B. To force
to go through or push in / hammer in.


      
    C. To supply
the motive force or power and cause to function.


      
    D. To force
to move in a particular direction.
4.  What does the warm air mentioned in the
fourth paragraph produce when it is rising from the sea
surface?
    A. High
pressure.
    B. Low
pressure.
    C.
Wind.
    D. Cold
air.
    5.
 What is NOT true of Hurricane Katrina according
to the last paragraph?


      
    A. The area
affected is almost the size of the UK.


      
    B. It left a
disaster zone of 90,000 square miles.


      
    C. Half a
million people are forced to leave the area.


      
    D. The
humanitarian crisis is as serious as that of the great
depression.
 
Mind-reading Machine
    1.
 What is responsible for processing the
information sent by your eyes?
   
    A. 
A small region of the brain.
  
     B. 
The central part of the brain.
   
    C. 
Neurons in the brain.
   
    D. 
Oxygen-rich blood.
    2.
 Which of the following statements is NOT meant by
the writer?
   
    A. 
Cells in your brain are called neurons.
  
     B. 
The more oxygen a neuron consumes, the more blood it needs.
   
    C. 
fMRI helps scientists to discover which parts of the brain process
information.
   
    D. 
fMRI helps scientists to discover how the brain develops
intelligently.
    3.
 "Highlighting the areas of the brain at work"
means
   
    A. 
"marking the parts of the brain that are processing
information"
   
    B.
 "giving light to the parts of the brain that are
processing information"
   
    C. 
"putting the parts of the brain to work"
   
    D. 
"stopping the parts of the brain from working"
    4.
 What did the researchers experiment on?
  
     A. 
Animals, objects, and fruits.
   
    B. 
Two volunteers.
   
    C. 
fMRI machines.
   
    D. 
Thousands of pictures.
    5.
 Which of the following can be the best
replacement of the title?
   
    A. 
The Recent Development in Science and Technology.
   
    B. 
Your Thoughts Can Be Scanned.
   
    C. 
A Technological Dream.
   
D.  A Device that can Help You Calculate.
 
Experts Call for Local and Regional Control of
Sites for Radioactive Waste
1.  Which of the following words can best
substitute the word “withdrawal” in the first paragraph?
   
A.  Retirement,
   
B.  Canceling.
   
C.  Replaced.
   
D.  Disposal.
2.  According to Rodney Ewing and Frand von
Hippel, where to locate nuclear facilities
   
A.  should be approved by the federal
government.
   
B.  should be approved by local people and
states.
   
C.  should be approved by Congress.
   
D.  is not an important issue.
3.  What is NOT true about the 1987 decision by
Congress concerning siting of nuclear
waste disposal?
   
A.  Yucca Mountain was selected as the only site
for a nuclear waste repository.
   
B.  The selection of Yucca Mountain for nuclear
waste disposal caused much controversy.
   
C.  The decision by Congress was put aside due to
a number of problems.
  
 D.  The decision by Congress was
accepted by local communities.
4.  What does the author of the essay in the
fourth paragraph want to say?
 
  A.  Efforts
should be made to solve the problems of transportation of nuclear
waste over long distance.
  
 B.  Efforts should be made to
develop as many nuclear disposal sites in the US as possible.
   
C.  Efforts should be made to develop nuclear
disposal sites to suit the circumstances of  the
region.
   
D.  Efforts should be made to build as many
temporary nuclear disposal sites as possible.
5.  What is meant by “regional approach” as
mentioned in the last paragraph?
   
A.  Waste disposal sites are located close to
reactors and in places suitable for the regional circumstances.
   
B.  Geological repositories are located in a
variety of rock types.
   
C.  Spent nuclear fuel and high -level nuclear
waste is moved to developing countries.
   
D.  Waste disposal sites are located far away from
reactors.
 
Don’t Count on
Dung
1.  The word “ threatened” in the first
sentence of the first paragraph could be best replaced by


