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PartIReadingComprehension（30%）

Directions:

Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblacken

thecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet。

Passage1

QuestionsIto5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Spending50minuteswithacellphoneclosetoyour

ear

isenoughto

changebrain

cell

activity

inthepart

ofthe

brainclosesttotheantenna（

天线）.Butwhetherthatcauses

anyharmisnotclear,scientistsattheNationalInstitute

ofHealthsaid

at

aconference

last

month,adding

that

the

study

will

not

likely

settle

concernsof

alink

betweencell

phones

andbraincancer.

“Whatweshowedisglucose（

葡萄糖）

metabolism（代谢）（asignofbrainactivity）increasesinthe

braininpeoplewhowereexposedtoacellphoneinthearea

closest

totheantenna,”said

Dr.NoraVolkowof

theNIH,whose

studywaspublishedintheJournaloftheAmericanMedical

Association.

（76）Thestudy

wasmeanttoexaminehowthe

brain

reactstoelectromagneticfieldscausedbywirelessphone

signals。

Volkowsaidshewassurprisedthattheweak

electromagneticradiation（

电磁辐射）fromcellphonescould

affectbrainactivity,butshesaidthefindingsdonotshed

anylightonwhethercellphonescausecancer.

“Thisstudy

doesnotinanywayindicatethat.Whatthestudydoesisto

showthe

humanbrain

issensitive

to

electromagnetic

radiation

fromcell

phoneexposures。

”Useof

thedevices

hasincreased

dramaticallysincetheywereintroducedintheearly1980s,

withabout5billioncellphonesnowinuseworldwide

。

Somestudieshavelinkedcellphoneexposuretoan

increased

risk

ofbrain

cancers,butalarge

studybuthe

World

HealthOrganizationdidnotofferaclearanswertothis.

Volkow’steamstudied47peoplewhohadtheirbrain

examined

whileacellphonewasturnedonfor50minutesandanother

whilethephonewasturnedoff.Whiletherewasnocomplete

changeinbrainmetabolism,theyfounda7percentincrease

inbrainmetabolismintheregionclosesttothecellphone

antennawhenthephonewason

。

（77）Expertssaidtheresultswereinteresting,but

urgedthat

theybeunderstood

withgreat

care.“Althoughthe

biologicalsignificance,ifany,ofincreasedglucose

metabolismfromtoomuchcellphoneexposureisunknown,the

resultsrequirefurtherinvestigation,

”HenryLaiofthe

UniversityofWashingtonintheU.S.andDr.LennartHardell

ofUniversity

Hospital

inSweden,wrote

in

anarticle

in

JAMA.

“Muchhastobedonetofurtherinvestigateandunderstandtheseeffects。

”Theywrote。

1D2C3B4C5A

1.

According

tothepassage,whichofthe

followingisTRUE?

A.

Cellphoneuseisdangerous

。

B.

Cellphoneusecausescancer

。

C.

Thehumanbrainisanelectromagnetic

field

。

D.Thereareabout5billioncellphoneusersintheworldrightnow。

2.

DoctorVolkowwasastonishedbecause

______。

A.herresearchhasshedlightonherunderstandingofcellphone

B.shefoundthatcellphoneexposureisharmfultohumanbrain

C.shefoundthatusingacellphoneforabout50minutescouldinfluenceorchangebrainactivity

D.humanbrainisnotresponsivetoelectromagneticradiation

3.

werelaunched_______

Accordingtothepassage,cellphones。

A.

inthelate1970s

B.between

1980and1985

C.

inthelate1980s

D.intheearly

1990s

4.

Whatdoesthe

word

“that

”

stand

for

inthesecondparagraph?

A.

Brainactivity

。

B.

Herresearchfindings

。

C.

Thefactthatcellphoneusemaycause

cancer。

D.

Herresearchprogress

。

5.Whichofthefollowingisanappropriatetitleforthispassage?

A.CellPhoneRadiation:

IsItHarmful?

B.CellPhoneRadiati0n:

IsItUseful?

C.CellPhoneRadiation:

IsItHealthy?

D.CellPhoneRadiation:

IsItWeak?

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedon

thefollowing

passage:

Humanbeingshavealwayshadanabilitytoattendto

severalthingsatonce.（78）Noriselectronicmultitasking

entirelynew:

We’vebeendrivingwhilelisteningtocarradios

sincetheybecamepopularinthe1930s.butthereisnodoubt

thatmultitaskinghasreachedakindofwarpspeedintheera

ofWeb-enabledcomputers,whenithasbecomeroutinetoconduct

severalIM（及时通讯）conversations,watchTVandusethe

computerallatonce。

Butwhat’stheimpactofthismediaconsumption?

howarethesemultitaskingdeviceschanginghowkidslearn,reasonandcommunicatewithoneanother?

