Directions:  For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

People born in the autumn live longer than those born in the spring and are less likely to fall chronically(經(jīng)常) ill when they are older, according to an Austrian scientist. Using census(人口統(tǒng)計) data for more than one million people in Austria, Denmark and Australia, ____52____ at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in the northern German town of Rostock found the month of birth was ___53____ to life expectancy over the age of 50. ____54____ differences in what mothers ate during pregnancy, and ___55____ occurring at different times of the year could both have an ___56____ on the health of a new-born baby and could ___57____ its life expectancy in older age. "A mother giving birth in spring spends the __58____ phase (階段)of her pregnancy in winter, when she will eat less vitamins than in summer," said Gabriele Doblhammer, one of a team of scientists who ___59____ the research. "When she stops breast-feeding and starts giving her baby ___60___ food, it’s in the hot weeks of summer when babies are likely to be exposed to infections of the digestive system." In Austria, adults born in autumn (October-December) lived about seven months __61___ than those born in spring (April-June), and in Denmark adults with birthdays in autumn outlived those born in spring by about four months. In the southern hemisphere, the picture was __62____. Adults born in the Australian autumn - the European ___63___ - lived about four months longer than those born in the Australian spring. The study ___64___ people born at the beginning of the 20th century, using death certificates and census data. Although ___65___ at all times of the year has improved since then, the seasonal pattern ___66___, Doblhammer said.

52. a. scientists                     b. doctors                            c. readers                      d. who

53. a. familiar                      b. used                         c. related                      d. devoted

54. a. Seasonal                            b. Physical                    c. Mental                      d. Occasional

55. a. accidents                    b. infections                  c. ideas                         d. nutrition

56. a. efficiency                   b. result                        c. cause                        d. impact

57. a. shorten                       b. lengthen                   c. harm                        d. influence

58. a. first                           b. last                           c. middle                      d. initial

59. a. broke through             b. led to                       c. carried out                d. insisted on

60. a. normal                       b. fast                          c. general                            d. sea

61. a. shorter                       b. longer                      c. younger                    d. healthier

62. a. similar                       b. different                   c. contrary                    d. opposite

63. a. spring                        b. summer                    c. autumn                            d. winter

64. a. depended on               b. investigated into        c. called for                  d. focused on

65. a. food                           b. situation                   c. living conditions        d. nutrition

66. a. changes                      b. improves                  c. persists                            d. declines

Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Micheal Scofield has won fans all over the world. The star of the hit show Prison Break is kind, clever and good-looking. But what about the man ___50___ the character?

Wentworth Miller, the 35-year-old actor who plays Scofield, is a hard guy to ___51___. He does not come from a traditional background and doesn’t ___52___ a traditional path.

Miller didn’t take a ___53___ road to fame and fortune. He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a degree in English, not a degree in theatre or film. He didn’t even act when he was in college. His only ___54___ experience was in his university’s well-known singing group. Yet, at graduation, Miller still decided to make the   ___55___ to Hollywood.

Miller has always been ___56___. Although he is American, he was born in Britain when his father was studying there. His family background is a ___57___ of cultures. “My father is black and my mother is white. That means I have always been caught in the middle. I could be   ___58___ one, which can make you feel out of place,” Miller says.

Following his unusual path, Miller did not start trying out for films and TV shows when he got to Hollywood. ___59___, he worked as a production assistant. Not what you would   ___60___ from a Princeton graduate.

However, it all paid off for Miller ___61___. Working on production side, he learned a lot about what makes a good ___62___.

In 2002, Miller played a role in the drama Dinotopia. He starred as a shy man. The producers ___63___ his performance when they were making Prison Break two years later.

With a golden globe nomination (金球獎提名) and another season of Prison Break under his belt, Miller seems ready to ___64___ all of Hollywood.

