【正文】 tainers (28)_______ they were used to brew, filter, and store beer. They may be ancient “beermaking tools,” and the earliest (29_______ evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. To (30)_______ that theory, the team examined the yellowish, dried (31)_______ inside the vessels. The majority of the grains, about 80%, were from cereal crops like barley (大麥),and about 10% were bits of roots, (32)_______lily,which would have made the beer sweeter, the scientists say. Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn39。A) ArrivedB) B) consumingC) C) directD) D) exclusivelyE) includingF) informG) rawH) reachedI) relativelyJ) remainsK)resourcesL) stapleM) suggestN) surprisingO) testSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. The Blessing and Curse of the People Who Never ForgetA handful of people can recall almost every day of their lives in enormous detail—and after years of research, neuroscientists (神經(jīng)科學(xué)專家) are finally beginning to understand how they do it.[A] For most of us, memory is a mess of blurred and faded pictures of our lives. As much as we would like to cling on to our past, even the saddest moments can be washed away with time.[B] Ask Nima Veiseh what he was doing for any day in the past 15 years, however, and he will give you the details of the weather, what he was wearing, or even what side of the train he was sitting on his journey to work. “My memory is like a library of video tapes, walkthroughs of every day of my life from waking to sleeping,” he explains.[C] Veiseh can even put a date on when those tapes started recording: 15 December 2000, when he met his first girlfriend at his best friend39。 with HSAM have the same memory as ordinary people when it es to impersonal information. proneness will not necessarily cause people to develop HSAM. began to remember the details of his everyday experiences after he met his first young love. more people with HSAM started to contact researchers due to the mass media. with HSAM often have to make efforts to avoid focusing on the past. people do not have clear memories of past events. can be both a curse and a blessing. young woman sought explanation from a brain scientist when she noticed her unusual memory. people with HSAM find it very hard to get rid of unpleasant memories. recent study of people with HSAM reveals that they are liable to fantasy and full absorption in an activity.Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.The phrase almost pletes itself: midlife crisis. It’s the stage in the middle of the journey when people feel youth vanishing, their prospects narrowing and death approaching.There’s only one problem with the cliche (套話).It isn’t true.“In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago,” Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life Reimagined. The vast bulk of the research shows that there may be a pause, or a shifting of gears in the 40s or 50s, but this shift “can be exciting, rather than terrifying”.Barbara Hagerty looks at some of the features of people who turn midlife into a rebirth. They break routines, because “autopilot is death”. They choose purpose over happiness一having a clear sense of purpose even reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. They give priority to relationships, as careers often recede(逐漸淡化).Life Reimagined paints a picture of middle age that is far from gloomy. Midlife seems like the second big phase of decisionmaking. Your identity has been formed。 and now you have the chance to take the big risks precisely because your foundation is already secure.Karl Barth described midlife precisely this way. At middle age, he wrote, “the sowing is behind。 now is the time to leap. Preparation has been made。46. What does the author think of the phrase “midlife crisis”？ A) It has led to a lot of debate. B) It is widely acknowledged. C) It is no longer fashionable. D) It misrepresents real life. does Barbara Hagerty view midlife? A) It may be the beginning of a crisis.B) It can be a new phase of one’s life.C) It can be terrifying for the unprepared.D)It may see oldage diseases approaching. is midlife pictured in the book Life Reimagined?A) It can be quite rose.B) It can be burdensome.C) It undergoes radical transformation.D) It makes for the best part of one’s life. to Karl Barth, midlife is the time_______.A) to relax B) to matureC) to harvest D) to reflect does the author say about midlife today?A) It is more meaningful than other stages of life.B) It is likely to change the narrative of one’s life,C) It is more important to those with a longer lifespan.D)It is likely to be a critical turning point in one’s life.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.In spring, chickens start laying again, bringing a wele source of protein at winter’s end. So it’s no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by honoring the egg.Some traditions are simple, like the red eggs that get baked into Greek Easter breads. Othe