even dangerous.
51. In his study Professor Smith asked the subjects_____. A) to keep track of people who tend to forget things B) to report their embarrassing lapses at random C) to analyze their awkward experiences scientifically D) to keep a record of what they did unintentionally 52. Professor Smith discovered that_____.
A) certain patterns can be identified in the recorded incidents
B) many people were too embarrassed to admit their absent-mindedness C) men tend to be more absent-minded than women D) absent-mindedness is an excusable human weakness
53. \A) often fail to program their routines beforehand B) tend to make mistakes when they are in a hurry C) unconsciously change the sequence of doing things D) are likely to mess things up if they are too tired 54. We learn from the third paragraph that_____.
A) absent-mindedness tends to occur during certain hours of the day B) women are very careful to perform actions during peak periods C) women experience more peak periods of absent-mindedness D) men's absent-mindedness often results in funny situations 55. It can be concluded from the passage that_____.
A) people should avoid doing important things during peak periods of lapses B) hazards can be avoided when people do things they are good at C) people should be careful when programming their actions D) lapses cannot always be attributed to lack of concentration
Passage Two
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
Throughout the nation's more than 15,000 school districts, widely differing approaches to teaching science and math have emerged. Though there can be strength in diversity, a new international analysis suggests that this variability has instead contributed to lackluster (平淡的) achievement scores by U.S. children relative to their peers in other developed countries. Indeed, concludes William H. Schmidt of Michigan State University, who led the new analysis, \science.'' The reason, he said, \ The new analysis, released this week by the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va., is based on data collected from about 50 nations as part of the Third International Mathematics
and Science Study.
Not only do approaches to teaching science and math vary among individual U.S. communities, the report finds, but there appears to be little strategic focus within a school district’s curricula, its textbooks, or its teachers' activities. This contrasts sharply with the coordinated national programs of most other countries.
On average, U.S. students study more topics within science and math than their international counterparts do. This creates an educational environment that \Schmidt notes.
For instance, eighth graders in the United States cover about 33 topics in math versus just 19 in Japan. Among science courses, the international gap is even wider. U.S. curricula for this age level resemble those of a small group of countries including Australia, Thailand, Iceland, and Bulgaria. Schmidt asks whether the United States wants to be classed with these nations, whose educational systems \our pattern of splintered (支离破碎的) visions\but which are not economic leaders.
The new report \the National Science Teachers Association in Arlington. \new National Science Education Standards provide that focused vision,\ Implementing the new science standards and their math counterparts will be the challenge, he and Schmidt agree, because the decentralized responsibility for education in the United States requires that any reforms be tailored and instituted one community at a time.
In fact, Schmidt argues, reforms such as these proposed national standards \impossible task, because even though they are intellectually coherent, each becomes only one more voice in the babble ( 嘈杂声).\
56. According to the passage, the teaching of science and math in America is A) focused on tapping students' potential B) characterized by its diversity C) losing its vitality gradually D) going downhill in recent years
57. The fundamental flaw of American school education is that ________. A) it lacks a coordinated national program B) it sets a very low academic standard for students C) it relies heavily on the initiative of individual teachers
D) it attaches too much importance to intensive study of school subjects
58. By saying that the U.S. educational environment is \Para. 5), the author means U.S. educational practice ________. A) lays stress on quality at the expense of quantity B) offers an environment for comprehensive education C) encourages learning both in depth and in scope
D) scratches the surface of a wide range of topics
59. The new National Science Education Standards are good news in that they will A) provide depth to school science education B) solve most of the problems in school teaching C) be able to meet the demands of the community D) quickly dominate U.S. educational practice
60. Putting the new science and math standards into practice will prove difficult because
________.
A) there is always controversy in educational circles
B) not enough educators have realized the necessity for doing so C) school districts are responsible for making their own decisions D) many schoolteachers challenge the acceptability of these standards.
Passage Three
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage. In its 4.5 billion years, Earth has evolved from its hot, violent birth to the celebrated watery blue planet that stands out in pictures from space. But in a new book, two noted University of Washington astrobiologists say the planet already has begun the log process of devolving into a burned-out cinder, eventually to be swallowed by the sun.
By their reckoning, Earth’s “day in the sun” has reached 4:30 a.m., corresponding to its 4.5 billion-year age. By 5 a.m., the 1 billion-year reign of animals and plants will come to an end. At 8 a.m. the oceans will vaporize. At noon-after 12 billion year-the ever-expanding sun, transformed into a red gain, will engulf the planet, melting away any evidence it ever existed and sending molecules and atoms that once were Earth floating off into space.
“The disappearance of our plane is still 7.5 billion years away, bur people really should consider the fate of our world and have a realistic understanding of where we are going.” said UW astrophysicist Donald Brownlee. “We live in a fabulous place at a fabulous time. It’s a healthy thing for people to realize what a treasure this is in space and time , and fully appreciate and protect their environment as much as possible.”
