第1部分：词汇选项(第1～15题，每题1分，共15分)
下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。
1. The government is debating the education laws.
A. discussing B. defeating C. delaying D. declining
2. They had a far better yield than any other farm miles away around this year.
A. goods B. soil C. climate D. harvest
3. The city has decided to do away with all the old buildings in its center.
A. get rid of B. set up C. repair D. paint
4. During the past ten years there have been dramatic changes in the international situation.
A. permanent B. powerful C. striking D. practical
5. Since the Great Depression，the United States government has protected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices.
A. slight B. surprising C. sudden D. harmful
6. Cement was seldom used in building the Middle Ages.
A. crudely B. rarely C. originally D. occasionally
7. There is an abundant supply of cheap labor in this country.
A. a steady B. a plentiful C. an extra D. a stable
8. The most crucial problem any economic system faces is how to use its scarce resources.
A. puzzling B. difficult C. terrifying D. urgent
9. He made an immense amount of money in business.
A. large B. small C. limited D. little
10. T he substance can be added to gasoline to accelerate the speed of automobiles.
A. quicken B. shorten C. loosen D. enlarge
11. The room was furnished with the simplest essentials，a bed，a chair，and a table.
A. supplied B. gathered C. grasped D. made
12. The local government decided to merge the two firms into a big one.
A. motivate B. combine C. compact D. nominate
13. He emphasized a feasible plan which can be accepted by the both sides.
A. favorable B. possible C.formal D. genuine
14. When does the next train depart？
A. pull up B. pull down C. pull out D. pull in
15. Because administering the whole company, he sometimes has to work around the clock.
A. adjusting B. evaluating C. engaging D. managing
第2部分：阅读判断(第16～22题，每题1分，共7分)
下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A;如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B;如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。
Image Martian Dust Particles
NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has taken its first-ever picture of a single particle of rusty Martian dust with one of its microscopes. The dust particles of dust were shown at a higher magnification than anything outside of Earth that has been imaged before. The rounded particle measured only about one micrometer, or one millionth of a meter, across.
“Taking this image required the highest resolution microscope operated off Earth and a specially designed device to hold the Martian dust,” said Tom Pike, a Phoenix science team member from Imperial College London. “We always knew it was going to be technically very challenging to image particles this small.”
The device that imaged the dust speck is called an atomic force microscope, which maps the shape of particles in three dimensions by scanning them with a sharp tip at the end of a spring. The atomic force microscope can detail the shapes of particles as small as about 100 nanometers. And this won’t be the last dust particle that Phoenix will image. “After this first success, we're now working on building up a portrait gallery of the dust on Mars,” Pike said.
Dust exists everywhere on Mars, coating the surface and giving it its rusty red color. Dust particles also color the Martian sky pink and feed storms that regularly envelope the planet. The ultra-fine dust is the medium that actively links gases in the Martian atmosphere to processes in Martian soil, so it is critically important to understanding Mars’ environment, the researchers said.
The $420-million Phoenix mission is analyzing the dust and subsurface ice layers of Mars’ arctic regions to look for signs of potential past habitability. The particle seen in the atomic force microscope image was part of a sample scooped by the robotic arm from the "Snow White" trench and delivered to Phoenix’s microscope station in early July.
16. The dust particle on Mars is the smallest particle that has been imaged outside of Earth.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
17. Using the same technology, we have also measured the size of particles on the moon and Jupiter.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
18. Scientists use the highest resolution microscope to watch and record the image of Martian particles on earth.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
19. Tom Pike said that they used to think it was no easy job to image such small particles.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
20. An electronic device has been developed to measure the weight of certain Martian rocks.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
21. After collecting the last Martian dust particle, the scientists have started to build up a portrait gallery of it.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
22. The Phoenix’s robotic arm collected the Martian dust particles for analysis on Mars.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
