A moderate earthquake struck parts of southeast England on 28 April 2007, toppling chimneys from houses and rousing residents from their beds. Several thousand people were left without power in Kent County. One women suffered minor head and neck injuries. "It felt as if the whole house was being slid across like a fun-fair ride," said the woman. The British Geological Survey said the 4.3-magnitude quake struck at 8:19 a.m. and was centered under the English Channel, about 8.5 miles south of Dover and near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel. Witnesses said cracks appeared in walls and chimneys collapsed across the county. Residents said the tremor had lasted for about 10 to 15 seconds. "I was lying in bed and it felt as if someone had just got up from bed next to me." said Hendrick van Eck, 27, of Canterbury about 60 miles southeast of London. "I then heard the sound of cracking, and it was getting heavier and heavier. It felt as if someone was at the end of my bed hopping up and down." There are thousands of moderate quakes on this scale around the world each year, but they are rare in Britain. The April 28 quake was the strongest in Britain since 2002 when a 4.8-magnitude quake struck the central England city of Birmingham. The country's strongest earthquake took place in the North Sea in 1931, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale. British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took place on 28 April in an area that had seen several of the biggest earthquakes ever to strike Britain, including one in 1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in France. Musson predicted that it was only a matter of time before another earthquake struck this part of England. However, people should not be scared too much by this prediction, Musson said, as the modern earthquake warning system of Britain should be able to detect a forthcoming quake and announce it several hours before it takes place. This would allow time for people to evacuate and reduce damage to the minimum.
1. During the April 28 earthquake, the whole England was left without power.
6. Musson predicted that another earthquake would occur in southeast England sooner or later.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
A B C
A
原文最后一段的第三句话明确说到，“Musson predicted that it was only a matter of time before another earthquake struck this part of England.”而本题说“Musson预言在英格兰东南部迟早会发生另一次地震”，这一说法显然是正确的。故选A。
7. It can be inferred from the passage that England is rarely hit by high magnitude earth quakes.
1. "Running a house is a lot like running a business." says Stephanie Denton, a professional organizer based in Cincinnati, Ohio, who specializes in both residential and commercial paperwork and record keeping. To get a successful grip on organizing documents, bills, and other materials, Denton suggests the following tips: 2. Create a space in which you can always do your paperwork. This is perhaps the most important element of a successful system. If you can't devote an entire desk to the task, at least invest in a rolling file cart to store active paperwork and a two-drawer file cabinet for family records. Store the rolling file cart wherever it is most convenient and comfortable to do your work, whether that is the kitchen, office, or family room. 3. When in doubt, throw it out. The first step to implementing a workable filing system is to eliminate paper you don't use, don't need, or that you could easily access again elsewhere. Throw out duplicate statements, old catalogs, and all of the coupons, mailings, or offerings you'll never have an opportunity to use or even read. 4. Set aside two days a month to pay bills. If a monthly due date doesn't fit into your cycle, call up the creditor and suggest a more convenient date. Keep two manila folders at the front of your system for current bills—one to correspond with each bill-paying day—and file all incoming bills. Keep a list in the front of each folder of what needs to be paid in ease the invoice never arrives or gets misplaced. 5. Think of your filing system not as a rigid tool, but as a living, breathing system that can accommodate your changing needs. A good filing system is both mentally and physically flexible. Everyone's needs are different, says Denton, but when devising a filling system, ask yourself: "Where would I look for this?" Create main headings for your filing system, such as Investments, Taxes, Children, and so forth, and file individual folders under the main headings. Never overstuff your files.
1. A. Find a Place to Work on B. Implementing a Workable Filing System C. What Is a Good Filing System D. How to Invest in a Rolling File Cart E. Get Rid of Unimportant Things F. Dealing with Bills Paragraph 2 ______
A
本段的主题句是第一句，意思是说你要为整理文件找到工作的空间Find a Place to Work on，所以选A。
5. A. they are useless B. in paper chase C. that it is easily reached D. that different people have different requirements E. they are not comfortable F. in investing in coupons Stephanie Denton is expert ______.
