78. Which of the following CANNOT be true according to the passage?

　 A. Television wildlife programmes started the popular pastime of birdwatching.

　 B. The network service has contributed to the rapid development of birdwatching.

　 C. Birdwatching in Britain was long considered a sport with a small group of followers.

　 D. The current situation of birdwatching may promote the protection of the environment.

77. What happened after the message of seeing a Vermivora chrysoptera was put on the network?

　 A. Birdwatchers helped the rare bird settle in Kent.

　 B. Large numbers of birdwatchers went to view the bird.

　 C. Many birdwatchers logged on to the website for details.

　 D. Birdwatchers showed their determination to protect the rare bird.

76. The word “satiated” in paragraph 2 can best be replaced by “_______”.

　 A. affected　　　　 B. shared　　　 C. satisfied　　　　 D. narrowed

55. We may conclude from the passage that ______.

A.it is more likely to make scientific and artistic discoveries in everyday learning.

B.a sudden insight and knowledge from the past are required in making discoveries

C.scientific discoveries or artistic creations are usually unpredictable in nature

D.knowledge of the rules in the past is often developed in the changes of situation

答案　 52.A　 53.B　 54.B　 55.B

Passage 49

(05·上海D篇)

Equipped only with a pair of binoculars (双筒望远镜) and ready to spend long hours waiting in all weathers for a precious glance of a rare bullfinch(红腹灰雀). Britain’s birdwatchers had long been supposed to be lovers of a minority sport. But new figures show birdwatching is fast becoming a popular pastime, with almost three million of us absorbed in our fluttering feathered friends.

Devoted birdwatchers, those prepared to travel thousands of miles for a sighting of a rare Siberian bird, are fast being joined by a new breed of follower whose interest is satiated by watching a few finches (雀科鸣鸟) on a Sunday walk or putting up a bird-box in the back garden.

“Almost three million UK birdwatchers is certainly possible if you include everyone with only a casual interest,” Stephen Moss said in his newly published book-A Bird in the Bush: a Social History of Birdwatching-which records the pursuit from the rich Victorian Englishman’s love of shooting rare birds to the less offensive observational tendencies of birdwatchers today.

Television wildlife programmes have helped to fuel the new trend. Last summer, BBC 2’s Britain Goes Wild was a surprise success. It pulled in three million viewers and led to bird-houses selling out across the UK as 45,000 people promised to put up a box.

Birdwatchers’ networking system first came to the attention of the nation in 1989, when a birdwatcher caught sight of the first Vermivora chrysoptera-a golden-winged songbird from North America-to be seen in Britain. He put a message out on the network service Birdline, and next day　 3,000 birdwatchers proved the full pull of a truly rare bird as they visited the Tesco car park in Kent, where it had settled. Today, birdwatchers can log on to www.birdline.co.uk or have news of the latest sightings texted to their phones.

“Multimillion-pound spending on binoculars, bird food and boxes point to the increasing numbers of birdwatchers,” said David Cromack, the editor of Bird Watching magazine, “The number of people involved is so big that they have great potential to influence government decisions affecting the environment.”

54. What does the underlined word “this” refer to?

A.Great contributions to the society

B.Long-time study of the subject matter.

C.Various statements about problem solving.

plete devotion to artistic creation.

53. While knowledge from the past plays an important role in their achievements, thinkers sometimes also depend on their______.

A.artistic tastes

B.sudden insight

C.admiration of discoveries

D.scientific experiments

52. Newton, Kepler and Einstein are mentioned in the first paragraph to_______.

　　 A. bring about the subject of the discussion

　　 B. explain that scientists are more creative

　　 C. show the difference between science and arts

D. prove that arts require more personal efforts

72．The example of the little boy is used to show that ___________.

　　　 A．adults often learn from their young

　　　 B．“pig” is a dirty word because pigs are dirty

　　　 C．words are not connected with the things they stand for

　　　 D．people sometimes have wrong ideas about how language works

答案　 69.D　 70.B　 71.A　 72.D

Passage 48

(05·天津E篇)

No one can fail to stand in awed ( 令人敬畏的 ) admiration of the great discoveries of history-Newton' s laws of motion; Kepler' s principles of planetary movement, Einstein' s general theory of relativity. Equally awe-inspiring are artistic creations in painting, theatre, music and literature, which have also been brought about by discovery through personal efforts.　 What do these extraordinary achievements of well-known scientists and artists have to do with problem solving?

A great scientific discovery or a great work of art is surely the result of problem-solving activity. The solution to a problem, we are told, often comes to thinkers in a “flash of insight (顿悟)，although they may have been turning the problem over in their minds for some time. As a particular form of problem solving, these creative acts are based on the broad knowledge gained in the past, whether this be of the ``public" sort known to science, or of the "private" sort known to the artist.

　　 Many creative thinkers state that they have completely devoted　 themselves to the subject matter of the problem, often over fairly long periods of time. Indeed, it would be strange if they had not done this.. Nothing in such statements supports the idea that there is anything very different about the problem solving that leads to discoveries of the great contributions to the society. The act of discovery, even in the relatively predictable (可以预见的) sense that it occurs in everyday learning, involves (涉及) a “sudden insight” which changes the problem situation into a solution situation. As we have seen, everyday discovery also requires that the learner have the knowledge of the rules gained in the past, which is involved in the solution.

71．In Paragraph 3, “take special pains” probably means “________”.

　　　 A．try very hard　　　　　 B．take our time　　

　　　 C．are very unhappy　　 D．feel especially painful

70．What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?

　　　 A．Different noise may mean different things.

　　　 B．Our culture determines what a symbol stands for.

　　　 C．The language we use symbolizes our social positions.

　　　 D．Our social positions determine the way we are dressed.