1、2006 年 6 月真题EI Nino is the name given to the mysterious and often unpredictable change in the climate of the world. This strange (47) happens every five to eight years. It starts in the Pacific Ocean and is thought to be caused by a failure in the trade winds(信风)，which affects the ocean currents dri
2、ven by these winds. As the trade winds lessen in (48), the ocean temperatures rise, causing the Peru current flowing in form the east to warm up by as much as 5C.The warming of the ocean has far-reaching effects. The hot, humid(潮湿的)air over the ocean causes severe (49)thunderstorms. The rainfall is
3、increased across South American, (50)floods to Peru. In the West Pacific, there are droughts affecting Australia and Indonesia. So while some parts of the world prepare for heavy rains and floods, other parts face drought, poor crops and (51).EI Nino usually lasts for about 18 months. The 1982-83 EI
4、 Nino brought the most(52)weather in modern history. Its effect was worldwide and it left more than 2,000 people dead and caused over eight billion pounds (53)of damage. The 1990 EI Nino lasted until June 1995. Scientists (54) this to be the longest EI Nina for 2,000 years.Nowadays, weather experts
5、are able to forecast when an EI Nina will (55), but they are still not (56) sure what leads to it or what affects how strong it will be.A) estimate B) strength C) deliberately D) notify E) tropical F) phenomenonG) stable H) attraction I) completely J) destructive K) starvation L) bringingM) exhausti
6、on N) worth O) strike 2006 年 12 月真题The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed U.S. society in many ways. Many in-home jobs that used to be done (47) by women-ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing (48) workstill need to be done by someone .Husbands a
7、nd children now do some of these jobs, a (49) that has changed the target market for many products. Or a working woman may face a crushing “poverty of time “and look for help elsewhere, creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child care centers, dry cleaners, financial services, and th
8、e like.Although there is still a big wage (50) between men and women, the income working women (51) gives them new independence and buying power. For example, women now (52) about half of all cars. Not long ago, many cars dealers (53) women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back
9、 with their husbands. Now car companies have realized that women are (54) customers. Its interesting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first to (55) pay attention to women customers. In Japan, fewer women have jobs or buy cars the Japanese society is still very much maleoriented. Perha
10、ps it was the (56) contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.A）scaleB）retailedC）generateD）extreme E）technically F）affordable G）situation H）reallyI）potential J）gapK）voluntary L）excessive M）insulted N）purchase O）primarily2007 年 6 月真题Years ago, do
11、ctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients (47) of pain, they were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it. Times have changed. Today, we lake pain (48) Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital, as important
12、 as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in (49) a persons well-being. We know that chronic (慢性的 ) pain can disrupt (扰乱的) a persons life, causing problems that. (50) from missed work to depression. Thats why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who (51) in pain m
13、edicine. Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us (real the pain belter, but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social (52) Wrelated to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often (53) the work of social workers.psychiatri
14、sts (心理阅读) and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.This modern (54) for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which are more effective and with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago. there were only a (55) number of drugs available, and many of th
15、em caused (56) side effects in older people, including dizziness and fatigue. This created a double-edged sword: the medications helped relieve the pain but caused other problems that could be worse than the pain itself.A) result B) involves C) significant D) range E) relieved F) issues G) seriously
16、 H) magnificentI) determiningJ) limitedK) gravelyL) complainedM) respectN) promptingO) specialize2007 年 12 月真题As war spreads to many comers of the globe, Children sadly have been drawn into the center of conflicts. In Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Colombia, however, groups of children have been taking pa
17、rt in peace education (47) .The children, after learning to resolve conflicts, took on the (48) of peacemakers. The Childrens Movement for peacemakers was even nominated(提名) or the Nobel peace prize in 1998. Groups of children (49) is peacemakers studied human rights an poverty issues in Colombia, e
18、ventually forming a group with five other schools in Bogota known a The Schools of Peace.The classroom (50) opportunities for children to replace angry, violent behaviors with (51) ,peaceful ones. It is in the classroom that caring and respect for each person empowers children to take a step (52) to
19、ward becoming peacemakers. Fortunately, educators have access to many online resources that are (53) useful when helping children along the path to peace. The Young Peacemakers Club, started in 1992, provides a Website with resources for teachers and (54) on staring a Kindness Campaign. The World Ce
20、nters of Compassion for Children International call attention to childrens rights and how to help the (55) of war. Starting a Peacemakers Club is a praiseworthy venture for a class an one that could spread to other classrooms an ideally affect the culture of the (56) school.A) actingB) assumingC) co
21、mprehensiveD) cooperativeE) entireF) especially G) forwardH) imagesI) informationJ) offersK) projectsL) respectivelyM) roleN) technologyO) victims2008 年 6 月真题Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been abroad a couple of time
22、s, but I could hardly (47) to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was (48) to a little college French.I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, (49) unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up (50) and do research? It seem
23、ed impossible, and with considerable (51) I sat down to write a letter begging off. Halfway through, a thought can through my mind: you can learn if you dont try. So I accepted the assignment.There were some bad (52) . But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever s
24、ince, I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places, without guiders or even (53) bookings, confident that somehow I will manage.The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition (54) . But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the
