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After
becoming president of Purdue University in2013,
Mitch Daniels asked the faculty to prove that
their
students
have
actually
achieved
one
of
higher
education
’
s
most
important
goals: critical thinking
skills.
Two
years
before,
a
nationwide study of college graduates
had shown that more than a third had made no 26
gains in such mental abilities
during
their school years. Mr. Daniels needed to__27__
the high cost of attending Purdue to its students
and their families
. After
all,
the
percentage
of
Americans
who
say
a college degree is
28
in
the
last 5-6 years.
Purdue
now has a pilot test to assess students' critical
thinking skills. Yet like many college
teachers around the U.S., the faculty
remain __29__ that their work as educators can be
measured
by
30
_
recent
tive literacy.
Despite the
success of the experiment, the actual results are
worrisome, and mostly __32__ earlier studies. The
organi
zers of the experiment concluded
that far fewer students were
achieving
high
levels
on
critical
thinking
than
they
were
doing
for
written
communication
or
quantitative literacy. And that
conclusion
is
based
only
on
students
nearing
graduation.
American
universities,
despite
their
global
33__
for excellence in teaching, have only
begun to demonstrate what they can
produce in real-world learning.
Knowledge-based
degrees
are
still
important,
but
employers are still important, but
employers are __34__ advanced thinking skills from
college graduates. If the intellectual
worth
of
a
college
degree
can
be __35__ measured, more
people will seek higher
education
—
and come out
better thinkers.
F. justify
L.
significant
M. signify
N. simultaneously
O. standardized
答案：
(26)L. significant
(27)F. justify
(28)E. drastically
(29)D.
doubtful
(30)H. outcome
(31)O. standardized
(32)B.
confirm
(33)K. reputation
(34)C. demanding
(35)A.
accurately
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Open data sharers are still in the
minority in many fields. Although many researchers
broadly
agree that public access to raw
data would accelerate science, most are reluctant
to post the
results of their own labors
online.
Some communities have agreed to
share online
sat the GenBank repository
(
库
)
—
geneticists, for example,
post DNA sequence
—
, and
astronomers are accustomed to accessing images of
experiment
showed
that
professors
can
use
__31__
metrics to measure how well students do in three
key areas: critical thinking, written
communication, and quantita
A.
accurately
B. confirm
C. demanding
D.
doubtful
E. drastically
G. monopolized
H.
outcome
I. predominance
J.
presuming
K. reputation
galaxies and stars from, say, the Sloan
Digital Sky Survey, a telescope that has observed
some500 million objects
but these remain
the exception, not the rule. Historically,
scientists have
objected to sharing for
many reasons: it is a lot of work; until recently,
good databases did not
* *
exist; grant funders were not pushing
for sharing; it has been difficult to agree on
standards
for formatting data; and
there is no agreed way to assign credit for data.
But the barriers are disappearing, in
part because journals and funding agencies
worldwide are
encouraging scientists to
make their data public. Last year, the Royal
Society in London said in
its report
that scientists need to
private
preserve
information, and the scientific
community is recognizing that data can now be
shared digitally
in ways that were not
possible before. To match the growing demand,
services are springing up
to make it
easier to publish research products online and
enable other researchers to discover and cite
them.
Although calls to share data
often concentrate on the moral advantages of
sharing, the
practice is not purely
altruistic (
y and increased citations.
The
利
most successful sharers
他
—
的
).
Researchers who share get plenty of personal
benefits, including more connections with
colleagues, improved visibilit
those
whose data are downloaded and cited the most often
---get
noticed, and their work gets
used. For example, one of the most popular data
sets on
multidisciplinary repository
Dryad is about wood density around the world; it
has been
downloaded 5,700 times. Co-
author Amy Zanne thinks that users probably range
from climate-change researchers wanti
ng
to estimate how much carbon is stored in biomass,
to foresters
looking for information on
different grades of timber.
allows your
science to be reproducible.
Even people
whose data are less popular can benefit. By making
the effort to organize and
label files
so others can understand them, scientists become
more organized and better
disciplined
themselves, thus avoiding confusion later on.