B
文章第一段首句提到“Stephanie Denton, ...specializes in both residential and commercial paperwork and record keeping.”，由此可见Stephanie Denton擅长住宅和商业文书等工作。所以答案是B，其中be expert in与specialize in意思相同。
6. You can put your file cart anywhere you like, on condition ______.
文章的最后一段讲到一个好的文件归档系统能够灵活地适应精神上(工作)和身体上的需要；后面接着说“Everyone's needs are different”(每个人的需要是不同的)，这正好与mentally flexible呼应。所以选D。
第4部分：阅读理解 下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
第一篇
Making Light of Sleep
All we have a clock located inside our brains. Similar to your bedside alarm clock, your internal clock runs on a 24-hour cycle. This cycle, called a circadian rhythm, helps control when you wake, when you eat and when you steep. Somewhere around puberty, something happens in the timing of the biological clock. The clock pushes forward, so adolescents and teenagers are unable to fall asleep as early as they used to. When your mother tells you it's time for bed, your body may be pushing you to stay up for several hours more. And the light coming from your computer screen or TV could be pushing you to stay up even later. This shift is natural for teenagers. But staying up very late and sleeping late can get your body's clock out of sync with the cycle of light and dark. It can also make it hard to get out of bed in the morning and may bring other problems, too. Teenagers are put in a kind of a gray cloud when they don't get enough sleep, says Mary Carskadon, a sleep researcher at Brown University in Providence, RI. It affects their mood and their ability to think and learn. But just like your alarm clock, your internal clock can be reset. In fact, it automatically resets itself every day. How? By using the light it gets through your eyes. Scientists have known for a long time that the light of day and the dark of night play important roles in setting our internal clocks. For years, researchers thought that the signals that synchronize the body's clock were handled through the same pathways that we use to see. But recent discoveries show that the human eye has two separate light-sensing systems. One system allows us to see. The second system tells our body whether it's day or night.
1. The clock located inside our brains is similar to our bedside alarm clock because ______.
A.it controls when we wake, when we eat and when we sleep
B.it has a cycle of 24 hours
C.it is a cycle also called circadian rhythm
D.it can alarm any time during 24 hours
A B C D
B
本题问的是人脑内的生物钟与床头的生物钟相似的原因。原文第一段的第二句话明确说到，“Similar to your bedside alarm clock, your internal clock runs on a 24-hour cycle.”该句话中的your internal clock指的就是a clock located inside our brains。可见，它们的相似之处就在于都以24小时为一个周期。因此，本题的正确答案为B。
2. What is implied in the second paragraph?
A.Young children's biological clock has the same rhythm with that of the teenagers.
B.People after puberty begin to go to bed earlier due to the change of the biological clock.
C.Children before puberty tend to fall asleep earlier at night than adolescents.
D.Teenagers go to bed later than they used to due to the light from the computer screen.
5. According to the last two paragraphs, what did the previous researchers think about the human eye's light-sensing system?
A.The human eye had two light-sensing systems.
B.The human eye had one light-sensing system.
C.The human eye could sense the light of day more quickly than the dark of night.
D.The human eye could reset our internal clocks in accordance with the alarm clocks.
