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could be found. Finally the doctor said to him, “(49) you tell me what’s on your conscience, I can’t help you.”
After a short silence, the man told the doctor that he (50) all the money that his father gave to his brother, who was (51). His father had died, so only he himself knew the matter. The old doctor made the man write to his brother making an (52) and enclosing (附寄) a (53). In the post office, the man dropped the letter into the mail box. As the letter disappeared, the man (54) into tears. “Thank you, doctor,” he said, “I think I’m all right now.” And he (55). 36．A．damaged 37．A．lost 38．A．built 39．A．difficult 40．A．long 41．A．unusual 42．A．expense 43．A．still
B．destroyed B．care B．formed B．easy B．often B．harmful B．worth B．even
C．injured C．advise C．repaired C．foolish C．much C．precious C．value C．only
D．ruined D．heard D．picked D．shy D．soon D．unkind D．bargain D．such D．balance D．expressed D．setting D．much D．marks D．Although D．wasted D．dead D．apology D．photo D．cried D．was
44．A．conscience B．friendship C．mind 45．A．shown 46．A．asking 47．A．strange 48．A．signs 49．A．Whenever 50．A．stole 51．A．mad 52．A．order 53．A．note 54．A．joyed 55．A．should
B．explained B．telling B．serious B．reason B．Unless B．accepted B．lost B．excuse B．card B．burst B．did
C．offered C．requiring C．various C．cause C．Suppose C．seized C．abroad C．agreement C．check C．laughed C．had
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项。 A
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Tears are nature’s way of making us feel more comfortable. When our eyes is made uncomfortable by some small pieces of pollution , or when we are cutting onions, or when we are exhausted and “red-eyes” from over work and late hours, tears form in our eyes to clean and refresh them.
Tears are also a sign of strong emotion. We cry when we are sad and we cry when we are happy.
And tears seem to be uniquely human. We know that animals also experience emotion fear, pleasure, loneliness, but they do not shed (流) tears.
Biologically speaking, tears are actually drops of saline fluid, which is a little bit salty, produced by a gland (腺) in the body. Because salt is an important component, tears may actually constitute the most conclusive evidence that the human animal is the end product of a long evolutionary process that began in the sea.
And it is clear that, in addition to the emotional benefits, the shedding of tears has a specific biological function as well. Through tears, we can eliminate from our body certain chemicals which build up in response to stress and create a chemical imbalance in the body. Crying actually makes us feel better by correcting that imbalance and making us feel good again. And thus the emotional and the biological functions of tears merge (合并) into one and make us even more “human” than we would otherwise be.
56．According to the passage, human beings may have originated in ____.
A．the sea
B．the salt
C．chemicals
D．animals
57．Which of the following is NOT a function of tears?
A．Biological. B．Emotional. C．Political. D．Chemical.
58．According to the article, which of the following is unique to humans?
A．The feeling of loneliness. B．The state of feeling good. C．The ability to shed tears. D．The feeling of fear.
59．The underlined word “eliminate” probably means ____.
A．add
B．produce
C．replace
D．remove
60．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A．Tears are a sign of strong emotion.
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B
B．Tears are always making us feel more comfortable. C．Tears are uniquely human.
D．Tears have certain biological function.
The railroad industry could not have grown as large as it did without steel. The first rails were made of iron. But iron rails were not strong enough to support heavy trains running at a high speed. Railroad officials wanted to replace them with steel rails because steel was ten or fifteen times stronger and lasted twenty times longer. Before the 1870s, however, steel was too expensive to be widely used. It was made by a slow and expensive process of heating, stirring, and reheating iron ore (矿石).
Then the inventor Henry Bessemer discovered that directing a blast of air at melted iron in a furnace (熔炉) would burn out the impurities (杂质) that made the iron brittle (易脆). As the air shot through the furnace, the bubbling metal would erupt (喷发) in showers of sparks. When the fire cooled, the metal had been changed, or converted, to steel. The Bessemer converter made possible the mass production of steel, now three to five tons of iron could be changed into steel in a matter of minutes.
Just when the demand for more and more steel developed, prospectors discovered huge new deposits (矿床) of iron ore in the Mesabi Range, a 120-mile-long region in Minnesota near Lake Superior. The Mesabi deposits were so near the surface that they could be mined with steam shovels.
Barges and steamers carried the iron ore through Lake Superior to deposits on the southern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. With dizzying speed Gary, Indiana and Toledo, Youngstown, and Cleveland, Ohio, became major steel manufacturing centers. Pittsburgh was the greatest steel city of all. 61．The best title for the passage is ____.
A．The railroad Industry C．Changing Iron into Steel
B．Famous Inventors
D．Steel Manufacturing Centers
62．According to the passage, how did the Bessemer method make the mass
production of steel possible?
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A．It directed air at melted iron in furnace, removing all impurities. B．It slowly heated iron ore, then stirred it and heated it again. C．It changed iron ore into iron, which was a substitute (替代物) for steel. D．It could be quickly found deposits of iron ore under the ground.
63．It can be inferred from the passage that the mass production of steel caused ____.
A．a decline in the railroad industry B．a revolution in the industrial world C．an increase in the price of steel D．a feeling of discontent among steel workers C
For new countries joining the European Union, and older ones getting used to their burgundy passports, becoming “Europeans” is a bit like marrying into a large, eccentric (古怪的) family. Europeans have a lot in common but it is their differences, not their similarities, which attract the attention of sociologists (社会学家) and market researchers, that are more interesting.
35% of Germans live alone; but only 9% of Spaniards. Perhaps this explains why Spaniards lead Europe in the habit of going out for a drink.
The British attend more adult evening classes than anyone else in Europe, and the Belgians least. So it can’t just be the dark evenings. There are no figures on how many Britons go for a drink afterwards. If there were, they might be up at the top with Spain!
The British think black cats are lucky. Every other European country regards them unlucky.
The Dutch and Germans are the greatest caravanners（活动房居住者）, but the Germans like bigger beds in their caravans.
The French are the most athletic Europeans. Next come the Dutch. But the Belgians, just over the border, play fewest sports.
The Germans spend twice as much on heating as the Spaniards. Well, of course they do; it’s colder.
Dutch husbands do the household shopping a lot more often than Italians or
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Spaniards.
The French are the champion public transport commuters （使用月票者）of Europe. If you hate commuting, go and live in the Netherlands, where journeys to work are shorter than anywhere else.
The amount of direct eye-contact between strangers is three times greater among Spaniards than it is among the British or Swedish. Sharing a lift is torture (折磨) for both the British and the Swedish.
No European countries really agree with any other about how to make good coffee. All of them are different.
There are exceptions to all these rules. Deal with them in the spirit of my 8-year-old daughter. “If you don’t understand each other’s language, you just laugh a lot, and eat, and point at things.” 64．If you work or live in Belgium, you ____.
A．will have to change your living places often B．will seldom see people playing sports C．will not get used to its cold weather D．will be invited to go for a drink frequently
65．What does “Sharing a lift is torture for both the British and the Swedish” mean?
A．The British and the Swedish care about their safety most. B．The British and the Swedish like to appear gentle and smart.
C．The British and the Swedish hate to look at each other face to face. D．The British and the Swedish enjoy a richer life than others.
66．In the last paragraph, the author wants to express his idea that ____.
A．his daughter knows well how to understand foreigners in unfamiliar
situations
B．Europeans actually share the same culture even if they have different
languages
C．being a European, you will have no living trouble at all in the European
Union
D．there are differences between European countries, but don’t take it too
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