单选题Though Brian Greene's book The Elegant Universe eventually received widespread critical acclaim, some conventional scientists initially spoke of its revolutionary theory of physics with ______.A approbationB omniscienceC profundityD obsolescenceE dispa
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单选题
Though Brian Greene's book The Elegant Universe eventually received widespread critical acclaim, some conventional scientists initially spoke of its revolutionary theory of physics with ______.
A
approbation
B
omniscience
C
profundity
D
obsolescence
E
disparagement
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第1题：
The Theory of Everything is about the rules that everything in the universe follows.A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned答案：A解析： -
第2题：
共用题干
第一篇
How the First Stars in the Universe Came into Existence
Researchers believe that our universe began with the Big Bang（宇宙大爆炸）about 13 billion years
ago,and that soon after that event,matter began to form as small dust grains and gases.How the first stars
formed from this dust and gas has been a burning question for years,but a state-of-the-art computer simula-
tion now offers the most detailed picture yet of how these first stars in the universe came into existence.
The composition of the early universe was quite different from that of today,and the physics that
governed the early universe were also somewhat simpler. Dr. Naoki Yoshida and colleagues in Japan and the
U.S.incorporated these conditions of the early universe,sometimes referred to as the"cosmic dark ages",to
simulate the formation of an astronomical object that would eventually shine its light into this darkness.
The result is a detailed description of the formation of a protostar（原恒星）一the early stage of a mas-
sive primordial（原始的）star of our universe , and the researchers ' computer simulation , which has been
called a"cosmic Rosetta Stone"sets the bar for further investigation into the star formation process.The ques-
tion of how the first stars evolved is so important because their formations and eventual explosions provided
the seeds for subsequent stars to come into being.
According to their simulation,gravity acted on minute density variations in matter,gases,and the myste-
riou;"dark matter"of the universe after the Big Bang in order to form this early stage of a star一a protostar
with a mass of just one percent of our sun. The simulation reveals how pre-stellar（前恒星的）gases would
have actually evolved under the simpler physics of the early universe to form this protostar.
Dr. Yoshida's simulation also shows that the protostar would likely evolve into a massive star capable of
synthesizing（合成）heavy elements,not just in later generations of stars,but soon after the Big Bang.
"This general picture of star formation,and the ability to compare how stellar objects form in different
time periods and regions of the universe,will eventually allow investigation into the origins of life and
planets,"said Lars Herriquist,a professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and a co-author of this latest
report."The abundance of elements in the universe has increased as stars have accumulated,"he says,"and
the formation and destruction of stars continues to spread these elements further across the universe.So all of
the elements in our bOdies originally formed from nuclear reactions in the centers of stars,long ago."
Their simulation of the birth of a protostar in the early universe signifies a key step toward the ambitious
goal of piecing together the formation of an entire primordial star and of predicting the mass and properties of
these first stars of the universe.More powerful computers,more physical data,and an even larger range will
be needed for further calculations and simulations,but these researchers hope to eventually extend this simu-
lation to the point of nuclear reaction initiation一when a stellar object becomes a true star.
"Dr. Yoshida has taken the study of primordial star formation to a new level with this simulation,but it
still gets us only to the halfway point towards our final goal.It is like laying the foundation of a skyscraper,"
said Volker Bromm,assistant professor of Astronomy at the University of Texas, Austin and the author of a
companion article."We must continue our studies in this area to understand how the initially tiny protostar
grows,layer by layer,to eventually form a massive star. But here,the physics become much more complicated
and even more computational resources are needed."According to Paragraph 4,which of the following is NOT true about a protostar?
A:It developed into a massive star during the Big Bang.
B:It evolved from pre-stellar gases.
C:It was able to integrate heavy elements when evolving into a massive star.
