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模拟试题02

模拟试题二

SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword（s）fromeachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.（10points）

Inhis1979book,TheSinkingArk,biologistNormanMyersestimatedthata（an）__1__ofmorethan100human-causedextinctionsoccureachday,andthatonemillionspecies__2__lostbythecentury’send.Yetthereislittleevidenceof__3__thatnumberofextinctions.__4__,onlysevenspeciesontheendangeredspecieslisthavebecomeextinct__5__thelistwascreatedin1973.

Bio-__6__isanimportantvalue,accordingtomanyscientists.Nevertheless,thesupposed__7__extinctionratesareachievedbymultiplyingunknownsby__8__togetimponderables（somethingthatisdifficulttomeasureorestimate）.Manyestimates,forinstance,relyagreatdealona“species-area__9__”,whichpredictsthattwiceasmanyspecieswillbefoundon100squaremiles__10__ontensquaremiles.Theproblemisthatspeciesarenotdistributed__11__,sowhichpartsofaforestaredestroyedmaybeasimportantas__12__.“__13__”,saysArielLugo,directoroftheInternationalInstituteofForestryinPuertoRico,“biologistswhopredicthighextinctionrates__14__theresiliencyofnature.”

Oneofthemaincausesofextinctionsis__15__.AccordingtotheConsultativeGrouponInternationalAgriculturalResearch,whatdestroys__16__treesisnotcommerciallogging,but“poorfarmerswhohavenoother__17__forfeedingtheirfamiliesthanslashingandburninga__18__offorest”.Incountriesthat__19__modernhigh-yieldagriculture,forestsareinnodanger.In1920,U.S.forestscovered712millionacres.Todaytheycover717million.ForestsinEurope__20__from161millionto282millionacresbetween1930and1990.

1.[A]figure[B]total[C]amount[D]average

2.[A]wouldbe[B]wouldhave[C]willbe[D]willhave

3.[A]anythinglike[B]anywherefrom[C]anywherenear[D]anythingbut

4.[A]Inasense[B]Asaresult[C]Inaddition[D]Forexample

5.[A]though[B]when[C]since[D]unless

6.[A]capacity[B]diversity[C]productivity[D]prosperity

7.[A]batch[B]crowd[C]heap[D]mass

8.[A]inapplicables[B]improbables[C]impropers[D]inappropriates

9.[A]equation[B]means[C]coordination[D]correspondence

10.[A]when[B]like[C]though[D]as

11.[A]orderly[B]widespreadly[C]randomly[D]densely

12.[A]whichplace[B]howmany[C]whichtime[D]howmuch

13.[A]Furthermore[B]Likewise[C]Nonetheless[D]Therefore

14.[A]undermine[B]underestimate[C]understate[D]undercalculate

15.[A]deplantation[B]reforestation[C]deforestation[D]replantation

16.[A]tropical[B]territorial[C]thermal[D]temperamental

17.[A]preference[B]selection[C]opportunity[D]option

18.[A]stack[B]patch[C]field[D]plot

19.[A]practice[B]exercise[C]apply[D]follow

20.[A]expanded[B]extended[C]enhanced[D]enlarged

SectionⅡReadingComprehension

PartA

Directions:

Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.（40points）

Text1

Formorethantwodecades,U.S.courtshavebeenlimitingaffirmative-actionprogramsinuniversitiesandotherareas.Thelegalrationaleisthatracialpreferencesareunconstitutional,eventhoseintendedtocompensateforracismorintolerance.Formanycolleges,thismeansstudentscanbeadmittedonlyonmerit,notontheirraceorethnicity.IthasbeenadivisiveissueacrosstheU.S.,aseducatorsblametheprolongedreactiontoaffirmative-actionfordeclinesinminorityadmissions.Meanwhile,activistscontinuetobattleracepreferencesincourtsfromMichigantoNorthCarolina.

Now,chiefexecutivesofabouttwodozencompanieshavedecidedtoplungeheadfirstintothispoliticallyunsettleddebate.They,togetherwith36universitiesand7nonprofitableorganizations,formedaforumthatsetforthanactionplanessentiallydesignedtohelpcollegescircumventcourt-imposedrestrictionsonaffirmativeaction.TheCEOs’motive:

“Ouraudienceisgrowingmorediverse,sothecommunitiesweservebenefitifouremployeesareraciallyandethnicallydiverseaswell”,saysoneCEOofacompangthatownsninetelevisionstations.

Amongthestepstheforumispushing:

findingcreativeyetlegalwaystoboostminorityenrollmentthroughnewadmissionspolicies;promotingadmissionsdecisionsthatlookatmorethantestscores;andencouraginguniversitiestostepuptheirminorityoutreachandfinancialaid.Andtocounteraccusationsbycriticstochallengethesetacticsincourt,thegroupsaysitwillgivelegalassistancetocollegessuedfortryingthem.“Diversitydiminishedbythecourtmustbemadeupforinotherlegitimate,legalways,”says,aforummember.

Oneofthemorecontroversialmethodsadvocat