【正文】 Some historian say that the most important contribution of Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency (總統(tǒng)任期) in the 1950s was the . interstate highway system. It was a __62__ project, easily surpassing the scale of such previous human __63__ as the Panama Canal. Eisenhower’s interstate highways __64__ the nation together in new ways and __65__ major economic growth by making merce less __66__. Today, an information superhighway has been built—an electronic network that __67__ libraries, corporations, government agencies and __68__. This electronic superhighway is called the Internet, __69__ it is the backbone (主干) of the World Wide Web.The Internet had its __70__ in a 1969 . Defense Department puter network called ARPAnet, which __71__ Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The Pentagon built the network for military contractors and universities doing military research to __72__ information. In 1983 the National Science Foundation (NSF), __73__ mission is to promote science, took over.This new NSF network __74__ more and more institutional users, may of __75__ had their own internal networks. For example, most universities that __76__ the NS。 an expensive consumer product that, over time, will pay rich dividends.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。47. Were do girls get the notion that they need to be thin in order to be considered beautiful?48. By promoting “body activism,” University of Texas psychologists aim to prevent ________.49. According to the author, Mattel’s Barbie dolls are ________.50. The positive effects of the Body Project may last up to ________.51. One Body Project participant says that the real motive of those who promote the perfect body is to ________.Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.For hundreds of millions of years, turtles (海龜) have struggled out of the sea to lay their eggs on sandy beaches, long before there were nature documentaries to celebrate them, or GPS satellites and marine biologists to track them, or volunteers to handcarry the hatchlings (幼龜) down to the water’s edge lest they bee disoriented by headlights and crawl towards a motel parking lot instead. A formidable wall of bureaucracy has been erected to protect their prime nesting on the Atlantic coastlines. With all that attention paid to them, you’d think these creatures would at least have the gratitude not to go extinct.But Nature is indifferent to human notions of fairness, and a report by the Fish and Wildlife Service showed a worrisome drop in the populations of several species of North Atlantic turtles, notably loggerheads, which can grow to as much as 400 pounds. The South Florida nesting population, the largest, has declined by 50% in the last decade, according to Elizabeth Griffin, a marine biologist with the environmental group Oceana. The figures prompted Oceana to petition the government to upgrade the level of protection for the North Atlantic loggerheads from “threatened” to “endangered”—meaning they are in danger of disappearing without additional help.Which raises the obvious question: what else do these turtles want from us, anyway? It turns out, according to Griffin, that while we have done a good job of protecting the turtles for the weeks they spend on land (as egglaying females, as eggs and as hatchlings), we have neglected the years spend in the ocean. “The threat is from mercial fishing,” says Griffin. Trawlers (which drag large nets through the water and along the ocean floor) and longline fishers (which can deploy thousands of hooks on lines that can stretch for miles) take a heavy toll on turtles.Of course, like every other environmental issue today, this is playing out against the background of global warming and human interference with natural ecosystems. The narrow strips of beach on which the turtles lay their eggs are being squeezed on one side by development and on the other by the threat of rising sea levels as the oceans warm. Ultimately we must get a handle on those issues as well, or a creature that outlived the dinosaurs (恐龍) will meet its end at the hands of humans, leaving our descendants to wonder how creature so ugly could have won so much affection.注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。English is the leading international language. In different countries around the globe, English is acquired as the mother (36) ________, in others it’s used as a second language. Some nations use English as their (37) ________ language, performing the function of (38) ________。11. A) Fred forgot to call him last night about the camping trip.B) He is not going to lend his sleeping bag to Fred.C) He has not seen Fred at the gym for sometime.D) Fred may have borrowed a sleeping bag from someone else.12. A) Summer has bee hotter in recent years.B) It will cool down a bit over the weekend.C) Swimming in a pool has a relaxing effect.D) He hopes the weather forecast is accurate.13. A) Taking a picture of Prof. Brown.B) Commenting on an oilpainting.C) Hosting a TV program.D) Staging a performance.14. A) She can help the man take care of the plants.B) Most plants grow better in direct sunlight.C) The plants need to be watered frequently.D) The plants should be placed in a shady spot.15. A) Change to a more exciting channel.B) See the movie some other time.C) Go to bed early.D) Stay up till eleven.16. A) Both of them are laymen of modern art.B) She has beamed to appreciate modem sculptures.C) Italian artists’ works are difficult to understand.D) Modern artists are generally considered weird.17. A) They seem satisfied with what they have done.B) They have called all club members to contribute.