46. What do many researchers generally
accept?
A. It is imperative to protect
scientists' patents.
B. Repositories
are essential to scientific research.
C. Open data sharing is most important
to medical science.
D. Open data
sharing is conducive to scientific advancement.
47. What is the attitude of most
researchers towards making their own data public?
A. Opposed.
B. Ambiguous.
C. Liberal.
D. Neutral.
48. According to the passage, what
might hinder open data sharing?
A. The
fear of massive copying.
B. The lack of
a research culture.
C. The belief that
research data is private intellectual property.
D. The concern that certain agencies
may make a profit out of it.
49. What
helps lift some of the barriers to open data
sharing?
A. The ever-growing demand for
big data.
B. The advancement of digital
technology.
C. The changing attitude of
journals and funders.
D. The trend of
social and economic development.
50.
Dryad serves as an example to show how open data
sharing ________.
A. is becoming
increasingly popular
B. benefits
sharers and users alike
the maximum
number of people to ask their own
questions,
readers and reviewers to see
exactly how you arrive at your results. Publishing
data and code
* *
C. makes
researchers successful
D. saves both
money and labor
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the
following passage.
Macy's reported its
sales plunged 5.2% in November and December at
stores open more than a year, a disappointing
holiday season performance that capped
a difficult year for a department store chain
facing wide-ranging challenges. Its
flagship stores in major U.S. cities
depend heavily on international tourist spending,
which shrank at many retailers due to
a
strong dollar. Meanwhile, Macy's has simply
struggled to lure consumers who are more
interested in spending on travel
or
dining out than on new clothes or accessories.
The company blamed much of the poor
performance in November and December on
unseasonably warm weather.
80%
of
our
company's
year-over-year
declines
in
comparable
sales
can
be
attributed
to
shortfalls
(
短缺
)
in
cold-weather
goods,
said
chief
executive
Teny
Lundgren
in
a
press
release.
This
prompted
the
company
to
cut
its
forecasts for the full
fourth quarter.
However, it's clear
that Macy's believes its troubles run deeper than
a temporary aberration (
偏离
)
off the thermometer.
The
retail
giant
said
the
poor
financial
performance
this
year
has
pushed
it
to
begin
implementing
$$400
million
in
cost-cutting measures. The company
pledged to cut 600 back-office positions, though
some 150 workers in those roles
would
be reassigned to other jobs. It also plans to
offer
slash staffing at its fleet of
770 stores, a move affecting some 3,000 employees.
The
retailer
also
announced
the
locations
of
36
stores
it
will
close
in
early
2016.
The
company
had
previously
announced the planned closures, but had
not said which locations would be affected. None
of the chain's stores in the
Washington
metropolitan area are to be closed.
Macy's has been moving aggressively to
try to remake itself for a new era of shopping. It
has plans to open more
locations of
Macy's Backstage, a newly-developed off-price
concept which might help it better compete with
ambitious T.
J. Maxx. It's also pushing
ahead in 2016 with an expansion of Bluemercury,
the beauty chain it bought last year. At a time
when young beauty shoppers are often
turning to Sephora or Ulta instead of department
store beauty counters, Macy's
hopes
Bluemercury will help strengthen its position in
the category.
One relative bright spot
for Macy's during the holiday season was the
online channel, where it rang up
increases in sales and a 25% increase
in the number of orders it filled. That relative
strength would be consistent with what
was seen in the wilder retail industry
during the early part of the holiday season. While
Thanksgiving, Black Friday and
Cyber
Monday all saw record spending online, in-store
sales plunged over the holiday weekend.
51. What does the author say about the
shrinking spending of international tourists in
the U.S.?
A. It is attributable to the
rising value of the U.S. dollar.
B. It
is a direct result of the global economic
recession.
C. It reflects a shift of
their interest in consumer goods.
D. It
poses a potential threat to the retail business in
the U.S.
52. What does Macy's believe
about its problems?
A. They can be
solved with better management.
B. They
cannot be attributed to weather only.
C. They are not as serious in its
online stores.
D. They call for
increased investments.