D:It had a mass of one percent of the sun.答案：A解析：根据第二段第一句可知，宇宙早期的物理现象比较简单。
根据第一段最后一句可知，现在一种先进的电脑模拟系统可以提供宇宙中最初的星球 产生的最详细的图片。
根据第三段第一句可推断出“an astronomical object”指的是原恒星。
根据第四段第一句可知，原恒星演化成巨大的星体是在大爆炸之后而非大爆炸期间。
最后一段提及了A、C、D选项所述内容，而B只是手段，而非目的。 -
第3题：
Einstein's Theory of Relativity was so profound that only a few scientists could understand it.A:deep
B:superior
C:wide
D:narrow答案：A解析：本句意思：爱因斯坦的相对论是如此的深奥，以至于只有少数科学家能够理解。 profound意为“深刻的，深奥的”，与deep（深远的，深奥的）意思相近。superior较高的，较好的； wide宽的；narrow窄的。 -
第4题：
问答题Passage 2 They were, by far, the largest and most distant objects that scientists had ever detected: a strip of enormous cosmic clouds some 15 billion light years from earth. (1) But even more important, it was the farthest that scientists had been able to look into the past, for what they were seeing were the patterns and structures that existed 15 billion years ago. That was just about the moment that the universe was born. What the researchers found was at once both amazing and expected; the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Cosmic Background Explorer satellite—Cobe—had discovered landmark evidence that the universe did in fact begin with the primeval explosion that has become known as the Big Bang (the theory that the universe originated in an explosion from a single mass of energy). (2) The existence of the giant clouds was virtually required for the Big Bang, first put forward in the 1920s, to maintain its reign as the dominant explanation of the cosmos. According the theory, the universe burst into being as a submicroscopic, unimaginable dense knot of pure energy that flew outward in all directions, emitting radiation as it went, condensing into particles and then into atoms of gas. Over billions of years, the gas was compressed by gravity into galaxies, stars, plants and eventually, even humans. Cobe is designed to see just the biggest structures, but astronomers would like to see much smaller hot spots as well, the seeds of local objects like clusters and superclusters of galaxies. They shouldn’t have long to wait. (3) Astrophysicists working with ground based detectors at the South Pole and balloon borne instruments are closing in on such structures, and may report their findings soon. (4) If the small hot spots look as expected, that will be a triumph for yet another scientific idea, a refinement of the Big Bang called the inflationary universe theory. Inflation says that very early on, the universe expanded in size by more than a trillion fold in much less than a second, propelled by a sort of antigravity. (5) Odd though it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary particle physics, and many astrophysicists have been convinced for the better part of a decade that it is true.正确答案： 1. 更为重要的是,这是科学家们所能观测到的最遥远的过去的景象,因为他们看到的是150亿年前宇宙云的形状和结构。
(even more important为插入语,主句是强调句,强调the farthest,正常语序为scientists had been able to look far into the past。)
2. 巨大的宇宙云的存在,实际上是使二十年代首创的大爆炸论得以保持其宇宙起源论的主导地位所不可缺少的。
(句子的主干结构是一个简单句:The existence… was virtually required for…, to maintain…。first put forward in the 1920s是过去分词短语作插入语,说明前面的名词the Big Bang。后面的不定式短语是补语。)
3. 天体物理学家使用南极陆基探测器及球载仪器,正越来越近地观测这些云系,也许不久会报告他们的观测结果。
(句子主干结构是主语+并列谓语:Astrophysicists…are closing…and may report…。分词短语working with…balloon-borne instruments是主语的定语。)
4. 假如那些小热点看上去同预计的一致,那就意味着又一科学论说的胜利,这种论说即更完美的大爆炸论,亦称宇宙膨胀说。