A B C D
B
本题问的是根据最后两段，之前的研究者对眼睛感光系统的认识。根据题干定位至原文的最后两段。最后一段的第二句话明确说到，“For years, researchers thought that the signals that synchronize the body's clock were handled through the same pathways that we use to see.”多年来，研究者一直认为眼睛所接受到的平衡生物钟的光信号同样作用于人类的视觉系统。而第三句话接着说到，“But recent discoveries show that the human eye has two separate light-sensing systems.”但最新发现，人的眼睛有两个感光系统。由此可推知，研究者之前认为人类的眼睛只有一个感光系统。因此，本题的正确答案为B。
第二篇
Business-method Patents
Over the past decade, thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods. Amazon.com received one for its "one-click" online payment system. Merrill Lynch got legal protection for an asset allocation strategy. One inventor patented a technique for lifting a box. Now the nation's top patent court appears completely ready to scale back on business-method patents, which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized 10 years ago. In a move that has intellectual-property lawyers abuzz, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said it would use a particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents. In Bilski, as the case is known, is "a very big deal", says Dennis D. Crouch of the University of Missouri School of Law. "It has the potential to eliminate an entire class of patents." Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the Federal Circuit itself that introduced such patents with its 1998 decision in the so-called State Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets. That ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings, initially by emerging internet companies trying to stake out exclusive rights to specific types of online transactions. Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch. In 2005, IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents despite the fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them. Similarly, some Wall Street investment films armed themselves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice. The Bilski case involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market. The Federal Circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the court's judges, rather than a typical panel of three, and that one issue it wants to evaluate is whether it should "reconsider" its State Street Bank ruling. The Federal Circuit's action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the Supreme Court that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders. Last April, for example, the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for "inventions" that are obvious. The judges on the Federal Circuit are "reacting to the anti-patent trend at the Supreme Court", says Harold C. Wegner, a patent attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.
1. Business-method patents have recently aroused concern because of ______.
A.their limited value to business
B.their connection with asset allocation
C.the possible restriction on their granting
D.the controversy over authorization
A B C D
C
本题问的是商业专利方法在最近引起关注的原因。原文第二段的第一句话Now the nation's top patent court appears completely ready to scale back on business-method patents, which have been controversial…指出，国家最高专利法庭准备对商业方法专利进行缩减，这引起了争议。由此可见，C选项是对原文内容的同义替换。因此，本题的正确答案为C。
2. Which of the following is true of the Bilski case?
A.Its ruling complies with the court decisions.
B.It involves a very big business transaction.
C.It has been dismissed by the Federal Circuit.
D.It may change the legal practices in the U. S.
A B C D
B
本题问的是有关Bilski这个案例的正确说法。由原文第二段的最后一句话In Bilski, as the case is known, is "a very big deal"…可知，Bilski案例中的交易额非常大。原文的第四段是对Bilski案例的结论性说明，该段还说到，针对Bilski case联邦机构发表了不同寻常的法令。由此可知，B选项符合原文内容。因此，本题的正确答案为B。
3. The word "about-face" (Line 1, Para 3) most probably means ______.
A.loss of good will
B.increase of hostility
C.change of attitude
D.enhancement of dignity
A B C D
C
本题问的是第三段第一行的“about-face”一词的意思。根据题干定位至原文的第三段的第一句话，这句话起到承前启后作用，衔接第二段和第三段的内容。第二段主要讲的是，国家最高专利法庭准备对商业方法专利进行缩减，而第三段则提到了introduced such patents，approving a patent，表明对商业方法的控制将会有巨大的态度转变。about-face为合成词，在此意为“(立场、观点等)彻底转变”。C选项与其意思相近。因此，本题的正确答案为C。
4. We learn from the last two paragraphs that business-method patents ______.
A.are immune to legal challenges
B.are often unnecessarily issued
C.lower the esteem for patent holders
D.increase the incidence of risks
A B C D
B
本题问的是从最后两段中可得知有关商业方法专利的什么信息。根据题干定位至原文的最后两段。A、C、D三个选项的内容在最后两段中均没有提到。B选项的内容与最后一段的第二句话中的“…that too many patents were being upheld…”的内容相符，且符合本文的中心意思。因此，本题的正确答案为B。
5. Which of the following would be the subject of the text?
A.A looming threat to business-method patents.
B.Protection for business-method patent holders.
C.A legal case regarding business-method patents.
D.A prevailing trend against business-method patents.
