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复合题Passage Four: Question 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Passage Four: Question 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.If you are a male and you are reading this, congratulations: you are 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 you 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 disease 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 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 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,” Carmill 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 nurse, 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.”Why does the author congratulate his male readers at the beginning of the passage?

复合题What does Dr. Ross Cartmill mean by “the ostrich approach”(line 1, para 9)

复合题Which of the following is one of the problems in using the new system?

复合题If employees work on public holidays, usually they will get ________ .

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复合题he writer followed the blind man because ______.

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复合题Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinishedstatements. For each of them there are four choices marked A., B., C. and D. You

复合题The word "cushion" in Para. 2 means ______.

复合题Directions:Readthepassagecarefully,fillineachblankwithanappropriatewordgivenbelowandputyourchoiceintheANSWERSHEET.ArecentBBCdocumentary,whichfilmedanexperimentinwhichfiveChineseteacherstaught50studentsaccordingtoChinese-styleeducationnormsataschoolintheUnitedKingdom,hassparkeda【A1】______onlinedebateonwhetherChineseorWesternmethodsarebetter.But【A2】______adebateisnotnew,despitethetalkofaculturalclash.TheWesthasforlongpromotedsmallclasses【A3】______focusonstudents’individualityanddifferences,emphasizestudent-teacherinteractionsandattachgreatimportancetocultivatingstudents’independence,creativityandabilitytocommunicate.In【A4】______,classesinChinaare【A5】______(thatis,theyhavemanystudents),inwhichteachersarethecenter,andemphasizeuniformity,disciplineandteachers’authority.Chineseteachingmethodsfocusonstudents’diligence,obedienceand(forwantofabetterterm)abilitytoimitate.Thelatestonline【A6】______hasagainraisedthequestion:Whichteachingmethodisbetter,theChineseortheWestern?Forlong,mostChinesepeopleand【A7】______havetakenitforgrantedthattheWesterneducationmodelissuperiortotheChinese.ButwiththeriseofChina,especiallyafterShanghaistudents’excellentperformanceintheProgramforInternationalStudentAssessmentoverthepastyears,Westerngovernmentsand【A8】______havebecomelesscertainabouttheefficacyoftheirteachingmethods.ThefactthatstudentsnurturedundertheChineseeducationmodelcanbeequaltoorbetterthantheirWestern【A9】______hashighlightedtheadvantagesoftheChina’seducationmodel.Inparticular,theBritishsecretaryofeducation’svisittoChinatoreviewtheChineseteachingmethodsandsomeChineseteachers’【A10】______totheUKtoprovide“educationalaid”seemtobeashotinthearmfortheChineseeducationmodel.ManyChinesenowbelieveChina’sbasiceducationsystemlaysamoresolidfoundationforstudentscomparedwithits【A11】______counterparts.Themainreasonfor【A12】______ismostoftheChinesestudentswhogotoWesterncountriesforhighereducationperformexcellentlydespitehavingtofollowWesterncurricula,【A13】______WesternstudentsusuallyfinditdifficulttocopewithChina’steachingmethods.MediareportssaytheBBCwilluseathirdpartytoassesshowcompetentstudentstravelingeitherwayareinmathematics,science,EnglishandChinesebeforedeterminingwhicheducationmodelismoreusefulforstudents,theChinese【A14】______theWestern.Butsuchcomparisonand【A15】______areunscientific.Acountryusesateachingmethodonlyasatoolusedtorealizeaspecificsocialpurpose,andthuscomparisons【A16】______theChineseandWesterneducationmodelsareuncalledfor.Beforecomparingoneeducationmodelwith【A17】______,researchersandanalystsshouldconsiderthedifferentfunctionsdifferentteachingmethodsaresupposedtoperformintheirrespectivesocialcontext.China’seducationmodelismoresuitedtoitssocialdemands;thesameappliestotheWesternmodel.DespitetheChinesegovernment【A18】______thecultivationofcreativetalents,manyChinesestillwantpeopletobeobedienttotheirparents,teachersandseniorofficials.Asaresult,China’seducationmodelcontinuestofocusonthesanctity（尊严）oftextsandrules.InChina,studentsareexpectedtobeobservantbut【A19】______.ButtheWesternmodelfocusesoncultivatingstudents’creativity,andencouragesthemtocriticize【A20】______viewsanddefendtheirstance.Assuch,boththeChineseandWesterneducationmodelshavesucceededindevelopingthequalitiesinstudentsthatsuittheirsocialdemands.Therefore,theaimofacomparativestudyofChineseandWesterneducationmodelsshouldbetopromotemutualreferenceandcombinethetwointoanorganicwholethatwouldbenefitbothteachingmethods.

复合题According to the passage, which of the following is true?

复合题Why did the blind man climb the tower?

