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1、学习必备欢迎下载阅读理解Simply by analyzing a drop of blood, a doctor will be able to diagnose a birth defect or even cancer when it is in the early stage; using new technology, a material lighter but much stronger than steel can be produced. These may sound like dreams at present. But the dreams may soon come

2、true as research findings in laboratories are being turned into products more rapidly in the new century, according to experts participating in the fourth Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Technomart, a technology exhibition and trade fair in Suzhou.Most people think nano-technology （纳米技术）is

3、too far-fetched to be real. But in fact nano-technology has been applied in a wide range of fields, such as medicine. It is coming into our daily life, said Cheng Jiachong from a Hong Kong-based nano-technology firm. Nano-technology based on the nanometer, the unit of which is a billionth of a meter

4、, enables scientists to have new concepts of disease diagnosis and treatment on a molecular（分子） and atomic scale, Cheng said.By using nanometer particles, a doctor can separate the fetus cells（胚胎细胞）from the blood of a pregnant woman to see if the development of the fetus is normal. This method is al

5、so being used in the early diagnosis of cancer and heart disease, he said.One of the most significant impacts of nano-technology is at the bio-inorganic materials interface, according to Greg Tegart, executive advisor of the APEC Center for Technology Foresight.By combining enzymes （酶） and silicon c

6、hips we can produce biosensors. These could be implanted in humans or animals to monitor health and to deliver corrective doses （剂量） of drugs, he told the participants a technology forum during the exhibition.Nano-technology could affect the production of nearly every man-made object, from automobil

7、es, tires and computer circuits（电路） , to advanced medicines and tissue replacement, and lead to the invention of objects yet to be imagined, said Davi d Minns, a special advisor to the National Research Council of Canada.学习必备欢迎下载It has been shown that carbon nano-tubes are ten times as strong as ste

8、el, with one sixth of the weight, and nano-scale systems have the potential to make supersonic transport cost- effective and to increase computer efficiency by millions of times, he said. The experts agreed that the APEC technology exhibition and trade fair provided many chances for exchanges of inn

9、ovative ideas and products. 45. Realization of the dreams mentioned in the first paragraph will mainly base on _. A. APEC B. Chinese scientist C. the APEC Center for Technology Foresight D. Nano-technology 46. The length of a nanometer equals to _. A. 910meter B. 1010meter C. 810meter D. 710meter 47

10、. We can imply from what David Minns said that _. A. Nano-technology could only be used to invent new objects. B. Nano-technology could be widely used to produce or invent objects. C. Nano-technology is a money-consuming technology. D. Nano-technology can not be used to improve the service of Intern

11、et. 48. Compared to steel, carbon nano-tubes are _. A. stronger and lighter B. lighter but as strong C. stronger but as light D. poor in quality 学习必备欢迎下载Serving only adults, Ramsey House offers you professional hotel standards of accommodation and food service coupled with the friendly, relaxed atmo

12、sphere of a high-class non-smoking guest house. Situated within walking distance of St David s, the smallest city in Europe, the house stands in its own attractive gardens and has private off-road parking. In the opposite direction, there is easy access to the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, where you can

13、 see some of Britain s most spectacular coastal scenery with its abundant bird life and wild flowers. We have three double and three twin rooms. Each is individually furnished and decorated to 4-star standard with comfortable beds, central heating, remote control color TV, hair dryers and plenty of

14、mirrors. All the rooms have a modern, well-lit en-suite bathroom with WC, shaver socket and electric shower. All first-floor rooms have views of either the sea, the Cathedral or open country, and there are three ground-floor rooms with garden views, ideal for guests unable to climb stairs. Our full

15、Welsh breakfast offers you a great start to the day with homemade bread, cookies and preserves. We can also prepare fresh picnic lunches for your day out walking the Coast Path or on the beaches. There is comfortable lounge with lots of booksand leaflets about Pembrokeshire to help you plan your tri

16、ps. Weather permitting, guests may enjoy the peace and quiet of our gardens and watch the birds feeding. Drinks are served in both the garden and lounge. We also have secure bicycle storage, a drying room and light laundry facilities. Nearby are some of the safest and cleanest beaches in Europe offe

17、ring a variety of water sports including sailing, surfing, wind-surfing and sea angling. Visitors are welcome at St. David s City Golf Club and several other Pembrokeshire clubs. We are also conveniently situated for easy access to the bird sanctuary islands of Ramsey, Skomer and Skokholm. A warm we

18、lcome awaits you at Ramsey House all year round. You wil l find it the ideal touring center in all seasons. House Owners: Ceri &Elaine Morgan 01437 72021 64. According to the passage, St. David s is the name of _. A. a Bed & Breakfast hotel B. the Coast Path 学习必备欢迎下载C. a Welsh town D. Ramsey House 6

19、5. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Guests may come to this house by car or by bike without parking problems. B. Guests have to eat their lunches out on the Coast Path or the beaches. C. Guests staying in the lowest-level rooms have a good view of the sea. D. On the Coast Path guests can enjoy wat

20、er sports and play golf. 66. Which of the following tourists may not be interested in this ad? A. Ana, a wheelchair user, who enjoys holidays by the coast. B. A married couple with two young children showing interest in Pembrokeshire. C. Tina, a Ph.D graduate, who attaches great importance to travel

21、 safety. D. Xavier, a bird-watching enthusiast, who knows little about the local area 【参考答案】 CAB 阅读理解Googlefight is a simple service available on the Internet which offers you the chance to compare two different items and see how many hits they get on the Google search engine. The seemingly simple d

22、evice has proved invaluable to users, especially to help win arguments. For example, imagine that you and your friends are arguing about who are the most popular music or movie stars, you can decide the argument by writing the names in the Googlefight boxes. Lets say that you are arguing about Jacki

