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Imagine a mass of floating waste is two times the size of the state of Texas Texas has a land area of more than 678 000 square kilometers So it might be difficult to imagine anything twice as big All together this mass of waste flowing in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch It weighs about 3 500 000 tons The waste includes bags bottles and containers plastic products of all kinds The eastern part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is about l 600 kilometers west of California The western part is west of the Hawaiian Islands and east of Japan The area has been described as a kind of oceanic desert with light winds and slow moving water currents The water moves so slow that garbage from all over the world collects there In recent years there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health Scientists say thousands of animals get trapped in the floating waste resulting in death or injury Even more die from a lack of food or water after swallowing pieces of plastic The trash can also make animals feel full lessening their desire to eat or drink The floating garbage also can have harmful effects on people There is an increased threat of infection of disease from polluted waste and from eating fish that swallowed waste Divers can also get trapped in the plastic Its existence first gained public attention in l997 That was when racing boat captain and oceanographer Charles Moore and his crew sailed into the garbage while returning from a racing event Five years earlier another oceanographer learned of the trash after a shipment of rubber duckies got lost at sea Many of those toys are now part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch In August 2009 a team from the University of California San Diego became the latest group to travel to it They were shocked by the amount of waste they saw They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patch s effect on ocean environment 51 How did the writer introduce the topic of the passage A By giving an example B By listing the facts C By telling a story D By giving a comparison 52 What do we know about the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch A It is made up of various kinds of plastic products B It is a solid mass of floating waste materials C It lies l60 000 kilometers east of California D It is described as a kind of oceanic desert 53 Why do people pay attention to the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch A Because it may prevent the flow of ocean water B Because the polluted plastic articles will move up the food chain C Because it may be from an island in the pacific D Because ships may be trapped in the floating waste 54 Which column can you find the passage on a newspaper A Sports and entertainment B Media and culture C Environment and society D Science and technology 55 The purpose of writing this passage is to A warn people of the danger to travel in the pacific B analyze what caused the waste patch in the pacific C give advice on how to recycle waste in the ocean D introduce the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch 答案 51 D 推理判断题 根据第一段 Imagine a mass of floating waste is two times the state of Texas Texas has a land area of more than 678 000 square kilometers So it might be difficult to imagine anything twice as big 可知 作者拿得克萨斯州与大量的垃圾漂浮物进行比较 所以 选 D 项 52 A 细节判断题 根据第二段中的 The waste includes bags bottles and containers plastic products of all kinds 可知 这些垃圾漂流物是塑料制品 53 B 细节理解题 根据第五段中的 There is an increased threat of infection of disease from polluted waste and from eating fish that swallowed waste 可知受污染的塑料制品会通过食物链来影响人类 54 C 推理判断题 根据本文内容可知 这篇文章最有可能出现在报纸上 环境与社会 这个栏目里 55 D 作者意图题 本文通过介绍太平洋上漂浮的大量的塑料垃圾废物的 情况 指出了它们对海洋中的生物以及人类的影响 所以 D 项正确 Our brains work in complex and strange ways There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40 000 years but who cannot add two plus two Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once but they cannot read or write Dr J Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887 He called these people idiot savants An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment 损伤 such as in autism 孤独症 自 闭症 or retardation At the same time the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills which are unusual for most people The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics or having a photographic memory One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr Benjamin Rush an American doctor His patient Thomas Fuller was brought to Virginia as a slave in1724 It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years 17 days and 12 hours has lived 2 210 500 800 seconds Despite this ability he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words but he played 5 000 musical pieces beautifully In the excellent movie Rain Man made in 1988 and available on video cassette Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills However few people wish to participate in such experiments There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one s brain The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots 72 What does the passage mainly talk about A Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities B Human Beings have complicated thinking process C The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired D The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary 73 Which of the following can be done by Rain Man A He can play wonderful pieces of classical music B He can guess out exactly the length of a man s life C He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast D He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly 74 What can you infer from the passage A Idiot savants