复合题The car has reshaped our cities. It seems to offer autonomy for everyone. There is something almost delightful in the detachment from reality of advertisements showing mass-produced cars marketed as symbols of individuality and of freedom when most of their lives will be spent making short journeys on choked roads. For all the fuss made about top speeds, cornering ability and acceleration, the most useful gadgets on a modern car are those which work when you’re going very slowly: parking sensors, sound systems, and navigation apps which will show a way around upcoming traffic jams. This seems to be one of the few areas where the benefit of sharing personal information comes straight back to the sharer: because these apps know where almost all the users are, and how fast they are moving almost all the time, they can spot traffic congestion (堵塞) very quickly and suggest ways round it. The problem comes when everyone is using a navigation app which tells them to avoid everyone else using the same gadget. Traffic jams often appear where no one has enough information to avoid them. When a lucky few have access to the knowledge, they will benefit greatly. But when everyone has perfect information, traffic jams simply spread onto the side roads that seem to offer a way round them. This new congestion teaches us two things. The first is that the promises of technology will never be realised as fully as we hope; they will be limited by their unforeseen and unintended consequences. Sitting in a more comfortable car in a different traffic jam is pleasant but hardly the liberation that once seemed to be promised. The second is that self-organisation will not get us where we want to go. The efforts of millions of drivers to get ahead do not miraculously produce a situation in which everyone does better than before, but one in which almost everyone does rather worse. Central control and collective organisation can produce smoother and fairer outcomes, though even that much is never guaranteed. Similar limits can be foreseen for the much greater advances promised by self-driving cars. Last week, one operated by the taxi company Uber struck and killed a woman pushing her bicycle across a wide road in Arizona. This was the first recorded death involving a car which was supposed to be fully autonomous. Experts have said that it suggests a catastrophic failure of technology. Increasingly, even Silicon Valley has to acknowledge the costs of the intoxicating (令人陶醉的) hurry that characterises its culture. What traffic teaches us is that reckless and uncontrolled change is as likely to harm us as it is to benefit us, and that thoughtful regulation is necessary for a better future.

复合题H. No, thanks!Alice: Hi, Sam! It's nice to see you here. Sam: Hi, Alice!Alice: 56______Sam: To my dorm. Alice: Great! Could you take this book to Peter?Sam: 57______ Does Peter know what it is for?Alice: Yes. 58______Sam: 59______ Are you well prepared for it?Alice: 60______ See you tomorrow !Sam: See you !

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复合题Translate the following Chinese terms or phrases into English.

