26．How does the company 3D Photoworks create artworks for the blind? A．Changing fine works into images． B．Making famous paintings touchable， C．Scanning great artworks with a computer． D．Describing famous artworks by a machine

27．What’s the author's attitude towards the new technology? A．Doubtful B．Grateful C．Positive． D．Critical．

C

Given that female bed bugs lay over 200 eggs during their lifetime，it's not surprising that about one out of five American households have had or know someone who has had a bed bug infection．But a new study shows that an unexpected weapon may be useful in the fight against the tiny，biting enemies：color The BBC’s Michelle Roberts reports that bed bugs appear to have strong preferences for certain colors．

A group of researchers became curious about whether bed bugs like certain colors，so they created tiny tents，or harborages of different colors and placed them in petri dishes(培养皿)．The researchers then put bed bugs on the center of the dish，giving them ten minutes to choose which harborage they wanted to hide in.

Bed bugs are nest parasites(寄生虫)—that’s why they love human“nests，”or bedrooms．So they’re crazy about finding shelter．As a result，it would make sense that a bug placed on the scary broadness of a petri dish would rush for cover as soon as possible．

Most of the bugs ran to black and red harborages，passing by ones of other colors．And they weren’t into yellow or green at a11．Overall，the bugs preferred harborages in this order：red，black，orange，blue，lilac，violet and green．Gender influenced the decisions because groups of single-gender bugs preferred the same colors Researchers guess that the decisions may have to do with bugs’ considering different shelters as better or worse places to mate or perhaps stay safe from enemies． “We originally thought the bed bugs might prefer red because blood is red and that’s what they feed on，”says Dr．Corraine McNeill“However，after doing the study，the main reason we think they prefer red colors is that bed bugs themselves appear red，so they go to these harborages because they want to be with other bed bugs，as they are known to exist in groups．” 28．What did the research discover?

A．Bed bugs are particular about certain colors． B．Bed bugs have a preference for living in groups． C．Bed bugs are difficult to get rid of． D．Bed bugs are afraid of dark colors．

29．The word“harborages”in Para 2 can be replaced by“______”. A．bed rooms

B．dishes

C．eggs D．shelters

30．Bed bugs like red mainly because___________. A．they are red B．red is beautiful

C．red can scare their enemies away D．b1ood is red and they feed on blood

31．What colour sheet should people choose against bed bugs according to the research? A．Red．

B．Yellow． C．White．

D

Last July a German doctoral student named Matthias Weβel made a remarkable discovery. He was examining are papers of the late Swiss publisher Emil Oprecht for an essay on Arthur Koestler’s switch from writing in German to writing in English at the end of the 1930s. Oprecht was a 1eft-wing know traveler who had founded his famous publishing house Europa Verlag in Zurich in 1933．and was well known for his anti—Nazi views and support for writes who were forced to flee their homes，including the young Arthur Koestler．Weβel once said，“I was looking for letters and royalty reports，because I wanted to know how many copies were printed of the first German edition of Koestkr’s Spanish Testament.”He failed to find the answer to his question，but while 1ooking over the Europa holdings in the Zurich Central Library he came across a puzzling entry：“Koestler，Arthur．Rubaschow：Roman．Typescript，March 1940，326 pages.”

This was extremely strange Weβel knew of no such novel(Roman)in Koestler’s German writings．but the name Rubaschow rang a bell．Rubasehow is the hero of Koestler’s novel，Darkness at Noon. weβel hardly dared think about what he had found，suspecting a sequel(续集)or perhaps a false entry，for it was well known that the original text of the novel—the last one Koesder wrote in German before he switched to English—was lost during his flight from France at the start of World War II．That was seventy-five years ago and it has never been seen since．With unease，Weβel ordered a scan，which showed a typed carbon copy，with corrections in Koestle’s handwriting．The date on the title page，March 1940，was the date on which Koestler is known to have finished the novel．There was no doubt Weβel had come across a copy of the German manuscript(手稿)of Koestler’s masterpiece.

32．What is Weβel’s main field of research? A．A Swiss publisher's papers C．Arthur Koestlefs works

B．The left-wing writers. D．The publishing house.

D．Doubtfu1．

D．Black.