(look as expected是look as they are expected的省略,意思是“看上去和预想的一样”。another scientific idea和后面的短语a refinement of the Big Bang是同位语。过去分词短语called the inflationary universe theory作定语,修饰the Big Bang。)
5. 宇宙膨胀说虽然听似奇特,但它是基本粒子物理学中一些公认的理论在科学上看来可信的推论。许多天体物理学家七、八年来一直认为这一论说是正确的。
(主干:倒装的让步状语从句+主句。Odd though it sounds=though it sounds odd。consequence前后有多重定语。and many astrophysicists have been convinced为被动结构。that it is true是宾语从句。)解析： 暂无解析 -
第5题：
单选题It's reported by some scientists that physical surroundings _____ people's emotional reactions.Aaffect
Binfect
Ceffect
Ddefect
正确答案： B解析： -
第6题：
单选题Generally regarded as the most influential social science treatise of the 20th century, John Maynard Keynes wrote a book, The General Theol of Employment Interest and Money that forever changed the way scientists looked at the economy.AJohn Maynard Keynes wrote a book, The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money that
Ba book by John Maynard Keynes, The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money, that
CJohn Maynard Keynes’ book The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money had already
DJohn Maynard Keynes wrote a book The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money having
EJohn Maynard Keynes’ book The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money
正确答案： D解析：
因为句子前部分描述的是20世纪最有影响力的科学论文，因此逗号后的句子应对这个论文作进一步解释。C选项纠正了这个错误，最简洁最符合逻辑。 -
第7题：
问答题In his 1988 best seller A Brief history of Time, StephenHawking made readers wonder: if the universe is expanding,where is it expanding to?Now Hawking has teamed up his daughter, Lucy Hawking, to 1．______write George’s Secret Key to the Universe, the first in a trilogy ofnovels directed at the fertile minds of children. In an interviewon e-mail, Hawking explains: “The aim of the book is to encourage 2．______children’s sense of wonder at the universe. We want them tolook up outward. Only then will they be able to make the right 3．______decisions to safeguard the future of the human race.” George’s Secret Key to the Universe, aimed 9- to 11-year-olds, 4．______tells the story of a young boy, George, and a cheery astrophysicist,Eric, who talking computer opens a portal to the known 5．______universe. The duo don spacesuits and use the portal to searchfor planets to which humanity can escape the irreversible 6．______warming of the earth. Along the way, George and the readerlearn from the basics of astrophysics and astronomy through 7．______illustrations and captioned photographs. “You don’t need anactual secret key to explore the universe,” George ultimately 8．______discovers. “There’s one that everyone can use. It’s called physics.” The Hawkings portray the universe as harmony and 9．______largely benign. But our present knowledge of the universe suggeststhat it is, in fact, a desolate and often violent expanse place in 10．______which humankind plays an inconsequential role.正确答案：
1.up后面加with。 team up with sb.与某人合作。
2.将interview后的on改为via。 指“通过电子邮件进行的采访”。via强调凭借某种方式,手段。
3.将up去掉。 look outward向外看,中间不需要加up。look up意为“向上看;拜访;查找”。
4.aimed后面加at。 aim at为固定搭配,意为“针对、目的是”。
5.将who改为whose。 talking compute此处作名词,应用表示名词所有格的代词whose。
6.escape后面加from。 escape from sth. to sth. else为固定搭配。
7.将learn后面的from去掉。 basics of astrophysics and astronomy为学到的内容,learn from向…学习。
8.√
9.将harmony改为harmonious。 后面benign为形容词,故and前面成分应与之词性一致。
10.将place去掉。 expanse为名词,意为“广阔的区域”,其后不需再加place这一名词。解析： 暂无解析 -
第8题：
