We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different times of day.
This is so 1 that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it. Yet no one 2 understands why
flowers open and close like this at particular times. The process is not as 3 as we might think, as recent
experiments have shown. In one study, flowers were kept in constant 4 . We might expect that the
flowers, without any information about the time of day, did not open as they 5 do. As a matter of fact,
they 6 to open at their usual time. This suggests that they have some mysterious(神秘的) way of
knowing the 7 . Their sense of time does not 8 information from the outside world; it is, so to speak,
inside them, a kind of "inner clock".
This 9 may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also
10 , including man, have this "inner clock" which 11 the working of their bodies and influences their
activities. Men, then, are also influenced by this mysterious 12 . Whether we wish it or not, it affects such
things in our life as our need for sleep, our need for food.
In the past, this did not really 13 because people lived in natural condition. In the 14 world, things
are different; now there are spacemen, airplane pilots and, in ordinary life, a lot of people who have to
work at night. It would be very 15 , then, to know more about the "inner clock". Such things as flowers
might help us understand more about ourselves. |
( )1. A. familiar
( )2. A. partly
( )3. A. complex
( )4. A. quietness
( )5. A. finally
( )6. A. refused
( )7. A. time
( )8. A. deal with
( )9. A. discovery
( )10. A. beasts
( )11. A. controls
( )12. A. world
( )13. A. happen
( )14. A. ancient
( )15. A. hard | B. strange
B. personally
B. simple
B. darkness
B. completely
B. decided
B. secret
B. add to
B. activity
B. animals
B. studies
B. flower
B. exist
B. modern
B. expensive | C. similar
C. really
C. mature
C. loneliness
C. physically
C. continued
C. process
C. give away
C. invention
C. strangers
C. measures
C. powe
C. matter
C. wonderful
C. convenient | D. special
D. willingly
D. meaningful
D. sadness
D. normally
D. failed
D. study
D. depend on
D. method
D. humans
D. destroys
D. experiment
D. work
D. peaceful
D. important |
| 1-5: A C B B D 6-10: C A D A B 11-15: A C C B D |
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| 阅读理解。 | Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers.
Brain-computer interface (界面) (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands
to machines.
Recently, two researchers, Jose Milan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic school in
Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated(展示)a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person"s thoughts.
In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand.
He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.
"Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord (脊髓) to the muscles
to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak
electrical signals from reaching the muscles," Tavella says. "Our system allows disabled people to
communicate with external world and also to control devices."
The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the
scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the
motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help
the computer react to commands from the brain.
Prof. Milan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets
brain signals and turns them into simple commands. "The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers
to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices. One
example is this wheelchair."
He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a
technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over
long periods of time. | | 1. BCI is a technology that can ______. | A. help to update computer systems
B. link the human brain with computers
C. help the disabled to recover
D. control a person"s thoughts | | 2. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory? | A. By controlling his muscles.
B. By talking to the machine.
C. By moving his hand.
D. By using his mind. | | 3. Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5? | A. scalp→computer→cap→wheelchair
B. computer→cap→scalp→wheelchair
C. scalp→cap→computer→wheelchair
D. cap→computer→scalp→wheelchair | | 4. The team will test with real patients to _____. | A. make profits from them
B. prove the technology useful to them
C. make them live longer
D. learn about their physical condition | | 5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? | A. Switzerland, the BCI Research Center
B. New Findings About How the Human Brain Works
C. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled
D. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries | | 完形填空。 | It has been argued by some that gifted children should be grouped in special classes. The 1 is based
on the belief that in regular classes these children are held back in their intellectual (智力的) growth by 2 situations that are designed for the 3 children.
There can be little doubt that 4 classes can help the gifted children to graduate earlier and take their
place in life sooner. However, to take these 5 out of the regular classes may create serious problems.
I observed a number of 6 children who were taken out of a special class and placed in a 7 class.
In the special class, they showed little ability to use their own judgment, relying 8 on their teachers"
directions. In the regular class, having no worry about keeping up, they began to reflect 9 on many
problems, some of which were not on the school program.
Many are concerned that gifted children become 10 and lose interest in learning. However, this 11
is more often from parents and teachers than from students, and some of these 12 simply conclude that
special classes should be set up for those who are 13 .Some top students do feel bored in class, but why
they 14 so goes far beyond the work they have in school. Studies have shown that to be bored is to be
anxious. The gifted child who is bored is an 15 child. | ( )1. A. principle
( )2. A. designing
( )3. A. smart
( )4. A. regular
( )5. A. children
( )6. A. intelligent
( )7. A. separate
( )8. A. specially
( )9. A. directly
( )10. A. doubted
( )11. A. concern
( )12. A. students
( )13. A. talented
( )14. A. believe
( )15. A. outstanding | B. theory
B. grouping
B. curious
B. special
B. programs
B. stupid
B. regular
B. slightly
B. cleverly
B. bored
B. conclusion
B. adults
B. worried
B. think
B. intelligent | C. argument
C. learning
C. little
C. small
C. graduates
C. ordinary
C. new
C. wrongly
C. voluntarily
C. worried
C. reflection
C. scholars
C. learned
C. say
C. anxious | D. discussion
D. living
D. average
D. creative
D. designs
D. independent
D. boring
D. heavily
D. quickly
D. tired
D. interest
D. teachers
D. interested
D. feel
D. ordinary | | 语文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 | Most students do an IQ text early in their school career. Even if they never see their results, they feel
that their IQ is 1 determines how well they are going to do in life. When they see other students doing 2 (good) than them, they usually believe that those students have 3 higher IQ and 4 there
is nothing they can do to change facts. However, new research 5 EQ suggests that success is not
simply the result of a high IQ.
