阅读理解Passage A Hot boning is an energy saving technique for the meat processing industry

阅读理解Passage Two Exchange a glance with someone, then look away

阅读理解Passage 3 Researchers have established that when people are mentally engaged, biochemical changes occur in the brain that allow it to act more effectively in cognitive (认知的) areas such as attention and memory

阅读理解Passage Four 　　Closed Circuit Television, usually abbreviated to CCTV, iseverywhere in todays society

阅读理解A few common misconceptions. Beauty is only skin-deep. One''s physical assets and liabilities don''t count all that much in a managerial career. A woman should always try to look her best. Over the last 30 years, social scientists have conducted more than 1,000 studies of how we react to beautiful and not-so-beautiful people. The virtually unanimous conclusion: Looks do matter, more than most of us realize. The data suggest, for example, that physically attractive individuals are more likely to be treated well by their parents, sought out as friends, and pursued romantically. With the possible exception of women seeking managerial jobs, they are also more likely to be hired, paid well, and promoted. Un-American, you say, unfair and extremely unbelievable? Once again, the scientists have caught us mouthing pieties (虔诚) while acting just the contrary. Their typical experiment works something like this. They give each member of a group-college students, perhaps, or teachers or corporate personnel managers a piece of paper relating an individual''s accomplishments. Attached to the paper is a photograph. While the papers all say exactly the same thing the pictures are different. Some show a strikingly attractive person, some an average-looking character, and some an unusually unattractive human being. Group members are asked to rate the individual on certain attributes, anything from personal warmth to the likelihood that he or she will be promoted. Almost invariably, the better looking the person in the picture, the higher the person is rated. In the phrase, borrowed from Salppho, that the social scientists use to sum up the common perception, what is beautiful is good. In business, however, good looks cut both ways for women, and deeper than for men. A Utah State University professor, who is an authority on the subject, explains: In terms of their careers, the impact of physical attractiveness on males is only modest. But its potential impact on females can be tremendous, making its easier, for example, for the more attractive to get jobs where they are in the public eye. On another note, though, there is enough literature now for us to conclude that attractive women who aspire to managerial positions do not get on as well as women who may be less attractive.

阅读理解Jay Lininger would most likely support_______.

阅读理解Passage four: Questions are based on the following passage

阅读理解The health-care economy is filled with unusual and even unique economic relationships. One of the least understanding involves the peculiar roles of producer or “provider” and purchaser or “consumer” in the typical doctor-patient relationship. In most sectors of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to attract a potential buyer with various inducements of price, quality, and utility, and it is the buyer who makes the decision. Such condition, however, does not prevail in most ofthe health-care industry.In the health-care industry, the doctor-patient relationship is the mirror image of the ordinary relationship between producer and consumer. Once an individual has chosen to see a physician — and even then there may be no real choice — it is the physician who usually makes all significant purchasing decisions: whether the patient should return “next Wednesday”, whether X-rays are needed, whether drugs should be prescribed, etc. It is a rare and sophisticated patient who will challenge such professional decisions or raise in advance questions about price, especially when the disease is regarded as serious.This is particularly significant in relation to hospital care. The physician must certify the need for hospitalization, determine what procedures will be performed, and announce when the patient may be discharged. The patient may be consulted about some of these decisions, but in the main it is the doctor’s judgments that are final. Little wonder then that in the eye of the hospital it is the physician who is the real “consumer”. As a consequence, the medical staff represents the “power center” in hospital policy and decision-making, not the administration.Although usually there are in this situation four identifiable participants — the physician,the hospital, the patient, and the payer (generally an insurance carrier or government) — the physician makes the essential decisions for all of them. The hospital becomes an extension of the physician; the payer generally meets most of the bills generated by the physician/hospital, and for the most part the patient plays a passive role. We estimate that about 75-80 percent of health-care expenditures are determined by physicians, not patients. For this reason, the economy directed at patients or the general is relatively ineffective.