53. In order to
cut costs, Macy's decided to ________.
A. cut the salary of senior executives
B. relocate some of its chain stores
C. adjust its promotion strategies
D. reduce the size of its staff
54. Why does Macy's plan to expand
Bluemercury in 2016?
A. To experiment
on its new business concept.
B. To
focus more on beauty products than clothing.
* *
C. To promote sales of
its products by lowering prices.
D. To
be more competitive in sales of beauty products.
55. What can we learn about Macy's
during the holiday season?
A. Sales
dropped sharply in its physical stores.
B. Its retail sales exceeded those of
T. J. Maxx.
C. It helped Bluemercury
establish its position worldwide.
D. It
filled its stores with abundant supply of
merchandise.
Passage one
46.D
47.A
48.C
49.C
50.B
Passage
two
51.A
52.B
53.D
54.D
55.A
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Half
of
your
brain
stays
alert
and
prepared
for
danger
when
you
sleep
in
a
new
place,
a
study
has
revealed.
This
phenomenon is often __26__ to as the
left hemisphere of the brain
right ears (stimulating the left
hemisphere) of __27__ was more likely to wake them
up than if the noises were played into
their left ear.
It
was
__28__
observed
that
the
left
side
of
the
brain
was
more
active
during
deep
sleep.
When
the
researchers
repeated
the
laboratory
experiment
on
the
second
and
third
nights
they
found
the
left
hemisphere
could
not
be
stimulated
in the same way during deep sleep. The researchers
explained that the study demonstrated when we are
in a
__29__ environment the brain
partly remains alert so that humans can defend
themselves against any __30__ danger.
The researchers believe this is the
first time that the
humans.
It
isn't,
however,
the
first
time
it
has
ever
been
seen.
Some
animal
__32__
also
display
this
phenomenon.
For
example,
dolphins,
as
well
as
other
__33__
animals,
shut
down
one
hemisphere
of
the
brain
when
they
go
to
sleep.
A
previous study noted that
dolphins always __34__ control their breathing.
Without keeping the brain active while sleeping,
they would probably drown. But, as the
human study suggest, another reason for dolphins
keeping their eyes open during
sleep is
that they can look out for __35__ while asleep. It
also keeps their physiological processes working.
A.
Classified
B.
consciously
C.
dramatically
D.
exotic
E.
identified
F.
inherent
G.
marine
H. novel
I.
potential
J.
predators
K.
referred
L.
species
M.
specifically
N.
varieties
O.
volunteers
答案
(26)K. referred
(27)O.
volunteers
(28)M. specifically
(29)H. novel
(30)I.
potential
(31)E. identified
* *
(32)L. species
(33)G. marine
(34)B.
consciously
(35)J. predators
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Passage One Questions 46 to 50 are
based on the following passage.
We live today indebted to McCardell,
Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, and other
women who liberated American
fashion
from
the
confines
of
Parisian
design.
Independence
came
in
tying,
wrapping,
storing,
harmonizing,
and
rationalizing that wardrobe. These
designers established the modem dress code,
letting playsuits and other active wear
outfits suffice for casual clothing,
allowing pants to enter the wardrobe, and prizing
rationalism and versatility in dress, in
contradiction to dressing for an
occasion or allotment of the day. Fashion in
America was logical and answerable to the will
of
the
women
who
wore
it.
Implicitly
or
explicitly,
American
fashion
addressed
a
democracy,
whereas
traditional
Paris-based fashion was prescriptive
and imposed on women, willing or not.
In an earlier time, American fashion
had also followed the dictates of Paris, or even
copied and pirated specific French
designs.
Designer
sportswear
was
not
modeled
on
that
of
Europe,
as
art
would
later
be;
it
was
genuinely
invented and developed in America. Its
designers were not high-end with supplementary
lines. The design objective and
the
business
commitment
were
to
sportswear,
and
the
distinctive
traits
were
problem-solving
ingenuity
and
realistic
lifestyle
applications.
Ease
of
care
was
most
important:
summer
dresses
and
outfits,
in
particular,
were
chiefly
cotton,
readily
capable
of
being
washed
and
pressed
at
home.
