第一部分：词汇选项（第1~15题，每题1分，共15分）

下面每个句子中均有1个词或者短语有括号，请为每处括号部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。

1、All the flats in the building had the same layout.

A: color

B:arrangement

C:size

D:function

本题正确答案为:B

本题解析:layout是“布局、安排”的意思，如：layout of the exhibition hall,layout of the shopping complex等。本句的意思是：大楼里所有的公寓布局都一样。arrangement可以指时间、日程的安排，也可以指空间的分割和安排。function是“功能”。

2、The weather was crisp and clear and you could see the mountains fifty miles away.

A:fresh

B: hot

C:heavy

D:Windy

本题正确答案为:A

本题解析: crisp通常用于修饰食品，表示“脆的、新鲜而脆生的”，如：crisp crackers,crisp lettuce等。但它也可以用来描述天气，表示“清新、凉爽的”，在本句中它表示的就是这个意思，所以可以用fresh来代替。

3、The walls are made of hollow concrete blocks.

A:big

B:long

C:new?

D:empty

本题正确答案为:D

本题解析:hollow是“空心的”意思，如：a hollow tree,a hollow pipe。这里可以用empty来替换。

4、Our aim was to update the health service, and we succeeded.

A:modernize

B:offer

C:provide

D:fund

本题正确答案为:A

本题解析:update的意思就是现在常说的“升级、更新”，和modernize“现代化”意义相近。

5、Her comments about men are utterly ridiculous.

A:slightly

B:partly

C:completely

D:faintly

本题正确答案为:C

本题解析: utterly是“完全”的意思，和completely同义。

6、 Every week the magazine presents the profile of a well-known sports personality.

A:success

B:description

C:evidence

D:plan

本题正确答案为:B

本题解析:profile这个词原指一个人的面部（尤其是侧面）的轮廓、外形，这里它的词义扩大为指对一个人所作的概括描述。

7、He has been granted asylum in France.

A:power

B:relief?

C:protection

D:license

本题正确答案为:C

本题解析:asylum是“政治避难"，如：seek asylum，政治避难也是一种保护，所以应选protection，relief宽慰、救济，license执照、许可证。

8、When I heard the noise in the next room, I couldn’t resist having a peep.

A:look?

B:chance?

C:visit

D:try

本题正确答案为:A

本题解析: peep是“偷看、一瞥”，其词义包含在look之中，是look的一个下义词。

9、She moves from one exotic location to another.

A:familiar

B:similar

C:proper

D:unusual

本题正确答案为:D

本题解析:exotic这个词原来的意思是“外国的、有异域风情的”，在此基础上它的词义又扩展为“不同一般的、新奇的”，所以在这里可以用unusual来替换它。

10、We almost ran into a Rolls-Royce that pulled out in front of us without signalling.

A:overtook

B:hit

C:passed

D:found

本题正确答案为:B

本题解析:run into的字面意义就是“跑到……里面去”，如：The kids all ran into the park．此外它常常作为一个固定的短语来用，可以具有“不期而遇、撞上、遭遇”等多种意义，如：I ran into an old friend in the street yesterday. He ignored his parents' advice and soon ran into big trouble．它在本句中的意思就是“撞上”，相当于hit。

11、He was weary of the constant battle between them.

A: fond?

B:proud

C:tired

D:afraid

本题正确答案为:C

本题解析: weary的意思就是“疲倦、厌倦、厌烦”，和tired词义相近，不同的是tired更常用于表示体力上的疲倦，weary则更常用于表示感情、精神上的厌倦。

12、Nothing would induce me to vote for him again.

A:attract

B:teach

C: help

D: discourage

本题正确答案为:A

本题解析: induce导致、致使、劝说成功，在四个选项中和attract意义相近，句子的意思是：没有什么会促使我再次投他的票。

13、He shifted his position a little in order to alleviate the pain in his leg.

A:control?

