阅读理解。Dear College Dean,      It is my understanding that this college has receiv

阅读理解。Dear College Dean,      It is my understanding that this college has receiv

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阅读理解。Dear College Dean,
     It is my understanding that this college has received a large donation to be used to enhance (improve) the
quality of life for students: expand the bookstore or add computers to the computer lab. It is the tradition of
this school to promote education and to be the pioneer of new technology. That is why I strongly argue in
favor of the addition of more computers to the computer lab.
     Although expanding the campus bookstore to include CDs, gifts, and a snack bar will give a nicer look to
the college, we have to think about a greater goal and a more practical way to enhance the quality of life for
students. What do we want for our students and our college? Do we want our college to be known as a place
with a great bookstore where you can find CDs and gifts, or as a place where the students can explore and
research in their field using the best tools provided by technology? In addition, there are already several snack
bars on campus, and there are music stores nearby, so students do not depend on the college bookstore for
these things.
     We live in a highly technological world and computers play an increasing"y important role in how we live.
As a learning institution, this college has the responsibility to offer its students the best technology to help them
prcpare for their future. Many students will be expecting to be familiar with the latest software and other tools
when they go on to work or to graduate school.
     While they are in college, students find they are expected to use computers. Many professors expect
students to use computers to do homework or to complete projects. Since students are competing for good
grades, those who have limited access to computers are at a great disadvantage. Furthermore, being able to do
projects using the computer enhances the process of leaming.
     If there are more computers, no more will students have to wait in line while scanning the room for an
empty chair and computer. No longer will they have to sit and wait while an outdated computer struggles to
follow their commands. Having more new and faster computers available will enable students to finish their
work more quickly.
     The more computers are used in society, the more colleges will depend on them as a tool of teaching and
learning. Making computers more available to students facilitates their learning process by making the process
casier, more interesting, more engaging, and in the process enhancing their quality of life. 1. The purpose of the author in writing the passage is _____.[     ]
A. to describe the problems caused by lack of computers
B. to explain why students are in great need of computers
C. to tell us what benefits students can gain from computers
D. to persuade the Dean to purchase more advanced computers 2. From the passage we can infer that _____. [     ]
A. present computers in the college cannot meet the demands of the students
B. computers in the college will be updated to meet the students" demands soon
C. the college has the responsibility to help the students to prepare for their future
D. it is also necessary to expand the college bookstore by using part of the donation 3. In paragraph 4, the author mainly wants to tell us that _____. [     ]
A. computers are beneficial to students" academic success
B. computers are helpful to students" competition for success
C. students find it convenient to do assignments by using computers
D. students wish to use the money to buy more advanced computers 4. Which of the following shows the organization of the passage? [     ]
A.      B.
C.      D.
答案
1-4: DAAB
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     However difficult you find it to arrange your time, it will pay off in the long run if you set aside a certain
part of the day for studying-and stick to it. 1_____. But don"t forget to make sure that you have enough left
for recreational activities or simply to be "with" yourself; reading a novel or watching a television programme.
     As part of your weekly schedule, it is also advisable to consider exactly what you have to do in that week,
and make sure that you handle the"most significant tasks first. 2_____.
     On a physical level, make sure you have an area or space for studying. 3_____. If you always study in the
same place: preferably a room of your own, you will find it easier to adjust mentally to the activity when you
enter that area. You should have everything that you might need at hand.
     Make sure that all the physical equipment that you use, such as a desk, chair etc. is at good height for you.
If you use a personal computer, there are plenty of guidelines available from the government on angles, lighting
and the like. 4_____.
     If you are working on topic your teacher has set, but finding it hard to concentrate, it may be that you
actually need to take your mind right off it for 8 period of time. 5_____. After a period away from the task,
having not thought about it at all, you may return to it refreshed and full of ideas. A. It"s wise to leave the easier or less urgent areas of your work until later
B. It"s all too easy to read something and then forget where it came from
C. Consult these and avoid the typical student aches and pains
D. "Airing the mind" can work wonders sometimes
E. Make use of equipment that is available to you
F. It is best to make a weekly schedule
G. Don"t do it just anywhere
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阅读理解。     Every baby born a decade from now will have its genetic code (基因编码) mapped at birth, the head of
the worlds" leading genome sequencing (基因图谱) company has predicted.
