Passage 1
The Internet is redrawing the media landscape and will for decades to come, but traditional media will not be left out of the picture, maintain two University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, journalism professors. Ed Mullins, chairman of the Journalism Department, and Jim Stovall, the founder of Dateline Alabama, the news website of the College of Communication and Information Sciences, agree that the future of the web is still a mystery, but argue that, in the near future, it will serve more as a helpmate to traditional media.

“Nobody knows where the Web is taking us, but when it comes to journalism, old media will be dominant players in the new media game,” Mullins believes. “ Some rating services report that most Americans go to sites operated by old-line media when looking for news on the web.”

Just as national old media dominate the Web at that level, local old media run mostly by newspapers and, to a lesser degree, by television stations dominate those markets. Is there a pattern here? Yes, says Mullins and Stovall. “At least in the first decade of the Web, newspaper companies dominate Web journalism,” Mullins explains. “Why? They specialize in news, and that gives them an advantage. What most readers go to websites for is news and e-mail, a form of person-to-person news, especially in the form of chatting.

The reason for newspapers’ dominance in web journalism, Stovall points out, is that they have the biggest investment in news. “The Birmingham News, for example, with about 175 positions, has more journalists on its payroll than all of the state’s broadcast, cable, and Web-only entities combined.”

1. What role does the Internet play in journalism according to paragraph 1?

A. It dominates the media market. 　　　　　　B. It is likely to threaten the future of traditional media.
C. It becomes a helpful partner of print media.　　 D. It revolutionizes journalism.

2. The following proves that old media still dominate Web journalism except_____.

A. People prefer traditional media when looking for news.
B. Old media have the most important position in local markets.
C. Newspaper companies have more control in Web journalism.
D. Few people go to websites to get news.

3. Traditional media dominate web journalism because_______.

A. news and advertising are their only business
B. they invest more money in news
C. web companies dare not compete with them
D. they enjoy privileges in journalism

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Internet Won’t Eliminate Print Media 　　　 B. Internet Challenges Traditional Media
C. Looking For News on the Web 　　　　　D. Journalism Should Be Dominated by Web

5. What is the author’s attitude towards the future of traditional media?

A. Negative 　　B. Critical 　　C. Concerned 　　D. Optimistic

答案与详解

1. A. 此题考对词的理解。第三段提出使用电子书籍需要满足的条件，其中之一“be sure the　have-nots get the technology”的意思是穷人也获得这种技术。B项原文并没有说要禁止使用电子书籍。C项不全面，只提到一点。

2. C. 此题考段落理解。第一段第一句“the internet is redrawing the media landscape，but traditional media will not be left out”和最后一句“it will serve more as a helpmate to traditional media”表明因特网改变可传媒业的格局，但是传统的传媒并未出局，因特网成为传统传媒的助手。

3. D. 段落理解题。第二段和第三段指出传统传媒业占据市场的种种依据。第一段最后一句“most Americans go to sites operated by old-line media when looking for news on the web”，所以A是依据。第三段第一句和第三句证明B，C也是依据，只有D是正确的选项。

4. B. 细节理解题。最后一段第一句说报业垄断是因为“they have the biggest investment in news”。

5. A. 中心思想题。本文主要讲传统的传媒（报纸）并未因为因特网的出现而被排挤出去。B与全文意思相悖。C，D原文未提及。

6. D. 考作者的态度。从全文可看出作者对传统传媒业的未来是乐观的。 optimistic:乐观的negative:消极的critical:批评的concerned:关切的

Passage 2

What will man be like in the future-in 5000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time.

Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over very long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger.

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the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the eame time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.

But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.

Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with use. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.

1. The passage mainly tells us that____.

A. man’s life will be different in the future
B. future man will look quite different from us
C. man is growing taller and uglier as time passes
D. man’s organs’ functions will be one the wane

2. What serves as the evidence that man is changing?

A. Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.
B. Man’s hair is getting thinner and thinner.
C. Man’s arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.
D. Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years.

3. The change in man’s size of forehead is probably because____

A. he makes use only 20 % of the brain’s capacity.
B. his brain has grown larger over the past centuries.
C. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due time.
D. he will use his brain more and more as time goes on.

