63. In which of the following circumstances may a firm owner NOT consider bulk ticket purchases?
A. His customers usually don’t place big orders. B. He hopes to be admitted into a social club soon. C. He hopes his customers will always pay in time. D. His sales staff cooperate well and perform perfectly.
(C)
Are we getting more stupid? According to Gerald Crabtree, a scientist at Stanford University in the US, we are.
You may not want to hear this, but Crabtree believes that human intelligence reached its peak more than 2,000 years ago and ever since then has been going downhill. “If an average Greek from 1,000 BC were transported to modern times, he or she would be one of the brightest among us,” Crabtree told The Guardian.
At the heart of Crabtree’s thinking is a simple idea. In the past, intelligence was critical for survival when our ancestors had to avoid dangerous animals and hunt for food. The difference of being smart or stupid is often life or death. However, after the spread of agriculture, when our ancestors began to live in dense farming communities, the need to keep their intelligence in peak condition gradually reduced.
This is not hard to understand. Most of the time, pressure is what keeps us going – you need the pressure from your teachers to finish your homework; the pressure of looking pretty prompts you to lose weight when summer comes. And the same is also true of our intelligence – if we think less, we become less smart.
These mutations(变异) are harmful to our intelligence and they were all developed in the past 3,000 years. The other evidence that Crabtree holds is in our genes. He found that among the 2,000 to 5,000 genes that we have that determine human intelligence, there are two or more mutations in each of us.
However, Crabtree’s theory has been criticized by some who say that early humans may have better hunting and surviving abilities, but people today have developed a more diverse intelligence. For example, spearing a tiger doesn’t necessarily require more brainpower than playing chess or writing a poem. Moreover, the power of modern education means a lot more people have the opportunity to learn nowadays.
“You wouldn’t get Stephen Hawking 2,000 years ago. He just wouldn’t exist,” Thomas Hills of the University of Warwick, UK, told Live Science. “But now we have people of his intellectual capacity doing things and making insights that we would never have achieved in our environment of evolutionary adaptation.”
64. What is Crabtree’s recent finding according to the article?
A．The Greeks from 1,000 BC could have been the smartest in human history. B. Our ancient ancestors had no better surviving abilities than we do nowadays.
C. Mutations in genes that decide human intelligence have affected the development of intelligence.
D. Humans have been getting steadily more intelligent since the invention of farming.
65. According to Crabtree, ancient humans _______.
A. had much more genes that determine human intelligence B. were forced to be smart due to natural selection pressures C. relied more on group intelligence than individual intelligence D. developed a diverse intelligence to adapt to the harsh realities
66. Some argue that Crabtree’s theory is false because they think _______. A. people today are under much more pressure than early humans B. it’s ridiculous to compare a hunter’s and a poet’s intelligence C. modern education is far more advanced than ancient education
D. human intelligence nowadays is different from that of the distant past
67. What is Thomas Hills’ attitude toward Crabtree’s theory?
A. Supportive B. Unfavourable C. Worried
D. Confused.
Section C
Directions: Read the following passage and fill in each blank with the sentence that best fits the context. Each sentence can only be used once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need. A.Many adults also like to play Second Life. B.To play Second Life a computer user signs up at the Second Life Web site. C.In some ways the imaginary world is like the real world. D.You can get your first Second Life account for free. E. By playing the game, some people want to get out of the real world. F. How many people do you think play Second Life?
Second Life is an online imaginary world where a computer user can create a new self and experience a separate life. Second Life is similar to other popular \role-playing games.\The company Linden Lab of San Francisco, California created Second Life in two thousand three.
____67____Then he or she creates an electronic image, or animated character, called an avatar. Some people try to make their avatar look as close to their real self as possible. Other people change their sex or become an imaginary creature as their Second Life avatar.
Once you have your avatar you become a \also can make friends with other Second Life avatars. Residents can go to school, own a business, even get married. But, there are also activities in Second Life that are impossible in the real world. For example, if you do not feel like walking to that park near your Second Life home, why not fly?
____69____But it costs money to get other accounts and to buy land. The virtual world has its own currency, the Linden dollar. You use these to buy virtual clothes, property, entertainment and many other things. You can earn Linden dollars by working at a job. That unreal money has a real life value. About two hundred fifty Linden dollars are worth one American dollar.
Second Life is popular among schools and businesses.Many universities have set up
campuses on the Web site. Many kinds of stores can also be found there. And, entertainers sometimes perform live on Second Life with their Second Life avatars.
____70____It is said that the total number of residents is more than thirteen million from more than one hundred countries.
IV. Summary Writing
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it is illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible.
A new study of 8000young people in the journal of health and social behavior shows that love can make adults live healthily and happily ,it is a bad thing for young people.puppy love may bring stress for young people and can lead to depression.the study shows that girls become more depressed than boys,and younger girls are the worst of all.
The possible reason for the connection between love and higher risk of depression for girls is\relationship\of self\much more likely to lead to depression when it happens to girls.young girls who have romantic relationships usually like hiding their feeling and opinions.they won't tell that to their parents.
Dr. Marianm Kaufman,an expert on young people problems,say 15% to 20% young people will have depression during their growing. Trying romantic often causes the depression.She advises kids not to jump into romantic too early. During growing up, it is important for young people to build strong friendships and a strong sense of self. She also suggests the parents should encourage their kids to keep close to their friends,attend more interesting school activities and spend enough time with family.
Parents should watch for signs of depression---eating or mood changes---and if they see signs from their daughter or son,they need to give help.The good news is that connection between romance and depression seems to become weak with age.Love will always make us feel young,but only maturity gives us a chance to avoid its bad side effects.
第II卷 （共47分）
I. Translation（22分）
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 1.要过两个多月后我们才会放寒假。(before)
2.由于缺乏专业设备，他们第一次登顶的企图失败了。(lack)
3.在过去的几年里，全世界的自然灾害似乎发生的更频繁了。(occur)
4.信息技术的发展日新月异，现在偏远山区的村民都可以在网上购物了。(So)
假设你是李华，学校有四个社区正招募新人（如下图所示），你希望加入其中一个。请你写一首日记，谈谈你的想法。内容必须包括： 1.你希望加入社团的 2.选择该社团的原因
3.你可以为该社团做些什么
Keys
21.The most widespread 22.passing 23.until 24.dropped 25.where 26.while 27.unless 28.Despite 29.has found 30. Such as 31-40 DGEAF HBCJI
41-55 BDBAC DADBB CDBAD
56--59 BDCD 60-62 DAD 63-66 DBDB 67-70 BCDF Translation:
1.It will be over two months before we have winter holiday.
2.For lack of professional devices/facilities, their first attempt to reach the top/peak failed.
3.In the past few years, it seems that natural disasters have occurred more frequently across the world.
4.So quickly does the information technology change that villagers in the remote mountain area can do online shopping.
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