【正文】 es. 34 , canals with earth banks may collapse if the angle of their sides is too 35 . Some canals are 36 with brick, stone or concrete to keep the water from 37 sintosthe mud. This also permits ships to go 38 greater speeds, since they cannot make the banks fall in by 39 the water. In small canals with mud banks, ships and barges must 40 their speed. 21.［ A］ frequently［ B］ cheaply［ C］ regularly［ D］ routinely 22.［ A］ methods［ B］ ways［ C］ channels［ D］ means 23.［ A］ consume［ B］ reserve［ C］ take［ D］ save 24.［ A］ excursion［ B］ voyage［ C］ travel［ D］ expedition 25.［ A］ located［ B］ perched［ C］ stationed［ D］ founded 26.［ A］ Still［ B］ Yet［ C］ Even［ D］ Also 27.［ A］ drown［ B］ drift［ C］ drain［ D］ draw 28.［ A］ cultivate［ B］ exploit［ C］ evaporate［ D］ irrigate 29.［ A］ furnish［ B］ equip［ C］ facilitate［ D］ generate 30.［ A］ scale［ B］ size［ C］ scope［ D］ span 31.［ A］ to pass［ B］ passed［ C］ pass［ D］ to passing 32.［ A］ under［ B］ beyond［ C］ beneath［ D］ across 33.［ A］ tilting［ B］ curving［ C］ smooth［ D］ sloping 34.［ A］ However［ B］ Moreover［ C］ Though［ D］ Somehow 35.［ A］ stable［ B］ level［ C］ prominent［ D］ steep 36.［ A］ decorated［ B］ solidified［ C］ lined［ D］ trimmed 37.［ A］ dripping［ B］ filtering［ C］ perating［ D］ soaking 38.［ A］ with［ B］ in［ C］ at［ D］ on 39.［ A］ touching up［ B］ stirring up［ C］ mixing up［ D］ clearing up 40.［ A］ restrain［ B］ confine［ C］ limit［ D］ prohibit Section III Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text 1 Technological characteristics of the factory of the future will be influenced byboth“science push”and“market pull”. Science push relates to the many scientific developments that are being announced from laboratories around the world. The manufacturing munity is alert to these developments and when creative people visualize opportunities to solve major problems with new scientific developments, they are responsive to initiate major projects to attempt to capture a petitive edge. Market pull is the other dimension. The manufacturing munity sees opportunities to gain a petitive edge by drawing existing or emerging technologies on to the shop floor, and they are willing to invest in the future. The driving force in both cases is the desire to increase productivity and quality. History has demonstrated that both phenomena are at work in the manufacturing environment. Underlying the future of the manufacturing environment of tomorrow are the strategic technologies that we recognize today as playing an important role in our planning in industrial and university research laboratories. Let me elaborate on what I consider the strategic technologies in the laboratory with both medium andlong range perspectives on the future. My strategic technologies include: new materials (including polymers, alloys, ceramics and posites, and superconductors), puter engineering, microelectronics, microprocesses, new processes, engineering management). The reality of the impact of the strategic technologies which I have mentioned is not an issue. What are the issues include: how rapidly will their impact be left, how will the capital investments required be justified, and how will we educate the workforce to implement and manage them. I believe these issues will be resolved in an evolutionary way rather than as a new industrial revolution. Thereare already unfortunate examples of failure in attempts to implement individualviews of factories of the future. The underlying problems will surface when we attempt too much, too soon, and without a through knowledge of all of the important features of strategic technologies and of whether they are fit for an effective manufacturing facility. The lack of standards has been recognized as a majordeterrent to integration, and major steps have been taken on a national and o correct the situation. We cannot overestimate the power of thehuman being to adapt and to succeed. We have not yet duplicated this power withthe puter. However, we have achieved the ability to use the puter to makethe human more productive, more reliable and more powerful. This is perhaps thebeginning for developing a more focused view of what we mean by the factory of the future. The issue of strategic technologies is of great importance to the development of the factory of the future. It is a matter of survival. 41. The most suitable title of the passage would be ［ A］ The Factory of the Future: Technological Aspects. ［ B］ Science Push and Market Pull. ［ C］ The Impact of Strategic Technologies. ［ D］ The Future of the Manufacturing Environment. 42. When the manufacturing munity sees opportunities to solve major problems with new scientific development, it ［ A］ is alert and willing to invest in the future. ［ B］ will stop drawing existing or emerging technologies on to the shop floor. ［ C］ will quickly undertake new projects to capture the petitive edge. ［ D］ will wait and see if it has“science push”and“market pull”. 43. It is implied in the passage that the implementation of new strategic technologies will most probably not succeed if we ［ A］ treat the strategic technologies in an evolutionary way. ［ B］ attempt to resolve the issue of strategic technologies too soon ina revolutionary way. ［ C］ do not realize the impact of new strategic technologies. ［ D］ can not make the puter more productive, reliable and powerful. author stresses in the last paragraph that, to cope with the issue of strategic technologies, we should ［ A］ rely chiefly on more productive and powerful puters. ［ B］ ［ C］ put the power of the human beingsintosfull play. ［ D］ focus on different views concerning the f