【正文】 e study, proportion of patients in the treatment group to patients in the placebo group is_____.A. 64%B. 50%C. 90%D. 39%48. In the study, what medicine did the placebo group take during the twoweek treatment?A. Antibiotics.B. A dummy medicine. C. An anticancer medicine.D. Medicine for the precancerous.49. How many patients in the study already had precancerous lesions at the outset of the study?A. 1467B. 988C. 815D. 64250. The findings of the study propose that ______.A. H. pylori patients in highincidence areas should be screened and treated.B. patients with precancerous lesions are not as easily cured as those without.C. treatment should be given to H. pylori patients without precancerous lesions.D. treatment should not be given to H. pylori patients with precancerous lesions.Passage 4NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland has been given the nod to lead a robotic lunar mission in 2008s $ billion investment in a range of programs to reduce homelessness. The figure marks a $100 million increase over the prior year, he said, and represents probably the most ever invested anywhere to put the needy in homes.The United States is not alone in experiencing a rise in homelessness, Mangano points out. And although other countries, such as Scotland and France, have in recent years passed legislation toward housing all citizens, the US is in his view honoring the spirit of its international pledges by funding programs to stem the causes of homelessness.56. Why do people pay more attention to the matter of homelessness?57. What is a state of affairs that some international groups view as unacceptable and unjust?58. Why does Rene Heybach, director of the Chicago Coalition39。s a great yearning to find an international focus?59. According to Mr. Mangano, what factors probably contribute to the increase of the homeless in America? 60. What countries have in recent years passed laws toward housing all citizens according to the passage? Part IV Error Detection and Correction (10 points, 1 point each)Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts. These parts are labeled A, B, C and D. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark out your choice on the Answer Sheet. Then, without altering the meaning of the sentence, write down your correction on the Answer Sheet.61. Chemistry did (A) not emerge like (B) a science until (C) after the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century and then only rather (D) slowly and laboriously.62. But chemical (A) knowledge is as old as history, being (B) almost entirely concerning (C) with the practical arts of living (D).63. This (A) basic chemical knowledge, which was applied (B) in most cases as a rule of thumb, was (C) nevertheless depend (D) on previous experiment.64. The most serious problem was the vast (A) range of material available (B) and the consequence (C) difficulty of (D) organizing it into some system.65. The thinker or philosopher stood apart (A) from this mundane world, where (B) the practical arts appeared in (C) lack any intellectual content (D) or interest.66. Experts in (A) specific trades had developed (B) their own techniques and guarded our (C) knowledge to prevent others from (D) stealing their livelihood.67. That history is written (A) in the chemical makeup of (B) the planet39。t claim a right to adequate housing not yet. But the notion that having a home is a basic human right is one that is gaining some currency around the globe, as well as on the corners of some of the most frigid cities in the United States. Recordbreaking cold spells this winter have brought fresh attention to the plight of the 840,000 Americans who sleep in streets or in makeshift shelters on any given night. Twentyfive cities are reporting an average 13 percent increase in requests for emergency shelter over 2002, according to a US Conference of Mayors survey.Arguing that housing is a basic human entitlement, some advocates for the homeless have sharply criticized the situation in the US. Despite the country39。s blood pressure. C. the reduction of salt intake can cure a hypertensive patient. D. an extremely lowsalt diet makes no difference to anyone.38. In the third paragraph, Dr. Laragh implies that _____A. people should not be afraid of taking excessive salt. B. doctors should not advise people to avoid salt. C. an adequate to excessive salt intake is remended for people in disease. D. excessive salt intake has claimed some victims in the general population.39. The phrase vocal …… exponent (Para. 4) most probably refers to ____A. eloquent doctor. B. articulate opponent. C. loud speaker. D. strong advocate.40. What is the main message of this text? A. That the salt scare is not justified. B. That the cause of hypertension is now understood. C. That the moderate use of salt is remended. D. That salt consumption is to be promoted.Passage 2 Globalization is not just some passing trend. Today it is an overarching international system shaping the domestic politics and foreign relations of virtually every country, and we need to understand it as such. As thoughtful people concerned about world affairs, our job is to pick up globalization, examine it from all sides, dissect it, figure out what makes it tick, and then nurture and promote the good parts and mitigate or slow down the bad parts. Globalization is much like fire. Fire itself is neither good nor bad. Used properly, it can cook food, sterilize equipment, form iron, and heat our homes. Used carelessly, fire can destroy lives, towns and forests in an instant. As Friedman says: Globalization can be incredibly empowering and incredibly coercive. It can democratize opportunity and democratize panic. It makes the whales bigger and the minnows stronger. It leaves you behind faster and faster, and it catches up to you faster and faste