【正文】 集 \整理 . 部分版權(quán)歸原作者 所有 ) 第 20 頁 共 34 頁 45） _ ____. About 75 million years ago the Age of Reptiles was over and most of the groups died out. The mammals quickly developed, and we can trace the evolution of many familiar animals such as the elephant and horse. Many of the later mammals, though now extinct, were known to primitive man and were featured by him in cave paintings and on bone carvings. [A] The shellfish have a long history in the rock and many different kinds are known. [B] Nevertheless, we know a great deal about many of them because their bones and shells have been preserved in the rocks as fossils. From them we can tell their size and shape, how they walked, the kind of food they ate. [C] The first animals with true backbones were the fishes, first known in the rocks of 375 million years ago. About 300 million years ago the amphibians, the animals able to live both on land and in water, appeared. They were giant, sometimes 8 feet long, and many of them lived in the swampy pools in which our coal seam, or layer, or formed. The amphibians gave rise to the reptiles and for nearly 150 million years these were the principal forms of life on land, in the sea, and in the air. [D] The best index fossils tend to be marine creatures. These animals evolved rapidly and spread over large areas of the world. [E] The earliest animals whose remains have been found were all very simple kinds and lived in the sea. Later forms are more plex, and among these are the sealilies, relations of the starfishes, which had long arms and were attached by a long stalk to the sea bed, or to rocks. [F] When an animal dies, the body, its bones, or shell, may often be carried away by streams into lakes or the sea and there get covered up by mud. If the animal lived in the sea its body would probably sink and be covered with mud. More and more mud would fall upon it until the bones or shell bee embedded and preserved. [G] Many factors can influence how fossils are preserved in rocks. Remains of an anism 中國最大的管理資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 部分版權(quán)歸原作者 所有 ) 第 21 頁 共 34 頁 may be replaced by minerals, dissolved by an acidic solution to leave only their impression, or simply reduced to a more stable form. Sample Two Directions: The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 4145. you are required to reanize these paragraphs into a coherent article by choosing from the list AG to fill in each numbered box. The first and the last paragraphs have been placed for you in Boxes. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1 (10 points) [A] ―I just don39。s world history. The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, righttolife groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia — where an aging population, lifeextending technology and changing munity attitudes have all played their part — other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the righttodie movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling. Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death — probably by a deadly injection or pill — to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors. After a cooling off period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54yearold Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. I39。提示信息的形式有主題句、寫作提綱、規(guī)定情景、圖、表等。本部分有 3種備選題型?？荚嚂r間為 180 分鐘。其中，英語實行全國統(tǒng)一考試。 ① 考生應(yīng)能掌握的語言技能包括聽，說，讀，寫四種能力。要求考生根據(jù)所提供的四篇（總長度約為 1600詞）文章的內(nèi)容，從每題所給出的 4個選項中選出最佳答案。考生在答題卡 2上作答。s Northern Territory became the first legal 中國最大的管理資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 部分版權(quán)歸原作者 所有 ) 第 10 頁 共 34 頁 authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Inter and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group39。 and almost equally detached from the responsible management of business. All through the nieenth century, America, Africa, India, Australia and parts of Europe were being developed by British capital, and British shareholders were thus enriched by the world39。t say to them that their promotions will hinge an the excellence of their paperwork. First of all, they know it39。s capacity utilisation, for example, hit historically high levels earlier this year, and its jobless rate (% in August) has fallen below most estimates of the natural rate of unemployment — the rate below which inflation has taken off in the past. 中國最大的管理資料下載中心 (收集 \整理 . 部分版權(quán)歸原作者 所有 ) 第 13 頁 共 34 頁 Why has inflation proved so mild? The most thrilling explanation is, unfortunately, a little defective. Some economists argue that powerful structural changes in the world have upended the old economic models that were based upon the historical link between growth and inflation. 26. According to the text, making moary policy changes [A] is parable to driving a car. [B] is similar to carrying out scientific work. [C] will not influence the economy immediately. [D] will have an immediate impact on the inf