问答题Practice 2 Until early in this century, the isolationist tendency prevailed in American foreign policy. Then two factors projected America into world affairs: its rapidly expanding power, and the gradual collapse of the international system centered on Europe, the watershed presidencies marked this progression: Theodore Roosevelt’s and Woodrow Wilson’s. These men held the reins of government when world affairs were drawing a reluctant nation into their vortex. Both recognized that America had a crucial role to play in world affairs though they justified its emergence from isolation with opposite philosophies. Roosevelt was a sophisticated analyst of the balance of power. He insisted on an international role for America because its national interest demanded it, and because a global balance of power was inconceivable to him without American participation. For Wilson, the justification of America’s international role was messianic: America had an obligation, not to the balance of power, but to spread its principles throughout the world. During the Wilson’s Administration, America emerged as a key player in world affairs, proclaiming principles which, while reflecting the truisms of American though, nevertheless marked a revolutionary departure for Old World diplomats. These principles held that peace depends on the spread of democracy, that states should be judged by the same ethical criteria as individuals, and that the national interest consists of adhering to a universal system of law.正确答案： 【参考译文】
直到本世纪初,孤立主义倾向在外交政策中一直大行其道。后来,两大因素致使美国置身于世界事务之中:其一是它迅猛膨胀的国力,其二是以欧洲为中心的国际体系的渐趋崩溃。具有分水岭意义的两届总统任期标志着这种事态的发展,西奥多·罗斯福和伍德罗·威尔逊。这两人执掌政府大权之际,正值世界事务将美国这个不愿介入国际事务的国家卷入它们的漩涡之时。这两位总统均认识到,美国应在世界事务中扮演关键的角色,尽管他们用截然相反的两套学说来为美国从孤立状态中脱颖而出寻找理据。
罗斯福对均势的分析可谓老谋深算。他坚定不移地认为,美国应扮演某种国际角色,因为美国的国家利益需要这一国际角色,而且对他来说,没有美国参与的全球均势将是无法想象的。对于威尔逊总统来说,美国扮演国际角色的理由更多地带有救世主的色彩:美国不仅仅对均势负有义务,而且也有义务将其自身的原则传播到全球每个角落。威尔逊总统执政期间,美国一跃而成为国际事务中的一个主要角色,到处宣扬其自身的原则。这些原则虽然折射出了美国思想中那些老生常谈的内容,但对于旧世界的外交家而言,仍标志着一种革命性的更弦易辙。美国的这些原则坚持认为,世界和平取决于民主的传播,人们在对国家进行评判时应采用与评判个人相同的道德准则,并且,国家利益在于坚持一套放之四海而皆准的法律体系。解析： 暂无解析 -
第9题：
问答题Because of its savory sauce and its elegant presentation, the chicken and broccoli at Kudeta received a better review A Bin the Dining Guide than did Hunan Garden. No error C D E正确答案： D解析：
句子就Kudeta和Hunan 花园中的鸡和花椰菜做了对比，所以D中的短语不是完整的，应加上the chicken and broccoli at。 -
第10题：
单选题以下选项中正确的语句组是（ ）。Achar s[]; s=BOOK!;
Bchar*s; s={BOOK!};
Cchar s[10]; s=BOOK!;
Dchar*s; s=BOOK!;
正确答案： D解析：
AC两项错误，因为字符串常量在赋值过程中给出的是这个字符串在内存中所在的一串连续存储单元的首地址，即s是数组首地址，并非字符串变量，故错误；B项，字符串变量的赋值方式有char*s;s="BOOK!";。数组赋值的方式有：char*s;s={"BOOK!"};或是“char s[];s="BOOK!";。s为字符串变量，赋值方式应该是前者，故错误。D中先定义一个字符串变量，然后将变量指向一个字符串常量，语句正确。答案选择D选项。 -
第11题：
问答题They were, by far, the largest and most distant objects that scientists had ever detected: a strip of enormous cosmic clouds some 15 billion light years from earth. 1) But even more important, it was the farthest that scientists had been able to look into the past, for what they were seeing were the patterns and structures that existed 15 billion years ago.That was just about the moment that the universe was born. What the researchers found was at once both amazing and expected; the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Cosmic Background Explorer satellite—Cobe—had discovered landmark evidence that the universe did in fact begin with the primeval explosion that has become known as the Big Bang (the theory that the universe originated in an explosion from a single mass of energy). 