C. Wenchuan made great achievements 10 years after the quake

D. People in Wenchuan have experienced a hard time since the earthquake

D

It’s been nearly half a century since humans left footprints on the moon and during that time, human space exploration has largely centered on manned low-Earth orbit missions and unmanned scientific exploration. But now, falling launch costs, improvements in technology and high levels of private funding are making space exploration another industry worth investing（投资）.

In the last fifteen years, the business of space exploration has changed a great deal, with private panies joining governments in creating and launching rockets and satellites. The ing of reusable rockets is significantly cutting the cost of sending satellites into space, and the potential for mass production of satellites could greatly reduce those costs further.

In fact, as data demand sharply increases — a trend driven particularly by autonomous vehicles — It’s expected that the per-megabyte（每兆字节）cost of wireless data will be less than 1% of today’s levels.

While reusable rockets will help drive those costs down, so too will the mass-production of satellites and the maturation of satellite technology. Currently, the cost to launch a satellite has declined to about $60 million from $200 million via the use of reusable rockets, with the potential to fall to as low as $5 million. And satellite mass production could decrease that cost from $5 million per satellite to $500,000.

The investment may result in plentiful and significant possibilities of a more accessible, less expensive reach into outer space, with potential opportunities in fields such as satellite broadband Internet, high-speed product delivery and perhaps even human space travel. 32. What has human space exploration focused on since the moon landing?

A. Leaving footprints on other planets. C. Unmanned scientific exploration. 33. What is the topic of Paragraphs 2-4?

A. The role of private panies.

B. The applications of space technology.

D. The decreasing cost of space industry.

B. Manned flight to deep space.

D. Investing in building rockets.

C. The benefit of reusable rockets.

34. How much does it cost to send up a satellite at present?

A. $200 million.

B. $60 million.

C. $5 million.

D. $500,000.

35. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The participation of private panies greatly promotes the space industry. B. The great data demand rapidly brings up the cost of wireless data. C. Reusable rockets make it possible for satellites to be mass produced. D. Human space travel will be realized with the private investment.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 How does the brain save new information? Think of the last time you looked up a number in the telephone book and dialed it. Could you remember that number five minutes later? Probably not! 36 .

When you study, you transfer new information into long-term memory. Every time we learn something new, the structure of the brain actually changes, as we build new connections to information that we already know. 37 , it’s easier to find it again.

Brain researchers have discovered four key points for effective study.

?Make an effort. The brain remembers better when we are interested in the subject, already know a little about it, and knows we will need the information in the future.

? 38 . Your brain can process only a limited amount of information at a time, so don’t try to remember every detail. When studying a textbook, look for titles, headings, and illustrations to show you the main ideas.

?Make the new brain connections stronger. 39 . This is the most powerful way to transfer information from short-term memory to long-term memory. Another method is drawing a picture of the information, to activate the visual part of the brain.

?Give the new material time to be remembered and understood. Your brain has to build new physical connections. 40 . And cramming（临时死记硬背）the night before a big test doesn’t help.

By understanding how the brain works, and following these four tips, you can make this your most successful academic year ever.

A. Read your textbook carefully

B. That’s because it’s in your short-term memory C. Because the brain has a very plicated structure D. Find the most important information and organize it E. When there are more connections to the new information

F. One technique is to recite the ideas out loud in your own words

G. For this reason, it’s better to study for several short sessions than one long one

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）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The young woman entered the pool where an injured dolphin was swimming. Despite her fear, she felt strong wearing her new leg.

In her second grade, Maja 41 her cousin, Jasmina. After Jasmina’s death, Maja swore she would honor the little girl by 42 with a dolphin, an animal that both girls 43 . “Jasmina never got the chance to do it.” says Maja, now 32, “so I 44 that someday I’d do it for her.”

In high school, Maja was 45 about sports. She even planned to bee an athlete. 46 , in 1993, during the civil war in her home country, a bomb 47 her left leg.

After two years’ treatment in the U.S., Maja 48 her first artificial leg. But because it didn’t 49 well, walking for Maja was very painful. 50 , she managed to graduate from a local high school. Then after receiving a 51 from Saint Francis University, she got a job at an insurance firm and 52 started her own pany.

To relax, Maja 53 often watch the dolphins play at an aquarium（水族馆）near her home. A young dolphin, Winter, who had lost its tail, caught her 54 . One day, Maja happened to see trainers fitting Winter with a high-tech 55 . When they were done, Winter swam freely in the water. Maja was 56 . She managed to find the inventors of Winter’s tail. Within ten days, she had a new leg which freed her of the 57 that had troubled her for almost 16 years.

Now, Maja was ready to keep her 58 . She went to the aquarium, lowered herself into the pool and held out a hand to Winter, who approached 59 , then swam away. After a few minutes, the dolphin let Maja 60 its back. Finally, the two began to swim around the pool together. 41. A. resembled 42. A. talking 43. A. loved 44. A. assessed 45. A. positive 46. A. Undoubtedly

B. cured B. living B. adopted B. decided

C. rescued C. swimming C. possessed C. advocated

D. lost D. sliding D. purchased D. remarked D. curious D. Unfortunately

B. enthusiastic C. particular B. Surprisingly C. Strangely

47. A. blew off 48. A. seized 49. A. fold 50. A. Otherwise 51. A. scholarship 52. A. roughly 53. A. would 54. A. attention 55. A. eye 56. A. inspired 57. A. barrier 58. A. appointment 59. A. blindly 60. A. fasten

B. cut off B. adjusted B. fit B. Therefore B. degree B. actually B. should B. breath B. nose B. concerned B. dilemma B. promise B. angrily B. outline

C. wiped out C. received C. split C. Besides C. substitute C. eventually C. could C. expression C. leg C. upset C. pain C. reservation C. gratefully C. touch

D. cut out D. sought D. bounce D. However D. souvenir D. officially D. might D. glance D. tail D. embarrassed D. responsibility D. circumstance D. cautiously D. surround

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) 61 first glance might seem like contradicting systems of thoughts. TCM deals with the body as a whole — the idea is that an individual’s body conditions affect the whole system 62 that plant and animal parts can balance the body to help a person keep 63 (health). Western medicine, however, 64 (rely) on carefully gathered data, and medicines usually target the part of the body that is ill directly.

Nowadays, more and more doctors and researchers are trying to bine both medicines. Researchers at major universities in China 65 (involve), as are some at Leiden University in the Netherlands, Yale University and other institutions.

So far, teams have found that gastritis（胃炎）patients who would be identified as 66 (have) either hot or cold 67 (symptom) by a TCM doctor do indeed have different bacteria on their tongues. Depending on 68 they are a hot or cold case, patients might benefit from 69 (slight) different therapies — an approach which borrows from the individualized treatment method of TCM.

Many researchers are optimistic that both medicines can benefit from each other. As one expert said, in such a big-data time, a new way can be eventually found 70 (connect) Eastern and