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In the following article, some sentences or paragraphs have been removed. For questions 1 to 5, choose the
most suitable one from the list AF to fit into each of the numbered gaps. There is ONE which does not fit in
any of the gaps.

     Most of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in the history books are great conquerors
and generals, whereas the people who really helped civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We
do not know who first set a broken leg, or launched a seagoing boat, or calculated the length of the year?
but we know all about the killers and destroyers. People think a great deal of them, so much so that on all the
highest pillars in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror or a general.
     1. It is just possible they are, but they are not the most civilized. Animals fight? so do savages? hence to
be good at fighting is to be good in the way in which an animal or a savage is good, but it is not to be civilized.
    2. People fight to settle quarrels. Fighting means killing, and civilized peoples ought to be able to find some
way of settling their disputes other than by seeing which side can kill off the greater number of the other side,
and then saying that that side which has killed most has won.
     3. That is what the story of mankind has on the whole been like. Even our own age has fought the two
greatest wars in history, in which millions of people were killed. And while today it is true that people do not
fight and kill each other in the streets, nations and countries have not learnt to do this yet, and still behave like
savages. But we must not expect too much. After all, the race of men has only just started. From the point of
view of evolution, human beings are very young children indeed, babies, in fact, of a few months old.
     4. These figures are difficult to grasp? so let us scale them down. Suppose that we reckon the whole past
of living creatures on the earth as one hundred years? then the whole past of man works out at about one
month, and during that month there have been civilizations for between seven and eight hours.
     5. Taking man' civilized past at about seven or eight hours, we may estimate his future at about one hundred
thousand years. Thus mankind is only at the beginning of its civilized life, and as I say, we must not expect
too much. The past of 8 man has been on the whole a pretty beastly business, a business of fighting and killing.
We must not expect even civilized peoples not to have done these things. All we can ask is that they will
sometimes have done something else.

     [A] Even being good at getting other people to fight for you and telling them how to do it most efficiently-
this, after all, is what conquerors and generals have done-is not being civilized.
     [B] And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are those that have beaten in battle the
greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors.
     [C] We have got to the stage of keeping the rules and behaving properly in daily life. However, every year
conflicts between countries and nations are still claiming thousands of lives.
     [D] And not only has won, but, because it has won, has been in the right. For that is what going to war
means? it means saying that might is right.
     [E] So you see there has been little time to learn in, but there will be oceans of time in which to learn better.
     [F] Scientists reckon that there has been life of some sort on the earth in the form of jellyfish and that kind
of creature for about twelve hundred million years? but there have been men for only one million years, and
there have been civilized men for about eight thousand years at the outside.
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请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　After graduation I returned home to my small town in Indiana．I didn't have a job yet．Mr．Hobbs, a friend of my father's, owned a small shirt factory in town．Within the past five years it had grown from twenty to eighty workers．Mr．Hobbs was worried that his plant was getting too big and inefficient, so he asked me to come in on a short-term basis as a consultant．

　　I went to the plant and spent about a week looking around and making notes．I was really a mazed at what I saw．

　　Most curious of all, there was no quality control at all．No one inspected the final product of the factory．As a result some of the shirts that were put in boxes for shipment were missing one or two buttons, the collar, and even a sleeve sometimes!

　　The working conditions were poor．The tables where the workers sat were very high and uncomfortable．Except for a half hour at lunchtime, there were no breaks in the day to relieve the boring work．There was no music．The walls of the workrooms were a dull gray color．I was amazed that the workers hadn't gone on strike．

　　Furthermore, the work flow was irregular．There was one especially absent-minded young man in the assembly(组装)line who sewed on buttons．After a while I recognized him as "Big Jim", who used to sit behind me in math class in high school．He was very slow and all the shifts were held up at his position．Workers beyond him in line on his shift had to wait with nothing to do; therefore, a great deal of time and efficiency were lost as Big Jim daydreamed while he worked．All week I wondered why he wasn't fired．

　　After I made observations for a week, Mr．Hobbs asked me for an oral report of my findings．

(1)