have real talents for art and math B Dr Down is the first person who found idiot savants C Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations D Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants 75 Which of the following shows the structure of the passage 答案 72 75 ADCB Laws that would have ensured pupils from five to 16 received a full financial education got lost in the wash up An application is calling on the next government to bring it back At school the children are taught to add up and subtract 减法 but extraordinarily are not routinely shown how to open a bank account let alone how to manage their finances in an increasingly complex and demanding world Today the parenting website Mumsnet and the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis have joined forces to launch an online application to make financial education a compulsory element of the school curriculum in England Children from five to 16 should be taught about everything from pocket money to pensions they say And that was exactly the plan preserved in the Children Schools and Families bill that was shelved by the government in the so called wash up earlier this month the rush to legislation before parliament was dismissed Consumer and parent groups believe financial education has always been one of the most frustrating omissions of the curriculum As the Personal Finance Education Group Pfeg points out the good habits of young children do not last long Over 75 of seven to 11 year olds are savers but by the time they get to 17 over half of them are in debt to family and friends By this age 26 see a credit card or overdraft 透支 as a way of extending their spending power Pfeg predicts that these young people will find it much harder to avoid the serious unexpected dangers that have befallen many of their parents generation unless they receive good quality financial education while at school The UK has been in the worst financial recession 衰退 for generations It does seem odd that unless parents step in young people are left in the dark until they are cruelly introduced to the world of debt when they turn up at university In a recent poll of over 8 000 people 97 supported financial education in schools while 3 said it was a job for parents 61 The passage is mainly about A how to manage school lessons B how to deal with the financial crisis C teaching young people about money D teaching students how to study effectively 62 It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that A the author complains about the school education B pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract C students have been taught to manage their finances D laws on financial education have been effectively carried out 63 The website and the consumer campaigner joined to A instruct the pupils to donate their pocket money B promote the connection of schools and families C ask the government to dismiss the parliament D appeal for the curriculum of financial education 64 According to Pfeg A it is easy to keep good habits long B teenagers spend their money as planned C parents are willing to pay the debt for their kids D it will be in trouble if the teenagers are left alone 65 A poll is mentioned to A stress the necessity of the curriculum reform B show the seriousness of the financial recession C make the readers aware of burden of the parents D illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal 答案 61 65 CADDA Europeans should try to stay indoors if ash from Iceland s volcano starts settling the World Health Organization warned Friday as small amounts fell in Iceland Scotland and Norway WHO spokesman Daniel Epstein said the microscopic 微小的 ash is potentially dangerous for people when it starts to reach the Earth because inhaled 吸入 particles can enter the lungs and cause respiratory problems And he also said Europeans who go outside might want to consider wearing a mask Other experts however weren t convinced the volcanic ash would have a major effect on peoples health and said WHO s warnings were hysterical They said volcanic ash was much less dangerous than cigarette smoke or pollution Volcanic ash is made of fine particles of fragmented volcanic rock It is light gray to black and can be as fine as talcum powder During a volcanic eruption the ash can be breathed deep into the lungs and cause irritation even in healthy people But once it falls from a greater distance like from the cloud currently hovering above Europe its health effects are often minimal experts say Not all particles are created equal said Ken Donaldson a professor of respiratory toxicology at the University of Edinburgh In the great scheme of things volcanic ash is not all that harmful And he said most Europeans exposure to volcanic ash would be negligible and that only those in the near districts of the Icelandic volcano would likely be at risk Dr Stephen Spiro a professor of respiratory medicine and deputy chair of the British Lung Foundation said the further the particles travel the less dangerous they will be The cloud has already passed over northern Scotland and we haven t heard of any ill effects there he said Spiro said to wear masks or stay indoors to avoid volcanic ash was over the top and a bit hysterical 60 The text is mainly about A the effect of volcanic ash B the health risk of volcanic ash C the disadvantages of volcanic ash D the opinions on health risk of volcanic ash 61 Which one is true according to Paragraph3 A The volcanic ash s effects on Europeans were little B The ash caused irritation even in healthy people C Other experts thought WTO S warnings were useful D The volcanic ash was more dangerous than cigarette smoke or pollution 62 The underlined word hysterical in Paragraph4 most probably means A amazing B