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A device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo(接受) testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months.
The system, called driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20%--40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all pilot-error accidents that are related to tiredness.
Driver Alert is based on a computerized wristband. The device, worn by drivers or pilots gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by pressing the steering wheel. A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound and the driver’s response.
Tiredness is directly related to a driver’s response time. Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy.
In such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the driver’s response continues to slow down, the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible.
The device has been delivered to the department’s laboratories for testing. If these tests, scheduled for six months’ time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year.
68. How should a driver respond to the sounds from Driver Alert?
A. By sounding a warning.   B. By touching the wristband.
C. By checking the driving time. D. By pressing the steering wheel.
69. We can learn from the text that the driver needs to stop for a break when his response time is ________
A. about 400 milliseconds    B. below 500 milliseconds
C. over 500 milliseconds      D. about 4 minutes
70. When the driver gets sleepy while driving, Driver Alert ______.
A. moves more regularly      B. stops working properly
C. opens the window for the driver      D. sounds more frequently and loudly
71. According to the text, Driver Alert ______.
A. aims to reduce tiredness-related accidents
B. has gone through testing at laboratories
C. aims to prevent drivers from sleeping
D. has been on sale for 12 months

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39.A. just                    B. already              C. even                      D. ever
40.A. Therefore            B. However           C. Otherwise              D. Besides
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43.A. when                  B. as                    C. that                       D. until
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52.A. still                    B. yet                   C. just                      D. only
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第三部分 閱讀理解 (每小題2分，共40分)
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Agricultural scientists in the United States have put a copy of a human gene into pigs, sheep and rabbits. They report that the gene seems to be working in some of the animals. The gene that the scientists are using controls the production of human growth hormone(荷爾蒙), a chemical necessary for growth.
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58. The underlined word “them” refers to ______.
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B. The hormones from the mice were then put into the cows.
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One day last winter we received our first huge snowfall. An hour later I decided to let my dog out. That was when I got the shock! My sidewalk was cleaned and my path too. I had no idea who did this good deed. I looked over to my neighbor's driveway where the husband stood,open-mouthed and surprised. His sidewalk was also cleared. I asked him who did it. He just shook his head and let me know that he had no idea.
A week later we had another snowfall and I promised to pay attention this time just in case we had another visit from our snow angel. It was a good plan, but I got busy inside and forgot to keep a look out. Sure enough when I remembered to look out the snow had once again been cleared away.
Now I became determined to find my guardian(保護(hù)人) of the snow. Some three weeks went by when the snow started to fall again. I went to get a book and sat at the window just as the snow tapered off and my reading was interrupted by the sound of a shovel(鏟子). I got to my feet to look out and was so choked up that I just stood there. My snow angel was an eight-year-old boy who lived a few houses away from me.
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38. The second time the author failed to check who cleaned the snow. because she___________.
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C. was too busy to pay attention                D. stood too far to see anything         
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A. wanted to keep the truth a secret          B, might be a relative of the author's
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40. What can we learn from the passage?
A. It snowed every week where the author lived.
B. The author intended to praise the boy.
C. The author didn't like to clean snow,
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A．his opinion about having more channels on TV
B．some people think it unnecessary to have so many TV channels
C．we will soon have more channels on TV
D．how to choose proper programs on TV
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A．they already get enough channels on their TV
B．it's a waste of time to watch TV programs
C．some of the TV programs are poor in quality
D．they can’t afford enough time to watch so many programs
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A．having more good programs
B．having more choices
C．having more time to watch TV
D．getting more information over TV
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A  People usually don’t have enough time to see all the programs on TV．
B．More and more television networks are being set up
C．People will think it silly if the local library adds another 5．000 books．
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The period3 gene comes in two forms: short and long. Everyone has two copies of the gene. So, you may have two longs, two shorts, or one of each. Your particular combination depends on what your parents passed on to you.
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I think I must have the long form period3. What about you?
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A. attract readers to the topic of the passage
B. show his /her poor memory for things
C. show his /her envy of those energetic people
D. prove his/her need for sleep
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A. the size of your brain         B. the kind of genes you have
C. your health                 D. your will
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A. find a new gene called period3   B. find out how genes affect a person’s need for sleep
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