【正文】 pitals, at up to $ 70 an hour, to smooth patients39。t even touch their patients. Instead, they waved their hands a few inches from the patient39。s mother Linda Rosa, a registered nurse, has been campaigning against TT for nearly a decade. Linda first thought about TT in the late 39。t matter. It39。s test shows that these energy fields can39。s target was a practice known as therapeutic(治療的) touch (TT for short), whose advocates manipulate patients39。 halfbrain sleep is just the tip of the iceberg(冰山) He speculates that more examples may turn up when we take a closer look at other species. 1. A new study on birds39。s seen it in a pair of birds dozing sidebyside in the zoo and in a single pet bird sleeping by a mirror. The mirrorside eye closed as if the reflection were apanion and the other eye stayed open. Useful as halfsleeping might be, it39。 t be able to see. A) discern B) distort C) distract D) dazzle 【正確答案】：D【參考解析】：無(wú)第30題： In ______ times human beings did not travel for pleasure but to find a more favourable climate. A) prime B) primitive C) primary D) preliminary 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無(wú)二、閱讀理解第31題：Birds that are literally halfasleepwith one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleepingcontrol which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks. Earlier studies have documented halfbrain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain hemispheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The eye controlled by the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakeful hemisphere39。之2001年1月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)考試真題及參考答案2001年1月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)考試真題及參考答案一、單選題第1題：Starting with the ________ that there is life on the planet Mars, the seientst went on to develop his argument. A) premise B) pretext C) foundation D) presentation【正確答案】：A【參考解析】：無(wú)第2題：After several nuclear disasters, a ________ has raged over the safety of nuclear energy. A) quarrel B) suspicion C) verdict D) controversy【正確答案】：D【參考解析】：無(wú)第3題：Their diplomatic principles plely laid bare their ________ for world conquest. A) admiration B) ambition C) administration D)orientation 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無(wú)第4題：The director gave me his ________ that he would double my pay if I did my job well. A) warrant B) obligation C) assurance D) certainty【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無(wú)第5題：The Christmas tree was decorated with shining ________ such as colored lights and glass balls. A) ornaments B) luxuries C) exhibits D) plements【正確答案】：A【參考解析】：無(wú)第6題：The two most important ________ in making a cake are flour and sugar . A) elements B) ponents C) ingredients D) constituents 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無(wú)第7題： Cultural ________ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from one generation to another. A) translation B) transition C) transmission D) transaction 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無(wú)第8題：We must look beyond ________ and assumptions and try to discover what is missing. A) justifications B) illusions C) manifestations D) specifications 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無(wú)第9題：No one imagined that the apparently ________ businessman was really a criminal. A) respective B) respectable C) respectful D) realistic 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無(wú)第10題： If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of spedes that are alive today will have bee ________ . A) deteriorated B) degenerated C) suppressed D) extinct 【正確答案】：D【參考解析】：無(wú)第11題： The ________ of the scientific attitude is that the human mind can suceeed in understanding the universe. A) essence B) texture C) content D) threshold 【正確答案】：A【參考解析】：無(wú)第12題： The old lady has developed a ________ cough which cannot be cured pletely in a short time. A) perpetual B) permanent C) chronic D) sustained 【正確答案】：C【參考解析】：無(wú)第13題： What the correspondent sent us is an ________ news report. We can depend on it A) evident B) authentic C) ultimate D) immediate 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無(wú)第14題： Having had her as a professor and adviser, I can tell you that she is an _______ force who pushes her students to excel far beyond their own expectations. A) inspirational B) educational C) excessive D) instantaneous 【正確答案】：A【參考解析】：無(wú)第15題： Some researchers feel that certain people have nervous systems particularly ______ to hot, dry winds. They are what we call weathersensitive people. A) subjective B) subordinate C) liable D) vulnerable 【正確答案】：D【參考解析】：無(wú)第16題： Hurricanes are killer winds, and their ________ power lies in the physical damage they can do. A) cumulative B) destructive C) turbulent D) prevalent 【正確答案】：B【參考解析】：無(wú)第17題： In some countries, students are expected to be quiet and ________ in the classroom. A) skeptical B) faithful C) obedient D) subsidiary 48. In spite of the __