B:ease

C: experience

D:suffer

本题正确答案为:B

本题解析:alleviate减轻、降低、缓和，最常见的搭配就是alleviate pain，减轻痛苦，所以这里可用ease来替换。其他常见的搭配有：alleviate suffering/crisis/tension/traffic congestion／unemployment/inflation等，表示不同的意义。

14、The photographs evoked strong memories of our holidays in France.

A:refreshed

B:stored?

C:blocked

D:erased

本题正确答案为:A

本题解析:evoke memories勾起回忆，evoke这个词具有“引起、唤起”等意义，最常见的搭配就是evoke memories，相当于refresh memories。此外它也可以用于表示引起某种感情、反响，如：The White Paper concerning human rights conditions in the country evoked strong reactions from the general public.

15、Newborn babies can discriminate between a man’s and a woman’s voice.

A:treat

B:express?

C:analyzes

D:distinguish

本题正确答案为:D

本题解析:discriminate区分、区别、分得出，和distinguish同义。

第二部分：阅读判断（第16~22题，每题1分，共7分）

下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断；如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。

In Sports, Red is the Winning Color

When opponents of a game are equally matched, the team dressed in red is more likely to win, according to a new study.

British anthropologists Russell Hill and Robert Barton of the University of Durham reached that conclusion by studying the outcomes of one-on-one boxing, tae kwon do, Greco-Roman-wresting, and freestyle-wrestling matches at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

In each event Olympic staff randomly assigned red or blue clothing or body protection to competitors. When otherwise equally matched with their opponent in fitness and skill, athletes wearing red were more likely to win the bout.

"Where there was a large point difference—presumably because one contestant was far superior to the other—color had no effect on the outcome," Barton said. "Where there was a small point difference, the effect of color was sufficient to tip the balance."

In equally matched bouts, the preponderance of red wins was great enough that it could not be attributed to chance, the anthropologists say. Hill and Barton found similar results in a review of the colors worn at the Euro 2004 international soccer tournament. Their report will be published in tomorrow's issue of the journal Nature.

Joanna Setchell, a primate researcher at the University of Cambridge in England, has found similar results in nature. Her work with the large African monkeys known as mandrills shows that red coloration gives males an advantage when it comes to mating.

The finding that red also has an advantage in human sporting events does not surprise her, addding that "the idea of the study is very clever."

Hill and Barton got the idea for their study out of a mutual interest in the evolution of sexual signals in primates—"red seems to be the color, across species, that signals male dominance and testosterone levels," Barton said.

For example, studies by Setchell, the Cambridge primate researcher, show that dominant male mandrills have increased red coloration in their faces and rumps. Another study by other scientists shows that red plastic rings experimentally placed on the legs of male zebra finches increase the birds' dominance.

Barton said he and Hill speculated some speculated that "there might be a similar effect in humans. And if so, it could be apparent in sporting contests."

The pair say their results indicate that sexual selection may have influenced the evolution of humans' response to color.

Setchell, the primatologist, agrees. "As Hill and Barton say, humans redden when we are angry and pale when we're scared. These are very important signals to other individuals," she said.

The advantage of red may be intuitively known, judging from the preva lence of red uniforms in sports—"though it is clearly not very widely appreciated, on a conscious level at least," Barton said.

He adds that the finding of red's advantage might have implications for regulations that govern sporting attire. In the Olympic matches he surveyed for the new study, for example, it is possible some medal winners may have reached the pedestal with an unintended advantage.

"That is the implication, though we cannot say that it made the difference in any one specific case," Barton said.

Meanwhile, Setchell noted—tongue-in-cheek—that a red advantage may not be limited to sports. "Going by the recent [U.S.] election results, red is indeed quite successful," she said.

