(Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 is based on the following passage.
A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books influence the depth and breadth of life. They meet the natural 47 for freedom, for expression, for creativity and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need. Readers turn 48 to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things, their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to 49 from their own limited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now. They are presented with a 50 of human experiences and come to 51 other ways of thought and living. And while 52 their own relationships and responses to life , the readers often find that the 53 in their stories are going through similar adjustments, which help to clarify and give significance to their own.
Books provide 54 material for readers’ imagination to grow. Imagination is a valuable quality and a motivating power, and stimulates achievement. While enriching their imagination, books 55 their outlook, develop a factfinding attitude and train them to use leisure 56 . The social and educational significance of the readers’ books cannot be overestimated in an academic library.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A. abundant
B. characters
C. communicating
D. completely
E. derive
F. desire
G. diversity
H. escape
I. establishing
J. narrow
K. naturally
L. personnel
M. properly
N. respect
O. widen
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section, each passage is followed by some question or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C), D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage one
Questions 57 to 61 based on the following passage.
If you are a male and you are reading this, congratulations: you are a survivor. According to statistics, you are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than a woman, and nine times more likely to die of AIDS. Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you will die on average five years before a woman.
There are many reasons for this—typically, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke—but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor.
“Men aren’t seeing doctors as often as they should,”says Dr. Gullotta,“This is particularly so for the over-40s, when diseases tend to strike.”
Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two. For those over 45, it should be at least once a year.
Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker’s cough for a year.
“When I finally saw him it had already spread and he has since died from lung cancer,” he says.“Earlier detection and treatment may not have cured him, but it would have prolonged(延长) this life.”
According to a recent survey, 95% of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men in the same age group.
“A lot of men think they are invincible (不可战胜的),”Gullotta says: “They only come in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think, Geez, if it could happen to him,...”
Then there is the ostrich approach. “Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know.” says Dr. Ross Cartmill.
“Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies.” Cartmill says. He believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups.
Regular check-ups for men would inevitably place strain on the public purse, Cartmill says. “But prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to treat the diseases. Besides, the ultimate cost is far greater: it is called premature death.”
57. Why does the author congratulate his male readers at the beginning of the passage?
A)They are more likely to survive serious diseases today.
B)Their average life span has been considerably extended.
C)They have lived long enough to read this article.
D)They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life.
58. What does the author state is the most important reason men die five years earlier on average than women?
A)Men drink and smoke much more than women.
B)Men don’t seek medical care as often as women.
C)Men aren’t as cautions as women in face of danger.
D)Men are more likely to suffer from fatal diseases.
59. Which of the following best completes the sentence “Geez, if it could happen to him,...’(Line2, Para. 8)?
A)It could happen to me, too.
B)I should avoid playing golf.
C)I should consider myself lucky.
D)It would be a big misfortune.
60. What does Dr. Ross Cartmill mean by “the ostrich approach”(Line 1, Para. 9)?
A)A casual attitude towards one’s health conditions.
B)A new therapy for certain psychological problems.
C)Refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved.
D)Unwillingness to find out about one’s disease be.
61. What does Cartmill say about regular check-ups for men?
A)They may increase public expenses.
B)They will save money in the long run.
C)They may cause psychological strains on men.
D)They will enable men to live as long as women.
