【正文】 ] tended [B] feared [C] happened [D] threatened 3. [A] thinner [B] stabler [C] lighter [D] dimmer 4. [A] tendency [B] advantage [C] inclination [D] priority 5. [A] insists on [B] sums up [C] turns out [D] puts forward 6. [A] off [B] behind [C] over [D] along 7. [A] incredible [B] spontaneous [C] inevitable [D] gradual 8. [A] fight [B] doubt [C] stop [D] think 9. [A] invisible [B] limited [C] indefinite [D] different 10. [A] upward [B] forward [C] afterward [D] backward 11. [A] features [B] influences [C] results [D] costs 12. [A] outside [B] on [C] by [D] across 13. [A] deliver [B] carry [C] perform [D] apply 14. [A] by chance [B] in contrast [C] as usual [D] for instance 15. [A] if [B] unless [C] as [D] lest 16. [A] moderate [B] overe [C] determine [D] reach 17. [A] at [B] for [C] after [D] with 18. [A] Above all [B] After all [C] However [D] Otherwise 19. [A] fundamental [B] prehensive [C] equivalent [D] hostile 20. [A] By accident [B] In time [C] So far [D] Better still Section II 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 Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on autopilot and relaxing into the unconscious fort of familiar routine. Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting herd, William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the everchanging 21st century, even the word habit carries a negative connotation. So it seems antithetical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and innovation. But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks. But don39。 once those ruts of procedure are worn into the hippocampus, they39。decide,39。the Decider.39。re unaware, she says. Researchers in the late 1960 covered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally (or collaboratively) and innovatively. At puberty, however, the brain shuts down half of that capacity, preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life. The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought. This breaks the major rule in the American belief system — that anyone can do anything, explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2022 book This Year I Will... and Ms. Markova39。s a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters monness. Knowing what you39。s ments suggest that the practice of standard testing ________? A, prevents new habits form being formed B, no longer emphasizes monness C, maintains the inherent American thinking model D, plies with the American belief system 25. Ryan most probably agree that A. ideas are born of a relaxing mind B. innovativeness could be taught C. decisiveness derives from fantastic ideas D. curiosity activates creative minds Text 2 It is a wise father that knows his own child, but today a man can boost his paternal (fatherly) wisdom – or at least confirm that he39。s dad. All he needs to do is shell our $30 for paternity testing kit (PTK) at his local drugstore – and another $120 to get the results. More than 60,000 people have purchased the PTKs since they first bee available without prescriptions last years, according to Doug Fog, chief operating officer of Identigene, which makes the overthecounter kits. More than two dozen panies sell DNA tests Directly to the public , ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to more than $2500. Among the most popular : paternity and kinship testing , which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and latest rage a many passionate genealogistsand supports businesses that offer to search for a family39。s line or mitochondrial DNA, which a passed down only from mothers. This DNA can reveal geic information about only one or two ancestors, even though, for example, just three generations back people also have six other greatgrandparents or, four generations back, 14 other greatgreatgrandparents. Critics also argue that mercial geic testing is only as good as the reference collections to which a sample is pared. Databases used by some panies don39。s ___________. [A] easy availability [B] flexibility in pricing [C] successful promotion [D] popularity with households 27. PTK is used to __________. [A] locate one39。s problems [C] DNA testing outside the lab [D] lies behind DNA testing Text 3 The relationship between formal education and economic growth in poor countries is widely misunderstood by economists and politicians alike progress in both area is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political and intellectual development of these and all other societies。s work. What is the real relationship between education and economic development? We have to suspect that continuing economic growth promotes the development of education even when governments don39。s how education got started. When our ancestors were hunters and gatherers 10,000 years ago, they didn39。s productivity potential, they could in turn afford more education. This increasingly high level of education i