下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。
1.I have been trying to quit smoking.
A.give up
B.pick up
C.build up
D.take up
2.Relief workers were shocked by what they saw.
A.moved
B.touched
C.surprised
D.worried
3.The weather is a constant subject of conversation in Britain.
A.question
B.problem
C.title
D.topic
4.This is not typical of English，but is a feature of the Chinese language.
A.particular
B.characteristic
C.remarkable
D.idiomatic
5.It is virtually impossible to persuade him to apply for the job.
A.simply
B.almost
C.totally
D.completely
6.These are defensive behavior patterns which derive from our fears.
A.stem
B.rely
C.develop
D.grow
7.Only a small minority of the mentally ill are liable to harm themselves or others.
A.easy
B.possible
C.likely
D.difficult
8.They have the capability to destroy the enemy in a few days.
A.possibility
B.necessity
C.ability
D.probability
9.We have never seen such gorgeous hills.
A.beautiful
B.stretching
C.spreading
D.rolling
10.The leaves have been swept into huge heaps.
A.10ads
B.layers
C.pyramids
D.piles
11.The news will horrify everyone.
A.attract
B.terrify
C.tempt
D.excite
12.The article sketched the major events of the decade.
A.described
B.offered
C.outlined
D.presented
13.I won’t tolerate that kind of behavior.
A.bear
B.receive
C.admit
D.take
14.Their style of playing football is utterly different.
A.barely
B.scarcely
C.hardly
D.totally
15.Her sister urged her to apply for the job.
A.advised
B.caused
C.forced
D.promised
Motion Sickness
Living in space looks like lots of fun. You can do certain things in space (like floating around, or pushing huge objects) that you cannot do on earth. But being in space can do things to you, too. If you stay too long in a gravity-free environment, your bones could become weak, and a small spaceship just might annoy you after a while, because space travel could make you seasick!
On July 4, 1982, after seven days orbiting the earth, astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly and Henry W. Hartsfield returned home. Although not all of the experiments on board worked properly, the flight basically seemed to be a success except for one "little" thing: early in the flight, astronaut Hartsfield became "seasick".
Thomas Mattingly, who is also a jet pilot and is highly resistant to motion sickness on earth, did much better. Mattingly sailed through space with a steady stomach. But no one knows why Hartsfield felt uneasy and Mattingly did not.
So far it seems there is no reliable way to predict who will become motion sick in outer space and who will not. in all, at least four astronauts have suffered from space motion sickness. Russian and American scientists are working together to try to understand and solve the motion sickness. Space program officials worry that if so many highly-trained pilots get sick in space, what will happen when civilians start flying in the shuttle?
Motion sickness is a disagreeable feeling that comes from the pitching, rolling, swaying, or just the moving of the object you are riding in or on. Symptoms of motion sickness include: dizziness, headache, a sinking feeling in the stomach, and vomiting.
Why does motion make some people ill?
Doctors believe that motion sickness is caused by a disturbance in the inner ear. Our ears do more than give us hearing. A part of the ears gives us a sense of balance and helps make us aware of whether we are right side up or upside down.
If you know that you get carsick or seasick, what can you do?
Speak to your doctor. There are certain medicines available that can help stop that uneasy feeling. But many of them can also make you sleepy. Usually they work best taken before you begin feeling ill.
Some people also recommend water, ice cubes, mints, or plain toast. But these remedies do not always work for everyone.
Perhaps, since motion sickness is such a big problem in outer space, researchers may soon find a way to cure the astronauts - and those of us who stay on earth.
