【正文】 ll buy it, ________. A. no matter how it may cost B. how may it cost C. how much may it cost D. however much it may cost 30. The accident happened on such an evening with strong winds ________by heavy rain. A. appeared B. happened C. acpanied D. mixed III. Passage Completion (10%) CHINA’s first Mars probe（探測(cè)儀） will be launched from a Russian rocket in Kazakhstan by the end of this year, reported. The Mars __31__ (explore), Yinghuo1, marks the country’s first attempt at deep space exploration after its sending of a probe to the moon. It __32__ (take) the 110 kg probe ten months to reach the red pla. It is not a __33__ (land) probe, __34__ will explore the Martian space environment from its orbit around Mars for a year. There will be a special focus on __35__ happens to the water that appears __36__ (exist) on the pla. __37__ all the plas in the solar system, Mars is the one __38__ is most similar to the Earth. The fact that it has plenty of CO2 in solid form may mean it has the potential to bee __39__ Earth within 200 years, said Ouyang Ziyuan , __40__ member of China’s Academy of Sciences. IV. Cloze Test(15%) Over half the world’s people now live in cities. The latest “Global Report on Human Settlements” says a significant change took place last year. The report __41__ this week from . Habitat, a United Nations agency. A century ago, __42__ than five percent of all people lived in cities. By the middle of this century it could be seventy percent, or __43__ six and a half billion people. Already threefourths of people in __44__ countries live in cities. Now most urban population __45__ is in the developing world. Urbanization can __46__ to social and economic progress, but also put __47__ on cities to provide housing and __48__ . The new report says almost two hundred thousand people move into cities and towns each day. It says worsening inequalities, __49__ by social divisions and differences in __50__ , could result in violence and crime __51__ cities plan better. Another issue is urban sprawl (無序擴(kuò)展的城區(qū) ). This is where cities __52__ quickly into rural areas, sometimes at a much faster rate than urban population growth. Sprawl is mon in the United States. Americans move a lot. In a recent study, Art Hall at the University of Kansas found that people are moving away from the __53__ cities to smaller ones. He sees a __54__ toward “deurbanization” across the nation. But urban economies still provide many __55__ that rural areas do not. 41. A. came on B. came off C. came over D. came out 42. A. more B. other C. less D. rather 43. A. really B. barely C. ever D. almost 44. A. flourishing B. developed C. thriving D. fertile 45. A. extension B. addition C. raise D. growth 46. A. keep B. turn C. lead D. refer 47. A. pressure B. load C. restraint D. weight 48. A. surroundings B. munities C. concerns D. services 49. A. pulled B. driven C. drawn D. pressed 50. A. situation B. wealth C. treasure D. category 51. A. when B. if C. unless D. whereas 52. A. expand B. split C. invade D. enlarge 53. A. essential B. prior C. primitive D. major 54. A. trend B. style C. direction D. path 55. A. abilities B. qualities C. possibilities D. realities V. Reading Comprehension (20%) A It is pretty much a oneway street. While it may be mon for university researchers to try their luck in the mercial world, there is very little traffic in the opposite direction. Pay has always been the biggest deterrent, as people with families often feel they cannot afford the drop in salary when moving to a university job. For some industrial scientists, however, the attractions of academia (學(xué)術(shù)界 ) outweigh any financial considerations. Helen Lee took a 70% cut in salary when she moved from a senior post in Abbott Laboratories to a medical department at the University of Cambridge. Her main reason for returning to academia midcareer was to take advantage of the greater freedom to choose research questions. Some areas of inquiry have few prospects of a mercial return, and Lee’s is one of them. The impact of a salary cut is probably less severe for a scientist in the early stages of a career. Guy Grant, now a research associate at the Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics at the University of Cambridge, spent two years working for a pharmaceutical (制藥的 ) pany before returning to university as a postdoctoral researcher. He took a 30% salary cut but felt it worthwhile for the greater intellectual opportunities. Higher up the ladder, where a pay cut is usually more significant, the demand for scientists with a wealth of experience in industry is forcing universities to make the transition (轉(zhuǎn)換 ) to academia more attractive, according to Lee. Industrial scientists tend to receive training that academics do not, such as how to build a multidisciplinary team, manage budgets and negotiate contracts. They are also well placed to bring something extra to the teaching side of an academic role that will help students get a