【正文】 ple now pete for large prizes, but with only minute chances of success, while the anizers of gambling concerns enjoy big profits with, in some cases, no risk at all. Few clients of the betting shops, football pools, state lotteries, bingo sessions, even charity raffles, realize fully the flimsiness of their chances and the fact that without fantastic luck they are certain to lose rather than gain. Little irreparable harm results for the normal individual. That big business profits from the satisfaction of a human instinct is a mon enough phenomenon. The average wageearner, who leads a colorless existence, devotes a small percentage of his earnings to keeping alive with extraordinary constancy the dream of achieving some magic change in his life. Gambling is in most cases a nontoxic drug against boredom and apathy and may well preserve good temper, patience and optimism in dreary circumstances. A sudden windfall may unbalance a weaker, less intelligent person and even ruin his life. And the lure of something for nothing as an ideal evokes criticism from the more rigidly upright representatives of the community. But few of us have the right to condemn as few of us can say we never gamble even it is only investing a few pence a week in the firm39。s publishing career can be traced to the year 1906, when as a child of ten, he published his careful notes on the habits of an albino sparrow he observed near his home in Switzerland. After his precocious debut as an ornithologist, he took an afterschool job at the local natural history museum, soon being an expert on mollusks. At the age of sixteen he was remended for a curator39。s habitat alteration? A. Glacial encroachment B. Hurricanes C. Dammed rivers D. Snowstorms 58. Which of the following has bee extinct due to man39。s active geological processes have left no evidence of the ancient pelting it almost certainly received soon after it was formed. The Earth has a single natural satellite the Moon. 51. Approximately how much of the Earth39。s an all purpose maintenance man at a midtownManhattan residential building. A. all out B. versatile C. prolific D. capable 30. Take the stalemate between the administration and the oil panies for example. A. case B. deadlock C. conflict D. contradiction 31. The sense of mistrust is pounded by smaller annoyances that leave the families feeling as though no one in authority cares about them. A. offset B. intensified C. diminished D. annulled 32. The very ubiquity of electronic munications can have a surprising downside, notes Richard Kohn, a military historian at the University of North Carolina: a wife bees accustomed to frequent from her husband, until he can39。d left isolation. A. recovered B. relapsed C. reexamined D. rediagnosed 2. Current demographic trends, such as the fall in the birth rate, should favor _____ economic growth in the long run. A. slow B. quickened C. speeded D. accelerated 3. All students have free _____ to the library. A. passageway B. entrance C. permission D. access 4. Columbus had acplished one of the most amazing and courageous _____ in history. A. performance B. feats C. events D. acts 5. According to the weather forecast, which is usually _____, it will snow this afternoon. A. exact B. precise C. perfect D. accurate 6. The janitor39。lite of society attended the reception for the new governor. A. those thought of as the best people B. the intellectuals C. the whitecollar people D. the officials 25. She embellished the simple dress with colorful embroidery. A. made B. decorated C. sewed D. improved 26. He felt cheap about rushing to get in line before the old lady carrying heavy parcels. A. felt inferior and ashamed B. felt not worthwhile of doing something C. felt bad about doing something D. felt unhappy about doing something 27. Only individual benefactors and ad hoc grants have made possible the ecological surveys already undertaken. A. additional B. governmental C. special D. anizational 28. The dichotomy postulated by many between morality and interests, between idealism and realism, is one of the standard clich233。t been D. had it not been 48. The government has hardly taken measures to crack down on these crimes when new ones occurred. A. Hardly had the government taken B. The government had hardly taken C. Hardly the government had taken D. The government is hardly taking 49. I can still vividly remember to pick our steps in the mountain down the deep valley on my 21st birthday. A. picking … in the mountains B. picking … on the mountain C. having picked … from the mountains D. picking… from the mount ains 50. The traffic police stopped three trucks heavily loading with merchandise that looked as grain bags. A. that were loading … like B. loaded with … like C. to load with … for D. loaded with … for Section 2: Reading Comprehension (55 Points, 75 minutes) In this section you will find after each of the passages a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage, each with four (A. B. C and D) suggested answers or ways of finishing. You must choose the one which you think fits best. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machinescoring ANSWER SHEET. Questions 5156 are based on the following passage. As viewed from space, the Earth39。s expansion have been the dodo, great auk, passenger pigeon, Irish elk, and Steller39。s research showed that beta blockers given to his sample A. increased scores less than the national average. B. increased scores the same as the national average. C. decreased scores. D. increased scores much more than the national average. Questions 7680 are based on the following passage. During the past three