 

50.   A. beside               B. behind                     C. outside              D. after

51.  A. talk with           B. go after             C. get along with    D. figure out

52.   A. go                    B. walk                 C. follow               D. step

53.   A. direct                B. special                     C. wide                 D. correct

54.   A. graduation         B. performance      C. production               D. education

55.   A. role                  B. move                C. decision            D. movie

56.   A. strange              B. outstanding        C. different            D. successful

57.   A. mixture             B. result                C. mystery             D. representative

58.   A. other                B. either                C. another             D. the other

59.   A. Moreover          B. Therefore          C. Instead              D. Finally

60.   A. respect              B. make                C. indicate             D. expect

61.   A. in the end          B. in particular       C. as a whole         D. as a result

62.   A. film                  B. actor                 C. drama               D. guy

63.   A. recognized        B. made                C. recorded            D. remembered

64.   A. take up             B. take over           C. turn up             D. turn over

Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D.  Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

The universities are schools of education and research but the main reason for their existence is not in the knowledge taught to the students or in the opportunities for the economic or social ___50___ resulting from the research findings.

The true function of a university is that it keeps the ___51___ between knowledge and the real life.  It unites the students with ordinary life in a ___52___ way.  The university passes on information, but it ___53___ the information imaginatively.   Imagination is the driving force for the society’s future development.  Students’ imagination is the very ___54___ every university should protect and encourage.    A university which ___55___ to do so has no reason for existence.  With imagination, knowledge is not only knowledge: it includes all possibilities.  It’s no longer a ___56___ on students’ memory.  It’s food for thought and ___57___ for creative inventions.

Imagination is not ___58___ knowledge.  Instead, it is a way leading to more knowledge.  It works by thoroughly studying the current knowledge and then exploring every possibility about the knowledge.  In the exploration, new knowledge ___59___.  Imagination enables men to construct a new vision of the world and it adds ___60___ to life through endless possibilities. Imaginative people are restless all along.

Youth is imaginative and if the university can help preserve this precious wealth, the power of imagination can ___61___ change the world.  Besides, it should also be made clear that imagination won’t be most effective without necessary experience.  The problem of the current world is that those who are imaginative have only little experience ___62___ those who are experienced have weak imaginations.  The ___63___ left for the universities is to hold together these two factors for the whole human race to ___64___ greater development and happiness.

A. problem    B. development  C. life          D. inquiry

A. connection   B. attraction     C. difference     D. tradition

A. technical  B. difficult    C. creative        D. basic

A. supposes   B. conveys  C. expects        D. weighs

A. spirit B. goods    C. message        D. theory

A. tries  B. pretends C. fails           D. means

. A. burden    B. treasure C. schedule        D. science

A. result       B. material    C. cost            D. figure

A. superior to   B. familiar with C. separate from    D. strict with

A. takes shape   B. steps in  C. sets off         D. speeds up

A. proof       B. excitement  C. greed          D. seed

A. temporarily   B. carefully C. reluctantly      D. finally

A. because     B. unless  C. while          D. until

A. sympathy    B. solution C. condition       D. purpose

A. require      B. fix    C. imagine        D. achieve

Directions:  For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

 

People born in the autumn live longer than those born in the spring and are less likely to fall chronically(經(jīng)常) ill when they are older, according to an Austrian scientist. Using census(人口統(tǒng)計) data for more than one million people in Austria, Denmark and Australia, ____52____ at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in the northern German town of Rostock found the month of birth was ___53____ to life expectancy over the age of 50. ____54____ differences in what mothers ate during pregnancy, and ___55____ occurring at different times of the year could both have an ___56____ on the health of a new-born baby and could ___57____ its life expectancy in older age. "A mother giving birth in spring spends the __58____ phase (階段)of her pregnancy in winter, when she will eat less vitamins than in summer," said Gabriele Doblhammer, one of a team of scientists who ___59____ the research. "When she stops breast-feeding and starts giving her baby ___60___ food, it’s in the hot weeks of summer when babies are likely to be exposed to infections of the digestive system." In Austria, adults born in autumn (October-December) lived about seven months __61___ than those born in spring (April-June), and in Denmark adults with birthdays in autumn outlived those born in spring by about four months. In the southern hemisphere, the picture was __62____. Adults born in the Australian autumn - the European ___63___ - lived about four months longer than those born in the Australian spring. The study ___64___ people born at the beginning of the 20th century, using death certificates and census data. Although ___65___ at all times of the year has improved since then, the seasonal pattern ___66___, Doblhammer said.

