them a chance, each one of these quick reads has the power to change the way you think, live and love, so you can stay on track to living at your greatest 55 .
36. A. optimistic B. realistic C. artistic D. energetic 37. A. substitute B. opportunity C. requirement D. quality 38. A. ambiguously B. roughly C. positively D. regularly 39. A. improvement B. encouragement C. explanation D. application 40. A. leader B. learner C. player D. reader 41. A. forced B. urged C. pushed D. enabled 42. A. alone B. mistaken C. typical D. rigid 43. A. hardworking B. uninterested C. energetic D. aimless 44. A. surprisingly B. directly C. currently D. frequently 45. A. advantage B. challenge C. imagination D. convenience 46. A. spread B. preview C. acquire D. offer
47. A. other than B. rather than C. less than D. more than 48. A. increases B. indicates C. betters D. replaces 49. A. weakened B. sharpened C. softened D. lightened 50. A. confused B. excited C. shocked D. disappointed 51. A. put away B. put back C. put together D. put off 52. A. importance B. lack C. problem D. wisdom 53. A. explanations B. arguments C. complaints D. comments 54. A. If B. Until C. Although D. Before 55. A. convenience B. potential C. desire D. cost
第三部分 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Reuel Tolkien (1892～1973)，the British linguist，writer. He created a fantasy novel “The Lord of the Rings” the well-known trilogy．
Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein，South Africa.When he was 4 years old，his father died and his family moved back to England.Tolkien graduated from Oxford University when he was 23 years old，and participated in the First World War. During the war，Tolkien suffered from “trench fever” and stayed in the hospital until the end of World War Ⅰ. It was the days in the hospital that he began his writing career first.
After the war，Tolkien became a linguist. He was an editor of the “New English Dictionary” of 1918～1920. However，he was more researching into Anglo－Saxon language which makes his extensive contacts in Britain and the Nordic spread all over the folklore and mythology.
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In 1937，Tolkien completed his first work “The Hobbit” Although this was a fairy tale，it was also suitable for adults to read. Because of good sales，the publisher Allen & Unwin convinced Tolkien to write its sequel.This encouraged Tolkien to complete his most famous works the epic trilogy “The Lord of the Rings”．The works of writing went on for almost a year with the support from his good friend Lewis.
At the beginning “The Lord of the Rings” was similar works for children，but after that writing style quickly became serious and dark. “The Lord of the Rings” was one of the most popular literary works in the 20th century in terms of sales and readers' evaluation. Tolkien's influence is important，for the success of “The Lord of the Rings” makes the fantasy novels of this literature genre develop rapidly. 56．When did Tolkien take part in World War I? A．in 1896. B．in 1915. C．in 1916. D．in 1937. 57．Which of the following statements is TRUE? A．Tolkien's father died of “trench fever”．
B．Tolkien wrote the “New English Dictionary” himself. C．“The Lord of the Rings” was finished about half a year. D．Tolkien began his writing career in the hospital.
58．What is Tolkien's “The Lord of the Rings” considered to be? A．The first works of Tolkien. B．Always serious and dark.
C．Beneficial to the development of the fantasy novels. D．The most popular literary works in the 20th century.
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Want to improve your math skills without working hard? Simply zap (击打) the brain with a weak current of electricity and then, all your problems will be solved! At least that's the claim being made by a team of British scientists from London's Oxford University.
The main aim of the experiment, conducted on a group of student volunteers from Oxford University and University College London, was to test if parts of the brain could be shocked into getting it to work better with numbers.
To test this, 15 students, divided into three groups, were asked to solve the same two mathematical problems every day for a week. The problems, which involved identifying the larger of two numbers and plotting one on a number line, were made a little more challenging by replacing the numbers 1-9 with symbols.
However, before starting the test, two of the groups were subjected to a 20-minute
session of a light electric current to the parietal lobe, which the scientists believe is the
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brain's number cruncher (能迅速运算者). For the first group the current flow was passed right to left, while for the second it was transmitted left to right. The third group received no help at all.
The group that got zapped right to left seemed to show an amazing improvement in their math skills. However, the ones that got zapped left to right were reduced to the level of almost six-year old! The results for the people who got no help were somewhere in
between.
While scientists are not sure why the direction of the current would make such a difference, they believe that zapping it from the right side, seemed to turn up the activity of the brain cells to math, while going the other way turned or closed them down. Luckily, the impact is expected to last for only six months!
While this is great news, do not fire your math tutor yet. That's because the research, no matter how successful, is not being done to aid lazy students, but to help people who suffer from dyscalculia (计算障碍), a disease which makes people unable to cope with simple day-to-day numerical issues, like counting change or figuring out their expenses.
59. In which time order was the experiment carried out? a．Divide the students into groups. b．Test the students with problems.
c．Give some students some electric zapping.
A. a，b，c B. a，c，b C. b，a，c D. c，a，b 60. From the passage, we can infer that ________． A. the direction of zapping the brain is very important B. the impact of zapping the brain will last forever C. scientists don't know how to zap the brain correctly D. people with dyscalculia can't recognize numbers 61. What is the aim of the experiment?
A. To help students to improve their math grades. B. To test which part of the brain controls calculation. C. To help people who suffer from a certain disability.
D. To study whether a light electric current will damage students' brain. 62. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Dyscalculia is no longer a problem B. A good way to improve your math skills C. Benefit from zapping the brain D. Improve math skills by zapping the brain
C
Enough “meaningless drivel”. That’s the message from a group of members of the UK government who have been examining how social media firms like LinkedIn gather and use social media data.
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s report, released last
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week, has blamed firms for making people sign up to long incomprehensible legal contracts and calls for an international standard or kitemark (认证标记) to identify sites that have clear terms and conditions.
“The term and conditions statement that we all carelessly agree to is meaningless drivel to anyone,” says Andrew Miller, the chair of the committee. Instead, he says, firms should provide a plain-English version of their terms. The simplified version would be checked by a third party and awarded a kitemark if it is an accurate reflection of the original.
It is not yet clear who would administer the scheme, but the UK government is looking at introducing it on a voluntary basis. “we need to think through how we make that work in practice,” says Miller.
Would we pay any more attention to a kitemark? “I think if you went and did the survey, people would like to think they would,” says Nigel Shadbolt at the University of Southampton, UK, who studies open data. “We do know people worry a lot about the inappropriate use of their information.” But what would happen in practice is another matter, he says.
Other organisations such as banks ask customers to sign long contracts they may not read or understand, but Miller believes social media requires special attention because it is so new. “We still don’t know how significant the long-term impact is going to be of unwise things that kids put on social media that come back and bite them in 20 years’ time,” he says.
Shadbolt, who gave evidence to the committee, says the problem is that we don’t know how companies will use our data because their business models and uses of data are still evolving. Large collections of personal information have become valuable only recently, he says.
The shock and anger when a social media firm does something with data that people don’t expect, even if users have apparently permission, show that the current situation isn’t working. If properly administered, a kitemark on terms and conditions could help people know what exactly they are signing up to. Although they would still have to actually read them.
63. What does the phrase “ meaningless drivel” in paragraphs 1 and 3 refer to? A. Legal contracts that social media firms make people sign up to. B. Warnings from the UK government against unsafe websites. C. Guidelines on how to use social media websites properly. D. Insignificant data collected by social media firms.
64. It can be inferred from the passage that Nigel Shadbolt doubts whether _______. A. social media firms would conduct a survey on the kitemark scheme B. people would pay as much attention to a kitemark as they think
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