2005年医学博士外语真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)

2005年医学博士外语真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)
题型有：1. 2. 3. 4. 5. PartⅢCloze 6. PartⅣReading Comprehension 7. PartⅤWriting
Section A
听力原文：W: Congratulations! I understand you will be admitted to Peking University. When are you leaving for Beijing?M: You must be thinking of someone else. I’m still waiting to hear.Q: What does the man mean?
1．
A．He was waiting in the wrong place.
B．He won’t have to wait any longer.
C．The woman was mistaken.
D．The woman should ask somebody else for help.
正确答案：C
解析：通过男士的话You must be thinking of someone else可知女士是认错人了。

听力原文：M: Hello, this is Jason Smith. I’m calling to see if my urine test results are in.W: Doctor White just sent them to the lab this morning. So the earliest data will be back in tomorrow’s afternoon.Q: What does the woman mean?
2．
A．The results might be ready tomorrow afternoon.
B．The results might be ready tomorrow morning.
C．The results will be ready this afternoon.
D．The results were back this morning.
正确答案：A
解析：男士想知道自己的尿检结果，女士告诉他数据最早出来的时间是tomorrow’s afternoon。

听力原文：M: I’m taking a collection for the AIDS patients. Would you like to give?W: Just a minute when I get my purse.Q: What will the woman do next?
3．
A．Buy a purse.
B．Buy the AIDS patients medicine.
C．Make a donation.
D．Lend the man some money.
正确答案：C
解析：男士讲自己正在为艾滋病人筹集款项，女士让他等一下，她去取钱包，
这也就是说她要捐款。

听力原文：M: Oh, that hurts!W: What happened? Did you cut yourself?M: Yes, on the edge of this paper. I’m not bleeding. But my finger is really hurt.Q: What happened to the man?
4．
A．He failed to defend his paper.
B．He had got a bleeding finger.
C．He cut his finger with a knife.
D．He had a paper cut.
正确答案：D
解析：对话中男士讲到自己被the edge of this paper割到了手指，没有流血但是很疼。

听力原文：W: Have you saved enough to buy that new digital camera?M: You know, money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately.Q: What does the man mean?
5．
A．He can’t afford a digital camera now.
B．He’ s not sure how much a digital camera costs.
C．He’ ll buy a digital camera that fits his pocket.
D．He’ s lost the money he saved.
正确答案：A
解析：男士的话“money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately”意思是“最近他手头很紧”，也就是说他没有钱买数码相机。

听力原文：M: One of the members of the Student Union is quitting. Do you know anyone who will be interested in taking this place?W: I’m not sure. But I will certainly keep an eye out for you.Q: What will the woman probably do?
6．
A．Join the student Union.
B．Persuade the other members of the Student Union not to quit.
C．Keep an eye on the other members of the Student Union.
D．Help the man find someone to fill the vacancy.
正确答案：D
解析：男士讲学生会的一个成员离开了，女士的话I will certainly keep an eye out for you是表示会帮他注意人选的。

听力原文：W: Have you been the dentist to have your wisdom tooth pulled out?M: I have an appointment with the dentist this afternoon.Q: What does the man mean?
7．
A．The dentist will be back this afternoon.
B．The dentist will have a full schedule this afternoon.
C．He’ s already had the dentist check his teeth.
D．He plans to see the dentist this afternoon.
正确答案：D
解析：男士讲到下午他和牙医有an appointment(约会)，这就是说他要去见牙医。

听力原文：M: See, it looks normal enough. It’s smaller than a regular video camera and it doesn’t weigh much but you can use it to photograph the unseen. Do you know what I mean by that?W: You photograph through solid?Q: How does the man describe the physical features of the camera?
8．
A．Large and bulky.
B．Lightweight and compact.
C．Fancy and sophisticated.
D．Appealing and amazing.
正确答案：B
解析：男士讲到这个相机比普通的小，而且it doesn’t weigh much。

compact 的意思是“小型的，紧凑的”。

听力原文：W: The new shampoo I’ve been using lately smells nice. But it makes my head skin itch terribly.M: It’s probably all those harsh chemicals. You should try the kind I use. It’s all natural.Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
9．
A．Use less shampoo.
B．Stop using shampoo.
C．Switch to the man’ s brand.
D．Rinse off the shampoo thoroughly.
正确答案：C
解析：男士认为女士会头痒是因为洗发膏中的化学成分，他建议女士用自己用的牌子，因为It’s all natural。

