Most teachers who took part in the study admitted that they expect their “male” students to do better at mathematics and science subjects than their female students.All of this tends to encourage boys to work harder in these subjects,gives them confidence(信心) and makes them believe that they can succeed.

Interestingly,both boys and girls tend to regard such “male” subjects like mathematics and science as difficult.Yet it has been suggested that girls avoid mathematics courses,not because they are difficult,but for social reasons.

Mathematics and science are mainly male subjects,and therefore,as girls become teenagers,they are less likely to take them up.Girls do not seem to want to be in open competition with boys.Neither do they want to do better than boys because they are afraid to appear less females and so,less attractive.

46.The underlined word “territory” in the second paragraph most probably means “_______”.

A.interest    B.area of landC.special field      D.district

答案:C

提示:该题为词义猜测题。根据句意可以知道,该词意思是“领土;地域”。

47.According to scientific studies_______.

A.maths is not fit for girls to learnB.boys have a special sense of maths

C.girls are poorer at maths because they are the weaker sex

D.girls can learn maths as well as boys if given enough encouragement

答案:D

提示:根据第三段中“Statistics(统计数据)show that in mathematics,at least,girls are equal to boys.A recent report suggests that girls only stop studying mathematics because of social attitudes.”两句的意思可以判断出答案。

48.Those who made extraordinary contribution in mathematics and science_______.

A.usually had good teachers to help them

B.had the abilities to solve problems by themselves

C.usually worked harder than others

D.were encouraged to repair things when young

答案:B

提示:该题为细节判断题,根据文章中的“Evidence (证据)shows that exceptional(例外的) mathematicians and scientists did not have teachers who supplied answers;they had to find out for themselves.”可以判断出答案。

49.Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

A.It seems socially acceptable for a girl not to be able to read and write.

B.It is a social problem rather than a problem of brains that girls are poor at maths.

C.Mathematics and science are not easy subjects to either girls or boys.

D.There is no connection between a girl’s ability in maths and her appearance.

答案:A

提示:该题为细节判断题。根据文章第三段的内容可以判断出答案。

50.What would be the best title for the text?

A.Who’s Afraid of Maths Anyway?   B.Are Boys Cleverer Than Girls?

C.Boys Are Better at Maths Than Girls by Birth

D.Maths—A Difficult Subject

答案:A

提示:该题为主旨大意题。本文的陈述澄清了人们的一个错误认识,即女孩子怕学数学,她们在这方面要逊色于男孩。所以A选项切合文意。

B

Dogs are known for their sense of smell.They can find missing people and things like bombs and illegal(非法的) drugs.Now a study suggests that the animal known as man’s best friend can even find bladder(膀胱) cancer.

Cancer cells are thought to produce chemicals with unusual smells.Researchers think dogs have the ability to smell these smells,even in very small amounts,in urine(尿).The sense of smell in dogs is thousands of times better than in humans.

The study follows reports of cases where,for example,a dog showed great interest in a growth on the leg of its owner.The mole(黑痣) was later found to be skin cancer.Carolyn Willis led a team of researchers at Amersham Hospital in England.They trained different kinds of dogs for the experiment.The study involved(需要) urine collected from bladder cancer patients,from people with other diseases and from healthy people.Each dog was tested eight times.In each test there were seven samples for the dogs to smell.The dog was supposed to signal the one from a bladder cancer patient by lying down next to it.Two cocker spaniels(小猎犬) were correct fifty-six percent of the time.But the scientists reported an average success rate of forty-one percent.As a group,the study found that the dogs chose the correct sample twenty-two out of fifty-four times.That is almost three times more often than would be expected by chance alone.

The British Medical Journal published the research.In all,thirty-six bladder cancer patients and one hundred and eight other people took part.During training,all the dogs reportedly even identified(识别) a cancer in a person who had tested healthy before the study.Doctors found a growth on the person’s right kidney(肾).Carolyn Willis says dogs could help scientists identify the compounds produced by bladder cancer.That information could then be used to develop machines to test for the chemicals.Now,doctors must remove tissue(组织) from the bladder to test for cancer.The team also plans to use dogs to help identify markers for other kinds of cancer.

51.Dogs can find all the following except _______ according to the passage?

A.a lost child       B.illegal drugsC.bladder cancer   D.lung cancer

答案:D

提示:从文章第一段可知，狗能发现走失的人和毒品，现在的研究又表明狗能发现膀胱癌，但研究还没有表明狗能发现其他癌症。

52.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A.The dog.    B.A patient.C.The sample.       D.The test.

答案:C

提示:it指代此句中的the one，而the one又指代上文的the sample。

53.The best title for this passage might be _______.

A.Study Says Dogs Can Smell CancerB.Why Dogs Can Smell Cancer

C.A Study on Dogs’ Special Ability   D.A Study on Bladder Cancer

答案:A

提示:本文主要介绍狗能嗅出膀胱癌的一项研究成果。选项B、D只涉及短文的部分内容，选项C太笼统。

54.Dogs can smell cancer because _______.

A.they can smell faster than man   B.their sense of smell is very sensitive

C.they lie down next to patients    D.they show great interest in moles

答案:B

提示:从第一段以及第二段的最后一句可知，狗的嗅觉比人类要灵敏数千倍，这是狗能嗅出癌症的原因。

55.What can we conclude from the last paragraph?

A.Dogs can only smell bladder cancer.B.Dogs have a good knowledge of cancer.

