Section B
Directions: In this section, there are ten incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
21.The electrical impulses are finally _______ back into the spots of light
that make up the picture on the television screen.
A. reflected B. cast
C. conveyed D. transmitted
22.Farm incomes in this country used to ________ far behind the national
average.
A. retreat B. retard
C. lag D. linger
23.These newly unearthed cultural relics on the origin of Chinese characters
_____ the intelligence of our remote ancestors.
A. manifest B. magnify
C. maintain D. manipulate
24. The club members meet _______ every Saturday and Sunday mornings in the
hall.
A. repeatedly B. constantly
C. seldom D. regularly
25. The old scientist decided to move to his country home ______ his advanced
age and poor health.
A. in the interest of B. as a result of
C. on account of D. in support of
26.It is suggested that all the government ministers should ________
information on their financial interests.
A. uncover B. confess
C. admit D. disclose
27. The farmers in the suburban areas of the city brought their _______ to town
early every morning.
A. produce B. production
C. manufactures D. productivity
28. Whoever has skills and knowledge in this country, I believe, should be
properly treated and rewarded ________ his educational background and family
origin.
A. despite of B. regardless of
C. let alone D. because of
29.The industrial community should be close enough to the crowded centers but
distant enough to reduce ________ hazards.
A. feasible B. essential
C. potential D. compatible
30.Gazing at others' eyes generally signals a request for information and perhaps affection, but embarrassment can _______ too long a mutual gaze.
A. bring forward B. result in
C bring out D. result from
Part III Reading Comprehension (50 minutes, 30 points)
Directions: There are 6 passages in this part. 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 the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
The fitness movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s centered around aerobic exercise (有氧操). Millions of individuals became engaged in a variety of aerobic activities, and literally thousands of health spas developed around the country to capitalize (获利) on this emerging interest in fitness, particularly aerobic dancing for females. A number of fitness spas existed prior to this aerobic fitness movement, even a national chain with spas in most major cities. However, their focus was not on aerobics, but rather than on weight- training programs designed to develop muscular mass, strength, and endurance in their primarily male enthusiasts. These fitness spas did not seem to be benefit financially from the aerobic fitness movement to better health, since medical opinion suggested that weight-training programs offered few, if any, health benefits. In recent years, however, weight training has again become increasingly popular for males and for females. Many current programs focus not on developing muscular strength and endurance but on aerobic fitness as well.
Historically, most physical-fitness tests have usually included measures of muscular strength and endurance, not for health-related reasons, but primarily because such fitness components have been related to performances in athletics. However, in recent years, evidence has shown that training programs designed primarily to improve muscular strength and endurance might also offer some health benefits as well. The American College of Sports Medicine now recommends that weight training be part of a total fitness program for healthy Americans. Increased participation in such training is one of the specific physical activity and fitness objectives of Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives.
31. The word “ spas” (Line 3, Para. 1) most probably refers to ____.
A. sports activities B. places for physical exercise
C. recreation centers D. athletic training programs
32. Early fitness spas were intended mainly for _____.
A. the promotion of aerobic exercise
B. endurance and the muscular development
C. the improvement of women’s figures
D. better performance in aerobic dancing
33.What was the attitude of doctors towards weight training in health improvement?
A. Positive. B. Indifferent. C. Negative. D. Cautious.
34. People were given physical fitness tests in order to find out ____.
A. how well they could do in athletics
B. what their health condition was like
C. what kind of fitness center was suitable for them
D. whether they were fit for aerobic exercise
35. Recent studies have suggested that weight training ____.
A. has become an essential part of people’s life
B. may well affect the health of the trainees
C. will attract more people in the days to come
D. contributes to health improvement as well
Passage Two
Honey bees cannot live alone. Their body structure and instincts equip them for life in a colony of community, where they have a complex social organization and the various duties are divided among the individuals according to physical fitness and age. An individual worker bee cannot reproduce itself. While it may continue to live if forcibly isolated from its mates, it fails to care for itself adequately, and soon dies. Most insects have the ability to hibernate in winter, but the honeybee seem to have lost this. Since at low temperatures the bee will die, it must have the ability to make its own environment, so far as temperature is concerned. This makes a colony necessary to the bees in winter, so that they may collectively warm each other. Efficiency if not necessity, demands that the work of the colony be divided, and such a division of labor tends to enhance the reed to maintain the colony. The physical structure of the honeybee is further suited for the defense of the entire colony rather than for its own defense. The bee’s barbed sting is used only once and is made more effective by the fact that it is left behind in the victim. With the loss of the sting, however, the bee dies. This kind of defensive weapon is not of service to the individual , but to the community.
36.According to the passage, bees are fitted for communal life by virtue of their________.
A. flexibility and initiative
B. intelligence and sensitivity
C. independence and endurance
D. instincts and form
37. It can be inferred from the passage that at one time bees had the ability to _______.
A. increase their activity in lower temperatures
B. leave cold climates during winter
C. remain dormant through periods of cold weather
D. construct insulated hives
38. The passage states that bees differ from most other communities of insects in their need to
_______.
A. reproduce in large numbers
B. control the temperature where they live
C. divide the work of their colonies
D. have a complex defense system
39. The honeybee’s sting is particularly effective because it ______.
A. has many potential uses
B. can kill several victims at once
C. is located in the rear of the bee’s body
D. remains with the bee’s victim
40. Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?
