【正文】 problem. There is a strong connection between the “und erstanding” and the “action” parts of their brains. Women, however, might include other parts of the brain, like the part connected with “reason” and the part connected with sensitivity when solving a problem. Women take a less direct path to find a solution. Thanks for your listening. I’m your announcer Anna Matteo. Paragraph 1, we can learn that women . more hardworking than men more multitasking than men more careful than men shopping more than men asked to do something plicated, men . use the “reason” side of the brain use the “creati ve” side of the brain different parts of the brain one part of the brain can be inferred from the passage? like doing something difficult. take a less direct path to find a solution. usually deal with a problem indirectly. brains have more connections on one side. main purpose of the passage is to tell us . men and women really do think differently want to go shopping more, men or women women want to do many things at one time men and women all like to drink milk D You must be surprised to know that ringing rocks do exist. A field of unique boulders (卵石 ) is in the midst of the 128acre Ringing Rocks County Park in Pennsylvania. Spread out across seven to eight acres, the boulders produce an unusual metallic ‘clang’( 叮當(dāng)聲 ) when struck with a hammer or another piece of rock. These ringing rocks attract thousands of tourists each year. Native Americans have known about the rocks for centuries, and passed on their knowledge to the first White settlers in the mid1700s. The strange phenomenon has baffled scientists and geologists for years. Several experiments have been conducted on the ringing rocks, but the exact reason for the unusual sound remains unknown. Richard Faas, a geologist from Pennsylvania, tested a few of the rocks in his lab in 1965. He discovered that when struck, each individual rock produced low frequency tones that aren’t heard by the human ear. The tones from multi ple rocks interact (相互作用 ) with each other and it’s the collective sound that we get to hear. Faas still couldn’t explain why these rocks were so special. They are made of a volcanic matter called diabase— consisting of iron and other hard minerals like all stones. But something about the position (成分 ) makes them different. Some other scientists believe that the stress within the rocks is responsible for the ringing. Surprisingly, there’s almost no vegetation or plant life in the area. Not even insects. The 10 foot deep field is hotter than the forest surrounding it and provides very little in terms of food or shelter. A few have claimed that passes don’t work in the area, but no mark of high background radiation and abnormal magic fields (磁場(chǎng) ) has ever been found. ’s the best title of the passage? Ringing Rocks of Pennsylvania Forming of the Ringing Rocks Strange Natural Phenomenon Experiments about Rocks underlined word “baffled” in the second para graph probably means “ ”. did Richard Faas discover by his experiments? individual rock can let out sound we can hear. stress within the rocks probably makes them ring. sound of the ringing rock results from many rocks. rocks produce radiation and harmful magic field. last paragraph mainly tells us . harm of the ringing rocks temperature of the ringing rocks poor soil around the ringing rocks other very strange things in the area of ringing rocks 第二節(jié) (共 5小題 。 Transport is one of the aids to trade. By moving goods from places where they are plentiful to places where they are scarce, transport adds to their value. The more easily goods can be brought over the distance that separates producer and consumer, the better for trade. 36 The great advances made in transport during the last two hundred years were acpanied by a big incr ease in trade. Quicker transport makes possible massproduction and big business, drawing supplies from, and selling goods to, all parts of the globe. 37 Big city stores could not have developed unless customers could travel easily from the suburbs and goods could be delivered to their homes. 38 Much of the fish landed at the ports would be wasted if it could not be taken quickly to inland towns. Transport has given us a much greater variety of foods and goods since we no longer have to live on what is produced locally. Foods which at one time could be obtained only during a part of the year can now be obtained all through the year. Transport has raised the standard of living. By moving fuel, raw materials, and even power, for example, through electric cables, transport has led to the establishment of industries and trade in areas where they would have been impossible before. The cheaper and quicker transport bees, the longer the distance over which goods can profitably be carried. Poor transport restricts the development of the economy, thus resulting in a low standard of living. 39 Commerce requires not only the moving of goods and people but also the carrying of messages and information. 40 In this way, advanced munication systems also help to develop trade. also prevents waste. factories could not exist without transport. convenient transportation, trade would be on a small scale. with poorer transport have a lower standard of living. savings are usually enjoyed by house owners and operators. in the Republic of India is an important part of the nation’s economy. of munication,like telephones and radio,send information to different parts of the world. 第三部分 英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用 (共兩節(jié) ,滿分 45分 ) 第一節(jié) 完形填空 (共 20小題 。 I have lived in India for years, and recently was traveling from Mumbai to Jaipur for work.