Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.

Most people know this joke.  But recently, some people have been much more worried about how the grizzly bear and mountain lion can cross the road.

“Millions of animals die each year on U.S. roads,” the Federal Highway Administration reports.  In fact, only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the U.S. today. The main reason? Roadkill.

“Eco-passages” may help animals cross the road without being hit by cars.  They are paths both over and under roads.  “These eco-passages can be extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid road accidents,” said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Protection Society.

But do animals actually use the eco-passages?  The answer is yes.  Paul Beier of Northern Arizona University found foot marks left by mountain lions on an eco-passage that went under a highway.  This showed that the lions used the passage.

Builders of eco-passages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting trees on and around them.  Animals seem to be catching on.  Animals as different as salamanders (火蜥蜴) and grizzly bears are using the bridges and underpasses.

The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look around.  You might see an animal overpass!

41. The writer uses the example of “ocelots” to show that _______.

A. wild animals have become more dangerous

B. the driving condition has improved greatly

C. the measure for protecting wildlife fails to work

D. an increasing number of animals are killed in road accidents

42. From the story, we know an eco-passage is ________.

A. an underground path for cars                   B. a fence built for the safety of the area

C. a bridge for animals to get over a river       D. a path for animals to cross the road

43. When the writer says that “animals seem to be catching on”(Para. 6), he means __.

A. animals begin to realize the dangers on the road

B. animals begin to learn to use eco-passages

C. animals are crossing the road in groups      

D. animals are increasing in number

44. The writer asks visitors and drivers to look around when traveling because _____.

A. wild animals may attack cars                  B. wild animals may jam the road

C. they may see wild animals in the park  D. they may see wild animals on eco-passages

45. The best title for the passage is ________.

A. Special bridges help animals cross the road      B. Endangered animals increase because of roadkill

C. Animals fail to cross the road                  D. Take steps to protect animals in danger

第二节 完形填空 ( 满分30分)

In South Korea, a robot made its teaching debut. Children could __36__ take their eyes off a new teacher when the instructor __37__ their classroom. __38__ with intense curiosity by the pupils, __39__ said, “How are you, my students? Let’s get __40__. Have you opened your books?”

Although the voice __41__ like human, the teacher was not. It was a robot __42__ Tiro, __43__ was recently invited for one day __44__ a human instructor with __45__ 30-minute English class at Euon Primary School in the central South Korean city of Daejon, 250 kilometres __46__ of Seoul.

Tiro asked questions __47__ English such as, “How many giraffes (长颈鹿) __48__ on the board?” It also __49__ the name of the next student to participate in a __50__ task on the screen on its chest.There were a few glitches (失灵) in the experiment, __51__. Tiro, which was connected to a computer, sometimes fell into an __52__ moment of silence when something went wrong with the computer.

Still, the Tiro-run class was too short to __53__ the children. “I hope every class will have such a __54__ teacher,” ten-year-old Baek Ji Woong said.

The regular teacher was also happy with her new __55__. “I believe that robotic teachers like Tiro are going to be helpful for teachers and students alike,”Jeon Myong Jin said.

36. A. hardly          B. happily         C. only              D. merely

37. A. comes                 B. came           C. entered into                D. entered

38. A. Greeting          B. Greeted          C. Having greeted   D. To greet

39. A. the teacher          B. teacher               C. pupil                 D. the pupil

40. A. start                   B. starting          C. started             D. beginning

41. A. is sounded           B. sounding        C. sound                D. sounded

42. A. name                  B. named         C. was named        D. was called

43. A. which           B. who           C. when           D. where

44. A. help             B. assist           C. to ask           D. to assist

45. A. a                  B. an               C. the               D. /

46. A. south                  B. the south        C. in south             D. out the south

47. A. with             B. in                      C. for               D. on

48. A. have                   B. there are         C. having                     D. are there

49. A. displays                     B. displayed        C. shows               D. shown

50. A. role-playing        B. roled-playing     C. role-play           D. role-played

51. A. though                B. as though       C. therefore           D. too

52. A. embarrass           B. embarrassing     C. embarrassed     D. embarrasses

53. A. satisfy                B. satisfying      C. be satisfied        D. be satisfying

54. A. robot            B. robotic               C. robots          D. robber

55. A. teacher         B. student           C. pupil            D. assistant

B

The United States will introduce a new and comprehensive(综合的) exam for students who seek to study in American and other English-speaking countries, Xinhua News Agency reported from New York.

