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2009全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题Text 2It is a wise father that knows his own child, but today a man can boost his paternal (fatherly) wisdom – or at least confirm that he’s the kid’s dad. All he needs to do is shell our $30 for paternity testing kit (PTK) at his loca l drugstore – and another $120 to get the results.More than 60,000 people have purchased the PTKs since they first become available without prescriptions last years, according to Doug Fog, chief operating officer of Identigene, which makes the over-the-counter kits. More than two dozen companies sell DNA tests Directly to the public , ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to more than $2500.Among the most popular : paternity and kinship testing , which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and latest rage a many passionate genealogists-and supports businesses that offer to search for a family’s geographic roots .Most tests require collecting cells by webbing saliva in the mouth and sending it to the company for testing. All tests require a potential candidate with whom to compare DNA.But some observers are skeptical, “There is a kind of false precision being hawked by people claiming they are doing ancestry testing,” says Trey Duster, a New Y ork University sociologist. He note s that each individual has many ancestors-numbering in the hundreds just a few centuries back. Y et most ancestry testing only considers a single lineage, either the Y chromosome inherited through men in a father’s line or mitochondrial DNA, which a passed down only from mothers. This DNA can reveal genetic information about only one or two ancestors, even though, for example, just three generations back people also have six other great-grandparents or, four generations back, 14 other great-great-grandparents.Critics also argue that commercial genetic testing is only as good as the reference collections to which a sample is compared. Databases used by some companies don’t rely on data collected systematically but rather lump together information from different research projects. This means that a DNA database may differ depending on the company that processes the results. In addition, the computer programs a company uses to estimate relationships may be patented and not subject to peer review or outside evaluation.26.In paragraphs 1 and 2 , the text shows PTK’s ___________.[A]easy availability[B]flexibility in pricing[C] successful promotion[D] popularity with households27. PTK is used to __________.[A]locate one’s birth place[B]promote genetic research[C] identify parent-child kinship[D] choose children for adoption28. Skeptical observers believe that ancestry testing fails to__________.[A]trace distant ancestors[B] rebuild reliable bloodlines[C] fully use genetic information[D] achieve the claimed accuracy29. In the last paragraph ,a problem commercial genetic testing faces is __________.[A]disorganized data collection[B] overlapping database building30. An appropriate title for the text is most likely to be__________.[A]Fors and Againsts of DNA testing[B] DNA testing and It’s problems[C]DNA testing outside the lab[D] lies behind DNA testing。

2009年英语专业四级阅读解析版本

TEXT ADo you realize that every time you take a step, the bones in your hip are subjected to forces between four and five times your body weight? [81]When you are running, this force is increased further still. What happens if through disease a hip-joint ceases to be able to resist such forces? For many years hip-joints and other body joints have been replaceable either partially or completely. It is after all a simple ball and socket joint; it has certain loads imposed on it; it needs reliability over a defined life; it must contain materials suitable for the working environment.[82]Any engineer will recognize these as characteristic of a typical engineering problem,(工程师觉得这是一个典型的机械问题) which doctors and engineers have worked together to solve, in order to bring a fresh lease（租约；租期；租赁物；租赁权）of life to people who would otherwise be disabled.This typifies the way in which engineers work to help people and create a better quality of life. The fact that this country has the most efficient agricultural industry in the world is another good example. [84]Mechanical engineers have worked with farmers and biologists to produce fertilizers, machinery and harvesting systems. This team effort has now produced crops uniformly waist high or less so that they are better suited to [83]mechanical harvesting. Similar advances with other crops have released people from hard and boring jobs for more creative work, whilst [83]machines harvest crops more efficiently with less waste. Providing more food for the rapidly increasing population is yet another role for the mechanical engineer.81. According to the passage, when would most weight be imposed on hip-joints?A. When one is walking.B. When one is running.C. When one is standing.D. When one is lying down.解析：细节类。