The shirts from Mr．Hobbs’ factory can be described as ________．
[　　]
A．	of low quality
B．	of high quality
C．	fashionable
D．	unfashionable

(2)

Why did Mr．Hobbs ask the writer to the factory?
[　　]
A．	The factory was too big．
B．	The factory was not producing fast enough．
C．	The factory was not big enough．
D．	The writer was a college graduate．

(3)

Which is not likely to happen in the factory?
[　　]
A．	The workers will have more rest in the day．
B．	Someone will examine the final product．
C．	New machines will be bought．
D．	The factory will be repainted．

(4)

Big Jim may get fired mainly because ________．
[　　]
A．	he was slow
B．	he wasted much time
C．	he was absent-minded
D．	the work flow was irregular

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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

Bats are among the least understood creatures (动物) in the world today. Until 1 not many people seemed to care about their rapid disappearance. That’s 2 strong feelings about bats are the results of many 3 beliefs about the creatures. 4 ,bats are not a threat to people. 5 they are a central part of the environment.

6 are one of the most effective controls in insect’s population. For example, a 7 little brown bat can catch 600 insects in an hour. Twenty-five million bats 8 lived in a cave in the Southeastern state of Arizona. They killed up to 200 tons of insects 9 night. The bats protected crops of local farms 10 being destroyed by the insects.

For the past several years, scientists have been learning more about the economical and environmental 11 of bats. Throughout the world, bats are the main 12 of insects that destroy crops and forests. Bats 13 help carry pollen(花粉)to fertilize flowers. And they 14 plant seeds throughout deserts and forests area. The loss(衰减) of bats 15 many fruits nuts and vegetables throughout the world can not survive.

In the United States, more than half of the different kinds of bats are considered in 16 of disappearing. Their loss will increase the dependence of farmers 17 poisonous chemicals to kill harmful insects.

In 1962, an organization was set up to help 18 bats and the area where they live. The organization 19 Bats Conservation International was formed by Merlin Tuttle, who is recognized worldwide 20 a leading expert on bats. Bats Conservation International now has more than 12 000 members in 55 countries.

1.A.recently　　　　　　　　 B. before　　　　　　 C. the future　　　　　　　　 D. later

2.A.why　　　　　　　　　　 B. because　　　　　　 C. because of　　　　　　 D. the reason of

3.A.right　　　　　　　　　　 B. false　　　　　　　　 C. proper　　　　　　　　　　 D. correct

4.A.However　　　　　　 B. So　　　　　　　　 C. Therefore　　　　　　　　 D. And

5.A.In sight　　　　　　　　 B. In time　　　　　　 C. In fact　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. In addition

6.A.Bees　　　　　　　　　　 B. Cats　　　　　　　　 C. Birds　　　　　　　　　　 D. Bats

7.A.single　　　　　　　　　　 B. pair　　　　　　　　 C. kind　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. only

8.A.sometimes　　　　　　　　　　 B. once　　　　　　　　 C. some times　　　　　　 D. yet

9.A.each　　　　　　　　　　 B. other　　　　　　　　 C. at　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. all

10.A.for　　　　　　　　　　 B. from　　　　　　　　 C. to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. by

11.A.value　　　　　　　　 B. size　　　　　　　　 C. help　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. shape

12.A.friends　　　　　　　　 B. hunters　　　　　　 C. supporters　　　　　　 D. assistants

13.A.harmfully　　　　　　 B. nearly　　　　　　 C. also　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. still

14.A.destroy　　　　　　　　 B. eat　　　　　　　　 C. spread　　　　　　　　　　 D. hurt

15.A.means　　　　　　　　 B. says　　　　　　　　 C. thinks　　　　　　　　　　 D. owns

16.A.safety　　　　　　　　 B. danger　　　　　　 C. station　　　　　　　　　　 D. suffering

17.A.on　　　　　　　　　　 B. over　　　　　　　　 C. with　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. across

18.A.wipe away　　　　 B. waste　　　　　　 C. get rid of　　　　　　　　 D. save

19.A.called　　　　　　　　 B. supposed　　　　 C. chosen　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. imagined

20.A.like　　　　　　　　　　 B. as　　　　　　　　　　 C. than　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. up