听力原文：M: Have you been to the new fitness center since it is opened?W: Are you kidding? Tomorrow is the deadline of my project.Q: What does the woman mean?
10．
A．The fitness center doesn’ t open until tomorrow.
B．She is too busy to go to the fitness center.
C．The fitness center is not for kids.
D．The project of the fitness center will be finished tomorrow.
正确答案：B
解析：男士建议女士去新开的fitness center，女士表示那是不可能的，因为明天就是她的工程的最后期限，这也就是说她很忙。

听力原文：W: I’m trying to find a book by Rod Serling? Don’t you know where should I look?M: He is a playwright, isn’t he? Log on to this computer, click on drama and then search by the author name. See?Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
11．
A．Look in the library catalogue.
B．Borrow the man’s computer.
C．Seek the information from the Internet.
D．Seek the information from Drama Society.
正确答案：C
解析：男士建议女士Log on to this computer，click on drama and then search by the authorname，这也就是建议她上网搜索。

听力原文：M: What’s Bill doing here today? I thought he was supposed to be out of the office on Fridays.W: He decided he’d better have Mondays off instead.Q: What can be inferred about Bill?
12．
A．He has changed his schedule.
B．He was sick last Monday.
C．He works less than he used to.
D．He started his vacation last Monday.
正确答案：A
解析：通过对话可知Bill原来是周五休息，但是后来他改变了自己的时间表，改为周一休息。

听力原文：W: I have to go out of town on my family emergency. Can you cover my speech class for me?M: Sure. I hope your emergency works out ok.W: Thanks. My father is in the hospital and I need to arrange for his discharge.Q: Why is the woman unable to teach her class?
13．
A．Because she has to pay a home visit to an emergency case.
B．Because she dislikes teaching and wants to quit.
C．Because her father has just been sent to the hospital and needs her care.
D．Because her father is leaving the hospital and needs her help.
正确答案：C
解析：女士讲到自己有急事需要回家，由后面的对话可知她的父亲in the
hospital，她需要过去照顾他。

听力原文：M: I should have a CT scan, should not?W: In a couple of weeks.M: Ok. Should I keep taking these tablets in the meantime?W: I’m going to prescribe something else.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
14．
A．Discontinue all the medications.
B．Try new medicine and then have a CT scan.
C．Take a CT scan before medication.
D．Have a CT scan right away.
正确答案：B
解析：女士告诉男士几周后他要做一次CT scan，男士问自己是否需要同时吃开给他的药，女士讲她会给他开些新药，也就是要男士吃些新药。

听力原文：M: Who broke the printer?W: I don’t know. It was jammed when I tried it.M: It bugs me when somebody does that and just leaves it that way.Q: How is the man feeling now?
15．
A．Annoyed.
B．Scared.
C．Puzzled.
D．Anxious.
正确答案：A
解析：通过男士话中的It bugs(使发疯，使发狂)me可以推断此时他非常生气。

