【正文】 weeds, without affecting the crop. In effect, the amount of herbicide used in one season would be reduced, with a subsequent reduction in costs for farmers and consumers. Biotechnology panies are even experimenting with crops that can be geically modified to be drought and salttolerant, or less reliant on fertilizer, opening up new areas to be farmed and leading to increased productivity. However, the claims of less herbicide usage with GM crops have till now not been independently supported by facts. Better quality foods Even animals can be geically modified to be leaner, grow faster, and need less food. They could be modified to have special characteristics, such as greater milk production in cows. These modifications again lead to improved productivity for farmers and finally lower costs for the consumers. Modified crops could perhaps prevent outbreaks such as foot and mouth disease, which has badly influenced many farmers and local economies. No such products have been released to date。t do harm to environment. D) It may cause some disease. 5. The reason why GM crops will probably lead to environmental damage is that . A) GM crop tests do not focus on farreaching effects B) there are no GM crop tests before they are being approved of C) there is no single study on the impact of GM crops on the environment D) GM crops may bring out foot or mouth disease 6. This article has mentioned risks about GM crops. A) six B) five C) four D) three 7. The author39。s favorite is the chicken salad. D) He doesn39。s an area where there are Chinese people. C) It39。 每日更新 !!! 考試吧論壇： 考試吧博客： 考試吧商城： Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) Gathering nonrelevant materials. B) Stealing another person39。 每日更新 !!! 考試吧論壇： 考試吧博客： 考試吧商城： For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. American cities are similar to other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the (36)_______ of the culture. Cities contain the very best aspects of a society: (37) _______ for education, employment, and entertainment. They also contain the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial conflict, and (38) _______. American cities are changing, just as American society is changing. After World WarⅡ, city residents became wealthier, more prosperous. They had more children. They needed more (39). _______. They moved out of their apartments in the city to buy their own homes. They bought houses in the (40) _______ areas near a city where people live. These are (41) _______ without many offices or factories. During the 1950s the American dream was to have a house in the suburbs. Now things are changing. The children of the people who left the cities in the 1950s are now (42). _______. They, unlike their parents, want to live in the cities. Many young professionals, doctors, lawyers, and (43) _______ are moving back to the city. (44) _______. They prefer the city to the suburbs because their jobs are there。 每日更新 !!! 考試吧論壇： 考試吧博客： 考試吧商城： A) abused F) case K) marching B) female G) manded L) simply C) wounded H) soldier M) guarded D) officer I) reviewer N) beautiful E) treatments J) recently O) sentences Section Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage. Iron production was revolutionized in the early eighteenth century when coke was first used instead of charcoal (木炭 ) for refining iron ore. Previously the poor quality of the iron had restricted its use in architecture to items such as chains and tie bars for supporting arches, vaults (拱頂 ),and walls. With the improvement in refining ore, it was now possible to make castiron beams and columns. During the nieenth century further advances were made, notably Bessemer39。 每日更新 !!! 考試吧論壇： 考試吧博客： 考試吧商城： A) the impracticality of using iron for small, nonmercial buildings B) the association of iron architecture with the problems of the Industrial Revolution C) the general belief that iron offered less resistance to fire and harsh weather than traditional materials D) the general perception that iron structures were not beautiful in appearance Passage Two Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. Four months before Crown Prince Felipe says si ( yes in Spanish) to television journalist Letizia Ortiz,royal wedding fever is gripping Spain. Shops are offering the biggest variety of wedding souvenirs (紀(jì)念品 ),from plates and bottleopeners to copies of the couple39。s interruption of the prince when they talked to the press was most probably prompted by her_________ . A) curiosity B) innocence C) outspokenness D) rudeness 61. The difficulty for Letizia to fit in the royal life may lie in _________. 考試吧 ()第一個(gè)極力推崇人性化服務(wù)的專業(yè)考試培訓(xùn)網(wǎng)站 ！ 提供歷年試題，模擬試題，模擬盤，教程，專業(yè)課試題下載，考試培訓(xùn)等。 每日更新 !!! 考試吧論壇： 考試吧博客： 考試吧商城： C) sets D) violates 77. A) structures B) religions C) schools D)