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We have seen that pesticides now pollute soil, water, and food, and that they have the power to make our rivers fishless and our gardens and woodlands silent and
birdless. Man, however much he may like to pretend the opposite, is part of nature. Can he escape a pollution that is now so thoroughly spread throughout our world?
We know that even single exposure(暴露)to these chemicals, if the amount is large enough, can cause extremely severe poisoning. But this is not the major problem. The sudden illness or death of farmers, farm workers, and others exposed to enough quantities of pesticides is very sad and should not happen. For the population as a whole, we must pay more attention to the delayed effects of taking in small amounts of the pesticides that unseeably pollute our world.
Responsible(负责的)public health officials have pointed out that the biological effects of chemicals are increasing in amount over long periods of time, and that the danger to the man may depen on the amount of the exposures received throughout his lifetime. For these very reasons people easily take no notice of the danger. It is human nature to shake off what may seem to us a future disaster（灾害）.“Men are naturally most impressed by diseases which have obvious signs,” says a wise physician, Dr. Rene Dubos,“yet some of their worst enemies slowly come near them unnoticed.”
64. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the sentence “Man,…, is part of nature.”
A. Man doesn’t care about what happens in nature.
B. Man acts as if he does not belong to nature.
C. Man can avoid the effects of environmental pollution.
D. Man can escape his responsibilities for environmental protection.
65. People are likely to take no notice of the delayed effects of exposure to chemicals because______.
A. limited exposure to them does little harm to people’s health
B. the present is more important to them than the future
C. the danger does not become seen clearly and immediately
D. humans are able to bear small amounts of poisoning
66. It can be concluded from what Dr Dubos says that ______.
A. people find hidden diseases difficult to deal with
B. attacks by hidden enemies are likely to be deadly
C. diseases with obvious signs are easy to cure
D. people are likely to take no notice of hidden dangers caused by pesticides
D
For years it has been possible to set up cameras to take pictures of cars as they speed along highways, jump lights or drive too fast down the street.
However, even if the pictures are taken automatically(自动地), someone still has to do all the paperwork of sending out fines. But now a British company called EEV has come up with a computerized video system that can do it all automatically.
They suggest that all number plates have a bar code as well as the usual number. The bar codes are just stripes of lines like those you see on food packets but bigger. EEV’s high speed video camera system can read a bar-coded number plate even if the car is doing over 100 miles per hour. The computer controlling the system could then use the information from the bar code to find out the name and address of the driver (from the car records), print out the fine and send it off automatically. The inventors also suggest that the system should watch traffic to help catch stolen cars.
The new electronic system could be watching everyone that passes the cameras! Many people find the idea that “big brother is watching you” is more of a worry than a few motorists getting away with driving too fast. Besides, some people will be very unhappy to realize that with the new system the police should find out where a particular car has been.
67. The best title for the article can be ______ .
A. People Who Drive Too Fast
B. Stop People from Driving Too Fast
C. EEV and the Police System
D. A New Computerized System for Motoring Breaking Law
68. The former camera used by the traffic police system is to ______.
A. take pictures of cars on highways
B. send fines to fast motorists
C. catch cars breaking traffic rules
D. make the traffic system fully automatic
69. the newly-invented system works much better with the aid of ______ .
A. car number plates
B. car speeding records
C. bar code numbers on number plates
D. print-out fines
70. An additional purpose of the new system is that it could ______ .
A. help catch stolen cars
B. add code numbers
C. watch everyone who drives too fast
D. print out bar codes automatically
71. “‘Big brother is watching you’ is more of a worry than…” means that many people ______ .
A. are more worried about fast-driving motorists than being watched on
B. find “big brothers” more worrying than motorists
C. are more worried about being watched on than about fast-driving motorists
D. find motorists more worried than “big brothers”
E
Looking back on my childhood, I realize that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon gave up their pressed flowers and insects. Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages. I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.
Before World War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the unclear memory of the house we lived in , of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all, the insects.
I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world and my eagerness has led me into varied studies or research. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil while reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my sensible mind. Suddenly you imagine you see the answer to the puzzling question, because it all seems to fit together. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, which some might honor with the title of scientific research.
But curiously, a sharp eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant worlds do not make a scientist; one of the best-known and important qualities required is self-training, a quality I lack. A scientist requires not only self-discipline but hard training, determination and a goal. A scientist, up to a point, can be made. A naturalist is born. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both.
72. The first paragraph tells us the author ______ .
A. was interested in flowers and insects in his clidhood
B. lost his hearing when he was a child
C. didn’t like his brothers and sisters
D. was born to a naturalist’s family
73. the author can’t remember his relatives clearly because ______ .
A. he didn’t live very long with them
B. the family was extremely large
C. he was too young when he lived with them
D. he was fully busy with observing nature
74. It can be inferred from the passage that the author was ______ .
A. a scientist as well as a naturalist
B. a naturalist as well as a scientist
C. no more than a born naturalist
D. first of all a scientist
75. The author says that he is a naturalist rather than a scientist probably because he thinks he ______ .
A. has a great deal of trouble doing mental arithmetic
B. lacks some of the qualities required of a scientist
C. just reads about other people’s observations and discoveries
D. comes up with answers in a most natural way
第二卷（共35分）
注意事项：
1．第二卷共2页，用钢笔或圆珠笔直接写在试卷上。
2．答卷前将密封线内的项目写清楚。
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏写符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Li Ming, who has been working as postman for 76. __________
two year, always wears a suit of green uniforms. 77. __________
He worked with care as well as with effort. He 78. __________
serves for the people heart and soul. Every day he 79. __________
gets up early to deliver newspapers or magazines. 80. __________
He is so careful and he has never been wrong. 81. __________
One day he had to send a dead letter and it happened 82. __________
to be raining hardly outside. But he set out immediately. 83. ________
He had asked nearly everybody in the district after 84. ________
he tried to hand the letter to the right person. 85. ________
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
以A Ten-Minute Break 为题，写一篇词数为100左右的短文。短文的内容必须包括以下几点：
1．十分钟的课间休息是必要的；
2．要注意休息的方式；
3．我通常是怎样利用这十分钟的。
参 考 答 案
选择题答案
第一、二、三部分（Key to 1-75）
1.A 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.A 8.B 9.B 10.C
11.C 12.C 13.A 14.A 15.C 16.B 17.B 18.B 19.C 20.A
21.D 22.A 23.B 24.C 25.C 26.A 27.B 28.D 29.A 30.D
31.D 32.B 33.C 34.A 35.B 36.B 37.D 38.C 39.A 40.D
41.A 42.A 43.B 44.D 45.C 46.C 47.A 48.B 49.C 50.D
51.D 52.B 53.B 54.D 55.B 56.C 57.B 58.D 59.D 60.A
61.A 62.B 63.C 64.B 65.C 66.D 67.D 68.C 69.C 70.A
71.C 72.A 73.D 74.C 75.B
第四部分
第一节：
76. postman →∧ a postman 77. uniforms → uniform 78. worked → works 79.for（删去）80. or → and 81. and → that 82. √ 83. hardly → hard 84. after → before 85.tried → managed
第二节：
One possible version:
A Ten-Minute Break
As students, we have classes from early morning till late afternoon. Therefore, to take a ten-minute break between classes is definitely important, even necessary. Otherwise we may feel both physically and mentally tired.
During the ten-minute break we do something to get rid of tiredness. What we need is to have a real rest, instead of getting more tired. So don’t do anything that will make you too excited.
My ten-minute break is always pleasing. I usually do some simple exercises. Sometimes I have a free chat with my classmates or just take a walk during the break. When the new class begins, I feel fresh again.
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