Human beings may be the most intelligent animal species, but most of us are not
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Human beings may be the most intelligent animal species, but most of us are not too sure what we mean when we talk about intelligence. One moment we all use the word to __1__ someone who knows the answer to a difficult questions, and the next we will say that someone is __2__ because they have made a lot of money. Intelligence is the ability to __3__ new approaches to solve problems, as __4__ to doing things out of habit or conditioning. Rats in a maze (迷宫) can learn __5__ the mistake that they made, but this isn’t really intelligence. A good example of intelligence is the way to learn a language isn’t directly __6__ to intelligence. As children, we are all programmed to learn to speak and it is not the __7__ that intelligent children always speak at a younger age. But as we grow older, intelligent people have an advantage because they will find ways of making the most of the __10__ they have.
小题1: | A.refer | B.say | C.mention | D.describe |
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小题2: | A.intelligent | B.aggressive | C.capable | D.successful |
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小题3: | A.come up with | B.put up with | C.get up with | D.make up with |
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小题4: | A.contrast | B.different | C.opposed | D.compared |
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小题6: | A.speed | B.way | C.effect | D.goal |
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小题8: | A.related | B.joined | C.compared | D.combined |
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小题9: | A.instance | B.example | C.case | D.fact |
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小题10: | A.abilities | B.time | C.money | D.chance |
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小题1:D 小题2:A 小题3:A 小题4:C 小题5:C 小题6:A 小题7:D 小题8:A 小题9:C 小题10:A |
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Have you ever noticed advertisements which say “Learn a foreign language in 6 weeks or your money back”? Of course, it never happens quite like that. The only language which is easy to learn is the native tongue. Before the Second World War people usually learnt a foreign language in order to read the literature of the nation. Now speaking a foreign language is what most people want. Every year millions of people start learning one. How can they do it? Some people try at home, with books or tapes; some use radio or television programs. If they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, learning it will take a long time. A few people have to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or more hours a day. It is easier to learn a language in the country where it is spoken in everyday life. However, most people cannot afford this, and for many it is not nesessary. They need the language in order to do their work better. For example, scientists chiefly need to be able to read books and reports in the foreign language. Whether the language is learnt quickly or slowly, it is hard work. Machines and books will help. But they cannot do the students’ work for them.
小题1: | A.replaces | B.takes | C.follows | D.happens |
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小题2: | A.native | B.common | C.spoken | D.special |
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小题3: | A.spoke | B.liked | C.learnt | D.disliked |
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小题4: | A.world | B.tradition | C.time | D.nation |
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小题5: | A.that | B.why | C.what | D.because |
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小题6: | A.shows | B.programs | C.activities | D.plays |
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小题7: | A.However | B.Also | C.Afterwards | D.Still |
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小题8: | A.pay | B.afford | C.obtain | D.gain |
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小题9: | A.practical | B.possible | C.necessary | D.successful |
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小题10: | A.result | B.succeed | C.decide | D.help |
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A young man rushes about a small room, hiding himself behind a chair, jumping on the desk, jabbing (刺) the air with his pencil. To an outsider there appears to be no __1__ for these strange acts. However, he is the __2__ of an experiment in hypnosis (催眠). Being hypnotized, the young man has __3__ the suggestion that there is a fierce dog in the room. So he acts as though there were. According to the popular conception of hypnosis, a hypnotized person is in a __4__ like sleepwalking-seemingly awake yet out of touch with his or her normal __5__ awareness and self-control. There are, however, enormous __6__ between the sleepwalker and the hypnotized person. First, the sleepwalker, __7__ the hypnotized person, pays no attention to other people and doesn’t take instructions. Second, the sleepwalker doesn’t remember sleepwalking, while the hypnotized person __8__ everything that went on under hypnosis. Obviously, sleep and hypnosis are different. But what exactly is hypnosis? Psychologists still don’t have a firm answer to this question. Although hypnosis has been already successfully __9__ to a large range of medical uses, there is little clear agreement as to how hypnosis works. Only when scientists can understand this, can the full potential (潜能) of hypnosis in medical treatment be __10__.