16 Floating in space for too long a time may also do harm to one's lungs and heart.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
17 At the end of the flight, Hartsfield became "seasick".
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
18 Mattingly was much thinner than Hartsfield.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
19 Russian and American scientists are working together to solve the problem of motion sickness in astronauts.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
20 Untrained civilians are more likely to suffer from motion sickness in a spacecraft
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
21 The motion sickness some astronauts suffered from during space travel had been caused by the defective digestive system.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
22 People suffering from motion sickness during space travel can alleviate its symptoms by eating or drinking something.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
【参考答案】16. C 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. A 21. B 22. C
Earthquake
1 Every year earthquakes are responsible for a large number of deaths and a vast amount of destruction in various parts of the world. Most of these damaging earthquakes occur either in a narrow belt which surrounds the Pacific Ocean or in a line which extends from Burma to the Alps in Europe. Some of the destruction is directly caused by the quake itself. An example of this is the collapse of buildings as a result of the quake itself. Other damage results from landslides or major fires which are initiated by the quake.
2 There are about a million quakes a year. Fortunately, however, not all of them are destructive. The intensity of an earthquake is measured on the Richter Scale, which goes from 0 upward. The highest scale recorded to date is 8.9. Major damage generally occurs from quakes ranging upwards from 6.0.
3 The actual cause of the quake itself is the breaking of rocks at or below the earth's surface. This is produced by pressure which scientists believe may be due to a number of reasons, two of which are the expansion and contraction of the earth's crust and continental drift.
4 In order to limit the damage and to prevent some of the suffering resulting from earthquakes, scientists are working on ways to enable accurate prediction. Special instruments are used to help people record, for example, shaking of the earth. Scientists are trying to find methods that will enable them to indicate the exact time, location and size of an earthquake.
5 Certain phenomena have been observed which are believed to be the signs of imminent earthquakes. These include strange behaviors of some animals, the changes in the content of mineral water, etc. The magnetic properties of rocks may also display special pattern before major earthquakes happen.
23 Paragraph 2 __________
24 Paragraph 3 __________
25 Paragraph 4 __________
26 Paragraph 5 __________ A Earthquake's Forecast
B Historical Records of Earthquakes
C Intensities o{Earthquakes
D Cause of Earthquakes
E Indications of Earthquakes
F Damaging Earthquakes
27 Not all damage during an earthquake is caused __________.
28 Not all earthquakes are strong enough __________.
29 Scientists have been working hard to warn people __________.
30 Earthquakes can be predicted by observing __________. A by the quake itself
B not be prevented
C to cause damage of property and loss of lives
D of a possible earthquake
E the unusual behaviors of some animals
F the strong behaviors of human beings
阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2～5段每段选择1个正确的小标题;(2)第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
The Weight Experiment
Nicola Waiters has been taking part in experiments in Scotland to discover why humans gain and lose weight. Being locked in a small room called a "caioriineier" (热量测试室) is one way to find out.
1. The signs above the two rooms read simply “Chamber One” and “Chamber Two”. These are the calorimeters: 4m by 2m white-walled rooms where human volunteers are locked up in the name of science. Outside these rooms another sign reads, "Please do not enter work in progress" and in front of the rooms advanced machinery registers (记录) every move the volunteers make. Each day, meals measured to the last gram axe passed through a hole in the wall of the calorimeter to the resident volunteer.
2. Nicola Walters is one of the twenty volunteers who, over the past eight months, have spent varying periods inside the calorimeter. Tall and slim, Nicola does not have a weight problem, but thought the strict diet might help with her training and fitness program.
A.self-employed community dance worker, she was able to fit the experiment in around her work. She saw an advert (广告) for volunteers at her gym and as she is interested in the whole area of diet and exercise, she thought she would help out.
3. The experiment on Nicola involved her spending one day on a fixed diet at home and the next in the room. This sequence (次序) was repeated four times over six weeks. She arrived at the calorimeter at 8:30 a.m. on each of the four mornings and from then on everything she ate or drank was carefully measured. Her every move was noted too, bet daily exercise routine timed to the last second. At regular intervals, after eating, she filled in forms about how hungry she felt and samples were taken for analysis.
4. The scientists help volunteers impose (确立) a kind of order on the long days they face in the room. “The first time, I only took one video and a book, but It was OK because I watched TV the rest of the time,” says Nicola. And twice a day she used the exercise bike. She pedaled (踩踏板) for half an hour, watched by researchers to make sure she didn't go too fast.