Closings
were
simple,
practical,
and
accessible,
as
the
modem
woman
depended
on
no
personal
maid
to
dress
her.
American
designers
prized
resourcefulness
and
the
freedom
of
women who wore the
clothing.
Many have argued that the
women designers of this time were able to project
their own clothing values into a new
style.
Of
course,
much
of
this
argument
in
the
1930s-40s
was
advanced
because
there
was
little
or
no
experience
in
justifying apparel
(
服装
) on the basis of
utility. If Paris was cast aside, the tradition of
beauty was also to some degree
slighted. Designer sportswear would
have to be verified by a standard other than that
of pure beauty; the emulation of a
designer's
life
in
designer
sportswear
was
a
crude
version
of
this
relationship.
The
consumer
was
ultimately
to
be
mentioned as well, especially by the
likes of Dorothy Shaver, who could point to the
sales figures at Lord & Taylor.
Could
utility alone justify the new ideas of the
American designers? Fashion is often regarded as a
pursuit of beauty,
and some cherished
fashion's trivial relationship to the fine arts.
What the designers of the American sportswear
proved
was that fashion is a genuine
design art, answering to the demanding needs of
service. Of course these practical, insightful
designers have determined the course of
late twentieth-century fashion. They were the
pioneers of gender equity, in their
useful, adaptable clothing, which was
both made for the masses and capable of self-
expression.
46. What contribution did
the women designers make to American fashion?
A. They made some improvements on the
traditional Parisian design.
B.
They formulated a dress code with distinctive
American features.
C. They
came up with a brand new set of design procedures.
D. They made originality a top priority
in their
fashion design.
47.
What do we learn about American designer
sportswear?
A. It imitated the European
model.
B. It laid emphasis on women's beauty.
C. It represented genuine American art.
D.
It was a completely new invention.
48.
What characterized American designer sportswear?
A. Pursuit of beauty.
B. Decorative closings.
C. Ease of
care.
D. Fabric quality.
49. What occurred in the design of
women's apparel in America during the 1930s-40s?
A. A shift of emphasis from beauty to
utility.
B. The emulation of traditional
Parisian design.
C. A search for
balance between tradition and novelty.
D.
The involvement of more women in fashion design.
* *
50. What do we learn
about designers of American sportswear?
A. They catered to the taste of the
younger generation.
B.
They radically changed people's concept of beauty.
C. They advocated equity between men
and women.
D. They became rivals of their Parisian
counterparts.
Passage
Two Questions
51
to
55
are
based
on
the
following
passage
.
Massive
rubbish
dumps and
sprawling
landfills
constitute
one of the more
uncomfortable
impacts
that humans have on wildlife. They have
led some birds to give up on
migration
. Instead off
lying thousands of miles in search of
food, they make the waste sites their winter
feeding grounds.
Researchers in Germany
used
miniature
GPS tags to
track
the migrations of 70
white storks(
鹳
) from
different sites a
cross Europe and Asia
during the first five months of their lives. While
many birds travelled along well-known
routes to warmer climates, others stopped short
and
spent the winter on landfills,
feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of
insects that
thrive
on the
dumps.
In the short-term, the birds
seem to
benefit
from
overwintering
(
冬
过
) on
rubbish
dumps. Andrea Flack
of the Max Planck Institute found that birds
following
traditional
migration
convenient
way to
get
routes were more likely to die than
German storks that flew only as far as northern
Morocco, and spent the winter there
on
rubbish
dumps.
food. There are huge clusters of
organic
waste they can feed
on,
not particularly appetising, or even
safe. Much of the waste is discarded
rotten
meat, mixed in
with other human debris such as
plastic
bags and old toys.
plastic
or
rubber
bands and they can
die,
toxic
and
damage their health. We cannot estimate that
yet.
The scientists tracked white storks
from different colonies in Europe and Africa. The
Russian, Greek and Polish storks
flew
as far as South Africa, while those from Spain,
Tunisia and Germany flew only as far as the Sahel.
