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Why do we invest so much hope in new technology and why are we so disappointed when the Ne

xt Big Thing turns out to be just a new computer？ This is what I'm asking myself after Apple's 【C1】______ over hyped product introduction. This time around the Next Big Thing is called an iPad. It's 【C2】______ an oversize iPod Touch, and it will be great for watching movies, reading books, and browsing the Web.

【C3】______ for some of us who sat in the audience watching Steve Jobs introduce the device, the whole thing felt like a 【C4】______ . The iPad is a perfectly good product. It's reasonably 【C5】______ , and after spending a few minutes with one, I'm pretty sure I'll buy one for myself and probably 【C6】______ second one for my kids to watch movies on road trips.

Then why are we so【C7】______？ The case is that at the very 【C8】______ , we had hoped a tablet from Apple would do something new. Jobs and his 【C9】______ kept using words like "breakthrough" and "magical", but the iPad is 【C10】______ It might turn out to be magical for Apple, because 【C11】______ Jobs is really doing here is trying to【C12】______the personal computer with a closed appliance that runs software only from Apple's online App Store. So instead of selling you a(n) 【C13】______ and never hearing from you again, Apple gets a(n) 【C14】______ revenue stream with iPad as you keep【C15】______more apps. That really is "magical" for Apple's bottom line, anyway.

And that's 【C16】______ . What's wrong, or at least interesting, is why some of us 【C17】______ so much more from a new gadget. I suspect this is because for some people, myself 【C18】______ , technology has become a kind of 【C19】______ . We may not believe in God anymore, but we still need mystery and wonder. We need the magic 【C20】______ .

【C1】

A．late

B．last

C．latter

D．latest

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第1题

A What do you mean B What about you C I’m not sure D What a pity E What do you think F S

A What do you mean B What about you

C I’m not sure D What a pity

E What do you think F Sounds great

G Say, why don’t you come with us H Do you mean it

Jessica: I’m so excited! We have two weeks off! What are going to do？

Natasha:__56__. I guess I’ll just stay home. Maybe I’ll catch up on my reading. __57__？ Any plans？

Jessica: Well, my parents have rented an apartment in California. I’m going to take long walks along the beach every day and do lots of swimming.

Natasha: __58__!

Jessica: __59__？ My parents will be happy to have you with in.

Natasha: __60__？I’d love to!

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第2题

As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He wondered why these huge elepha

nts were being held byonly a small rope tied to _________61 (they) front leg. No chains.no cages(笼子）？________62 (clear, the elephants could,at any time, break away from the ropes,but they did not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these ________63 (animal just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well&39;” 64________ trainer said, “when they were very young and much 65________ (small, we used the same size ropeto tie them and, at that age, it was enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot breakaway. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

The man was 66________ (surprise. These elephants could at any time break free from the ropes but because they67________ (believe they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life with a belief 68________ we cannot do something, simply becausewe failed at it once before？

Failure is part of 69________ (team. We should never give 70________ the struggle in life.

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第3题

Are you superstitious？ No, of course not. Do you believe in magic （魔法), and luck charms

Are you superstitious？ No, of course not. Do you believe in magic (魔法), and luck charms (护身符), and elves or gremlins (小精灵) ？ Certainly not, but if I should greet you with the usual How's business？" You'll answer "Oh, just so-so" although your business is profiting greatly. When you are successful in some venture you might say you were just lucky. And yet, you know it was probably due to your a bility and hard work. Why？ Sometimes you knock on wood because wood was once a tree and there is a primitive belief that protective gods inhabit trees and knocking on wood attracts their attention so they may be credited with your successes.

If I should sneeze, only the strongest of you could refrain(克制而不) from saying "God bless you". Why bless this unsanitary (不讲究卫生的) habit？ Our ancestors believed that a sneeze opened the body to invasion by devils, and invoking (召唤) the name of God made the devils get out in a hurry. You may not realize it, but you express this same "devil invasion" when you say, "Whatever can have gotten into that child？" or "I wonder what possessed me to do that？"

Although they may no longer be believed, evidences of superstitions that have had their origins in the primitive fear of the unknown still exist in modern language and gestures.

The author ______.

A．believe that most people are superstitious

B．believe that very few people are superstitious

C．believes that there are still some evidences of superstitions in what we say and what we do

D．is superstitious

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第4题

听力原文：W: Hello, Steven. How are you？M: Not too bad, thank you Ann. How did you get on i

听力原文：W: Hello, Steven. How are you？

M: Not too bad, thank you Ann. How did you get on in the exams？

W: I'm not sure. I haven't got all my results yet, but I'm so glad we're coming up to the end of the semester. I really need a holiday, so I'm going camping with some friends. What are you doing over the semester break？

M: I haven't got any plan yet. I don't really have enough money to fly home. I suppose I could get a part-time job and earn some money, but I don't really want to. Then again, maybe I could start studying for next semester.

