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[D] More and more families will own puters.33. [A] Computers can bring financial problems. [B] Computers can bring unemployment. [C] Computers can be very useful in families. [D] Computerized robots can take over some unpleasant jobs. 34. [A] Computers may change the life they have been accustomed to. [B] Spending too much time on puters may spoil people39。ve only put sunflower seeds into the covers so far. But we are working with plant 56 to find out which flowers would perform best. Maybe we could put roses in next time, said one scientist.[A] Recently [B] consumers [C] chemicals [D] environment [E] bine [F] transparent [G] buy [H] panion [I] experts [J] forms [K] bury [L] paper [M] paper [N] plastic [O] Usually Section B Directions: 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 2 with a single line through the center. Passage One Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions, the basis for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory. Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It not only includes remembering things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed (嗅出)something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to pare the memory storage capacity of a puter with that of a human being. The instant access memory of a large puter may hold up to 100,000 words—string of alphabetic or numerical characters—ready for instant use. An average . teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information that the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight. The use of words is the basis of the advanced problemsolving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person39。s life in the following aspects EXCEPT that ________. [A] it involves a change in one39。s view about puters and human beings in terms of intelligence? [A] Computers have better memory than a child does. [B] Computers are as intelligent as a teenager is. [C] Computers can understand as many as 100,000 words. [D] Human beings are far superior to puters. 60. What is the major characteristic of man39。s parents and starting one39。s first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife39。s parents nor the husband39。s Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families was arranged by the girl39。 duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents39。Family39。s duty is ________. [A] supporting the family while the wife is financial [B] defending the family while the wife is running the home [C] financial while the wife is running the home [D] independent while the wife is dependent 64. Everything is decided in a family ________. [A] by the couple [C] by brothers and sisters [B] with the help of their parents [D] with the help of aunts and uncles 65. What is TRUE concerning the book Pride and Prejudice? [A] It is the best book on marriage. [B] It is a handbook of marriage. [C] It gives quite some ideas of English social life in the past. [D] It provides a lot of information of former time wealthy families. 66. With regard to marriage in Britain, present day girls differ from form er time girls in ________. [A] the right to marry [C] choosing husbands [B] more parental support [D] social position Part V Cloze (15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [d] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. An adult giraffe39。t giraffes have swollen feet? Giraffes should have 73 problem, too. Every time they bend heads 74 to drink, the blood should 75 to their heads and have a hard time 76 back up (when the head is down) to the heart. How e giraffes don39。s jugular vein, which 84 blood from the head back to the heart, has lots of oneway valves in it. In the giraffe39。本文主要介紹有關(guān) robot races 比賽的情況,而不是比賽的優(yōu)點和缺點,故題干表述錯誤?! ?. N 根據(jù)題干中的信息詞 this year39?! ?. Y 根據(jù)題干中的信息詞 The Pentagon39。 5. Y 根據(jù)題干中的信息詞 the aim of the Grand Challenge 定位原文,發(fā)現(xiàn)答案在小標題 Unknown Course 下第一段,可知題干表述正確。s qualifying races,可知題干是錯誤的?! ?. rugged, reallife conditions?! ?. Ghostrider。預讀題干發(fā)現(xiàn) only 這種絕對化表達,在閱讀文章時要格外留意。答案在全文倒數(shù)第三段末句?! art III Listening Comprehension Section A 11. C 綜合推斷題。男士建議大家一起去城里看電影,女士認為看電視物非所值,讓他不要把自己算在內(nèi),所以A正確。女士說簡已經(jīng)為她的研究項目寫了一些文章,男士說看來她已經(jīng)寫完了?! ?4. A 綜合推斷題。言外之意,琳達能力很強,要她才能解決的問題應該比較復雜,只有A最符合題意。女士準備請門衛(wèi)打掃大廳,男士說能否讓他也清洗一下樓梯,由此可知,他們對大樓的衛(wèi)生狀況不滿,即在談論大樓的衛(wèi)生狀況,故選B。女士說兩塊面料一塊是純羊毛的另一塊是合成纖維的。 17. C 信息明示題。女士道歉說報紙晚了,估計后天能到,即報紙星期四到,故選C。男士讓女士在攝像機前表現(xiàn)得自然一些,女士說面對上千萬觀眾自己怎么能自然呢,由此推斷,B(電視攝像機)正確。由對話中的 a hurricanetracking chart及here on the Florida coast可知,對話是針對可能影響佛羅里達的天氣情況展開的,所以C正確。女士說Late summer is hurricane season,由此可知B正確。男士問女士幾種熱帶天氣現(xiàn)象的區(qū)別是什么,女士回答說是wind velocity(風速),所以