【正文】 y explain their mutability (inconstancy). 1. The author believes that ____. [A] the motion of the plates corresponds to that of the earth‘s interior [B] the geological theory about drifting plates has been proved to be true [C] the hot spots and the plates move slowly in opposite directions [D] the movement of hot spots proves the continents are moving apart 2. That Africa and South America were once joined can be deduced from the fact that ____. [A] the two continents are still moving in opposite directions [B] they have been found to share certain geological features [C] the African plate has been stable for 30 million years [D] over 100 hot spots are scattered all around the globe 3. The hotspot theory may prove useful in explaining ____. [A] the structure of the African plates [B] the revival of dead volcanoes [C] the mobility of the continents [D] the formation of new oceans 4. The passage is mainly about ____. [A] the features of volcanic activities [B] the importance of the theory about drifting plates [C] the significance of hot spots in geophysical studies [D] the process of the formation of volcanoes 10 三、最新閱讀難度與水平 Text 1 While still catching up to men in some spheres of modern life, women appear to be way ahead in at least one undesirable category. ―Women are particularly susceptible to developing depression and anxiety disorders in response to stress pared to men,‖ according to Dr. Yehuda, chief psychiatrist at New York‘s Veteran‘s Administration Hospital. Studies of both animals and humans have shown that sex hormones somehow affect the stress response, causing females under stress to produce more of the trigger chemicals than do males under the same conditions. In several of the studies, when stressedout female rats had their ovaries (the female reproductive ans) removed, their chemical responses became equal to those of the males. Adding to a woman‘s increased dose of stress chemicals, are her increased ―opportunities‖ for stress. ―It‘s not necessarily that women don‘t cope as well. It‘s just that they have so much more to cope with,‖ says Dr. Yehuda. ―Their capacity for tolerating stress may even be greater than men‘s,‖ she observes, ―it‘s just that they‘re dealing with so many more things that they bee worn out from it more visibly and sooner.‖ Dr. Yehuda notes another difference between the sexes. ―I think that the kinds of things that women are exposed to tend to be in more of a chronic or repeated nature. Men go to war and are exposed to bat stress. Men are exposed to more acts of random physical violence. The kinds of interpersonal violence that women are exposed to tend to be in domestic situations, by, unfortunately, parents or other family members, and they tend not to be oneshot deals. The wearandtear that es from these longer relationships can be quite devastating.‖ Adeline Alvarez married at 18 and gave birth to a son, but was determined to finish college. ―I struggled a lot to get the college degree. I was living in so much frustration that that was my escape, to go to school, and get ahead and do better.‖ Later, her marriage ended and she became a single mother. ―It‘s the hardest thing to take care of a teenager, have a job, pay the rent, pay the car payment, and pay the debt. I lived from paycheck to paycheck.‖ Not everyone experiences the kinds of severe chronic stresses Alvarez describes. But most women today are coping with a lot of obligations, with few breaks, and feeling the strain. Alvarez‘s experience demonstrates the importance of finding ways to diffuse stress before it threatens your health and your ability to 11 function. 1. Which of the following is true according to the first two paragraphs? [A] Women are biologically more vulnerable to stress. [B] Women are still suffering much stress caused by men. [C] Women are more experienced than men in coping with stress. [D] Men and women show different inclinations when faced with stress. 2. Dr. Yehuda‘s research suggests that women [A] need extra doses of chemicals to handle stress. [B] have limited capacity for tolerating stress. [C] are more capable of avoiding stress. [D] are exposed to more stress. 3. According to Paragraph 4, the stress women confront tends to be [A] domestic and temporary. [B] irregular and violent. [C] durable and frequent. [D] trivial and random. 4. The sentence ―I lived from paycheck to paycheck.‖ (Line 6, Para. 5) shows that [A] Alvarez cared about nothing but making money. [B] Alvarez‘s salary barely covered her household expenses. [C] Alvarez got paychecks from different jobs. [D] Alvarez paid practically everything by check. 5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? [A] Strain of Stress: No Way Out? [B] Responses to Stress: Gender Difference [C] Stress Analysis: What Chemicals Say [D] Gender Inequality: Women Under Stress 四、 寫作分析 1) Directions: Write an essay of 160–200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should 1) describe the drawing briefly, 12 2) explain its intended meaning, and then 3) give your ments. You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points) 你一條腿，我一條腿 ； 你我一起，走南闖北 。 4. 冬季（ 08 年 11 月 — 12 月） 閱讀書(shū)目：《 2020 年考研英語(yǔ)全真沖刺試卷》（高等教育出版社）、《 2020 年考研英語(yǔ)最后四套卷》（西安交通大學(xué)出版社） 5. 沖刺階段（ 09 年 1 月 — 考前） 閱讀書(shū)目：內(nèi)部資料，不對(duì)外發(fā)行。堅(jiān)持，可以讓我們成為強(qiáng)者，也可以讓我們未來(lái)的夢(mèng)想成