【正文】 between 900 and 1,000 tons and their speed had increased. The Red Jackel once sailed from New York to Liverpool in 13 days, hours. The Mary Whiteridge took hours off this record on a run from Baltimore to Liverpool. Such speeds were far greater than the average of from 19 to 21 days to Liverpool and from 30 to 35 homeward to New York, but the packets had still set a new standard for transoceanic travel. No wonder that steamships, the first of which fried to pete with the packets in 1838, only began to replace them in the 1850s. 72. The fastest trans Atlantic voyage by a packet mentioned by the author was from __ A. Liverpool to New York B. New York to Liverpool C. Baltimore to Liverpool D. Liverpool to Baltimore 73. According to the author, in which decade of the 19th century did a steamship first attempt to pete with the trans Atlantic packets? A. The 20s. B. The 50s, C. The 40s. D. The 30s. 74. Which of the following was most important in the development of the fast packets? A. The increase in the number of people who wanted to go to America. B. The increase in the number of people who wanted to go to Europe after the War of 1812. C. The increased demand for transportation of all kinds of cargo. D. The increased volume of mail. 75. The time of the fastest trans Atlantic crossing mentioned by the author was 13 days and A. hours. B. 7 hours. C. hours. D. 4. 5 hours. 第二卷(共35分) 第四部分：寫(xiě)作(共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分35分) 第一節(jié)：短文改錯(cuò)(共lO小題，每小題1分，滿(mǎn)分10分) 此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤。t apply to Alex. Alex39。s brain can do. She has found that parrots are much smarter than scientists used to think. The word birdbrain,which means someone who isn39。s this? Her human partner would give the word button, for examplewhile Alex watched. Irene would praise her partner, then ask Alex the name for the object. When he got it right, Irene would praise him and give him the object to play with as a reward. It took Alex many weeks to learn his first word. Mter that, each new word became easier and easier for him. Why did Irene spend so much time getting a parrot to talk? Scientists like Irene are interested in discovering how intelligent animals are and how their brains work. But studying animal intelli gence has always been difficult, partly because animals haven39。re saying. But there is one parrot who speaks more than a hundred words and actually understands their meanings. He is an African gray parrot named Alex. Dr. Irene Pepperberg, a scientist at the University of Arizona, has worked with Alex for nine teen years. Teaching Alex to speak and understand wasn39。 fight for equality. B. Black problem in America. C．The unemployment problem of American Blacks． D．The changes of Blacks’ lives in America． 64．The phrase “color—blind society” probably means ． A．the Society that dislikes color B．the society with a lot 0f color—blind sufferers C．the society that pays n0 special attention t0 skin colors D．the society is too blind t0 differ t11e colorsC Parrots that are trained to talk often say silly things like Polly want a cracker. Although these birds have learned to copy the sounds that make up the words, they don39。s by about 76 %. Many Blacks entered the middle class and moved out of the slums. Many have been elected to governmental positions. Whatever they might be, however, they must share with other Blacks the bond of being Black. Frustrated by white xenophobia (恐懼人) or superiority, all Blacks suffer from various forms of racism(種族歧視). Nobody can ignore the fact that over a third of all Black Americans are still living below poverty level. Statistics tell us that half of all Black children grow up in poverty and almost 2 million Blacks are jobless, that is, over 12 % of the Black work force is unemployed. The rate is 2. 5 times that for Whites. In parison with Whites, Black families earn so much less than is needed for a decent(像樣的) but modest living standard. Usually a Black family39。DSS the WOrld’s greatest mathematical problem：Fermat’s LasI Theorem．First put forward by the French mtllemati— cian PielTe de Fermat in t}le seventeenth eentury，tIIe tlleorem had baffled and beaten tlle finest matll— ematical minds，including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem，and who had t0 dTeSS like a nlan in order t0 be abk t0 studyatthe Ecole Polytech nique．Through unbelievable determination Andrew Wiles finally WOrked out the pmblem in 1995．An unusual story 0f human effort over thFee centuries，F(xiàn)ermat’Last Theorem will delight specialists and general readers alike． ￡12．99 Hardback 384pp Fourth Estate ISBN 1857025210 56．What is Animal Hospital? A．A news story． B．A popular book． C．A research report． D．A TV programme． 57．In Michael White’s book，Newton is described as——． A．a(chǎn) person who did not look the same as in many pictures B．a(chǎn) person who lived a colourful and meaningful life C．a(chǎn) great but not perfect man D．a(chǎn)n old—time magician 58．Which of t