2009年专四真题

2009年专四真题PART III CLOZE [15 MIN]Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choicefor each blank on Answer Sheet Two.Scientists around the world are racing to learn how to rapidly diagnose, treat and stop the spread of a new, deadly disease. SARS -- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome --- was (31) ____ for the first timein February 2003 in Hanoi, (32) _____ since then has infected more than 1,600 people in 15 countries, killing 63. At this (33) _____, there are more questions than answers surrounding the disease.Symptoms start (34) _____ a fever over 100.4 degrees F, chills, headache or body (35)____. Within a week, the patient has a dry cough, which might (36) _____ to shortness of breath. In 10% to 20% of cases, patients require (37)_____ ventilation to breathe. About 3.5% die from the disease. Symptoms (38)____ begin in two to seven days, but some reports suggest it (39) ____ take as long as 10 days. Scientists are close to (40) ____ a lab test to diagnose SARS. In the meantime, it is diagnosed by its symptoms. There is no evidence (41)____ antibiotics or anti-viral medicines help, (42) _____ doctors can offer only supportive care. Patients with SARS are kept in isolation to reduce the risk of(43) ____ Scientists aren't sure yet, but some researchers think it's a (44)____ discovered coronavirus, the family of viruses that cause some common colds.Most cases appear to have been passed (45) ____ droplets expelled when infected patients cough or sneeze. Family members of infectedpeople and medical workers who care (46) ____ them have been most likely to (47) ____ the illness. But recent developments in Hong Kong suggest that the (48) ____ might spread through air, or that the virus might (49) ____ for two to three hours on doorknobs or other (50)____. Health experts say it is unlikely, though, that sharing an elevator briefly with an infected person would be enough to pass the virus.AD(31) A. detected B. caught C. disclosed D. revealed B(32) A. but B.and C. or D. yetBA(33) A. time B. point C. aspect D. instanceD(34) A. from B. over C. upon D. withC(35) A. hurt B. sore C. aches D. feelingsCA(36) A. process B. advance C. progress D. convert CB(37) A. automatic B. artificial C. mechanical D. controlled D(38) A. regularly B. ordinarily C. traditionally D. generally B(39) A. will B. might C.should D. mustCB(40) A. cultivating B. fostering C. developing D. designing B(41) A. which B. that C. whether D. whatA(42) A. so B. but C. still D. yetD(43) A. communication B. transportation C. transformation D. transmissionCD(44) A. lately B. newborn C. newly D. renewedBC(45) A. under B. through C. beneath D. fromA(46) A. for B. over C. after D. aboutD(47) A. acquire B. receive C. obtain D. contract C(48) A. ailment B. ill-health C. disease D. infection B(49) A. continue B. linger C. delay D. persistC(50) A. exteriors B. outside C. surfaces D. coverings 完型填空我一直做得很烂，就不献丑了阅读理解TEXT ADo you realize that every time you take a step, the bones in yourhip are subjected to forces between four and five times your body weight? When you are running, this force is increased 程度副词futher暗示可能有考点further still. What happens if through disease a hip-joint ceases to be able to resist such forces? For many years hip-joints and other body joints have been replaceable either partially or completely. It is after all a simple ball and socket joint; it has certain loads imposed on it; it needs reliability over a defined life; it must contain materials suitable for the working environment. Any engineer will recognize these as characteristic of a typical engineering problem, 第82题答案which doctors and engineers have worked together to solve, inorder to bring a fresh lease of life to people who would otherwisebe disabled. 这篇文章的开头是抛砖引玉式，设问句，所以第一句不是特别重要。

09年考研英语阅读理解题精读篇第三篇

09年考研英语阅读理解题精读篇第三篇09年考研英语阅读理解题精读篇第三篇TEXT THREEControled bleeding or cauterisation? That was the unappealing choice facing UBS, a Swiss bank which has been badly hurt by the carnage in America's mortgage market. The bank opted for the latter. First it opened the wound, by announcing a hefty $10 billion write-down on its exposure to subprime-infected debt. UBS now expects a loss for the fourth quarter, which ends this month. Then came the hot iron: news of a series of measures to shore up the bank's capital base, among them investments from sovereign-wealth funds in Singapore and the Middle East.Bad news had been expected. UBS's third-quarter write-down of over SFr4 billionin October looked overly optimistic compared with more aggressive markdowns at other banks such as Citigroup and Merrill Lynch. Steep falls in the market value of subprime debt since the end of the third quarter made it certain that UBS would take more pain, given its sizeable exposure to toxic collateralised-debt obligations (CDOs). Analysts at Citigroup were predicting in November that write-downs of up to SFr14 billion were possible.Why then did this new batch of red ink still come as a shock? The answer lies not in the scale of the overall loss, more in UBS's decision to take the hit in one go. The bank's mark-to-model approach to valuing its subprime-related holdings had been based on payments data from the underlying mortgage loans. Although these data show a worsening in credit quality, the deterioration is slower than mark-to-market valuations, whichhave the effect of instantly crystallising all expected future losses.Thanks to this gradualist approach, UBS had been expected to take write-downs in managed increments of SFr2 billion-3 billion over a period of several quarters. It now appears that the bank has incorporated market values into its model, sending its fourth-quarter write-downs into orbit. The change of approach may be on the adviceof auditors and regulators but it is more likely to reflect a desire by UBS's bosses to avoid months of speculation about the bank's exposure, something that Marcel Rohner, the chief executive, described as "distracting".In a particular indignity for a bank long associated with conservatism, concerns about the level of UBS's capital ratio had even started to surface. Hence the moves to strengthen its tier-one capital, an important measure of bank solidity, by SFr19.4 billion, a great deal more than the write-down. The majority of that money will come from sovereign-wealth funds, the white knights of choice for today's bank in distress. Singapore's GIC, which manages the city-state's foreign reserves, has pledged to buy SFr11 billion-worth of convertible bonds in UBS; an unnamed Middle Eastern investor will put in a further SFr2 billion. UBS will also raise money by selling treasury shares, and save cash by issuing its 2007 dividend in the form of shares. Its capital ratio is expected to end up above 12% in the fourth quarter, a strong position.The majority of that money will come from sovereign-wealth funds, the white knights of choice for today's bank in distress.Hopeful talk of lines being drawn under the subprime crisis has been a feature of banks' quarterly reporting since September. Marrying bigger-than-expected write-downs with bigger-than-expected boosts to capital looks like the right treatment in this environment. But UBS still cannot be sure that its problems are over. Further deterioration in its subprime asset values is possible; the broader economic impact of the credit crunch is unclear; and the damage to the bank's reputation cannot yet be quantified. The patient still needs watching.1. The author uses the metaphor "hot iron" to imply that_____.[A] those measures will do more harm to UBS.[B] those measures will cauterize UBS.[C] those measures will forcefully stop UBS from furthur loss.[D] those measures will control bleeding of UBS.2. Compared with the mark-to-market valuations, the mark-to-model approach could _____.[A] slow down the worsening in credit qualtiy.[B] instantly crystallise all expected future loss.[C] worsen the credit quality.[D] accelerate the deterioration in credit quality.3. The reason that Marcel Rohner thought the chang of approach was "distracting" is____.[A] this change was unexpected to take place in such a situation.[B] this change was result of the advice of auditors and regulators.[C] this change was unfavorite to UBS.[D] this change was taken to make people dispel their guess.4. The phrase "the white knights"(Line 5, Paragraph 5) most probably means____.[A] rich people.[B] saviors.[C] generous people.[D] brave people.5. The author's attitude towards UBS's future is______.[A] optimistic[B] pessimistic[C] uncertain[D] none of the above。

