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7£®Life on Mars could become a reality and it could happen in your lifetime£®
A welcoming planet
Scientists say Earth's neighbor Mars£¬a bright red planet about half Earth's size£¬is the most likely to support human life£®Mars even has frozen water on its surface£®
Since the late 1990s£¬NASA has been exploring Mars using remote-controlled vehicles£¨×°Öã©£®Most recently Curiosity£¬a car-size vehicle£¬traveled through space on an unpiloted spacecraft£¨º½ÌìÆ÷£© and landed on Mars in August 2012£®Directed by NASA scientists£¬the vehicles move on the surface£¬taking pictures£¬collecting and analyzing soil£¬and looking for signs of life£®
But what about human explorers£¿Plans are already in the works to send astronauts to Mars as soon as the mid-2030s£®
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But before you start packing your bags£¬let's consider the challenges£®For starters£¬Mars is far away£®Just getting there could take up to 10months£®
Scientists already know that time away from Earth's gravity harms the human body£®Bones and muscles get weaker£®The body produces less blood£®What damage would months and months of living in space do£¿
And then there is the matter of water£¬oxygen£¬food and fuel£®Scientists will have to find solutions to these problems£¬or the first humans on Mars won't survive very long in their new home£®
Tiny Dangers
There's another tinier risk£®It's so tiny that you can't even see it£ºgerms£®
Some scientists believe that our germs could pollute the whole planet of Mars£®Potentially killing Martian life before we have the chance to discover it£®Worse£¬there is a small but terrifying chance that any microscopic life already there might be harmful to us£®
Worse still£¬if any of those Martian germs£¨»ðÐÇϸ¾ú£© were brought back to Earth£¬the result could be disastrous£®Animals£¬plants£¬and people could be wiped out£®
Worth the£¿Amorepracticalconcernisthecost£®Thepricecouldapproach 1trillion£¨ÍòÒÚ£©£®How can we justify spending that much when so many problems-poverty£¬disease-could use the cash here on Earth£¿

41£®Which of the following is TRUE according to the"A welcoming planet"part£¿C
A£®Mars is a little bigger than Earth£®
B£®There are flowing rivers on Mars£®
C£®People haven't been to Mars so far£®
D£®Scientists have discovered signs of life on Mars£®
42£®Which of the following can best fill in the blank in the passage£¿C
A£®Living in space£®      B£®Limited resources£®
C£®Extreme conditions£®   D£®Interesting challenges£®
43£®By"Tiny dangers"the author meansD£®
A£®there is no serious danger
B£®people won't be in any danger
C£®it's difficult for people to realize the danger
D£®the danger may be caused by very small things
44£®Which may cause the biggest danger£¿B
A£®Martian germs may be different from those on Earth£®
B£®Martian germs may be brought back to Earth£®
C£®People may carry germs to Mars£®
D£®There may be germs on Mars£®
45£®Which section of a newspaper is the passage most probably taken from£¿C
A£®People        B£®History        C£®Science         D£®Business£®

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14£®A team of researchers in California has developed a way to predict what kinds of objects people are looking at by scanning what's happening in their brains£®
When you look at something£¬your eyes send a signal about that object to your brain£®Different regions of the brain process the information your eyes send£®Cells in your brain called neurons£¨Éñ¾­Ôª£© are responsible for this processing£®
¡¡¡¡The fMRI £¨functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging¹¦ÄÜÐԴŹ²ÕñÔìÓ°£© brain scans could generally match electrical activity in the brain to the basic shape of a picture that someone was looking at£®
¡¡¡¡Like cells anywhere else in your body£¬active neurons use oxygen£®Blood brings oxygen to the neurons£¬and the more active a neuron is£¬the more oxygen it will consume£®The more active a region of the brain£¬the more active its neurons£¬and in turn£¬the more blood will travel to that region£®And by using fMRI£¬scientists can visualize which parts of the brain receive more oxygen-rich blood--and therefore£¬which parts are working to process information£®
¡¡¡¡An fMRI machine is a device that scans the brain and measures changes in blood flow to the brain£®The technology shows researchers how brain activity changes when a person thinks£¬looks at something£¬or carries out an activity like speaking or reading£®By highlighting the areas of the brain at work when a person looks at different images£¬fMRI may help scientists determine specific patterns of brain activity associated with different kinds of images£®
¡¡¡¡The California researchers tested brain activity by having two volunteers view hundreds of pictures of everyday objects£¬like people£¬animals£¬and fruits£®The scientists used an fMRI machine to record the volunteers'brain activity with each photograph they looked at£®Different objects caused different regions of the volunteers'brains to light up on the scan£¬indicating activity£®The scientists used this information to build a model to predict how the brain might respond to any image the eyes see£®
In a second test£¬the scientists asked the volunteers to look at 120 new pictures£®Like before£¬their brains were scanned every time they looked at a new image£®This time£¬the scientists used their model to match the fMRI scans to the image£®For example£¬if a scan in the second test showed the same pattern of brain activity that was strongly£¬related to pictures of apples in the first test£¬their model would have predicted the volunteers were looking at apples£®
51£®What is responsible for processing the information sent by your eyes£¿C
A£®A small region of the brain£®
B£®The central part of the brain£®
C£®Neurons in the brain£®
D£®Oxygen-rich blood£®
52£®Which of the following statements is NOT meant by the writer£¿D
A£®Cells in your brain are called neurons£®
B The more oxygen a neuron consumes£¬the more blood it needs£®
C fMRI helps scientists to discover which parts of the brain process information£®
D fMRI helps scientists to discover how the brain develops intelligently£®
53£®"Highlighting the areas of the brain at work"meansA
A£®"marking the parts of the brain that are processing information"
B£®"giving light to the parts of the brain that are processing information"
C£®"putting the parts of the brain to work"
D£®"stopping the parts of the brain from working"
54£®What did the researchers experiment on£¿B
A Animals£¬objects£¬and fruits£®
B Two volunteers£®
C fMRI machines£®
D Thousands of pictures£®
55£®What is the best title for the passage£¿A
A£®Mind-reading Machine
B£®A Technological Dream
C£®Device that can Help You Calculate
D£®The Recent Development in Science and Technology£®

