填空题The customer can contact his former teacher by ______ .
填空题i The biological clock ii Why dying is beneficial iii The ageing process of men and women iv Prolonging your life v Limitations of life span vi Modes of development of different species vii A stable life span despite improvements viii Energy consumption ix Fundamental differences in ageing of objects and organisms x Repair of genetic material
填空题Listen to the report and complete the blanks below. Use up to three words.
填空题Almost all races of people have the same ______ to become tall.
填空题Questions 34-39 Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 3? In boxes 34-39 on your answer sheet, write
填空题Question 6 Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. Write your answer in box 6 on your answer sheet. Who was the first person to ascend in a hot air balloon? A.Zhuge Liang B.Jacques-Etienne Mongolia C.Pilatre de Rozier D.Ed Yost
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a quick insight into modem electronicsemphasis on practical devices and
systemsassumes no 35 ______can function as a 36 ______ hands on
simulationscertificate of completion
填空题Tourists have had bad experiences on ecotour holidays.
填空题 Questions 21-26
Which attitude is associated with the following people during the
conversation? Choose SIX answers from the box and write the
correct letter, A-I-I, next to questions 21-26.
Attitudes A. amused B.
critical C. forgetful D. impatient
E. polite F. relaxed G.
sympathetic H. unrealistic
People
填空题Traffic accidents are sometimes caused by lack of sleep.
填空题The ease with which truly great ideas are accepted and taken for granted fails to lessen their significance.
填空题Buy TENS machine
填空题Label the map below. Write the correct letter
填空题{{B}}Questions 13-14{{/B}}Complete the notes on the police using {{B}}NO MORE
THAN THREE WORDS{{/B}} for each gap.· don't be aggressive· do not try to
bribe police officers· ask plain-clothes police officers for 13.______·
give your true name and address if asked· do not sign anything without a
solicitor's 14.______· you can make one telephone call
填空题Listen to the statement and complete the blanks below. Use up to two words.
填空题Question 27 Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D. Write your answer in box 27 on your answer sheet.
填空题 GLLOBAL WARMING-THE BEGINNING OF THE
END Increased social debate regarding complex issues
such as the greenhouse effect and global warming has definitely increased our
environmental awareness. However, such debates are often emotive rather than
informative. One can be forgiven, for example, for believing that the greenhouse
effect is something we should be trying to eradicate! Short-wave
radiation, in the form of visible ultra-violet (UV) light from the Sun,
penetrates Earth's atmosphere to warm the surface of the planet. Because all
matter is warmer than space, it radiates heat, and part of the sun's energy is
re-radiated out by the Earth's surface. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap
some of this infrared radiation causing the Earth's surface and lower
atmospheric layers to warm up to a higher temperature than would otherwise be
the case. Without these greenhouse gases, Earth would be a frozen, hostile
environment with an average global temperature of about -15℃ to -19℃, where no
life could be sustained. A thermal balance of energy exists where the Earth
radiates about the same amount of energy into space as long-wave radiation that
it absorbs from the sun. Our atmosphere allows the balance to be achieved
because the trace gases trap and absorb heat. Other interactions are at
play that may affect the Earth's albedo or balance of energy. The amount or type
of cloud cover, for instance, can alter the amount of energy being exchanged.