5. It seems that some foods encourage you to eat more, while others satisfy you quickly. Volunteers are already showing that high-fat diets are less likely to make you feel full, Believing that they may now know what encourages people to overeat, the researchers are about to start testing a high-protein weight-loss diet. Volunteers are required and Nicola has signed up for further sessions.
23. Paragraph 1_______
24. Paragraph 2_______
25. Paragraph 3_______
26. Paragraph 4_______
A.What does the calorimeter look like inside?
B.What program was designed for the experiments?
C.What is a calorimeter?
D.What is the first impression?
E.How do the volunteers kill the time?
F.Why did Nicola join in the experiments?
27. The machinery outside the calorimeters records everything_______.
28. Nicola Walters had time for the experiments
29. Volunteers have to get prepared for the time in the calorimeter
30. The experiments show that high-fat diets_______
A.the volunteers do
B.because she does not have a weight problem
C.because the life there can be very boring
D.make people overeat
E.because she was her own boss
F.after passing a high-protein test
Lateral Thinking
Lateral thinking (迂回思维), first described by Edward de Bono in 1967, is just a few years older than Edward's son. You might imagine that Caspar was raised to be an adventurous thinker, but de Bono name was so famous, Casper's parents worried that any time he would say something bright at school, his teachers might snap, “Where do you get that idea from?”
“We had to be careful and not overdo it,” Edward admits. Now Casper is at Oxford --which once looked unlikely because he is also slightly dyslexic (诵读困难). In fact, when he was applying to Oxford, none of his school teachers thought he had a chance. “So then we did several thinking sessions,” his father says, “using my techniques and, when he went up for the exam, he did extremely well.” Soon after, Edward de Bono decided to write his latest book, “Teach Your Children How to Think”, in which he transforms the thinking skills he developed for brain-storming businessmen into informal exercises for parents and children to share.
Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence, and everybody knows that children aren't very logical. So isn't it an uphill battle, trying to teach them to think? “You know,” Edward de Bono says, “if you examine people's thinking, it is quite unusual to find faults of logic. But the faults of perception are huge! Often we think ineffectively because we take too limited a view. ”
“Teach Your Child How to Think” offers lessons in perception improvement, of clearly seeing the implications of something you are saying and of exploring the alternatives.
36 What is TRUE about Casper? __________
A He is Edward's son.
B He is an adventurous thinker.
C He first described lateral thinking.
D He is often scolded by his teacher.
37 Casper succeeded in applying to Oxford because __________.
A he was careful and often overworked
B all of his school teachers thought he had a chance
C he used in the exam the techniques provided by his father
D he read the book “Teach Your Child How to Think” before the exam
38 It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that Edward __________.
A was likely to improve children's logic with his book
B gave a description of lateral thinking several years after his son was born
C was prompted to study lateral thinking because his son was slightly dyslexic
D once taught businessmen how to think before he wrote for parents and children
39 According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements expresses Edward de Bono's view? __________
A Everybody knows that children aren't very logical.
B It is an uphill battle trying to teach children to think.
C We often think ineffectively because we take too limited a view.
D Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence.
40 Lateral thinking refers to the following EXCEPT __________.
A improving one's logic in thinking
B improving one's perception in thinking
C seeing the implications of what you are saying
D exploring the alternatives for what you are saying
答案：36 A关于Casper的正确说法是：A他是Edward的儿子;B他是一个开拓型思维的人;C他首次描绘了迂回思维;D他经常受老师叱责。
37 C申请牛津大开云kaiyun(中国)成功的原因是：A他仔细认真且经常劳累过度;B他的老师都认为他能考上;C他在考试中应用了父亲提供的技巧;D他在考试前阅读了《教会孩子如何思维》这本书。
38 D由第二段可以推断出Edward：A有可能通过他的着作改善孩子的思维逻辑;B在他儿子出生几年以后对迂回思维进行了描述;C因为儿子有点诵读困难才促使他研究迂回思维;D在为孩子和家长写书之前曾教过商人如何思维。
39 C根据第三段内容，下列选项能够表达Edward de Bono观点的陈述是：A人人都知道孩子的思维是不太合乎逻辑的;B试图教孩子思维是一场艰苦的战斗;C我们经常不能有效思维是因为我们的视野过于狭隘;D依据传统的观点，人们认为思维要按照一定的逻辑顺序进行。
40 A迂回思维指的不是下列当中的哪一项?A改进自己的思维逻辑;B改进自己的思维理解力;C了解你所说内容的含义;D为你所说内容寻求其他的替换对象。
Between 1977 and 1981, three groups of American woman, ___(1)___, between the age of 35 and 65, were given month-long tests to determine how they would respond to conditions resembling those aboard the space shuttle.
