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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分 40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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A university math tutor has discovered the science behind “singledom”, finding that our chances of finding the perfect partner are just 1 in 285,000. Peter Backus, a tutor at the University of Warwick, published his “Why I Don’t Have a Girlfriend” paper after a three-year love drought.
His unconventional study uses a famous math formula called The Drake Equation(德雷克等式), which was first used to estimate the existence of extra-terrestrial(地球以外) life.
The results don't look promising for British singles. 30-year-old Mr. Backus found that out of the 30 million women in the UK, only 26 would be suitable girlfriends for him.
The dull equation takes into account the number of women aged 24 to 34, living in his home city of London, and who are single, meaning his chances of meeting his dream woman on a night out are slim.
The economics expert said: “There are 26 women in London with whom I might have a wonderful relationship. So, on a given night out in London there is a 0.0000034% chance of meeting one of these special people. That’s a 1 in 285,000 chance, so it’s not great.”
The puzzling Drake equation reads: N =" R*" x Fp x Ne x Fi x Fc x L, and helped pioneering scientist Professor Drake to predict that there could be 10,000 civilizations in our galaxy.
Mr. Backus simply replaced the original equation with his own criteria for a dream date, which included the percentage of women likely to find him attractive, and the number of girls aged 24-34 in London. He said: “The research may sound depressing to people looking for love, but the good news for singles is, it’s probably not your fault!”
56. Mr. Backus’ discovery in this passage is mainly concerned about ______.
A. whether there exists life out of our planet
B. the possibility of his being able to find love
C. how to get rid of singledom
D. what math can do to serve our daily life
57. What does Mr. Backus think of the result of his research?
A. Optimistic. B. Depressing. C. Unrealistic. D. Exciting.
58. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. Mr. Backus’ major research field is “singledom”.
B. Mr. Backus found a girlfriend three years ago.
C. Mr. Backus’ new thesis will surely be well received.
D. Mr. Backus has been searching for love for long.
59. By “the good news for singles” in the last sentence, Mr. Backus probably mean _____.
A. you don’t have to blame yourself for remaining single
B. maybe the discovery is not reliable at all
C. the result was based on his own criteria
D. there might be more dream date out of London
60. Which of the following statements is true?
A. This passage could be published in a scientific magazine.
B. The passage intends to prove there are other civilizations.
C. The passage writer doesn’t really understand the Drake equation.
D. Most women in London are not suitable for university teachers.

New research shows that overweight or even mildly obese people have a lower risk of early death than people considered to be normal weight.

Researchers examined the results of 97 studies. Most of the studies were less than 10 years old. They included almost three million adults from around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Brazil, India and Mexico.

The researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics found that people who are considered overweight or slightly obese were five to six percent less likely to die from all causes than people of normal weight. People with higher obesity ratings, however, had almost a 30 percent greater risk of death compared to normal-weight individuals.

Katherine Flegal was the lead author of the study. She says she was not surprised that overweight people would not have a higher risk of death.

“Because we’d actually already read a lot of this literature and realized it was likely that mortality rates (死亡率) for overweight would be at least not higher than normal weight. I guess I was a little bit surprised that it was definitely lower. And I was also surprised that the lower rates of obesity also didn’t seem to differ from normal weight.”

But she says the difference in death rates appears to be small between normal-weight people and those who are overweight or mildly obese.

The study has raised new questions about “body mass index,”（体重指数） or BMI. This is a measurement of body fat as a ratio（比率） of height to weight. In recent years, many public health experts have promoted body mass index as a way to predict the risk of health problems. Bu t a person's BMI can be misleading in some cases.

Steven Heymsfield ,the executive director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, says people can be physically fit and in good health, but might weigh more because they are more muscular.

Still, Dr. Heymsfield says people should not think gaining extra weight is OK just because of the new findings. He says being at a healthy weight lowers the risk for heart disease and diabetes（糖尿病）.