W: Well, I thought about doing some summer courses, but I decided that's not a good idea. I need to do something completely different. You do too. Why don't you join me with my friends on the camping trip？

M: Well, I don't know really. Would your friends mind？

W: Of course not. They'd be happy to have you along. We're going down to the Royal National Park. Have you been there？

M: No, I haven't. It's somewhere south of Sydney, isn't it？

W: Yes, it's almost 80 kilometers sooth of Sydney.

M: So what equipment do we need to bring with us if we're going？ Do we have to carry all our food for a week？

W: No. We've organized for the food to go down with a van, so we don't have to carry too much. But you'll need to bring a sleeping bag.

M: Oh, thank you. And what type of clothes should I bring？ Like, what's the weather going to be like？

W: Bathing suit. You can swim in the river. And good hiking boots and socks.

M: Do we need a guide？

W: Oh, no. Look, here's a map. I'll show you...

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A．She's got good results in all subjects.

B．She has no clear idea about all the results.

C．She hasn't got very good results in some subjects.

D．She doesn't care about them at all.

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第5题

This is not the world we know. This world is controlled by computers. Men and women can

be seen, but they are following the orders given to them by machines. The machines were designed by mad scientists, but at some point even the mad scientists were taken over by their super-inventions.

Does this sound familiar？ You have probably read something like it in magazines or books, or seen it in a film. Why is it so popular？ One of the reasons is that it reflects the fears of many people; fear of the unknown fear of what is not understood or, at least, fear of something that is not completely understood.

The fact is that every day it seems that computers take control of another area of our lives. Some

factory jobs are now done by robots and the robots are controlled by computers. Our bank accounts are managed by computers. At the airport, our tickets are sold by a computer. Certainly, many of these operations are made more

efficient by computers, but our admiration is sometimes mixed with unsafe feelings. And this lack of safety is caused by the fact that we do not know how computers do these things, and we really don't know what they might do next. But we can find out how computers work, and once we understand them, we can use computers instead of worrying about being used by them. Today, there is a new generation of computer wizards who know exactly how computers get things done. These young men and women, usually university students, are happy to sit for hours, sometimes for days, designing programs, not eating, not sleeping, but discovering what can be done by these wonderful slaves which they have learned to control. These computer wizards have learned to use the computer and search for new tasks for their machines.

(1)、According to the passage, our present world is under the control of ______ .

A：mad scientists

B：men and women

C：the unknown fear

D：some super-inventions

(2)、The reason why many people are afraid of computers is that ______ .

A：they don't know anything about computers

B：they haven't really understood computers

C：there are so many computer games

D：computers are often down

(3)、The author mentions computer wizards in order to point out that ______ .

A：computers can be controlled by man

B：there should be more people devoted to computers

C：only young people are interested in computers

D：more time and energy is required to control computers

(4)、This passage is probably written to suggest that ______ .

A：some day computers can deal with all human problems

B：computers can be used in place of traveling to our jobs

C：people should not fear computers

D：computer technology will not meet people's needs in various situations

(5)、The author's attitude towards widely used computers is __.

A：positive

B：anxious

C：worried

D：serious

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第6题

HENRY: Good afternoon! Lucy, I am telling you something urgent. We have found several cases of golden staph infected in our patients. They were caused by your products.

LUCY: Are you sure？ Our bandages are very safe.{A; B; C; D; E}.

HENRY: I know that. But only patients who have used your bandages are infected.

LUCY: All of our products were made with the utmost care.{A; B; C; D; E}. And why didn’t you put the bandages into the sterilizer before you used them？

HENRY: Lucy,{A; B; C; D; E}. I’ve already asked the hospital to do a re-examination of your supplies right now.

LUCY: Henry, you’re making things difficult.

HENRY: The safety of our patients is most important,{A; B; C; D; E}.

LUCY: But I have already posted your recent order. They are now on the way.

HENRY: Sorry, Lucy. As soon as they arrive,{A; B; C; D; E}.

A. May be they were polluted in your hospital.

B. so I will stop all orders with your company.

C. This is the first time we’ve received a complaint of this nature.

D. they will be returned to your factory immediately.

E. it’s your job to do that, not ours.

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第7题

-Why do you look so unhappy? Is there anything wrong with you? -()

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第8题

There is no creature that does not need sleep or complete rest every day.If you want to kn

There is no creature that does not need sleep or complete rest every day.

If you want to know why, just try going without sleep for a long period of time. You will discover that your mind and body would become too tired to work properly. You would become irritable and find it hard to think clearly or concentrate on your work. So sleep is quite simply the time when the cells of your body recover from the work of the day and build up supplies of energy for the next period of activity.