Cirrus clouds reflect more of the sun's radiation than absorb radiation from the
earth. Cumulus clouds do the opposite where the proportion of energy retained is
larger than that reflected. The detected increase in carbon
dioxide in our atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution will also affect the
albedo. Not only has there been an increase in carbon dioxide identified. Other
greenhouse base gases such as methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons
have all increased. It is thought that the latter of these minor greenhouse
gases may have a stronger impact on global warming than carbon dioxide
levels. The largest contributing factor to the increase of
greenhouse gases has been the burning of fossil fuels. Carbon in the fuel we
burn is oxidised and released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. Compounding
the problem, deforestation that has taken place over the last 50-100 years
reduces the number of trees that are necessary for absorbing carbon dioxide from
the atmosphere. Short-term solutions for regional economic survival means the
importance of rainforests in this gas exchange has been ignored. Even a layman
can see how the greenhouse effect has earned its bad reputation. An out-of-
control greenhouse effect is often quoted using the example of Venus, where heat
is trapped by thick clouds and a dense carbon dioxide atmospheric element,
making the surface temperature as high as 500℃. Scientists don't
always agree on their predictions. Whilst they agree that an increase in
greenhouse gases will cause the Earth's temperature to rise, they disagree on
what may happen next. Some believe that the subsequent increase in water vapour
may help to reduce the temperature. Others believe it will increase the
temperature. The collection of meteorological data from observation satellites
and a study of samples taken from glaciers and trees for example, support what
many of planet Earth's inhabitants notice for themselves. The globe is warming
up. It is generally agreed that by about 2030/2040, the average global
temperature (presently +15℃) will have risen by anything up to 5℃ causing polar
ice-caps and mountain glaciers to melt and changes to ocean currents and
circulation patterns causing coastal waters to rise. New weather patterns and
extremes are anticipated. Scientists do not know if the increase
in average global temperature is just a cycle because of the absence of
long-term meteorological data. Comparing climate epochs is complex because so
many atmospheric and surface features of land and ocean are different. All of
the elements that make up climate are continually changing and dynamically
interacting. Knowing therefore, that the Earth cooled during past ice ages and
warmed during interglacial periods, has limited worth in predictions for our
future. Moreover, records of past climatic epochs are not as reliable or
detailed as those records developed in recent decades. General
Circulation Models (GCMs) are designed to describe basic behaviour patterns of
the atmosphere. Used on super-computers, the system still cannot represent all
countries and has to rely on spatial representation of the earth. This means
that specific consequences of climate change-like predicting the daily weather
for specific climatic regions-are more difficult to predict than the global
reality of the Greenhouse Effect. The computers are much more
accurate in showing these broader climatic conditions and predicting global
effects than more localized phenomena. Many experts conclude
that failure to take action in order to limit the impact of human activity is
taking a dangerous risk. Others argue that nature will save itself from our
apparent inability or disinterest in protecting the planet and that adaptation
will, once again, be the key to survival. As these debates continue and
governments refuse to act, it is becoming more likely that we will be able to
see for ourselves whether or not the dire predictions of global warming are
overstated as early as the middle of this century.
Questions 28-31 Complete the
sentences below with words taken from the passage. Use
NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer. Write your answers in
boxes 28-31 on your Answer Sheet.
填空题Questions 35-36 Choose TWO letters from A-E. Write your answers in boxes 35-36 on your answer sheet. The list below gives some descriptions from the passage. Tigers are in a danger status mainly because of A. over-hunting B. lack of food C. low birth rate D. loss of habitat E. serious pollution problem
填空题You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40 which
are based on Reading Passage 3 below.
Does water have memory?
The practice of homeopathy was first developed by the German physician
Samuel Hanuman. During research in the 1790s, Hahnemann began experimenting with
quinine, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark that was well known at the time
to have a positive effect on fever. Hahnemann started dosing himself with
quinine while in a state of good health, and reported in his journals that his
extremities went cold, he experienced palpitations, an "infinite anxiety", a
trembling and weakening of the limbs, reddening cheeks and thirst—" in short",
he concluded, "all the symptoms of relapsing fever
presented themselves successively..." Hahnemann's main observation was that
things which create problems for healthy people cure those problems in sick
people, and this became his first principle of homeopathy: simila s/m/1/bus
(with help from the same). While diverging from the principle of
apothecary practice at the time—which was contraria contraries (with help from
the opposite)—the efficacy of simila similibus was reaffirmed by
subsequent developments in the field of vaccinations.