Landfill sites on the Iberian
peninsula
have long
attracted local white storks, but all of the
Spanish birds tagged in the study flew
across the Sahara desert to the western Sahel.
Writing in
the journal, the scientists
describe
how the storks from
Germany were clearly
affected
by the
presence
of waste sites,
with four out of six birds that survived for at
least five months
wintering on
rubbish
dumps in northern
Morocco, instead of migrating to the Sahel.
Flack said it was too early to know
whether the benefits of
plentiful
food outweighed
the risks
of feeding on landfills. But
that's not the only
uncertainty
. Migrating birds
affect
eco
both
at home and at their winter destinations, and
disrupting the
traditional
routes could have
unexpected
side effects. White storks feed on locusts
(
蝗
虫
) and other
insects that can become
pests if their
numbers get out of hand.
51. What is
the
impact
of
rubbish
dumps on wildlife?
A. They have forced white storks to
search for safer winter shelters.
B. They have seriously polluted the
places where birds spend winter.
C.
They have accelerated the
reproduction
of some harmful
insects.
D. They have changed the
previous
migration
habits of
certain
birds.
52. What do we learn about birds
following the
traditional
migration
routes?
A. They can
multiply
at an
accelerating
rate.
B.
They can better pull through the winter.
C. They help humans kill harmful
insects.
D.
They are more likely to be at risk of dying.
53. What does Andrea Flack say about
the birds overwintering on
rubbish
dumps?
A.
They may end up staying there
permanently
.
B. They may eat something
harmful.
systems
over
* *
C. They may
evolve
new feeding habits.
D. They may have trouble
getting
adequate
food.
54. What can be
inferred
about the Spanish
birds tagged in the study?
A. They
gradually lose the habit of migrating in winter.
B. They prefer
rubbish
dumps far away to
those at home.
C. They are not
attracted to the
rubbish
dumps on their
migration
routes.
D. They join the storks from
Germany on
rubbish
dumps in
Morocco.
55. What is scientists' other
concern about white storks feeding on landfills?
A. The
potential
harm to the
ecosystem
.
B. The
genetic
change in the stork
species
.
C. The
spread
of epidemics to their
homeland.
D.
The damaging effect on
bio-
diversity
.
Passage one
46.B
47.D
48.C
49.A
50.C
Passage two
51.D
52.D
53.B
54.C
55.A
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Let's all
stop judging people who talk to themselves. New
research says that those who can't seem to
keep their inner monologues
(
独
白
) in are
actually
more likely to stay on task,
remain __26__ better
and show improved
perception
capabilities. Not
bad, really, for some extra muttering.
According to a series of experiments
published in the
Quarterly Journal of
Experimental Psychology by professors Gary Lupyan
and Daniel Swignley, the act of using
verbal
clu
es to
__27__
mental
pictures helps
people
function
quicker.
In one experiment, they showed pictures
of various objects to twenty __28__ and asked them
to find just one of those, a banana.
Half were __29__ to repeat out loud what they were
looking
for and the other half kept
their lips __30__. Those who talked to themselves
found the banana
s
lightly
faster than those
who didn't, the researchers say. In other
experiments, Lupyan and
Swignley found
that __31__ the name of a common product when on
the hunt for it helped
quicken
someone's pace, but
talking about
uncommon
items
showed no
advantage
and
slowed you down.
Common research has
long held that talking themselves through a task
helps children learn, although doing so
when
you've __32__ matured is not a
great sign of __33__. The two
__34__
that just as when kids walk themselves through a
process, adults can
benefit
from using language
not just to
communicate
, but
also to help
augment
thinking
Of course, you are still
encouraged to keep the talking at library tones
and, whatever you do, keep the information
y
ou share simple, like a grocery list.
At any __35__, there's still such a thing as too
much information.
A. apparently
B.
arrogance
C.
brilliance
D. claiming
E.
dedicated
F. focused
G.
incur
H. instructed
I. obscurely
J.
sealed
K.
spectators
L. trigger
M. uttering
N.
volume
O. volunteers
professors
hope to
refute
that idea,
* *
(26)F. focused
(27)L. trigger
(28)O.
volunteers
(29)H. instructed
(30)J. sealed
(31)M.
uttering
(32)A. apparently
(33)C. brilliance
(34)D.
claiming
(35)N. volume
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Passage One Questions 46 to 50 are
based on the following passage.