23、e Chan and Jet Li. You will quickly discover that Jet Li is mentioned 16 million times on Google pages, whereas Jackie Chan is mentioned a mere 12 million times! In this unscientific way, you can claim victory for one Star over another. But teachers have come up with ways of using Googlefight which

24、are much more useful from an academic point of view, particularly when it comes to studying languages. You can, for example, find out the frequency of two words with the same meaning, and deduce (推断) from the answers which one is more common. For example, let s take the words “buy” and “purchase ”,

25、which mean the same thing (although “buy” is only a verb and “purchase ” is both a verb and a noun). It is immediately clear from Googlefight that “buy” is much more commonly used, with a 学习必备欢迎下载massive three and a half billion hits, compared to only one billion occurrences for the more formal word

26、. But the real value of Googlefight to the language learner is in determining which is the more common of two phrases. For example, “raining cats and dogs” is an old-fashioned English expression about the weather. Do English speakers still use it? Or are they more likely to say “pouring down”?Google

27、fight suggests the latter. “Pouring down ” has 898,000 Google hits, whereas “raining catsand dogs ” only has 326,000. With phrases, it s important to remember that you need to use quote marks to make the search more accurate. For example, if you typ e in the similar phrases “look after ” and “take c

28、are of “ without quote marks, the second phrase seems to be more common, but with quote marks, the result is reversed. 49. What is Googlefight? A. A fight between two people on Google. B. A way to make sure you win an argument. C. A website showing how many hits two different things have. D. A list

29、of all the websites on Google. 50. Language teachers find it useful because _. A. there are a lot of words on Googlefight B. it can tell them which of the two words with the same meaning appears more often C. some words mean the same thing D. common words have a billion hits 51. What must you rememb

30、er to do if you are checking phrases by Googlefight? A. Make sure they mean be same thing. B. Make sure they are different. C. Remember to put quote marks round the phrase. D. Don t put quote marks round the phrase.52. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage? A. Googlefight is effective

31、 to determine the more common of two phrases. 学习必备欢迎下载B. Googlefight is a scientific way to decide an argument. C. Quote marks can make the search more accurate. D. Googlefight is invaluable to help win arguments. Celebrity (名人 ) has become one of the most important representatives of popular cultur

32、e. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they dont sell nearly as well as famous fa

33、ces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others products to developing their own. Celebrity clothing lines aren t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited

34、 to a few TV actresses. Today theyre started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their pr

35、oduction scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life. However, for every success story, there s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the products origins is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins

36、to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial (最初的） attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty returning to tried-and-true labels. Today, celebrities face ever more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of

37、turnover has speeded up as well. Each 学习必备欢迎下载miss tep threatens to reduce a celebritys shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once bro ught him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the egos (自我的） potential for expansion is limitless. Having alr

38、eady achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion like celebrity has always been temporary. 53. Fas

39、hion magazines today _. A. seldom put models on the cover B. no longer put models on the cover C. need not worry about celebrities market potentialD. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly 54. A change in the consumer market can be found today that _. A. price rather than brand name

40、 is more concerned B. producers prefer models to celebrities for achievements C. producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisements D. quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned 55. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly _ A.

41、 decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his products B. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public C. cut short the artistic careen of a celebrity in show business D. influence the price of a celebritys products56. The passage is mainly about _. A. celebrity a

42、nd personal style B. celebrity and market potential C. celebrity and fashion design D. celebrity and clothing industry 学习必备欢迎下载D It was an international drug dealing case, one that involved a lot of money and a lot of violence. Agents who had entered the organization had worn wires and collected evi

43、dence for years. A conviction( 法庭判决 ) depended on an accurate translation of their tape recordings. “ Five languages were involved, “ says Liz Elting, 44, one of the owners of TransPerfect, the translation company chosen for the job. “ The slightest mistake could mean the criminals would go free. ”W

44、hen Elting started her business 18 years ago with Phil Shawe, both were attending New York University s Stern School of Business. Neither realized just how many situations would require their services. TransPerfect s 4,000 linguists(通晓外语的人 ) cover more than 100 languages. Getting Ahead with Liz Elti

45、ng What inspired you to start TransPerfect? When I was eight, my dad bought a KFC in Portugal. Unfortunately, the Portuguese didn t want anything American. They thought my dad was a CIA spy! That taught me how fast things can change. I ve studied in Spain and worked in Venezuela. This business is th

46、e perfect combination of my love for languages, cultures and business. Is the staff multilingual? Many are. I speak French and Spanish. My partner, Phil, who is American, likes to say he speaks English on a good day. What languages are requested most often? Spanish and Japanese. Chinese, Middle East

47、ern, Indic(South Asia), and Eastern Europeans are on the rise. How difficult is it to manage such a diverse workforce（员工团队）? Our challenge is to be culturally appropriate in every country. When we hand our 学习必备欢迎下载year-end bonuses in the US, for example, we have to remember that in India, bonuses ar

48、e given in the fall. Any advice for someone starting a business? Get started before you have kids. In the beginning, I didn t know how to do this business on the side. I wasn t married, didn t have kids, and wasn t concerned about balancing my work and personal life. Now, with strong managers in pla

49、ce, I can spend more time with my family (husband Michael Burlant and sons Zachary, nine and Jacob, seven), traveling and playing baseball. 67. What is the purpose of the first paragraph? A. To report on an international drug dealing case. B. To encourage people to start a business before they have

50、kids. C. To present the importance of learning foreign languages. D. To introduce Liz Elting and her company TransPerfect. 68. What does the underlined word “ wires” mean in the passage? A. A type of clothes costing a lot of money. B. A piece of equipment designed to record messages. C. Thin metal w