63．According to the article, which of the following is unique to humans?

       A．The feeling of loneliness.                     B．The state of feeling good.

       C．The ability to shed tears.                       D．The feeling of fear.

64．The underlined word “eliminate” probably means ____.

       A．add                     B．produce               C．replace                D．remove

65．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

       A．Tears are a sign of strong emotion.

       B．Tears are always making us feel more comfortable.

       C．Tears are uniquely human.

       D．Tears have certain biological function.

B

The railroad industry could not have grown as large as it did without steel. The first rails were made of iron. But iron rails were not strong enough to support heavy trains running at a high speed. Railroad officials wanted to replace them with steel rails because steel was ten or fifteen times stronger and lasted twenty times longer. Before the 1870s, however, steel was too expensive to be widely used. It was made by a slow and expensive process of heating, stirring, and reheating iron ore (矿石).

Then the inventor Henry Bessemer discovered that directing a blast of air at melted iron in a furnace (熔炉) would burn out the impurities (杂质) that made the iron brittle (易脆). As the air shot through the furnace, the bubbling metal would erupt (喷发) in showers of sparks. When the fire cooled, the metal had been changed, or converted, to steel. The Bessemer converter made possible the mass production of steel, now three to five tons of iron could be changed into steel in a matter of minutes.

Just when the demand for more and more steel developed, prospectors discovered huge new deposits (矿床) of iron ore in the Mesabi Range, a 120-mile-long region in Minnesota near Lake Superior. The Mesabi deposits were so near the surface that they could be mined with steam shovels.

Barges and steamers carried the iron ore through Lake Superior to deposits on the southern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. With dizzying speed Gary, Indiana and Toledo, Youngstown, and Cleveland, Ohio, became major steel manufacturing centers. Pittsburgh was the greatest steel city of all.

66．The best title for the passage is ____.

A．The railroad Industry                          B．Famous Inventors

C．Changing Iron into Steel                      D．Steel Manufacturing Centers

67．According to the passage, how did the Bessemer method make the mass production of steel possible?

A．It directed air at melted iron in furnace, removing all impurities.

B．It slowly heated iron ore, then stirred it and heated it again.

C．It changed iron ore into iron, which was a substitute (替代物) for steel.

D．It could be quickly found deposits of iron ore under the ground.

68．It can be inferred from the passage that the mass production of steel caused ____.

A．a decline in the railroad industry          B．a revolution in the industrial world

C．an increase in the price of steel             D．a feeling of discontent among steel workers

C

For new countries joining the European Union, and older ones getting used to their burgundy passports, becoming “Europeans” is a bit like marrying into a large, eccentric (古怪的) family. Europeans have a lot in common but it is their differences, not their similarities, which attract the attention of sociologists (社会学家) and market researchers, that are more interesting.

35% of Germans live alone; but only 9% of Spaniards. Perhaps this explains why Spaniards lead Europe in the habit of going out for a drink.

The British attend more adult evening classes than anyone else in Europe, and the Belgians least. So it can’t just be the dark evenings. There are no figures on how many Britons go for a drink afterwards. If there were, they might be up at the top with Spain!

The British think black cats are lucky. Every other European country regards them unlucky.

The Dutch and Germans are the greatest caravanners（活动房居住者）, but the Germans like bigger beds in their caravans.

The French are the most athletic Europeans. Next come the Dutch. But the Belgians, just over the border, play fewest sports.

The Germans spend twice as much on heating as the Spaniards. Well, of course they do; it’s colder.

Dutch husbands do the household shopping a lot more often than Italians or Spaniards.

The French are the champion public transport commuters （使用月票者）of Europe. If you hate commuting, go and live in the Netherlands, where journeys to work are shorter than anywhere else.

The amount of direct eye-contact between strangers is three times greater among Spaniards than it is among the British or Swedish. Sharing a lift is torture (折磨) for both the British and the Swedish.

No European countries really agree with any other about how to make good coffee. All of them are different.

There are exceptions to all these rules. Deal with them in the spirit of my 8-year-old daughter. “If you don’t understand each other’s language, you just laugh a lot, and eat, and point at things.”

69．If you work or live in Belgium, you ____.

       A．will have to change your living places often                         

       B．will seldom see people playing sports

       C．will not get used to its cold weather

       D．will be invited to go for a drink frequently

70．What does “Sharing a lift is torture for both the British and the Swedish” mean?

       A．The British and the Swedish care about their safety most.

       B．The British and the Swedish like to appear gentle and smart.

       C．The British and the Swedish hate to look at each other face to face.

       D．The British and the Swedish enjoy a richer life than others.

71．In the last paragraph, the author wants to express his idea that ____.

       A．his daughter knows well how to understand foreigners in unfamiliar situations

       B．Europeans actually share the same culture even if they have different languages

       C．being a European, you will have no living trouble at all in the European Union

       D．there are differences between European countries, but don’t take it too serious

D

The latest United Nations report on the AIDS spread paints a sad picture. It concludes that the regions of the world most affected by AIDS will experience rapid increases in deaths among young adults. This will have serious social and economic results.

The spread of AIDS and the virus that causes it, HIV, is particularly destructive in Africa. It is estimated that in sub-Saharan Africa, over twenty-four million adults and children are now living with HIV. In sixteen sub-Saharan countries, according to the UN, at least ten percent of the people between the age of fifteen and forty-nine are HIV positive (阳性). In South Africa and Zimbabwe, half the people between those ages may die of AIDS. In Botswana, about one in three adults is infected, and some two-thirds of the country's fifteen-year-old boys may die before they grow up.

As a result, agriculture, business, education, and health care are already suffering serious loses. The United States is spending millions of dollars to do it. Funding is being used for prevention campaigns and to make AIDS treatment more affordable. Money is also being used to reduce mother-to-child transmission rates; support home and community based care, and provide care for children orphaned by AIDS. The Peace Corps will soon make an all out effort to bring AIDS education to the countries most at risk. It is important that the governments and citizens of those nations most affected by AIDS do their part to fight against it. Some, like Senegal and Uganda, have already begun programs for disease prevention. These countries are experiencing falling or stable HIV rates and less suffering. But for other nations, much remains to be done.

72．The report shows that __    __.

       A．more places are affected by AIDS         B．more deaths are caused by AIDS

       C．more young adults are dying of AIDS   D．the spread of AIDS can never be controlled

73．Which of the following statements is true?

       A．The spread of AIDS is getting worse and more dangerous in Africa.

       B．In sub-Saharan Africa, 90% of the population are not affected by AIDS.

       C．In South Africa and Zimbabwe, 50% of the population may die of AIDS.

       D．In Botswana, one-third of the grown-ups are infected by AIDS

74．The money used to fight against AIDS doesn't include that for ____.

       A．prevention and treatment                     B．reduction of mother-to-child transmission

       C．home and community based care           D．orphans infected by AIDS

75． The phrase "at risk" in the passage probably means "_____".

       A．likely to be affected by AIDS               B．dangerous

       C．poor in medical care                            D．poor in education

76． ______ have (has) done better in prevention and treatment for AIDS.

A．Sixteen sub-Saharan countries              B．South Africa and Zimbabwe

       C．Botswana                                           D．Senegal and Uganda

E

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