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Female Bullfighting
It was a unique， eye-catching sight： an attractive woman in a shiny bullfighter’s suit， sword in hand， facing the sharp horns of a black， 500-kilogram beast.
Most people thought the days of female bullfighting were over in Spain　　　　　（46）
The first woman fighter， Cristina Sanchez， quit in 1999 because of male discrimination （歧视）， But Vega is determined to break into what could be Spain’s most resistant male field　　　　　（47）
Spanish women have conquered almost all male professions. 　　　　　（48） “The bull does not ask for your identity card，” she said in an interview a few years ago. She insisted that she be judged for her skills rather than her femaleness.
Vega became a matador （斗牛士） in 1997 in the southwestern city of Caceres. 　　　　　（49） She entered a bullfighting school in Malaga at age nine and performed her first major bullfight at age 14. She has faced as much opposition as Sanchez did. And the “difficulties have made her grow into a very strong bullfighter，” her brother Jorge says.
The 1.68-metre tall and somewhat shy Vega says her love of bullfighting does not make her any less of a woman.　　　　　（50）
A.Her father was an aspiring （有雄心壮志的） bullfighter.
B.But many bullfighting professionals continue to insist that women do not have what it takes to perform the country’s “national show”。
C.“I’m a woman from head to toe and proud of it，” she once said
D.She looks like a male bullfighter
E.But recently， 29-year-old Marl Paz Vega became the second woman in Spanish history to fight against those heavy animals
F.She intends to become even better than Sanchez was.

第三部分：概括大意和完成句子(第23~30题，每题1分，共8分)
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第5部分：　补全短文（第46~50题，每题2分，共10分）
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第3部分：概括大意与完成句子（第23～30题，每题1分，共8分）
下面的短文后有2项测试任务：（1）第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第1～4段每段选择1个最佳标题；（2）第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。

Do we have to wear these name tags?
A. lists
B. forms
C. lables
D. codes

Jack is a diligent student
A.ambitious
B.hardworking
C.lazy
D.slow

From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920. The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi. Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account. Instead, they should give it to him to save for them. Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank. For example, a savings account might pay you $5 a year for every $100 you deposit. Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every $100 you gave him to hold. Many people thought this was a good plan. They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people? This is what he did with the money people gave him: He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money. However, he also kept a lot of the money for himself. Soon he had $250 million. This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law. The people who gave him their money didn't think anything was wrong. Ponzi paid them every month, just like a bank. Ponzi continued this way of working for two years. Then one day, he didn't have enough money to pay all the people. They discovered his crime, and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later, people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff. People said he gave good advice about money. They said when they gave him their money, he paid them a lot more than the bank. Madoff helped hospitals, schools, and individuals earn money. Over a period of 40 years, people gave him $170 billion. However, no one investigated what he did with the money. The people who gave Madoff their money also didn't think anything was wrong because he paid them every month.
One day, Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay. That's when people discovered how Madoff worked: He was taking money from some people to pay other people, just the way Charles Ponzi did. However, this time, instead of losing millions of dollars, people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud, and United States government officials arrested him. He didn't have to go on trial because he said he was guilty. In 2009, a judge sentenced him t0 150 years in prison. Bernard Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi's. It was the biggest fraud in history. The lesson of this story is clear: When something seems too good to be true, it probably is!
36. For every $100, Ponzi promised to pay people
A. $5 a year.
B. $20 a year.
C. $40 a year.
D. $100 a year.
37. What did Ponzi do with the money people gave him?
A. He spent it all on things for himself.
B. He used some of it to pay other people.
C. He deposited it all in a bank.
D. He kept it all to save for a good plan.
38. What was Ponzi's crime?
A. He robbed the banks of millions of dollars.
B. He gave people more than the bank did.
C. He kept a lot of other people's money for himself.
D. He did not pay people their interests.
39. How long did Madoffs tricks last?
A. Forty years.
B. Four year.
C. Nine years.
D. Ninety years.
40. Why didn't Madoff have to go on trial?
A. The officiais couldn't find any evidence against him.
B. He had friends in the government who helped him.
C. He admitted he was guilty.
D. He returned all the illegal money.

The union representative put across her argument very effectively.
A  explained   B  invented       C  considered       D  accepted

They Say Ireland’s the Best
Ireland is the best place in the world to live in for 2005．   according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain’s Economist magazine last week．  
The ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and well-being．   The index of 111 countries uses data on incomes,health,unemployment,climate,political stability,job security，gender equality as well as what the magazine calls“freedom，family and community life”
Despite the bad weather, troubled health service，traffic congestion(拥挤)，gender inequality and the high cost of living．  Ireland scored an impressive 8．  33 Points out of 10．  
That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland．   which managed 8．  07．   Zimbabwe．  troubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the gloomiest(最差的)，picking up only 3．  89 points．  
“Although rising incomes and increased individual choices are highly valued．  ”the report said，"some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown(崩溃)in traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact．  ”
“Ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the new with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old，such as stable family and community life”
The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do，and that its findings would have their critics．  
No．  2 on the 1ist is Switzerland．  The other nations in the top 10 are Norway．  Luxembourg．  Sweden,Australia，Iceland，Italy,Denmark and Spain．  
The UK is positioned at No．  29,a much lower position chiefly because of the social and family breakdown recorded in official statistics．  The US，which has the second highest per capita GDP(人均国内生产总值)after Luxembourg，took the 13th place in the survey China was in the Lower half of the league at 60th
16 For 2，005 years，Ireland has been the best place for humans to live in
A, Right    B  Wrong    C Not mentioned
17 Job security is the least important measure of life quality
A,  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
18 Cost of living in Ireland is pretty high
A,  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
19 Family life in Zimbabwe is not stable
A,  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
20 Ireland is positioned at No 1 because it combines the most desirable elements of the new with some good elements of the old
A,  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
2l To measure life quality is easy．  
A,  Right    B  Wrong    C  Not mentioned
22 The United States of America is among the top 10 countries．  
A, Right    B  Wrong    C Not mentioned

