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1、II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits
2、each blank.(A)Left HandednessWhat do Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein have in common? They were all left-handed, along with other famous people including Barack Obama. In fact, an estimated 13 percent of the worlds population (25)_ be left-handed.Most people are right-handed. This
3、 fact also seems to have held true (26)_ history. In 1977, scientists studied works of art made at various times starting with cave drawings from 15,000 B.C. and ending with paintings from the 1950s. Most of the people (27)_ (show) in these works of art are right-handed.Many researchers claim (28)_
4、(find)relationships between left-handedness and various physical and mental characteristics. However, (29)_ of these connections are very weak, and others have not been proven.What makes a person become right-handed rather than left-handed? As yet, no one really knows for sure. (30)_ _ _ reasons may
5、 be behind it, peoples attitudes toward left-handedness have changed a lot over the years. There are even a number of shops (31)_ (specialize) in selling products for left-handed people, such as left-handed scissors, can openers, guitars, and even a left-handed camera.In 1976, Left-Handers Internati
6、onal, a group of left-handed people in Topeka, Kansas, in the United States, decided to start (32)_ annual event in order to clear up misunderstandings about left-handedness.(B)Motivating Students(33)_ _ a young child might be nervous about starting school, he or she is often excited on the first da
7、y of school. Perhaps that excitement lasts through the first few years of school. But over time, many children are much (34) _ (excited) about going to school because school becomes a place of “all work and no play.” As the years go by, students(35)_(pressure) to do more work and to do it better, ma
8、ke better test scores, and have a higher class rank. It is therefore not surprising that by middle school many students lose interest in school and learning.Teachers face a big challenge in such a situation. When they enter a classroom (36)_ _ most of the students do not want to be there and do not
9、want to study, how can they teach? Some teachers may be tempted to focus their energy on the handful of students in the classroom who show an interest in (37)_(learn). Other teachers have to reward “good” students and punishing “bad” students in the hope (38)_ this may somehow motivate all students
10、to try harder.Through his own teaching experience, Dr. Richard Lavoie became interested in the problem of motivating students. He (39)_(wonder) what motivates some students to want to learn. In studying this question, Dr. Lavoie discovered that other people have done a lot of research into this ques
11、tion already. However, those people do not work in schools. The people who seemed to know the most about (40)_ motivates kids were researchers who work for companies that were advertising products such as toys and music for children.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the wo
12、rds in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. adequatelyB. advancesC. neighbourD. colonizeE. concerns F. createG. intensivelyH. settlersI. smartJ. journey K. survive“Once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future sho
13、uld be safe,”Stephen Hawking says.Stephen Hawking, one of the worlds most important scientists, believes that to _41_, humans must move into space.Today, the United States, India, China, and Japan are all planning to send astronauts back to Earths closest _42_: the moon. Each country wants to create
14、 space stations there between 2020 and 2030. These stations will _43_prepare humans to visit and later live on Mars or other Earth-like planets.Robert Zubrin, a rocket scientist, thinks humans should _44_ space. He wants to start with Mars. Why? There are several advantages: for one, sending people
15、to the moon and Mars will allow us to learn a lotfor example, whether living on other planets is possible. Then, we can eventually_45_ new human societies on other planets. In addition, the _46_ we make for space travel in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and health can also benefit us h
16、ere on Earth.But not everyone thinks sending humans into space is a(n)_47_ idea. Many say its too expensive to send people, even on a short _48_. And most space trips are not short. A one-way trip to Mars, for example, would take about six months. People travelling this kind of distance face a number of health prob