09年英语专四真题及答案(最新整理)

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN]In Sections A B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two.SECTION A CONVERSATIONSIn this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation.1.Mark is unhappy because ofA.his Chemistry homework.B. a girl in his class.C. Linda’s words.D. Friday night’s party.2.Which of the following is CORRECT?A.Linda is Jane’s friend.B. Mark is Jane’s boyfriend.C. John is Jane’s boyfriend.D. Mark and John are good friends.3.Did Mark eventually take Linda’s advice?A.No.B. Partly.C. Completely.D. Not mentioned.Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation.4.About the scratch on the product, the shop assistant thinks thatA.the customer made it himself.B. there was definitely not one then.C. the customer should have checked.D. the customer was making trouble.5.The customer was when told he might not have worn the headphones properly.A.annoyedB. surprisedC. indifferentD. worried6.How many complaints did the customer make about the product altogether?A.Five.B. Four.C. Three.D. Two.7.The shop could exchange the product if the customerA.makes no more complaints.B. can produce the receipt.C. is still unhappy with it.D. brings it back within a weekQuestions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation.8.Joe Smith telephoned Victoria forA.the menu.B. the place.C. the reception.D. the campaign.9.When will the lunch be held?A.Friday next week.B. Thursday next week.C. April 30th.D. This week.10.All the following information is new to Victoria EXCEPTA.how many people to attend it.B. why to hold it.C. where to hold it.D. what to cook.SECTION B PASSAGESIn this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and thenanswer the questions that follow.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. ,4t the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.11.People choose London for post-Christmas shopping becauseA.shops open early in the morning.B.shops stay open for longer hours.C.they can buy really cheap things.D.they can shop with their friends.12.We learn from the passage thatA.people are very keen on sales.B.post-Christmas sales start at 3:30am.C.post-Christmas sales last for a day.D.sales include only a few items.13.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A.Some people buy Christmas presents in the sales.B.Some people shop online during the sales.C.Some people buy presents for next Christmas.D.Online retailers offer better post-Christmas sales.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.14.Ballroom dancing used to be associated with shows.B. old people.C. celebrities.D. professional dancers.15.According to the passage, recent popularity of ballroom dancing is the result ofA.the participation of celebrities.B.the designing of colourful costumes.C.the benefits it brings.D.a TV programme.16.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the TV show?A.Performers have to be formally dressed on the show.B.Each professional dancer dances with a celebrity.C.People on the show perform a different dance every week.D.The show runs for about four months.17.According to the passage, the TV show has the greatest impact onA.old people.B. middle-aged people.C. kids and young people.D. all of the above.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.18.According to New Zealand’s rules about naming children, which of the following names isNOT acceptable?A.Spiderman.B. Gandalf.C. 2win.D. Arsenal.19.According to the passage, unusual names come fromA.popular culture.B. parents’ invention.C. sports.D. all of the above.20.All of the following countries have strict rules about naming children EXCEPTA. Algeria.B. Germany.C. Japan.D. ArgentinaSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 21 to 23 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now. listen to the news.21.Why were the fishing crew stranded on Oct. 10th?A.They went to a remote area.B.Their fishing boats collided.C.They tried to repair their boats.D.They decided to stay in the boats.22.How did they survive during those three months?A.On supplies they brought with them.B.On supplies sent to them by rescue teams.C.On supplies left at the military base.D.Not mentioned in the passage.23.How were the crew rescued eventually?A.By helicopter.B. By boat.C. By radio contact.D. By a search team.Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.24.Juan Carlos has been King of SpainA.since 1981.B. for 32 years.C. for 70 years.D. for 17 years.25.What is the news item mainly about?A.The King’s birthday.B. The stability of the monarchy.C. Criticism from both the left and the right.D. The King’s public defence of his reign.Questions 26 and27 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.26.The three suicide bombings occurred inA.November and December.B. October and November.C. November.D. December.27.Did people die in the bombings?A.No one died in the bombings.B.Yes. In one of the bombings.C.Yes. In two of the bombings.D.Yes. In all the bombings.Questions 28 to 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.28.What is the purpose of the national survey?A.To collect data on sources of pollution.B.To identify pollution in rivers and lakes.C.To help control environmental pollution.D.To help control industrial wastes.29.According to the news item, efforts of environmental protection are especially affected byck of technology.B.rapid economic growth.C.unknown pollution sources.D.shortage of manpower. (41) antibiotics or anti-viral medicines help, (42) doctors can offer only supportive care. Patients with SARS are kept in isolation to reduce the risk of(43) Scientists aren’t sure yet, but some researchers think it’s a (44)30.Which of the following details is CORRECT according to the news discovered coronavirus, the family of viruses that cause some commonitem?A.Census offices are set up by government departments.B.A main centre receives reports from provinces.C.A database is set up for each province.D.Data will be reviewed and analyzed in mid-2009PART III CLOZE [15 MIN]Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passageif inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two.Scientists around the world are racing to learn how to rapidly diagnose, treat and stop the spread of a new, deadly disease. SARS -- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome --- was (31) for the first time in February 2003 in Hanoi, (32) since then has infected more than 1,600 people in 15 countries, killing 63. At this (33) , there are more questions than answers surrounding the disease.Symptoms start (34) a fever over 100.4 degrees F, chills, headacheor body (35) . Within a week, the patient has a dry cough, which might (36) to shortness of breath. In 10% to 20% of cases, patients require (37) ventilation to breathe. About 3.5% die from the disease. Symptoms (38) begin in two to seven days, but some reports suggest it (39) take as long as10 days. Scientists are close to (40) a lab test to diagnose SARS. In the meantime, it is diagnosed by its symptoms. There is no evidence colds.Most cases appear to have been passed (45) droplets expelled when infected patients cough or sneeze. Family members of infected people and medical workers who care (46) them have been most likely to (47) the illness. But recent developments in Hong Kong suggest that the (48) might spread through air, or that the virus might (49) for two to three hours on doorknobs or other (50) . Health experts say it is unlikely, though, that sharing an elevator briefly with an infected person would be enough to pass the virus.(31)A. detected B. caught C. disclosed D. revealed(32)A. but B. and C. or D. yet(33)A. time B. point C. aspect D. instance(34)A. from B. over C. upon D. with(35)A. hurt B. sore C. aches D. feelings(36)A. process B. advance C. progress D. convert(37)A. automatic B. artificial C. mechanical D. controlled(38)A. regularly B. ordinarily C. traditionally D. generally(39)A. will B. might C. should D. must(40)A. cultivating B. fostering C. developing D. designing(41)A. which B. that C. whether D. what(42)A. so B. but C. still D. yet(43)A. communication B. transportation C. transformation D. transmission(44)A. lately B. newborn C. newly D. renewed(45)A. under B. through C. beneath D. from(46)A. for B. over C. after D. about(47)A. acquire B. receive C. obtain D. contract(48)A. ailment B. ill-health C. disease D. infection(49)A. continue B. linger C. delay D. persist(50)A. exteriors B. outside C. surfaces D. coveringsPART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two.51.What a nice day! How about the three of us a walk in the park nearby?A.to takeB. takeC. takingD. to be taking52.If there were no subjunctive mood, English much easier to learn.A.could have beenB. would’beC. will beD. would have been53.She fifty or so when I first met her at a conference.A.had beenB. must beC. has beenD. must have been54. the boss says, it is unreasonable to ask me to work overtime without pay.A. WhateverB. WheneverC. WhicheverD. However55.A new laptop costs about of a second-hand one.A.the price of three timesB. three times the priceC. as much as the three times priceD. three times more than the price56.I was very interested in she told me.A.all thatB. all whichC. all whatD. that57.We consider he should have left without telling anyone beforehand.A. strange whyB. it strange whatC. it strange thatD. that strange58.It is going to be fine tomorrow. .A.So is it.B. So it is.C. So it does.D. So does it.59.Little about her own safety, though she herself was in great danger.A. she caredB. she may careC. may she careD. did she care60.The couple had no sooner got to the station the coach left.A.whenB. asC. untilD. than61.Aren’t you tired? I you had done enough for today.A.should have thoughtB. must have thoughtC. might have thoughtD. could have thought62."It seems that she was there at the conference." The sentence means thatA.she seems to be there at the conference.B.she seemed to be there at the conference.C.she seems to have been there at the conference.D.she seemed to being there at the conference.63.Which of the following adverbs can NOT be used to complete " everybody came"?A.NearlyB. QuiteC. PracticallyD. Almost64.In "How much do you think he earns?" how much is of the sentence.A. the subjectB. the adverbialC. the objectD. the complement65."The man preparing the documents is the firm’s lawyer" has all the following possible meanings EXCEPTA.the man who has prepared the documents...B.the man who has been preparing the documents...C.the man who is preparing the documents...D.the man who willprepare the documents...66.During the TV interview, the singer announced that he was going tohis new album soon.A. releaseB. renewC. relieveD. rehearse67.Afterworking for the firm for ten years, he finally the rank of deputy director.A. achievedB. approachedC. attainedD. acquired68.Winter is the season at most hotels in this seaside town, because very few tourists come to stay.A.slowB. slackC. lowD. quiete on, Jack, tell me the story. Don’t keep me in .A.suspenseB. suspendingC. suspensionD. suspender70.The football match was because of the heavy rain.A.called overB. called upC. called outD. called off71.We had a good time there, and the food was plentiful and .A.conduciveB. wholesomeC. helpfulD. appreciative72.It was strange that she would such an absurd idea.A.allowB. stickC. takeD. entertain73.The scientists have made an study of the viruses that cause the disease.A.exhaustedB. exhaustingC. exhaustiveD. exhaustion74.Do you own your apartment or are you a ?A.tenantB. customerC. clientD. proprietor75.Representatives from the companies indicated that they should go on working together in .A. unityB. entityC. partnersD. partnership76.We all know that Mary has had a strict .A.growthB. upbringingC. developmentD. cultivation77.The drink was packaged in champagne bottles and was being as the real stuff.A.passed outB. passed byC. passed overD. passed offst Sunday she came to visit us out of the blue. The italicized phrase meansA.unexpectedlyB. unhappilyC. untidilyD. unofficially79.The person he interviewed was his former schoolmate.A.no other thanB. no more thanC. none other thanD. none the less80.The young employee has a(n) quality - he is totally honest.A.respectableB. admirableC. decentD. approachablePART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN]In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on Answer Sheet Two.TEXT ADo you realize that every time you take a step, the bones in your hip are subjected to forces between four and five times your body weight? When youare running, this force is increased further still. What happens if through disease a hip-joint ceases to be able to resist such forces? For many years hip-joints and other body joints have been replaceable either partially or completely. It is after all a simple ball and socket joint; it has certain loads imposed on it; it needs reliability over a defined life; it must contain materials suitable for the working environment. Any engineer will recognize these as characteristic of a typical engineering problem, which doctors and engineers have worked together to solve, in order to bring a fresh lease of life to people who would otherwise be disabled.This typifies the way in which engineers work to help people and create a better quality of life. The fact that this country has the most efficient agricultural industry in the world is another good example. Mechanical engineers have worked with farmers and biologists to produce fertilizers, machinery and harvesting systems. This team effort has now produced crops uniformly waist high or less so that they are better suited to mechanical harvesting. Similar advances with other crops have released people from hard and boring jobs for more creative work, whilst machines harvest crops more efficiently with less waste. Providing more food for the rapidly increasing population is yet another role for the mechanical engineer.81.According to the passage, when would most weight be imposed on hip- joints?A.When one is walking.B. When one is running.C. When one is standing.D. When one is lying down.82.Engineers regard the replacement of hip-joints as a(n) Problem.A.mechanicalB. medicalC. healthD. agricultural83.According to the passage, how do engineers contribute to increasing efficiency of theagricultural industry?A.By working with farmers.B.By working in teams.C.By growing crops of the same height.D.By making agricultural machinery.84.According to the context, "This team effort’" in Paragraph Two refers toA.mechanical engineers.B.doctors and engineers.C.biologists, doctors and farmers.D.farmers, biologists and engineersTEXT BNowadays, a cellphone service is available to everyone, everywhere. Probably thousands of people have already been using it, but I just discovered it, so I’m going to claim it and a lso name it: Fake Foning.The technology has been working well for me at the office, but there are infinite applications. Virtually in any public space.Say you work at a big university with lots of talky faculty members buzzing about. Now, say you need to use the restroom. The trip down the hall will take approximately one hour, because a person can’t walk into those talky people without getting pulled aside for a question, a bit of gossip, a new read on a certain line of Paradise Lost.So, a cellphone. Any cellphone. Just pick it up. Don’t dial. Just hold that phone to your face and start talking. Walk confidently down the hall engaged in fake conversation, making sure to tailor both the topic and content to the personstanding before you whom you are trying to evade.For standard colleague avoidance, I suggest fake chatting about fake business:"Yes, I’m glad you called, because we really need to hammer out the details. What’s that? Yes, I read Page 12, but if you look at the bottom of 4, I think you can see the problem begins right there."Be animated. Be engaged in your fake fone conversation. Make eye contact with the people passing, nod to them, gesture keen interest in talking to them at a later time, point to your phone, shrug and move on.Shoppers should consider fake foning anytime they spot a talky neighbor in the produce department pinching (用手捏) unripe peaches. Without your phone at your face, you’d be in for a 20-minute speech on how terrible the world is.One important caution about fake foning. The other day I was fake foning my way past a colleague, and he was actually following me to get my attention.I knew he wanted to ask about a project I had not yet finished. I was trying to buy myself some time, so I continued fake foning with my doctor. "So I don’t need the operation? Oh, doctor, that is the best news."And then: Brrrrrrng! Brrrrrmg! Brrrrrmg! My phone started ringing, right there while it was planted on my face. My colleague looked at me, and I at him, and naturally I gasped. "What is the matter with this thing?" I said, pulling the phone away to look at it, and then putting it back to my ear."Hello? Are you still there?"Oops.85.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A.Cellphone service is popular among people.B.Cellphone has much use in office.C.Fake foning is a new cellphone service.D.Fake foning is a new discovery.86.What is fake foning?A.A strategy to avoid people.B.A device newly produced.C.A service provided everywhere.D.A skill of communication.87.In the author’s opinion, in order to make fake foning look real one has toA.talk about interesting matters.B.behave politely to people passing by.C.hold the phone while walking.D.appear absorbed in conversation.88.What does the last example show?A.One effective way is to fake fone one’s doctor.B.One has to be careful while fake foning.C.Fake foning may not deceive people.D.Fake foning is always quite successful.89.After his phone suddenly began ringing, the authorA.immediately started talking to the caller.B.immediately started talking to his colleague.C.put the phone away and stopped talking.D.continued with his fake conversation.90.What is the tone of the passage?A.Critical.B. Humorous.C. Serious.D. UnclearTEXT CIt was late in the afternoon, and I was putting the final touch on a piece of writing that I was feeling pretty good about. I wanted to save it, but my cursor had frozen. I tried to shut the computer down, and it seized up altogether. Unsure of what