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Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
You carry a 1.3 kg mass of fatty material in your head that controls everything you will ever do. This fantastic control center lets you think, learn, create, and feel emotions. It also controls everything your body does. What is this amazing machine? It's your brain—a structure so amazing that the famous scientist James Watson called it “the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.”
Imagine your kitten jumped onto the kitchen counter, and was about to step onto a hot stove. You would have only seconds to act. In situations like this, your brain reads the signals from your eyes and quickly calculates when, where and at what speed you need to run to save her. Then it tells your muscles to move. No computer can match your brain's great ability to download, process, and react to the flood of information from your eyes, ears and other sensory organs.
If a bee lands on your foot, sensory neurons(神经元) in your skin send this information to your brain at a speed of more than 240 kilometers per hour. Your brain then uses motor neurons to send a message back to your foot: Shake the bee off quickly! Motor neurons can send this information at more than 320 kilometers per hour!
Your brain contains about 100 billion tiny cells: neurons—it would take you more than 3,000 years if you tried to count them all. Whenever you dream, laugh, think, see or move, tiny chemical and electrical signals are racing between these neurons along billions of tiny neuron pathways. Believe it or not, the activity in your brain never stops. Countless messages fly around inside it every second, like a super-fast game of table tennis. Your neurons create and send more messages than all the phones in the entire world. And although a single neuron generates only a tiny amount of electricity, all your neurons together can generate enough electricity to power a light bulb.
66. By “the most complex thing”, James Watson means ______.
A. a supercomputer B. the universe C. human brains D. our emotions
67. Which of the following statements is true according to the 2nd and 3rd paragraph?
A. Brains can download more information than any computer.
B. The kitten plays an important role in testing human brain power.
C. Motor neurons in human brains serve to send countless messages.
D. Your brains can use neurons to send messages back faster than bees'.
68. The author mentions “to power light bulbs” (Para. 4) to show ______.
A. neurons can send lots of messages
B. how many active tiny cells brains contain
C. how much electricity brains can generate
D. there is countless information in the brain
69. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Powerful brain is a wonderful machine.
B. Brains work well in controlling body movements.
C. Brain is the most complex structure in the universe.
D. Human brains are composed of numerous neurons.
(B)
Read the following car rental agreement of Avis and answer the questions.
Kindly indicate your return km reading, fuel gauge(计量器) reading, date and time, and return this envelope, with your keys, to the rental counter.
Document number
Return km reading
Return fuel gauge √ E 1/8 1/4 3/8 1/2 5/8 3/4 7/8 F
Return date Return time
Safe Driving in South Africa
DRIVER'S LICENCE
When driving, you must be in possession of your driver's licence at all times.
SEAT BELTS
The la w requires that you wear seat belts at all times.
DRIVING
In South Africa, driving is on the left-hand side of the road.
SPEED LIMITS
Generally 60 km/hr in built-up areas, 100 km/hr in rural areas and 120 km/hr on highways.
PETROL
Petrol is available 24 hours per day. Unleaded (无铅) petrol should be used in Avis cars. Credit cards are not accepted for the payment of petrol.
SAFETY
For your own safety, keep your doors locked while driving.
LOCK UP
Shut windows and lock all doors and the boot when leaving the vehicle unattended.
VALUABLES
Do not leave personal belongings such as cell phones and valuables in your vehicle. They are not covered by our insurance.
TYRES
Avis undertakes that on delivery of the vehicle to the driver, the condition of the tyres will be agreeable to the laws and the tyre pressure in accordance with the vehicle manufacturer's specifications(说明书) for “normal use”.
It is the responsibility of the driver to ensure that both the condition and inflation(膨胀) of the tyres are appropriate throughout the course of the rental.
It is the responsibility of the driver to inspect the condition of the tyres at the beginning of the rental and to make adjustments to the tyre pressure to take into account such factors as the number of passengers, mass of luggage, environment temperatures, speed and road condition.
ROAD MAPS
Maps of Southern Africa, including city and regional maps, can be found in a copy of the Avis Inbound magazine, in each vehicle or at the Avis Customer Service Center. More extensive area maps are obtainable from the Automobile Association (AA) and South African Tourism.
70. The passage is intended for ______.
A. car renters B. traffic police
C. insurance sellers D. automobile mechanics
71. The driver should _________ according to the rules about tyres.
A. make the tyre condition agreeable to the laws
B. adjust tyre pressure with many factors considered
C. work out the vehicle manufacturer's specifications
D. be responsible for driving safety and road condition
72. What information hasn't been mentioned in the leaflet?
A. The speed limit in different areas.
B. The requests of giving cars back to Avis.
C. The ways to keep personal possessions safe.
D. The instructions to fix flat tyres on the road.
(C)
Today's workplace is unique in history. Never before have we seen people working together who represent such different backgrounds and experiences. This difference of age, race, gender, and work style makes it very difficult to organize and run a company.
As a result, companies are looking for individuals who can manage a wide range of employees effectively. Increasingly, managers are discovering that age differences among workers are a major cause of concern.
This has been an important realization. The management difficulties and challenges have led some experts to study intergenerational differences for an understanding of problems in the workplace. What they have discovered is interesting and may provide ways of improving working conditions in companies that employ individuals from different generations.
The first thing to realize, they say, is that differences of opinion about the importance of work and how to get work done are not a coincidence. That is, it is not an accident that young employees will be different from older employees. In fact, if employers do not pay attention to these differences, it is possible that anger will build up between people and lead to difficulties in the company.
Resentment (仇恨) between members of different generations, if not attended to, can lead to extreme anger and unhappiness and even lasting enmity if people are not careful. That individuals from different generations should come to view each other as if they were from different sides of warring countries should not be surprising.
It is natural for individuals from the same generation to form alliances (联盟), to come together for protection. Different generations represent different experiences in life, and these lead naturally to different opinions about oneself and one's approaches to work.
If you were raised in a time of plenty, when products were readily available and relatively inexpensive, you would believe that prosperity is natural and expectable. If, on the other hand, you were raised in a time of scarcity, you would always be careful not to waste things for fear you would not have enough. You would make angry people who seem to believe that problems will always solve themselves. Such optimism in the face of difficulties would be a source of unhappiness between you and them. It is difficult, in such circumstances, to achieve a happy, agreeable atmosphere in the workplace.
73. What most possibly makes it difficult to organize or run a company?
A. Employees are in different generations.
B. Employees are of different backgrounds.
C. Employees work in different styles.
D. Employees are in different races.
74. Employers should pay attention to ______ if they want to avoid anger between employees.
A. the different understanding of problems in the workplace
B. the different views on value of work and working methods
C. the different generations of employees in the workplace
D. the different ways of expressing anger in the company
75. The word “enmity” is closet in meaning to ______.
A. hatred B. sorrows C. ignorance D. forgiveness
76. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Employees in some companies regard each other as mere enemies.
B. Employees' attitudes towards life are related to the time when they grow up.
C. Employees who are raised in a time of scarcity tend to be angry with others.
D. Achieving a harmonious atmosphere in the workplace is the main task for employers.
77. What does the writer mainly talk about in the passage?
A. Employees should be cooperative and friendly with each other.
B. It is difficult for employers to have workers work in a friendly way.
C. The weakness of human nature causes the anger between employees.
D. The generational differences cause the disharmony among employees.
