单选题
G8 Summit

Leaders of the Group of Eight Major Industrialized Nations (G8) will meet in Scotland in July this year. Representatives from China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Brazil have also been invited. Here"s what the G8 leaders want from the meeting.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants the G8 to cancel debt to the world"s poorest countries. He wants them to double aid to Africa to 50 billion pounds by 2010. He has also proposed reducing subsidies to Western farmers and removing restrictions on African exports. This has not got the approval of all members because it will hurt their agricultural interests. On climate change, Blair wants concerted (共同的) action by reducing carbon emissions (排放).
US President George W. Bush agrees to give help to Africa. But he says he doesn"t like the idea of increasing aid to countries as it will increase corruption. Bush said he would not sign an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the summit, according to media. The US is the only G8 member not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol (《京都议定书》). Although the US is the world"s biggest polluter, Bush so far refuses to believe there is sufficient scientific data to establish beyond a doubt that there is a problem.
French President Jacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change. He is determined to get the US to sign the climate change deal.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder remains doubtful of Blair"s Africa proposals. Schroder"s officials have dismissed the notion that money will solve Africa"s problems as "old thinking". Berlin says that African states should only receive extra money if they can prove they"ve solved the corruption problem.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was doubtful about the value of more aid to Africa. But he has seen a way to make this work to his advantage. Putin intends to use the aid to Africa as a springboard (跳板) next year to propose aid to the former Soviet Republics of Georgia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Moldova.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi"s priorities are a seat on the UN Security Council, for which he will be lobbying (游说) at the summit. And he"s concerned about the Democratic People"s Republic of Korea"s nuclear weapons programme.
单选题 The G8 countries include China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Brazil.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 通过专有名词G8以及题目中出现的中国、印度、墨西哥、南非和巴西这几个国家回到原文，很轻松地就可以定位到第一段：Representatives from China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Brazil have also been invited. 由于中国、印度等国的代表是受邀出席，可以得出这几个国家不是G8成员国。故选B。
单选题 Blair hopes that the G8 countries will work together to reduce carbon emissions.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据主语Blair可以确定答案出自第二段。第二段最后一句：On climate change, Blair wants concerted (共同的) action by reducing carbon emissions(排放). (布莱尔希望可以通过共同努力来减少二氧化碳的排放。)由此可以确定答案是A。
单选题 India has accepted the invitation to attend the G8 meeting.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据主语India可以确定只有第一段提到了印度，其他段落并未提到，所以题干信息没有在原文中得到体现，故答案为C。
单选题 Bush agrees to increase aid to Africa.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据主语Bush可以确定答案出自第三段。第三段第二句：But he says he doesn"t like the idea of increasing aid to countries as it will increase corruption. (布什不愿意增加对非洲的援助，因为这会加深腐败。)而题干意思是布什愿意增加对非洲的援助，故答案为B。
单选题 Chirac takes a stand similar to Blair"s on Africa and climate change.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据主语Chirac可以确定答案出自第四段。第四段第一句：French President Jacques Chirac supports Blair on Africa and climate change. (Chirac支持布莱尔对非洲和气候变化的看法及态度。)这与题干所表达的意思是一致的，故正确答案是A。
单选题 According to media, Bush will sign the Kyoto Protocol at the summit.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据主语Bush和Kyoto Protocol可以确定答案出自第三段。第三段最后两句话：The US is the only G8 member not to have signed the Kyoto Protocol(《京都议定书》). Although the US is the world"s biggest polluter, Bush so far refuses to believe there is sufficient scientific data to establish beyond a doubt that there is a problem. (美国是G8成员国中唯一没有签订《京都议定书》的国家，并且目前也拒绝相信碳排放会带来相关问题。)题干所陈述信息与原文信息不符，所以选B。
单选题 Japan will reject Blair"s proposal to increase aid to Africa.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据主语Japan和Blair可以确定答案出自最后一段。最后一段叙述了有关日本的态度，但是原文并未提到日本是否会拒绝布莱尔的倡议。所以选C。