else todo, I yanked (用力猛拉) the battery out.Unfortunately, Windows had been in the midst of a delicate and crucial undertaking. The next morning, when I turned my computer back on, it informed me that a file had been corrupted and Windows would not load. Then, it offered to repair itself by using the Windows Setup CD.I opened the special drawer where I keep CDs. But no Windows CD in there. I was forced to call the computer company’s Global Support Centre. My call was answered by a woman in some unnamed, far-off land. I find it annoying to make small talk with someone when I don’t know what continent they’re standing on. Suppose I were to comment on the beautiful weather we’ve been having when there was a monsoon at the other end of the phone? So I got right to the point."My computer is telling me a file is corrupted and it wants to fix itself, but I don’t have the Windows Setup CD.""So you’re having a problem with your Windows Setup CD." She has apparently been dozing and, having come to just as the sentence ended, was attempting to cover for her inattention.It quickly became clear that the woman was not a computer technician. Her job was to serve as a gatekeeper, a human shield for the technicians. Her sole duty, as far as I could tell, was to raise global stress levels.To make me disappear, the woman gave me the phone number for Windows’ creator, Microsoft. This is like giving someone the phone number for, I don’t know, North America. Besides, the CD worked; I just didn’t have it. No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to the same place. She was calm and resolutely polite.When my voice hit a certain decibel (分贝), I was passed along, like a hot, irritable potato, to a technician."You don’t have the Windows Setup CD, ma’am, because you don’t need it," he explained cheerfully."Windows came preinstalled on your computer!""But I do need it.""Yes, but you don’t have it." We went on like this for a while. Finally, he offered to walk me through the use of a different CD, one that would erase my entire system. "Of course, you’d lose all your e-mail, your documents, your photos." It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache. "You might be able to recover them, but it would be expensive." He sounded delighted. "And it’s not covered by the warranty (产品保证书)!" The safe began to seem like a good idea, provided it was full.I hung up the phone and drove my computer to a small, friendly repair place I’d heard about. A smart, helpful man dug out a Windows CD and told me it wouldn’t be a problem. An hour later, he called to let me know it was ready. I thanked him, and we chatted about the weather, which was the same outside my window as it was outside his.91.Why did the author shut down her computer abruptly?A.She had saved what she had written.B.She couldn’t move the cursor.C.The computer refused to work.D.The computer offered to repair itself.92.Which of the following is the author’s opinion about the woman at the Global Support Centre?A.She sounded helpful and knowledgeable.B.She was there to make callers frustrated.C.She was able to solve her computer problem.D.She was quick to pass her along to a technician.93.According to the passage, the solution offered by the technician wasA.effective.B. economical.C. unpractical.D. unacceptable.94."It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache" in the last but one paragraph means thatA.the technician’s proposal would make things even worse.B.the technician’s proposal could eventually solve the problem.C.files stored on her computer were like a safe.D.erasing the entire system was like curing a headache.95.It can be inferred from the passage that the differences between the Global Support Centre and the local repair shop lie in all the following EXCEPTA. efficiency.B. location.C. setup CDs.D. attitudeTEXT DNot long ago, a mysterious Christmas card dropped through our mail slot. The envelope was addressed to a man named Raoul, who, I was relatively certain, did not live with us. The envelope wasn’t sealed, so I opened it. The inside of the card was blank. Ed, my husband, explained that the card was both from and to the newspaper deliveryman. His name was apparently Raoul, and Raoul wanted a holiday tip. We were meant to put a check inside the card and then drop the envelope in the mail. When your services are rendered at 4 a.m., you can’t simply hang around, like a hotel bellboy expecting a tip. You have to be direct.So I wrote a nice holiday greeting to this man who, in my imagination, fires The New York Times from his bike aimed at our front door, causing more noise with mere newsprint than most people manage with sophisticated black market fireworks.With a start, I realized that perhaps the reason for the 4 a.m. wake-up noise was not ordinary rudeness but carefully executed spite: I had not tipped Raoul in Christmases past. I honestly hadn’t realized I was supposed to. This was the first time he’d us ed the card tactic. So I got out my checkbook. Somewhere along the line, holiday tipping went from an optional thank-you for a year of services to a Mafia-style protection racket (收取保护费的黑社会组织).Several days later, I was bringing our garbage bins back from the curb when I noticed an envelope taped to one of the lids. The outside of the envelope said MICKEY. It had to be another tip request, this time from our garbage collector. Unlike Raoul, Mickey hadn’t enclosed his own Christmas card from me. In a way, I appreciated the directness. "I know you don’t care how merry my Christmas is, and that’s fine," the gesture said. "I want $30, or I’ll ’forget’ to empty your garbage bin some hot summer day."I put a check in the envelope and taped it back to the bin. The next morning, Ed noticed that the envelope was gone, though the trash hadn’t yet been picked up: "Someone stole Mickey’s tip!" Ed was quite certain. He made me call the bank and cancel the check.But Ed had been wrong. Two weeks later, Mickey left a letter from the bank on our steps. The letter informed Mickey that the check, which he had tried to cash, had been cancelled. The following Tuesday morning, when Ed。

