第四部分：阅读理解(第31～45题，每题3分，共45分)
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每题后面有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题，从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
31 All the following are mentioned in the passage about how to solve the problem of dry mouths EXCEPT__________.
A to bite the edges of your tongue
B to ask for a glass of water
C to imagine you are having a sour fruit
D to take cool milk
32 What does the writer suggest when you feel you are losing your voice?__________.
A Rest your voice.
B Drink some alcohol.
C Ask a singer to teach you how to protect your voice.
D Never go to see a doctor.
33 What is the writer's advice about alcohol before you give a speech? __________
A Drink a little of it to feel all-powerful.
B Don't drink it.
C Dilute it with water.
D Drink it two hours before you make a speech.
34 What did Goethe say about skating and swimming? __________
A He said people could learn to skate when it was hot and swim when it was cold.
B He said people could learn to skate and swim when it was hot.
C He said people could learn to skate and swim when it was cold.
D He said people could learn to skate when it was cold and swim when it was hot.
35 Why does the writer cite Goethe's advice? __________
A To encourage one to go in for sports.
B To tell that Goethe had a strong willpower.
C To prove one can change one's habits.
D To demonstrate Goethe was creative.
36 Double taxation, according to the second paragraph, includes__________.
A personal income taxes by shareholders and dividends paid by the company
B personal income taxes paid by the company on dividends and on its profits
C taxes paid on the profits of the company and those on personal income
D taxes paid on dividends by shareholders and those paid by the company on its profits
37 Capital gain is from__________.
A increased value of stock sold six months after it is bought
B increased value of stock sold less than six months after its purchase
C stock owned for less than six months
D stock purchased at a lower price
38 According to the writer, why is the complaint of some businessmen of high corporate taxes can be justified?__________
A Developed countries have lower corporate taxes.
B Fast growing industrial nations have far lower corporate income taxes.
C High corporate income taxes prevent businesses from growing.
D Low corporate income taxes prevent businesses from growing.
39 The new rates are more progressive in the sense that__________.
A the tax is new and modern
B the rate of tax is higher on larger amount of money
C the tax is developing gradually
D the rate of tax is getting higher and higher
40 If the incidence of the tax is on the customer,__________.
A prices will go down
B there will be stiff competition
C sales will be reduced
D the customer will be benefited
41 The author mentions "pick-me-up" to indicate that__________.
A melatioin levels need to be raised
B neurohormone can wake us up
C coffee is a stimulant
D decal is a caffeinated coffee
42 Which of the following tells us how caffeine affects sleep?__________
A Caffeine blocks production of the enzyme that stops melationin production.
B Caffeine interrupts the flow of the hormone that prevents people from sleeping.
C Caffeine halves the body's levels of sleep hormone.
D Caffeine stays in the body for many hours.
43 What does paragraph 3 mainly discuss?__________
A Different effects of caffeinated coffee and decal on sleep.
B Different findings of Lotan Shiloh and a team about caffeine.
C The fact that the subjects slept 415 minutes per night after drinking decal.
D The evidence that the subjects took half an hour to fall asleep.
44 What does the experiment mentioned in paragraph 4 prove?__________
A There are more enzymes in decal drinkers' urine sample.
B there are more melatonin concentrations in caffeine drinkers' urine sample.
C Decal drinkers produce less melationin.
D Caffeine drinkers produce less sleep hormone.
45 The author of this passage probably agrees that__________.
A coffee lovers sleep less than those who do not drink coffee
B we should not drink coffee after supper
C people sleep more soundly at midnight than at 3 a. m.
D if we feel sleepy at night, we should go to bed immediately
第五部分：补全短文(第46～50题，每题2分，共10分)
阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后面有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择5组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
A And others have painful attacks all the time.
B These signals travel from nerve cells in the injured area, up the spinal cord (脊髓) to the brain, and back down again.
C It tells us that we are injured and should do something about it.
D They knew little about the process of pain itself.
E The other message moves at a speed of only one meter a second.
F And they send the second, slower message of pain to the brain.