1.According to the new findings, the researchers found that __________ .

A.People with high obesity have a lower risk of early death than people with low obesity

B.People with overweight have a greater risk of early death than people of normal weight.

C.People with mild obesity are less likely to die than people of normal weight.

D.People with obesity live much longer than people of normal weight.

2.What does the underlined word “literature” in paragraph 6 mean ?

A.works like novels and poems

B.books and articles on a particular subject

C.printed material

D.magazines and newspapers

3.Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?

A. BMI is commonly used to measure body fat as a ratio of height to weight.

B. Not all people with a little higher BMI are fat .

C. Many public health experts encourage more people to use BMI as a way to predict the risk of health problem

D. Because of the ne w findings, people should think about gaining extra weight.

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A poor boy Howard Kelly was trying to make some money for school by selling goods. He found that he had only one coin left. He was so _1 that he decided to beg for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his courage(勇气) when a lovely young 2 __ opened the door. Instead of asking for a meal, he asked for a drink of ___3__ . She smiled understandingly and brought him a __4__glass of milk. He drank it slowly and then asked, “How much is it?” “You need pay nothing.” she replied. “Mother has __5__me never to accept pay for a __6__.” As Howard __7_ that house, he not only felt stronger __8__ , but it also made him believe in God and the human beings more. He was about to give up before this. __9_ later, the young woman became very ill. She was sent to the big city, Dr Howard Kelly, now famous, was called in for the treatment（治疗）. __10__When he heard the name of the __11__she came from, a _12__light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room. He __13__her at once. From that day on, he gave __14_ attention to her case and __15__ to do his best to saveher life. After a long time, she recovered. The bill was sent to her room. She was ___16__to open it because she knew it would ___17__ the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked at the bill and saw these words on ne side of it, “Paid in full with __18__ .” Dr Howard Kelly Tears of __19__ ran out of her eyes as she cried, “Thank you, _20___. Your love has got around through human hearts and hands.”
( )1.A. worried ( )2.A. lady ( )3.A. water ( )4.A. hot ( )5.A. said to ( )6.A. happiness ( )7.A. went in ( )8.A. in body ( )9.A. Days ( )10.A. when ( )11.A. city ( )12A. quick ( )13. treated ( )14.A. special ( )15.A. wished ( )16.A. afraid ( )17.A. need ( )18.A. all her money ( )19.A. comfort ( )20.A. Doctor	B. milk B. gentleman B. milk B. cold B. ordered B. kindness B. stayed in B. in mind B. Weeks B. where B. room B. happy B. realized B. much B. decided B. excited B. spend B. my pay B. joy B . Mother	C. soup C. doctor C. soup C. large C. allowed C. food C. left C. in courage C. Months C . then C. town C. familiar C. recognized C. little C. hoped C. unable C. take C. love C. surprise C. Boy	D. wine D. mother D. wine D. small D. taught D. milk D. ran from D. in health D. Years D. that D. house D. strange D. saved D. large D. ordered D. certain D. cost D. a glass of milk D. sadness D. God

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     Curt and I have this kind of friendship that I wish everyone would be able to experience.
     Our friendship   1   many years ago. We met while   2   different high schools. As years passed, we became
good friends. Curt was the best man (伴郎) at my wedding, and I was   3   a few years later when he married
my sister's roommate. And yet the event that almost showed our partnership and   4   our friendship happened
over 25 years ago, when we were in our 20's.
     Curt and I were attending a pool party at the local Swim and Racquet Club. We were walking to the car,
joking about the party, and Curt   5   ne and said, "Steve, your ve had too much   6 . Maybe I should drive."
At first I thought he was   7 , but since Curt is definitely the wiser of us, I   8   his judgment.
    "Good idea." I said, and handed him the   9 .
     After I was settled in the passenger seat and Curt sat behind the wheel, he said, "I'm going to need your  10
because I'm not sure how to get to your house from here." "No problem," I  11 .
     Curt started the car and we were  12 . The next ten miles seemed like a hundred as I prompted (提示) Curt
with  13 -left now, right soon, slow down, speed up and so on. The important thing was that we got home  14
that night.
     Ten years later at my wedding, Curt brought  15  to the eyes of 400 guests as he told the story of our partners
hip and  16  we drove home together that night. Why was it such a (n)  17  story? We would all offer our keys
18  we knew we shouldn't drive. But you see, my friend Curt was blind. He had been blind from  19  and never
sat behind the wheel of a car  20  that night.