25、world opens to you.Ive learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a (55) . And I know Ill go on doing such things. Its not because Im braver or more daring than others. Im not. But Ill accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can (56) wonders.A) accomplishB) advancedC)
26、 balloonD) claimE) constantlyF) declareG) interviewsH) limitedI) manufactureJ) momentsK) newsL) reducedM) regretN) scaryO) totally2008 年 12 月真题A bookless life is an incomplete life. Books influence the depth and breadth of life. They meet the natural (47) for freedom, for expression, for creativity
27、and beauty of life. Learners, therefore, must have books, and the right type of book, for the satisfaction of their need. Readers turn (48) to books because their curiosity concerning all manners of things, their eagerness to share in the experiences of others and their need to (49) from their own l
28、imited environment lead them to find in books food for the mind and the spirit. Through their reading they find a deeper significance to life as books acquaint them with life in the world as it was and it is now. They are presented with a (50) of human experiences and come to (51) other ways of thou
29、ght and living. And while (52) their own relationships and responses to life , the readers often find that the (53) in their stories are going through similar adjustments, which help to clarify and give significance to their own.Books provide (54) material for readers imagination to grow. Imaginatio
30、n is a valuable quality and a motivating power, and stimulates achievement. While enriching their imagination, books (55) their outlook, develop a fact-finding attitude and train them to use leisure (56) . The social and educational significance of the readers books cannot be overestimated in an aca
31、demic library. A) abundantB) charactersC) communicatingD) completelyE) deriveF) desireG) diversityH) escapeI) establishingJ) narrowK) naturallyL) personnelM) properlyN) respectO) widen2009 年 6 月真题Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writhing is too hard. The
32、y never write, unless assignments (47) it . They fine the writing process (48) and difficult. How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it (49) English , with its rich vocabulary . Being able to speak but not write is like living in an (50) mansion(豪宅) and never leaving one sma
33、ll room . When I meet students who think they cant write, I know as a teacher my (51) is to show them the rest of the rooms . My task is to build fluency while providing the opportunity inherent in any writing activity to (52) the moral and emotional development of my students . One great way to do
34、this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done (53) , just like exercise ; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise , writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidenc
35、e and (54) after only a few weeks of journal writing .Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and (55) lives . They build skills so
36、that some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step (56) to fluency , eloquence (雄辩 ), and command of language .A) closer B) daily C) emotional D) enhance E) enormous F) especiall
37、y G) hinder H) missionI) painfulJ) performanceK) professionL) remarkablyM) requireN) sensitiveO) urge2009 年 12 月真题In families with two working parents, fathers may have more impact on a childs language development than mothers, a new study suggests.Researchers (47) 92 families form 11 child care cen
38、ters before their children were a year old, interviewing each to establish income, level of education and child care arrangements. Overall, it was a group of well-class families, with married parents both living in the home.When the children were 2, researchers videotaped them at home in free-play s
39、essions with both parents, (48) all of their speech. The study will appear in the November issue of The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.The scientists measured the (49) number of utterance (话语) of the parents, the number of different words they used, the complexity of their sentences and
40、 other (50) of their speech. On average, fathers spoke less than mothers did, but they did not differ in the length of utterances or proportion of questions asked.Finally, the researchers (51) the childrens speech at age 3, using a standardized language test. The only predictors of high scores on th
41、e test were the mothers level of education, the (52) of child care and the number of different words the father used. The researchers are (53) why the fathers speech, and not the mothers, had an effect.“Its well (54) that the mothers language does have an impact,” said Nadya Pancsofar, the lead auth
42、or of the study. It could be that the high-functioning mothers in the study had (55) had a strong influence on their childrens speech development, Ms. Pancsofar said, “or it may be that mothers are (56) in a way we didnt measure in the study.”A) already B) analyzed C) aspects D) characters E) contri
43、buting F) describingG) established H) quality I) quoted J) recording K) recruited L) total M) unconscious N) unsure O) yet 2010 年 6 月真题When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones the kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. But
44、the U.S. has more than 100 million existing homes, and it would be (47) wasteful to tear them all down and (48) them with greener versions. An enormous amount of energy and resources went into the construction of those houses. And it would take an average of 65 years for the (49) carbon emissions fr
45、om a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one. So in the broadest (50) , the greenest home is the one that has already been built. But at the same time, nearly half of U. S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and (51) our homes, offices and other
46、buildings. “You cant deal with climate change without dealing with existing buildings,“ says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust.With some (52) , the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient. Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built a
47、fter 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that (53) over time and let in more outside air.Fortunately, there are a (54) number of relatively simple changes that can green older homes, from (55) ones like Lincolns Cottage to your own postwar home. And efficiency upgrades (升级) can save more th
48、an just the earth; they can help (56) property owners from rising power costs.A) accommodationsB) clumsyC) doubtfulD) exceptionsE) expandF) historicG) incrediblyH) poweringI) protectJ) reducedK) replaceL) senseM) shiftedN) supplyingO) vast2010 年 12 月真题What determines the kind of person you are? What
49、 factors make you more or less bold, intelligent, or able to read a map? All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were 47 . The study of how genes and environment interact to influence 48 activity is known as behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics has made important 49 to the biological revolution, providing information about the extent to which biology influences mind, brain and behavior.Any res