09年高考英语阅读理解专项训练

09年高考英语阅读理解专项训练.附详解（新闻类）(1)LONDON — Britain awoke on Easter Monday to a period of mourning for the Queen Mother, who died over the weekend after a life spanning a century of noisy and evident change. The 101-year-old royal matriarch died in her sleep last Saturday with Queen Elizabeth, her elder and only surviving daughter, at her bedside. For a woman who was one of the best-known figures in Britain for more than 80 years — from the era of tinted portraits on tin biscuit boxes and cigarette cards to the age of the Internet, the Queen Mother remained an enigmatic(不可思议的) and elusive(躲避的) figure.She achieved such a respect through aeons(永世, 亿万年) of, first, fawning and, later, intrusive media fascination, by remaining almost entirely silent. Her private thoughts were never paraded(炫耀) in public. What the public saw was a charming and benign elderly lady, adept at winning the admiration of press photographers, whom she always favoured with a particular smile.CHINA’s third unmanned spacecraft, Shenzhou Ⅲ, landed safely in central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Monday afternoon, after orbiting the earth 108 times in slightly less than a week. The craft, which lifted off from Jiuquan in Gansu Province last Monday night, landed after successfully conducting a chain of flight and scientific experiments over a period of 162 hours.A powerful earthquake jolted Taiwan, killing five construction workers, authorities(官方) said. Over 200 injuries ware reported across the island, mostly minor, as a result of Sunday’s 7.5-magnitude quake. The quake was centred off Hualien, 180 kilometres east of Taipei. It struck at 2:53 pm and lasted for nearly a minute.1. Which of the following statements is true according to the news?A. The Queen Mother died on Easter Monday alone.B. The Queen Mother was an attractive person in her political life.C. The British people felt sorry for the death of the Queen Mother.D. The Queen Mother was suffering a lot when she was dying.2. It can be inferred that _______.A. the craft landed in central Inner Mongolia unexpectedlyB. it took the craft at least 2 hours to orbit the earth onceC. the Chinese scientists did a lot of experiments in spaceD. China was successful in sending an unmanned spacecraft into space3. The third news mainly talks about the _______ in Taiwan.A. political mattersB. social problemsC. unexpected damageD. construction workers【答案与解析】这是 3 篇新闻报道。

09年职称英语理工类教材阅读理解新增部分（3）

A team of researchers in California has developed a way to predict what kinds of objects people are looking at by scanning what's happening in their brains. When you look at something, your eyes send a signal about that object to your brain. Different regions of the brain process the information your eyes send. Cells in your brain called neurons are responsible for this processing. The fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging ) 2 brain scans could generally match electrical activity in the brain to the basic shape of a picture that someone was looking at. Like cells anywhere else in your body, active neurons use oxygen. Blood brings oxygen to the neurons, and the more active a neuron is, the more oxygen it will consume. The more active a region of the brain, the more active its neurons, and in turn, the more blood will travel to that region. And by using fMRI, scientists can visualize3 which parts of the brain receive more oxygen-rich blood--and therefore, which parts are working to process information. An fMRI machine is a device that scans the brain and measures changes in blood flow to the brain. The technology shows researchers how brain activity changes when a person thinks, looks at something, or carries out an activity like speaking or reading. By highlighting the areas of the brain at work when a person looks at different images, fMRI may help scientists determine specific patterns of brain activity associated with different kinds of images. The California researchers tested brain activity by having two volunteers view hundreds of pictures of everyday objects, like people, animals, and fruits. The scientists used an fMRI machine to record the volunteers' brain activity with each photograph they looked at. Different objects caused different regions of the volunteers' brains to light up on the scan, indicating activity. The scientists used this information to build a model to predict how the brain might respond to any image the eyes see. In a second test, the scientists asked the volunteers to look at 120 new pictures. Like before, their brains were scanned every time they looked at a new image. This time, the scientists used their model to match the fMRI scans to the image. For example, if a scan in the second test showed the same pattern of brain activity that was strongly related to pictures of apples in the first test, their model would have predicted the volunteers were looking at apples. 词汇： scan v. &n. 扫描 visualize v. 使可见;设想 neuron n. 神经元注释: 1. Mind-reading: 能读出(猜出)⼈的想法的。

2009年大学英语专业知识真题

2009年英语专业知识试卷第一部分英语写作与翻译(共1 50分)I．Writing(100 points)Section A：Note—writing(30 points)Write on ANSWER SHEET a note of about 60 words based on the following situation：Y0u’ve learned that your friend Jimmy is in these days．Write him a note expressing your concern，asking after his health and giving your best wishesMarks will be awarded for content，organization，grammar and appropriateness．Section B Composition (70 points)Nowadays many Students，especially primary school and middle school students, have home tutors．The purposes of employing home tutors are different and people’s attitudes towards home tutoring are different as well.Write on ANSWER SHEET a composition of about 150 words on the following topic:Positive or Negative Aspects of HomeY ou are supposed to write in three parts：In the first part, state your point of view.In the second part, support your view with one or two reasons.In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.II. Translation (50 points)Section C Translate these sentences into English (20 points, 4 for each).1.这三家公司的合作使他们能获得足够的资金来发展他们的事业。

09年高考英语阅读理解专项训练9

2009年高考英语阅读理解专项训练·附详解自然类(1)The blue tits(山雀) have been inspecting the nest-box again this year. The male is the house-hunter but the female will make the final choice. He lands at the hole and turns his head to expose his white cheeks as a signal to attract the female from where she has been feeding.Among many birds that nest in holes, the male has a light-coloured patch on its plumage(鸟羽) which acts as signal for drawing the female’s attention to a suitable nesting-place. Unlike the blue tit, the redstart(红尾鸲) may be only the male that strikingly coloured and the female is not beautiful.A few years ago I was lucky enough to spot a pair of redstarts in action in a Walsh wood. The male was leading an interested female to holes that he had previously(先前) checked out. He sat at the entrance of each hole and put his head on to show off his white forehead, or his head in to reveal(显露) his tail.If the female failed to react to his visual signals, the male sometimes sang for extra effect, while gliding towards her on spread wings and tail. Once the female accepts by following the male through the hole the displays stop, you must be at the right place at the right time to watch them.1. How do the blue tits choose their nest?A. They choose their nest together.B. The male chooses their nest.C. The house-hunter chooses their nest.D. The female chooses their nest.2. The writer was lucky to see ________.A. how the male made his tricksB. how an interested female played with the male happilyC. what the male displayed and won the femaleD. that the male tried his best but failed to attract the female3. You can spot a pair of redstarts in a Walsh wood ________.A. at any timeB. regularlyC. in AprilD. occasionally4. The writer is probably ________.A. a bird expertB. a bird-hunterC. a bird raiserD. a scientist【答案与解析】本文主要是讲the male redstart 是怎样使出浑身解数吸引the female入巢的。

