第5部分:补全短文(第46~50题,每题2分,共10分)
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Heat Is Killer
Extremely hot weather is common in many parts of the world. Although hot weather just makes most people feel hot, it can cause serious medical problems — even death. Floods, storms, volcano eruptions and other natural disasters kill thousands of people every year. 46 Experts say heat may be nature’s deadliest killer. Recently, extreme heat was blamed for killing more than one hundred people in India. It is reported that the total heat of a hot day or several days can affect health. 47 . Experts say heat waves often become dangerous when the nighttime temperature does not drop much from the highest daytime temperature. This causes great stress on the human body.
48 . Stay out of the sun, if possible. Drink lots of cool water. Wear light colored clothing made of natural materials; avoid wearing synthetic clothing. Make sure the clothing is loose, permitting freedom of movement. And learn the danger signs of the medical problems, such as headache and vomiting that are linked to heat. Most people suffer only muscle pain as a result of heat stress. 49 . The pain is a warning that the body is becoming too hot. Doctors say those suffering headache or muscle pain should stop all activity and rest in a cool place and drink cool liquids. Do not return to physical activity for a few hours because more serious conditions could develop.
Doctors say some people face an increased danger from heat stress. 50 .
Hot weather also increases dangers for people who must take medicine for high blood pressure, poor blood flow, nervousness or depression.
A. Such persons have a weak or damaged heart, high blood pressure, or other problems of the blood system.
B. Several of these conditions are present at the same time.
C. Most people suffer only muscle pain as a result of heat stress.
D. Several hot days are considered a heat wave. E So does extreme heat.
F. Doctors say people can do many things to protect themselves from the dangers of extreme heat.
第6部分:完形填空(第51~65题,每题1分,共15分)
下面的短文有15处空白,请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。
Captain Cook Arrow Legend
It was a great legend while it lasted, but DNA testing has ______(51) ended a two-century-old story of the Hawaiian arrow carved (雕刻的) from the bone of British explorer Captain James Cook______(52) died in the Sandwich Islands in 1779.
“There is ______(53) Cook in the Australian Museum,” museum collection manager Jude Philip said not long ago in announcing the DNA evidence that the arrow was not made of Cook’s bone. But that will not stop the museum from continuing to display the arrow in its______(54), “Uncovered: Treasures of the Australian Museum,” which ______(55) include a feather cape presented to Cook by Hawaiian King Kalani’opu’u in 1778.
Cook was one of Britain’s great explorers and is credited with______(56) the “Great South Land,” ______(57) Australia, in 1770. He was clubbed (棍打) to death in the Sandwich Islands,now Hawaii.
The 1egend of Cook’s arrow began in 1824 ______(58) Hawaiian King Kamehameha on his deathbed gave the arrow to William Adams,a London surgeon and relative of Cook’s wife,saying it was made of Cook’s bone after the fatal (致命的) ______(59) with islanders.
In the 1890s the arrow was given to the Australian Museum and the legend continued ______(60) it came face-to-face with science.
DNA testing by laboratories in Australia and New Zealand revealed the arrow was not made of Cook’s bone but was more ______(61) made of animal bone, said Philp.
However, Cook’s fans ______ (62) to give up hope that one Cook legend will prove true and that part of his remains will still be uncovered. as they say there is evidence not all of Cook’s body was ______(63) at sea in 1779. “On this occasion technology has won,” said Cliff Thornton, president of the Captain Cook Society, in a ______(64) from Britain. “But I am ______(65) that one of these days … one of the Cook legends will prove to be true and it will happen one day.”
51. A. finally B. firstly C. lately D. usually
52. A. whose B. who C. which D. what
53. A. some B. none C. neither D. no
54. A. cinema B. exhibition C. shop D. market
55. A. must B. did C. has to D. does
56. A. discovering B. visiting C. traveling D. using
57. A. then B. now C. past D. previously
58. A. how B. where C. when D. that
59. A. conversation B. fight C. meal D. dance
60. A. however B. until C. after D. whenever
61. A. helpfully B. usefully C. likely D. readily
62. A. refuse B. return C. regain D. reply
63. A. collected B. washed C. stored D. buried
64. A. statement B. suggestion C. proposal D. guess
65. A. safe B. weak C. sure D. luck