【正文】 lls to hunt, according to one research. If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t. “The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it.” says a biologist. 57. Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph? A. Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s B. Grey matter plays the same role as white matter. C. Grey matter controls thinking in the brain. D. Both sexes have the same amount of white matter. 58. What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs? A. Women prefer doing many things at a time. B. Men do better dealing with one job at a time. C. Women do not need to tell directions. D. Men have weaker spatial abilities. 59. Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph? A. Young boys may be stronger than young girls. B. More women take up jobs requiring speech skills C. Women may have stronger feelings than men. D. Our ancestors needed more spatial skills. 60. What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage? A. Defensive. B. Persuasive. C. Supportive. D. Objective. (二 )根據(jù)對話情景和內(nèi)容，從對話后所給的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入每一空白處的 最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)涂黑。 East Meets West C. The Silk Road。 All of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they cam teach better. 49. What do we know about this unusual class? A. The teachers did lots of writing on the board B. The teacher were invited to attend several lectures. C. The student were professors from a university D. The students were studying science and humanities. 50. The experiment was designed to find out A. how to teach the students in the science class B. whether poetry is difficult for science students C. what to be taught in the humanities class D. why many humanities students find science hard. 51. Finding levels of meaning is . A. important for graduate students in humanities B. difficult for graduate students in humanities C. mon for undergraduate students in science D. easy for undergraduate students in science. 52. What did the science professors learn after the experiment? A. They should change the way they teach B. A poem could be explained in clear definitions. C. A poetry class could be more informative. D. Their teaching was an enjoyable experience. D Runners in a relay(接力 ) race pass a stick in one direction. However, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road. The Silk Road was not a simple trading work. It passed through thousands of citied and towns. It started from eastern China, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 B, C, to about A, D, 1300, when sea travel offered new routes(路線 ) , It was sometimes called the world’s longest highway. However, the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe. The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia. Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods. Chinese merchants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from central Asia to Rome. The Chinese had learned to graft(嫁接 ) different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used grafting to grow the apple. Trading along the Silk Road led to worldwide business 2,000 years before the World Wide Web. The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. The Silk Road provided pathways for learning, diplomacy(外交 ), and religion (宗教 ) 53. It’s probable that traders along the Silk Road needed . A. to remember the entire trade route B. to know the making of products C. to receive certain special training D. to deal with a lot of difficulties 54. The Silk Road became less important because . A. it was made up of different routes B. silk trading became less popular C. sea travel provided easier routes D. people needed fewer foreign goods 55. New technologies could travel along the Silk Road because people . A. learned from one another B. shared each other’s beliefs C. traded goods along the