etitioner called on tony blair to stop the deputy prime minister eating so much”．another wanted to expel(驱逐)scotland from the united kingdom because scottish football fast never support england in the world cup．
other petitioners called on the prime minister to abolish the monarchy．some wanted to give it more power．some wanted to oppose the united states．others wanted to leave the european union．some wanted to send more troops to iraq and others wanted them all brought home．some wanted to adopt the euro(欧元)．others wanted to keep the pound．
yet if some petitions are not serious。others present a direct challenge to government policy．a petition calling on the government to drop plans to charge drivers for using roads has already drawn around 1.8 million signatures．1n response to that，a rival petition has been posted in support of road pricing．and that is also rapidly growing．
there are about 60 million people in britain．so it is understandable that the government wants to find out what people are thinking．but the problem with the e-petition site seems to be that the british people have about 70 million opinions，and want the prime minister to hear all of them．perhaps he could start a petition asking everyone to lust shut up for a while．
16. a petition needs to be signed
a.right b.wrong c.not mentioned
17. the prime minister reads petitions every day
a.right b.wrong c.not mentioned
18. a petition has to be mailed to the prime minister's house in london
a.right b.wrong c.not mentioned
19. petitions have been taken to be one of the ways for the british people to express their ideas.
a.right b.wrong c.not mentioned
20. no other governments have launched their e-petition sites
a.right b.wrong c.not mentioned
21. all petitions are serious
a.right b.wrong c.not mentioned
22. it is impossible for the prime minister to hear all of the opinions
a.right b.wrong c.not mentioned
第3部分：概括大意与完成句子(第23～30题，每题1分，共8分)
下面的短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23~26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2～5段每段选择1个最佳标题；(2)第27---30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。
ways to reduce exposure to air pollution
1 a report published recently brings bad news about air pollution．it suggests that it could be as damaging to our health as exposure to the radiation from the 1 986 ukraine nuclear power plant disaster．the report was published by the uk’s royal commission on environmental pollution．but what can city people do to reduce exposure to air pollution? quite a lot，it turns out．
2 avoid walking in busy streets．choose side streets and parks instead．pollution levels can fall a considerable amount just by moving a few meters away from the main pollution source—exhaust furies(废气)．also don’t walk behind smokers．walk on the windward(顶风的)side of the street where exposure of pollutants(污染物)can be 50 percent less than on the downwind(顺风的)si
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