57．Which of the following is not mentioned in the text?

　　　 A．In the 21st century, we will be more willing to manage the working of our planet

　　　 B．The brain contains about 1000 billion neurons．

　　　 C．The 21st century progress in genetic may let us control the aging process．

　　　 D．The universe must have started at a definite time in the past．

56．In the 20th century, __________ made the serious disease become curable．

　　　 A．genetic code　　 B．healthy genes　　　 C．antibiotics 　　　　　 D．DNA

60. The man told the police of the murder plan so that____.

A. the advertiser was arrested red-handed　　　　　　　　　　　 　

B. the man was paid $ 250 as arranged

C. the wife' s life was spared　　　　　　　　　　

D. the dog would not be alarmed

答案　 57.B　 58.B　 59.C　 60.A

Passage 34

(南昌市南昌二中高三冲刺模拟考试A篇)

It is predicted that there will be 5 scientific breakthroughs in the 21^st century．

We’ll know where we came from．Why does the universe exist? To put it another way, why is there something instead of nothing? Since the 1920s, scientists have known the universe is expanding, which means it must have started at a definite time in the past．They even have developed theories that give a detailed picture of the evolution(演变) of the universe．

We’ll crack(破译)the genetic(基因)code and conquer cancer．Thanks to 20^th-century antibiotics, the once dreaded, once incurable disease now can mean nothing more serious than taking some pills．As scientists learn more about the genetic code and the way cells work, many serious diseases ---cancer, for one ---will become less threatening．Using manufactured “therapeutic”(治疗的) viruses, doctors will be able to replace cancer-causing damaged DNA with healthy genes．

We’ll live longer (120 years?)．If the normal aging process is basically an invisible contest in our cells ---a contest between damage to our DNA and our cells’ ability to repair that damage ---then 21st –century progress in genetic medicine may let us control and even reverse the process．

We’ll manage Earth．In the 21st century, we’ll stop talking about the weather but will do something about it．We’ll gradually learn how to predict the effects of human activity on the Earth, its climate and its ecosystems(生态系统)．And with that knowledge will come an increasing willingness to use it to manage the workings of our planet．

We’ll have a brain “road map”．This is the real “final frontier” of the 21^st century: The brain is the most complex system we know．It contains about 100 billion neurons, each connected to as many as 1,000 others．

59. The advertiser wanted the reader “to get rid of somebody. ”This implies ____.

A. the advertiser was surrounded by the police

B. it was inconvenient for the advertiser to speak directly at the time

C. the advertiser wished to kill his wife the next day

D. the advertiser would hire the man to kill someone

58. The reader gave a false name when he answered the advertisement because ____.

A. he did not want the police to suspect him

B. he did not fully believe the advertiser

C. the offer of the advertiser was only $250

D. the advertiser did not want to discuss the job fully on the phone

57. The sort of person that the advertisement in the newspaper asked for was a person ____.

A. who was not afraid of police

B. who wanted a profitable job

C. who wished to earn $ 500 with two opportunities

D. who was fond of adventure

48. When you are hunting for a job, you are supposed to _________.

A. take your career in different directions

B. avoid exploring various career posibilities

C. change your dreams and desires now and then

D. know your goal and try all possible ways to achieve it

答案　 45.C　 46.B　 47.A　 48.D

Passage 33

(浙江省宁海县知恩中学2009届高三最后适应性考试E篇)

The writers of murder stories go to a great deal of trouble to keep up guessing right up to the end. In actual fact, people often behave more strangely in real life than they do in stories.

The following advertisement once appeared in a local newspaper: “An opportunity to earn $ 250 in a few minutes. A man… willing to chances, wanted for an out-of-the-ordinary job which can be performed only once. ”A reader found this offer very nice and write to the advertiser. But being a bit suspicious(怀疑), he gave a false name. Soon afterwards, he received a reply. Enclosed in the envelope was a typed note instructing him to ring a certain number if he was still interested. He did so and learned on the telephone that the advertiser wanted him “to get rid of somebody” and would discuss it more fully with him the next day. But the man told the police and from then on acted under their instructions.

The police saw the two men meet and watched them as they drove away together. In the car the advertiser came to the point at once; he told the man he wanted him to shoot his wife. The reason he gave was that he was suffering from a serious disease and wanted to live in a warmer country, but his wife objected to this. Giving the man some money, the advertiser told him to buy a gun and warned him to be careful of the dog, though it would not bite, it might attract attention. He also gave him a photograph of his wife so that he would be able to recognize her.

After that, the advertiser suggested that the man should “do the job” the next morning. At the same time he would prepare his wife by telling her that a young man was going to call. After the murder they would meet again outside a railway station and the money would be paid as arranged. The second meeting never took place, for the advertiser was arrested shortly afterwards and charged with attempting to persuade someone to murder his wife.

47. What can we learn from the passage?

A. There are seldom straight lines in the course of career building.

B. Career path is like a flight path from point A to point B.

C. Most of our dreams and desires change in a short time.

D. More than half of us have to change our career directions.

46. The underlined word “meaander” in paragraph 2 most probably means ________.

A. move away　　　　　 B. go round　　　　　　　　　 C. get through　　　　 D. run over

45. This passage is mainly to ______________.

A. tell you how to gain more control over your life

B. give you a better understanding of yourself

C. show you how to take an active role in planning your career

D. help you to deal with things that happen in an unplanned way