Though ___(2)___, the women were volunteers and the pay was barely above the minimum wage. They were not allowed ___(3)____ during the tests, and they were expected to tolerate each other's company at close quarters for the entire period. Among other things they had to stand pressure three times the force of gravity and carry out both physical and mental tasks __(4)__. At the end of ten days, they had to spend a further twenty days absolutely confined to bed, during which time they suffered backaches and other discomforts, and when they were finally allowed up, the more physically active women were especially subject to pains due to a slight calcium loss.
Results of the tests suggest that women will have significant advantages over men in space. They need less food and les oxygen and they stand up to radiation better. Men's advantages __(5)__, meanwhile, are virtually wiped out by the zero-gravity condition in space.
EXERCISE:
A): to smoke or drink alcohol
B) carefully selected from among many applicants
C) numbering 27 in all
D) in terms of strength and stamina
E) those who are physically stronger
F) while exhausted from strenuous physical exercise
KEY:C B A F D
Young Adults Who Exercise Get Higher IQ Scores
Young adults who are fit have a higher IQ 1 and are more 1 likly to go on to university，reveals a major new study2 carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy3 and Sahlgrenska University Hospital．
The results were recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)4．The study involved 1.2 million Swedish men doing military service who were born between 1950 and 1976．The research group analysed the 2 result of both physical and IQ tests the youngsters took right after they started serving the army．
The study shows a clear link 3 between good physical fitness and better results for the IQ test．The strongest links are for 4 thinking and verbal comprehension．But it is only fitness that plays a 5 in the results for the IQ test5，and not strength．“Being fit means that you also have good heart and lung 6 and that your brain gets plenty of 7 ，"says Michael Nilsson，professor at the Sahlgrenska Academy and chief physician at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital．“This may be one of the reasons 8 we can see a clear link with fitness，but not with muscular 9 ．We are also seeing that there are growth factors that are important．”
By analysing data for twins，the researchers have been 10 to determine that it is primarily environmental factors and not genes that explain the link between fitness and a 11 IQ． “We have also shown that those youngsters who 12 their physical fitness between the ages of 15 and 18 increase their cognitive performance，”says Mafia Aberg，researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy and physician at Aby health centre．“This being the case6 ，physical 13 is a subject that has an important place in schools，and is an absolute must7 if we want to do well in maths and other theoretical subjects．" The researchers have also compared the results from fitness tests 14 national service8 with the socio-economic status of the men later in 15 ．Those who were fit at 18 were more likely to go into higher education，and many secured more qualified jobs．