16. Both Hill and Barton wanted to find out if color affects the outcome of sports matched. （right）

17. Hill and Barton are both interested in primates. （right）

18. Male mandrills use yellow coloration to attract a mate. (wrong)

19. Red is not an advantage for zebra finches.(wrong)

20. The red plastic rings were left on the finches permanently.(not mentioned)

21. Hill and Barton believe athletes in red are more likely to win.(right)

22. Many athletes oppose the new regulations on sports uniforms.(not mentioned)

第三部分：概括大意和完成句子（第23~30题，每题1分，共8分）

下面的短文后有2项测试任务：（1）第23~26题要求从所给的6个选项中为指定段落每段选择1个小标题；（2）第27~30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定一个最佳选项。

How technology pushes down price

Prices have fallen in the food business because of advances in food production and distribution technology. Consumers have benefited greatly from those advances. People who predicted that the world would run out of food were wrong. We are producing more and more food with less and less capital. Good is therefore more plentiful and cheaper than it has ever been. Spending on food compared with other goods has fallen for many years, and continues to drop.

Supermarkets have helped push down prices mainly because of their scale. Like any big business, they can invest in IT systems that make them efficient. And their size allows them to buy in bulk. As supermarkets get bigger, the prices get lower.

Huge retail companies such as Wal-Mart have tremendous power and they can put pressure on producers to cut their margins. As a result, some producers have had to make cuts. In recent years, Unilever has cut its workforce by 33,000 to 245,000 and dropped lots of its minor brands as part of its “path to growth” strategy. Cadbury has shut nearly 20 per cent of its 133 factories and cut 10 per cent of its 55,000 global workforce. These cuts help keep costs down, and the price of food stays low.

Does cheap food make people unhealthy? Cheap food may encourage people to eat more. Good companies certainly think that giving people more food for their money makes them buy more. Giving people bigger portions is an easy way of making them feel they have got a better deal. That is why portions have got larger and larger. In America, soft drinks came in 8oz (225g) cans in the past, then 12oz (350g), and now come in 20oz (550g) cans. If a company can sell you an 8oz portion for $7, they can sell you a 12oz portion for $8. The only extra cost to the company is the food, which probably costs 25 cents.

Now companies are under pressure to stop selling bigger portions for less money. But it is hard to change the trend.

Glossary

Buy in bulk: buy goods in large quantities

Put pressure on: use your power to encourage

Get a better deal:get more value for your money

Paragraph 1 C

Paragraph 2 F

Paragraph 3 A

Paragraph 4 D

A. Huge retailers force producers to cunt costs

B. Consumers like supermarkets

C. Technology helps reduce food prices

D. Food comes cheaper in larger portions

E. Chain stores provide better service

F. Bigger supermarkets offer lower prices

27. Big supermarkets can offer food at lower prices because they can buy in__C_

28. Some food producers have reduced__A_（F）

29. Besides cutting its cost, unilever also abandoned its__F_（A）

28,29的答案或相反。

30. Buyers like bigger portion because they think they have got_E__

A. their workforce

B. huge portions

C. large quantities

D. their money

E. a good barging

F. minor brands

第四部分：阅读理解（第31~45题，每题3分，共45分）

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。

第四部分：阅读理解(第31～45题，每题3分，共45分)

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。

第一篇

Gross National Happiness

In the last century，new technology improved the lives of many people in many countries. However，one country resisted these changes. High in the Himalayan mountains of Asia，the kingdom of Bhutan remained separate. Its people and Buddhist(佛教)culture had not been affected for almost a thousand years. Bhutan， however，was a poor country. People died at a young age. Most of its people could not read，and they did not know much about the outside world. Then，in 1972，a new ruler named King Jigme Singye Wangchuck decided to help Bhutan to become modern， but without losing its traditions.

King Wangchuck looked at other countries for ideas. He saw that most countries measured their progress by their Gross National Product(GNP). The GNP measures products and money. When the number of products sold increases，people say the country is making progress. King Wangchuck had a different idea for Bhutan. He wanted to measure his country’s progress by people’s happiness. If the people’s happiness increased，the king could say that Bhutan was making progress. To decide if people were happier， he created a measure called Gross National Happiness(GNH).