复合题HowMarconiGaveUstheWirelessWorldA)AhundredyearsbeforeiconicfigureslikeBillGatesandSteveJobspermeatedourlives,anIrish-Italianinventorlaidthefoundationofthecommunicationexplosionofthe21stcentury.GuglielmoMarconiwasarguablythefirsttrulyglobalfigureinmoderncommunication.Notonlywashethefirsttocommunicateglobally,hewasthefirsttothinkgloballyaboutcommunication.Marconimaynothavebeenthegreatestinventorofhistime,butmorethananyoneelse,hebroughtaboutafundamentalshiftinthewaywecommunicate.B)Today’sgloballynetworkedmediaandcommunicationsystemhasitsoriginsinthe19thcentury,when,forthefirsttime,messagesweresentelectronicallyacrossgreatdistances.Thetelegraph,thetelephone,andradioweretheobviouspredecessorsoftheInternet,iPods,andmobilephones.Whatmadethelinkfromthentonowwasthedevelopmentofwirelesscommunication.Marconiwasthefirsttodevelopandperfectthissystem,usingtherecently-discoveredairwavesthatmakeuptheelectromagneticspectrum.C)Between1896,whenheappliedforhisfirstpatentinEnglandattheageof22,andhisdeathinItalyin1937,Marconiwasatthecenterofeverymajorinnovationinelectroniccommunication.Hewasalsoaskilledandsophisticatedorganizer,anentrepreneurialinnovator,whomasteredtheuseofcorporatestrategy,mediarelations,governmentlobbying,internationaldiplomacy,patents,andprosecution.Marconiwasreallyinterestedinonlyonething:theextensionofmobile,personal,long-distancecommunicationtotheendsoftheearth(andbeyond,ifwecanbelievesomereports).Someliketorefertohimasagenius,butiftherewasanygeniustoMarconiitwasthisvision.D)In1901hesucceededinsignalingacrosstheAtlantic,fromthewestcoastofEnglandtoNewfoundlandintheUSA,despitetheclaimsofsciencethatitcouldnotbedone.In1924heconvincedtheBritishgovernmenttoencircletheworldwithachainofwirelessstationsusingthelatesttechnologythathehaddevised,shortwaveradio.TherearesomewhosayMarconilosthisedgewhencommercialbroadcastingcamealong;hedidn’tseethatradiocouldorshouldbeusedtofrivolous(无聊的)ends.Inoneofhislastpublicspeeches,aradiobroadcasttotheUnitedStatesinMarch1937,hedeploredthatbroadcastinghadbecomeaone-waymeansofcommunicationandforesawitmovinginanotherdirection,towardcommunicationasameansofexchange.Thatwasvisionarygenius.E)Marconi’scareerwasdevotedtomakingwirelesscommunicationhappencheaply,efficiently,smoothly,andwithanelegancethatwouldappeartobeintuitiveanduncomplicatedtotheuser—user-friendly,ifyouwill.ThereisadirectconnectionfromMarconitotoday’ssocialmedia,searchengines,andprogramstreamingthatcanbestbesummedupbyanadmittedlyprovocativeexclamation:the20thcenturydidnotexist.Inasense,Marconi’svisionjumpedfromhistimetoourown.F)Marconiinventedtheideaofglobalcommunication—or,morestraightforwardly,globallynetworked,mobile,wirelesscommunication.Initially,thiswaswirelessMorsecodetelegraphy(电报通讯),theprincipalcommunicationtechnologyofhisday.Marconiwasthefirsttodevelopapracticalmethodforwirelesstelegraphyusingradiowaves.Heborrowedtechnicaldetailsfrommanysources,butwhatsethimapartwasaself-confidentvisionofthepowerofcommunicationtechnologyontheonehand,and,ontheother,ofthestepsthatneededtobetakentoconsolidatehisownpositionasaplayerinthatfield.TracingMarconi’slifelineleadsusintothestoryofmoderncommunicationitself.Therewereotherimportantfigures,butMarconitoweredoverthemallinreach,power,andinfluence,aswellasinthegriphehadonthepopularimaginationofhistime.Marconiwasquitesimplythecentralfigureintheemergenceofamodernunderstandingofcommunication.G)Inhislifetime,Marconiforesawthedevelopmentoftelevisionandthefaxmachine,GPS,radar,andtheportablehand-heldtelephone.Twomonthsbeforehedied,newspaperswerereportingthathewasworkingonadeathray,andthathehadkilledaratwithanintricatedeviceatadistanceofthreefeet.Bythen,anythingMarconisaidordidwasnewsworthy.Stockpricesroseorsankaccordingtohispronouncements.IfMarconisaidhethoughtitmightrain,therewaslikelytobearunonumbrellas.H)Marconi’sbiographyisalsoastoryaboutchoicesandthemotivationsbehindthem.Atonelevel,Marconicouldbefiercelyautonomousandindependentoftheconstraintsofhisownsocialclass.Onanotherscale,hewasaperpetualoutsider.Whereverhewent,hewasneverofthegroup;hewasalwaystheother,consideredforeigninBritain,BritishinItaly,andnotAmericanintheUnitedStates.Atthesametime,healsosufferedtremendouslyfromaneedforacceptancethatdrove,andsometimesstained,everyoneofhisrelationships.I)Marconiplacedapermanentstamponthewaywelive.Hewasthefirstpersontoimagineapracticalapplicationforthewirelessspectrum,andtodevelopitsuccessfullyintoaglobalcommunicationsysteminbothtermsoftheword;thatis,worldwideandall-inclusive.Hewasabletodothisbecauseofacombinationoffactorsmostimportant,timingandopportunity—butthesingle-mindednessanddeterminationwithwhichhecarriedouthisself-imposedmissionwasfundamentallycharacter-based;millionsofMarconi’scontemporarieshadthesameclass,gender,race,andcolonialprivilegeashe,butonlyahandfuldidanythingwithit.Marconineededtoachievethegoalthatwassetinhismindasanadolescent;bythetimehereachedadulthood,heunderstood,intuitively,thatinordertohaveanimpacthehadtobothdevelopanindependenteconomicbaseandalignhimselfwithpoliticalpower.Disciplined,uncriticalloyaltytopoliticalpowerbecamehiscompassforthechoiceshehadtomake.J)Atthesametime,Marconiwasuncompromisinglyindependentintellectually.ShortlyafterMarconi’sdeath,thenuclearphysicistEnricoFermi—soontobethedeveloperoftheManhattanProject—wrotethatMarconiprovedthattheoryandexperimentationwerecomplementaryfeaturesofprogress.Experiencecanrarely,unlessguidedbyatheoreticalconcept,arriveatresultsofanygreatsignificance…ontheotherhand,anexcessivetrustintheoreticalconvictionwouldhavepreventedMarconifrompersistinginexperimentswhichweredestinedtobringaboutarevolutioninthetechniqueofradio-communications.Inotherwords,Marconihadtheadvantageofnotbeingburdenedbypreconceivedassumptions.K)ThemostcontroversialaspectofMarconi’slife—andthereasonwhytherehasbeennosatisfyingbiographyofMarconiuntilnow—washisuncriticalembraceofBenitoMussolini.Atfirstthiswasnotproblematicforhim.Butastheregressive(倒退的)natureofMussolini’sregimebecameclear,hebegantosufferacrisisofconscience.However,afteralifetimeofmovingwithinthecirclesofpower,hewasunabletobreakwithauthority,andservedMussolinifaithfully(aspresidentofItaly’snationalresearchcouncilandroyalacademy,aswellasamemberoftheFascistGrandCouncil)untilthedayhedied—conveniently—in1937,shortlybeforehewouldhavehadtotakeastandintheconflictthatconsumedaworldthathehad,inpart,created.

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复合题Early colonists in North America usually________ Puritan ideas in their children.