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1、C（35 minutes） Passage 1 The novelist Robert Herrick was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 26, 1868. His oldest American ancestor, a nephew of the author of Hesperides, had settled at Salem in 1638; he was related to the Hales, the Mannings, the Hawthornes, and the Peabodys; his immediate fo

2、rebears were lawyers, teachers, and clergymen. At Harvard, he was a contemporary of Santayana. William Vaughn Moody,Norman Hpgood, and Robert Morss Lovett; he nearly wrecked the Harvard Monthly when he sullied its chaste pages with the first English translation of lbsen's ludy from the Sea. His

3、teaching began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but William Rainey Harper lured him to the new University of Chicago, where he remained officially for exactly a generation and where his students in advanced composition found him terrifyingly frigid in the classroom but sympathetic and u

4、nderstanding in their personal conferences. During his later years the spot of earth dearest to his heart was York Viliage, Maine, but after his retirement from teaching he brought his career to a rather amazing close as government secretary of the Virgin islands, He died at St. Thomas on December 2

5、3, 1938.1.To which of the following families was Herrick related?(A)The Santayanas(B)The Hawthornes(C)The Moodys(D)The Hapgoods2.In lines 3-4, the phrase "immediate forebears" could best be replaced by which of the following?(A)closest ancestors(B)wealthiest relatives(C)cleverest kinsmen(D

6、)earliest forefathers3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a profession of Herrick's relatives?(A)Farmer(B)Teacher(C)Clergyman(D)Lawyer4. Herrick moved to the University of Chicago at the request of(A)the Hales(B)the Mannings(C)Robert Morss Lovett(D)William Rainey Harper5.According to the

7、 passage, Herrick's students thought he was (A)gifted in English translation(B)unfair in his grading(C)easy to understand(D)kind during personal contact6.In which of the following activities was Herick involved during the last years of his life?(A)University teaching(B)Government work(C)Translat

8、ing(D)Lecturing Passage 2 There are two main kinds of sloth; the two-toed and the three-toed. Of these, the three-toed is considerably the more slothful. It hangs upside down from a branch suspended by hook-like claws at the ends of its long bony arms. It feeds on only one kind of leaf, Cecropia, wh

9、ich happily for the sloth grows in quantity and is easily found. No predators attack the sloth-few indeed can even reach it-and nothing competes with it for the Cecropia. Lulled by this security, it has sunk into an existence that is only just short of complete torpor. It spends eighteen out of twen

10、ty-four hours soundly asleep. It pays such little attention to its personal hygiene that green algae grow on its coarse hair and communities of a parasitic moth live in the depths of its coat producing caterpillars which graze on its mouldy hair. Its muscles are such that it is quite incapable of mo

11、ving at a speed of over a kilometer an hour even over the shortest distances and the swiftest movement it can make is a sweep of its hooked arm. It is virtually dumb and its hearing is so poor that you can let off a gun within inches of it and its only response will be to turn slowly and blink. Even

12、 its sense of smell, though it is better than ours, is very much less acute than that of most mammals. And it sleeps and feeds entirely alone.1.The purpose of the passage is to(A)compare the two-toed and the three-toed sloths(B)explain the parasitic relation of a type of moth to the sloth(C)describe

13、 the behavior of the three-toed sloth(D)condemn the way the sloth takes care of itself2.It can be inferred from the passage that the sloth uses its hooked claws mainly to(A)hang on tree branches(B)clean its coat(C)catch prey(D)swing from one place to another3.What does the sloth eat?(A)Caterpillars(

14、B)Cecropia(C)Moths(D)Algae4.How does the sloth spend most of its time?(A)Eating(B)Sleeping(C)Grooming itself(D)Finding food5.It can be inferred from the passage that if a person makes a loud noise near a sloth, the sloth will(A)attack the person(B)run away as fast as it can(C)show little response(D)

15、become deaf6.The author's discussion of the sloth focuses primarily on the animal's(A)solitary nature(B)physical handicaps(C)diet(D)inactivity Passage 3 The Montessori method of educating children is guided by perhaps a halfdozen major principles of education. The first affirms the biologica

16、l programming of child development, the child's capacity for self realization, for "auto-education." The second calls for "scientific pedagogy." A science of childhood based on observation. The third demands a natural environment in which self-development can be expressed and

17、 observed. Montessori believed that the school could be made into such an environment, thus becoming a laboratory for scientific pedagogy. This environment should be determined scientifically. In order to expand, children, left at liberty to exercise their activities, ought to find in their surround

18、ings something organized in direct relation to the children's internal organization. All of these principles imply the next, which Montessori calls the " biological concept of liberty in pedagogy": the child must be free to act spontaneously and to interact with the prepared environmen

19、t. The entire program is concerned with the individual child; the spontaneity, the needs, the observation, the freedom are always those of the individual. Finally, the modus operandi of the method is sensory training.1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?(A)Principles of the Mo

20、ntessori Method(B)Modern Principles of Education(C)Results of the Montessori Method(D)Stages of Child Development2. In line 6, the phrase "such an environment" refers to which of the following kinds of environment?(A)Biological, accompanied by specimens(B)Scientific, accompanied by experim

21、ents(C)Pedagogical, in which ideology prevails (D)Natural, in which self-expression prevails3. According to the passage, the Montessori method focuses on(A)the individual child(B)pairs of children(C)small groups of children(D)large groups of children4.It can be inferred from the passage that the Mon

22、tessori method was named after a (A)school(B)town(C)person(D)book5.Which of the following would NOT be advocated by the Montessori method?(A)Tightly controlling children's group activities(B) Carefully teaching children to listen and observe(B)Permitting children to work at their own pace(C)Allo