【答案解析】
Section A
内容概述
本文主要介绍了没有书的生活是不完整的生活。书籍可以影响我们生活的深度和广度。另外阅读大量的书籍对于培养读者的想象力有帮助，并且在丰富想象力的同时，书籍拓宽了他们的眼界，发展了追寻事实的态度并且训练他们恰当地利用闲暇时间。
47. F)。desire空格前有形容词natural表示自然的之意，所以此空需要填名词。根据句意，这里表示对自由的渴望的含义，所以选desire表示渴望的意思。
48. K)。naturally分析此句，本句不缺少主干成分，用于谓语动词之后，所以空格处应缺少副词。根据句意，表示“自然地”，所以选K)。
49. H)。escape 空格位于动词need to之后，缺少动词原形。根据句意，表示逃离。escape from...表示从……逃离。
50. G)。diversity 本题考查固定用法，a diversity of表示各种各样的。
51. N)。respect分析此句,在动词词组come to之后加动词原形，表示开始做某事，根据句意，这里表示的意思是尊重的含义。因此选N)。
52. I)。establishing分析此句，本句不缺少主干成分，在while引导的时间状语从句中，如果主语省略，谓语动词可以用分词形式来表示，所以空格处应缺少动词的动词的分词形式。根据句意，表示“建立”，所以选I)。
53. B)。characters分析此句,在定冠词the之后, 应该缺少名词，根据句意，这里表示在他们故事中的人物的含义，因此选B)。
54. A)。abundant空格前有动词provide表示提供，空格后面有名词material表示材料，所以此空需要填形容词。根据句意，这里表示大量的，充足的，所以选A)。
55. O)。widen 分析此句，本句缺少谓语成分，与develop和train构成并列谓语成分，另外根据上下文，这里表示拓宽的含义，所以选O)。
56. M)。properly分析此句，此处不缺少主干成分，在句子的末尾可使用副词来修饰谓语动词，另外根据句意，properly在这里表示恰当地，合适地。
Section B
Passage One
内容概述
本文主要介绍了根据数据显示，男人死于皮肤癌的可能性是女人的两倍，死于艾滋病是女人的九倍。正常死亡来讲，男人平均比女人早死五年。对此，有很多解释。男人比女人更多的冒险，更有可能吸烟喝酒，恐怕最重要的是男人不去看医生。最近的一个调查显示，95%的年龄在15-40多岁之间的女人一年看一次医生，而男人却只有70%。对于男人来说。常规的检查不可避免地会增加他们的经济负担，但是从长远来讲，预防总还是比治病更便宜些。
57. Why does the author congratulate his male readers at the beginning of the passage?
A)They are more likely to survive serious diseases today.
B)Their average life span has been considerably extended.
C)They have lived long enough to read this article.
D)They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life.
57. A)。题干中提到at the beginning of the passage,所以可以将答案锁定在第一段开始部分。根据文章第一句话得知，congratulations: you are a survivor.接着下面的句子对此进行解释说明，恭喜男人的原因是他们如今能从恶疾中存活下来。A)项与此意吻合。
58. What does the author state is the most important reason men die five years earlier on average than women?
A)Men drink and smoke much more than women.
B)Men don’t seek medical care as often as women.
C)Men aren’t as cautions as women in face of danger.
D)Men are more likely to suffer from fatal diseases.
58. B)。题干的问题是作者认为男人平均比女人早死五年的最重要的原因是什么?在第一段结尾处提到这一结论，在第二段中，进行解释说明，关键句就是but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor.也就是说男士不去看医生。
59. Which of the following best completes the sentence “Geez, if it could happen to him,...”(line2,Para 8)?
A)It could happen to me, too.
B)I should avoid playing golf.
C)I should consider myself lucky.
D)It would be a big misfortune.
59. A)。根据题干，在第八段第二行，我们找到题干中的这句话，阅读这一句话前后的句子，Gullotta说男人总是认为他们是不可战胜的……，可以推断出，题干中的这句话后面表达的应该是同样的事情也会发生在我身上。所以选A。
60. What does Dr. Ross Cartmill mean by “the ostrich approach”(Line 1，Para.9)?
A)A casual attitude towards one’s health conditions.
B)A new therapy for certain psychological problems.
C)Refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved.
D)Unwillingness to find out about one’s disease be.
60. D)。根据题干，在第九段第一行，在the ostrich approach后面对此进行了解释说明，他们害怕要发生的事情，宁愿不去知道。所以这与D)项的意思相吻合。
61. What does Cartmill say about regular check-ups for men?
A)They may increase public expenses.
B)They will save money in the long run.
C)They may cause psychological strains on men.
D)They will enable men to live as long as women.
61. B)。根据题干中关键词Cartmill，regular check-ups，所以解题主要是锁定原文最后两段，关键句是But prevention is cheaper in the long run...，所以B项符合此意。A项在文中出现，但是不是Carmill真正要表达的意思，真正要表达的意思是在but这一转折词之后的句子。C,D两项没有提及。
