【正文】 ch the device,the reader is able to ____ A. enjoy reading when driving a car B. improve reading skills C. gain access to free software D. get rid of heavy books made of paper 71. Different from mobile phones,Mindle ______ A. has a much more friendly screen B. can work in the absence of electricity C. doesn’t involve regular fees D. is wireless and can be used anywhere (C) Small discoveries in Indonesia are causing a stir in the science world .Researchers have unearthed (挖掘 )tiny bones that they believe belong to an entirely new human species .If that’s true ,it will change how we think about our ancestors . Clues that the little people may have lived long ago were first revealed last year in the scientific journal Nature .Scientists said that they had found the bones of a threefoottall female on the island of Flores, in Indonesia .When they looked more closely ,they saw that the nearly plete skeleton(骨骼 )belonged to a fullgrown adult. Researchers named her Hobbit,after the tiny heroes of the Lord of the Rings books. Now the team is saying it has unearthed even more pieces of the puzzle ,including a jawbone and parts of arms ,legs and hands from several individuals, as well as stone tools .They reported their find in Nature this month. ―The new evidence makes it very clear that these people are a new species ,distinct from modern humans,‖Peter Brown, a scientist on the team ,said. They named these ancient humans Homo floresiensis. Brown says that these little people lived as recently as 12,000 years Homo floresiensis was a different species from modern humans, that would make our family tree bigger than we knew. It means, says Brown, that ―until recently ,a relative shared the pla with us. ‖ Many scientists think a new species is unlikely .Some argue that the bones must have belonged to modern humans whose small size was the result of a geic problem. Daniel E. Lieberman,a scientist at Harvard University,thinks that the debate over the discovery is healthy. He believes that the questions and arguments raised by critics will help us learn more about these unusual skeletons.‖Disagreement is an important part of the scientific process,‖Lieberman said.― As far as I’m concerned,the story’s only just begun. ‖ 第 7 頁 共 13 頁 7 72. Researchers name the skeleton Hobbit because ______ A. it is a figure described in the Lord of the Rings B. it resembles the tiny heroes in a set of books C. it proves to be a fullgrown adult D. it belongs to an ancient human species 73. Small discoveries in Indonesia are important because _____ A. they are revealed in the scientific journal Nature B. they are made by Peter Brown ,a famous scientist C. they are about ancestors of modern humans D. they might provide new evidence for human study 74. According to Daniel ________ A. Homo floresiensis doesn’t exist B. Disagreement leads to further research C. The investigation hasn’t begun yet D. Our family tree is bigger than we knew 75. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. Comparison between Different Peoples B. Arguments over Human Origin C. Discovery of a Possible New Human Species D. History of Indonesian People (D) Rail passengers are being forced to pay thousands of pounds more in fares as a result of poor advice from the national telephone helpline and individual stations, a consumer anisation reveals today .Research by Which? found that in some cases passengers are being charged almost double the cheapest price because of errors made by staff . Which? asked 25 questions of both station staff and the National Rail Enquiries (NRES) half of the 50 questions were answered correctly. If customers had followed all the advice given ,they would have been ￡ 1, worse off . Bad advice was given for the cheapest fare for a single journey between London and Grantham .For a ticket bought on the day of travel,both NRES and a King’s Cross station clerk quoted GNER’s ￡ fare ,ignoring a Hull Trains service which leaves 10 minutes earlier and costs just ￡ 20. Some of the most costly misinformation was given for journeys where season tickets should have been remended .Passengers making a return journey between Swindon and Penzance twice in a week could buy a ticket from one pany for ￡ 70 which would cover all the travel. But both NRES and station staff quoted ￡ 67 for each journey, making ￡ , the NRES website proved to be a much more reliable source of information . Which ? also checked ―the earlier you book, the cheaper the ticket‖ claims by five panies and found this was not always the case .On some services, prices went up and down at random . Ithiel Mogridge,52,gave one example of poor advice :‖Last Christmas I found my brother a ticket on the to travel from Blackburn to Yate. While the direct route was ￡ 51, this one involved a change in Newport and cost just ￡ 21. I ed the details to him and his went to Blackburn station ,where the clerk insisted the fare was ￡ 51.‖ Malcolm Coles, editor of ,said :‖Staff training needs to be the meantime ,we’ve designed a checklist, available at ― 76. According to the passage ―which ?‖is a _____ A. national telephone helpline B. department under the British Rail 第 8 頁 共 13 頁 8 C. consumer anisation D. website under the National Rail Enquiries the author said that customers “would have been ￡ 1, worse off‖, he was telling us that customers would have _______ A. saved ￡ 1, if they had followed the advice B. spend ￡ 1, more than the lowest price C. used ￡ 1, for the survey of 25 questions D. been cheated of ￡ 1, from the poor advice 78. The phrase at random in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ―_________‖ A. casually B. purposefully C. exactly