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PART IV CLOZE [15 MIN] Direction: 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 bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
EI Nino is name given to the mysterious and often un p redictable change in the climate of the world. This strange ___31_____happens every five to eight years. It starts in the Pacific Ocean and is thought to be caused by a failure in the trade winds(信风)，which affects the ocean currents driven by these winds. As the trade winds lessen in ____32____, the ocean temperatures rise causing the Peru current flowing in from the east to warm up by as much as 50C.
The warming of the ocean has far-reaching effects. The hot, humid(潮湿的)air over the ocean causes severe ___33___thunderstorms.The rainfall is increased across South American, ____34____floods to Peru. In the West pacific, there are droughts affecting Australia and Indonesia. So while some parts of the world prepare for heavy rains and floods, other parts face drought, poor crops and____35____.
EI Nino usually lasts for about 18 months. The 1982-83 EI Nino brought the most___36____weather in modern history. Its effect was worldwide and it left more than 2,000 people dead and caused over eight billion pounds ____37___of damage. The 1990 EI Nino lasted until June 1995. Scientists ___38___ this to be the longest E1 Nino for 2,000 years.
Nowadays, weather experts are able to forecast when an E1 Nino will ___39___,but they
The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed U.S. society in many ways. Many in-home jobs that used to be done__31__ by women----ranging from family
shopping to preparing meals to doing __32__work--still need to be done by someone .Husbands and children now do some of these jobs, a __33___ that has changed the target market for many products. Or a working woman may face a crushing “poverty of time “and look for help elsewhere , creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child care centers, dry cleaners, financial services, and the like.
Although there is still a big wage __34__ between men and women, the income working women __35__ gives them new independence and buying power. For example, women now __36__ about half of all cars. Not long ago, many cars dealers __37__ women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands. Now car companies have realized that women are __38__ customers. It’s interesting that some leading Japanese car deal ers were the first to __39__ pay attention to women customers. In Japan, fewer women have jobs or buy cars ---- the Japanese society is still very much male—oriented. Perhaps it was the __40__ contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.
Years ago, doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients __31__ of pain, they were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it.
Times have changed. Today, we take pain __32__. Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital sign, as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in __33__ a person’s well-being. We know that chronic (慢性的) pain can disrupt (扰乱) a person’s life, causing problems that __34__ from missed work to depression.
That’s why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who __35__ in pain medicine. Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us treat the pain better, but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social __36__ related to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often __37__ the work of social workers, psychiatrists (心理医生) and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.
This modern __38__ for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effective and with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago, there were only a __39__ number of drugs available, and many of them caused __40__ side effects in older people, including dizziness and fatigue. This created a double-edged sword: the medications helped relieve the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself.
模拟试题4
As war spreads to many corners of the globe, children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts. In Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking part in peace education 31 . The children, after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the 32 of peacemakers. The Children’s Movement for Peace in Colombia was even nominated（提名）for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. Groups of children 33 as peacemakers studied human rights and poverty issues in Colombia, eventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known as The Schools of Peace.
The classroom 34 opportunities for children to replace angry, violent behaviors with 35 ,peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step36 toward becoming peacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are 37 useful when helping children along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, started in 1992,provides a Website with resources for teachers and 38 on starting a Kindness Campaign. The World Centers of Compassion for Children International call attention to children’s rights and how to help the 39 of war. Starting a Peacemakers’ Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class and one that could spread to other classrooms and ideally affect the culture of the 40 school.
Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been abroad a couple of times, but I could hardly ___31___ to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was ___32___ to a little college French.
I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, ___33___ unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up ___34___ and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable ___35____I sat down to write a letter begging off. Halfway through, a thought ran through my mind: you can’t learn if you don’t try. So I accepted the assignment.
There were some bad ___36___. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever since. I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places. Without guides or even___37___ bookings. Confident that somehow I will manage.
The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition ___38____. but each time you
try something. You learn. And as the learning plies up. The world opens to you.
I’ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine river in a __39____. And I know I’ll go to doing such things. It’s not because I’m braver or more daring than others. I’m not. But I’ll accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can ___40___ wonders.
Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writhing is too hard. They never write, unless assignments ___31___ it . They fine the writing process ___32___ and difficult.
How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it- ___33___ English , with its rich vocabulary . Being able to speak but not write is like living in an __34____ mansion(豪宅) and never leaving one small room . When I meet students who think they can’t write, I know as a teacher my ___35___ is to show them the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency while providing the opportunity inherent in any writing activity to ___36___ the moral and emotional development of my students . One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.
Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done___37___, just like exercise ; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise , writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and ___38___ after only a few weeks of journal writing .
Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and ___39___ lives . They build skills so that some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step ___40___ to fluency , eloquence (雄辩), and command of language .
The popular notion that old people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday. While elderly people __31__ to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they were younger, this has a(n) __32__ effect on their brain's performance and they would benefit from getting more, according to research.
Sean Drummond, a. psychiatrist (心理医生) at the University of California, San Diego, said older people are more likely to suffer from broken sleep, while younger people are better at sleeping __33__ straight through the night.
