A train sped up through the countryside at 60 mph as a“traveller”relaxes with his newspaper. But this is no businessman taking it easy—the driver of the passenger express（快车）is doing the reading.

　　A Sunday Express reader caught this Virgin employee on film as the train sped through Derbyshire on its way to Plymouth from Newcastle.

　　Virgin，which has come under repeated criticism over their rail service, yesterday fired the driver after being shown the photograph. A spokesman said an inquiry（调查）was under way to make sure exactly what he was doing and why he appeared to have taken his eyes off the track ahead.

　　The picture comes in the week that the public inquiry into the Southall rail disaster, which claimed seven lives, heard that the driver at the centre of that case had earlier been spotted with his feet on the control button of his cab.

　　Larry Harrison，who worked for Great Western Trains，drove through two warning signals before crashing at 60 mph into a waiting train.

　　The reader who took this picture was standing on a bridge outside Chesterfield early one summer’s evening. He said，“I only realized what I’d got when I had the pictures developed. I couldn’t believe it.”

　　“As far as I could see，there was no one else in the cab with the drive，unless they were hiding, The person with the paper open was certainly sitting in the driver’s normal seat.”

　　The photographer works on the railways and does not want to be named，but he added，“I’ve seen many drivers with their feet on the control panel but I’ve never seen them reading papers like this. There is an automatic warning system and driver’s safety device which reminds him when he passes yellow and red signals. But you should never take your eyes off the track and rely only on sounds because you could have unexpected objects on the line or suddenly have speed limits given.”

63．Who is the“traveller”mentioned in the first paragraph？

A．A train driver. 　　　　　　B．A businessman.

C．A passenger. 　　　　　　　 D．A newspaper reader.

64．The train ______________when the picture was taken.

A．was driving to Plymouth

B．was ready for a picture

C．had seven people on it

D．crashed into another train

65．Who took the picture of the driver of the passenger express？

A．A professional photographer.

B．A newspaper reporter.

C．Another train driver.

D．A member of the railway staff.

66．According to what we have read，we may find this passage most probably______________.

A．at a train station

B．from a news report

C．from a driver’s safety guide

D．from the police inquiry

　　A new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more intelligent，increasing the brainpower they had at birth.

　　Until now，it has been widely assumed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant previous experience—what psychologists call fluid intelligence—is innate and cannot be taught（though people can raise their grades on tests of it by practicing）.

　　But in the new study，researchers describe a method for improving this skill，along with experiments to prove it works.

　　The key, researchers found, was carefully structured training in working memory—the kind that allows memorization of a telephone number just long enough to dial it. This type of memory is closely related to fluid intelligence，so the researchers reasoned that improving it might lead to improvements in fluid intelligence.

　　First they measured fluid intelligence of volunteers using standard tests. Then they trained each in a complicated memory task—the child’s card game，in which they had to recall a card they saw and heard. During the course, they needed to ignore irrelevant items，monitor ongoing performance，manage two tasks at the same time and connect related items to one another in space and time.

　　The four groups experienced a half-hour of training daily for 8，12，17 and 19 days，respectively. To make sure they were not just improving their test-taking skills，the researchers compared them with control groups that took the tests without the training.

　　The results, published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences，were striking. Improvement in the trained groups was a lot greater. Moreover，the longer they trained, the higher their scores were. All performers，from the weakest to the strongest，showed significant improvement.

　　“Our results show you can increase your intelligence with proper training.”said Dr Jaeggi, a co-author of the paper.“No one knows how long the gains will last after training stops，”he added，“and the experiment’s design did not allow the researchers to determine whether more training would continue to produce further gains.”

67．The researchers thought the key to improving the intelligence was ______________.

A．memorizing telephone numbers

B．improving working memory

C．training in concentration

D．recalling a card

68．The following aspects of the training help increase intelligence EXCEPT___________.

A．ignoring irrelevant items

B．monitoring ongoing performance

C．managing two tasks at the same time

D．using previous experience

69．When the experiment was conducted，the researchers______________.

A．trained the four groups for the same period of time

B．only made comparisons between the four groups

C．compared the four groups with control groups

D．trained the four groups together

70．By writing the article，the writer intends to ______________.

A．inform the readers of a new study

B．call on people to be trained to increase intelligence

C．prove one’s born brainpower can be improved

D．tell people the improved intelligence will last forever

第四部分书面表达（共两节，满分40分）

第一节完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号里的英语单词完成句子。

71．AIDS is said______（是）the biggest health challenge to both men and women in that area over the past few years.（be）

72．So tired ______（他觉得）that he fell asleep soon.（feel）

73．“It’s a new term and a new day. I wish I ______（能适应新环境）as soon as possible，”15-year-old Li Mingyang said.（adapt）

74．I think it important ______（与我们的朋友保持联系）.（touch）

75．______（她生病的原因）was that she ate something that had gone bad.（why）

76．—Professor Crown，I attended your lecture on ecology at Berlin University last year. It was wonderful!

—Thank you. But it______（一定是）more than two years ago，I think.（must）

77．Another colleague who is known to have stolen things in the past______（怀疑）having stolen the camera.（suspect）

78．______（再给我五分钟），and I’ll finish checking the report.（give）

79．It was ______（你迟到）made the teacher very angry. You must come earlier next time!（come）

80．The English teacher ______（刚才提到过的）is said to retire next term.（refer）

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第二节短文写作（共1题；满分25分）

　　每年高考后，高考状元被“热炒”。他们被各种采访和社会活动所包围。对此现象，有些人表示支持，有些人表示反对。请你结合下表，围绕“Should we give more attention to top-rated college entrance exam takers？这一话题写一篇英语短文来介绍这一现象并给出自己的看法。

　　注意：1．词数100个左右；

　　　　　2．可适当发挥，以使行文连贯；

　　　　　3．开头已给出，不计入总词数。

　　Every year after the college entrance exam，the top-rated exam takers will attract wide attention from all over the country._________________________________

　　______________________________________________________________________

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Tom didn't want to make trouble in the train. Therefore, he      his railway ticket when asked to do so on his way home.

A. made       B. produced       C. supplied        D. displayed

Our headmaster accepted the suggestion      by students.

A. put forward  B. put up         C. put away      D. put off

 What you need most is to_______ what you have learned to your work.

A. adjust      B. adapt           C. apply        D. attach

 The prices of the dolls      from $5 to $100.

A. spread      B. move           C. shift        D. range

Smoking is harmful for health. It is       in all parts of this building.

A. refused      B. rejected         C. forbidden   D. prevented

I haven’t got a single      from Uncle Sam since I saw him last time.

A. message     B. news            C. advice     D. information