Tennessee's technical and community
colleges will not outsource
(
外包
) management of their
facilities to a private
company, a
decision one leader said was bolstered by an
analysis of spending at each campus.
In
an email sent Monday to college presidents in the
Tennessee Board of Regents system, outgoing
Chancellor John
Morgan said an internal
analysis showed that each campus' spending on
facilities management fell well below the industry
standards
identified
by
the
state.
Morgan
said
those
findings
—
which
included
data
from
the
system's
13
community
colleges,
27
technical
colleges
and
six
universities
—
were
part
of
the
decision
not
to
move
forward
with
Governor
Bill
Haslam's proposal to privatize
management of state buildings in an effort to save
money.
these
numbers
are
still
being
validated
by
the
state,
we
feel
any
adjustments
they
might
suggest
will
be
immaterial,
raising the
question of the value of pursuing a broad scale
outsourcing initiative.
Worker's
advocates have criticized Haslam's plan, saying it
would mean some campus workers would lose their
jobs or
benefits. Haslam has said
colleges would be free to opt in or out of the out
souring plan, which has not been finalized.
Morgan notified the Haslam
administration of his decision to opt out in a
letter sent last week. That letter, which
includes several concerns Morgan has
with the plan, was originally obtained by The
Commercial Appeal in Memphis.
In an
email statement from the state's Office of
Customer Focused Government, which is examining
the possibility of
outsourcing,
spokeswoman
Michelle
R.
Martin
said
officials
were
still
working
to
analyze
the
data
from
the
Board
of
Regents. Data on
management expenses at the college system and in
other state departments will be part of a
< br>justification
state's
facilities
management
project
team
is
still
in
the
process
of
developing
its
business
justification
and
expects to have that
completed and available to the public at the end
of February,
nothing to take action on
since the analysis has yet to be
completed.
Morgan's comments on
outsourcing mark the second time this month that
he has come out against one of Haslam's
plans for higher education in
Tennessee. Morgan said last week that he would
retire at the end of January because of the
governor's proposal to split off six
universities of the Board of Regents system and
create separate governing boards for
each of them. In his resignation
letter, Morgan called the reorganization
46. What do we learn about the decision
of technical and community colleges in Tennessee?
A. It is backed by a campus spending
analysis.
B. It has been
flatly rejected by the governor.
C. It
has neglected their faculty's demands.
D.
It will improve their financial situation.
47. What does the campus spending
analysis reveal?
A.
Private
companies
play
a
big
role
in
campus
management.
B.
Facilities
management
by
colleges
is
more
cost-effective.
* *
C. Facilities management has greatly
improved in recent years.
D. Colleges
exercise foil control over their own financial
affairs.
48. Workers'
supporters argue that Bill Haslam's proposal would
_________.
A. deprive colleges of the
right to manage their facilities
B.
make workers less motivated in performing duties
C. render a number of campus workers
jobless
D. lead to the
privatization of campus facilities
49.
What do we learn from the state spokeswoman's
response to John Morgan's decision?
A.
The outsourcing plan is not yet finalized.
B. The
outsourcing plan will be implemented.
C.
The
state
officials
are
confident
about
the
outsourcing
plan.
D.
The
college
spending
analysis
justifies
the
outsourcing plan.
50. Why
did John Morgan decide to resign?
A. He
had lost confidence in the Tennessee state
government.
B. He disagreed with the
governor on higher education policies.
C. He thought the state's outsourcing
proposal was simply unworkable.
D. He
opposed the governor's plan to reconstruct the
college board system.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to
55 are based on the following passage.
