A. made it possible B. made it possibly C. made possibly D. made possible 42. The war and the suffering__________ caused affected Mary greatly. A. that B. which C. it D. what
43. It’s hard to understand why so many youngsters are __________ smoking in spite of the government’s anti-smoking efforts. A. getting to B. coming into C. picking up D. taking up
44. In a second-hand bookshop, one might, __________ pick up for a few pence an old book that might be worth many pounds. A. constantly B. essentially C. specially D. occasionally
Section B ( 1% *9= 9%)
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note
that there is one word more than you need.（请在下面方框中选择适当的单词填在文中空格处，只要将所选的单词对应字母涂在答题卡相应位置) A. sore B. accidentally C. mind D. consumed AB. figured AC. embarrassing AD. regularly BC. stirring BD. describe CD. delight 只要
MISTAKES ARE GOOD. You may have heard this before, but I bet you still hate the idea of ____45____ yourself in front of everybody. This is understandable. We aren’t very nice to people who make mistakes.
If you have the right frame of 46____, though, that mistake could turn out to be one of the most valuable, most important, most memorable, or delicious accidents in history. It’s happened before---too many times for me to ____47____.
Coca-cola was a mistake---or at least an unexpected ____48____. Here’s what happened. In 1886 a pharmacist named John Pemberton cooked up a medicinal syrup in a large brass kettle over an open fire, ____49____ it with a big stick. He ____50____ he had created a fine drink for people who were tired, nervous, or suffering from ____51____ teeth. He and his assistant mixed it with ice water, tasted it, and claimed it tasty. They wanted some more, and the assistant ____52____ used carbonated water to mix it. Instead of medicine, these men had created a bubbling drink---one that is now __ _53____ around in the world.
III. Reading Comprehension ( 30 %) Section A ( 1% *10= 10%)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in
each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Perhaps most of us are familiar with the saying ―Laugh and the world __ _54____ with you, weep and you weep alone.‖ ____55____ did you know that according to recent research, people are losing the art of laughter and it could have a ____56____ effect on our health?
In 1930, we laughed on __ _57____ for 19 minutes each day, but by 1980 it had decreased to six minutes. Children, ____58____ can see the funny side of things more often and may laugh up to 400 times a day.
By exhaling air from the lungs in short __ _59__ _ of laughter, breathing is quickened and heartbeats ____60____ which achieves as much good as ten minutes on an exercise bike. Laughter, too has a beneficial effect on our immune system, __ _61____ the production of white blood cells and increasing our resistance to infection. __ _62__ _ makes a difference to our appearance, too, when we relax our facial muscles.
Laughter ____63____ is the best medicine, so why not give yourself a treat? Have a good laugh today—and feel better for it. 54. A. fights B. sings C. laughs D. cries 55. A. How B. But C. So D. When 56. A. good B. serious C. few D. heavy 57. A. words B. scale C. public D. average 58. A. as a result B. in addition C. by chance D. on the other hand 59. A. bursts B. breaks C. circles D. pieces 60. A. decrease B. increase C. deposit D. extinguish 61. A. stocking B. providing C. encouraging D. discouraging 62. A. It B. There C. What D. Where 63. A. hardly B. kindly C. rarely D. really
Section B ( 1% *15 = 15 %)
Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer（扫盲志愿者）. The training I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student, however. When I began to discover what other people’s lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.
My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn’t know which bus to take. When I told her I would
get her a bus schedule, she told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn’t always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only recognize items by sight, so if the product had a different label, she would not recognize it as the product she wanted.
As we worked together, learning how to read built Marie’s self-confidence, which encouraged her to continue in her studies. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt. At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader, with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face, and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid off. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.
As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did.
64.What did the author do last summer? A. She worked in the supermarket. B. She helped someone to learn to read.
C. She gave single mothers the help they needed.
D. She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer. 65.Why didn’t Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first? A. Because she liked to walk to the supermarket. B. Because she lived far away from the bus stop. C. Because she couldn’t afford the bus ticket. D. Because she couldn’t find the right bus.
66.How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket? A. She knew where the goods were in the supermarket. B. She asked others to take her to the right place. C. She managed to find the goods by their looks. D. She remembered the names of the goods.
67.Which of the following statements is true about Marie? A. Marie could do things she had not been able to do before. B. Marie was able to read stories with the help of her son. C. Marie decided to continue her studies in school. D. Marie paid for her own lessons.
B
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Tall thin beauties such as supermodels may be many people’s ideal of the feminine form, but it may be that evolution has other ideas about what women will look like in the future.
This is the finding of Stephen Stearns and his team of Yale University researchers, who have been conducting a huge study on 2,238 women in Massachusetts, the US. The scientists predict that if present trends continue women in 400 years time will be 2cm shorter, a kilo heavier and have healthier hearts.
According to Stearns, the reason is that shorter, heavier women have more children than thinner, taller ones and their female children and grandchildren inherit the trait. Human beings are still evolving, although now the reason has more to do with women’s fertility than natural selection.
But what of men? Speaking to the Yale Daily News, one member of the Yale team, Raju Govindaraju, said that men were not being selected for better health, as women were. He added that the Yale team was hoping for more funding so they could do more research on male evolution.
Many people today tend to think that natural selection is dead and buried. They say that medicine and improved living standards have made people healthier, so that questions of ―the survival of the fittest‖ are no longer relevant. Not so, according to Stearns and his team. Their findings are backed up by other scientists, reports Time magazine. John Hawks at the University of Wisconsin and his coworkers believe they have uncovered nearly 2,000 gene variations in modern humans that allow them to drink milk, defend against disease and encourage brain development.
The Yale study has reopened the old debate about which is more important in human development, culture or biology. According to some scientists, the new research, although valuable, might mislead people into thinking that culture is not a key factor. Dr. Steve Jones, a geneticist at the University of London told Time magazine that ―What makes humans what we are is in our minds, in our society, and not in our evolution.‖
71. What is the article mainly about? A. A new finding on female evolution and the relevant debates it has caused. B. The difference between male and female evolution. C. Whether natural selection still has an effect on humans. D. Debate over the effects of culture and biology in human development.
72. The expression ―are backed up‖ in paragraph 6 can be understood as ―__________‖. A. are opposed B. are ignored C. are approved D. are supported 73. What can we infer from the article? A. Natural selection affects men more than women B. ―The survival of the fittest‖ no longer applies to the human race. C. Improved living standards make humans evolve faster than ever.