(1) Comment by Microsoft 帐户: (1) 1-5 GEKCI 6-0 BAHDJ 主题语境：人与自然 主题群：环境保护 语篇类型：议论文 A. alternatives B. expanding C. falling D. match E. normal F. objects G. pleases H. practice I. reflects J striking K. count Shell companies Musa Haidar holds a coconut to his ear and shakes it from side to side. Its sloshing (液体在容器里晃荡作响) (1) _____ the market trader, who puts the large brown ovoid back atop the pile at his stall on the outskirts of Zanzibar City, the main one on the east African island. His customers are less happy, however. A coconut going for 500 Tanzanian shillings ($0.20) a few years ago today sells for l,500 shillings. That makes it more expensive to prepare curries or other dishes using coconut milk. "The prices you see," says Mr Haidar, "they're not (2) _____. Coconuts have become expensive for local people." Why have prices gone nuts "People are chopping, chopping," explains Omar Yusuf Juma, another coconut seller. A(n) (3) _____ in 2013-14 found just 3.4m coconut trees, down from 5.7m in the late 1990s. Since hungry Zanzibaris still demand creamy fish curries and beans baked in coconut milk, (4) _____ supply has led to higher prices. Nuts from the mainland are pricier because of high transport costs. The felling of coconut trees (5) _____ how Zanzibar and the rest of Africa are urbanising. The defining feature of Africa's (6) _____ cities is sprawl: cities are growing outwards rather than growing upwards. As Zanzibar City has spread farther into former countryside, when people move to their new plots they chop down the coconut trees to make space for their new homes. Moreover, some houses, as well as many island hotels, have furniture made from coconut wood. Emmanuel Elias, a carpenter, explains that it is cheaper than imported (7) _____. By law farmers cannot chop down fruit-bearing trees for furniture; in (8) _____ it is hard to stop them. Even if they follow the rules, many do not plant new trees, since these take at least six years to produce fruit, and 15 years to reach maximum production levels. State subsidies for seedlings have proved no (9) _____ for urban population growth. In his workshop Mr Elias dusts off a sleek dressing table he is selling for 400,000 shillings. He points out the (10) _____ black dots inside the grain that are the hallmark of coconut wood. "This is the land of coconut trees," he says. But for how much longer (2) Comment by Microsoft 帐户: (2) 1-5 EAHFC 6-10 GJBID 主题语境：人与社会 主题群：历史、社会与文化 语篇类型：说明文 A. association B. guaranteed C. identified D. interplay E. controversial F. separating G. shine H. stars L viewed J wills K. overwhelming Revealed value of jewellery in the King’s Collection A 94.4-carat pear-cut diamond will have an unexpected starring role in the coronation (加冕礼) of King Charles in on 6 May. The stone will sit in the centrepiece of the crown worn by Camilla, the Queen Consort, replacing the Koh-i-noor, the better known but (1) _____ ... ...
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