2) The existence of the giant clouds was virtually required for the Big Bang, first put forward in the 1920s, to maintain its reign as the dominant explanation of the cosmos.According the theory, the universe burst into being as a submicroscopic, unimaginable dense knot of pure energy that flew outward in all directions, emitting radiation as it went, condensing into particles and then into atoms of gas. Over billions of years, the gas was compressed by gravity into galaxies, stars, plants and eventually, even humans. Cobe is designed to see just the biggest structures, but astronomers would like to see much smaller hot spots as well, the seeds of local objects like clusters and superclusters of galaxies. They shouldn’t have long to wait. 3) Astrophysicists working with ground based detectors at the South Pole and balloon borne instruments are closing in on such structures, and may report their findings soon. 4) If the small hot spots look as expected, that will be a triumph for yet another scientific idea, a refinement of the Big Bang called the inflationary universe theory.Inflation says that very early on, the universe expanded in size by more than a trillion fold in much less than a second, propelled by a sort of antigravity. 5) Odd though it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary particle physics, and many astrophysicists have been convinced for the better part of a decade that it is true.正确答案：
(1)【答案】更为重要的是,这是科学家们所能观测到的最遥远的过去的景象,因为他们看到的是150亿年前宇宙云的形状和结构。
【解析】even more important为插入语,主句是强调句,强调the farthest,正常语序为scientists had been able to look far into the past。
(2)【答案】巨大的宇宙云的存在,实际上是使二十年代首创的大爆炸论得以保持其宇宙起源论的主导地位所不可缺少的。
【解析】句子的主干结构是一个简单句:The existence... was virtually required for..., to maintain...。first put forward in the 1920s是过去分词短语作插入语,说明前面的名词the Big Bang。后面的不定式短语是补语。
(3)【答案】天体物理学家使用南极陆基探测器及球载仪器,正越来越近地观测这些云系,也许不久会报告他们的观测结果。
【解析】句子主干结构是主语+并列谓语:Astrophysicists...are closing...and may report...。分词短语working with…balloon-borne instruments是主语的定语。
(4)【答案】假如那些小热点看上去同预计的一致,那就意味着又一科学论说的胜利,这种论说即更完美的大爆炸论,亦称宇宙膨胀说。
【解析】look as expected是look as they are expected的省略,意思是“看上去和预想的一样”。another scientific idea和后面的短语a refinement of the Big Bang是同位语。过去分词短语called the inflationary universe theory作定语,修饰the Big Bang。
(5)【答案】宇宙膨胀说虽然听似奇特,但它是基本粒子物理学中一些公认的理论在科学上看来可信的推论。许多天体物理学家七、八年来一直认为这一论说是正确的。
【解析】主干:倒装的让步状语从句+主句。Odd though it sounds = though it sounds odd。consequence前后有多重定语。and many astrophysicists have been convinced为被动结构。that it is true是宾语从句。解析： 暂无解析 -
第12题：
单选题What is/are the advantage（s）of cranes over conventional cargo booms（）.ACranes are able to pick up and drop loads over a greater spotting area
BIncreased safety because the deck is clear of running and standing rigging
CSimplicity of operation of the crane by its operator
DAll of the above
正确答案： B解析： 暂无解析 -
第13题：
Albert Einstein, the author of the Theory of Relativity, made a () contribution to physics in the twentieth century. .A.separated
B.separate
C.significant
D.severe答案：C解析：爱因斯坦一一相对论的作者，对二十世纪的物理学有极重大的买献 -
第14题：
共用题干
第一篇
How the First Stars in the Universe Came into Existence
Researchers believe that our universe began with the Big Bang（宇宙大爆炸）about 13 billion years
ago,and that soon after that event,matter began to form as small dust grains and gases.How the first stars
formed from this dust and gas has been a burning question for years,but a state-of-the-art computer simula-
tion now offers the most detailed picture yet of how these first stars in the universe came into existence.