4. What is true about a human being in the future?

A. He is hairless because hair is no longer useful.
B. He has smaller eyes and wears better glasses.
C. His fingers grow weaker because he doesn’t have to make use of them.
D. He thinks and feels in different way.

5. It is implied that ____.

A. human beings will become less attractive in the future.
B. less use of a bodily organ may lead to its degeneration
C. human beings hope for a change in the future life
D.future life is always predictable.

答案与详解

1.B. 全文理解题。本文主要介绍未来人类的外貌。A未来的生活，与中心思想不符。C不具备概括性。D器官功能衰退不能概括未来人类身体的变化。

2. D. 细节理解。人类外貌逐渐变化的依据。见第二段第二句“Man，even five hundred years ago was shorter than he is today.” A,B,C 均为人类未来的变化趋势而不是人类变化的证据。

3. D. 细节理解题。 第二段最后两句说人类将更多地使用大脑，最终大脑变大，前额增大。

4. A.第二段指出人类的头发可能会消失，因为“it does not serve a useful purpose any longer”， 即头发失去作用。第三段讲人类将大量用手指，手指变得灵活敏感，所以C错误。D与后一段不符。

5. B. 推论题。从人类身体变化可以看出，经常使用的器官部位，如大脑手指将变得发达。而不常用的器官会退化。A原文已经直接提到，不能算作推论

Passage 3

Many studies have identified a strong link between suicide and diagnosable mental illness, especially depression. So, because women suffer from depression at a much higher rate than men, they would seem to be at higher risk for suicide. Yet, women actually commit suicide about one-fourth as often as men.

George E. Murphy, professor of psychiatry at Washington university school of Medicine in St. Louis, says that females may be protected because of the way they think about problems and interact with others. “Women process their experience with friends. They discuss their feelings, seek feedback, and take advice. They are much more likely to tell a physician how they feel and cooperate in the prescribed treatment. As a result, women get better treatment for their depression.”

That treatment may help protect them from suicide, but Murphy suggests there is more to it. The approach to problem-solving is what often lands a woman in a psychiatrist’s office in the first place, and that approach may be keeping female suicide rates lower.

Murphy believes women are less inclined to commit suicide because their thinking is more inclusive. While a man might tend to throw aside seemingly peripheral (非本质的，边缘的) issues to get to the core of a problem, a woman might take more things into account. She may continue to seek input and process problems long after the point where men decide on a course of action. “She’ll consider not just her feelings, but also the feelings of others—her family, the children, even acquaintances—and how these people will be affected by a decision like suicide. A man is much less likely to take those things into account. He makes his decision, and it’s about him, so he does not feel the need to share it with anyone else.”

1. What is the passage mainly concerned with?

A. the relationship between depression and suicide
B. men’s higher risk of committing suicide
C. reasons for women’s lower risk of committing suicide
D. causes of women’s depression

2. Females get better treatment for their depression because _____.

A. they are more concerned about their health
B. they ne

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ed physician’s advice and feedback
C. they discuss their feeling with a doctor and cooperate with him
D. they often urge their friends to send them to a psychiatrist’s office

3. The word “inclusive” in paragraph 3 probably mean_______.

A. including many things B. open-minded C. considerate D. relevant to a problem

4. It is implied that a man can reduce his chance of committing suicide if he_____.

A. goes straight to the core of a problem
B. does not allow himself to be influenced by his acquaintances
C. consults a psychiatrist regularly
D. changes the way he thinks about problems and interact with others

5. When a man suffers from depression, it is typical of him to _____.

A. process his feelings and seek advice
B. consider just his feelings when he makes a decision.
C. throw aside obviously important issues
D. act in a hostile manner towards a psychiatrist.

