65．The aim of the passage is to _________.

  A．praise Ian Findlay for his work      

  B．report a piece of interesting news

  C．inform us of the wide use of DNA testing  

  D．tell us a recent improvement in DNA testing

C

A new research has uncovered that culture is a determining factor when interpreting facial emotions (情感). The study reveals that in cultures where emotional control is the standard, such as Japan, focus is placed on the eyes to interpret emotions. Whereas in cultures where emotion is  openly expressed, such as the United States, the focus is on the mouth to interpret emotion.

"These findings go against the popular theory that the facial expressions of basic emotions can be universally recognized,” said University of Alberta researcher Dr. Takahiko Masuda. "A person's culture plays a very strong role in determining how they will read emotions and needs to be considered when interpreting facial expression."    

These cultural differences are even noticeable in computer emoticons (情感符號), which are used to convey a writer's emotions over email and text messaging. The Japanese emoticons for happiness and sadness vary in terms of how the eyes are drawn, while American emoticons vary with the direction of the mouth. In the United States the emoticons :) and :-) show a happy face, whereas the emoticons  : ( or : -(  show a sad face. However, Japanese tend to use the symbol ( ‘ ‘ ) to indicate a happy face, and ( ;_; )to indicate a sad face.     

"We think it is quite interesting and appropriate that a culture tends to mask its emotions. The Japanese would focus on a person's eyes when determining emotion, as eyes tend to be quite subtle (微妙的)," said Masuda. "In the United States, where open emotion is quite common, it makes sense to focus on the mouth, which is the most expressive feature on a person's face."

64．The last paragraph suggests that __________.

A．the immediate adopting of the technology may cause mistakes

B．the public have acknowledged the new testing technology

C．it is safe to put the new technology into use now

D．Dr Findlay is quite sure of his new technology

63．According to Ian Findlay, the new technology can ________.

A．help to keep DNA evidence fresh for decades and even centuries

B．make the process of DNA testing much more simplified

C．help to pick up DNA identities more easily

D．be widely used in five years at most

62．The underlined word" validated" means _________.

    A．confirmed      B．imagined       C．supposed       D．criticized

61．The main advantage of the new technology is that __________.

A．a(chǎn) single cell can identify an individual

  B．it has brought down the cost of DNA testing

    C．a(chǎn) higher level of accuracy can be acquired with a single cell

    D．it needs less than 200 cells to gain a certain level of accuracy

60．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

    A．Ups and downs of The Washington Post

B．Katharine Graham's family life and career

    C．Katharine Graham: from housewife to successful publisher

    D．Katharine Graham: a woman who shaped American journalism

B

An Australian-based scientist announced yesterday he had made a step forward in forensic (用于法庭的) DNA testing so that an individual can be identified by a single cell.     

Ian Findlay, from the Australian Genome Research Facility at the University of Queensland, said current DNA testing required 200 to 500 cells to gain a similar level of accuracy. "What we have done has brought that down to one cell," Dr Findlay said after releasing details of his DNA testing technique at a Sydney conference.     

The technology could allow investigators to pick up DNA identifies from plastic cards and even build up a complete history of the people who have handled a paper document.

"You'd have to wear a space suit to stop yourself from leaving traces. You can identify cells on the paper, so you can work out where it's come from and who's touched it,” he said.

The technique could also be used to trace the thrower of a punch from cells left behind on the skin of their victim. Even the wearing of latex gloves would not help: small cells can pass through the gloves, and the constant flow of genetic material given off by the human body would leave further evidence.

"We gained a skin cell from a document dating back 30 years and managed to gain a DNA fingerprint. DNA evidence can remain fresh for decades, perhaps even centuries," Dr Findlay said.  "The potential for this technology to solve unsolved crimes is great, "he said.    

But Dr Findlay, named scientist of the year in 1998 by the European Society of Human Genetics, said the new testing needed to be scientifically validated, which would take up to five years.     

He said, "There are serious consequences taking on technologies too early. The public has to be sure that they have the utmost confidence in the security and court systems."

59．Which of the following statements is true?

    A．It was Katharine Graham's husband who made the greatest contributions to the Post.

    B．When Katharine Graham first took over the Post, her critics doubted her ability.

    C．Katharine Graham was successful in her career but suffered severe depression.

    D．Katharine Graham was free to do whatever she liked in her early life.

58．Which can be considered the most important event in the history of The Washington Post?

    A．Reporting Watergate scandal.                       B．Printing the Pentagon Papers.

    C．Reporting the Vietnam War.                         D．Phil restoring the Post.

57．When her husband was chosen to take charge of the newspaper, Katharine Graham ________.

    A．was strongly against the idea             

    B．was not happy to be rejected

    C．was willing to take her share of responsibility

    D．didn't believe her husband would do a good job

56．Katharine Graham was born in a time when __________.

    A．women were not given the chance to receive education

    B．women were not considered as intelligent as men

    C．women were not permitted to achieve their goals

    D．women were not allowed to enter every field