23、wing children to speak out at will during classes Passage 4 In an experiment designed to study the effect of majority opinion, even when it is contrary to fact, small groups of subjects observed a standard straight line, and then judged which of three other lines equaled it in length. One of the oth

24、er lines was longer, one shorter, one equal to the standard; the differences were great enough that threshold judgments were not involved. All but one member of each group had been instructed to agree upon a wrong answer for a majority of the trials. The experimental subject was thus pitted against

25、a majority, and the subject's problem was whether to disagree with the majority, or to doubt his or her own judgment and agree. Many subjects refused to change, and continued to hold to their independent appraisals. But a substantial number yielded under pressure from the others' apparent ju

26、dgments. The amount of yielding depended upon the clarity of conditions (lack of clarity led to conformity to majority opinion), individual differences, and the size and unanimity of the opposition. With the opposition of only one other person there was very little yielding; with tow against one the

27、 amount of yielding became pronounced; and a majority of three was nearly as effective as larger majorities against the lone dissenter.1.What does the passage mainly discuss?(A)The accuracy of threshold judgments.(B)The inability of groups to estimate correct line length.(C)The impact of majority op

28、inion on the judgment of an individual.(D)The necessity of clear conditions in conducting successful experiments.2.A total of how many lines were shown to each group of subjects?(A)Two(B)Three(C)Four(D)Five3.Why did all but one of the members of each group choose the wrong line?(A)They could not acc

29、urately judge which lines were equal in length.(B)They were told to do so for the purposes of the study.(C)They wanted to humiliate the person who disagreed.(D)They did not understand the instructions.4.It can be inferred from the passage that the main purpose of the experiment was to examine the te

30、ndency that many people have to(A)compete(B)conform(C)criticize(D)communicate5.The experiment described in the passage was most likely carried out by(A)physicists(B)mathematicians(C)linguists(D)psychologists Passage 5 This vertical movement of the fieldstones is not simply an artifact of soil erosio

31、n, it is the result of frost heaving. In the fall the soil freezes first beneath stones, because stones are a better conductor of heat than soil. Or, put another way, soil is a better insulator than rock in a sea of insulation, stones are chilly islands. Because most glacial till has a fairly high w

32、ater content, ice forms beneath fieldstones when they freeze, and the expansion of this ice forces them upward. Even when the ice thaws, the stones do not return to their original positions because during thawing particles of soil seep into the cavity beneath, partially preventing the stones from dr

33、opping. Like a ratchet on a car jack each freeze-thaw cycle gradually lifts the fieldstones toward the surface. Ina very cold winter there may actually be two thrusts per freeze. Ice expands when it initially forms, but as the temperature plummets, the ice contracts. In the reverse process, when thi

34、s very cold ice finally melts, it must expand a second time, pushing the stone once more. In theory, the upward movement of fieldstones should result in pure soil, all the stones above the frost line having been pushed to the surface and carried away. What a vision! Acres of pure, deep soil and crow

35、bars rusting away unused. Alas, the fastest stones move only an inch or so a year, and most are orders of magnitude slower.1.What does the passage mainly discuss?(A)The effect of frost heaving on stones(B)The water content of various types of soil(C)Factors affecting the rate of ice expansion(D)Seas

36、onal variations in ground temperature2.What statement was most probably made in the paragraph preceding this pasage?(A)Pure soil is quickly eroded.(B)Fieldstones are lifted to the top of the soil.(C)It is not easy to move stones from fields.(D)Ancient cultural artifacts are buried deep in the soil.3

37、.Where does the soil freeze first in the fall?(A)On the tops of stones(B)In areas of pure, deep soil(C)Under rocks(D)On islands4.In the first paragraph, the author gives an example of(A)glacier movement(B)soil erosion(C)climate change(D)heat conduction5.According to the passage, why do fieldstones r

38、emain raised in the soil when the ice thaws?(A)Melting ice erodes the soil around them.(B)Soil fills in under them(C)They remain in a frozen layer of topsoil.(D)The frost line under which they are resting moves upward.6.The author refers to a car jack in an analogy that illustrates how(A)stones are

39、pushed upward(B)heavy rocks press down on deep levels of soil(C)a crowbar is used to remove stones from soil(D)automobile parts freeze in cold weather7.Which of the following conclusions is supported by the third paragraph?(A)Stones above the frost line will quickly be pushed upward.(B)The number of

40、 stones surfacing each year is decreasing.(C)Acres of pure, deep soil regularly result from frost heaving.(D)New stones will continue indefinitely to surface at a slow rate.8.In line14, the author exclaims "What a vision!" to express an attitude of(A)fear(B)disgust(C)enthusiasm(D)romance P

41、assage 8 A summary of the physical and chemical nature of life must begin, not on the Earth, but in the Sun; in fact, at the Sun's very center. It is here that is to be found the source of the energy that the Sun constantly pours out into space as light and heat. This energy is liberated at the

42、center of the Sun as billions upon billions of nuclei of hydrogen atoms collide with each other and fuse together to form nuclei of helium, and, in doing so, release some of the energy that is stored in the nuclei of atoms. The output of light and heat of the Sun requires that some 600 million tons

43、of hydrogen be converted into helium in the Sun every second. This the Sun has been doing for several thousands of millions of years. The nuclear energy is released at the Sun's center as high-energy gamma radiation, a form of electromagnetic radiation like light and radio waves, only of very mu

44、ch shorter wavelength. This gamma radiation is absorbed by atoms inside the Sun, to be re-emitted at slightly longer wavelengths. This radiation, in its turn, is absorbed and re-emitted. As the energy filters through the layers of the solar interior, it passes through the x-ray part of the spectrum, eventually becoming light. A