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英语试题

第二部分：

阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。

A

TheGloriaBarronPrizehonorsAmericanyoungpeoplefrom8tol8whohaveshownleadershipandcourageinpublicservice．Eachyeartenwinnerseachreceive$2，000tosupporttheirhighereducationortheirservicework．

EllieWen，18，wasvolunteeringatacommunitycenterinLosAngeles．Thecenterwassetuptohelpimmigrantfamilies．ShehappenedtomeetadultsinanEFL（Englishasaforeignlanguage）class．“WhenIsawthemstrugglinghard，IwonderedhowpeopleinpoorcountriescouldlearnEnglish，”Elliesaid．

SoshestartedaWebsite，“RepeatAfterUs”，wherepeoplecanlistentoEnglishandpracticetheiraccents．VolunteershavehelpedEllierecordmorethan6，600texts，includingAbrahamLincoln’s“GettysburgAddress”．

Hardworkpaysoff．ThereweresomanytimesthatElliewasdiscouraged，butshestucktoit．TheWebsitecrashedearlyon，andalltherecordingswerelost．Butvolunteersworkedtogethervigorouslytostartover，andthevisitorsreturnedtothesite．

“Justfollowyourideaandknowthattheworldissokind．Evenifyoudohavetrouble，peoplewillhelpyou,”Elliesaid．

“Iwasreallyexcitedthefirstmonth，whenwehad49visitors，”shesaid．Now，morethan480，000peoplefroma11overtheworldhavevisitedthesite．“Igete-mailsfromChina，Egypt，India，andBrazil．”Theysay，“Thankyousomuchforthisresource，we’vebeenwaitingforitforsolong!

”Ellielovesknowingsheishelpingsomanypeople．

GloriaBarronPrizewinnerslikeEllieareenthusiasticabouttheworktheydo．Andtheyencourageotherstojoininiftheyseeaneed．Anybodycanbenegative，butitneedssomebodybravetobepositive．Areyouthebraveone？

21．Choosetherightorderofthefollowing．

a．ElliestartedaWebsite，RepeatAfterUs．

b．ElliehappenedtomeetadultsinanEFLclass．

c．Alltherecordingswerelost．

d．ElliebecameaGloriaBarronPrizewinner．

e．Morethan480，000peoplefromallovertheworldvisitedthesite．

A．c—b—a—e—dB．a—e—d—c—bC．b—a—c—e—dD．b—c—a—e—d

22．Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

A．TheGloriaBarronPrizehonorspeopleshowingleadershipandcourage．

B．EachyeartenwinnersshareUS$2，000tosupporttheirhighereducation．

C．EllieWenwasbadlypaidatacommunitycenterinLosAngeles．

D．PeoplecanpracticetheirEnglishviaEllie’swebsite．

23.Thewritermainlytalksabout_____．

A．howtoopenupawebsitewiththehelpofothers

B．howtoteachimmigrantfamiliesEnglishviatheInternet

C．theGloriaBarronPrizeandthestoryofoneofitswinners

D．youngpeoplewhohelpothersinvariousways

B

Cellphones：

Isthereacancerlink?

Couldyourcellphonegiveyoucancer?

Whetheritcouldornot，somepeopleareworryingaboutthepossibilitythatphones，powerlinesandWi-Ficouldberesponsibleforarangeofillnesses，fromrashestobraintumors．

Somesaythereisevidencetosupportthegrowinganxieties．DavidCarpenter，aprofessorofenvironmentalhealthsciencesattheuniversityatAlbany，inNewYork，thinksthere’sagreaterthan95percentchancethatpowerlinescancausechildhoodleukemia（白血病）．Alsothere’sagreaterthan90percentchancethatcellphonescancausebraintumors．“It’sapparentnowthatthere’sarealrisk，”saidCarpenter．

Butothersbelievetheseconcernsarenotjustified．DrMarthaLinet，headofradiationepidemiology（流行病学）attheUSNationalCancerInstitute，haslookedatthesameresearchasCarpenterbuthasreachedadifferentconclusion．“Idon’tsupportwarninglabelsforcellphones，”saidLinet．“Wedon’thavetheevidencethatthere’smuchdanger．”

StudiessofarsuggestaweakconnectionbetweenEMFs（电磁场）andillness—soweakthatitmightnotexistata11．Amultinationalinvestigationofcellphonesandbraincancer，in13countriesoutsidetheUS，hasbeenunderwayforseveralyears．It’sfundedinpartbytheEuropeanUnion，inpartbyacellphoneindustrygroup．Thefinalreportshouldcomeoutlaterthisyear，butdatasofardon’tsuggestastronglinkbetweencellphoneuseandcancerrisk．

24．Fromthepassagewecanlearnthatsomepeopleareworriedbecause________.

A．theyhaveevidencethattheuseofcellphonescanleadtocancer

B．theyfeelsurprisedandalarmedaboutcellphoneuse

C．someexpertshavegivenawarning

D．cellphonesareresponsibleforbraintumors

25．Bysaying“Idon’tsupportwarninglabelsforcellphones，”DrMarthaLinethastheideathat_______.

A．theworryingisunnecessary

B．cancer—warninglabelsshouldbeoncellphones

C．thereisalinkbetweencellphonesandcancer

D．cellphoneshavenothingtodowithcancer

26．Whichofthefollowingbestdescribestheattitudeoftheauthortowardsthedebate?

