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D. Both sexes have the same amount of white matter. 66. What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs? A. Women prefer doing many things at a time. B. Men do better dealing with one job at a time. C. Women do not need to tell directions. D. Men have weaker spatial abilities.

67. Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph? A. Young boys may be stronger than young girls. B. More women take up jobs requiring speech skills. C. Women may have stronger feelings\ D. Our ancestors needed more spatial skills. 68. What is the writer's attitude in writing this passage? A. Defensive.

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Environment also plays an important role in Naturalism, an outgrowth of Realism that responded to theories in science, psychology, human behavior, and social thought Current in the late nineteenth century.

In Naturalist works, people are often' Caught within forces of nature or society that are beyond their understanding or control. For instance, the hero of Jack London's To Build a Fire is crushed by the overwhelming force of the arctic cold. Tim Haskins, a farmer in Hamlin Garland's Under the Lion's Paw, suffers beneath an economic force .that he is not equipped to fight. In The Red Badge of Courage Henry Fleming, the young soldier, usually must act under the shadow of large forces that he cannot know or understand; in The Theodore Dreiser's novels that Characters' actions, are determined by uncontrollable social and physical factors.

Naturalists use a facts-only approach, a style made of detailed obs6rvation Of the \Romantic illusions, emotions, and idealistic solutions to problems are all absent from Naturalistic writing. Poets as well as novelists participated in this movement; Edwin Arlington Robinson, for example, showed his characters in the harsh light of day, un-romanticized, often unhappy and unfulfilled.

Although naturalist works described the world with sometimes brutal realism, they sometimes also aimed at bettering the world through social reform. For example, Frank Norris and Hamlin Garland, in portraying the plight of the western and mid-western farmer, hoped to bring a desperate situation to the eyes of the American public and so to

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C. Supportive.

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improve it. This combination of cruel reality and desire for improvement is typical of America as it moved into the twentieth century.

69. According to the second paragraph, which of the following is true? A. In Naturalist fictions, people often fail to win the natural or social forces. B. The heroes in Naturalist fictions are often under-educated and weak. C. In to Build a Fire, Jack London is crushed by the weather in the Arctic. D. Environment plays an. important role in the human life. 70. Which of the following can be found in Naturalist fictions? A. Wild imagination. C. Idealistic solutions to problems. 71. Naturalist fictions ___________.

A. employed only the style made of detailed observation of the truth of human experience B. failed to interest the poets

C. usually put the characters in rough environments D. aimed at improving the society

72. In this passage, Naturalism refers to a school of ___________. A. philosophy

Paper Two

I. Word transformation: 10%

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words given in their proper forms.

1. Greenpeace works to promote ___________of the dangers that threaten our planet today. (aware)

2. \is now considered ___________by many people and words such as \and \are used instead. (offend)

3. Human prehistory is divided into three ___________periods: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. (succeed)

4. The council is using prefabricated houses as temporary accommodation for homeless families who ___________need housing. (urgency)

5. Universities have been asked to make their courses more attractive and ___________(stimulate). 6. The political subtext of her novel is a criticism of government ___________in individual lives, (interfere)

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B. literature

C. music

D. painting

B. Sensitive feelings. D. Cruel reality.

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7. The ceiling was ___________and there was a revolting green slime in between the bathroom tiles. (mould) 8. They set about their work with youthful vigor and ___________(enthusiastic)

9. I was longing to get home --a desire peculiar to all people who travel ___________. (will)

10. A ___________will go to extremes worthy of a secret agent to avoid betraying the identity of his client, such as refusing to give out telephone numbers and not discussing the job outside the office. (consult) II. Fill in the blanks with the given verbs in their proper forms: 10% think spend work need hire Investigate earn send be visit In the early 1900s, when Hine was a young man, children from poor families had to earn their living in factories or mines. 1 ten to fourteen hours each day doing their jobs, the children actually had no time to play or go to school. An organization called the National Child Labor Committee was formed in 1904 2 children at, work: A few years later, Hine 3 by the committee. Through 4 those factories and mines, he took a lot of pictures and collected firsthand information of children at their jobs. Not everyone 5 it was wrong to hire children, however. Some families were so poor that they had no choice but 6 their children to those workplaces. With the money 7 , the children could help to support their families. Hine's photos brought America face to face with its 8 children. It was obvious that laws 9 to control child labor. Finally, in 1938 Congress passed a law, which greatly restricted the employment of children under sixteen. Hine's photos 10 now, part of America s history. His detective work has helped convince the public that children should have the right to attend school, play baseball and swim now and men. III. Fill in the blanks according to the texts: 7% 1) Rivera, determined to help his people at all costs, always fought against stronger boxers and one-day he was e 1 in a tough fight against a champion boxer Danny, and to avoid his opponent's deadly clinch in the boxing match, Rivera didn't mind taking blows by the dozen, which made him seem so vulnerable and caused his opponent Danny to believe that Rivera was 2 his 2 he thought could knock Rivera out at any moment he wanted. 2) Art is considered by most people as the creation of something that 3 3 their sense of beauty. 3) To be a courier is a good way to travel cheaply, but not without some d 4 ; such as 5 range of destinations

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and fixed dates of flights.

4) Generally speaking, girls are not so interested in video games, which boys, however, tend to be 6 with. But it is believed that if we provide girls with the right computer applications such as word processing and other useful programs, they will be equally fascinated and this may help to 7 the imbalance between genders on sophisticated computing course in schools or colleges.

IV. Translation: 12%

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 1. 医疗人员赶到车祸现场后，做了他们可以做的一切，但是这个昏迷的男孩没能挺过来。(rush) 2. 他的决心很坚定，要不惜一切代价挽救这个沉溺于网络的学生。(So．．．that)

3. 只有拥有特权的领导才能进入那间机关重重的密室。而且，大门的密码还定期更新。 (access，basis)

V. Writing: 10%

Directions: Write an English composition in about 120 words according to the instructions' given below.

Some people, mainly parents of school children, have recently proposed that winter vacation should be prolonged by one week. They insist that the traditional winter vacation which typically lasts for no more than 3 weeks is not long enough for students to have enough care-free and casual time. But is a longer winter vacation really necessary? Does a longer winter vacation actually do more good or harm to students? Are you for the proposal or against it? State your reasons and try to convince your reader.

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