阅读理解Text 1 Studies in advanced economics show, as one would expect, that for every 1,000 pounds increases in income there is, indeed, an increased sense of well-being 一 but only for the poorest fifth of the population

阅读理解The British Summer Britain is well known for its rainy climate

阅读理解Passage One When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend

阅读理解Questions 31 to 40 are based on the following passage

阅读理解Passage 2In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different story to tell.My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal Dream would have to wait.Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopted and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8. Our home was a complete zoo—a joyous zoo. Not surprising. I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester. The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.In 2007, I graduated from the University of North CarolinA、I spent a total of 21 years getting my college degree!I am not special, just single-mindeD、It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside, it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it. It just seems normal.Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be __________.

阅读理解Passage Three The town in which Mr

阅读理解Passage Two It used to be so straightforward

阅读理解Passage 1 Best-selling crime writer P

阅读理解You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will_____.

阅读理解Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse. They see a day in the not-too-distant future when all autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust. Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will remain a leading means of travel in the foreseeable future. The motorcar will undoubtedly change significantly over the next 30 years. It should become smaller, safer, and more economical, and should not be powered by the gasoline engine. The car of the future should be far more pollution-free than present types. Regardless of its power source, the auto in the future will still be the main problem in urban traffic congestion (拥挤). One proposed solution to this problem is the automated highway system. When the auto enters the highway system, a retractable (可伸缩的) arm will drop from the auto and make contact with a rail, which is similar to those powering subway trains electrically. Once attached to the rail, the car will become electrically powered from the system, and control of the vehicle will pass to a central computer. The computer will then monitor all of the car''s movements. The driver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his destination into the system. The computer will calculate the best route, and reserve space for the car all the way to the correct exit from the highway. The driver will then be free to relax and wait for the buzzer (蜂鸣器) that will warn of his coming exit. It is estimated that an automated highway will be able to handle 10,000 vehicles per hour, compared with the 1,400 to 2,000 vehicles that can be carried by a present-day highway.

阅读理解According to a survey, which was based on the responses of over 188,000 students, todays traditional-age college freshmen are more materialistic and less altruistic（利他主义的） than at any time in the 17 years of the poll

阅读理解Directions: There are three passages in (his section. Eachpassage is followed by some questions or unfinishedstatements. For each of them there are four choices markedA, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice andthen blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneIn the first year or so of Web business, most of theaction revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market.More recently, as the Web proved to be more than afashion, companies have started to buy and sell productsand services with one another. Such business-to-businesssales make sense because business people typically knowwhat product they’re looking for.Nonetheless, many companies still hesitate to use the Webbecause of doubts about its reliability. “Businesses needto feel they can trust the pathway between them and thesupplier, ” says senior analyst Blanc Erwin of ForresterResearch. Some companies are limiting the risk byconducting online transactions only with establishedbusiness partners who are given access to the company’ sprivate intranet.Another major shift in the model for Internet commerceconcerns the technology available for marketing. Untilrecently, internet marketing activities have focused onstrategies to “pull” customers into sites. In the pastyear, however, software companies have developed toolsthat allow companies to “push” information directly outto consumers, transmitting marketing messages directly totargeted customers. Most notably, the Pointcast Networkuses a screen saver to deliver a continually updatedstream of news and advertisements to subscribers’computer monitors. Subscribers can customize theinformation they want to receive and proceed directly to acompany’ s Web site. Companies such as Virtual Vineyardsare already starting to use similar technologies to pushmessages to customers about special sales, productoffering, or other events, But push technology has earnedthe contempt of many Web users, online culture thinkshighly of the notion that the information flowing onto thescreen comes there by specific request. Once commercialpromotion begins to fill the screen uninvited, thedistinction between the Web and television fades. That’ sa prospect that horrifies Net purists.But it is hardly inevitable that companies on the Web willneed to resort to push strategies to make money. Theexamples of Virtual Vineyards, Amazon. com, and otherpioneers show that a Web site selling the right kind ofproducts with the right mix of interactivity, hospitality,and security will attract online customers. And the costof computing power continues to free fall, which is a goodsign for any enterprise setting up shop in silicon. Peoplelooking back 5 or 10 years from now may well wonder why sofew companies took the online plunge.