A．Optimistic．B．Objective．C．Opposite．D．Casual．

27．Theunderlinedword“justified”inParagraph3isclosestinmeaningto_____．

A．explainedB．confirmedC．classifiedD．restricted

C

Canyoubelieveyoureyes?

Arecentexperimentsuggeststhattheanswertothatquestionmaydependonyourage．

MartinDoherty，apsychologistattheUniversityofStirlinginScotland，ledtheteamofscientists．Inthisexperiment，Dohertyandhisteamtestedtheperception（观察力）ofsomepeople，usingpicturesofsomeorangecircles．Theresearchersshowedthesamepicturestotwogroupsofpeople．Thefirstgroupincluded151childrenaged4to10，andthesecondgroupincluded24a—dultsaged18to25．

Thefirstgroupofpicturesshowedtwoorangecirclesaloneonawhitebackground．Oneofthecircleswaslargerthantheother，andthesepeoplewereaskedtoidentifythelargerone．Four-year-oldsidentifiedthecorrectcircle79percentofthetime．Adultsidentifiedthecorrectcircle95percentofthetime．

Next，bothgroupswereshownpictureswheretheorangecircles，againofdifferentsizes，weresurroundedbygraycircles．Here’swherethetricklies．Insomeofthepictures，thesmallerorangecirclewassurroundedbyevensmallergraycircles—makingtheorangecircleappearlargerthantheotherorangecircle，whichwasthereallargerone．Andthelargerorangecirclewassurroundedbyevenbiggergraycircles—soitappearedtobesmallerthantherealsmallerorangecircle．

Whenyoungchildrenaged4to6lookedatthesetrickypictures，theyweren’tfooled—theywerestillabletofindthebiggercirclewithroughlythesameaccuracyasbefore．Olderchildrenandadults，ontheotherhand，didnotdoaswell．Olderchildrenoftenidentifiedthesmallercircleasthelargerone，andadultsgotitwrongmostofthetime．

Aschildrengetolder，Dohertysaid，theirbrainsmaydeveloptheabilitytoidentifyvisualcontext．Inotherwords，theywillbegintoprocessthewholepictureatonce：

thetrickygraycircles，aswellastheorangecircleinthemiddle．Asaresult，they’remorelikelytofallforthiskindofvisualtrick．

28．Dohertyandhisteamofscientistsdidanexperimenttoevaluate______．

A．Children’sandadults’eye-sight

B．people’sabilitytoseeaccurately

C．children’sandadults’brains

D．theinfluenceofpeople’sage

29．Whenaskedtofindthelargercircle，_____．

A．childrenat6gotitwrong79％ofthetimewithnograyonesaround

B．onlyadultsover18gotitright95％ofthetimewithgrayonesaround

C．childrenat4gotitrightabout79％ofthetimewithgrayonesaround

D．adultsgotitrightmostofthetimewithgrayonesaround

30．Accordingtothepassage，wecanknowthat_____．

A．asmallerorangecircleappearsbiggeronawhitebackground

B．anorangecircleappearsbiggerthanagrayoneofthesamesize

C．acirclesurroundedbyothercircleslooksbiggerthanitsrealsize

D．acirclesurroundedbybiggeroneslookssmallerthanitsrealsize

31．Whyareyoungerchildrennotfooled?

A．Becausetheyaresmarterthanolderchildrenandadults．

B．Becauseolderpeopleareinfluencedbytheirexperience．

C．Becausepeople’seyesbecomeweakerastheygrowolder．

D．Becausetheirbraincanhardlynoticerelatedthingstogether．

D

Asyouareprobablyaware，thelatestjobmarketsnewsisn’tgood：

Unemploymentisstillmorethan9percent，andnewjobgrowthhasfallenclosetozero．That’sbadfortheeconomy，ofcourse．Anditmaybeespeciallydiscouragingifyouhappentobelookingforajoborhopingtochangecareersrightnow．Butitactuallyshouldn’tmattertoyounearlyasmuchasyouthink．

That’sbecausejobgrowthnumbersdon’tmattertojobhuntersasmuchasjobstaff-turnover（人员流动）data．Afterall，existingjobsopenupeverydayduetopromotions，resignations，andretirements．（Yes，peopleareretiringeveninthiseconomy．）Inbothgoodtimesandbad，staff-turnovercreatesmoreopeningsthaneconomicgrowthdoes．EveninJuneof2007，whentheeconomywasstillboomingalong，jobgrowthwasonly132，000，whilestaff-turnoverwas4．7million!

Andasitturnsout，eventoday—withjobgrowthnearzero—over4millionjobhuntersarebeinghiredeverymonth．

Idon’tmeantoimplythatoveralljobgrowthdoesn’thaveanimpactonone’sabilitytolandajob．It’struethatiftotalemploymentwerehigher．itwouldmeanmorejobsforallofustochoosefrom（andcompetefor）．Andit'struethattherearecurrentlymorepeopleapplyingforeachavailablejobopening，regardlessofwhetherit’sanewoneornot．

Butwhatoftendistinguishesthosewholandjobsfromthosewhodon’tistheirabilitytostaymotivated．They’rewillingtodothehardworkofidentifyingtheirvaluableskills；becreativeaboutwhereandhowtolook；learnhowtopresentthemselvestopotentialemployers；andkeepgoing，evenafterrepeatedrejections．TheBureauofLaborStatisticsdatashowthat2．7millionpeoplewhowantedandwereavailableforworkhadn’thuntedforitwithinthelastfourweeksandwerenolongerevenclassifiedasunemploy