________, as long as I’m with nature, I don’t care.

A. However tough the voyage is                        B. Whatever tough the journey is

C. However the voyage is tough                        D. Whatever the journey is tough

35. He lost his job three months ago; ______, he was seriously injured in an accident last week.

   A. in the first place                     B. to make matters worse 

   C. on the contrary                      D. in other words

（B）

People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviors are formed．It is not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive．

Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of questions．They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors．There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developed．As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from one another, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents of each theory．The controversy is often referred to as “nature/nurture”．

Those who support the “nature” side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior patterns are largely determined by biological and genetic factors．That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics, and behavior is central to this theory．Taken to an extreme, this theory maintains that our behavior is predetermined to such a degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts．

Proponents of the “nurture” theory, or, as they are often called, behaviorists, claimed that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act．A behaviorist, B．F．Skinner, sees humans as beings whose behavior is almost completely shaped by their surroundings．The behaviorists’ view of the human being is quite mechanistic; they maintain that, like machines, humans’ respond to environmental stimuli as the basis of their behavior．

Either of these theories cannot yet fully explain human behavior．In fact, it is quite likely that the key to our behavior lies somewhere between these two extremes．That the controversy will continue for a long time is certain．

69．Which of the following statements would the supporters of the “nature” theory agree with?

       A．A person’s instincts have little effect on his actions．

       B．Environment is important in determining a person’s behavior and personality．

       C．Biological reasons have a strong influence on how we act．

       D．The behaviorists’ view correctly explains how we act．

70．Concerning the nature/nurture controversy, the writer of this article____________．

       A．supports the nature theory

       B．supports the nurture theory

       C．believes both are completely wrong

       D．thinks that the correct explanation of human behavior will take ideas from both theories．

71．In the United States, Black people often score below White people on intelligence tests．With this in mind, which of the following statements is NOT true?

       A．Nature proponents would say that Whites are genetically superior to Blacks．

       B．Supporters of the nature theory would say that Whites score well because they have a superior environment．

       C．Behaviorists would say that Blacks often lack the educational and environmental advantages that Whites enjoy．

       D．Nurture proponents would disagree that Blacks are biologically inferior to Whites．

第二节   书面表达（满分25分）

Mark 204D是最新发明的电子词典，阅读下表内容，写一篇介绍性短文。

主要功能       提供英汉互译、拼写核对、发音指南、近义词、反义词

其他功能       提供TOFEL和IELTS考试提示、调频电台、游戏

规格       重量：96克；体积：104×72×15（毫米）

使用特点       携带方便，操作简单

适用对象       学生、商人

词数：120左右。

参考词汇：调频电台FM radio；提示：hint

2. He climbed silently ________ of seizing the thief ________.

A. on purpose; by surprise                                 B. on purpose; surprisingly

C. for the purpose; surprised                              D. for the purpose; by surprise

8. He said that I would go abroad next month, ______?

A. did he     B. didn’t he         C. would I      D. wouldn’t I

32. It’s important to listen to your teacher carefully in class, so try not to let your mind _________.

   A. lose      B. stop    C. wander       D. Disturb

35．I walked out of the cinema, _________I'd never come back to this hell of a place．　 　　　

A．determining    B．decided    C．to determine         D．to decide

II. 完形填空：(共20题；满分20分；每小题1分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

If I had known earlier that there was a reason why I was a low achiever, I may not have worked so hard in my late twenties and early thirties. I was writing. I was working for no other reason than to hear people  51  me.

Most people who  52  university read at least twice as fast as I do. I've never known my left  53  my right. I avoid dialing a telephone if I can, because I sometimes have to try three times to get the number  54 . I hear that recording "The  55  you have reached is not in service." more than any man on the earth.

In spite of my  56  I view dyslexia(朗读困难) as a gift, not something bad. Many dyslexics are good at right-brain, advanced thought, and that's what my kind of creating writing is. I' m starting with nothing and coming up with something that didn't  57  before. That' s my advantage.

I  58  my career to Ralph Salisbury, my writing  59  at the university of Oregon, who looked past my misspellings and gave me  60  and hope. I never looked  61 .

I am also very good at observing. This means nothing in school, but when I  62  books or scripts, I'm seeing everything in my  63 .

I write  64 . I go like the wind and can  65  up to 15 pages a day. Writing is not the  66 . I have no problem in downloading; it's inputting where things get jumbled(混乱).

The real  67  I have for the dyslexics is not that they have to  68  with jumbled input, but that they will give up before they finish school. Parents have to create victories  69  they can, whether it' s music, sports or arts. You want your dyslexic child to be able to say, "Yeah, reading is  70 . But I have other things I can do."

51. A. leave                  B. love                         C. help                  D. praise

52. A. begin with          B. head for                   C. get along           D. go through

53. A. from                  B. between                   C. to                    D. of

54. A. wrong                B. down                       C. right                 D. clear

55. A. amount               B. number                    C. code                 D. zone

56. A. shortcomings           B. weaknesses               C. faults                D. difficulties

57. A. happen               B. meet                        C. remain                     D. exist

58. A. owe                    B. refer                        C. devote               D. obey

59. A. instructor            B. examiner                  C. professor           D. headmaster

60. A. disappointment    B. encouragement          C. satisfaction        D. spirit

61. A. into                    B. through                    C. around                     D. back

62. A. read                   B. publish                     C. write                 D. borrow

63. A. books                 B. mind                        C. imagination              D. world

64. A. slowly                B. usually                     C. quickly             D. suddenly

65. A. get                            B. go                           C. make                D. hurry

66. A. point                  B. problem                   C. reason               D. hard-work

67. A. puzzle                B. thing                        C. situation            D. fear

68. A. argue                  B. struggle                    C. compare            D. provide

69. A. whenever            B. however                   C. whichever         D. whatever

70. A. necessary            B. pleasant                    C. hard                  D. Easy

31. We are waiting ______ for your absence.

A. your explanation                                   B. to have your explanation

C. about your explanation                   D. having your explanation