The exam, which stands for a great change from the current English level test, was disclosed by Theresa Chang Wei Jen, associate director of the International Service of the US College Board, America’s leading educational organization.

The Advanced Placement International English Language (APIEL) will be offered for the first time throughout the world, said Jen.

However, the APIEL is a strange title to most Chinese students, and it is unlikely to soon gain the similarity of other already existing exams, such as the TOEFL(Test of English as a Foreign Language), the GRE(Graduate Record Examination), or the IELTS(International English Language Testing System).

“I have never heard of such a test and I would prefer the IELTS if I need another exam,” said Xu Jingyan, a graduating student from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, who wants to study in England and has already taken the TOEFL.

Most of Xu’s classmates have never heard of the APIEL. “The APIEL is designed for international students who wish to get university studies in English-speaking countries, including the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia.” said Jen.

The APIEL has been adopted, said Jen, because the TOEFL can no longer accurately reflect the abilities of students of using the English language comprehensively in an academic environment. Xinhua reported that a fairly large number of foreign students who earned high scores in TOEFL exam turned out to be very ordinary educational performers after admission.

Compared with the TOEFL, the APIEL measures a student’s ability to read, write, speak and understand English through testing his or her skills in listening comprehension, speaking with accuracy(精确) and resourcefulness, and writing with clarity and fluency(流畅), Jen said.

60. The United States will introduce a new exam because _______.

A. it will bring the US government quite a lot of money

B. the Chinese people pay special attention to English studies

C. the already existing exam systems seem to be far from perfect

D. more and more students want to get further education in the USA

61. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the selection?

A. The TOEFL is more popular with the Chinese than the IELTS.

B. It will take quite a period of time for people to accept the APIEL.

C. Chinese students will prefer the IELTS rather than the APIEL even in the future.

D. A student will have to take the APIEL if he or she wants to study in English-speaking

countries.

62. The best title for this news report is_____.

A. New Exam Designed for Students          B. The Key to Improving Your English 

C. TOEFL, IELTS and GRE to be Out of Date   D. The Four Skills in Learning English

E

The “Monday morning feeling” could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves y

ou sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday mornings and doctors blame the stress of returning to work after the weekend break.

   The risk of having a heart attack on any given day should be one in seven, but a six-year study helped by researchers at the Free University of Berlin of more than 2600 Germans showed that the average person had a 20 percent high chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day.

   Working Germans are particularly not protected against attack, with a 33 percent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be no more at risk on a Monday than any other day.

   A study of 11000 Italians proved 8 a.m. on a Monday morning as the most stressful time for the heart, and both studies showed that Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewer heart attacks in both countries.

   The findings could lead to a better understanding of what is the immediate cause of heart attacks, according to Dr Stefan Willich of the Free University. “We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol (胆固醇) but we don’t know what actually causes heart attacks, so we can’t give clear advice on how to prevent them,” he said.

   Monday mornings have a double helping of stress for the working body as it makes rapid change from sleep to activity, and from the relaxing weekend to the pressures of work.

   “When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal (内分泌) changes in their bodies,” Willich explained. “ All these things can have an unfavorable effect in the blood system and increase the risk of a clot (血凝块) in the arteries (动脉) which will cause a heart attack.

   “When people return to work after a weekend off, the pace of their life changes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activity,” said Willich.

72.Monday morning feeling, as this passage shows, _________.

A.is not so serious as people thought

B.is harmful to working people in developed countries

C.is the first killer in Germany and Italy

D.is created by researchers in Germany and Italy

73.To protect people from heat attacking, doctors have paid much attention to __________-.

A.people’s working time      B.people’s living place

C.people’s diet and life style   D.people’s nationalities

74.It can be learned from the passage that heart attack has nothing to do with __________.

A.blood pressure     B.heart rate       C.hormonal changes     D.blood group

75.If the researchers give us some advice to avoid Monday morning feeling, what might it be?

A.Stop working on Monday            B.Create a pleasant working environment

C.Get up late on Monday morning  D.Do to work with a doctor

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