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[单项选择]Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
As an Alaskan fisherman. Timothy June, 54, used to think that he was safe from industrial pollutants（污染物）at his home in Haines-a town with a population of 2,400 people and 4,000 eagles, with 8 million acres of protected wild land nearby. But in early 2007, June agreed to take part in a 36 of 35 Americans from seven states. It was a biomonitoring project, in which people’s blood and urine（尿）were tested for 37 of chemicals-in this case, three potentially dangerous classes of compounds found in common household 38 like face cream, tin cans, and shower curtains. The results- 39 in November in a report called“Is It in Us”by an environmental group-were rather worrying. Every one of the participants, 40 from an Illinois state senator to a Massachusetts minister, tested positive for all three classes of pollutants. And while the 41 presence of these chemicals does not 42 indicate a health risk, the
[填空题]Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Teddy bears have been around since 1902. The teddy bear came to being when President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a black bear held captive (俘虏) by his hunting party. Also worth noting is that President Roosevelt’s refusal to (47) this captive bear became a very popular political cartoon by Cliff Barryman.
A Brooklyn shopkeeper was (48) by the cartoon. The shopkeeper then asked President Roosevelt for (49) to name a toy bear "Teddy", the nickname of "Theodore". Thus became the creation of the teddy bear.
It is also worth (50) that the teddy bear was born in Germany between 1902 and 1903.
The first teddy bears did not have lovely faces or smiles, in fact, the first teddy bears had expressions which could best be described as (51) Teddy bears were also quite stiff, the (52) arms and legs and soft, plush (毛绒的) bodies came much l
[单项选择]Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
In his lifetime, Sandburg had NEVER been
A. a blacksmith.
B. a reporter.
C. a writer.
D. a biographer.
[单项选择] Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
Beethoven established himself as the greatest composer
A. with his powerful middle-period works.
B. when his first three piano concertos were finished.
C. around 1802.
D. around 1795.
[单项选择]Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
My father’s reaction to the bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City was immediate and definite. “You won’t catch me putting my money in there!” he declared, “Not in that glass box!”
Of course, my father is a gentleman of the old school, a member of the generation to whom a good deal of modern architecture is upsetting, but I am convinced that his negative response was not so much to the architecture as to a violation of his concept of the nature of money.
In his generation money was thought of as a real commodity (实物) that could be carried, or stolen. Consequently, to attract the custom of a sensible man, a bank had to have heavy walls, barred windows, and bronze doors, to affirm the fact, however untrue, that money would be safe inside. If a building’s design made it appear impenetrable, the institution was necessarily reliable, and the meaning of the heavy wall as an ar
A. that is precious
B. that is usable
C. that can be touched
D. that can be reproduced
[单项选择] Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
How does a maglev operate
A. It uses nuclear energy.
B. It rests on a cushion of pressurized air.
C. It flies over magnetically activated tracks.
D. It uses a device similar to a jet engin
[单项选择]Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japan whose productivity and social harmony are the envy of the United States and Europe, but increasingly the Japanese are seeing a decline of the traditional work-moral values. Ten years ago young people were hard-working and saw their jobs as their primary reason for being, but now Japan has largely fulfilled its economic needs and young people don’t know where they should go next.
The coming of the age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into the male-dominated job market have limited the opportunities of teenagers who are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices involved in climbing Japan’s rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs. In a recent survey, it was found that only 24.5 percent of Japanese students were fully satisfied with school life, compared with 67.2 percent of students in the United States. In addition, far
A. Dropping out leads to frustration against test taking.
B. Japanese education is praised for helping the young climb the social ladder.
C. More stress should be placed on the cultivation of creativity.
D. Japanese education is characterized by mechanical learning as well as creativity.