A. The Communal Life of Bees
B. The Structure of the Bees.
C. The Organization of Insect Colonies
D. The Life of Social Insects
Passage Three
Navigation computers, now sold by most car makers cost $2,000 and up. No surprise, then, that they are most often found in luxury cars, like Lexus, BMW and Audi. But it is a developing technology — meaning prices should eventually drop— and the market does seem to be growing. Even at current prices, a navigation computer is impressive. It can guide you from point to point in most major cities with precise turn by turn direction — spoken by a clear human-sounding voice, and written on a screen in front of the driver.
The computer works with an antenna that takes signals from no fewer than three of the 24 global positioning system (GPS) satellites. By measuring the time required for a signal to travel between the satellites and the antenna, the car’s location can be pinned down within 100 meters. The satellite signals, along with inputs on speed from a wheel-speed sensor and direction from a meter, determine the car’s position even as it moves. This information is combined with a map database. Streets, landmarks and points of interest are included.
Most systems are basically identical. The differences come in hardware— the way the computer accepts the driver’s request for directions and the way it presents the driving instructions. On most systems, a driver enters a desired address, motorway junction or point of interest via a touch screen or disc. But the Lexus screen goes a step further: you can point to any spot on the map screen and get directions to it. BMW’s system offers a set of cross hairs( 瞄准器上的十字纹) that can be moved across the map (you have several choices of map scale) to pick a point you’d like to get to. Audi’s screen can be switched to TV reception.
Even the voices that recite the directions can differ, with better systems like BMW’s and Lexus’s having a wider vocabulary. The instructions are available in French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Italian, as well as English. The driver can also choose parameters for determining the route: fastest, shortest or no freeways (高速公路)，for example.
41. We learn from the passage that navigation computers____.
A. will greatly promote sales of automobiles
B. may help solve potential traffic problems
C. are likely to be accepted by more drivers
D. will soon be viewed as a symbol of luxury
42. With a navigation computer, a driver will easily find the best route to his destination ____.
A. by inputting the exact address
B. by indicating the location of his car
C. by checking his computer database
D. by giving vocal orders to the computer
43. Despite their varied designs, navigation computers used in cars____.
A. are more or less the same price
B. provide directions in much the same way
C. work on more or less the same principles
D. receive instructions from the same satellites
44. The navigation computer functions ____.
A. by means of a direction finder and a speed detector
B. basically on satellite signals and a map database
C. mainly through the reception of turn-by-turn direction
D. by using a screen to display satellite signals
45. The navigation systems in cars like Lexus, BMW and Audi are mentioned to show____.
A.the immaturity of the new technology
B. the superiority of the global positioning system
C. the cause of price fluctuations in car equipment
D.the different ways of providing guidance to the driver
Passage Four
Most people think of lions as strictly African beasts, but only because they've been killed off almost everywhere else. Ten thousand years ago lions spanned vast sections of the globe. Now lions hold only a small fraction of their former habitat, and Asiatic lions, a subspecies that split from African lions perhaps 100,000 years ago, hang on to an almost impossibly small slice of their former territory.
India is the proud steward of these 300 or so lions, which live primarily in a 560~square-mile sanctuary (保护区). It took me a year and a half to get a permit to explore the entire Gir Forest-and no time at all to see why these lions became symbols of royalty and greatness. A tiger will hide in the forest unseen, but a lion stands its ground, curious and unafraid-lionhearted. Though they told me in subtle ways when I got too close, Gir’s lions allowed me unique glimpses into their lives during my three months in the forest. It's odd to think that they are threatened by extinction; Gir has as many lions as it can hold-too many, in fact. With territory in short supply, lions move about near the boundary of the forest and even leave it altogether, often clashing with people. That's one reason India is creating a second sanctuary. There are other pressing reasons: outbreaks of disease or natural disasters. In
Though the gentle intimacy of play vanishes when it's time to eat, meals in Gir are not necessarily frantic affairs. For a mother and her baby lion sharing a deer, or a young male eating an antelope (羚羊)there's no need to fight for a cut of the kill. The animals they hunt for food are generally smaller in Gir than those in Africa, and hunting groups tend to be smaller as well.
46. In the first paragraph, the author tells us that Asiatic lions _______
A. have killed off other lions
B. have descended from African lions
C. used to span vast sections of the globe
D. have lost their habitat
47. What impressed the author most when he went to watch the lions in the Gir Forest?
A. Their friendliness.
B. Their size.
C. Their intimacy.
D. Their vitality.
48. What does the sentence "...meals in Gir are not necessarily frantic affairs" mean?
A. The lions do not show intimacy among them any more.
B. The lions may not need to fight for food.
C. Food is not readily available in that region.
D. Meals can be obtained only with great effort.
49.The lions in the Gir Forest are especially vulnerable to disease because _______ .
A. they have descended from a dozen or so ancestors
B. they are smaller than the African lions
C. they do not have enough to eat
D. they are physically weaker than the African lions
50. One of the reasons why India is creating a secondary sanctuary for the Asiatic lions is that ________.
A. the present sanctuary is not large enough
B. scientists want to do more research on them
C. they have killed many people
D. the forest is shrinking in size