       
A. “endangered”.


       
B.  “ frightened”.


       
C.  “ died” .


       
D.  “ angered”.


      
2.  Why do researchers estimates elephant numbers
in an area by counting dung piles?


       
A.  Because elephants are difficult to catch.


       
B.  Because it is not possible to count elephants
from a plane.


       
C.  Because it is not possile to keep track of
elephants.


       
D.  Because elephants are shy animals.


      
3   Piles of dung can’t be relied
upon when it comes to estimating elephant numbers because


       
A.  they are different in size.


       
B.  they scatter all over the region.


       
C.  they are different in decay rate.


       
D.  they are different in quality.


      
4.  When researchers carry out a dung-pile census,
according to Plumptre, the area selected should be


       
A.  a small one


       
B.  a protected one


       
C.  a monitored one.


       
D.  so large that elephants can’t move in and out
of it freely.


      
5.  All of the following are indirect evidence
EXCEPT


       
A .  trunks


       
B.  dung


       
C.  nests


       
D.  burrows
 
Night of the Living Ants


      
1.  What is meant by “death chemical” mentioned in
paragraph 3 ?
 
  A.  A chemical
that contains poison
  
 B.  A chemical that causes
death.
  
 C.  A chemical that announces
death.
  
 D.  A chemical that prevents
death.


      
2.  Which of the following is closest in meaning
to the question “What keeps ants from hauling
away the living dead? (paragraph 4.” ?
   
A.  How do ants know what is to be hauled away
from the dead ants?
   
B.  What prevents ants from removing the ants that
are not yet dead?
   
C.  What do ants do to keep themselves away from
the dying ants?
   
D.  What prevents ants from being carried away
after they die.


      
3.  What is NOT true about Choe’s finding?,
   
A.  When an ant dies, it produces a “I am dead”
signal.
  
 B.  Living ants have the death
chemical on their bodies.
  
 C.  Ants have two sets of
chemicals on their bodies.
  
 D.  Ants have the “I am not
dead” chemical on their bodies.


      
4.  According to Choe’s hypothesis,
   
A.  an ant still smells like a living when it
dies.
   
B.  the “I am dead” chemical leaves the ant’s body
when it dies.
   
C.  the “I am not dead yet” chemical is left when
an ant dies.
   
D.  the “I am not dead yet” chemical leaves the
ant’s body when it dies.


      
5.  What is the result of the test on Choe’s
hypothesis?
   
A.  It proves that his hypothesis is true.
   
B.  Not enough evidence has been found to support
his hypothesis.
   
C.  It shows that his hypothesis is wrong.
   
D.  It indicates that his hypothesis needs
revising.
Clone Farm
（此篇文章与综合C相同，详细内容参见P36）
1． Which statement is the best description of the new era of
factory farming according to the first paragraph?
    A. Eggs
are all genetically engineered.
    B.
Thousands of eggs are produced every hour.
    C. Cloned
chickens are bulk-produced with the same growth rate, weight and
taste.
    D.
Identical eggs can be hatched on the production lines.
  2.  Which institution has
offered $4.7 million to fund the research?
    A. The
US’s National Institute of Science and Technology.
    B. Origen
therapeutics of Burlingame, California.
    C. Embrex
of North Carolina.
    D. Animal
welfare groups.
  3.  In the third paragraph,
by saying “Producers would like the same meat quantity but to use
reduced inputs to get there.” Mike Fitzgerald means that he
wishes
    A.
chickens’ quality could be maintained but with less investment.
    B.
chickens’ taste could be improved but at less costs.
    C.
chickens’ growth rate could be quickened but with less inputs.
    D.
chickens could grow to the same weight but with less feed.
  4.Which of the following statements about
Origen and Embrex is correct according to the fifth paragraph?
    A. Origen
and Embrex will jointly invent machines to increase production.
    B. Origen
wants to purchase an efficient donor cells injecting machine.
    C. Origen
has joined hands with Embrex in producing cell-injecting
machines.
    D. Origen
is the leading company in producing embryo-locating machines.
  5.  The technology of
freezing stem cells from different strains of chicken can do all
the following
       EXCEPT
that
    A.
farmers can order certain strains of chicken only.
    B. Origen
can supply all the strains of chicken the market might need.
    C.
chicken farmers order certain strains of chicken for economic
reasons.
    D.
chicken farmers can be supplied with whateverstrain they need.

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