Socialscientistseducatorsarejustbeginningtodealwiththesequestions,

And

and

but

theresearchersalreadyhavesomestrongopinions

。

（79）Althoughmultitasking

kids

maybebetter

prepared

insomewaysfortoday’sfast-pacedworkplaced,Many

scientists

arepositively

alarmedbythe

trend。

Kids

that

are

instantmessagingwhiledoinghomework,playinggamesonline

andwatchingTV,aren’tgoingtodowellinthelongrun

。

Onthepositiveside,multitaskingstudentstendto

beextraordinarily

goodatfindingandusing

information.

And

probablybecausemodernchildhoodcentersaroundvisual（

视

觉的）ratherthanprintmedia,theyareespeciallyskilledat

analyzingvisualdataandimages

。

Manyeducatorsandpsychologistssayparentsneedto

activelyensurethattheirteenagersbreakfreeof

uncontrollableengagementwithscreensandspendtimeinthe

physical

companyof

humanbeings—agrowingchallenge

not

just

becausetechnologyofferssuchahandyoptionbutbecauseso

manyteenagersandcollegestudentssayovercommitted（

任务

过量的）schedulesdrivesmuchoftheirmultitasking

。

Justasimportant

isfor

parents

andeducator

toteach

kidsthat

it’svaluable,

evenessential,

to

occasionally

slow

down,unplugsandtaketimetoenjoylifebeyondthescreen

。

6D7C8A9D10C

6.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?

A.Howismultitaskingdefine（定义）intheinformation

age?

B.Howdopeopleseenewtechnologyandthesocialchangeitbringsabout?

C.Howdoestechnologychangemodernfamilylife?

D.What’stheimpact

ofmultitasking

onyoungpeople?

7.Theexpressionisclosestinmeaningto____

“warpspeed”in

。

thefirst

paragraph

A.Lowspeed

B.Toomuchtimealone。

C.highspeed

D.steadyspeed

8.Accordingtosometeenagersandcollegestudents,whatcausestheirmultitasking?

A.Overcommittedschedules

B.Toomuchtimealone

C.Inabilitytofocus

D.Fearofbeingneglected

9.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementisTRUE?

A.Humanshavebeguntoengageinthemultitaskingbehaviorssincetheinformationage。

B.Multitasking

is

acritical

skill

that

students

are

requiredtolearnatschool

。

C.Onlyparentscanhelptheirkidstogetridofthemultitaskinghabits。

oftoday

D.multitaskingmaypreparestudentsforthereality’sfast-pacesworkenvironment。

10.Whatdoeducators

andpsychologist

advise

parents

todotheirmultitaskingkids?

A.Tocutoffhomeinternetconnection

。

B.Toseekmedicaltreatment

。

C.Toencouragetheirkidstohavesomesociallife

。

D.tohelptheirkidstosetpersonalgoals

Passage3

Questions

11to

15are

basedonthe

following

passage:

Thenuclear

poweremergencyat

aJapaneseatomic

power

plantlastMarchcouldleadtoamajorre-examinationin

Europeancountriesthatarealreadybuildingsuchplantsor

areconsideringashiftfromfossil（

化石）fuelstonuclear

energy

tofightclimatechange.Withtheterribleaccident25

yearsagoinChernobyl（

切尔诺贝利）beginningtofadein

EuropeanMemories,governmentsacrossEuropehavegrownmore

opentousing

morenuclear

power.Enthusiasmfornuclear

power

isparticularlystronginEasternEurope,

whichwantstomove

awayfromdependenceonRussianoilandnaturalgas,andon

heavilypollutingcoal-firedpowerplants.Eastern

governmentshavebegunimprovingexistingnuclearplantsor

arebuildingorplanningnewones.ButasJapanstruggledto

dealwithhernuclearcrises,discussionaboutthegoodand

thebadofnuclearpowerbecameheated

。

（80）InGermany,nuclearpowerhasbeenarepeatedly

arguedandwidelyfeltissuefordecades

。

Upto70percent

ofGermansopposenuclear

power.Recentlyabout40,000

people

turned

out

toformahumanchain

nearanuclear

plantto

protest

governmentpolicies

onnuclear

power.

“Theaccident

in

Japan

couldlead

to

amajorrethink

in

Europe,”said

Henrik

Paulitz

ofthe

International

Doctors

for

thePrevention

ofNuclear

War.

“Governmentshavenotbeenquite

openaboutthesafety

levels

ofthenuclearpowerplants

。

”

Chancellor（总理）AngelaMerkelheadsacenter-right

unitygovernmentthatsupportstheuseofnuclearpower.Her

governmentrecently

madeadisputed

decision

toextendthelife

ofthecountry’s17nuclearpowerplantsbyanaverageof12

years.

Shewill

nowface

morepressure

the

changethat