64. It can be inferred from the text that the Canadian government supports ______ A. the protection of different cultures　　　 B. the plan of an open-air market C. the request of merchants　　　　　　　　 D. the attitude of shoppers

答案　 61.B　 62.C　 63.C　 64.A

Passage 51

(05·江西D篇)

The tea gardens in Sri Lanka are actually large estates(种植园). The best tea usually comes from plants grown on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plants. The plants are about one metre apart. The plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres high. Pruning is important because it encourages the growth of tender shoots, or young leaves. It is from these shoots that the best tea is got.

Practically all the tea pickers are women. The estates prefer to employ women pickers because they are more careful. Their thin fingers can easily remove the twin leaves and new shoots from the plant, which are the parts used for processing(加工) tea. The pickers carry large baskets into which they throw their pickings. A skilled worker can harvest between 9 to 14 kilogrammes of tea leaves a day. Usually new shoots can be picked from the plants about every ten or fifteen days.

　　　 Processing tea shoots into the familiar dry tea leaves requires great care and skill .There are various methods of processing depending on the type of tea required .For black tea ,the young green leaves are first spread out o shelves to dry. This process removes much of its water and the leaves become soft. After this ,the leaves are passed through heavy rollers .This operation will press the leaves for juices which give the tea both its colour and taste .Then the leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment (发酵)under wet conditions. Fermentation develops the rich taste of black tea .The fermented leaves are then dried with a hot-air blower until they become rolled-up black leaves .The final step is to sort and grade them before the black tea is ready for sale to countries all over the world.

63. According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto’s ______. A. market management　　　　　　　　　　　 B. community service C. travel industry　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. city planning

62. Fidenzio Salvatori, with two other students, has got two thousand dollars from the government____ A. to make an experiment　　　　　　　　　　B. to start a marketplace C. to perform a research　　　　　　　　　　D. to operate a business

79. The passage mainly tells us about ________ in UK.

　 A. the history of birdwatching　　　　　　 B. a growing passion for birdwatching

　 C. the impact of media on birdwatching　　 D. birdwatching as a popular expensive sport

答案　 76.C　 77.B　 78.A　 79.B

Passage 50

(05·山东B篇)

　Fidenzio Salvatori is determined that the city of Toronto will have an outdoor marketplace for merchants from its immigrant community, complete with dancing and other forms of amusement from their native countrSIZies. “Toronto is truly multicultural(多元文化的),” he said in a newspaper interview. “It’s a city from many places, and a multicultural marketplace will help Torontonians to understand

and appreciate the rich variety of cultural groups in our city. ” 　 Salvatori, aged 23, will soon complete his studies at the University of Toronto. He was eleven years old when he came to Canada from Italy with his parents. “Most of Toronto’s immigrants are from lands where the marketplace has always been part of daily life,” he said. 　 Salvatori has been interested in getting an open-air market for Toronto for the last three years. This year, with the help of two fellow students, he prepared a proposal on the subject and presented it to the city’s Executive Committee, asking for their support. The proposal pointed ce w:st="on">Torout Toronto’s rich variety of national groups, “whose customs include market shopping. ” 　 Under a Canadian government program for multiculturalism, the three students have received two thousand dollars with which they will do a study to find out whether Toronto’s immigrant businessmen would support and open-air market. They hope the merchants will support the plan strongly. “A study done earlier this year showed that 90 percent of shoppers would be in favor of it,” Salvatori said . “At first it would be an experiment. But we think it will prove to be good business for the merchants, as well as a tourist attraction. ” 61. What is Fidenzio Salvatori’s purpose of having an outdoor marketplace for

　 　Toronto? A. To provide different forms of amusement C. To inspire its immigrant community B. To keep the cultural variety of the city D. To satisfy its immigrant merchants

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