The composition of the early universe was quite different from that of today,and the physics that
governed the early universe were also somewhat simpler. Dr. Naoki Yoshida and colleagues in Japan and the
U.S.incorporated these conditions of the early universe,sometimes referred to as the"cosmic dark ages",to
simulate the formation of an astronomical object that would eventually shine its light into this darkness.
The result is a detailed description of the formation of a protostar（原恒星）一the early stage of a mas-
sive primordial（原始的）star of our universe , and the researchers ' computer simulation , which has been
called a"cosmic Rosetta Stone"sets the bar for further investigation into the star formation process.The ques-
tion of how the first stars evolved is so important because their formations and eventual explosions provided
the seeds for subsequent stars to come into being.
According to their simulation,gravity acted on minute density variations in matter,gases,and the myste-
riou;"dark matter"of the universe after the Big Bang in order to form this early stage of a star一a protostar
with a mass of just one percent of our sun. The simulation reveals how pre-stellar（前恒星的）gases would
have actually evolved under the simpler physics of the early universe to form this protostar.
Dr. Yoshida's simulation also shows that the protostar would likely evolve into a massive star capable of
synthesizing（合成）heavy elements,not just in later generations of stars,but soon after the Big Bang.
"This general picture of star formation,and the ability to compare how stellar objects form in different
time periods and regions of the universe,will eventually allow investigation into the origins of life and
planets,"said Lars Herriquist,a professor of Astronomy at Harvard University and a co-author of this latest
report."The abundance of elements in the universe has increased as stars have accumulated,"he says,"and
the formation and destruction of stars continues to spread these elements further across the universe.So all of
the elements in our bOdies originally formed from nuclear reactions in the centers of stars,long ago."
Their simulation of the birth of a protostar in the early universe signifies a key step toward the ambitious
goal of piecing together the formation of an entire primordial star and of predicting the mass and properties of
these first stars of the universe.More powerful computers,more physical data,and an even larger range will
be needed for further calculations and simulations,but these researchers hope to eventually extend this simu-
lation to the point of nuclear reaction initiation一when a stellar object becomes a true star.
"Dr. Yoshida has taken the study of primordial star formation to a new level with this simulation,but it
still gets us only to the halfway point towards our final goal.It is like laying the foundation of a skyscraper,"
said Volker Bromm,assistant professor of Astronomy at the University of Texas, Austin and the author of a
companion article."We must continue our studies in this area to understand how the initially tiny protostar
grows,layer by layer,to eventually form a massive star. But here,the physics become much more complicated
and even more computational resources are needed."According to the last paragraph,all of the following are the goals of the simulation project EXCEPT__________.
A:to know more about the mass and properties of the first stars of the universe
B:to simulate the process of how the early universe began
C:to apply the. simulation to the study of nuclear reaction initiation