practical C valuable D overstated 63 What can we learn from the passage A The volcanic ash wouldn t be harmful to people B All experts thought the volcanic ash did great harm to our health C People close to the volcano would likely be at risk according to some experts D Europeans should stay indoors because Iceland s volcano starts settling 答案 60 D 主旨大意题 本文主要就火山灰对人的健康的危害问题世卫组织和 其他专家给出不同观点 A 太笼统 B 不能体现不同的观点 C 与文章内容无关 D 符合题意 61 A 细节理解题 第三段最后一句可知 A 是正确的 由第三段中 During a volcanic eruption in healthy people 可知 B 错误 由第三段中 Other experts however weren t convinced cigarette smoke or pollution 可排除 C D 62 D 词义猜测题 由上文中 volcanic ash is not all that harmful 和下文中 only those in the near vicinity of the Icelandic volcano would likely be at risk 可知 D 正确 夸大的 言过其实的 63 C 由第三段 But once it falls from a greater distance effects are often minimal 和第四段中 only those in the near vicinity of the Icelandic volcano would likely be at risk 以及第五段中 the further the particles travel the more diluted and less dangerous they will be 可知 C 正确 ABD 观点表达绝对 Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that man and animals possess if they are used If fire didn t hurt when it burned children would play with it until their hands were burned away Similarly if pain existed but fear didn t a child could burn itself again and again because fear would not warn it to keep away from the fire that had burnt it before A really fearless soldier and some do exist is not a good soldier because he is soon killed and a dead soldier is of no use to his army Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which man and animals might soon die out In our first sentence we suggested that fear ought to be properly used If for example you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car you are letting fear rule you too much The important thing is not to let fear rule you but instead to use fear as your servant and guide Fear will warn you of dangers then you have to decide what action to take In many cases you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger For example you see a car coming straight towards you fear warns you you jump out of the way and all is well In some cases however you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger For example you cannot prevent an airplane crashing into your house and you may not want to go and live in a desert where there are no airplanes In this case fear has given you its warning you have examined it and decided on your course of action so fear of the particular danger is no longer of any use to you and you have to try to overcome it 60 Children would play with fire until their hands are burnt away if A they were not well educated at school B they had never played with fire before C they had no sense of pain D they were fearful of pain 61 People sometimes succeed in timely avoiding danger because A they have gained experience B they are warned of the danger and take quick action C they jump out of the way in time D they are calm in face of danger 62 What is implied but not stated in the passage A Too much fear is harmful B Fear is always something helpful C Fear is something that can be avoided D Fear ought to be used as our guide in our life 63 The best title for this passage should be A No Pains No Gains B Pain and Actions C The Value of Fear D The Reason Why People Fear 答案 60 63 CBAC Imagine a mass of floating waste is two times the size of the state of Texas Texas has a land area of more than 678 000 square kilometers So it might be difficult to imagine anything twice as big All together this mass of waste flowing in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch It weighs about 3 500 000 tons The waste includes bags bottles and containers plastic products of all kinds The eastern part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is about l 600 kilometers west of California The western part is west of the Hawaiian Islands and east of Japan The area has been described as a kind of oceanic desert with light winds and slow moving water currents The water moves so slow that garbage from all over the world collects there In recent years there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health Scientists say thousands of animals get trapped in the floating waste resulting in death or injury Even more die from a lack of food or water after swallowing pieces of plastic The trash can also make animals feel full lessening their desire to eat or drink The floating garbage also can have harmful effects on people There is an increased threat of infection of disease from polluted waste and from eating fish that swallowed waste Divers can also get trapped in the plastic Its existence first gained public attention in l997 That was when racing boat captain and oceanographer Charles Moore and his crew sailed into the garbage while returning from a racing event Five years earlier another oceanographer learned of the trash after a shipment of rubber duckies got lost at sea Many of those toys are now part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch In August 2009 a team from the University of California San Diego became the latest group to travel to it They were shocked by the amount of waste they saw They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patch s effect on ocean environment 51 How did the writer introduce the topic of the passage A By giving an example B By listing the facts C By telling a story D By giving a comparison 52 What do we know about the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch A It is made up of various kinds of plastic products B It is a solid mass of floating waste materials C It lies l60 000 kilometers east of California D It is described as a kind of oceanic desert 53 Why do people pay attention t