The prospects of humans surviving by moving to some other habitable planet or moon aren’t good, Brownlee and Ward contend, because even if such a place were found, getting there would be a huge obstacle. Various probes sent into space could survive Earth’s demise, and just a few grams of material could arguably carry a DNA sample from every human, they say, but it’s not likely the human species itself will survive. Long before the planet’s final end, life will become quite challenging, and finally impossible, for humans.
As the sun gets hotter and grows in size, it will envelop Mercury and Venus. It is possible it will stop just short of Earth, the authors say, but the conditions still would make this a most inhospitable planet. More likely, though, the sun will consume earth as well, severing all the chemical bonds between molecules and sending its individual atoms out into space, perhaps eventually to form new planes. That would leave Mars as the nearest planet to the sun, and on Mars the fading sun’s glow would be like that of Earth’s moon.
That end is still some 7.5 billion years distant, but by then Earth will have faced a variety of
“ends” along the way, the authors say. The dinosaur perished long age. Still to come are the last elephant, the last tree, the last flower, the last glacier, the last snowflake, the last ocean, the last life.
“It’s a healthy thing to think of the place of Earth among the other planets, and its place in the sun. The sun gave life and ultimately it will bring death.”
61. According to the new book, the life expectancy of the Earth is ______.
A) 1 billion years B) 4.5 billion years C) 7.5 billion years D) 12 billion years 62. It can be inferred from this passage that_______.
A) life is nothing B) the world is precious C) man can never conquer nature D) the future of human species is gloomy 63. The authors of the new book believe that the human species will_______.
A) disappear long before the disappearance of the Earth B) survive in the universe even if the Earth disappears C) find a place to live after the disappearance of the Earth D) be sent into space by various spacecrafts
64. All of the following things would come to an end before the final end of the earth,
except_______. A) Mars B) animals C) plants D) oceans 65.The authors of the new book intend to tell readers primarily that_______.
A) the Earth is nothing but one planet in the solar system B) nothing can survive for ever
C) we should cherish our life and environment of Earth D) the sun gave life and ultimately it will bring death.
Passage Four
Questions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage.
There are people in Italy who can’t stand soccer. Not all Canadians love hockey. A similar situation exists in America, where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball. Baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field staring away while very little of anything happens. They tell you it’s a game better suited to the 19th century slow, quiet and gentlemanly. There are the same people you may be one of them who love football because there’s the sport that glorifies “the hit”.
By contrast, baseball seems abstract, cool, silent, still. On TV the game is fractured into a dozen perspectives, replays, close-ups. The geometry of the game, however, is essential to understanding it. You will contemplate the game from one point as a painter does his subject; you may, of course, project yourself into the game. It is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement. The TV won’t do it for you. Take, for example, the third baseman. You sit behind the third base dugout and you watch him watching home plate. His legs are apart, knees bent. His arms hang loose. He does a lot of this. The skeptic can not think any other sports so still, so passive. But watch what happens every time the pitcher throws; the third baseman goes up on his toes, bends his arms or bring the glove to a point in front of him, take a
step right or left, backward or forward, perhaps he glances across the field to check his first baseman’s position. Suppose the pitch is a ball. “Nothing happened,” you say. “I could have had my eyes closed.
The skeptic and the innocent must play the game. And this involvement in the stands is no more intellectual than listening to music is. Watch the third baseman. Smooth in the dirt in front of you with one foot; smooth the pocket in the glove; watch the eyes of the batter, the speed of the bat, the sound of horsehide on wood. If football is a symphony of movement, baseball is chamber music, a spacious combination of notes, choruses and responses. 66. The passage is mainly concerned with ____________.
A) The different tastes of people for sports B) The different characteristics of sports C) The attraction of football D) The attraction of baseball 67. Those who don’t like baseball may complain that___________. A) it is only to the taste of the old.
B) it involves fewer players than football C) it is not exciting enough D) it is showy and looks funny
68. The author admits that __________________. A) baseball is too peaceful for the young
B) baseball may seem boring when watched on TV C) football is more attractive than baseball D) baseball is more interesting than football.
69. By stating, “I could have had my eyes closed.” the author means ___________. A) the third baseman would rather sleep than play the game
B) even if the third baseman closed his eyes a moment ago, it could make no difference to the result
C) the third baseman is so good at baseball that he could finish the game with eyes closed all the time and does his work well
D) the consequence was too bad that he could not bear to see it 70. We could safely conclude that the author ______________. A) likes football C) hates baseball B) hates football D) likes baseball
PART IV TRANSLATION (30 points)
Section A (20 points, 4 points each)
Directions: Put the following parts into Chinese. Write your Chinese version in the appropriate space on your answer sheets.
71. The player is as much a tool of the game as the joystick. Her momentary fun is unsatisfying because it leads not to any genuine sense of achievement but only to the hypnotic experience of watching someone else’s creation unfold.
72. As novel as eco-efficiency may have seemed at the Earth Summit in 1992, its roots go back to early industrialization. Henry Ford saved his company money by recycling, and reusing materials, reduced the use of natural resources, minimized packaging, and set new standards with his timesaving assembly line back in 1926.
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