One of the most common types of nonfiction, and one that many people enjoy reading, is stories about people's lives. These stories fall into three general categories: autobiography, memoir, and biography. An autobiography is the story of a person's life written by himself or herself. Often it begins with the person's earliest recollections and ends in the present. Autobiography writers may not be entirely objective in the way they present themselves. However, they offer the reader a good look at the way they are and what makes them that way. People as diverse as Benjamin Franklin and Helen Keller have written autobiographies. Other writers, such as James Joyce, have written thinly fictionalized accounts of their lives. These are not autobiographies, hut they are very close to it. Memoirs, strictly speaking, are autobiographical accounts that focus as much on the events of the times as on the life of the author. Memoir writers typically use these events as backdrops for their lives. They describe them in detail and discuss their importance. Recently, though, the term memoir seems to be becoming interchangeable with autobiography. A memoir nowadays may or may not deal with the outside world. Biographies are factual accounts of someone else's life. In many senses, these may be the hardest of the three types to write. Autobiography writers know the events they write about because they lived them. But biography writers have to gather information from as many different sources as possible. Then they have to decide which facts to include. Their goal is to present a balanced picture of a person, not one that is overly positive or too critical A fair well-presented biography may take years to research and write.
1. This passage is mostly about ______.
A.the characteristics of autobiographies, memoirs, and biographies
根据关键词Helen Keller定位到第二段倒数第三句，该句提到“People as diverse as Benjamin Franklin and Helen Keller-have written autobiographies.”，意思是：就像本明杰·富兰克林和海伦·凯勒一样，各种各样的人们已经写了自传。所以本题的正确答案是B。
3. Autobiography writers are not always objective because they ______.
A.feel they have to make up details to make their books sell
B.constantly compete with biography writers
C.want to present themselves in a good light
D.have trouble remembering the good times
A B C D
C
第二段第三句讲到自传作者也许不太客观，随后提到了原因“they offer the reader a good look at the way they are and what makes them that way.”(他们给读者提供了一个途径来了解自己比较好的行事风格……)，由此可见他们想展现自己好的一面，所以本题的正确答案是C。
4. The writer introduces each category in the passage by ______.
So, there you are, just sitting there in the subway car, enjoying that book you just bought. 1 Or, the person sitting next to you takes out a nail clipper (指甲刀) and begins cutting his or her nails. Annoying? Many of us have to spend some time every day on public transportation. 2 So, to make the trip more pleasant, we suggest the following: Let passengers get off the bus or subway car before you can get on. 3 Stand away from the doors when they are closing. Don't talk loudly on a bus or subway. Chatting loudly with your friends can be annoying to others. 4 Don't think your bags and suitcases (手提箱) deserve a seat of their own. Use a tissue whenever you cough or sneeze (打喷嚏). An uncovered sneeze can spread germs (细菌), especially in crowded places. Don't cut your nails or pick your nose on public transportation. Don't read over other people's shoulder. 5 It can make people uncomfortable. They might think you're too stingy (小气的) even to buy a newspaper. Or they might think you're judging their behavior. A. Don't eat food in your car. B. Don't shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway. C. We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable. D. Many people do this on subways, but it's really annoying E. Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all. F. Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you
Nearly three in 10 men have experienced violence at the hands of an intimate partner during their lifetimes according to one of the few studies to look 1 domestic violence and health among men. "Many men actually do experience domestic violence, although we don't hear about it 2 ," Dr. Robert J. Reid of the University of Washington in Seattle, one of the study's authors, told Reuters Health. "They often don't tell 3 we don't ask. We want to get the message out to men who 4 experience domestic violence that they are not alone and there are resources available to 5 ". The researchers asked study participants about physical abuse and non-physical 6 , such as threats that made them 7 for their safety, controlling behavior (for example, being told who they could associate with and where they could go) , and constant name-calling. Among men 18 to 54 years old, 14.2 percent said they had experienced intimate partner 8 in the past five years, while 6.1 percent reported domestic violence in the previous year. Rates were lower for men 55 and 9 , with 5.3 percent reporting violence in the past five years and 2.4 percent having experienced it in the past 12 months. Overall, 30.5 percent of men younger than 55 and 26.5 percent of older men said they had been victims of 10 violence at some point in their lives. About haft of the violence the men 11 was physical. However, the physical violence men reported wasn't as 12 suffered by women in a previous study; 20 percent to 40 percent of the men rated it as severe, compared to 61 percent of 13 . Men who reported experiencing domestic violence had more emotional and mental health problems 14 those who had not, especially older men, the 15 found.
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