【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 an ability that may help them find fish to eat. The secret to this newly found sense, say the scientists, is hidden in the dolphins39。 snouts(口鼻部 )． “ We were really surprised to find this in the dolphin. Nobody had expected it， ” said Wolf Hanke, who led the new dolphin study. Hanke and his team suspected the dolphin39。s electro－ sense might have something to do with small dimples(酒窩 ) on the animal39。s snout. “ We thought they must have some functions， ” Hank said. To find out for certain, his team studied two Guiana dolphins. The scientists first studied the dimples of a 29－ year－ old dolphin that had died of natural causes. Under a microscope, the dimples looked familiar: they were similar to the sensors used by other animals to detect electric fields. Next, Hanke and his team tested a live dolphin, a 28－ year－ old named Paco， to see if he could recognize an electric field. They taught Paco to swim close to a device that could create a weak electric field in the water. Then the team taught Paco to swim away from the device if he detected any changes. When the scientists created an electric field, Paco swam away— showing that he knew something had there was no electric field, Paco stayed there. When Paco39。s snout was covered in plastic, he didn39。t react to the electric field. Paco39。s behavior told the scientists that the dolphin used his snout to detect the tiny electric field. “ This is a major breakthrough， ” Peter Madsen, a sensory biologist, said. 32. From the passage we learn that________． A. dolphins don39。t have the same senses as humans B. Guiana dolphins can create electric fields C. the ability to detect electric fields helps Guiana dolphins survive D. the sensors to detect electric fields are hidden in the dolphins39。 eyes 33. The underlined word “ detect” can be replaced by “ ________”． A. create B. declare C. find D. attract 34. In the process of testing Paco39。s electro－ sense, the scientists________ A. used a device made of plastic B. employed a device to produce a electric field C. taught Paco how to change the electric field D. helped Paco to leave the water 35. What is Peter Madsen39。s attitude towards the research? A. Cautious. B. Negative. C. Indifferent. D. Positive. 第二節(jié) (共 5小題 ， 每題 2分 ， 滿分 10 分 ) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容 ， 從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。 If you39。re studying a foreign language, you39。ll know that learning vocabulary can often be a tough process. __36__ But sometimes, new words appear that can confuse even native speakers. Each year, a new set of neologisms(新詞 ) is added to the dictionary, indicating the changing tastes and habits of a nation. Members of the public were invited to submit new words and phrases to the Colins online dictionary, around 80 of which were chosen to appear in the new For example, a young person might describe something as “ totes amazeballs” ， a phrase which has developed from “ totally amazing” and has been popularized by characters in teenage reality programmes. If you39。re happy about a situation, perhaps you might be “made up”. __38____ Some of the words added may be a little more familiar. ‘ Facebook39。 is one of the world39。s biggest social media websites, so it39。s not surprising that it has made it into the dictionary. __39__ Maybe you know a “ bridezilla”， a play on words to describe a woman whose behaviour in planning her wedding is intolerable. If you39。re health conscious, you might be filling your supermarket trolley with “ superfoods” . __40__ But don39。t panic if you find that you39。ve fotten the name of something. Now, you can safely call it an oojamaflip, instead. A. The phrase “ totes amazeballs” refers to football. B. Sometimes, learning a language can be difficult with new words being added all the time. C. There is something whose name you cannot remember. D. If not, you may end up telling someone to “ jog on”， or go away. E. After all, there are thousands upon thousands of words, expressions and idioms to learn. F. They range from slang or colloquial terms, to words describing food, technology or scientific ideas. G. Similarly, terms such as “ SMS” and “ Twitter” reflect the ever－ advancing technological age in which we live. 第三部分 英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用 (共兩節(jié) ， 滿分 45 分 ) 第一節(jié) (共 20小題；每小題 ， 滿分 30分 ) 閱讀下面短文 ， 從短文后各題所給的 A、 B、 C 和 D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中 ， 選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng) ， 并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish from each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two __41__ systems on the whole. The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries： China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated(孕育 ) by __42__. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River __43__ the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were developed for several thousand years before they __44__ their own styles. Then in the Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture __45__ went overseas to Japan, __46__ into the Japanese society and __47__ the Japanese culture nowadays. Though it39。s a bit different from the Chinese one, they belong to the same __48__． When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was __49__ on the Mesopotamian Plain(美索不達(dá)米亞平原 )—the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well－ known as the __50__ of the European culture. __51__ the Chinese culture, the European one also__52__waters. When the colonists of England __53__ in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. Thus, the American culture doesn39。t __54__ from the European one a lot. At the same time, the __55__ of the language systems adds to the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic(象形文字的 ) languages while the Western languages are __56__ based on the Latin system, for example, th