鬼屋惊魂
Section I U of English
Directions： Read the following text. Choo the best word（s） for each numbered blank and mark A， B， C， and D on ANSWER SHEET 1 （10 points）
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By 1830 the former Spanish and Portugue colonies had become independent nations. The roughly 20 million __1__ of the nations looked __2__ to the future. Born in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian Colonialism， many of the leaders of independence __3__ the ideas of reprentative government， careers __4__ to talent， freedom of commerce and trade， the __5__ to private property， and a belief in the individual as the basis of society， __6__ there was a belief that the new nations should be sovereign and independent states， large enough to be economically viable and integrated by a __7__ t of laws.
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On the issue of __8__ of religion and the position of the church，__9__ ，there was less a
greement __10__ the leadership. Roman Catholicism had been the state religion and the only one __11__ by the Spanish crown，__12__ most leaders sought to maintain Catholicism __13__ the official religion of the new states， some sought to end the __14__ of other faiths. The defen of the Church became a rallying __15__ for the conrvative forces.
The ideals of the early leaders of independence were often egalitarian， valuing equality of everything. Bolivar had received aid from Haiti and had __16__ in return to abolish slavery in the areas he liberated. By 1854 slavery had been abolished everywhere except Spain's __17__ colonies. Early promis to end Indian tribute and taxes on people of mixed origin came much __18__ becau the new nations still needed the revenue such policies __19__ Egalitarian ntiments were often tempered by fears that the mass of the population was __20__ lf-rule and democracy.
1. [A] natives [B] inhabitants [C] peoples [D] individuals
2. [A] confudly [B] cheerfully [C] worriedly [D] hopefully
3. [A] shared [B] forgot [C] attained [D] rejected
土方机械4. [A] related [B] clo [C] open [D] devoted
5. [A] access [B] succession [C] right [D] return
动物是怎样过冬的6. [A] Presumably [B] Incidentally [C] Obviously [D] Generally
7. [A] unique [B] common [C] particular [D] typical
8. [A] freedom [B] origin [C] impact [D] reform
9. [A] therefore [B] however [C] indeed [D] moreover
10. [A] with [B] about [C] among [D] by
11. [A] allowed [B] preached [C] granted [D] funded
12. [A] Since [B] If [C] Unless [D] While
13. [A] as [B] for [C] under [D] against
14. [A] spread [B] interference [C] exclusion [D] influence 无机功能材料
15. [A] support [B] cry [C] plea [D] wish
16. [A] urged [B] intended [C] expected [D] promid
17. [A] controlling [B] former [C] remaining [D] original
18. [A] slower [B] faster [C] easier [D] tougher
19. [A] created [B] produced [C] contributed [D] preferred
20. [A] puzzled by [B] hostile to [C] pessimistic about [D] unprepared for
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions：
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A， B， C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. （40 points）
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Text 1 [410 words]
If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006's World Cup tournament you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk elite soccer later months. If you
then examined the European national youth teams that feed the World Cup and professional ranks， you would find this strange phenomenon to be even more pronounced.
What might account for this strange phenomenon？ Here are a few guess： a） certain astrological signs confer superior soccer skills. b） winter-born bathes tend to have higher oxygen capacity which increas soccer stamina. c） soccer mad parents are more likely to conceive children in springtime at the annual peak of soccer mania. d） none of the above.
Anders Ericsson， a 58-year-old psychology professor at Florida State University， says he believes strongly in “none of the above.” Ericsson grew up in Sweden， and studied nuclear engineering until he realized he realized he would have more opportunity to conduct his own rearch if he switched to psychology. His first experiment nearly years ago， involved memory： training a person to hear and then repeat a random ries of numbers. “With the first subject. after about 20 hours of training his digit span had rin fr
om 7 to 20，” Ericsson recalls. “He kept improving， and after about 200 hours of training he had rin to over 80 numbers.”
This success coupled with later rearch showing that memory itlf as not genetically determined， led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive exerci than an intuitive one. In other words， whatever inborn differences two people may exhibit in their abilities to memorize tho differences are swamped by how well each person “encodes” the information. And the best way to learn how to encode information meaningfully， Ericsson determined， was a process known as deliberate practice. Deliberate practice entails more than simply repeating a task. Rather， it involves tting specific goals， obtaining immediate feedback and concentrating as much on technique as on outcome.
Ericsson and his colleagues have thus taken to studying expert performers in a wide range of pursuits， including soccer. They gather all the data they can， not just predominance statistics and biographical details but also the results of their own lavatory
experiments with high achievers. Their work makes a rather startling asrtion： the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated. Or， put another way， expert performers whether in memory or surgery， ballet or computer programming are nearly always made， not born.
21. The birthday phenomenon found among soccer players is mentioned to
[A] stress the importance of professional training.
[B] spotlight the soccer superstars in the World Cup.
[C] introduce the topic of what males expert performance.
[D] explain why some soccer teams play better than others.
