第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
(A)
Traveling is a very good activity . When you are fed up with your work and when you can get a holiday , you can go to the beautiful spots to enjoy the beauty of nature and the special character of other cities . You can breathe fresh air , visit some places of interest , meet different people and make friends with them . If you do so , you will forget your tiredness and troubles and build up your health . As a result , you will feel fully relaxed and you will have the energy to undertake the new tasks waiting for you .
But sometimes , traveling is not an enjoyable thing . For example , when the bus or car you take has a bad accident , you just sit in and wasted your time . What’s more , the weather can be changeable . If you are climbing a mountain , it may rain suddenly . You may be caught in the rain and may catch a cold. The worst thing is that you may have your money stolen and you may have an injury . All the are terrible things that can happen to a tourist .
Therefore , when you are going on a trip , you must prepare yourlf carefully . Firstly , you must have
clear information about the weather . Secondly , you should choo a good companion so that you can help each other Thirdly , you must be careful everywhere and try to avoid accidents . If you do this , you’ll surely enjoy your travels and avoid any unnecessary trouble . 56．In the passage , the author suggests that you should for a holiday .
A．go to the country B．go to different cities
C．go nowhere D．Both A and B
57．In the first paragraph , the underlined words “are fed up with” means .
A．finish doing B．can’t do C．are tired of D．are interested in 58．What is NOT mentioned in the passage ?
A．You may meet with unexpected troubles on a trip .
B．You may get ill on a trip .
C．You will have to spend a lot of money on a bus or in a car .
D．It’s necessary for you to know about the weather before you travel .
59．In order to have a good holiday , you should .
A．be careful enough B．have a holiday with a good friend
C．take an umbrella with you D．be well prepared for your trip
(B)
The eastern Indonesian island Komodo is proving a hit with adventurous tourists eager to have a look at the world’s largest lizard (蜥蜴) species (种类) . The island is the home of the huge lizard called the Komodo dragon .
A later species of the Jurassic (侏罗纪) period dinosaurs 130 million years ago , the Komodo dragon is in danger and has been placed under protection by the Indonesian government .
The local people who show great respect for the species call the huge lizard “ Buaya Darat” .Tales handed down over generations of islanders speak of the dragon warning people of getting
clo to this kind of animal .
The animal can reach a length of three meters when fully grown , gain a weight of about 135 kilograms and may live to an age of about 100 years . It digs a hole in the ground as deep as 9 meters and lay eggs-up to 30 at a time-that hatch in April or May . The newly hatched lizards , about 45 centimeters long , live in trees for veral months .
Komodo dragon has been known to eat smaller members of the species and sometimes even other grown-ups . The Komodo dragon was first discovered in 1912 by a group of fishermen who protected themlves from a storm in the Banda Sea on the island .
Various species of the Komodo dragon are also found in Asia , Australia and Africa , but it is only on Komodo and western tip of the neighboring island of Flores that they grow up to three meters long .
60．This passage mainly talks about .
A．the largest crocodile in the world
B．the story of a dragon in Indonesia
C．a kind of huge lizard-the Komodo dragon in Australia
D．how the Komodo dragon was found and protected
61．Newly born Komodo dragons .
A．dig very deep holes
B．are hatched in cold weather
C．are 45 centimeters long and weigh 9 kilograms
D．spend their first few months living in trees
62．At prent , Komodo dragons .
A．are protected by the local government B．are hunted by Komodo fishermen
C．join in a special hatching program D．live only on the Komodo island 63．According to the passage , Komodo dragons .
A．are 9 meters long and live up to 80 years
B．are 3 meters long and live up to 100 years
C．weigh up to 135 kilograms and are 9 meters long
D．weigh 45 kilograms and live up to 135 years
(C)
It’s said that there will be five scientific breakthroughs in the 21st century . We’ll know where we came from . Why does the univer exist ? Since the 1920s , scientists have developed the theories that give a detailed picture of the evolution (演变) of the univer . Over the next 20 years , the theories will be improved by data from extraordinarily powerful new telescopes .
We’ll know the genetic code and defeat cancer . In the 19th-century operas , when the heroine coughs in the first act , people know she will die of T. B in Act Three . But thanks to antibiotics , the once-incurable dia now can mean nothing more rious than taking some pills . As scientists learn more about the genetic and many dias will become less threatening .
We’ll live longer . If the normal aging process is basically an invisible contest in our cells —
a contest between damage to our DNA and our cell’s ability to repair that damage then the 21st-century progress in genetic medicine may let us control and even change the process .
We’ll “manage” the earth . In the next millennium , we will stop talking about the weather but will do s
omething about it . We’ll gradually learn how to foretell the effects of human activity on the earth .
We’ll have a “brain road map” . This is the real final frontier of the 21st century . The brain is the most complex system we know . Early in the 21st century scientists will produce detailed maps of the neurons in operation . We’ll be able to say with certainty which ones are working when you read a word , when you say a word , when you think about a word , and so on . 64．The underlined word “ breakthrough” probably means .