While your IQ tells you how 6 (intelligence) you are, your EQ tells you how well you use your
intelligence. Professor Salovery, 7 invented the term EQ, gives the following description: At work, it
is IQ that 8 (get) you promoted. Supported by his academic research, Professor Salovery suggests
that when someone"s future success 9 (predict), their character, 10 measured by EQ tests, might
actually matter more than their IQ. | | 阅读理解。 | Guandong province all together chose universities in Hong Kong; when the very best student of
Beijing picked up HK University while giving up the nearby Peking or Tsinghua University; when the
highest enrollment (录取) rate of Hong Kong Science and Industry University reached 48:1, it"s the high
time to ask where the real education heaven for students in China is.
Years ago, the answer certainly would be "Peking or Tsinghua University". But now no one could give
the exact reaction without hesitation. The only sure thing is that HK universities have gradually showed an
unusual attraction to a great many mainland students.
It"s no doubt to call this HK craz e(狂热), which is even out of the expectation of those HK
universities themselves.
How can HK universities shake the steady foundations of Peking and Tsinghua and attract so many
mainland students?
First, Hong Kong universities offer large-amount scholarship, especially for the top students who can
receive the sum of scholarship as much as 400,000 HK dollars. Since higher education has become a
kind of heavy burden of many families, it"s easy to understand why the reaction to the generous offering
of HK universities is great.
Second, most HK universities receive professors and students from all over the world and carry out
bilingual (双语) education. This kind of excellent language atmosphere is another attraction for mainland
students.
Further more, university students in Hong Kong have a better chance to study abroad as exchange
students.
Can mainland top universities like Peking or Tsinghua University calm as before when facing the
unexpected competition from HK? Will they take relevant measures to win back the top students who
once help them set the worldwide reputation? Time will explain it.
The fierce competition brought by HK universities can be a good thing for an entire improvement of
education in China. After the awakening and action taking of mainland universities, they can perform
better toge ther with HK universities.
At least, it reminded the mainland universities the tuition fees(学费)are among students" top concern
when they are choosing universities. It"s time to move. | | 1. What is the passage mainly talking about? | A. Some thought brought by the enrollment of HK universities.
B. Higher education in Hong Kong.
C. The competition between HK University and Peking University.
D. The fall of mainland universities. | | 2. Top students from mainland apply for HK universities because ________. | A. many students now would love to study aboard to get a better experience
B. they concern only about the tuition fees when choosing universities
C. HK universities offer higher scholarship, better environment and more opportun ities for
their further study
D. Peking university has lost its worldwide reputation | | 3. What is the author"s attitude toward the competition brought by HK universities? | A. The government should take relevant measures to stop this unfair competition.
B. Mainland universities had better lower their tuition fees and win back the top students.
C. Universities both in mainland and in HK would get an entire improvement during the competition.
D. It may probably cause a complete loss both sides in the end. | | 4. From the passage we can see HK universities __________. | A. didn"t mean to enroll top students from mainland
B. didn"t expect their enrollment of mainland students would be so popular
C. have strict enroll ment rules and only 1 out of 48 students can get the chance to study there
D. are proud of their teaching staff and facilities | | 5. What does the author mean by saying "It"s time to move" in the last paragraph? | A. Mainland universities should take measures as soon as possible to attract students.
B. The opportunities come for top students to study abroad.
C. Mainland universities should make full preparations to challenge mainland universities.
D. Top students should be offered further education free of charge. | | 阅读理解。 | It is hard to track the blue whale, the ocean"s largest creature, which has almost been killed off by
commercial whaling and is now listed as an endangered species. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult,
and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.
So biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the Navy, they were able to track a
particular blue whale for 43 days, monitoring its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy"s formerly top-secret system of underwater listening devices spanning the oceans.
Tracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening system
built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.
Earth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely
monitoring a deep-sea volcanic eruption (爆发) for the first time and that they plan similar studies.
Other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes
in ocean and global temperatures.
The speed of sound in water is roughly one mile a second-slower than through land but faster than
through air. What is most important, different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds,
focusing them in the same way a stethoscope (听诊器) does when it carries faint noises from a patient"s
chest to a doctor"s ear. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean,
especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles. | | 1. The passage is chiefly about ____ . | A. an effort to protect an endangered marine species
B. the civilian use of a military detection system
C. the exposure of a U.S. Navy top-secret weapon
D. a new way to look into the behavior of blue whales | | 2. The underwater listening system was originally designed ____ . | A. to trace and locate enemy vessels
B. to monitor deep-sea volcanic eruptions
C. to study the movement of ocean currents
D. to replace the global radio communications network | | 3. The deep-sea listening system makes use of ____. | A. the sophisticated technology of focusing sounds under water
B. the capability of sound to travel at high speed
C. the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting sound
D. low-frequency sounds traveling across different layers of water____ | | 4. It can be inferred from the passage that____. | A. new radio devices should be developed for tracking the endangered blue whales
B. blue whales are no longer endangered with the use of the new listening system
C. opinions differ as to whether civilian scientists should be allowed to use military technology
D. military technology has great potential in civilian use | | 5. Which of the following is true about the U.S. Navy underwater listening network? | A. It is now partly accessible to civilian scientists.
B. It has been replaced by a more advanced system.
C. It became useless to the military after the cold war.
D. It is indispensable in protecting endangered species. |
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