【正文】 for directions. It’s like they’re putting up a big closed sign,” wrote Telegraph columnist Bryony Gordon.And just how muters (通勤者) used to hide behind their copy of a newspaper to avoid conversation, headphones do the same thing for muters.“It___29___ be lonely travelling through public spaces. Using music warms it up,”Michael Bull, professor in sound studies at the University of Sussex, UK, told the BBC. “The bad thing is that while the individual feels warmer, the public space bees a___30___ (social), colder space. “【答案】21. that 22. so 23. who 24. that 25. made 26. it 27. what 28. that 29. can 30. less social【解析】本文是一篇說明文?！?3題詳解】考查定語從句的引導(dǎo)詞。【26題詳解】考查代詞。分析句子可知，本句中it為形式主語，指代后面的主語從句___8___ some people call headphones “antisocial”，從句中不缺少成分，也不缺少意思，故填that。s feet(魚尾紋)and other ___34___ of aging.” Our ears, however, age very ___35___. They growproportionally larger and the earlobes get a bit longer, but otherwise they are fully formed from birth, according to Professor Nixon.The U. K. Identity and Passport Service has been testing facial recognition at an airport since 2008. But facial recognition software is often confused by changes in expression.Therefore, people need to ___36___ a neutral expression and in some eases even avoid wearing makeup. And fingerprints, one of the best ways we have of___37___ an individual at the moment, can be “not so ___38___” according to the professor. “Bakers and brick layers tend not to have obvious fingerprints as the distinctive whirls rub off. It is hard to do that with your ears. “Ear scanning uses a technology that ___39___ all the tubular structures of the ear and measures them. Professor Nixon believes it could take place as passengers walk through security gates, for example, by placing camera on either side to ___40___ an image of their ears.【答案】31. J 32. I 33. A 34. C 35. D 36. G 37. K 38. B 39. E 40. F【解析】本文是一篇說明文。【33題詳解】考查名詞。分析句子可知，空中的詞修飾動詞age，應(yīng)用副詞形式，再根據(jù)句意，故選D。句意：同上。III. Reading Comprehension Section A (15%)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Everyone hates to wait in lines. But our behavior when waiting is only partly defined by the length of the wait. “Often the psychology of queuing is more important than the statistics of the wait itself,” notes the MIT researcher Richard Larson, an expert on waiting lines.Some people are ___41___to camp outside Apple stores for an entire night just to get their hands on the latest product. But waiting 10 minutes in a grocery store just to buy a drink? Forget it.One apparent aspect of queuing psychology is that we get ___42___when we wait in line. This issue is tackled ( 處 理 )in many ways, from magazines in hospital waiting rooms to mirrors in elevators so that we can check our ___43___ . But we really hate it when we expect a short wait and then get a (n)___44___one. But studies show that we are much more patient when we are given a(n) ___45___of how long we39。句意：排隊(duì)心理學(xué)的一個明顯的方面是當(dāng)我們排隊(duì)的時候會感到無聊。句意：但是我們真的很討厭當(dāng)我們期待一個短暫的等待時，得到一個相反的結(jié)果。句意：當(dāng)一組100人被給予確切的等待時間時，另一組人則被留下不知道等多長時間。句意：它公布了主題公園景點(diǎn)的等待時間。句意：排隊(duì)時，普遍公認(rèn)的原則是先到先得。句意：然而，有時我們也愿意例外。句意：等待在生活中是不可避免的，但更好地理解等待的心理可以幫助我們更好地忍受等待。s stimulation?A. Contented and thankful. B. Bored and unbearable.C. Contented yet anxious. D. Plain and ordinary.【答案】56. B 57. C 58. B 59. B【解析】本文是一篇記敘文，主要介紹作者母親從小培養(yǎng)自己的故事。她會把它們通讀一遍，尋找關(guān)于杰出兒童的故事?！?9題詳解】推理判斷題。題干中常含infer（推斷），suggest（暗示），imply（暗示），indicate（暗示），conclude（推斷，得出結(jié)論）等詞語。 Tourism 4 : 45 p. m. 一 all other Art students Photographs of students in all other courses will be taken Tuesday afternoon.Wele AddressThe Director of the college will address all new students in the Main Hall at around 10:45 a. m. When you hear the announcement that directs you to assemble in the Main Hall, make your way swiftly past the canteen area, through the courtyard and into the Hall. No food or drinks are allowed in the Main Hall.LunchThe canteen is situated on the ground floor of the student building. Since the canteen is also used by members of the public, you will be asked to produce your enrollment acceptance advice slip. Failure to do this will result in all purchases being charged for at nondiscount prices. Cooked lunches are served only between 12:15 p. m. and 1:30 p. m.60. According to the passage, students who have already paid the fee .A. should give their address and student number to the New Admissions OfficerB. can enter any classroom to have a restC. are required to receive their kit before 9 o39。這是對于已經(jīng)交費(fèi)學(xué)生的要求，由此可知在拿到資料袋后你最少有30分鐘的休息時間，故選D。當(dāng)您聽到指示您在大會堂集合的通知時，請您迅速通過食堂區(qū)域，穿過庭院，進(jìn)入大會堂，C正確；D選項(xiàng)中并沒有說從圖書館獲取學(xué)生卡，D錯誤；故選C。s not feeling too well.In fact, the people most likely to bee chronic excuse makers are those obsessed with success, says the researcher. Such people are so afraid of being labeled a failure at anything that they constantly develop one handicap or another in order to explain their failures.Selfhandicapping may be an effective way of coping with performance anxiety. In the end, researchers say, it is a Faustian bargain (浮士德契約).Over the long run, excuse makers fail to live up to their true potential. And despite their protests to the contrary, they have only themselves to blame.63. Which of the following is the chief topic of the passage?A. An analysis on how people avoid failure.B. A parison between the ways men and women avoid failure.C. The story of a classic selfhandicapper, Deschapelles.D. The psychological tricks some people use to avoid failure.64. It can be inferred from the passage that a student who wanted to engage in selfhandicapping would most probably____.A. work as hard as possible for an important examB. try to cheat on a test to get a high scoreC. get drunk the night before a big examD. take down only the key points in