Section B
听力原文：Recent studies of patients at sleep clinics have revealed significant facts about the causes of insomnia as well as ways to deal with it. It is no surprise that stress and depression are linked to insomnia. Also, insomnia may be caused by physical illness: itching, aches, asthma, arthritis, ulcer and heart problem that involve shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing. What can you do if you suffer from insomnia? Two things: you can eat certain foods that will help you fall sleep and stay asleep. And you can do certain things that are sleep-inducing. Here are some guidelines: A. If you had a bad night sleep, don’t stay in bed later than the next morning. B. Don’t go to bed earlier the next night, stick to your usual bedtime and rising pattern. C. Don’t nap during the day. Naps cut down on night sleep time. D. Never lie awake in bed for more than thirty minutes. By lying in bed sleepless, you can form an association between your bed and sleepless. E. Get as much exercise as possible, preferably in the morning. As for food intake to help you sleep, make sure that your diet is a balanced one and rich in tryptophan, an
amino acid found in certain foods. The body can convert tryptophan to air tryptophan and then to serotonin, a body chemical crucial to the sleep process. If you include in your daily diet food high in tryptophan, such as apples, eggs, cheese, fish and meat and incorporate some of the sleep-inducing activities into your life, the chances are good that you will achieve a pattern of restful and suiting sleep.16. What is the talk mainly about?17. Which of the following is not mentioned as an illness inducing insomnia?18. What is the speaker’s advice to insomniac who had a bad sleep? 19. Why are the insomniac advised to include food high in tryptophan in their daily diet?20. What is the speaker’s attitude toward the future of the insomniac?
16．
A．Common insomnia.
B．Sleep-including activities.
C．Foods to help people sleep better.
D．Causes of insomnia and ways to deal with it.
正确答案：D
解析：录音开头就指出本篇文章是要讨论causes of insomnia as well as ways to deal with it。

17．
A．Asthma.
B．Aches.
C．Ulcer.
D．Anemia.
正确答案：D
解析：录音讲到会诱发失眠的身体疾病主要是那些会导致呼吸短促困难的itching，aches，asthma，arthritis，ulcer and heart problem等，anemia(贫血)不符合这种说法。

18．
A．Go to bed earlier the next night.
B．Go to bed as usual the next night.
C．Take a nap the next day.
D．Sleep late the next few days.
正确答案：B
解析：录音中建议失眠的人保持usual bedtime and rising pattern。

19．
A．Because tryptophan can balance their diet.
B．Because tryptophan is an amino acid found in certain foods.
C．Because tryptophan is crucial to the sleep process.
D．Because tryptophan can cure insomnia altogether.
正确答案：C
解析：录音中讲到人体可以将tryptophan转化成对于睡眠非常重要的化学元素serotonin。

20．
A．Pessimistic.
B．Optimistic.
C．Doubtful.
D．Indifferent.
正确答案：B
解析：录音最后讲到经过调整the chances are good that you will achieve a pattern of restful andsuiting sleep，由此可知叙述者的态度是很乐观的。

听力原文：There are two kinds of people in the world and I’m one of them. I’m the kind of person who likes to be on time for things. In fact, I like to be early. Let’s say, I need to catch a flight which is leaving at 4 p.m. Usually, I am at the gate, ticket out, ready to go no later than 7:14 a. m. My wife is the other kind of person. For her, the ideal way to catch a plane would be to arrive at the airport as the plane was taking off. Part of this is a cultural difference. I grew up in Wasp that is white Anglo-Saxon protestant household and my wife grew up in a Cuban household. Wasps tend to follow schedule strictly; Cubans tend to be more relaxed. If a Wasp wedding is scheduled to start at 2 p.m Saturday, the wedding march will start at 2 p.m. sharp and the bride would come down the aisle at 2:03 no matter what, even if the originally scheduled groom has bailed out and the bribe has to use an emergency back-up groom taken right off the street. Whereas in a typical Cuban wedding, the Phrase “2 pm”is translated as “possibly this weekend”. But the difference between my wife and me is not totally cultural. I think it is also gender-related. I believe that men and women do not view the time the same way. I think that in general, women think there is more time in the universe than men do.21. What is the talk mainly about?22. What kind of person is the speaker?23. If a Wasp wedding is scheduled to start at 2 p.m, what time then would the bribe come down the aisle?24. How would a Wasp family react if the originally scheduled groom has bailed out?25. Which of the following is not mentioned as a reason for the difference between the couple?
21．
A．The difference between the couple in their view of time.
B．The difference between the couple in their view of religion.
C．The difference between the couple in their view of loyalty.
D．The difference between the couple in their view of responsibility.
正确答案：A
解析：录音主要讲述的是叙述者和他的妻子对于时间的不同观念。

