【正文】 a successful product. In 1889 it was recorded that Edison “had been up the two previous nights discovering ?a bug? in his invented record player.” 33. We learn from Paragraph 1 that ___________. had difficulty in learning to use the word bug Washington was the first person to call an insect a bug word bug was still popularly used in English in the nieenth century Englishmen and Americans used the word bug in the eighteenth century 34. What does the word “flaw” in the last paragraph probably mean? A. Explanation. B. Finding. C. Origin. D. Fault. 35. The passage is mainly concerned with__________. A. the misunderstanding of the word bug B. the development of the word bug C. the public views of the word bug D. the special characteristics of the word bug 第二節(jié) （共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分） 根據(jù)對(duì)話情景和內(nèi)容，從對(duì)話后的選項(xiàng)中選出能入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。s guard against danger C. changed people39。 they fall out to make bigger room for bigger, stronger adult teeth later on. Adult teeth fall out when they bee damaged, decayed（腐爛） and infected by bacteria. Once this second set of teeth has grown in, you?re done. When they?re gone, they are gone. This is because nature figures you?re set for life, and what controls regrowth of your teeth switches off. Do old people shrink（收縮） as they age? Yes and no. Many people do get shorter as they age. But, when they do, it isn?t because they?re shrinking all over. They simply lose height as their spine (脊柱 ) bees shorter and more curved due to disuse and the effect of gravity (重力 ). Many (but not all) men and women do lose height as they get older. Men lose an average of 34 cm in height as they age, while women may lose 5 cm or more. If you live to be 200 years old, would you keep shrinking till you were, like 60 cm tall, like a little boy again? No, because old people don?t really shrink! It is not that they are growing backwards—their legs, arms and backbones getting shorter. When they do get shorter, it?s because the spine has shortened a little. Or, more often, bee more bent and curved. Why does spinning make you dizzy)? Because your brain gets confused between what you?re seeing and what you?re feeling. 25. What is the color of blood in a vein near the surface of the skin? A. Blue B. Light yellow C. Red D. Dark reddish purple 26. Why do some old people look a little shrunken as they age? A. Because their spine is in active use. B. Because they are more easily affected by gravity. C. Because they keep growing backwards. D. Because their spine bees more bent. 27. Which of the following statements about our brain is true? A. In the long run, our brain probably works harder than our heart. B. When our brain senses the spinning, we will feel dizzy. C. The brains of the other mammals are as plex as those of humans. D. Our feelings and emotions e from the most developed area in our brain. 28. What is the main purpose of the selection? A. To give advice on how to stay healthy. B. To provide information about our body. C. To challenge new findings in medical research. D. To report the latest discoveries in medical science. C LONDON A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的 ) bomb detectors(探測(cè)器 ) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn39。 is Lily sitting in the trolley(手推車 )? A. She is too heavy for her mother to carry. B. Her mother wants to talk to Mrs. Bell. C. Her mother has bought too many things. 18. What?s Lily doing when Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Young are talking? A. She hides a bottle of wine in Mrs. Young?s handbag. B. She is playing with a bottle of whisky. C. She is playing with the things her mother has bought. 19. What can we learn from the speech? A. Mrs. Bell steals a bottle of whisky. B. The detective finds the whisky in Mrs. Bell?s handbag. C. Mrs. Young asks her daughter to steal a bottle of whisky. 20. What does the speech tell us? A. Lily is a shy girl. B. Mrs. Bell is a fetful person. C. People sometimes can hardly explain themselves. 第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)， 20 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 40 分） 第一節(jié)（共 15 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 30 分） A Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has good heart, but always feared applying for a new job. One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job inter