【正文】 s fiscal budget for 2007 in its astrobiology program is almost a goingoutofbusinesslevel cut (), he most probably means that _________.(B) leads to the cutting of NASA39。(C) Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Enceladuss a wonderful lesson on how to make progress by crossing these boundaries, Dr. Solomon says. It would be regrettable to stop that experiment. 16. According to the passage, simple forms of life might be found on the following heavenly bodies in the solar system: ________.s premature to cross the moon off the list of possible outposts for life beyond Earth. Yet the prospect of building on these results could be dimmer with the threat of budget cuts. The proposed reductions post several challenges, researchers say.One is the loss of important financial leverage. While money for experiments and other research related to astrobiology can e from other funding agencies, such as the National Science Foundation or even the National Institutes of Health, NASA39。s vision for space exploration, says planetary scientist Sean Solomon, who heads the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington.Nevertheless, the research in today39。s moon Titan, as well as Mars, as possible spots beyond Earth where simple forms of life may have gained or still maintain a foothold. The discovery, however, is bittersweet for many scientists. NASA39。(D) to criticize the colonial thinking of western aid agenciesQuestions 1620The prospects for finding life beyond Earth may be brightening. Today, scientists are reporting evidence for yet another potential habitat in our solar system: Saturn39。s main purpose in writing this article in _________.(A) have an objective view of the situation in Africa(A) Neutral and indifferent.(B) involves.(D) Environmental degradation should be the major concern in developing Africa39。(A) Forcing Africa39。 and that Africa39。 herds make up over 10 per cent of export earnings. Despite this productivity, pastoralists still starve and their animals perish when drought hits. One reason is that only a trickle of the profits goes to the herders themselves。s Day, 50,000 inmates in Kenyan jails went without lunch. This was not some mass hunger strike to highlight poor living conditions. It was an extraordinary humanitarian gesture: the money that would have been spent on their lunches went to the charity Food Aid to help feed an estimated million Kenyans who, because of a severe drought, are threatened with starvation. The drought is big news in Africa, affecting huge areas of east Africa and the Horn. If you are reading this in the west, however, you may not be aware of itthe media is not interested in old stories. Even if you do know about the drought, you may not be aware that it is devastating one group of people disproportionately: the pastoralists. There are 20 million nomadic or seminomadic herders in this region, and they are fast being some of the poorest people in the continent. Their plight encapsulates Africa39。(A) a friend or relative showing much concern(A) counterattack the opposition(B) minimized to(D) search terms is the pany39。(A) it is not involved in the court case(A) to protect national securitys Miller, I39。s worth of search queries.One oddity about the DOJ39。(D) to inform them of the conceptQuestions 610Civilliberties advocates reeling from the recent revelations on surveillance had something else to worry about last week: the privacy of the billions of search queries made on sites like Google, AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft. As part of a longrunning court case, the government has asked those panies to turn over information on its users39。(D) replaced and transplanted5. The expression to disabuse them of the notion () can be paraphrased as ________.(D) To achieve academic excellence should not be treated as the top priority.4. The word malleable in the clause that their intelligence is malleable, () most probably means capable of being ________.(A) A sudden lack of motivation is attributed to the student39。(A) stimulating them to build up selfconfidence(B) How a baby learns to walk and talk.t considered gifted and talented. They destroy their confidence, says Jeff Howard, a social psychologist and president of the Efficacy Institute, a Bostonarea organization that works with teachers and parents in school districts around the country to help improve children39。t cool. Kids get so caught up in the momenttomoment issue of will they look smart or dumb, and it blocks them from thinking about the long term, says Carol Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford. You have to teach them that they are in charge of their intellectual growth. Over the past couple of years, Dweck has helped run an experimental workshop with New York City public school seventhgraders to do just that. Dubbed Brainology, the unorthodox approach uses basic neuroscience to teach kids how the brain works and how it can continue to develop throughout life. The message is that everything is within the kids39。t be forced, says Jacquelynne Eccles, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, who led a landmark, 25year study examining what motivated firstand seventhgrades in three school districts. Even so, a growing number of educators and psychologists do believe it is possible to unearth ambition in students who don39。s attitude.SECTION 2: READING TEST (30 minutes)Directions: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 15Anyone who doubts that children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spend only a few minutes with a baby eagerly