问答题 What is the writer's attitude towards new farm subsidies in the U.S.?

【正确答案】The writer is critical of those subsidies．

【答案解析】最后一段首句说布什做出的提高农业补助的决定是令人沮丧的(depressing)。末句说布什的议案使美国的承诺以及他个人的有关自由贸易的主张变成了谎言。可见作者持批判性的态度。

问答题 According to the context, what does the word "parties" at the end of the first paragraph refer to?

【正确答案】The coming pan-European protests．

【答案解析】根据第1段和第2段首句This week will see a feast of pan-European protests可以推测parties指“即将来临的泛欧抗议活动”。

问答题 What does "a brain lesion" in Paragraph Four probably mean?

【正确答案】A physical damage of the brain．

【答案解析】第3、4段都是说一名研究对象的情况，由于说的是同一个人，所以根据第3段首句…that is damaged from a rare genetic disease可以推断出第4段的lesion意为“扁桃体的生理性损坏”，答案为A physical damage of the brain。

问答题 What does the new study connect autism with?

【正确答案】Abnormally rapid brain growth during infancy．

【答案解析】第1段末句指出，新研究把自闭症与婴儿期大脑异常快速发育联系起来。该句中的the condition指的实际就是autism这种疾病，而题目中的connect．．．with．．．又是对原文links．．．to…的同义改写，故答案为to后的内容，即Abnormally rapid brain growth during infancy。