33．How dld Weβel feel about his discovery at first? A．Cheerful． B．Nervous C．Satisfied． 34．What do we know about Rubasehow? A．The title of a book C．A character of a novel

B．A Swiss publisher. D．A left-wing fellow writer.

35．Weβel ordered a scan to___________.

A．find out the date of the copy B．make out the copy’s real identity

C．cheek the errors of the copy D．examine Koestler's handwriting 第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

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Using a Cellphone to Improve Your English

When students think of learning a foreign language，the first thought is books，exercises，and recorder-tapes．Those are important to learning but sometimes a little bit boring. 36

Things like a cellphone can keep your interest level high． 37 You have it with you day after day，you are familiar with how it works and you can use it to practice English whenever you have time. You don't need to have your books by your side or stay in your room to listen to tapes. Let’s take a look at how to add your cellphone to your study tools.

38 Go to the menu，find settings，locate language and Change it to English，which benefits your language learning．

Look at the buttons and connect those items with the new vocabulary. This enables you to master simple words and phrases with little effort. For example，each time you you’re your cellphone，you’11 see“messages”，“games’’and“calls made”． 39 When you have time，take out your cellphone and start hitting buttons. You’11 be surprised at all the vocabulary you can learn by playing with the different menu items．Some things you’1l recognize immediately． 40 It can keep your learning fresh and interesting. And that’s important because boredom is a big problem with language learners. You need changes and cellphone is one way to get it.

A．It’s a perfect study material．

B．Cellphones are not allowed in classrooms. C．Books and tapes are useful for your English study. D．And others you can guess just by where you find them. E．Therefore．it is time for us to make things a bit interesting. F．Set up your cellphone to use the language you want to study. G．These words begin to take root if you see them again and again. 第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分

第一节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

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That afternoon，a disease forced Diana to experience an emergency operation to deliver the couple’s new daughter．At 12 inches long and 41 only one pound and nine ounces，she was a premature baby．

But the doctor’s soft words dropped like 42．“I don’t think she’s going to make it”he said．“There’s only a 10-percent 43 she will pull through the night，and even then，if by some chance she does make it，her future could be a very 44 one．”

David and Diana listened as the doctor 45 the serious problems the newly—born baby，Anna，would 46 face if she survived．She would never walk；she would never 47 ；she would probably be blind；and so on．

“No!No!”was all Diana could 48 ．She and David，with their 5-year-old son Dusfin，had long 49 the day they would have a daughter to become a 50 of four．Now，within a matter of hours，that dream was slipping away. But Diana insisted，“I don’t care what the doctors say! One day she will be coining home with us!”

Certainly，there was 51 a moment when Anna suddenly grew 52 ．But as the weeks went by，she did 53 gain an ounce of weight here and an ounce of 54 there. At last，when Anna turned two months old，her parents were able to 55 her in their arms for the very first time though 56 continued to gently but coldly 57 that her chances of surviving，much less living any kind of normal life，were next to zero．

Finally，Anna went home from the hospital，just as her mother had 58 .Today，five years later，Anna is a little hut lively young girl with bright gray eyes 59 a strong interest for life. She shows no 60 of any mental or physical injuries Simply，she is everything a little girl can be． 41．A．showing 42．A．gifts 43．A．chance 44．A．easy 45．A．solved 46．A．bravely 47．A．talk 48．A．act 50．A．family 51．A．ever 52．A．happier

B．counting C．measuring B．bombs B．right

C．orders

C．time

D．weighing D．comforts D．result D．peaceful D．described D．see D．refuse D．dreamed of D．still D．calmer D．slowly D．wisdom D．defend D．doctors D．urge D．accused D．or D．evidences

B．common C．cruel B．1ikely C．completely B．taste

B．consider C．say B．group C．team B．even B．sharply B．grasp B．parents B．warn B．feared B．and B．marks

B．tollected C．created

C．breathe

D．firmly

49．A．gone through B．given up C．relied on

C．never C．particularly

C．touch C．judge C．hoped C．so

D．unit

B．stronger C．quieter B．progress C．skill

53．A．strangely 54．A．strength 55．A．hold 56．A．nurses 57．A．notice 59．A．but 60．A．effects

C．relatives

58．A．doubted

C．signs