答案与详解

1. C. 中心思想题。 全文探讨女性抑郁症患者自杀率低于男性的原因。第一段虽有“a strong link between suicide and diagnosable mental illness”句子，但是之后的内容都讲女性自杀率低的原因，所以A错误。

2. C. 细节题. 第二段第三句 “they are much more likely to tell a physician how they feel and cooperate in the prescribed treatment.”, C与此句意思吻合。

3. A. 词义推测题。文章第四段第二句后半句“a woman might take more things into account”，女性作决定时会顾及许多东西，即把很多事情包括进去。open-minded：头脑开放的， considerate：体贴的，考虑周到的， relevant：相关的。

4. D. 推论题。文章第二段第一句“females may be protected because of the way they think about problems and interact with others”，换言之，男性由于与女性的这种思维和行为方式不同，他们的自杀率较高。A和B都是男性的错误做法。只涉及问题的表面，不全面。

5. B. 细节题。见最后一段最后一句 “A man is less likely to take those things into account .He makes his decision, and it’s about him.”。

Passage 4

The plumes of ash came billowing from Mount Etna on July 17 at precisely 1:33 p.m., followed by 300-foot blasts of lava. Below, in the resort town of Nicolosi, Italy, anxious residents prayed for protection. But scientists were jubilant.

“Three minutes,” gushes Gene Ulmer, a Temple University geologist. “That’s all they missed by.” Not only did Ulmer witness the eruption (which killed no one), he was in Nicolosi the previous night when European volcanologists（火山学家） predicted that Mount Etna would erupt at 1:30 p.m.— one of the most accurate predictions in history.

Scientists have historically had little success in predicting eruptions. There are instruments to monitor the geophysical changes that may suggest a volcano is ready to blow—increase in tremors, alterations in the mountain’s tilt, or changes in the resistance of the earth surrounding it. Other instruments track volcanoes’ chemical compositions, because rising levels of ammonia, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, water and other substances can also herald eruptions. But none of these instruments has done particularly well.

So scientists have taken to monitoring as many different aspects of volcanic activity as possible. This broader approach appears to have yielded the stunningly accurate results at Etna. “We may have finally found the right combination of instrument to monitor volcanoes—and save lives,” says Ulmer.

It is, of course, possible that the Etna team just got lucky. Nonetheless, Ulmer says, “all of us in volcanology are very excited.”

1. Volcanologists were surprised by _____________________.

A) The accuracy of their own predictions of eruption of Mount Etna.
B) The eruption of Mount Etna.
C) The instruments they had used.
D) The ash and smoke of Mount Etna.

2. Which instruments are the most effective ones to predict the eruption of volcanoes?

A) Instruments to monitor the geophysical changes.
B) Instruments to track volcanoes’ chemical compositions.
C) The combinations of instruments.
D) None of them.

3. What does the word “jubilant” mean according to the context?

A) upset.
B) filled with great joy.
C) disappointed.
D) accurate.

4. What is the main idea of the passage?

A) Though Mount Etna erupted as European volcanologists predicted, it was just a coincidence.
B) Scientists succeeded in finding the instruments to predict eruption.
C) Lots of scientists witnessed the Eruption of Mount Etna.
D) Scientists predicted accurately the eruption of Mount Etna.

5. What’s the possible title for this passage?

A) The Volcanologists Succeeded.
B) Mount Etna’s Eruption.
C) Right on Schedule—Mount Etna Makes Scientists Look Smart.
D)Prediction of Eruption in History.

答案与详解

本文章属于新闻报道。Etna火山像欧洲科学家的预测的那样爆发了，而且前后只差三分钟。这一消息使科学家非常兴奋，虽然这也许是巧合。 1．答案为A. 推断和主旨题。科学家在历史上几乎没有成功地预测火山爆发，而此次对Etna火山爆发的预测和实际只有三分钟的误差，这种准确性令他们既兴奋又震惊的。

2．答案为D. 文章第三段中介绍了两种预测火山爆发的仪器，一种是通过观察地球物理变化来预测，一种通过研究化学成分的变化来预测，但预测结果都不理想。在第四段中

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Ulmer说的话中’We may have finally found the right combination of instrument to monitor volcanoes—and save lives’可以判断监视火山爆发的所有有效仪器的最佳组合还未有出世。

3．答案为B. 词义辨析题。全文讲述了对火山爆发的成功预测使科学家们欣喜万分。

4．答案为D. 主旨题。科学家准确地预测了火山的爆发。

5．答案为C. 主题推理题。从全文可知这是一报道，不仅报道Etna火山的爆发，而且更强调科学家有史以来较准确的一次预测。
 

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