22．
A．He likes to be late.
B．He likes to be early.
C．He likes to be just on time.
D．He likes to be just in time.
正确答案：B
解析：录音中叙述者讲到“I like to be early”。

23．
A．2 pm.
B．1:40 pm.
C．0.585417
D．0.604167
正确答案：C
解析：录音讲到If a Wasp wedding计划于2 p．m．开始，the bride would come down the aisleat 2：03。

24．
A．Cancel the wedding immediately.
B．Find a substitute immediately.
C．Wait patiently till the groom to come finally.
D．Find a lawyer to sue the groom.
正确答案：B
解析：录音讲到如果新郎has bailed out，那么就要use an emergency back-up groom，也就是找一个人替代新郎。

25．
A．Cultural difference.
B．Gender-related difference.
C．Ethnical difference.
D．Social rank.
正确答案：D
解析：录音讲到对于时间的观念不同是a cultural difference，这其中就包括民族因素，录音最后还指出这同样也是gender—related。

听力原文：W: Well, Mr. Jason. There is a nerve running behind your knee and your hip and through your spine.M: Ehr.W: When you lift your leg, that nerve should fly in and out of your spine quite freely. But with your leg, the nerve won’t fly very far. When you lift it, the nerve is trapped and it’s very sour. When I bend your knee,
that takes the tension off and eases the pain. If we straighten it, the nerve goes tight and it’s painful.M: Ay!W: Now, what’s trapping the nerve? Well, your MRI scan confirms that you got a damaged disc in the lower part of your back.M: Oh, I see.W: The disc is a little pat of gristle which lies between the bones in your spine. Now, if you lift heavily in a wrong way, you can damage it. And that is what happened to you. You damaged a disc. It’s pressing on the nerve in your spine so that it can’t fly freely. And that’s the cause of the pain you’ve been having.M: Aha.W: Now, we are going to try to solve the problem first of all with bed rest to let the disk get back to normal and with drugs to take away pain and help the disc to recover. We’ll also give you some physiotherapy to ease your leg and back. I can’t promise that this will be entirely successful. And we may have to consider an operation at a later date.26. What does the woman most probably do?27. What is the woman doing now?28. What caused the damages to the man’s health?29. What is the location of the damaged disc?30. Which of the following is not mentioned as a piece of advice given by the woman?
26．
A．She is a dentist.
B．She is an orthopedist.
C．She is a physiotherapist.
D．She is a pharmacist.
正确答案：B
解析：通过女士对男士情况的分析可知她是一位orthopedist。

27．
A．She is examining the man.
B．She is taking a history.
C．She is explaining the man’ s condition.
D．She is discussing a case with her colleague.
正确答案：C
解析：录音中女士主要是在向男士解释他的问题是怎样产生的以及怎样解决。

28．
A．Sliding over the stairs.
B．Straightening his spine.
C．Bending his knee too hard.
D．Lifting heavy loads in the wrong way.
正确答案：D
解析：女士讲到如果lift heavily in a wrong way，就会破坏the disc，男士就是产生了这个问题。

29．
A．In the lower part of his back.
B．In the upper part of his back.
C．In the middle part of his back.
D．Not mentioned.
正确答案：A
解析：通过对话中的you got a damaged disc in the lower part of your back即可知选项A正确。

30．
A．Stay in bed to let the disc rest.
B．Take some drugs to relieve the pain.
C．Have some physiotherapy.
D．Undergo an operation right away.
正确答案：D
解析：通过录音最后讲到的consider an operation at a later date可知选项D说法不正确。

