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1、B. Archimedes_2.Morality is not the doctrine of how we may makeC. Aristotleourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthyD. Immanuel Kantof happiness.E. Steve Jobs_3.You cant connect the dots looking forward;youcan only connect them looking backwards. So you have totrust that the dots will so

2、mehow connect in your future.Questions 4 （Suggested completion time: 2 minutes） Read the text, and answer the question according to the text.To ensure the high standards of facilities we need to build new wards, laboratories and consulting rooms. In short, we need your help now. Complete the coupon

3、today and rest assured that your donation is going to the best possible cause.4. Where is the piece of text taken from?A. an advertisement B. an instruction bookletC. a story D. a newspaperQuestions 5 （Suggested completion time:Few corners of the world remain untainted by intrepid tourists, and thei

4、r impact is often devastating. Too frequently they trample heedlessly on fragile environments, displacing wildlife and local populations in their insatiable quest for unexplored locations.5.What is the best title for this text?A.The future of tourismB.The role of tourismC.The price of tourismD.The b

5、enefits of tourismQuestions 6 （Suggested completion time:Buying and selling anything is your forte now. If you visit a jumble or car-boot sale or the like, a romantic encounter is more than probable! News linked to the family is brilliant!6. What type of text is this?A. A personal advertisement.B. A

6、 personal horoscope.C. A friendsletter of advice.D. A written warning.Questions 7 （Suggested completion time:With our travel agency, the holiday you book is the holiday you get. If you arrive and findwe ve failed to live up to our promises, let us know what the problem is within one day of yourarriv

7、al. We ll spend 24 hours doing everything possible to sort the problem out. In the unlikelyevent that we cantresolve your problem and make you happy within 24 hours, well fly youhome and give your money back.7.The text could best be described as _.A.a commitmentB.an appealC.a warningD.a vowQuestions

8、 8 （Suggested completion time:The new digital cameras are great fun and very easy to use. They let you review yourpictures the moment you take them, so you can re-shoot right away if you re not satisfied. But remember, a digital camera is just a computer XXXX. It s not a replacement for your ordinar

9、y camera.8.What is the meaning of the missing word （XXXX） in the text?A.“something that is poor quality B.“an item that is not essential, something extra C.“something expensive but good value for money D.“a fashion which always remains popular Questions 9 （Suggested completion time:She had gone alon

10、e, but the children were to go to the station to meet her. And loving the station as they did, it was only natural that they should be there a good hour before there was any chance of Mother strain arriving, even if the train were punctual, which was most unlikely.9.What can you say about their moth

11、er strain?A.It would probably be early.B.It would probably be on time.C.It would probably be late.D.It had been cancelled.Question 10 （Suggested completion time: The bar chart shows the number and proportion of undernourished people in thedeveloping regions, from 1990?1992 to 2021?2021. Answer the q

12、uestion according to the information in the chart.Source: The Millennium Development Goals （MDG） Report202110.Choose the INCORRECT description about the chart.A.Current estimates suggest that nearly one in nine individuals do not have enough to eat between 2021 and 2021.B.Projections indicate that t

13、he 2021 MDG target is nearly reached, with 12.9 per cent of undernourished population.C. The situation noticeably improved during the years 1995-1999, but went down in the first five years of the new millennium.D.The proportion of undernourished people in the developing regions has fallen by almost

14、half since 1990.Part II Read and ReasonIn Part II, you will read short texts on different subjects. Read the instructions carefully and answer the questions based on logical inference and reasoning. （Time allowed: 38 minutes）Question 11-12 （Suggested completion time: 10 minutes） Read the definitions

15、 of two types of logical fallacy. Answer the questions according to the definitions.Poisoning the WellPoisoning the well is a rhetorical technique and logical fallacy where adverse information about a target is preemptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing e

16、verything that the target person is aboutto say. It uses the association of negative emotions to distract a subject from actual evidence in an argument.11.Which of the following provides a typical example of poisoning the well?A.That mys stance on funding the education system, and anyone who disagre

17、es with me hates children.B.You are so weird. That means we are pretty much sure that your whole family is weird,too.C. God exists because the Bible says so. The Bible is inspired. Therefore, we know that God exists.D. I don t care what you say. We don t needbookshelvesanymore. As long as the carpet

18、 is clean, we are fine.False DilemmaA false dilemma arises when we allow ourselves to be convinced that we have to choose between two and only two mutually exclusive options, when that is untrue. Generally, when this rhetorical strategy is used, one of the options is unacceptable and repulsive, whil

19、e the other is the one the manipulator wantsus to choose. Whoever succumbs to this trap has thus made a choice that is forced, and as such, of little value.12. Which of the following provides a typical example of a false dilemma? A. Smoking is harmful to health, so you are supposed to quit smoking.B

20、. If the government doesn t reduce public spending, our economy will collapse.C. You may as well avoid overeating, or else you might be obese in no time.D. You are the worst of the classmates; therefore, what you say is incredible.Questions 13 （Suggested completion time: 4 minutes） Read the passage

21、about syllogism. Decide whether the reasonings are Valid or Invalid based on the principles of syllogism.Syllogism is a kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true. It is perhaps today m

22、ost commonly accepted form of logical reasoning in aptitude tests. The most commonly used type of syllogisms is elucidated in a frequently used example:Premise 1: All men are mortal.Premise 2: Socrates is a man.Conclusion: Socrates is mortal.Now practice syllogisms for IQ tests. Please note that the

23、 conclusion is based on logical reasoningand doesn t necessarily represent the “. truth always13. Valid （ ）; Invalid （ ） All human action is conditioned by circumstances. All human action involves morality. All that involves morality is conditioned by circumstances.Questions 14 （Suggested completion

24、 time: Read the passage about contraposition. Decide whether the reasonings are Valid or Invalid based on the principles of contraposition.In logic, contraposition is a law that says that a conditional statement is logically equivalent to its contrapositive. The contrapositive of the statement has i

25、ts antecedent andconsequent inverted and flipped. The most commonly used type of contraposition is elucidatedin the following example: If it is raining, then there are clouds in the sky. There are no clouds in the sky. It is not raining.Now practice contraposition for IQ tests. Please note that the

26、conclusion is based on logicalreasoning and doesn t necessarily represent the “ truth always.14. Valid （ ）; If he is not an American, he is not from Texas. He is from Texas. He is an American.Questions 15-17 （Suggested completion time: 6 minutes） Read the text about a science discovery. Answer the q

27、uestions according to the text.Manipulating MemoryMemory is notoriously malleable. Our recollections fade and take on new meanings; sometimes we remember things that never evenhappened. But 15 .Recently, however, scientists have started to grasp and tinker with memory sphysical basis. Last year, in

28、work evocative of films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Inception, researchers discovered ways tomanipulate specific memories in mice using optogenetics, a powerful technique that can trigger nerve cells in animals brains by zapping them with beams of laser light. In a series ofexperiments, they showed that they could delete existing memories and “ inceptfalse ones