Beginning in the late sixteenth
century, it became fashionable for young
aristocrats to visit Paris, Venice, Florence, and
above all, Rome, as the culmination
(
终极
) of their classical
education. Thus was born the idea of the Grand
Tour, a practice
which introduced
Englishmen, Germans, Scandinavians, and also
Americans to the art and culture of France and
Italy for
the next 300 years. Travel
was arduous and costly throughout the period,
possible only for a privileged
class
—
the same
that produced gentlemen scientists,
authors, antique experts, and patrons of the arts.
The Grand Tourist was typically a young
man with a thorough grounding in Greek and Latin
literature as well as some
leisure
time, some means, and some interest in art. The
German traveler Johann Winckelmann pioneered the
field of art
history with his
comprehensive study of Greek and Roman sculpture;
he was portrayed by his friend Anton Raphael Mengs
at the beginning of his long residence
in Rome. Most Grand Tourists, however, stayed for
briefer periods and set out with
less
scholarly
intentions,
accompanied
by
a
teacher
or
guardian,
and
expected
to
return
home
with
souvenirs
of
their
travels as well as an
understanding of art and architecture formed by
exposure to great masterpieces.
London
was a frequent starting point for Grand Tourists,
and Paris a compulsory destination; many traveled
to the
Netherlands, some to Switzerland
and Germany, and a very few adventurers to Spain,
Greece, or Turkey. The essential
place
to visit, however, was Italy. The British traveler
Charles Thompson spoke for many Grand Tourists
when in 1744 he
described himself as
to
the
world,
and
which
is
at
present
the
greatest
school
of
music
and
painting,
contains
the
noblest
productions
of
sculpture and architecture, and is
filled with cabinets of rarities, and collections
of all kinds of historical relics
the
great focus was Rome, whose ancient ruins and more
recent achievements were shown to every Grand
Tourist. Panini's
Ancient Rome and
Modem Rome represent the sights most prized,
including celebrated Greco-Roman statues and views
of
famous
ruins,
fountains,
and
churches.
Since
there
were
few
museums
anywhere
in
Europe
before
the
close
of
the
eighteenth century,
Grand Tourists often saw paintings and sculptures
by gaining admission to private collections, and
many
were
eager
to
acquire
examples
of
Greco-Roman
and
Italian
art
for
their
own
collections.
In
England,
where
architecture was increasingly seen as
an aristocratic pursuit, noblemen often applied
what they learned from the villas of
Palladio in the Veneto and the
evocative (
唤起回忆的
) ruins of
Rome to their own country houses and gardens.
51. What is said about the Grand Tour?
A. It was fashionable among young
people of the time.
B. It was
unaffordable for ordinary people.
C. It
produced some famous European artists.
D. It made a
compulsory part of college education.
52. What did Grand Tourists have in
common?
A. They had much geographic
knowledge.
B. They were courageous and
venturesome.
C.
They
were
versed
in
literature
and
interested
in
art.
D.
They
had
enough
travel
and
outdoor-life
* *
experience.
53. How did Grand Tourists benefit from
their travel?
A.
They
found
inspiration
in
the
world's
greatest
masterpieces.
B.
They
got
a
better
understanding
of
early
human
civilization.
C. They developed an
interest in the origin of modem art forms.
D. They gained some
knowledge of classical art
and
architecture.
54. Why did many Grand
Tourists visit the private collections?
A. They could buy unique souvenirs
there to take back home.
B.
Europe hardly had any museums before the 19th
century.
C. They found the
antiques there more valuable.
D.
Private collections were of greater variety.
55. How did the Grand Tour influence
the architecture in England?
A.
There
appeared
more
and
more
Roman-style
buildings.
B.
Many
aristocrats
began
to
move
into
Roman-style villas.
C. Aristocrats' country houses all had
Roman-style gardens.
D. Italian architects were hired to
design houses
and gardens.
Passage one
46.A
47.B
48.C
49.A
50.D
Passage two
51.B
52.C
53.D
54.B
55.A
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In the past
12 months, Nigeria has suffered from a shrinking
economy, a sliding currency, and a prolonged fuel
shortage. Now, Africa's largest economy
in facing a food crisis as major tomato fields
have been destroyed by an insect,
leading to a nationwide shortage and
escalating prices.