小题1: | A.reason | B.purpose | C.doubt | D.evidence |
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小题2: | A.species | B.target | C.subject | D.aim |
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小题3: | A.received | B.accepted | C.admitted | D.believed |
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小题4: | A.time | B.course | C.development | D.state |
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小题5: | A.awake | B.waking | C.sleepy | D.sleeping |
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小题6: | A.influence | B.relations | C.similarities | D.differences |
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小题7: | A.unlike | B.like | C.for | D.with |
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小题8: | A.forgets | B.destroys | C.enjoys | D.remembers |
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小题9: | A.come | B.put | C.turned | D.changed |
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小题10: | A.exploited | B.saved | C.made | D.kept |
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C What should I eat for breakfast? Who should I go out with on weekends? What should I do if I miss the bus to school? What colleges should I apply for? Again and again Chinese kids ask these questions to their teachers and parents. They can’t make their own choices. Kids in America would be very surprised to hear how much Chinese children depend on adults. When they are ten years old, kids decide what clothes they want to wear and buy. By twelve they know what classes to take for middle school. Thirteen years old is the beginning of being what Americans call a “teenager”. Now the child is up to almost all his / her decisions. Finally at sixteen the kid usually gets a car from his / her parents. Why should kids be independent? Think about it. After high school most of us will be by ourselves. Will our parents be able to tell us what to eat for breakfast in college? Can our teachers decide what we should do at work? Making our own choices can be quite hard and scary. But we can start with making small choices, and then slowly make bigger and more important choices. 64. The first paragraph is written to tell the readers that Chinese kids ______. A. don’t know what to do B. always have many questions C. believe in their teachers and parents D. depend on adults too much 65. At what age can an American kid make most decisions by himself or herself? A. Ten. B. Twelve. C. Thirteen. D. Sixteen. 66. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. American kids are more independent than Chinese kids. B. American kids will more easily adapt themselves to society. C. American parents don’t care for their children. D. A sixteen American youngster can drive his / her own car. 67. In the writer’s eyes, ______. A. dependence on adults is shameful in China B. independence from adults is worth encouraging C. kids have no ability to make a real choice D. making decisions is rather easy |
第三部分 阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30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 Fifty years from now the world’s population will be declining, with no end in sight. Unless people’s values change greatly, several centuries from now there could be fewer people living in the entire world than live in the United States today. The big surprise of the past twenty years is that in not one country did fertility (生育能力) stop falling when it reached the replacement rate(出生率)—2.1 children per woman. In Italy, for example, the rate has fallen to 1.2. In Western Europe as a whole and in Japan it is down to 1.5. The evidence now indicates that within fifty years or so world population will peak at about eight billion before starting a fairly rapid decline. Because in the past two centuries world population has increased from one billion to nearly six billion, many people still fear that it will keep “exploding” until there are too many people for the earth to support. But that is like fearing that your baby will grow to 1,000 pounds because its weight doubles three times in its first seven years. World population was growing by two percent a year in the 1960s; the rate is now down to one percent a year, and if the patterns of the past century don’t change completely, it will head into negative numbers. This view is coming to be widely accepted among population experts, even as the public continues to focus on the threat of uncontrolled population growth. As long ago as September of 1974 Scientific American published a special issue on population that described what demographers (人口统计学家) had begun calling the “demographic transition” from traditional high rates of birth and death to the low ones of modern society. The experts believed that birth and death rates would be more or less equal in the future, as they had been in the past, keeping total population stable after a level of 10-12 billion people was reached during the transition. 56. Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage? A. The world’s population in the future will be reducing endlessly. B. When the earth population reaches 8 billion, it will see a rapid decrease. C. In modern society the birth and death rates will be more or less equal in the future. D. The public now pay little attention to the threat of uncontrolled population growth. 57. What’s reason for the sharp increase of world population in the past two centuries? A. Because people fear that the world will explode. B. Because the world’s replacement rate keeps falling. C. Because people’s values has greatly changed. D. The passage doesn"t mention it. 58. The expression “demographic transition” (Paragraph 3) probably means _______. A. high death rate to the low one B. high birth rate to the low one C. high rates of birth and death to the low ones D. low rates of birth and death to the high ones 59. We can learn from the passage that _______. A. in the near future there will be a rapid decline of the world population B. the birth and death rates of modern society will be unequal in the future C. there would be the same population living in the world than it in the US today D. in Western Europe the replacement rate has declined to a negative number |
第二节:完形填空(共20小题,每小题1分,满分20分) 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a torrential downpour. The rain caused the streets to 31 and the subway system almost came to a stop. Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were forced to go home. Some battled to 32 a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the 33 bravely, walking miles to get to work. I 34 to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line, only 35 that most service had stopped. After making my way 36 crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was 37 . Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to board the subway 38 I could not even get down the stairs to the platform(站台). So I 39 the train going in the opposite direction, and then switch back to the downtown train. Finally, after 40 seemed like an forever, the train reached my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was 41 through, exhausted and 42 . My co-workers and I spent most of the day 43 off. When it was 5:00 pm,I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer 44 I received an email from Garth, my Director: I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and 45 reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their 46 to their jobs. Thank you. Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that 47 message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of appreciation can make a big 48 . The rainstorm and the traffic 49 had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately__50__ me and put a smile back on my face. 31. A. break B. flood C. sink D. crash 32. A. order B. pay C. call D. search 33. A. climate B. scenery C. storm D. burden 34. A. used B. promised C. deserved D. happened 35. A. finding B. found C. to find D. find 36. A. to B. through C. over D. for 37. A. operating B. cycling C. turning D. rushing 38. A. then B. to C. that D. than 39. A. catch B. took C. had D. jumped 40. A. it B. that C. what D. which 41. A. wet B. weak C. sick D. hurt 42. A. ashamed B. discouraged C. surprised D. puzzled 43.A. dry B. to dry C. dried D. drying 44. A. while B. when C. where D. after 45. A. hardly B. casually C. absolutely D. eventually 46. A. devotion B. donation C. connection D. reaction 47. A. accurate B. adequate C. brief D. humorous 48. A. sense B. difference C. promise D. choice 49. A. troubles B. signals C. rules D. signs 50. A. corrected B. supported C. amazed D. Refreshed |
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