D:to discover the truth about the formation of a protostar答案：B解析：根据第二段第一句可知，宇宙早期的物理现象比较简单。
根据第一段最后一句可知，现在一种先进的电脑模拟系统可以提供宇宙中最初的星球 产生的最详细的图片。
根据第三段第一句可推断出“an astronomical object”指的是原恒星。
根据第四段第一句可知，原恒星演化成巨大的星体是在大爆炸之后而非大爆炸期间。
最后一段提及了A、C、D选项所述内容，而B只是手段，而非目的。 -
第15题：
Einstein's Theory of Relativity was so pofound that only a few scientists could understand it.A:deep
B:superior
C:wide
D:narrow答案：A解析：本句意思：爱因斯坦的相对论是如此的深奥，以至于只有少数科学家能够理解它。profound意为“深刻的，深奥的”，与deep（难懂的，深奥的）意思相近。superior较高的，较好的；wide宽的；narrow窄的。 -
第16题：
单选题Some readers think the words in the author’s book is too _____.Adepressing
Bfrightening
Cdelighting
Didealistic
正确答案： D解析：
文章第三段第二句提到“Some readers said it’s too sorrowful to expect things to go wrong”。一些读者认为作者的话太过消沉，悲观。故选A。 -
第17题：
问答题Passage 1 Some people were just born to rebel; Charles Darwin was 1 of them. Likewise Nicholas Copernicus, Benjamin Franklin and Bill Gates. They were 2 “laterborns” —that is, they had at least one older sibling — brother or sister — when they were born. In fact, laterborns are up to 15 times more 3 than firstborns to resist authority and 4 new ground, says Frank J. Sulloway, a researcher scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In his book “Born To Rebel” being released this week, Sulloway claims that 5 someone is an older or younger sibling is the most important 6 shaping personality—more significant 7 gender, race, nationality or class. He 8 26 years studying the lives—and birth orders—of 6,566 historical figures to 9 his conclusions. A laterborn himself, Sulloway first posed how birth order 10 personality as a scholar of Darwin at Harvard University. “ 11 could a somewhat commonplace student at Cambridge become the most revolutionary thinker in the 19th century?” he said. Darwin, the first to 12 the belief 13 God created the world with his theory of evolution, was the fifth of six 14 . Most of his opponents were firstborns. Sulloway’s theory held 15 with Copernicus, the first astronomer to propose that the Sun was the center of the universe, and computer revolutionary Gates of Microsoft.正确答案： 1. one 句意:一些人生来就具有反叛精神,而查尔斯·达尔文就是他们中的一个。空格部分位于of them,应该填入代词one。
2. all 前文提到了四个人物,这里应该指“全,都”的肯定意思,故填入all。
3. likely be likely to do sth.为固定搭配,意思为“更有可能做某事”。这里使用了比较结构:be more likely than sb. to do sth.比某人更有可能做某事。因此该空填入likely。
4. break 分析句子结构resist authourity后面使用了and连接空格部分,也就是说空格部分与resist authority并列,因此应该填入意思相近的词语。break new ground为固定搭配,意思为“开辟新天地”,符合该处语境。因此本题填入break。
5. whether Sulloway claims that后面的宾语从句中,其主语为主语从句“…someone is an older or younger sibling”,whether...or...引导主语从句,表示“是……还是……”,符合此处语境,意思为“一个人是家里较年长的孩子还是较小的孩子”。因此此处填入whether。
6. factor 句意:索罗卫声称,一个人是家里较年长的孩子还是较小的孩子,是形成性格的最重要的因素。根据语境可知,这里指的是形成性格最重要的因素,因此填入factor。
7. than 此处为比较级结构,通过significant前面的more可知,此处需填入than。
8. spent spend...(in) doing sth. 表示花时间做某事。此处为发生在过去的事情,因此填入spent。
9. reach/draw reach a conclusion/ draw a conclusion得出结论。
10. affected/shaped/influenced 根据上下文语境可知,此句指出生顺序对性格的影响,因此填入affected、shaped或者influenced等词。
11. How 根据上文中提到的“how birth order...”,可知,这里应该填入how。注意首字母大写。
12. challenge/question 根据上下文语境和常识可知,达尔文的进化论挑战了上帝创造人类的想法,因此此处填入changllege、question等词。
13. that 空格后面为belief的同位语从句,因此空格处需填入that。
14. children/siblings 本文通篇在讨论出生顺序对个人的影响,根据语境,此处应该指达尔文是六个孩子中排行第五。因此此处填入children或者siblings。
15. true 该句表达的是索罗卫的理论用在哥白尼和比尔·盖茨身上都是正确的。hold true for/with...对/在……适用。因此填入true。解析： 暂无解析 -
第18题：
单选题Why did Bezaq’s international branch lose 40% of its market share?ABecause the rates it offered were not competitive enough.
BBecause customers were dissatisfied with its past service.