Section A
31．There was no______but to close the road until February.
A．dilemma
B．denying
C．alternative
D．doubt
正确答案：C
解析：There was no alternative but“除…外别无选择，只有”，为固定搭配。

dilemma进退两难的局面，困难的选择。

deny否认，拒绝。

doubt怀疑，疑问。

32．I______when I heard that my grandfather had died.
A．fell apart
B．fell away
C．fell out
D．fall back
正确答案：A
解析：fall apart崩溃，土崩瓦解。

fall away背弃，背叛。

fall out争吵，吵架。

fall back后退，退却。

33．I’m______passing a new law that helps poor children get better medicine.
A．taking advantage of
B．standing up for
C．looking up to
D．taking hold of
正确答案：B
解析：句意：我正在支持通过新的法律，以此帮助贫困儿童得到更好的医疗。

stand up for支持，拥护。

take advantage of利用。

look up to尊敬，仰望。

take hold of握住，抓住。

34．In front of the platform, the students were talking with the professor over the quizzes of their ______subjects.
A．compulsory
B．compulsive
C．alternative
D．predominant
正确答案：A
解析：句意：在讲台前，学生们正在和教授讨论必修课的测验问题。

指“必修科目，义务教育”时用compulsory(subjects，education)。

compulsive强制的，强迫的。

predominant支配的，主要的。

35．The tutor tells the undergraduates that one can acquire ______ in a foreign language through more practice.
A．proficiency
B．efficiency
C．efficacy
D．frequency
正确答案：A
解析：句意：导师告诉大学生们一个人可以通过多实践而精通一门外语。

proficiency熟练，精通，与in连用。

efficiency效率，功效。

efficacy效力，效益。

frequency频率，周率。

36．The teacher explained the new lesson______to the students.
A．at random
B．at a loss
C．at length
D．at hand
正确答案：C
解析：at length详细地。

at random随便地。

at a loss困惑，为难。

at hand在手边，在附近。

37．I shall______the loss of my reading-glasses in newspaper with a reward for
the finder.
A．advertise
B．inform
C．announce
D．publish
正确答案：C
解析：句意：我将登报宣告丢失了放大镜，并悬赏发现者。

announce正式宣布，公开宣告。

advertise做广告，登广告。

inform通知，告诉。

publish公布，发表，常指发表著作。

38．The poor nutrition in the early stages of infancy can______adult growth.
A．degenerate
B．deteriorate
C．boost
D．retard
正确答案：D
解析：retard阻止，妨碍。

degenerate使衰退，使退化。

deteriorate(使)恶化。

boost推进，提高。

39．She had a terrible accident, but______she wasn’ t killed.
A．at all events
B．in the long run
C．at large
D．in vain
正确答案：A
解析：at all events无论如何。

in the long run从长远看来。

at large全面地，详细地。

in vain徒然。

40．His weak chest______him to winter illness.
A．predicts
B．preoccupies
C．prevails
D．predisposes
正确答案：D
解析：句意：他虚弱的肺易受冬天疾病的影响。

predispose使易受…的影响，易于…。

predict预知，预言。

preoccupy先占领，先取。

prevail流行，盛行。

Section B
41．The company was losing money, so they had to lay off some of its
employees for three months.
A．owe
B．dismiss
C．recruit
D．summon
正确答案：B
解析：lay off解雇。

dismiss开除，解职。

recruit征募。

summon召集，召唤。

42．The north American states agreed to sign the agreement of economical and military union in Ottawa.
A．convention
B．conviction
C．contradiction
D．confrontation
正确答案：A
解析：句意：在渥太华，北美国家同意签订经济和军事联合协议。

convention 协定，公约。

conviction深信，确信。

contradiction反驳，矛盾。

confrontation面对，对质。

43．The statue would be perfect but for a few small defects in its base.
A．faults
B．weaknesses
C．flaws
D．errors
正确答案：C
解析：句意：这个雕像要是底部没有裂纹将是完美的。

