第3部分：概括大意與完成句子 (第2 3～30題，每題1分，共8分)
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后有2項測試任務(wù)：(1)第23~26題要求從所給的6個選項
中為第1—4段每段選擇1個正確的小標題；(2)第27~30題要求從所給的6個選項中選
擇4個正確選項，分別完成每個句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
A Star Is Born
1 The VLT(Very Large Telescope)is the world’s largest telescope(望遠鏡)and is taking
astronomers(72文學(xué)家)further back to the Big Bang than they ever thought possible．Located
2,600 metres up io the Chilean Andes，it has four huge mirrors，each about the size of a London
bus．The VLT is SO powerful it Can spot a burning match 10.000 kilometres away．
2 This astonishing power will allow astronomers to see events in space from the birth of stars
to the collision(碰撞)of galaxies(星系)on the edge of the cosmos(宇宙)．The VLT is giving
astronomers their best-ever view of the cosmos．The power of the VLT to see the smallest detail at
the furthest distances makes its designers amazed．
3 Take the case of Eta Carinae，one of the most explosive stars in the universe．This star
produces ultraviolet laser rays(紫外線)and it will destroy itself in a few million years’time．It is
five times brighter than the sun and when it explodes it is going to be a sight worth waiting for 1
4 But it is at distances of millions，even billions，of light years that the VLT really shows its
power．The VLT can detect light that set out on its journey before the earth even existed．This
gives astronomers their first—ever detailed views of events that took place in the earliest days of
the cosmos．
5 In other words．the VLT is a kind of a time machine．It takes astronomers back to a time
when complete galaxies crashed into each other．The effects of these past collisions Can now be
seen by scientists，and astronomers believe the telescope will reveal more about these exciting
events in the years to come．One day, we might be able to say we have traveled back to the
beginning of time，and we will have a much clearer picture of how our planet was born．
23 Paragraph 1
24 Paragraph 2
25 Paragraph 3
26 Paragraph 4
A Enents That Took place Before the Earth Existd
B Power of the Telescope
C Details of Eta Carinae
D Invention of a Time Machine
E Biggest Telescope
27 The VLT will allow scientists to see events
28 The designers of the VlT are surprised at
29 Eta Carinae is taken
30 Scientists believe the VLT will tell us more about
A its detecting power
B millions of light years away in space
C the location of the VLT
D as an example
E the birth of the earth
F the rotation of the earth
第4部分：閱讀理解(第31-45題，每題3分，共4 5分)
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題，每道題后面有4個選項。請根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容
從每題所給的4個選項中選擇1個答案，涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
第一篇
Pushbike Danger
Low speed bicycle crashes can badly injure——or even kill——children if they fall onto the
ends of the handlebars(車把)．So a team of engineers is redesigning it to make it safer
Kristy Arbogast，a bioengineer at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania，
began the project with her colleagues．The cases they reviewed about serious abdominal(腹部的)
injuries in children in the past 30 years showed that more than a third were caused by bicycle
accidents．”The task was to identify how the injuries occurred and come up with seine
countermeasures，”she says
By interviewing the children and their parents，Arbogast and her team were able to
reconstruct many of the accidents and identified a common cause for serious injuries They
discovered that most cases occur when children hit an obstacle at slow speed，causing them to
topple f搖擺)over．To maintain their balance the children turn the handlebars through 90
degrees—but their momentum(沖力)forces them into the end of the handlebars．The bike then
falls over and the other end of the handlebars hits the ground，pushing it in to their abdomen(腹
部．
The solution the group came up with is a handgrip (握柄)fitted with a spring and damping
(減速)system. The spring absorbs up to 50 per cent of the forces transmitted(傳遞)through the
handlebars in all impact．The group hopes to commercialize the device，which should add only a
few dollars to t}le cost of a bike．“But our task has been one of education because up until now．
bicycle manufacturers were unaware of the problem，”says Arbogast．
31 The engineers are trying to improve the handlebars because
A they are not beautiful
B they may kill children
C they are likely to crash．
D they affect the speed of the bike
32 How many abdominal injuries in children were caused by bicycle accidents?
A Thirty．
B Ninety．
C 50 percent．
D More than a third.
33 The world “countermeasures” in paragraph 2 means
A “problems”
B “approaches”
C “solutions”．
D ‘‘a(chǎn)ctions”
”in paragraph 2means
34 Paragraph 3 mainly discusses
A why the children and their parents were interviewed
B how serious abdominal injuries occur.
C when the children turn the handlebars
D what stops bicycle accidents
35 The advantage of the new handgrip is that
A it can be made cheaply.