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Part one: Sentence Translation from Chinese to English (30%) 1. 这种现象称为收敛(convergence)，对它的研究构成了现代分析中重要的一章。 2. 二十世纪外太空探索的成就之一是人们意识到了外太空可能存在生命。 3. 尽管(as)没有经验，他却能设计出这样一个如此复杂的电路。 4. 弹性(elasticity)被定义为一物体形变(deform)后恢复其原状的趋势(tendency)。 5. 由于计算机运算准确，速度高，它能够为人们节省很多时间和精力。 6. 在这种情况下并不能保证(assurance / guarantee)该电路就调谐于(be tuned to)那个频率上。 7. 自从本书出版以来的这十年间，在电子学方面发生了巨大的变化。 8. 为了访问这些记录，用户只需要启动(launch)浏览器(browser)来访问一下网址就行了。 9. 普通的窗户均承受不了这么大的力。 10. 地球离月球的距离远达24万英里。 11. 必须确定到底在什么条件下这个方程是成立的。 12. 测量过程是物理学中最基础的操作，本章将对其进行简要讨论。 13. 为使这个级数(series)收敛(converge)，x必须小于1。 14. 当把这些值代入式Eq.(1-5)之后，我们得到下面的结果。 15. 把信号从一地发送到另一地就是人们所说的传输(transmission)。 2

Part two: Mistakes Correction (30%) (Write down the corrected sentence on the answer sheet.) 1. The Atlantic was so dangerous for Americans to send enough men and war materials. 2. Only the force is known as a function of time this integral can be evaluated. 3. By power means the speed, or rate, of work being done. 4. On heating, the air in the bottle will be expanded. 5. The introduction of the ability of freezing of the refrigerator is made. 6. This paper describes the properties and the algorithm of this type of problem. 7. The resistance of a conductor not only depends on the material with which the conductor is made, but also on the size and temperature of the conductor. 8. Engineers are busy to design a type of new computer. 9. Distance equals to speed multiplying time. 10. This is in part due to that earth is not spherical. 11. Many of principles of a receiver also apply for a transmitter. 12. The rate that work is done is referred as power. 13. This demand is difficult to be satisfied under the temperature of 40℃. 14. This is a too small signal that it cannot make transistor Q4 conduct. 15. The voltage on the resistor is a few tenth of the volt. 3

Part three: Read this article, translate the underlined sentences (15%), answer the questions (15%) and then summarize this article within 100 words (10%).

A Review of Fragile Image Watermarks(水印) The age of digital multimedia has brought many advantages in the creation and distribution of image content but the ease of copying and editing also facilitates unauthorized use, misappropriation（占有）, and misrepresentation（误传）. Content providers are naturally concerned about these issues and watermarking, which is the act of embedding another signal (the watermark) into an image, have been proposed to protect an owner’s rights. Many types of watermarks have been developed for a variety of applications. Watermarks may be visible or invisible, where a visible mark is easily detected by observation while an invisible mark is designed to be transparent（清晰的）to the observer and detected using signal processing techniques. The process of embedding the watermark requires modifying the original image and in essence the watermarking process inserts a controlled amount of “distortion”（失真）in the image. The recovery of this distortion allows the one to identify the owner of the image. Invisible or transparent marks use the properties（特性）of the human visual system to minimize the perceptual（知觉的）distortion in the watermarked image. In the class of transparent watermarks one may further categorize techniques as robust or fragile. A robust mark is designed to resist attacks that attempt to remove or destroy the mark. Such attacks include lossy compression, filtering, and geometric scaling(缩放). A fragile mark is designed to detect slight changes to the watermarked image with high probability. The main application of fragile watermarks is in content authentication. Most of the work, as reported in 4

the literature, in watermarking is in the area of robust techniques. Many important applications could benefit from the use of fragile watermarks. A fragile watermark is a mark that is readily altered or destroyed when the host image is modified through a linear or nonlinear transformation. Fragile marks are not suited for enforcing copyright ownership of digital images; an attacker would attempt to destroy the embedded mark and fragile marks are, by definition, easily destroyed. The sensitivity of fragile marks to modification leads to their use in image authentication. That is, it may be of interest for parties to verify that an image has not been edited, damaged, or altered since it was marked. Image authentication systems have applicability in law, commerce, defense, and journalism. Since digital images are easy to modify, a secure authentication system is useful in showing that no tampering（篡改）has occurred during situations where the credibility of an image may be questioned. Common examples are the marking of images in a database to detect tampering, the use in a “trustworthy camera” so news agencies can ensure an image is not fabricated or edited to falsify events, and the marking of images in commerce so a buyer can be assured that the images bought are authentic upon receipt. Other situations include images used in courtroom evidence, journalistic photography, or images involved in espionage. Another method to verify the authenticity of a digital work is the use of a signature system. In a signature system, a digest of the data to be authenticated is obtained by the use of cryptographic（密码的）hash functions. The digest is then cryptographically signed to produce the signature that is bound to the original data. Later, a recipient（接收者）verifies the signature by examining the digest of the (possibly modified) data and using a verification algorithm determines if the data is authentic. While the purpose of fragile watermarking and digital signature systems are similar, watermarking systems offer several advantages compared to