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[填空题]Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Recently a sociologist from the University of New Hampshire, Murray Straus, presented a paper suggesting that corporal punishment leaves a long-lasting mark—in the form of lower IQ. Straus found that kids who were physically punished had up to a five-point lower IQ score than kids who weren’t—the more children were spanked, the lower their IQ—and that the effect could be seen not only in individual children, but across entire nations. Straus found that countries with higher GDP tended to be those where corporal punishment was used less often. In the U. S., the tendency to hit also varies with income, geography and culture.
So how might getting spanked on the butt actually affect the workings of the brain Straus notes that being spanked or hit is associated with fright and stress; kids who experience that kind of trauma (创伤)have a harder time focusing and learning.
It’s not clear if spanking ca
[单项选择]Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
We use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways.
It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language. So does laughter or crying. There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feelings. Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their teeth when they are angry. This is probably because they are born with those behavior patterns.
Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world. (80) In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like "he went pale and begin to tremble" suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock. However, "he opened his eyes wide" is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese "surprise" can be described in a phrase like "they s
A. words are used-as frequently as gestures
B. words are often found difficult to understand
C. words and gestures are both used in expressing feelings
D. gestures are more efficiently used than words
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Questions 15 to 19 are based on the following passage.
The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun , but the man with the portable computer in business class. In the last 15 years, pilots have reported well over 100 incidents that could have been caused by electromagnetic interference. The source of this interference remains unconfirmed, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic devices such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones. RTCA, an organization which advises the aviation (航空) industry, has recommended that all airlines ban (禁止) such devices from being used during "critical" stages of flight, particularly take-off and landing. Some experts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights. Currently, rules on using these devices are left up to individual airlines. And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such
A. They may have been caused by the damage to the radio systems.
B. They may have taken Place during take-off and landing.
C. They were proved to have been caused by the passengers, portable computers.
D. They were suspected to have resulted from electromagnetic interference.
[单项选择] Questions 17 to 20 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.
According to the speaker, the dry-cleaning store used to be a ______.
A. hote
B. restaurant
C. bakery
D. garage
[单项选择]Questions 14 to 16 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.All the following are the reasons why parents choose home schooling EXCEPT______.
A. religious beliefs
B. avoiding problems of traditional schools
C. getting a good education
D. having more time to be together with family
[单项选择]Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage.According to the passage, decent clothes can
A. make a man.
B. give you confidence.
C. win interviewers’ respect.
D. affect interviewers’ judgment.
[单项选择]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage.According to the passage, if all students attend year-round schools in U.S. they would
A. have a 3-month long summer holiday.
B. have the same arrangement for schooling.
C. go to school at a differently organized time.
D. attend school for nine weeks before a vacation.
[单项选择]Questions 27 to 31 are based on the following passage.
What should you think about when trying to find your career You are probably better at some school subjects than others. There may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. A knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects, you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.
Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good a
A. be bored at doing things
B. be skillful in doing things
C. be interested in doing things
D. be awkward at doing things
[单项选择]Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
It was 10 years ago, on a warm July night, that a newborn lamb with took her first breath in a small shed in Scotland. From the outside, she looked no different from thousands of other sheep born on __36__ farms. But Dolly, as the world soon came to realize, was no __37__ lamb. She was cloned from a single cell of an adult female sheep, __38__ long-held scientific dogma that had declared such a thing biologically impossible.
A decade later, scientists are starting to come to grips with just how different Dolly was. Dozens of animals have been cloned since that first little lamb — mice, cats, cows and, most recently, a dog — and it’s becoming __39__ clear that they are all, in one way or another, defective.
It’s __40__ to think of clones as perfect carbon copies of the original. It turns out, though, that there are various degrees of genetic __41__. That may come as a shock to people who have paid thousands of
[填空题] Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
As the world excitedly greeted Snuppy, the first cloned dog, commentators celebrated our cleverness. Many feel proud that our age is marked by technological (47) . But an article in British newspaper The Observer recently said true innovation has (48) from our society.
The writer was Peter Watson, author of the book Ideas — A History from Fire to Freud. Watson began: "The year 2005 can’t begin to compete with 1905 in terms of (49) innovations."
"Writing a history of ideas over the past three ears, I have been (50) time and again by the fact that, contrary to what we tell ourselves all the time-on TV, in newspapers and magazines, in (51) and in government propaganda — our present world is nowhere near as (52) and innovative as it thinks it is, certainly in comparison with past ages."
"Yes, we are dazzled by mobile phones, camera
[单项选择]Questions 32 to 35 are based on the following passage.
Mandy Naylor writes an e-mail about her progress so far working as a social worker in Kazakhstan:
"Things are going well. There have been some real high points and some times when I’ve felt totally inadequate and thought VSO had wasted a whole load of money and time on me!
But I’ve never doubted that this was the right place and thing for me to do. I’ve made some great friends both with volunteers who are off in many different regions of Kazakhstan and some lovely local people.
As for work—we have just come back from the cold North of Kazakhstan from a conference and I will go back next year to lecture with my counterparts and hopefully, parents and disabled children, on the new social work course that we are busy developing. We are also looking at developing services for parents and children within the centre and a few funding bids will be submitted for that. I’ve also made good links with DIFI
A. She sometimes doubted her choice.
B. She thought is was well-paid.
C. She enjoyed her work very much.
D. She often felt totally inadequate.
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Questions 16 to 18 are based on the following passage.
Suppose you work in a big firm and find English important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English, especially your spoken English. Here are some ads about English language training. You may find the information you need.
Global English Center
*General English in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
*3-month(700 yuan), 6-month(1, 200 yuan) and 12-month(2, 000 yuan) courses.
*Choice of morning or evening classes, 3 hours per day, Mon. —Fri.
*Experienced college English teachers.
*Close to the city center and bus stops.
TEL: 676012134
Modern Language School
*Special courses in English for business.
*Small classes (12—16 students) on Sat. & Sun. from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
*Native English teach
A. Global English Center and Modern Language School.
B. Global English Center and International House of English.
C. Modern Language School and the 21st Century English Training Center.
D. The 21st Century English Training Center and the International House of English.
[单项选择] Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crisis, that they talk too much about certain problems — and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.
I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, it turns out that their music or ente
A. the teenagers’ criticism of their parents
B. misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents
C. the dominance of the parents over their children
D. the teenagers’ ability to deal with crisis