B it reduces the impact in bicycle accidents．
C it helps to slow down the speed of the bicycle．
D it sells well at bicycle shops．
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后有2項測試任務(wù)：(1)第23~26題要求從所給的6個選項
中為第1—4段每段選擇1個正確的小標題；(2)第27~30題要求從所給的6個選項中選
擇4個正確選項，分別完成每個句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
A Star Is Born
1 The VLT(Very Large Telescope)is the world’s largest telescope(望遠鏡)and is taking
astronomers(72文學(xué)家)further back to the Big Bang than they ever thought possible．Located
2,600 metres up io the Chilean Andes，it has four huge mirrors，each about the size of a London
bus．The VLT is SO powerful it Can spot a burning match 10.000 kilometres away．
2 This astonishing power will allow astronomers to see events in space from the birth of stars
to the collision(碰撞)of galaxies(星系)on the edge of the cosmos(宇宙)．The VLT is giving
astronomers their best-ever view of the cosmos．The power of the VLT to see the smallest detail at
the furthest distances makes its designers amazed．
3 Take the case of Eta Carinae，one of the most explosive stars in the universe．This star
produces ultraviolet laser rays(紫外線)and it will destroy itself in a few million years’time．It is
five times brighter than the sun and when it explodes it is going to be a sight worth waiting for 1
4 But it is at distances of millions，even billions，of light years that the VLT really shows its
power．The VLT can detect light that set out on its journey before the earth even existed．This
gives astronomers their first—ever detailed views of events that took place in the earliest days of
the cosmos．
5 In other words．the VLT is a kind of a time machine．It takes astronomers back to a time
when complete galaxies crashed into each other．The effects of these past collisions Can now be
seen by scientists，and astronomers believe the telescope will reveal more about these exciting
events in the years to come．One day, we might be able to say we have traveled back to the
beginning of time，and we will have a much clearer picture of how our planet was born．
23 Paragraph 1
24 Paragraph 2
25 Paragraph 3
26 Paragraph 4
A Enents That Took place Before the Earth Existd
B Power of the Telescope
C Details of Eta Carinae
D Invention of a Time Machine
E Biggest Telescope
27 The VLT will allow scientists to see events
28 The designers of the VlT are surprised at
29 Eta Carinae is taken
30 Scientists believe the VLT will tell us more about
A its detecting power
B millions of light years away in space
C the location of the VLT
D as an example
E the birth of the earth
F the rotation of the earth
第4部分：閱讀理解(第31-45題，每題3分，共4 5分)
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題，每道題后面有4個選項。請根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容
從每題所給的4個選項中選擇1個答案，涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
第一篇
Pushbike Danger
Low speed bicycle crashes can badly injure——or even kill——children if they fall onto the
ends of the handlebars(車把)．So a team of engineers is redesigning it to make it safer
Kristy Arbogast，a bioengineer at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania，
began the project with her colleagues．The cases they reviewed about serious abdominal(腹部的)
injuries in children in the past 30 years showed that more than a third were caused by bicycle
accidents．”The task was to identify how the injuries occurred and come up with seine
countermeasures，”she says
By interviewing the children and their parents，Arbogast and her team were able to
reconstruct many of the accidents and identified a common cause for serious injuries They
discovered that most cases occur when children hit an obstacle at slow speed，causing them to
topple f搖擺)over．To maintain their balance the children turn the handlebars through 90
degrees—but their momentum(沖力)forces them into the end of the handlebars．The bike then
falls over and the other end of the handlebars hits the ground，pushing it in to their abdomen(腹
部．
The solution the group came up with is a handgrip (握柄)fitted with a spring and damping
(減速)system. The spring absorbs up to 50 per cent of the forces transmitted(傳遞)through the
handlebars in all impact．The group hopes to commercialize the device，which should add only a
few dollars to t}le cost of a bike．“But our task has been one of education because up until now．
bicycle manufacturers were unaware of the problem，”says Arbogast．
31 The engineers are trying to improve the handlebars because
A they are not beautiful
B they may kill children
C they are likely to crash．
D they affect the speed of the bike
32 How many abdominal injuries in children were caused by bicycle accidents?
A Thirty．
B Ninety．
C 50 percent．
D More than a third.
33 The world “countermeasures” in paragraph 2 means
A “problems”
B “approaches”
C “solutions”．
D ‘‘a(chǎn)ctions”
”in paragraph 2means
34 Paragraph 3 mainly discusses
A why the children and their parents were interviewed
B how serious abdominal injuries occur.
C when the children turn the handlebars
D what stops bicycle accidents
35 The advantage of the new handgrip is that
A it can be made cheaply.
B it reduces the impact in bicycle accidents．
C it helps to slow down the speed of the bicycle．
D it sells well at bicycle shops．