A．breaking the enemy’s defens B．major achievement
C．making a way through D．big steps
65．What are the five scientific breakthroughs in the 21st century predicated by scientists ?
a. the reason why the univer exists
b. a picture of the earth
c. the cure of cancer
d. make our lives longer
e. control the earth
f. make it clear how our brains work
g. improve the environment
A．a, b, c, d , g B．a , c , d , e , g C．a, c, d , f, g D．b , d , e , f , g 66．Many rious dias will become less threatening becau .
A．nobody has made antibiotics
B．the knowledge of genetic code has been known
C．cancer-causing genes will no longer exist
D．medicine conditions have been improved greatly
67．If a hurricane is forming on the a , we will .
A．be able to predicate it and make preparations to make the damage less rious
B．change its road
C．predicate it and take measures to control it
D．won’t have to pay any attention to it since it won’t make any damage to us
(D)
A new era is upon us . Call it what you will ; the rvice economy , the information age , the knowledge society . It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work . Already we’re partly there . The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen greatly in the Western World . Today the majority of jobs in America , Europe and Japan (two thirds or more in many of the countries ) are in the rvice industry , and the number is on the ri . More women are in the work force than ever before . There are more part-time jobs . More people are lf-employed . But the breadth（幅度）of the economic transformation can’t be measured by numbers alone , becau it also is giving ri to a radical (根本的) new way of thinking about the nature of work itlf . Long-held notions (观念) about jobs and careers , the
skills needed to succeed , even the relation between individuals and employers—all the are being challenged（挑战）.
We have only to look behind us to get some n of what may lie ahead . No one looking ahead 20 years possibly could have foreen the ways in which a single invention , the chip , would transform our world thanks to its applications (应用) in personal computers , digital communications and factory robots . Tomorrow’s achievements in biotechnology , artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of dramatic changes . But one thing is certain ; information and knowledge will become even more important , and the people who own it , whether they work in production or rvices , will have the advantage and produce the wealth . Computer knowledge will become as basic a requirement as the ability to read and write . The ability to solve problems by applying information instead of performing routine tasks will be valued above all el . If you cast your mind ahead 10 years , information rvices will be predominant (占优势的). It will be the way you do your job .
68．A characteristic (特征) of the information age is that .
A．the rvice industry is depending more and more on the male work force
B．production industries are steadily increasing
C．people find it harder and harder to earn a living by working in factories
D．most of the job chances can now be found in the rvice industry
69．By referring to computers and other inventions , the author means to say that .
A．people should be able to respond to (做出反应) the advancement of technology quickly B．future achievenments in technology will bring about unthinkable dramatic changes
C．the importance of high technology has been overlooked
D．computer science will play a leading role in the future information rvices .
70．The future will probably belong to tho who .
A．own knowledge and know how to make u of information
B．give full play to their brain potential (潜能)
C．join in rvice industries
D．cast their minds ahead instead of looking back
71．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage ?
A．Computers and the Knowledge Society
B．Service Industries in Modern Society
C．Characteristic and Implications (含意) of the New Era
D．Rapid Advancement of Information Technology
(E)
The most frightening words in the English language are “our computer is down .” You hear it more and more when you are on business .The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said , “I’m sorry , I can’t ll you a ticket . Our computer is down .”
“If your computer is down , just write me out a ticket .”
“I can’t write you out a ticket . The computer is the only one allowed to do so .” I looked down at the counter and every pasnger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen . Then I asked her , “What do you do ?”
“We give the computer the information about your trip , and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not .”
“So when it goes down , you go down with it .”
“That’s right , sir .”
“How long will the computer be down ?” I wanted to know .
“I have no idea . Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes , sometimes for two hours . There is no way we can find out without asking the computer , and since it’s down , it won’t answer us .”
After the girl told me they had no backup computer , I said , “Let’s forget the computer . what about your planes ? They’re still flying , aren’t they ?”
“I can’t tell without asking the computer .”
“May be I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’s flying to Washington .” I suggested .
“I wouldn’t know what gate to nd you to . Even if the pilot was going to Washington , he couldn’t take you if you didn’t have a ticket .”
“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours ?”
“I wouldn’t know ,” she said , pointing at the desk screen . “Only IT knows . it can’t tell me .”
By this time there were quite a few people standing in line . The words soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down . Some people went , some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage .
72．The best title of the article is .
A．Asking the Computer B．The Computer of the Airport
C．The Most Frightening Words D．When the Computer Is Down
73．What could the girl in the ticket office do for the pasngers without asking the computer ?
A．She could answer the pasngers’ questions
B．She could do nothing .
C．She could ll a ticket .
D．She could write out a ticket .
74．It can be inferred from the passage that they had no backup computer becau .
A．it was easily down .B．it was not advanced enough .
C．it was not as big as the main computer .D．it was very expensive .
75．The last paragraph suggests that .
A．a modern computer won’t be down
B．computers can take the place of humans