C.Scientists might invent some equipment to test cancer.

D.Cancer doesn’t have any sign in the beginning.

答案:C

提示:根据最后一段中的“That information could then be used to develop machines to test for the chemicals.”可知C项正确。

C

Now satellites are used for meteorological purposes.They are in space,and are sending back the meteorological data(气象数据) and pictures to the earth,which will be processed by computers.This is the way how weather forecast is done.

Today,nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive information from satellites.The meteorologists with the help of computers work on the data from different localities and at different time to foretell the weather change even in a global scale.

So satellites are a great help to the meteorologists.Before satellites were invented,the scientists could only forecast the weather a day or two in advance.Now they can make long term forecasts with high reliability.

56.Satellites _______.

A.travel in space       B.are processed by computers

C.are in the atmosphere  D.send weather information with the help of computers

答案:A

提示:语句理解题。由文章前两句“Now satellites are used for....They are in space,....”可知,卫星在太空中穿梭。A项简洁而完整地表达了这一意思。B项说“卫星是由计算机处理”是不对的,据原文应是卫星发送到地球的气象数据和图片由计算机进行处理。C项在文中并未提及并且不合常理。D项中“卫星发送气象信息依赖计算机帮助”这一说法不准确,卫星发送气象信息到地球,不需要借助计算机。

57.Now satellites are used in _______.

A.sixty countries all over the world            B.receiving pictures

C.processing the meteorological data and picturesD.weather forecasting

答案:D

提示:总结归纳题。通读文章可知本文谈论的话题是卫星用于天气预报中可长期准确地告知人们气象信息。选项D最符合题意。A、B、C三项为干扰项,仔细阅读会发现这三种说法均属张冠李戴。

58.Meteorologists foretell the weather change with _______.

A.the meteorological data         B.satellites and information

C.satellite pictures and computers   D.computers and different time

答案:C

提示:语句理解题。通过第二段第二句“The meteorologists with the help of computers work on the data from different localities...”可知,气象学家是借助计算机工作处理的气象数据来预测天气的。四个选项中,只有C项最完整地表述了这一意思。A项片面,B、D项说法有误。

59.In the future people will probable be able to foretell the weather for _______ in advance.A.a day     B.two daysC.several weeks   D.a week or even long

答案:D

提示:推理判断题。由文章最后一段可推断,卫星的使用,将会提前告知人们气象信息,并且延长了预报的时间跨度。A、B项在没使用卫星之前也能做到,可排除;C项说法不切实际,故本题选D项。

60.From the passage,we know _______.

A.satellites are of great help in forecasting the weather information

B.meteorologists can’t forecast weather without satellites

C.meteorologists can foretell the weather change in the whole world with satellites at the same time

D.scientists could not forecast the weather with the satellites in the past

答案:A

提示:主旨归纳题。本文针对卫星在预测天气方面所起的巨大作用进行说明,并简单点明在未使用卫星预测天气前,人们如何获得气象信息的一般情况。四个选项中,A项最佳。其他选项说法均有误。

 

第Ⅱ卷(共20分)

第四部分:写作(共两节,满分20分)

第一节:短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:

此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边的横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边的横线上写出该加的词。此行错一个词:在错的词下画一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意:原行没有错误的不要改。

I used to love science class—all of them,                          61._______

biology,chemistry,geography,physics.I think I                    62._______

liked those classes because I felt that it helped me                     63._______

understand what the world works.For example,when          64._______

I was a child,the rain was a mystery(奥秘).In one                     65._______

class,I learned it rained.I think science classes                    66._______

clear up mysteries.But then there is always more                67.______

mysteries look into.What was my least favourite class?       68._______

That was math.After learn the basics of the subject,            69._______

nothing else seemed very practically to me.I never              70._______

saw how I could use it in my daily life.

答案及提示：

61.class→classes　该句已明确说明所喜欢的理科课程是生物、化学、地理与物理，故class应该用复数形式。

62.√

63.it→they　这里的代词是指该句中的those classes。

64.what→how　宾语从句的引导词具有双重作用：既是引导词引出宾语从句，又在从句中充当成分。由于该宾语从句中的work为不及物动词，故不能由what引导，根据文意，应由how表示方式。

65.去掉the　rain无特指之意。

66.learned后加why　上文告诉读者，作者小时候认为“雨”是个谜，即不懂下雨的原因，故宾语从句要加上引导词why。

67.is→are　该句的主语是复数形式的mysteries，根据主谓一致的原则，is要改为are。

68.look前加to　动词不定式作定语修饰前面的名词，要有不定式符号to。

69.learn→learning　介词后跟动名词形式作宾语。

70.practically→practical　seem为连系动词，后接形容词作表语。

第二节:书面表达(满分10分)

中关村(Zhongguancun)在中国科技发展方面起着很关键的作用,请你陈述一下该作用。

参考答案:

Zhongguancun is the new centre for Chinese science and technology.It is home to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and more than ten famous universities,including Peking University and Tsinghua University.Zhongguancun was set up as a special economic zone in the late 1990s and quickly became the leader of China’s hi-tech industry.More than a hundred scientific and technology companies move into the new hi-tech centre.They all have their own characteristics,but they all share the spirit of creativity and scientific skill that have made Zhongguancun a success.Zhongguancun is also home to a growing number of overseas Chinese who have grasped the opportunity to develop their ideas at home.Zhongguancun has had a positive effect on business as well as science.

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