练习：
1．A carefully B secretly C likely D happily
2．A answers B works C scores D results
3．A behind B between C among D without
4．A logical B critical C typical D positive
5．A place B game C role D trick
6．A capacity B disease C shape D treatment
7．A change B hydrogen C oxygen D memory
8．A what B why C how D where
9．A exercise B training C strength D movement
10．A able B clever C lucky D clear
11．A moderate B average C lower D higher
12．A ignore B improve C like D determine
1 3．A examination B labour C movement D education
14．A before B after C without D during
l 5．A marriage B life C residence D servicelikely
答案与题解：
1．C本文第一句就将主题和盘托出：Young adults who are fit have a higher IQ(身体健康的年轻人智商也高)。根据此论断可以推断，智商高的人进入大开云kaiyun(中国)开云kaiyun(中国)习的可能性也高。读完 全文便可知这个推断是对的。所以，本题的答案只能是likely。
2．D第二段第二句说明，该项研究的样本是1950-1976年之间入伍的120万新兵。新兵们报到时接受了体格测试和智商测试。研究人员对这两类测试的数据进行了分析。四个选 项只有results符合这层意思。answers(答案)、works(作品)、scores(分数)都不合适。
3．B 上文多次论及身体健康与智商之间的关系。本句又重述两者的联系。四个选项中有个between，答案非它莫属。among是“在……之中”，数量超过2个人或2件事时才用among。本句只说两者的关系，所以不能选among。选项behind和without的意思与上下 文搭配不上。
4．A填词所在的句子的意思是，身体健康与某种思维和语言理解能力有关。某种思维是哪一种思维呢?我们可能会想到科开云kaiyun(中国)思维、逻辑思维、抽象思维等等。一查四个选项，发现有logical，它就是答案了。其他三个选项critical(临界的，评论的)、typical(典型的)和positive(正面的)与上下文的意思相去甚远，不会是答案。
5．C play a role是固定词组，填入所在句子后，上下文的意思连贯，所以是答案。play a place 没有这种搭配。play a game(玩游戏)和play a trick(恶作剧)与上下文的意思搭不上。
6．A 由于“Being fit means that you also have good heart and 1ung…”说的是，健康意味着心肺功能好，所以选项disease(疾病)和treatment(治疗)可以排除，而good heart and lung后 接shape(形状)，意思是“好的心肺形状”，这与健康的关系也远了一些。本题只有capacity (能力)才是答案。
7．C如前所述，身体健康意味着心肺好，这与大脑有什么关系呢?常识告诉我们，呼吸顺畅， 通过肺部进入血液的氧气也多；心功能良好，就能有效地将带有氧气的新鲜血液源源不断 地输送到大脑，大脑就能活跃地工作。所以，选项oxygen是答案。
8．B reason(s)后面的定语从句中的关系副词要用why。
9．C 第三段第二句给本题的答案提供了线索：“But it is only fitness that plays a role in the results for the IQ test，and not strength．(是健康，而不是力量，对智商测试的结果起了作用)”。本题的句子重复了上述论断，所以，缺失的词应该是strength。这一次作者把strength说得更清楚，指的是muscular strength(肌肉力量)。本题的答案C。
10．A本句的意思是，研究人员分析双胞胎智商上的差异来说明智商差异不会来自基因，因为双胞胎的基因是相同的；智商差异来自后天的环境因素。填入本句最适合的词是able。clever，lucky和clear都不合适，因为研究人员只有通过分析数据才能够得出结论，而不是 靠幸运、聪明等。
11．D 文章反复论述，一个人身体健康，其智商也高。本句前面用的是fitness(健壮体魄)，后面出现的是IQ，修饰它的形容词就一定是higher。
12．B 根据全文的主要论点进行判断，本题的句子表达的意思一定是增强体质与提高智商成正比。所以，填入句子的动词的词义一定与提高和改善认知能力(cognitive performance)有关。根据这一推论，入选的选项只有improve。
13．D研究一下句子“This being the case，physical is a subject…"，就知道physical加上要填 入空格中的词应该是一门开云kaiyun(中国)科(subject)的名称。四个选项中，只有physical education(体育)是门开云kaiyun(中国)科，所以，答案是D。
14．D 第二段曾说到新兵报到入伍时，接受了体格测试，本题的句子用的是复数形式的tests，说明他们在服兵役期间可能接受多次体格检查，所以要选durng(national service)，而 before、after、without都与上述意思不配合。
15．B研究人员将新兵报到入伍时体格测试和智商测试的结果和他们后来的社会经济地位进 行了比较。比较的是哪方面的社会经济地位呢? 最合理的选择是later in life(后来的生活中)。而later in marriage(后来的婚姻中)、later in residence(后来的居住中)或1ater in service(后来的服务中)与社会经济地位搭配，显得十分勉强，所以不会是答案。
