41. All of the following factors relating tocancer risk were mentioned in the passage EXCEPT________
A. breathing exercise
B. regular walking
C. recreational activity
D. lifestyle choices
42. It can be inferred from Dr. Alpa Patel’s study that____.
A. women have fewer chances of physicalactivity
B. daily walking could cut the chance of breastcancer
C. leisure-time activity is not associatedwith cancer risk
D. walking is not recommended for women withbreast cancer
43. Dr. Alpa Patel was_____.
A. head of the survey study
B. chief editor of Cancer Epidemiology
C. chair of the American Cancer Society
D. chief executive of Breast Cancer Campaign
44. Which of the following statements is trueaccording to the passage?
A. Most women take walking as their onlyrecreational activity.
B. The study aims to track the healthconditions of its subjects.
C. Walking was the only recreationalacitivity for about half of the women
D. Irregular walking increased the risk ofbreast cancer in post-menopausal women
45. The word “sustainable”in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. continuable
B. affordable
C. available
D. persistent
第5部分,补全短文
WronglyConvicted Man and His Accuser Tell Their Story
NEW YORK,NY, January 5,2010. St.Martin’s Press has announced the release of the paperback edition ofPicking Cotton, a remarkable true story of what novelist John Grisham calls an “account of violence, rage, redemption(救赎),and, ultimately forgiveness.”
The story began in 1987, in Burlington, NorthCarolina, with the rape of a young while college student named JenniferThompson. During her ordeal, Thompson swore to herself that she would neverforget the face of her rapist, a man who climbed through the window of herapartment and assaulted her brutally.____F____(46)When the police asked her ifshe could identify the assilant(袭击者)from a book of mugshots, she picked one that she was sure was correct, and later she identifiedthe same man in a lineup.
Based on her convincing eye withnesstestimony, a 22-year-old black man named Ronald Cotton was sentenced to prisonfor two life terms. Cotton’s lawyer appealed thedecision, and by the time of the appeals hearing, evidence had come to lightsuggesting that the real rapist might have been a man who looked very likeCotton, an imprisoned criminal named Bobby Poole.__B____(47)Jennifer Thompsonlooked at both men face to face, and once again said that Ronald Cotton was theone who raped her.
Eleven years later, DNA evidence completelyexonerated(证明……清白)Cotton and just as unequivocally(明确地) convicted Poole, who confessed to the crime. _____E___(48) “The man I was so sure I had never seen in my life was the man whowas inches from my throat, who raped me, who hurt me, who took my spirit away,who robbed me of my soul,” she wrote. “And the man I had identified so surely on so many occasions wasabsolutely innocent.”
____C___(49) Remarkably both were able to putthis tragedy behind them, overcome the racial barrier that divided them, andwrite a book, which they have subtitled “Our memoir ofinjustice and redemption.”
Nevertheless, Thompson says, she still lives “with constant pain that my profound mistake cost him so dearly__A____(50)”
A. Jennifer Thompson decided to meet Cottonand apologize to him personally.
B. Many criminals are sent to prison on thebasis of accurate testimony by eye withnesses.
C. I cannot begin to imagine what would havehappened had my mistaken identification occurred in a capital case
D. Another trial was held.
E. Thompson was shocked and devastated.
F. During the attack, she made an effort tomemorize eveery detail of his face, looking for scars, tattoos(纹身),or other identifying marks.
第6部分:完形填空(第51~65题,每题1分,共15分)
下面的短文有15处空白,请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。
Musical Training Can Improve CommunicationSkills
American scientists say musical trainingseems to improve communication skills and Language retardation(延迟).They found that developing musical skill involves the_________(51)process in the brain as learning how to speak .The scientists believe thatcould _________ (52)children with learning disabilities .
Nina Krauss is a neurobiologist atNorthwestern University in lllinois .She says Musical training _________(53)putting together different kinds of information, such as hearing music,looking at musical notes, touching an instrument and watching other musicians.The ________ (54) is not much different from learning how to speak .Both involvedifferent senses .
She further explains musical training andlearning to _________ (55)each make us think about what we are doing .She saysspeech and music ________ (56) through a structure of the nervous system calledthe brain stem .The brain stem ________ (57) our ability to hear .Untilrecently, experts have though the brain stem could not be developed orchanged.________ (58) Professor Krauss and her team found that musical trainingcan improve a person’s brain stem activity.
The study involved involved individuals withdifferent levels of musical ________ (59).They were asked to wear an electricaldevice that measures _________ (60) activity. The individuals wore theelectrode while they watched a video of someone speaking and a person playing amusical instrument---the cello(大提琴).Professor Krausesays cello have sound qualities similar _________ (61)some of the sounds thatare important with speech .The study found that the more years of trainingpeople had, the more_________ (62) they were to the sound and rhythm of themusic. Those who were Involved in musical activities were the same people inwhom the ________ (63) of sensory events was the strongest. It shows theimportance of musical training to children with learning ________(64).She saysusing music to improve listening skills could mean they _________ (65) sentencesand understand facial expressions better .
51. A. unique B. different C. same D. strange
52. A. help B. tell C. remind D .entertain
53. A. shapes B. involves C .relates D. enhances
54. A. form B. step C. point D. process
55. A. play B. sing C. speak D. think
56. A. pass B. use C. look D. put
57. A. develops B. controls C. assesses D. observes
58. A. So B. Moreover C. As D. But
59. A. instruments B. ability C. types D. contact
60. A. physical B. musical C. speech D. brain
61. A. as B. of C. to D. at
62. A. familiar B. inactive C. critical D. sensitive
63. A. reduction B. improvement C. interference D. implication
64. A. styles B. disabilities C. interests D. approaches
65. A. read B. write C. hear D. change
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