GNH is based on certain principles that create happiness. People are happier if they have health care，education，and jobs. They are happier when they live in a healthy，protected environment. They are happier when they can keep their traditional culture and customs. Finally，people are happier when they have a good， stable government.

Now there is some evidence of increased GNH in Bhutan. People are healthier and are living longer. More people are educated and employed. Twenty-five percent of the land has become national parks，and the country has almost no pollution. The Bhutanese continue to wear their traditional clothing and follow their ancient Buddhist customs. Bhutan has also become a democracy. In 2008，King Wangchuck gave his power to his son. Although the country still had a king，it held its first democratic elections that year. Bhutan had political parties and political candidates for the first time. Finally，Bhutan has connected to the rest of the world through television and the Internet.

Bhutan is a symbol for social progress. Many countries are now interested in Bhutan’s GNH. These countries are investigating their own ways to measure happiness. They want to create new policies that take care of their people，cultures，and land.

Brazil may be the next country to use the principles of GNH. Brazilian leaders see the principles of GNH as a source of inspiration. Brazil is a large country with a diverse population. If happiness works as a measure of progress in Brazil，perhaps the rest of the world will follow.

31. Who was Jigme Singye Wangchuck?

A. A president.

B. A Buddhist priest.

C. A king.

D. A general.

32. Apart from modernizing Bhutan, what else did Wangchuck want to do for Bhutan?

A. To make its population grow.

B. To keep it separate from the world.

C. To encourage its people to get rich.

D. To keep its traditions and customs.

33. A country shows its progress with GNP by______.

A. spending more money.

B. spending less money.

C. selling more products.

D. providing more jobs.

34. According to GNH, people are happier if they______.

A. have new technology.

B. have a good, stable government.

C. can change their religion.

D. have more money.

35. Today, many countries are______.

A. trying to find their own ways to measure happiness.

B. using the principles of GNH to measure their progress.

C. working together to develop a common scale to measure GNH.

D. taking both Bhutan and Brazil as symbols for social progress.

本题分数（15）

第4部分：阅读理解

31 C 第一段里就提到一位名为King Jigme Singye Wangchuck的新的统治者，很显然Wangchuck是一位国王。

32 D 第一段的结尾处讲到King Jigme Singye Wangchuck decided to help Bhutan to become modern, but without losing its traditions，可见这位国王决定要让不丹现代化，但又不失去自己的传统。

33 C 在第二段里可以找到对GNP一个十分简单化的解释：The GNP measures products and money. When the number of products sold increases, people say the country is making progress．也就是说卖出的产品增加了，就说明这个国家在进步。

34 B 第三段列举了衡量GNH的多个标准，其中包括人民享受医疗保险、受教育、有工作、生态环境健康并受到保护等。最后提到的一个标准便是人民有个好的、稳定的政府。

35 A 答案在第五段里下面这两个句子中可以看到：Many countries are now interested in Bhutan's GNH.These countries are investigating their own ways to measure happiness.

第二篇

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第二篇

Going Her Own Way

When she was twelve, Maria made her first important decision about the course of her life. She decided that she wanted to continue her education, Most girls from middle-class families chose to stay home after primary school，though some attended private Catholic "finishing" schools. There they learned a little about music，art，needlework，and how to make polite conversation. This was not the sort of education that interested Maria —or her mother. By this time，she had begun to take her studies more seriously. She read constantly and brought her books everywhere. One time she even brought her math book to the theater and tried to study in the dark.

Maria knew that she wanted to go on learning in a serious way. That meant attending the public high school，something that very few girls did. In Italy at the time，there were two types of high schools: the "classical" schools and the "technical" schools. In the classical schools，the students followed a very traditional program of studies，with courses in Latin and Greek language and literature，and Italian literature and history. The few girls who continued studying after primary school usually chose these schools.