     A complete DNA read-out for every newborn will be technically possible and affordable in less than five
years, promising a revolution in healthcare, says Jay Flatley, the chief executive of Illumina. Only social and
legal problems are likely to delay the age of "genome sequences," or genetic profiles. By 2019 it will have
become routine to map infants" genes when they are born, Dr Flatley told The Times.
     This will open a new approach to medicine, by which conditions such as high blood pressure and heart
disease can be predicted and prevented and drugs used more safely and effectively.
     A baby"s genome can be discovered at birth by a blood test. By examining a person"s genome, it is possible
to identify raised risks of developing diseases such as cancers. Those at high risk can then be screened more
regularly, or given drugs or dietary advice to lower their chances of becoming ill.
     Personal genomes could also be used to ensure that patients get the medicine that is most likely to work
for them and least likely to have side-effects.
     The development, however, will raise legal concerns about privacy and access to individuals" genetic
records.
     "Bad things can be done with the genome. It could predict something about someone-and you could
possibly hand the information to their employer or their insurance company," said Dr Flatley.
     "People have to recognize that this horse is out of the barn, and that your genome probably can"t be
protected, because everywhere you go you leave your genome behind. Complete genetic privacy, however,
is unlikely to be possible", he added.
     As the benefits become clearer, however, he believes that most people will want their genomes read and
interpreted. The risk is nothing compared with the gain. 1. In the first two paragraphs, the author mainly wants to tell us about _____. [     ]
A. the significant progress in medicine
B. the promise of a leading company
C. the information of babies" genes
D. the research of medical scientists 2. Which of the following is a problem caused by this approach? [     ]
A. The delaying in discovering DNA. 
B. The risk of developing diseases at birth.
C. The side-effects of medicine on patients.
D. The letting out of personal genetic information. 3. What does the underlined sentence "... this horse is out of the barn" mean? [     ]
A. Genetic mapping technique has been widely used. 
B. Genetic mapping technique is too horrible to control.
C. People are eager to improve genetic mapping technique.
D. People can"t stop genetic mapping technique advancing. 4. What"s Dr Flatley"s attitude towards the technology? [     ]
A. Tolerant.
B. Conservative.
C. Positive.
D. Doubtful.
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     阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或
使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。     When very small dinosaur bones were found in a German mine, people thought they were from baby
dinosaurs. 1______ scientist Martin Sander"s work shows that they were probably fully 2______ (grow)
and belong to the smallest giant dinosaur species ever found.
     Growth marks on dinosaur bones are similar 3______ growth rings on trees. The rings are far apart
while the animalis young and growing quickly. 4______ get closer as growth slows. "It is 5______ (exact)
these tight ring marks that we found in the fossil (化石) bones," says Sander. So the fossils must have been
from adult animals. 
     6______ was this German dinosaur so much smaller than other giant dinosaurs, which grew up to 45
metres long and weighed as much as a thousand humans?
     150 million years ago, most of Germany was underwater. Scientists think that 7______ water levels rose,
there was less and less land and food available. The dinosaur 8______ (force) to adapt and evolved into a
smaller animal 9______ (need) less space and food.
     Since 1998, scientists have dug up more than 1000 dinosaur fossils in the mine. It is one of the few places
in the world 10______ the bones and footprints of dinosaurs have been found together.
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阅读理解。     Increasingly over the last few years, we have become familiar with the range of small electronic devices
or "smart" accessories (附件, 饰品). Pocket heart-rate monitors for joggers and electronic maps are just the
first examples of many new products that promise to change our lives in all sorts of surprising ways.
     As a scientist at New York University, Rosalind Picard tries out different smart accessories before they
go on the market. One of these was the so-called "frown (皱眉) headband". Rosalind was shocked to realize
just how often she frowned stuck in a traffic jam recently, Rosalind kept hearing the sounds of the tiny sensor
inside the band worn around her forehead-each time she frowned in annoyance, the sensor gave out a signal.
     Another computer scientist, Steven Feiner, is working on a pair of glasses that will do more than help you
to see. Imagine you want to try a restaurant in a foreign city but you"re not familiar with the dishes on the
menu. If you are wearing a pair of steven"s glasses, all you have to do is glance above the restaurant"s doorway
and your glasses will immediately become windows to the Internet, offering you full details of the meals served
inside. The glasses could also be used to help people make speeches, give chefs access to the latest recipes
and even procide doctors with patient information while they carry out operations.
