[填空题]Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Motorways are no doubt the safest roads in the country. Mile for mile, vehicle for vehicle you are much less likely to be killed or seriously injured than on an ordinary, road. On the other hand, motorways have a far better accident record than any other part of our national road system because of the speed and volume of traffic. If you do have a serious accident on a motorway, fatalities are much more likely to occur than in a comparable accident elsewhere on the roads. It is reported that motorway accidents account for some 10% of all injuries out side urban areas.
Motorways have no sharp, bends, no roundabouts or traffic lights and thus speeds are much greater than on other roads. Though the 70 m.p.h, limit is still in force, it is often treated with the contempt that most drivers have for the 30 m.p.h, limit applied in built-up areas in Britain. Added to this is the fact that motorway drivers seem to like t

[单项选择] Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
The fridge is considered a necessity. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food first appeared with the label: "Store in the refrigerator."
In my fridge less Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily. The milkman came daily, the grocer, the butcher, the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times a week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on, food deliveries have ceased; fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country.
The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A vast way of well-tried techniques already existed-natural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling...
What refrigeration did promote was marketing — marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft
A. People would not buy more food than was necessary.
B. Food was delivered to people two or three times a week.
C. Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily.
D. People had effective ways to preserve their food.

[填空题] Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
The partnership between humans and animals dates back to the first domestication of animals in the Stone Age, as long as 9,000 years ago. But never have animals provided such (47) and particular help to humans as they do today in the form of trained (48) to people with disabilities. These animals, usually dogs, help people (49) tasks that would otherwise be difficult or even impossible. Service animals are not (50) but working animals doing a job; thus, (51) such as the Americans with Disabilities Act(1990) in the United States and the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) in the United Kingdom make service animals exempt from rules that (52) animals from public places and business.
The most familiar service animals are guide dogs whose job is to help people with (53) weakness or disability move about safely. Systematic training of

[单项选择] Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
The most pressing nuclear energy issue is the disposal of nuclear waste. Even if all the reactors in existence were completely safe to operate, there would still be unsolved issue of what to do with the waste from generating electricity by means of nuclear energy. Those who claim that they feel comfortable with nuclear energy are, none the less, concerned about waste disposal methods. Seven states, including California, have put the building of nuclear plants on hold until legislators are convinced that there is a safe way to dispose of the radioactive waste from the plants.
In the meantime, pools of liquid waste and piles of solid waste from private industry and governmental bomb production grow. Since 1962, the volume of radioactive waste produced by the nuclear power industry has amounted to about 4,300 cubic meters. By the end of the twentieth century, if production continues at the same rate, there wil
A. effects of high-level radiation
B. operation of nuclear power plants
C. fallout from the explosion of nuclear weapons
D. various sources of radioactive wastes

[单项选择] Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
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All of the following are causes of being bitten by mosquitoes EXCEPT ______.
A. carbon dioxide and other odors
B. sweat
C. the quality of your skin
D. heart and blood pressure medicine

[单项选择]Questions 15 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
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It was not until ______ that the traditional British wine industry totally became extinct.
A. A．about D. 300

[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.
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How do we choose our favorite colors
A. Our favorite color is inborn.
B. We choose our favorite color as we grow up.
C. With the instruction of our parents we select them.
D. We get them by chance.