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11£®For over 150years the blue whale has been the main target for whalers£¬who hunt the whale since it was a money-making catch because of its big size£¬which directly makes it now an endangered species£®With a length of about 30meters£¬the blue whale tops the largest animal list in the world£®It is believed that a full grown whale can be 30times the weight of a big elephant and live for 100years£®There were as many as 100.000of these giant animals swimming in the oceans before hunting of the blue whale began£¬while now there might be only a small number of the blue whale£®
Although hunting the blue whale has been forbidden£¬with the females giving birth to only one young whale every two to three years and a gestation £¨»³ÔУ© period lasting for as long as 11months£¬it doesn't help work out the problem£®The World Conservation Union considers the species to be on the edge of dying out£®
Oil spilled into the ocean prevents the blue whale's survival through stopping the whale from getting to the surface to"blast off"the waste air it keeps under the water because with the oil on the surface its skin will get covered and as a result£¬the whale's blowholes£¬through which it breathes£¬can be bloked by the oil£®
With global warming£¬krill£¬which are very important in the Antarctic food chain£¬become fewer than before£¬leading to a damage in the food chain£¬while the damage of the food chain is one of reasons for the fall in the population of the blue whale£®
The fishing ships and nets are also problems for the blue whale£®Even if the blue whale has a large and strong body£¬it can be killed if hit by a stream ship or a fishing boat£®And the nets that fishermen use can tangle the blue whale£®
However£¬what's worse£¬the problems mentioned above aren't only for the blue whale£®

64£®What plays a key role in making the blue whale an endangered species£¿D
A£®Global warming           B£®The oil pollution
C£®Large ships and nets     D£®Human beings'hunting
65£®Why is the problem still unsolved though hunting the blue whale has been forbidden£¿A
A£®Because the blue whale produces only one baby every a few years£®
B£®Because the ocean becomes unfit for the blue whale to live in£®
C£®Because the protection for the blue whale is unsuccessful
D£®Because the blue whale becomes too weak to survive
66£®What trouble will the spilled oil cause for the blue whale£¿B
A£®The blue whale will die if it drinks the oil
B£®It makes the blue whale have difficulty feel sick
C£®The smell of oil makes the blue whale feel sick
D£®It causes serious disease for the blue whale
67£®It can be inferred from the passage thatC
A£®most of the ocean is seriously polluted by the spilled oil
B£®human beings should raise krill to feed he blue whale
C£®human beings'activities influence the sea life greatly
D£®the blue whale should move to a new place to live£®

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12£®Sometimes we cry because we are sad and sometimes because we are extremely happy£®An irritant£¨´Ì¼¤Î£¬such as onion£¨Ñó´Ð£© smell or grains of sand in the eye£¬can also make cry£®In this case tears perform an obvious role in getting rid of substances that might harm the surface of the eye£®
Dr£®William Frey of the Dry Eye and Tear Research Center at St£®Paul in Minnesota£¬USA£¬believes that tears from emotional causes may perform a similar role£®He thinks that crying could get rid of emotional stress by washing away a chemical in the blood caused by strong emotions£®To prove his theory£¬he hopes first to identify this chemical and then see if it is found in tears of sadness or happiness£®
So far£¬Dr£®Frey has failed to find out the difference between emotional tears and tears caused by an irritant in the eye£®This may be because these substances themselves cause a degree of stress and emotion£®What he has identified in all tears is a variety of biochemicals£¨Éú»¯Îwhich are one of the causes of stress£®A more detailed study may help us understand why sufferers from stress-related disorders cry less often than healthy people£®Dr£®Frey is also very interested to see if there are any physiological£¨ÉúÀíѧµÄ£©explanations for why women£¬in general£¬cry five times more often than men£¬on average£®

64£®The main purpose of Dr£®Frey's study of tears is toD
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B£®find out the cause of stress-related problems and emotional disorders
C£®explain why women cry more often than men
D£®prove that tears can remove a chemical in the blood caused by strong emotions
65£®Which of the following is true according to the passage£¿C
A£®Tears fail to help get rid of emotional stress£®
B£®Irritants in the eye result in tears without causing stress and emotion£®
C£®Healthy people cry more often than those with stress-related problems£®
D£®The biochemical identified by Dr£®Frey has nothing to do with stress£®
66£®We can learn from the passage thatC£®
A£®crying does us more harm than good
B£®inner feelings don't affect our bodies
C£®sorrow may cause some chemicals in our blood
D£®emotional tears are different from tears caused by irritants in the eye
67£®Dr£®Frey believes that tears from emotional causes may play a role in getting rid ofA£®
A£®emotional stress by washing away a chemical in the blood
B£®onion smell or grains of sand
C£®sufferings from irritants
D£®substances that might not harm the surface of the eye£®

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