Marsha confessed that she know nothing of computer.
A admitted
B reported
C hoped
D answered

Jane said that she couldn't tolerate the long hours.
A spend
B take
C last
D stand

Kicking the Habit
What is a bad habit? The most definition is that it is something that we do regularly, almost without thinking about it, and which has some sort of negative consequence. This consequence could affect those around us, or it could affect us personally. Those who deny having bad habits are probably lying. Bad habits are part of what makes us human.
Many early habits, like sucking out thumb, are broken when we are very young. We are either told to stop doing  it by our parents, or we consciously or subconsciously observe that others do not have the same habit, and we gradually grow out of it. It is when we intentionally or unintentionally pick up new habits in our later childhood or early adulthood that it becomes a problem. Unless we can break that habit early on, it becomes a part of out life, and becomes “programmed” into our brain.
A recent study of human memory suggests that no matter how hard we try to change out habits, it is the old ways that tend to win, especially in situations where we are rushed, stressed or overworked. Habits that we thought we had got rid of can suddenly come back. During the study program, the researchers showed a group of volunteers several pictures, and gave them words to associate with them. They then showed the volunteers the same picture again, and gave them new words to associate with them.
A few days later, the volunteers were given a test. The researchers showed them the pictures, and told them to respond with one of the words they had been given for each one. It came as no surprise that their answers were split between the first set of words and second. Two weeks later, they were given the same test again. This time, most of them only gave the first set of words. They appeared to have completely forgotten the second set.
The study confirms that the responses we learn first are those that remain strongest over time. We may try to change out ways, but after a while, the response that comes to mind first is usually the first one we learned. The more that response is used, the more automatic it becomes and the harder it becomes to respond in any other way.
The study therefore suggests that over time, our bad habits also become automatic, learned behavior. This is not good news for people who pick up bad habits early in life and now want to change or break them. Even when we try to put new, good intentions into practice, those previous learned habits remain stronger in more automatic, unconscious forms of memory.
16. Boys usually develop bad habits when they are very young.
A. Right         B. Wrong            C. Not mentioned
17. We can only break bad habits if others tell us to do.
A. Right             B. Wrong              C. Not mentioned
18. Bad habits may return when we are under pressure.
A. Right             B. Wrong         C. Not mentioned
19. Researchers were surprised by the answer that the volunteers gave in the first test.
A. Right          B. Wrong                 C. Not mentioned
20. The volunteers found the test more difficult when they did it the second time.
A. Right               B. Wrong              C. Not mentioned
21. The study suggests that it is more difficult to respond what to get rid of.
A. Right             B. Wrong         C. Not mentioned
22. If we develop bad habits early in life, they are harder to get rid of.
A. Right             B. Wrong                   C. Not mentioned

6 It's a gorgeous day anyway
A lovely
B cold
C normal
D rainy

第三篇                      “ Salty” Rice Plant Boosts Harvests
British scientists are breeding a new generation of rice plants that will be able to grow in soil containing salt water. Their work may enable abandoned farms to become productive once more.
Tim Flowers and Tony Yeo, from Sussex University’s School of Biological Sciences, have spent several years researching how crops, such as rice, could be made to grow in water that has become salty.
The pair have recently begun a three-year programme, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, to establish which genes enable some plants to survive salty conditions. The aim is to breed this capability into crops, starting with rice.
It is estimated that each year more than 10m hectares(公顷) of agricultural land are lost because salt gets into the soil and stunts(妨碍生长)plants. The problem is caused by several factors. In the tropics, mangroves(红树林) that create swamps（沼泽） and traditionally formed barriers to sea water have been cut down. In the Mediterranean, a series of droughts have caused the water table to drop, allowing sea water to seep(渗透)in. in Latin America, irrigation often causes problems when water is evaporated(蒸发) by the heat, leaving salt deposits behind.
Excess salt then enters the plants and prevents them functioning normally. Heavy concentrations of minerals in the plants stop them drawing up the water they need to survive.
To overcome these problems, Flowers and Yeo decided to breed rice plants that take in very little slat and store what they do absorb in cells that do not affect the plants’ growth. They have started to breed these characteristics into a new rice crop, but it will take about eight harvests before the resulting seeds are ready to be considered for commercial use.
Once the characteristics for surviving salty soil are known, Flowers and Yeo will try to breed the appropriate genes into all manners of crops and plants. Land that has been abandoned to nature will then be able to bloom again, providing much needed food in the poorer countries of the world.
41  Which of the following statements about Flowers and Yeo is true?
A   They are students at Sussex University.
B   They are rice breeders.
C   They are husband and wife.
D   They are colleagues at an institution of higher learning.
42   Flowers and Yeo have started a programme
A   to find ways to prevent water pollution.
B   to identify genes that promote growth in salty soil.
C   to breed rice plants that taste salty.
D   to find ways to remove excessive salt from soil.
43   Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of the problem discussed in the passage?
A   Natural barriers to sea water have been destroyed.
B   the water table has gone down after droughts.
C   Sea level has been continuously rising.
D   Evaporation of water leaves salt behind
44  The word “affect” in Paragraph 6 could be best replaced by
A   “influence”
B   “effect”
C   “stop”
D   “present”
45   The attitude of the author towards the research project is
A   positive
B   negative.
C   suspicious
D   indifferent.