flaw裂纹，瑕疵。

defect 缺点，瑕疵。

fault与error指错误，过失。

weakness弱点，缺点。

44．When he finally emerged from the cave after thirty days, John was startlingly pale.
A．amazingly
B．astonishingly
C．uniquely
D．dramatically
正确答案：B
解析：startlingly，astonishingly和amazingly都有“惊人地，令人惊讶地”的意思，但startlingly及astonishingly表示“使人大吃一惊”、“几乎使人无法相信”，而amazingly强调“使惊异，困惑”间或还有“惊叹，佩服”的意思，故B 项正确。

uniquely独特地，唯一地。

dramat—ically引人注目地。

45．If you want to set up a company, you must comply with the regulations laid down by the authorities.
A．abide by
B．work out
C．check out
D．succumb to
正确答案：A
解析：句意：如果你想要开一家公司，你必须遵守政府制定的各项规定。

comply with遵守，服从。

abide by遵守。

work out设计出，计算出。

check out 检验，合格。

succumb to屈服于。

46．The school master applauded the girl’ s bravery in his opening speech.
A．praise
B．appraised
C．cheered
D．clapped
正确答案：A
解析：applaud夸奖，称赞。

appraise评价。

cheer(使)快活，(对…)欢呼。

clap 鼓掌，轻拍。

47．The local government leaders are making every effort to tackle the problem of poverty.
A．abolish
B．address
C．extinguish
D．encounter
正确答案：B
解析：句意：当地政府领导正在努力解决贫困问题。

tackle着手进行，应付，处理。

address从事，忙于。

abolish废止，废除。

extinguish消灭，压制。

encounter 遭遇，遇到。

48．This report would be intelligible only to an expert in computing.
A．intelligent
B．comprehensive
C．competent
D．comprehensible
正确答案：D
解析：句意：这份报告仅有计算方面的专家可以理解。

intelligible可以理解的，易领悟的。

comprehensible可理解的，易于了解的。

comprehensive有理解力的，容易了解的，常用作定语。

competent有能力的，胜任的。

intelligent聪明的，
伶俐的。

49．Reading a book and listening to music simultaneously seems to be no problem for them.
A．intermittently
B．constantly
C．concurrently
D．continuously
正确答案：C
解析：simultaneously同时地。

concurrently同时发生地。

intermittently间歇地。

constantly经常地，坚持不懈地。

continuously不断地，连续地。

50．He was given a laptop computer in acknowledgement of his work for the company.
A．accomplishment
B．recognition
C．apprehension
D．commitment
正确答案：B
解析：acknowledgement承认，感谢。

in recognition of承认…而，为酬答…而。

accomplishment成就，完成。

apprehension理解，明了。

commitment许诺，承担义务。

PartⅢCloze
In Mr. Allen’s high school class, all the students have to “get married”. However, the wedding ceremonies are not real ones but【C1】______These mock ceremonies sometimes become so【C2】______that the loud laughter drowns out the voice of the “ minister”. Even the two students getting married often begin to giggle. The teacher, Mr. Allen, believes that marriage is a difficult and serious business. He wants young people to understand that there are many changes that【C3】______take place after marriage. He believes that the need for these psychological and financial 【C4】______should be understood before people marry. Mr. Allen doesn’t only introduce his students to major problems【C5】______in marriage such as illness or unemployment. He also exposes them to nitty-gritty problems they will face every day. He wants to introduce young people to all the trials and【C6】______that can strain a marriage to the breaking point. He even【C7】______his students with the problems of divorced men who must pay child support money for their wives. It has been upsetting for some of the students to see the problems that a married couple often faces.【C8】______they took the course, they had not worried much about the problems of marriage. However, both students and parents feel that Mr. Allen’s course is valuable and have【C9】______the course publicly. Their statements and
letters supporting the class have【C10】______the school to offer the course again.
51．【C1】
A．duplications
B．imitations
C．assumption
D．fantasies
正确答案：B
解析：not real ones but不是真正的而是…。