One of the things we all know about sleep is that we are unconscious in sleep. We do not know what is going on around us. But that doesn't mean the body stops all activity. The important organs continue to work during sleep, but most of the body functions are slowed down.

For example, our breathing becomes slower and deeper. The heart beats more slowly, and the blood pressure is lower. Our arms and legs become limp(柔软的) and muscles are at rest. It would be impossible for our body to relax to such an extent if we were awake. So sleep does for us what the most quiet rest can not do.

Your body temperature becomes lower when you are asleep, which is the reason people go to sleep under some kind of covers. And even though you are unconscious, many of your reflexes(习惯性思维) still work. For instance, if someone tickles(使觉得痒) your foot, you will put it away in your sleep, or even brush a fly from your forehead. You do these things without knowing it.

If you don't have as much sleep as your body needs, you will ______.

A．work properly

B．think clearly

C．keep your attention on your work

D．easily get angry

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第9题

There are age-related differences in our ability to lie. These are【B1】______the developmen

t of the prefrontal cortex—a part of the brain involved in controlling our behavior. It doesnt fully develop until young【B2】______, after which it gradually declines. We【B3】______that the ability to lie would also follow this【B4】______and thats what we found. We focus on the cognition of lying—how hard it is to lie,【B5】______we can judge by how long it takes a person to【B6】______a false statement. Theres a lot of evidence suggesting lying is more【B7】______demanding than telling the truth. Lying is a very【B8】______phenomenon. There are many【B9】______involved—the motivation to lie, emotions , social factors and so on. We【B10】______the cognitive aspect of lying. Its a narrow scope, but that【B11】______us to apply science to the issue. Why do young adults lie【B12】______？ I am speculating, but it【B13】______has something to do with gaining【B14】______at that age—becoming an individual and【B15】______themselves from their parents or teachers. They tend to lie more to authority figures. Weve been developing computerised tests where we try to【B16】______whether a person is lying or not, based on how fast they respond. Another approach might be to make lying more【B17】______You could ask them to tell their story in【B18】______order, for example, or ask questions that they wouldnt【B19】______For a long time, lie detection has focused on techniques that are based on stress. But these gave a lot of false positives, because truth-tellers can get as stressed as【B20】______

【B1】

A．in accordance with

B．in line with

C．in comparison with

D．in addition to

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第10题

A very important world problem is the increasing number of people who actually inhabit thi

s planet. The limited amount of land and land resources will soon be unable to support the huge population if it continues to grow at its present rate.

So why is this huge increase in population taking place？ It is really due to the spread of the knowledge and practice of what is becoming known as "Death Control". You have no doubt heard of the term "Birth Control". "Death Control" is something rather different. It recognizes the work of the doctors and scientists who now keep alive people who, not very long ago, would have died of a variety of then incurable diseases. Through a wide variety of technological innovations that include farming methods and the control of deadly diseases, we have found ways to reduce the rate at which we die. However, this success is the very cause of the greatest threat to mankind.

If we examine the amount of land available for this ever-increasing population, we begin to see the problem. If everyone on the planet had an equal share of land, we would each have about 50,000 square meters. This figure seems to be quite encouraging until we examine the amount of usable land we actually have. More than three-fifths of the world's land cannot produce food.

Obviously, with so little land to support us, we should be taking great care not to reduce it further. But we are not! Instead, we are consuming its "capital" — its nonrenewable fossil fuels and other mineral deposits that took millions of years to form. but which are now being destroyed in decades. We are also doing the same with other vital resources not usually thought of as being nonrenewable such as fertile soils, groundwater and the millions of other species that share the earth with us.

It is a very common belief that the problems of the population explosion are caused mainly by poor people living in poor countries who do not know enough to limit their reproduction. This is not true. The actual number of people in an area is not as important as the effect they have on nature. Developing countries do have an effect on their environment, but it is the populations of richer countries that have a far greater impact on the earth as a whole.

According to the article, what contributes to the population increase？

A．Birth explosion.

B．Birth Control.

C．Technological innovations.

D．Death Control.

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第11题

Why do we laugh?For years scientist have asked 21 this question. No other animals laugh

Why do we laugh？For years scientist have asked 21 this question. No other animals laugh and smile --- only human beings. So does laughter help us to survive in any way？The answer seems to be that smiling and laughter help us to 22 ，reducing tension and preventing illnesses which are caused by stress. Laughter really is the best medicine？Scientists in California asked a group of actors to act out five different feelings：happiness，sadness，anger，surprise and 23 --- just using their faces. Changes in their heart rate，blood pressure and temperature were written down. Most of the feelings they acted out didn’t cause changes，but when the actors smiles，their heart rate and their blood pressure 24 . This happened even though they were only acting!So even if we feel sad inside，smiling seems to make us feel better.So if you find yourself in a stressful situation，try to imagine how it must seemto an outsider 25 a sense of humor and let yourself laugh. (171 words)

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