36．A.departure B．trouble C．flight D．accident 37．A.story B．life C．work D．relation 38．A.one B．that C．such D．all
39．A.across B．through C．above D．toward 40．A.shout B．cry C．repeat D．laugh
41．A.business B．silence C．privacy D．thought
42．A.knowing B．remembering C．doubting D．imagining 43．A.sights B．scenes C．pictures D．memories
44．A.appreciation B．sympathy C．enjoyment D．affection 45．A.fast B．terrible C．limited D．hard
46．A.meaning B．experiencing C．wondering D．questioning 47．A.old B．busy C．tired D．weak 48．A.interval B．beginning C．pause D．last
49．A.made out B．made up C．handed over D．handed down 50．A.everyone B．anyone C．nobody D．someone 51．A.funny B．valuable C．special D．normal 52．A.leave B．prove C．keep D．feel 53．A.alive B．alone C．amazed D．ashamed 54．A.even if B．now that C．so that D．as if 55．A.prevent B．improve C．satisfy D．change 第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program，her mother recalled，Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices.“Everyone else was already admitted to college，”her mother，Rosemarie Colvin，said from the family home.“So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said，‘You_have_to_let_me_in.’”
“Impressed－she was a National Merit (全国英才)finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil－Yale did，admitting her to the class of 1978，where she started writing for the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist，” her mother said. On Wednesday，Marie Colvin,56，an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London，was killed as Syrian forces shelled the city of Homs.She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.
“She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday”，Mrs.Colvin said.“Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out.She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it.”
Mrs.Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones.“If you knew my daughter，” she said，“it would have been such a waste of words.She was determined，she was enthusiastic about what she did，it was her life.There was no saying ‘ Don't do this.’This is who she was，absolutely who she was and what she believed in：cover the story，not just have pictures of it，but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.”“So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism，”her mother said.
56．From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1，we can infer that________. A．Yale was her last choice B．Yale must keep its promise to Marie Colvin
C．Marie Colvin was confident of herself D．Marie Colvin was good at persuading 57．Marie Colvin's story suggests some of the best qualities of being a journalist are________.
A．patience and confidence B．honesty and curiosity C．flexibility and creativity D．determination and courage
58．Which of the following is the correct order to describe Marie Colvin's life? a．She was doing a story in Syria and got killed.
b．She was admitted to Yale University. c．She studied in Brazil as an exchange student. d．She was hired by The Sunday Times of London. e．She began to take an interest in journalism. A．d→e→c→a→b B．c→b→e→d→a C．e→d→c→b→a D．b→c→d→e→a
59．From the last paragraph we can know that Mrs.Colvin________. A．knows her daughter very well B．cares little about her daughter
C．dislikes the choice of her daughter D．doesn't fully appreciate her daughter 60．What can be the best title of the text? A．Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area B．Applying for Top Universities，a Successful Case C．Recalling Her Daughter，a Journalist Killed in Syria D．Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest
B
James Cooke，of Islip，N.Y.，can't recognize other people.“I see eyes，nose，cheekbones，but no face，”he said.“I've even passed by my son and daughter without recognizing them.”
He is not the only one.Those with prosopagnosia，also known as face blindness，can see perfectly well，but their brains are unable to piece together the information needed to understand that a collection of features represents an individual's face.The condition is a neurological (神经病学的)mystery，but new research has shed light on this strange disease.
Some scientists had believed that faces and voices，the two main ways people recognize one another，were processed separately by the brain.Indeed，a condition parallel to prosopagnosia，called phonagnosia，similarly leaves a person unable to distinguish a familiar voice from an unfamiliar one.But by testing for these two conditions at the same time，researchers at the Max Planck Institute recently found evidence that face and voice recognition may be linked in a unique person recognition system.
The scientists observed the brain activity of 19 healthy volunteers as they were led
through tasks that tested their ability to recognize both faces and voices.The researchers found that regions of the brain，associated with face recognition，are directly linked to regions responsible for voice recognition.
This research helps explain why a person with prosopagnosia may still have difficulty determining who a person is even after he has begun to speak.The challenge for scientists is to find out where this system breaks down.Are these connections in the brain missing entirely，or are people unable to recognize faces and voices simply unable to use these links in some way?
It is unclear how many people have these conditions.Many don't even realize they have problems with face or voice recognition.While some develop these difficulties after a brain injury，others develop it in childhood.
61．James Cooke can't recognize other people because________. A．his eyesight is failing B．he prefers to walk hurriedly C．he suffers from face blindness D．he can't tell facial expression 62．Which of the following is true of prosopagnosia?
A．It is a common disease among adults. B．It may cause damage to the brain. C．It is always an inborn disease. D．There has been no cure for it.
63．According to Paragraph 3，the underlined word“phonagnosia”may be known as________.
A．voice blindness B．memory losses C．facial injuries D．mental illness
64．According to the recently discovered evidence，________. A．different regions of the brain have to work separately B．people with phonagnosia are good at face recognition C．regions of the brain for person recognition are connected D．person recognition is controlled by the same part of the brain 65．What can we know from the last two paragraphs?
A．The causes of the two diseases have been discovered recently. B．The scientists are quite satisfied with the evidence and findings. C．Some people have problems with both face and voice recognition. D．A lot of patients have been assisted medically and psychologically.
C
Australia has passed regulations that will enable more international students to further their education in the country.
The new measures were released by the Australian Department of Education，Employment and Workplace Relations in September and will take effect in mid-2012. As a result，the student visa application process for overseas students has been simplified，and the deposit(保证金)required to study in Australia has been reduced.Language requirements for overseas students have also been eased.
Also，overseas students receiving a higher education in Australia will be granted a working visa lasting from two to four years after graduation，as long as they meet the basic IELTS requirement.
“This change will definitely make Australia a more attractive destination for Chinese students planning to study overseas，”says Wang Lan，a consultant from Education International Cooperation Group ( EIC )，a Beijing-based company that provides services to students wishing to study overseas.
However，in the past few years，many of Wang's student clients (客户) could not start studies in Australia because they did not meet the language requirements，visa processing took a long time and deposit regulations were tough.The change in policy is good news for the parents of students wishing to study in Australia，Wang says. A 22-year-old female student surnamed Li，in Beijing，who is planning to do her postgraduate studies in Australia，learned about the policy change several weeks ago. “According to the previous deposit requirement for my student visa，my family was required to put down 550,000 yuan.Now we only need to prepare 410,000 yuan.This is a relief for my parents，” Li says.
She also says that the two to four years working visa makes her feel much clearer about her study plans.