52. a. scientists                     b. doctors                            c. readers                      d. who

53. a. familiar                      b. used                         c. related                      d. devoted

54. a. Seasonal                            b. Physical                    c. Mental                      d. Occasional

55. a. accidents                    b. infections                  c. ideas                         d. nutrition[來源:]

56. a. efficiency                   b. result                        c. cause                        d. impact

57. a. shorten                       b. lengthen                   c. harm                        d. influence

58. a. first                           b. last                           c. middle                      d. initial

59. a. broke through             b. led to                       c. carried out                d. insisted on[來源:]

60. a. normal                       b. fast                          c. general                            d. sea[來源:ZXXK]

61. a. shorter                       b. longer                      c. younger                    d. healthier

62. a. similar                       b. different                   c. contrary                    d. opposite

63. a. spring                        b. summer                    c. autumn                            d. winter

64. a. depended on               b. investigated into        c. called for                  d. focused on

65. a. food                           b. situation                   c. living conditions        d. nutrition

66. a. changes                      b. improves                  c. persists                            d. declines

 

Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D.  Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

The universities are schools of education and research but the main reason for their existence is not in the knowledge taught to the students or in the opportunities for the economic or social ___50___ resulting from the research findings.

The true function of a university is that it keeps the ___51___ between knowledge and the real life.  It unites the students with ordinary life in a ___52___ way.  The university passes on information, but it ___53___ the information imaginatively.   Imagination is the driving force for the society’s future development.  Students’ imagination is the very ___54___ every university should protect and encourage.    A university which ___55___ to do so has no reason for existence.  With imagination, knowledge is not only knowledge: it includes all possibilities.  It’s no longer a ___56___ on students’ memory.  It’s food for thought and ___57___ for creative inventions.

Imagination is not ___58___ knowledge.  Instead, it is a way leading to more knowledge.  It works by thoroughly studying the current knowledge and then exploring every possibility about the knowledge.  In the exploration, new knowledge ___59___.  Imagination enables men to construct a new vision of the world and it adds ___60___ to life through endless possibilities. Imaginative people are restless all along.

Youth is imaginative and if the university can help preserve this precious wealth, the power of imagination can ___61___ change the world.  Besides, it should also be made clear that imagination won’t be most effective without necessary experience.  The problem of the current world is that those who are imaginative have only little experience ___62___ those who are experienced have weak imaginations.  The ___63___ left for the universities is to hold together these two factors for the whole human race to ___64___ greater development and happiness.

 

1. A. problem      B. development      C. life          D. inquiry

2. A. connection   B. attraction       C. difference     D. tradition

3. A. technical    B. difficult        C. creative        D. basic

4. A. supposes     B. conveys          C. expects        D. weighs

5. A. spirit       B. goods            C. message        D. theory

6. A. tries        B. pretends         C. fails           D. means

7.. A. burden      B. treasure         C. schedule        D. science

8.A. result       B. material          C. cost            D. figure

9. A. superior to   B. familiar with   C. separate from    D. strict with

10. A. takes shape   B. steps in       C. sets off         D. speeds up

11. A. proof       B. excitement       C. greed          D. seed

12. A. temporarily   B. carefully      C. reluctantly      D. finally

13. A. because     B. unless           C. while          D. until

14.A. sympathy    B. solution          C. condition       D. purpose

15. A. require      B. fix             C. imagine        D. achieve