根据下句的mock ceremonies可知婚礼仪式是模仿的，故应选imitation。

duplication复制。

assumption假定，设想。

fantasy梦想，幻想。

52．【C2】
A．noisy
B．artificial
C．graceful
D．real
正确答案：B
解析：下文通过描述欢笑声压过了牧师的声音，即使模仿结婚的学生也开始傻笑，以此来说明假的婚礼仪式是如此之假，即这出闹剧是如此之滑稽，故选择artificial，人造的，假的。

noisy吵杂的，聒噪的，与下文loud对应，但不能与之后的even所在句衔接。

graceful优美的。

real与上下文逻辑不符。

53．【C3】
A．might
B．would
C．must
D．need
正确答案：A
解析：might表示“也许，可能”。

此处指婚后可能有许多变化。

54．【C4】
A．issues
B．adjustments
C．matters
D．expectancies
正确答案：B
解析：adjustment调整，调节。

此处指婚前调节，同时和婚后可能的变化呼应。

55．【C5】
A．to face
B．facing
C．having faced
D．faced
正确答案：D
解析：face此处作major problems的后置定语，且两者是动宾关系，故用被动，故D项正确。

56．【C6】
A．tribulations
B．errors
C．triumphs
D．verdicts
正确答案：A
解析：trials and tribulations，是压头韵的惯用语，为了修辞效果，重复使用意义相同的两个词。

57．【C7】
A．informs
B．concerns
C．familiarizes
D．associates
正确答案：C
解析：familiarize使熟悉，即教育的目的所在。

concern with使关心，这里老师不是让学生们真正去关心这些离婚男人的问题，而是让他们知晓、了解这些问题。

inform“通知，告知”，常与of连用。

associate使发生联系，使联合。

58．【C8】
A．Until
B．Before
C．After
D．As
正确答案：A
解析：until与主句中的not搭配，强调“直到…才”，且主句中谓语动词是连续性的。

59．【C9】
A．taken
B．suggested
C．endorsed
D．reproached
正确答案：C
解析：此句提到家长和学生认为Mr．Allen的课是有价值的，由此可以推出应该是认可这门课的。

故endorse“认可，赞成”正确。

reproach责备。

60．【C10】
A．confined
B．convinced
C．compromised
D．conceived
正确答案：B
解析：convince使确信，说服。

confine限制，禁闭。

compromise妥协，折衷。

conceive构思，想象，常与of连用。

PartⅣReading Comprehension
Why do people always want to get up and dance when they hear music? The usual explanation is that there is something embedded in every culture—that dancing is a “cultural universal”. A researcher in Manchester thinks the impulse may be more deeply rooted than that. He says it may be a reflex reaction. Neil Todd, a psychologist at the University of Manchester, told the BA that he first got an inkling that biology was the key after watching people dance to deafeningly loud music. “There is a compulsion about it. “ he says. He reckoned there might be a more direct, biological, explanation for the desire to dance, so he started to look at the inner ear. The human ear has two main functions, hearing and maintaining balance. The standard view is that these tasks are segregated so that organs for balance, for instance, do not have an acoustic function. But Todd says animal studies have shown that the sacculus, which is part of the balance-regulating vestibular system, has retained some sensitivity to sound. The sacculus is especially sensitive to extremely loud noise, above 70 decibel. “There’s no question that in a contemporary dance environment, the sacculus will be stimulated. “ says Todd. The average rave, he says, blares music at a painful 110 to 140 decibels. But no one really knows what an acoustically stimulated sacculus does. Todd speculates that listening to extremely loud music is a form of “vestibular self-stimulation” : it gives a heightened sensation of motion. “We don’t know exactly why it causes pleasure. “ he says. “But we know that people go to extraordinary lengths to get it. “ He list bungee jumping, playing on swings or even rocking to and fro in a rocking chair as other example of pursuits designed to stimulate the sacculus. The same pulsing that makes us feel as though we are moving may make us get up and dance as well, says Todd. Loud music sends signals to the inner ear which may prompt reflex movement. “The typical
pulse rate of dance music is around the rate of locomotion. “he says, “It’s quite possible you’ re triggering a spinal reflex. “
61．The passage begins with______.
A．a new explanation of music
B．a cultural universal questioned
C．a common psychological abnormality
D．a deep insight into human physical movements
正确答案：B
解析：文章首段先提出“为何人们一听到音乐就起舞”的问题，然后提出对此问题的一般性的解释是“cultural universal”，最后提到曼彻斯特的一个研究员对此提出了质疑，并指出这可能是一种reflex reaction，故B项正确。

