68. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. US Military Plans

B. The Global Arms Race

C. A Comparison between Two Presidents

D. President George W. Bush and the World Peace

67. According to the researchers, teenage mothers tend to have less bright children because 　　　.

A. they aren’t so good at childcare

B. they usually have less fat than mature women

C. they aren’t physically strong enough

D. their waist and hip measurements differ less

D

United States President George W. Bush is expected to issue a directive in the next few weeks. It will give the US Air Force a green light for the development of space weapons, US media reported last week.

This would potentially start a new global arms race, some experts have warned.

To keep that from happening, last Wednesday the White House explained that it was not considering putting weapons in space. It said it was making a shift in US space policy to allow for protection of satellites.

But some defense analysts and arms control advocates argue that the policy will pave the way for the US to put both defensive and offensive( 攻击性的)weapons in space.

“No one should be fooled,” said Theresa Hitchens, an American weapons expert.

The US is now restricted by a 1996 directive signed by President Bill Clinton. Plans for space weapons were vetoed( 否决)by the Clinton cabinet. The directive emphasized the peaceful use of space , in agreement with almost unanimous(一致的 )global opinion.

The US military has placed importance on space and has sent up numerous satellites for troop communications and to provide intelligence and data to guide bombs to their targets.

The US Air Force wants to develop space- based weapons that could strike targets anywhere in the world within 90 minutes of receiving the order to open fire.

These new weapons under development cover a wide range. They include hunter- killer satellites and orbiting weapons. And they use lasers, radio waves, or even dense metal tubes, known as “Rods from God”, dropped from space to do the damage.

There are many barriers to the setting up of this kind of program, experts say.

First is the coast. It is estimated that the budget may be US $220 billion to US $ 1 trillion( 万亿).

The technical difficulties of developing reliable space weapons are also a problem.

And, the program will draw strong criticism from around the world. Experts worry about starting a space arms race.

66. The underlined sentence “the results are no mere quirk of nature” possibly tells us the results 　　　.

A. can be explained scientifically　　　　　 B. are strange and hard to explain

C. have just come about by chance　　　 D. are very interesting

65. Suppose the following measurements are taken from four women. Which of them is more likely to have bright children?

A. Waist：60cm；Hip：100cm　　　　　 B. Waist：60cm；Hip：80cm

C. Waist：55cm；Hip：60cm　　　　　　 D. Waist：120cm；Hip：110cm

64. Which shows the possible shape of an hourglass?

A.　　　　　　　　　　　 B.　　　　　　　　　　 C.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.

63. Arthur thinks　　　 is the most important in finding someone one wants to marry.

A. being honest with the partner and oneself　 B. help from the website

C. difference in languages and places　　　　　　 D. difference in cultures

C

Women with an hourglass figure have brains to go with their curves(曲线), scientists claim. Going in at the waist is said to be a sign of intelligence which leads to brighter children, too. Women such as Nigella Lawson with a big difference between their waist and hip measurements scored significantly better in tests than those with thinner, straighter frames. Researchers concluded that it was not necessary for a woman to be skinny-what mattered is that her waist should be smaller than her hips. A ratio of 3:5 was found to be ideal.

The study, by the Universities of Pittsburgh and Califrnia, involved 16,000 women and girls.

According to the scientists, the results are no mere quirk of nature. They claim that the fat around curvy hips and thighs(大腿)holds higher levels of -3 fatty acids which are essential for the growth of the brain during pregnancy(怀孕). The fat which collects around the waist, however, is more likely to contain -6 fatty acids, which are less suited to brain growth.

Reporting in the journal Evolution an Human Behaviour, the researchers found that the children of curvy mothers are more likely to do well in cognitive tests than others. They claim that this could help explain why the children of teenage mothers-who might not yet be physically mature enough to have developed real curves-tend to do less well in school.

As well as boosting(提升)brainpower, －3 fatty acids found in oily fish are considered to be of huge health benefit.

Although the study analysed women’s bodies only, －3 fatty acids are also stored in men’s hips. However, it is not known whether men with wide hips benefit from the same brainpower boost.

62. Ying stood out from the rest because

A. she was a Chinese

B. she had much in common with Arthur

C. other women stopped writing to Arthur

D. she was cute and nice and often phoned to Arthur

61. Which of the following is true about Arthur’s story?

A. He was sure of finding a Chinese woman as his wife at first.

B. He was determined to find a Chinese woman as his wife.

C. He almost lost hope in finding a perfect wife until he found Ying.

D. No women wrote to him before Ying.

60. We can infer from the letter that Chinese love links is a website to

A. help foreigners to travel in China

B. help both Chinese and foreigners to find one they want to marry

C. help Chinese and foreigners make friends

D. receive letters from the USA

59. The best title for this passage might be　　　　 　.

A. Be careful with your friends

B. Never go out dating

C. Safety measures for teen dating

D. Dating out is always dangerous

B

To all of you at Chinese love links, I am 44 years old and never married. I have always wanted to find that perfect someone that I dream about. For about the last five years I have almost given up the hope of ever finding the one I truly wish to spend the rest of my life with.

I have always tried to be a nice guy. I had found your website some four or five months before. I did not know what to expect. I don’t know how to speak Chinese and never thought truly of how I was to an Asian woman.

Well, I had a lot of replies from some very nice and pretty women. I had a hard time finding only a couple to write to. But one stood out from the rest. She was cute, nice and seemed to hold a lot of the same values as I do. In a short time I had decided to write only to her. We communicated via e – mails 2 – 3 times a day and phone calls once or twice a week.

I went and met her and her family only a week ago. Her name is Ying and she lives in Nanning. I found Nanning to be one of the most beautiful cities I had ever been to. We had even decided to marry and to bring her to the USA under the fiancée visa. Not only did she meet everything I had ever hoped to find in someone else but turned out to be what every woman should be like, at least the ones I have met. We plan to marry as soon as she is here and start a family together as neither of us has children but we both want them.

So to anyone out there reading this, I can only say this: You may not find what you are looking for if you’re not honest with your partner and yourself. This site worked for me mostly because I was honest with something that I wanted in someone else. When I did find her, love can work even across the other side of the world, between language differences and cultural differences. I wish you all luck in finding your perfect match. I have finally found mine and wish to give all my thanks to those at Chinese love links to help make it happen.

Sincerely yours,

Arthur