     At the moment, steven"s invention looks more like a large ski mask than a pair of glasses. It"s a headset
collected to a hand held computer and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, which tracks the wearer"s
position. But he says that these head-worn displays will eventually get smaller and lighter as technology
improves.
     And, of course, this new technology has a fashiomble as well as a useful application. A chemical engineer
named Robert Langer has invented a new microchip that, if put inside a ring, can give off different smells
according to a person"s mood. That, of course, may or may not appeal to you. And, in the end, it is shoppers
not scientists, who will determine which of these smart accessories will succeed as fashionable items and
which are sure to join history"s long list of crazy inventions.
     It is clear, however, that as computers get smaller and cheaper, they will pop up in all sorts of easily-
wearable accessories, even in the buttons on your coat. What"s more, this is something that"s going to happen
a lot sooner than we all expect. 1. When Rosalind wore the headband, she was surprised at _____. [     ]
A. how well the sensor worked
B. how she was affected by the traffic
C. how strong the signal was
D. how uncomfortable it was 2. For people eating out, Steven"s glasses can _____. [     ]
A. give them a restaurant"s location
B. let them see a restaurant"s environment
C. inform them about a restaurant"s menu
D. tell them about a restaurant"s quality 3. What is the current problem with Steven"s glasses? [     ]
A. Limited function.
B. Inconvenience.
C. High cost.
D. Poor Internet access. 4. In general, what does the writer think about smart accesSories? [     ]
A. They will soon be widely available.
B. Much more research is needed into them.
C. Only a few of them will appeal to shoppers.
D. Most of them are considered to be crazy inventions. 5. What"s the writer"s purpose in writing this passage? [     ]
A. To advertise some smart accessories.
B. To tell interesting stories about smart accessories.
C. Tb argue that smart accessories are fashionable.
D. To introduce the idea of smart accessories.
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阅读理解。     Can you believe your eyes? A recent experiment suggests that the answer to that question may depend
on your age.
     Martin Doherty, a psychologist at the University of Stirling in Scotland, led the team of scientists. In this
experiment, Doherty and his team tested the perception (观察力) of some people, using pictures of some
orange circles. The researchers showed the same pictures to two groups of people. The first group included
151 children aged 4 to 10, and the second group included 24 adults aged 18 to 25.
     The first group of pictures showed two circles alone on a white background. One of the circles was larger
than the other, and these people were asked to identify the larger one. Four-year-olds identified the correct
circle 79 percent of the time. Adults identified the correct circle 95 percent of the time.
     Next, both groups were shown a picture where the orange circles, again of different sizes, were surrounded
by gray circles. Here"s where the trick lies in. In some of the pictures, the smaller orange circle was surrounded
by even smaller gray circles-making the orange circle appear larger than the other orange circle, which was
the real larger one. And the larger orange circle was surrounded by even bigger gray circles-so it appeared to
be smaller than the real smaller orange circle.
     When young children aged 4 to 6 looked at these tricky pictures, they weren"t fooled-they were still able
to find the bigger circle with roughly the same accuracy as before. Older children and adults, on the other
hand, did not do as well. Older children often identified the smaller circle as the larger one, and adults got it
wrong most of the time.
     As children get older, Doherty said, their brains may develop the ability to identify visual context. In other
words, they will begin to process the whole picture at once: the tricky gray circles, as well as the orange
circle in the middle. As a result, they"re more likely to fall for this kind of visual trick. 1. Doherty and his team of scientists did an experiment to evaluate _____. [     ]
A. children"s and adults" eye-sight
B. people"s ability to see accurately
C. children"s and adults" brains
D. the influence of people"s age 2. When asked to find the larger circle, _____. [     ]
A. children at 6 got it wrong 79% of the time with no gray ones around
B. only adults over 18 got it right 95% 0f the time with gray ones around
C. children at 4 got it right about 79% of the time with gray ones around
D. adults got it right most of the time with gray ones around 3. According to the passage, we can know that _____. [     ]
A. a smaller orange circle appears bigger on a white background
B. an orange circle appears bigger than a gray one of the same size
C. a circle surrounded by other circles looks bigger than its real size
D. a circle surrounded by bigger ones looks smaller than its real size 4. Visual context may work when children get older than _____. [     ]
A. 4
B. 6
C. 10
D. 18 5. Why are younger children not fooled? [     ]
A. Because they are smarter than older children and adults.
B. Because older people are influenced by their experience.
C. Because people"s eyes become weaker as they grow older.
D. Because their brain can hardly notice related things together.
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