Hahnemann's second principle was minimal dosing—treatments should be taken
in the most diluted form at which they remain effective. This negated any
possible toxic effects of simila similibus. In 1988 the
French immunologist Jacques Benefits took minimal dosing to new extremes when he
published a paper in the prestigious scientific journal Nature in which he
suggested that very high dilutions of the anti-leg antibody could affect human
basophile granulocytes, the least common of the granulocytes that make up about
0.01% to 0.3% of white blood cells. The point of controversy, however, was that
the water in Benveniste's test had been so diluted that any molecular evidence
of the antibodies no longer existed. Water molecules, the researcher concluded,
had a biologically active component that a journalist later termed "water
memory". A number of efforts from scientists in Britain, France and the
Netherlands to duplicate Benveniste's research were unsuccessful, however, and
to this day no peer-reviewed study under broadly accepted conditions has been
able to confirm the validity of "water memory". The third
principle of homeopathy is "the single remedy". Exponents of this principle
believe that it would be too difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain the
potential effects of multiple homeopathic remedies delivered simultaneously. If
it did work, they suggest, one could not know quite why it worked, turning
homeopathy into an ambiguous guessing game. If it did not work, neither patient
nor practitioner would know whether the ingredients were all ineffective, or
whether they were only ineffective in combination with one another. Combination
remedies are gaining in popularity, but classical homeopaths who rely on the
single remedy approach warn these are not more potent, nor do they provide more
treatment options. The availability of combination remedies, these homeopaths
suggest, has been led by consumers wanting more options, not from homeopathic
research indicating their efficacy. Homeopathy is an extremely
contentious form of medicine, with strong assertions coming from both critics
and supporters of the practice. "Homeopathy: There's nothing in it"
announces the tagline to 10:23, a major British anti-homeopathy campaign. At
10.23 a.m. on 30 January 2010, over 400 supporters of the 10:23 stood outside
Boots pharmacies and swallowed an entire bottle each of homeopathic pills in an
attempt to raise awareness about the fact that these remedies are made of sugar
and water, with no active components. This, defenders of homeopathy say, is
entirely the point. Homeopathic products do not rely on ingredients that become
toxic at high doses, because the water retains the "memory" that allows the
original treatment to function. Critics also point out the fact
that homeopathic preparations have no systematic design to them, making it hard
to monitor whether or not a particular treatment has been efficacious.
Homeopaths embrace this uncertainty. While results may be less certain, they
argue, the non-toxic nature of homeopathy means that practitioner and patient
can experiment until they find something that works without concern for side
effects. Traditional medicine, they argue, assaults the body with a cocktail of
drugs that only tackles the symptoms of disease, while homeopathy has its sights
aimed on the causes. Homeopaths suggest this approach leads to kinder, gentler,
more effective treatment. Finally, critics allege that when
homeopathy has produced good results, these are exceedingly dependent on the
placebo effect, and cannot justify the resources, time and expense that the
homeopathic tradition absorbs. The placebo effect is a term that describes
beneficial outcomes from a treatment than can be attributed to the patient's
expectations concerning the treatment rather than from the treatment itself.
Basically, the patient "thinks" himself into feeling better. Defenders suggest
that homeopathy can go beyond this psychological level. They point to the
successful results of homeopathy on patients who are unconscious at the time of
treatment, as well as on animals.Questions
27-32 Complete each sentence with the correct
ending, A-K, below. Write the correct
letter, A-K, in boxes 27-32 on your answer
sheet. A.avoid the unpredictable outcomes of combining
many remedies at once. B.explain the success of 18th century
apothecary medicine. C.produce fever-like symptoms in a healthy
person. D.keep antibody molecules active in parts as low as
0.01%. E.support the notion official similibus.
F.offer more remedial choice. G.produce a less effective
dose. H.recreate the original results.
I.retain qualities of an antibody to which they were previously
exposed. J.satisfy the demand of buyers.
K.treat effectively someone with a fever.
填空题{{B}}Questions 21-26{{/B}}Complete the sentences using {{B}}NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS{{/B}} for each gap.