30. ______________________
正确答案： H
Section B
Directions: There are several passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice.
Passage One
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
Increasingly, over the past ten years, people ― especially young people ― have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly chemical foods, is not good for health. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers, widely used in farming today.
Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruits and grains which have been grown in soil that is rich in organic matter. In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount ― but not the quality ― of foods grown in commercial farming areas. Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move freely in healthy pastures. Compare this with what happens in the mass production of poultry: there are battery farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better than rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only tasteless as food; they also produce eggs which lack important vitamins.
There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing attention from experts on diet. Take, for example, the question of sugar. This is actually a non-essential food! Although a natural alternative, such as honey, can be used to sweeten food if this is necessary, we can in fact do without it. It is not that sugar is harmful in itself. But it does seem to be an additive: the quantity we use has grown steadily over the last two centuries and in Britain today each person consumes an average of 200 pounds a year! Yet all it does is provide us with energy, in the form of calories. There are no vitamins in it, no minerals and no fiber.
It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example, the fiber has been removed. But it is present in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Hence the emphasis is placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on healthy eating.
31.
Recently, some people are interested in natural foods because ______. A) natural foods are fresh and cheap B) they don’t like processed foods
C) they want to change their eating habits
D) these foods contain more vitamins, mineral and fiber etc.
正确答案： D 32.
According to the passage, what does the word “battery” (Para. 3) mean? ______ A) apparatus for producing electricity
B) an array of similar things intended for use together C) a line of small boxes in which hens are kept to lay eggs D) a group or set of things like tools
正确答案： C 33. The phrase “whole meal bread” in Para.5 refers to ______. A) white bread in which fiber has been removed
B) a type of brown bread which is made of unrefined flour C) a kind of bread which can be used to cure diseases D) a loaf of bread filled with hams and chicken
正确答案： B 34.
It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A) people will no longer eat those foods containing chemical additives
B) people will not necessarily do exercises in the future if they eat natural foods C) natural foods will find a good market in the future
D) certain diseases will never befall people who eat natural foods
正确答案： C 35.
What’s the best title for this passage? ______ A) Eating Habits Are Changing B) Healthy Eating
C) Natural Food and Chemical Additives
D) How to Go on a Diet
正确答案： B
Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
The quality of university life is declining under strain from the higher education, leading independent schools in Britain complained. The warning followed survey of the impressions of campus life gained by students of school. Poor interviewing of the applicants, infrequent contact with tutors, worries over student safety, and even complaint over the food were all seen as symptoms of the pressure on universities. Head teachers said that standards could well drop if the squeeze on university budgets continued. A survey was carried out because of fears that the level of green area in universities had declined. A great number of student suicides had raised concerns among head teachers.
Although most of the 6,000 students surveyed were enjoying university life, almost a third were less than satisfied with their course. About one in 10 had serious financial problems and some gave alarming accounts of conditions around their halls of residence. Incidents mentioned included a fatal stabbing and shooting outside a hall of residence, the petrol-bombing of cars near another residence, and two racist attacks. Nine percent of women and seven percent of men rated security as unsatisfactory in the area where they lived. Salford University had the lowest satisfaction rating. Lancaster and Kingston universities were rated the safest.
The survey confirmed head teachers’ fears about contact between students and tutors slipping, with a quarter of the students seeing their tutors only every three weeks. New students, used to regular contact with their teachers, found it hard to adapt to the change. Interview techniques were a cause for concern, with the school calling for more training of university staff involved in admissions. Some headmasters complained that interviews were increasingly “odd”. One greeted an applicant by throwing him an apple. Another interview lasted only three minutes. About a quarter of the students found the workload at university heavier than they had expected. Imperial College London, Oxford and Cambridge universities registered by far the highest workload. There were differences between subjects, with architecture, engineering, veterinary science, medicine and some science subjects demanding the most work. Veterinary science was nevertheless the most popular subject, followed by physiotherapy and history of art. General engineering, economics, computing and sociology were the least popular. The survey also confirmed previous concerns about possible racial prejudice in admissions to medical courses. Applicants with names suggesting an ethnic minority background had been rejected with qualifications as good as successful white candidates.
36.
According to the passage, the main problem existing in the interview of admission is that ______.
A) the interviewers often greeted the applicants by throwing an apple B) the interviewers spent only a few minutes interviewing an applicant C) the interviewers were not knowledgeable to interview the applicants D) the interviewers lack enough training and interview techniques
正确答案： D 37.
From the passage, we can infer that in high school, students ______. A) were never worried about their security B) had regular contact with their teachers C) were often dissatisfied with their course D) were worried about their entrance exam
正确答案： B 38.
We can learn from the passage that ______.
A) most students surveyed were satisfied with university life B) many head teachers were killed by the students in university C) veterinary science was popular for its workload was light
D) students were worried about the squeeze on university budgets
正确答案： A 39.
The author’s description of the quality of university life in Britain seems to be ______. A) subjective B) pessimistic C) objective D) unreasonable
正确答案： C 40.
Among the following, which is the proper statement of the status of students’ security? A) Fatal stabbing and shooting often happened outside the hall of residence. B) The students in Britain were so worried about their security in university. C) Students were often watchful against people around their halls of residence. D) The status of students’ security in Salford University might be very awful.
正确答案： D
Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 11 minutes )
Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.
41.
I was ________ by the maze of streets in the city. A) enchanted B) fascinated C) bewildered D) shocked
正确答案： C 42.
He claimed that it was her rudeness that ________ him to strike her. A) inspired B) provoked C) aroused D) excited
正确答案： B 43.
In her writing, Ellen often dealt with her own personality as it was, rather than ________. A) it was defined by others B) its definitions by others C) others’ definitions D) as others defined it
正确答案： D 44.
At the sight of two kids ahead, the engineer _______ the train to the other track. A) shifted B) switched C) transferred D) changed
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