Maria，however，wanted to attend a technical school. The technical schools were more modern than the classical schools and they offered courses in modern languages，mathematics，science，and accounting.Most people — including Maria's father — believed that girls would never be able to understand these subjects. Furthermore，they did not think it was proper for girls to study them.

Maria did not care if it was proper or not. Math and science were the subjects that interested her most. But before she could sign up for the technical school，she had to win her father' s approval. She finally did，with her mother's help，though for many years after，there was tension in the family. Maria's father continued to oppose her plans，while her mother helped her.

In 1883，at age thirteen，Maria entered the "Regia Scuola Tecnica Michelangelo Buonarroti" in Rome. Her experience at this school is difficult for us to imagine. Though the courses included modern subjects，the teaching methods were very traditional. Learning consisted of memorizing long lists of facts and repeating them back to the teacher. Students were not supposed to ask questions or think for themselves in any way. Teachers were very demanding，discipline in the classroom was strict，and punishment was severe for those who failed to achieve or were disobedient.

36  Maria wanted to attend _____.

A  a private“finishing" school

B   a school teaching Latin

C  a technical high school

D  a school for art and music

37  In those days, most Italian girls_____.

A  did not go to primary school

B  went to“finishing" schools

C  did not go to high school

D  went to technical schools

38   Maria's father probably_____.

A  had a modern view about women

B   had a traditional view about women

C  was interested in women's education

D  thought Latin was easy for women

39   High school teachers in Italy in those days were very_____.

A  flexible

B intelligent

C kind

D strict

40  We can infer from this passage that_____.

A  Maria's parents liked her personality

B   Maria was a girl of strong will

C  Maria's mother paid for her education

D  Maria  gave in under her father's pressure

本题分数（15）

36  C  第三段的第一句话讲得很清楚Maria想上的是哪一类学校：Maria,however,wanted to attend a technical school.

37  C  第一段里有这样一句话：Most girls from middle-class families chose to stay home after primary school, though some attended private Catholic“finishing"schools．可见大多数中产阶级家庭的女孩读完小学后选择待在家里，有些则上私立的天主教的“finishing schools”，但并不属于中学。所以实际上当时大多数意大利的女孩子是不读中学的。

38  B  在第三段里讲到技术中学比经典的中学更现代化，教授现代语言、数学、科学、会计等科目。大多数人，包括Maria的父亲认为女孩子学不了这些科目，甚至认为女孩子不该学这些东西。可见他对女性的观点是很传统的。

39  D  这可以从最后一段，尤其是最后一句话看到：Teachers were very demanding，discipline in the classroom was strict, and punishment was severe for those who failed to achieve or were disobedient.

40  B  纵观全文，不难看出Maria是个个性很强的女孩，有自己的想法，而且顶住种种压力达到自己的目标。文章的标题Going Her Own Way实际上也已经点明了她的个性。

第三篇 DNA testing

DNA testing reveals the genes of each individual person. Since the early twentieth century, scientists have known that all human characteristics are contained in a person's genes and are passed from parents to children. Genes work as a chemical instruction manual for each part and each function of the body. Their basic chemical element is called DNA, a copy of which can be found in every cell. The existence of genes and the chemical structure of DNA were understood by the mid-1900s, but scientists have only recently been able to identify a person from just a drop of blood or a single hair.

One of the most important uses of DNA testing is in criminal investigation. The very first use of DNA testing in a criminal case was in 1985 in Great Britain, when a man confessed to killing a young woman in the English countryside. Because police had found samples of the killer’s DNA at the scene of the crime, a biologist suggsstod that it might be possible to compare that DNA to some from the confessor’ s blood. To everyone's surprise, the tests showed that he was not the killer. Nor was he guity of a similar murder that had happened some time earlier. At that point he acdmitted that he had confessed to the crimes out of fear and police pressure. The police then asked 5, 000 locaI men for samples of their blood,and DNA testing revealed that one of them was the real murderer, so- the first man was set free.