(     )1. A. continued
(     )2. A. attending
(     )3. A. alone
(     )4. A. formed
(     )5. A. pointed to
(     )6. A. water
(     )7. A. lying
(     )8. A. respected
(     )9. A. wheels
(     )10. A. advice
(     )11. A. agreed
(     )12. A. off
(     )13. A. safety
(     )14. A. late
(     )15. A. attention
(     )16. A. how
(     )17. A. interesting
(     )18. A. when
(     )19. A. now
(     )20. A. during

B. began
B. taking
B. theirs
B. began
B. turned to
B. medicine
B. insisting
B. doubted
B. keys
B. reason
B. answered
B. over
B. speed
B. safely
B. excitement
B. why
B. surprising
B. until
B. nature
B. over

C. encouraged
C. leaving
C. there
C. deepened
C. went to
C. smoke
C. joking
C. understood
C. seat
C. help
C. promised
C. out
C. qualities
C. early
C. tears
C. when
C. touching
C. because
C. end
C. after

D. interrupted
D. finishing
D. his
D. valued
D. looked into
D. wine
D. deciding
D. used
D. car
D. statement
D. decided
D. down
D. directions
D. drunken
D. surprise
D. whom
D. amazing
D. since
D. birth
D. before

阅读理解。

     In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a Ne York taxi driver? I began
studying this question and found the answers interesting.
     One morning I got into three different taxis and announced, "Well, it's my first day back in New York
in seven years. I've been in prison." Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. "Yeah, I shot a man in Reno."
I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, but nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian
driver, "Reno? That is in Nevada?"
     Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I'd just been fired. "This is America," a Haitian driver
said."One door is closed. Another is open." He argued against my plan to burn down my boss's house. A
Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope; he refused to take me to the middle
of George Washington Bridge-a $ 20 trip. "Why you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don't worry. Take
a new job."
     One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word
"BANK" on it, I tried calling a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My
ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received.
     "Let's go across the park." I said. "I just robbed the bank there. I got $ 25 000."
     "$ 25 0007" He asked.
    "Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?"
     "No, man. I work 8 hours and I don't make almost $ 70. If I can do that, I do it too."
     As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.
     "Hey, there's another bank," I said, "Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?"
     "No, I can't wait. Pay me now." His reluctance may have something to do with money-taxi drivers think
the rate for waiting time is too low-but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can't expect
unconditional support.

1. From the Ghanaian driver's response, we can infer that _____.

A. he was indifferent to the killing
B. he was afraid of the author
C. he looked down upon the author
D. he thought the author was crazy

2. Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge?

A. Because he was able to help the author to find a new job.
B. Because he wanted to go home and relax.
C. Because it was far away from his home.
D. Because he thought that the author would commit suicide.

3. What is the author's interpretation of the driver's reluctance "to wait outside the Chemical bank"?

A. The driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low.
B. The driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally.
C. The driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible.
D. The driver did not want to help a suspect to escape from a bank robbery.

4. Which of the following statements is true about New York taxi drivers?

A. They are ready to help you do whatever you want to.
B. They often refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves.
C. They are sympathetic with those who are out of work.
D. They work only for money.

5. The passage mainly discusses _____.

A. how to please taxi drivers
B. how to deal with taxi drivers
C. the attitudes of taxi drivers towards riders in personal trouble
D. the attitudes of taxi drivers towards troublesome taxi riders

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