More sleep in old age, however, is __34__ with better health, and most older people would feel better and more __35__ if they slept for longer periods, he said.
“The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to __36__ well does not change,” Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego.
“It's __37__ a myth that older people need less sleep. The more healthy an older adult is, the more they sleep like they did when they were __38__. Our data suggests that older adults would benefit from __39__ to get as much sleep as they did in their 30s. That's __40__ from person to person, but the amount of sleep we had at 35 is probably the same amount as we need at 75.”
With the world's population estimated to grow from six to nine billion by 2050, researchers. businesses and governments are already dealing with the impact this increase will have on everything from food and water to infrastructure (基础设施) and jobs. Underling all this ___31___ will be the demand for energy, which is expected to double over the next 40 years.
Finding the resources to meet this demand in a ___32___. sustainable way is the cornerstone (基石) of our nation's energy security, and will be one of the major ___33___ of the 21st century. Alternative forms of energy- bio-fuels, wind and solar, to name a few are ___34___ being funded and developed, and will play a growing __35___ in the world's energy supply. But experts say that even when ___36____, alternative energy sources will likely meet only about 30% of the world's energy needs by 2050.
For example, even with ___37___ investments, such as the $93 million for wind energy development ___38___ in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, important alternative energy sources such as wind and bio-fuels ___39___ only about 1% of the market today.
Energy and sustainability experts say the answer to our future energy needs will likely come from a lot of __40____ both traditional and alternative.
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Quite often, educators tell families of children who are learning English as a second language to speak only English, and not their native language, at home. Although these educators may have good 31 , their advice to families is misguided, and it 32 from misunderstandings about the process of language acquisition. Educators may fear that children hearing two languages will become 33 confused and thus their language development will be 34 ; this concern is not documented in the literature. Children are capable of learning more than one language, whether 35 or sequentially（依次地）．In fact, most children outside of the United States are expected to become bilingual or even, in many cases, multilingual. Globally, knowing more than one language is viewed as an 36 and even a necessity in many areas.
It is also of concern that the misguided advice that students should speak only English is given primarily to poor families with limited educational opportunities, not to wealthier families who have many educational advantages. Since children from poor families often are 37 as at-risk for academic failure, teachers believe that advising families to speak English only is appropriate. Teachers consider learning two languages to be too 38 for children from poor families, believing that the children are already burdened by their home situations.
If families do not know English or have limited English skills themselves, how can they communicate in English? Advising non-English-speaking families to speak only English is 39 to telling them not to communicate with or interact with their children. Moreover, the 40 message is that the family's native language is not important or valued.
Some performance evaluations require supervisors to take action. Employees who receive a very favorable evaluation may deserve some type of recognition or even a promotion. If supervisors do not acknowledge such outstanding performance, employees may either lose their 31 and reduce their effort or search for a new job at a firm that will 32 them for high performance. Supervisors should acknowledge high performance so that the employee will continue to perform well in the future.
Employees who receive unfavorable evaluations must also be given attention. Supervisors must 33 the reasons for poor performance. Some reasons, such as a family illness, may have a temporary adverse ___34__ on performance and can be corrected. Other reasons, such as a bad
attitude, may not be temporary. When supervisors give employees an unfavorable evaluation, they must decide whether to take any __35 __ actions. If the employees were unaware of their own deficiencies, the unfavorable evaluation can pinpoint (指出) the deficiencies that employees must correct. In this case, the supervisor may simply need to monitor the employees 36 and ensure that the deficiencies are corrected.
If the employees were already aware of their deficiencies before the evaluation period, however, they may be unable or unwilling to correct them. This situation is more serious, and the supervisor may need to take action. The action should be 37 with the firm's guidelines and may include reassigning the employees to new jobs, 38 them temporarily, or firing them. A supervisor's action toward a poorly performing worker can 39 the attitudes of other employees. If no 40 is imposed on an employee for poor performance, other employees may react by reducing their productivity as well.
Cell phones provide instant access to people. They are creating a major 31 in the social experiences of both children and adolescents. In one recent U. S. survey, about half the teens polled said that their cell phone had 32 their communication with friends. Almost all said that their cell phone was the way they stayed in touch with peers, one-third had used the cell phone to help a peer in need, and about 80% said the phone made them feel safer. Teenagers in Australia, 33 , said that their mobile phones provided numerous benefits and were an 34 part of their lives; some were so 35__ to their phones that the researchers considered it an addiction. In Japan, too, researchers are concerned about cell phone addiction. Researchers in one study in Tokyo found that more than half of junior high school students used their phones to exchange e-mails with schoolmates more than 10 times a day.
Cell phones 36 social connections with peers across time and space. They allow young people to exchange moment-by-moment experiences in their daily lives with special partners and thus to have a more 37 sense of connection with friends. Cell phones also can 38 social tolerance because peers, cell phones connect children and parents. Researchers studying teenagers in Israel concluded that, in that ___39__ environment, mobile phones were regarded as "security objects" in parent-teen relationships—important because they provided the possibility of 40 and communication at all times.
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