In 1992, two law professors, Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, decided to use DNA evidence to help set free such mistakenly convicted prisoners. With the help of their students, they created a not-for-profit organization called the lnnocence Project. Most of their clients are poor men, many from racial and ethnic minorities. In fact, studies have shown that U. S. judges and juries are often influenced by racial and ethnic background,and that people from minority groups are more likely to be convicted. Some of these men had been sentenced to death, a form of punishment used in thirty-eight states out of fifty ( as of 2006). For most of these prisoners, their only hope was another trial in which DNA testing could be used to prove their innocence.

Between 1992 and 2006, the Innocence Project helped free 100 men. Some of these prisoners had been in jail for ten, twenty years or more for crimes they did not commit.  However, the goal of the Innocence Project is not simply to set free those who are wrongfully in jail. They also hope to bring about real changes in the criminal justice system.

In Illinois in the late 1990s, a group of journalism students at Northwestern University were able to bring about such a change in that state. They began investigating some Illinois prisoners who claimed to be innocent.Through DNA testing,the students were able to prove that in fact  the prisoners were not guilty of the crimes they had been accused of. Thirteen of these men were set free, and in 2000, Governor Ryan of IIIinois decided to stop carrying out death stentences until further study could be made of the prisoners' cases.

The use of DNA in criminal cases is still being debated around the world. Some fear that governments will one day keep records of everyone's DNA,which could put limits on the privacy and freedom of citizens. Other people mistrust the science of DNA testing and think that lawyers use it to get their clients free whether'or not they are guilty. But for those whose innocence has been proven and who are now free men, DNA testing has meant nothing less than a return to life. And with the careful use of DNA testing, no innocent person should ever be convicted again.

41. What is the main idea of this passage?

A.　DNA testing has changed the American legal system.

B.　DNA testing has helped innocent men go free in Illinois.

C.　DNA testing uses genetics to identify a person.

D.　DNA testing has played a key role in criminal investigation.

42. DNA testing was first used in a criminal case by

A.　a lawyer in New York

B.　students in Illinois

C.　doctors in the United States

D.　police in Great Britain

43. The innocence project uses DNA testing to

A.　set free innocent prisoner

B.　help the police put people in prison

C.　find out which lawyer are incompetent

D.　prove that suspects are guilty

44. Some students in Northwestern University

A.　proved some prisoners were not guilty

B.　believed some suspects were from ethnic groups

C.　told the governors of Illinois not to free the prisoners

D.　showed DNA testing was not always reliable

45. What is the author’s attitude toward DNA testing?

A.　Negative

B.　Positive

C.　Suspicious

D.　Indifferent

41  C  本文的题目是DNA testing但除了第一段对DNA testing做了一个简单的介绍外，文章其他各段主要讲的是DNA testing在对罪犯做调查时所起的作用。第二段的第一句话One of the most important uses of DNA testing is in criminal investigation点明了全文的中心。

42  D  从第二段可以得到答案。第一次把DNA testing用于犯罪调查的是英国的警察。

43  D  第三段介绍了Innocence Project的来由和目的，1992年，丙位法律教授Peter Neufeld和Barry Scheck创立了这个非盈利的项目，目的是通过DNA testing来帮助被误判的犯人重获自由（help set free such mistakenly convicted prisoners）。

44  A  在第五段里可以找到答案：Through DNA testing, the students were able to prove that in fact the prisoners were not guilty of the crimes they had been accused of.

45  B  纵观全文，作者对DNA testing明显是持肯定态度的。

第5部分：补全短文（第46~50题，每题2分，共10分）

下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章面貌。

标题： The Mysteries of Nazca

In the desert of Peru, 300 kilometers from Lima, one of the most unusual artworks in the world has mystified (迷惑) people for decades. ------E--------(46) But from high above, these marks are huge images of birds, fish, seashells, all beautifully carved into the earth.

