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SECTION Ⅱ Use of English(15 minutes)
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text
After 20 years of marriage, a husband may still not understand his wife. How is it that she is never at a 26 for words? How can she 27 the names of a couple they met on 28 years ago? Now we know 29 to tell him: it's her brain.
Although there are obviously cultural 30 for the differences in emotions and behavior, 31 breakthrough research reveals that the 32 of many puzzling differences between men and women may 33 in the head. Men's and women's brains 34 much in common, but they are definitely not the same 35 size, structure or insight. Broadly speaking, a woman's brain, like her body, is ten to fifteen per cent smaller than a man's, 36 the regions dedicated to language may be more densely 37 with brain cells.
Girls generally speak earlier and read faster. The reason may be 38 females use both sides of the brain when they read. In 39 , males rely only on the left side.
At every age, women' s memories 40 men' s, They have a greater ability to 41___names with faces than men do, and they are 42 at recalling list. The events people remember best are those that an emotion is attached to. 43 women use more of their right brains, which 44 emotions, they may do this automatically.
While we don't yet know what all these findings imply, one thing is 45 : male and fe-male brains do the same things, but they do them differently.
26. [ A ] slip [ B ] puzzle [ C ] loss [ D ] failure
27. [ A ] recall [ B ] understand [ C ] realize [ D ] perceive
28. [ A ] festival [ B ] event [ C ] occasion [ D ] holiday
29. [ A ] what [ B ] how [ C ] when [ D ] where
30. [ A ] senses [ B ] reasons [ C ] purposes [ D ] meanings
31. [ A ] present [ B ] instant [ C ] recent [ D ] immediate
32. [ A ] bottom [ B ] basis [ C ] root [ D ] stem
33. [ A ] hide [ B ] set [ C ] fix [ D ] lie
34. [ A ] have [ B ] share [ C ] divide [ D ] store
35. [ A ] in [ B ] at [ C ] with [ D ] for
36. [ A ] yet [ B ] hence [ C ] thus [ D ] then
57. [ A ] wrapped [ B ] rested [ C ] gathered [ D ] packed
38. [ A ] which [ B ] why [ C ] that [ D ] whether
39. [ A ] fact [ B ] contrast [ C ] addition [ D ] consequence
40. [ A ] top [ B ] match [ C ] equal [ D ] challenge
41. [ A ] mix [ B ] combine [ C ] join [ D ] associate
42. [ A ] shier [ B ] better [ C ] keener [ D ] easier
43. [ A ] Since [ B ] While [ C ] Although [ D ] Unless
44. [ A ] process [ B ] promote [ C ] perceive [ D ] produce
45. [ A ] important [ B ] mysterious [ C ] special [ D ] clear
SECTION Ⅲ Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)
Part A
Directions:
Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1
Bum rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate would be $ 50,000 a month when my new media company started. So, I began looking around for individuals who would be my first investors. “Angel money” it was called. But when I reviewed my list of acquaintances to find those who might be able to help, I found the number got small.
With no other choices, I began meeting with the venture-capital companies. But I was warned they took a huge share of your company for the money they put in. And if you struggled, they could drop you cold.
As I was searching for “angel money”, I started to build a team who trusted me even though I didn't have money for paychecks yet.
Bill Becker was an expert in computer programming and image processing at a very famous Media Lab at M. I.T. With his arrival, my company suddenly had a major technology “guy” in-house.
Katherine Henderson, a filmmaker and a former real-estate dealer, joined us as our director of market research. Steve White came on as operating officer. He had worked for the developer of a home-finance software, Quicken. We grabbed him.