CBecause the service offered by its competitors was far better.
DBecause it no longer received any support from the government.
正确答案： D解析：
推论题。文章说以色列服务水平提高是公司间的竞争引起的，而百扎克公司虽已提供了竞争费，但仍失去了40%的市场，其原因是第二段第四句“people wanted revenge for all the years of bad service”，故B为答案。 -
第19题：
单选题It seems to me that his suggestion is _____ though it sounds excellent in theory.Aimpracticable
Bimpassable
Cinsoluble
Dinaccessible
正确答案： A解析：
句意：对我而言，他的建议似乎在理论层面上听起来不错，但实际上并不可行。impracticable不能实行的，行不通的。impassable不能通行的。insoluble不能解决的。inaccessible不能得到的。 -
第20题：
单选题The scientists are trying to find out the facts to _____ their theory.Asupport
Bcarry
Cdesign
Draise
正确答案： A解析：
句意：科学家正试着找证据来支持自己的理论。support支持，支撑；carry施行；design设计；raise升起。 -
第21题：
单选题A serious study of physics is impossible ______ some knowledge of mathematics.Aagainst
Bbefore
Cbeyond
Dwithout
正确答案： A解析：
考查介词辨析。句意：没有一些数学知识，就不可能有认真的物理研究。without在此表示条件，意为“没有”。 -
第22题：
问答题You can’t know your planet unless you know something about science and technology. School science courses, I remember, concentrated on the unimportant parts of science, leaving the major insights almost untouched. The great discoveries in modern science are also great discoveries of the human spirit. For example, Copernicus showed that --far from being the center of the universe, about which the Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars revolved in clockwise homage--the Earth is just one of many small worlds. This is a deflation of our pretensions, to be sure, but it is also the opening up to our view of a vast and awesome universe. Every high school graduate should have some idea of the insights of Copernicus, Newton, Darwin, Freud, and Einstein. (Einstein’s special theory of relativity, far from being obscure and exceptionally difficult, can be understood in its basics with no more than first-year algebra, and the notion of a rowboat in a river going upstream and downstream.)正确答案： 除非你对科学技术有所了解,否则你不可能认知你所生存的星球。我现在还记得学校的理科课程专讲科学的次要部分,相反对科学的深层含义却几乎只字不提。现代科学的伟大发现同样也是对人类精神的伟大发现。例如,哥白尼表明地球根本不是什么太阳、月亮以及其他行星和星球顺时针绕其运转的宇宙中心,而只是许多小小世界中的一个而已。当然,他的学说挫败了人类自命不凡的傲气,但同时也开阔了我们的视野,使我们看到一个浩瀚无垠、令人敬畏的宇宙。每位中学毕业生都应当对哥白尼、牛顿、达尔文、弗洛伊德和爱因斯坦的深刻思想有所了解。(爱因斯坦的狭义相对论根本算不上晦涩,也算不上特别难懂,只要有一年级的代数知识和在河中划艇逆流而上和顺流而下的概念,其基本原理是完全可以弄懂的。)解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
单选题Which of the following is true?AAnne was lazy, sad and complained all day
BThe book is mainly about Anne’s school life
CAnne loved life though she was in difficult time
DThe book has been put into nearly 30 languages
正确答案： D解析：
由原文第三段中的“In her diary, Anne wrote down her thoughts, her feelings, her hopes and her dreams for the future.”以及“I feel the beauty of nature and the goodness of the people around me”等内容可推断出生活条件虽然艰辛，但Anne仍然热爱生活。故正确答案为C项。A项表达的意思与原文意思相反，原文中第三段说到她对生活和未来仍然充满希望。B项错误，原文第三段指出，Anne的日记是关于她在纳粹集中营的生活的感悟，而不是关于她的学校生活的。原文第三段提到“It has been put into over 30 languages”，即她的日记被翻译成30多种语言，而不是D项中描述的“近30种语言”。故D项也错误。