The Nazca lines are so difficult to see from the ground that they weren’t discovered until the 1930s, when pilots spotted them while flying over the area. In all, there are about 70 different human and animal figures on the plain, along with 900 triangles, circles, and lines.

Researchers have figured out that the lines are at least 1,500 years old, but their purpose is still a mystery.----B------ (47) However, it would probably be very tricky to xxxxx and a spaceship in the middle of pictures of dogs and monkeys.

In the 1940s, an American explorer named Paul Kosok suggested that the drawings are a chronicle (记录) of the movement of the stars and planets. ----------F--------。(48) xxxxx ，an astronomer tested his theory with a computer, but he couldn’t find any relation between the lines and movements in space.

Another explanation is that the lines may have been made for religious reasons. The English researcher Tony Morrison investigated the customs of people in the Andes xxxxx and learned that they sometimes pray by the side of the road. It’s possible that xxxxx, the lines of Nazca were created for a similar purpose. ----------D---------(49) But xxxxx people have never constructed anything this big.

Recently, two other scientists, David Johnson and Steve Mabee, have speculated xxxxx lines could have been related to water. Nazca is one of the driest places in the xxxxx receives only 2cm of rain every year. While Johnson was searching for xxxxx water sources in the area, he noticed that some waterways built ancient xxxxx were connected with the lines. Johnson believes that the Nazca lines are a giant xxxxx underground water in the area. --------A--------------(50)

A. Other scientists are now searching for evidence to prove this.

B. A Swiss writer named Erich Von Daniken wrote that the Nazca lines were designed as a landing place for UFOs.

C. Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs.

D. The largest pictures may have been the sites for special ceremonies.

E. Seen from the ground, it looks like lines scratched into the earth.

F. He called Nazca “the largest astronomy book in the world”.

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The Old Gate

In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. This was partly for 51 defensive(变化) reasons but another factor was the need to keep out anyone regarded as undesirable, like people with contagious 52 diseases. The Old City of London gates were all 53 demolished by the end of the 18th century. The last of London's gates was removed a century ago, 54 but(变化) by a stoke of luck, it was never destroyed.

This gate is， in 55 actual fact, not called a gate at all; its name is Temple Bar, and it marked the 56 border(换词了，原文boundary)between the Old City of London and Westminster. In 1878 the Council of London took the Bar 57 down(变化), numbered the stones and put the gate in storage 58 because(变化) its design was unfashionable it was expensive to 59 maintain and it was blocking the traffic.

The Temple Bar Trust was setup in the 1970's with the 60 intention(变化) of returning the gate home. The aim of the trust is the 61 preservation of the nation's architectural heritage.

Transporting the gate will 62 mean(变化) physically pulling it down, stone by stone, removing and rebuilding it near St Paul's Cathedral. Most of the facade of the gate will probably be 63 replaced, though there is a good 64 chance that the basic structure will be sound. The hardest 65 job of all, however, will be to recreate the statues of the monarchs that once stood on top of the gate.

51. ( )

A. sensitive B. defensive C. offensive D. primitive

52. ( )

A. diseases B. injuries C. symptoms D. colds

53. ( )

A. devoted B. declared C. decreased D. demolished

54. ( )

A. for B. or C. but D. none

55. ( )

A. real B. actual C. usual D. current

56. ( )

A. pares B. limit C. lines D. borders

57. ( )

A. along B. down C. up D. away

58. ( )

A. while B. where C. that D. because

59. ( )

A. discover B. repair C. fix D. maintain

60. ( )

A. opinion B. project C. intention D. design

61. ( )

A. conversion B. preservation C. reservation D. registration

62. ( )

A. mean B. stop C. keep D. continue

63. ( )

A. stored B. exchange C. replaced D. recognized

64. ( )

A. chance B. Fate C. Lesson D. idea

65. ( )

A. case B. voice C. job D. type

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