notes我们可以看出它们都是精心措辞与设计的，所以B项正确。
3. B。由第三段的“The notes are directed not just to admissions officers, but also to college tour guides and alumni (校友) who are often the ones conducting college interviews these days.”可知B项符合题意。
4. D。由上下文可知，“Parents also get in on the act.”表示父母也参与到写感谢信的活动中，以增加孩子的入学录取率，所以D项为最佳选项。
5. D。由第六段Janet Rapelye的看法“But I’m still in favor of them. Expressing gratitude is a lovely quality.”可知Ｄ项正确。
1. A。综合全文可知，作者写这篇文章主要是与读者分享她学习中文的经历，B项文中虽有提及，但不是主要目的；C项不对，文中提到了作者学习中文所取得的进步但她并不是为了炫耀；D项明显不对，作者并没有给出学习中文的具体建议。
2. C。由第四段“I realized my ignorance in ninth grade when I arrived at Phillips Academy, a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts. The school encouraged a global outlook. There I decided to embrace the opportunity to learn Chinese. ”可看出作者学习中文的态度改变主要是受到了学校鼓励学生拥有全球化的视野的影响，所以C项正确。
3. B。由第六段可知A、C正确；由第七段可知D项正确；B项文中没有提到。
4. C。由第六段可知Jay Chou是作者最喜欢的歌手；文中提到了作者能够很好地理解Initial D 但没有提到对于Meteor Garden的理解；由最后一段“…and I know it will continue to be that way before I arrive at a relative plateau (高地) of fluency.”可知作者现在的中文还不够流畅；文中提及到学习中文辛苦，但作者很享受这个过程并努力地提高自己，所以C项正确。
1. C。综合全文可知，本文主要谈及了体形与运动的关系，体形差异在某些运动中很大程度上影响着运动员的表现，所以C项很好地概括了文章主题。
2. B。由第一段“Rather than being a long distance runner, he should have been a swimmer or a rower.”以及第二段的“He is a fast runner — he ran a marathon in 2 hours 25 minutes. But, at 1.98 meters, and 79 kilograms, he is simply too big to be great.”可知作者认为他的大个头更适合从事长跑。
3. C。由第七段的“The rules of physics say that long distance cycling and long distance running are for small people. Rowing and swimming are suited to big people. ”可知C项为最佳选项。