62．What intrigued Todd was______.
A．human instinct reflexes
B．people’ s biological heritages
C．people’ s compulsion about loud music
D．the damages loud music wrecks on human hearing
正确答案：C
解析：第二段Todd提到对于人们“dance to deafeningly loud music”这种现象，起初只是模糊地认为biology可能是关键，后来认为人体存在“a compulsion about it”，使他开始lookat the inner ear，it此处代指前句的music，故C项正确。

63．Todd’ s biological explanation for the desire to dance refers to______.
A．the mechanism of hearing sounds
B．the response evoked from the sacculus
C．the two main functions performed by the human ear
D．the segregation of the hearing and balance maintaining function
正确答案：B
解析：根据第三段的描述及第四段首句There’s no question…the sacculus will be stimulated．可知引起人跳舞的欲望是因为耳朵内的小囊受到了音乐声的刺激，故B项正确。

64．When the sacculus is acoustically stimulated, according to Todd, ______.
A．functional balance will be maintained in the ear
B．pleasure will be aroused
C．decibel will shoot up
D．hearing will occur
正确答案：B
解析：根据第五段Todd的话“We don’t know exactly why it causes pleasure．”，可知小囊受刺激后，能够引起pleasure，故B项正确。

65．What is the passage mainly about?
A．The human ear does more than hearing than expected.
B．Dancing is capable of heighten the sensation of hearing.
C．Loud music stimulates the inner ear and generates the urge to dance.
D．The human inner ear does more to help hear than to help maintain balance.
正确答案：C
解析：文章主要讲述了从生物学角度解释人们“dance to music”现象，末段进行了总结，即Loud music sends signals to the inner ear…，从而引起跳舞的欲望，故C项正确。

Have you switched off your computer? How about your television? Your video? Your CD player? And even your coffee percolator? Really switched them off, not just pressed the button on some control panel and left your machine with a telltale bright red light warning you that it is ready to jump back to life at your command? Because if you haven’ t, you are one of the guilty people who help pollute the planet. It doesn’t matter if you’ve joined the neighborhood recycling scheme, conscientiously sorted your garbage and avoided driving to work. You still can’ t sleep easy while just one of those little red lights is glowing in the dark. The awful truth is that household and office electrical appliances left on stand-by mode are gobbling up energy, even though they are doing absolutely nothing. Some electronic products—such as CD players-—can use almost as much energy on stand-by as they do when running. Others may use a lot less, but as your video player spend far more hours on stand-by than playing anything, the wastage soon adds up. In the US alone, idle electronic devices consume enough energy to power cities with the energy needs of Chicago or London—costing consumers around $ 1 billion a year. Power stations fill the atmosphere with carbon dioxide just to do absolutely nothing. Thoughtless design is partly responsible for the waste. But manufactures only get away with designing products that waste energy this way because consumers are not sensitive enough to the issue. Indeed, while recycling has caught the public imagination, reducing waste has attracted much less attention. But “source reduction” , as the garbage experts like to call the art of not using what you don’t need to use, offers enormous potential for reducing waste of all kinds. With a little intelligent shopping, you can cut waste long before you reach the end of the chain. Packaging remains the big villain. One of the hidden consequences of buying products grown or made all around the world, rather than produced locally, is the huge amount of packaging. To help cut the waste and encourage intelligent manufacturers the simplest trick is to look for ultra-light package. The same arguments apply to the very light but strong plastic bottles that are replacing heavier glass alternatives, thin-walled aluminum cans, and cartons made of composites that wrap up anything drinkable in an ultra-light package. There are hundreds of other tricks you can discuss with。