【正文】 the world than humans do. Many animals can see, hear, and smell things that people do not even notice. Some can detect tiny changes in air pressure, gravity, or the magnetism of Earth. This extra sense probably helps animals predict quakes.　　A good example of this occurred with a group of dogs. They were penned up in an area that was being shaken by a series of tiny earthquakes. (Several small quakes often e before or after a large one.) Before each quake a low booming sound was heard. Each boom caused the dogs to bark wildly. Then the dogs began to bark during a silent period. IA scientist who was recording tile quakes looked at his machine. It was acting as though there were a loud noise too. The scientist realized that the dogs had reacted to a booming noise. They also sensed the tiny quake that followed it. The machine recorded both, though humans felt and heard nothing.　　In this case there was a machine to monitor what the dogs were sensing. Many times, however, our machines record nothing out of the ordinary, even though animals know a quake is ing. The animals might be sensing something we so measure but do not recognize as a warning. Discovering what animals sense, and learning how they know it is a danger signal, is a job for future scientists. no one had predicted the precise date of the earthquake striking east of Naples, people there suffered heavy loss in the destruction.　　 seismic gap is located at the junction of two interlocking plates in the earth, and where no seismic activity has been recorded for a long time.　　 the passage we learn that a regular striking pattern can be found in an active earthquake region.　　 an earthquake in China 1975, cows broke their halters and ran away from their sheds.　　 it is used in paragraph 14, the word “cat” refers to a typical domestic cat.　　 animals but men can notice tiny changed in air pressure, gravity, or the magnetism of Earth.　　 dogs mentioned in paragraph 16 had sensed both the low booms and the minor quakes following them.　　1. [Y][N][NG]2.[Y][N][NG]3.[Y][N][NG]　　4. [Y][N][NG]5.[Y][N][NG]6.[Y][N][NG]　　7. [Y][N][NG]　　. Caputo based his prediction upon the fact that lots of earthquakes had recently occurred in all areas around Naples but its.　　 to the authors information, once every 50 years or so, a mighty earthquake will be recorded at.　　 scientists evacuated people fromafter they had noticed the strange behavior of some animals as well as physical changes in the earth. 1小題【參考答案】：Y2小題【參考答案】：Y3小題【參考答案】：Y4小題【參考答案】：N5小題【參考答案】：N6小題【參考答案】：N7小題【參考答案】：Y8小題【參考答案】：east9小題【參考答案】：the seismic gap10小題【參考答案】：the danger zone/the prospective quake zone五、翻譯第6題：I should say Henry is(與其說是個作家不如說是) as a reporter【參考答案】：not so much a writer 第7題：In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives(起著不可缺少的作用) in raising children. 【參考答案】：play indispensable roles 第8題：Mr. Johnson made full preparation for the experiment(以便實(shí)驗(yàn)?zāi)茼樌M(jìn)行). 【參考答案】：so that it could be conducted smoothly 第9題：Prices are going up rapidly. Petrol now (現(xiàn)在汽油的價格是幾年前的兩倍). 【參考答案】：is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago. 第10題：How close parents are to their children (有很強(qiáng)的影響) the character of the children. 【參考答案】：has a strong influence on 六、寫作題第11題：Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a position on the topic Competition. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:　　1. 競爭使人們充滿創(chuàng)造力，使人們更有效率。　　2. 競爭促使生產(chǎn)出更好的產(chǎn)品和更優(yōu)質(zhì)的服務(wù)?！　?. 競爭促進(jìn)了社會的進(jìn)一步發(fā)展?！　ompetition 【參考答案】：【寫作思路】　　要求寫一篇關(guān)于競爭的議論文。要求從以下幾個方面闡述：競爭使人們充滿創(chuàng)造力，使人們更有效率。競爭促使生產(chǎn)出更好的產(chǎn)品和更優(yōu)質(zhì)的服務(wù)。競爭促進(jìn)了社會的進(jìn)一步發(fā)展?！　　緟⒖挤段摹俊　ompetition　　Competition makes people more creative and effective. It urges them to plan better, to try harder, and to achieve more. With a desire to excel in their work, people tend to perform more creatively and more efficiently.　　Competition helps produce better products and services. In the present world of intense petition, every manufacture tries his best to outmatch his petitor by producing goods of better quality at lower costs. As a result, consumers pay less and receive better service.　　Competition promotes further development of society. If there were no petition, people would remain placent and be unwilling to make any efforts or risk anything new. However, with fierce petition going on, they exert themselves to acplish more. Their acplishment will, in one way or another, contribute to the progress of society.