The insect,
Tutaabsoluta, has destroyed 80% of farms in
Kaduna, Nigeria's largest tomato-producing state,
leading the
government there to declare
a state of __26__. The insect, also known as the
tomato leaf miner, devastates crops by __27__
on fruits and digging into and moving
through stalks. It __28__incredibly quickly,
breeding up to 12 generations per year if
conditions are favorable. It is
believed to have __29__ in South America in the
early 1900s, and later spread to Europe
before crossing over to sub-Saharan
Africa.
In Nigeria, where tomatoes are
a staple of local diets, the insect's effects are
devastating. Retail prices for a __30__ of
tomatoes at local markets have risen
from $$0.50 to $$2.50. Farmers are reporting steep
losses and a new $$20 million
tomato-
paste factory has __31__ production due to the
shortages.
Given the moth's ability
also to attack crops like pepper and potatoes,
Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria's minister of agriculture,
has warned that the pest may
investigating how to control the pest's
damage and prevent its spread, which has gone
largely __33__ until now.
* *
Despite being the continent's second-
largest producer of tomatoes, Nigeria is __34__ on
$$1 billion worth of
tomato-paste
imports every year, as around 75% of the local
harvest goes to waste thanks to a lack of proper
storage
facilities. A further __35__ in
local supplies is yet another unwelcome setback to
the industry.
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Passage One Questions 46 to 50 are
based on the following passage.
You
may
have
heard
that
Coca-
Cola
once
contained
an
ingredient
capable
of
sparking
particular
devotion
in
consumers: cocaine. The
Pemberton, mixed with his sugary syrup
(
浆汁
). At the time, coca leaf
extract mixed with wine was a common tonic
(
滋补品
),
and
Pemberton's sweet brew was a way to get around
local laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol. But
the other half of the
name presents
another ingredient, less infamous
(
名声不好的
), perhaps, but also
strangely potent: the kola nut.
In
West
Africa,
people
have
long
chewed
kola
nuts
as
stimulants,
because
they
contain
caffeine
that
also
occurs
naturally in tea, coffee, and
chocolate. They also have heart stimulants.
Historian
Paul
Love
joy
relates
that
the
cultivation
of
kola
nuts
in
West
Africa
is
hundreds
of
years
old.
The
leafy,
spreading trees were planted on graves
and as part of traditional rituals. Even though
the nuts, which need to stay moist,
can
be somewhat delicate to transport, traders carried
them hundreds of miles throughout the forests and
grasslands.
Europeans did not know of
them until the 1500s, when Portuguese ships
arrived on the coast of what is now Sierra
Leone. And while the Portuguese took
part in the trade, ferrying nuts down the coast
along with other goods, by 1620,
when
English explorer Richard Jobson made his way up
the Gambia, the nuts were still peculiar to his
eyes.
By the late 19th century,
kola nuts were being shipped by the tonne to
Europe and the US. Many made their way into
medicines,
intended
as
a
kind
of
energy
boost.
One
such
popular
medicinal
drink
was
Vin
Mariani,
a
French
product
consisting of coca extract mixed with
red wine. It was created by a French chemist,
Angelo Mariani, in 1863. So when
Pemberton created his drink, it
represented an ongoing trend. When cocaine
eventually fell from grace as a beverage
ingredient, kola-extract colas became
popular.
The first year it was
available, Coca-Cola averaged nine servings a day
across all the Atlanta soda fountains where it
was sold. As it grew more popular, the
company sold rights to bottle the soda, so it
could travel easily. Today about 1.9
billion Cokes are purchased daily. It's
become so iconic that attempts to change its taste
in 1985
—
sweetening it in a
move
projected
to
boost
sales
—
proved
disastrous,
with
widespread
anger
from
consumers.
Classic
returned
to
store shelves just three
months after the
These days, the
Coca-Cola recipe is a closely guarded secret. But
it's said to no longer contain kola nut extract,
relying
instead on artificial
imitations to achieve the flavour.
46.
What do we learn about chemist John Pemberton?
A) He used a strangely potent
ingredient in a food supplement.
B) He created a drink containing
alcohol without
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