63.The best title for this passage may probably be________.

A. Birds Thin Down For Journey　　　　　　　 B. Birds Fatten Up For Journey

C. How Birds Build Up Fat For Journey　　　　 D. How Birds Burn Energy For Journey

答案　 60.D　 61.C　 62.D　 63.B

Passage 67

(06·湖南C篇)

The coyote(丛林狼).that elever animal of wide-open space .has come to the nation’s captial.In fact ,coyotes have spread to every comer of the United States,changing their behaviors to fit new envioronments and causing researchers to deal with a troublesome new kind of creature:the city coyote.

The coyote originally lived in the middle of the continent.One of its most obvious characters is its smartness, which has made the animal a notorious(臭名昭著的)pest.Hunters trapped,shot and poisoned more than a million coyotes in the 1900s.It’s still one of America’s mosthunted animals. Yet the coyote has survived.How has the coyote shown this extraordinary ability?”I guess if you wanted to use one word,it’d be ‘plasticity’.”says Erie Gese,an expert at Utah State University. Coyotes can live alon, in pairs, or in large packs like wolves,hunt at night or during the day , occupy a small region or an area up to 40 square miles,and live on all sorts of food,from lizards(蜥蜴)and shoes, to ants and melons.

　　 Unbelicvadly　 people　 helpcd coyotes　 increase　 when　 they kiltcd most of the wolves in the United States. The sprcdding of coyotes into city areas,though.is rccent.They travel at night,crossing sidcwalks and bridges.running atong roads and ducking into cuinerts (钻入涵洞)and underpasscs .No one knows why coyotes are maving into cities.but expertsexplaih that clevcter,more human-tolerant(不怕人的)coyotes are teaching urban survivalskills to new generations.

Occasionally.coyotes mighe attack human beings.There have been about 160 attacks on peoplc in reccnt years Therefore,people have bccn consistently told not feed coyotes or leave pct food unseeurcd.That ,plus a large trapping program in the neighborhood.has cur down on the coyote population.

62.A_______red not wading bird has a better chance to survive during its migrating flight.

　 A. stronger　　　　　　 B. weaker　　　　　　 C. thinner　　　　　　 D. fatter

60.A red knot wading bird of 100 grams will probably weigh _____ before making its nonstop migrating flight.

A.50 grams　　　　　　 B.100 grams　　　　 C.150 grams　　　　　 D.200 grams 61.During their migrating flight, red knot wading　 birds can save energy by flying_______. 　 A. separately　　　　　 B. alone　　　　　　　 C. in groups　　　　　 D. in pairs

48．How is the text organized?

A．In order of time.　　　　　　 B．In order of frequency.

C．In order of preference.　　 D．In order of importance.

答案　 45.B　 46.D　 47.C　 48.A

Passage 66

(06·福建B篇)

As skies are filled with millions of migrating(迁徙)birds, European scientists say the seasonal wonder appears to be strange; the fatter that bird, the better it flies. 　　 The results of their study led to a theory opposite to a central one of acrodynamies (空气动力学), which says that the power needed to fly increases with weight. 　　 For birds, obviously, the cost of flying with heavy fat is much smaller than we used to think. Researchers found that red knoll wading birds double their normal body weight of 100 grams before making their twice-a-year nonstop flight between the British Isles and the Russian Arctic. Distance; 5, 000 kilometers. 　　 Another study in the magazine Nature measured the advantage of flying in an acrodynamic group which allows birds to save energy by flying smoothly and quietly in the lead bird’s air stream.

Flying in groups, their heart rates were 14.5 percent lower than flying alone, according to Henri, a French scientist. The findings help explain how birds completes difficult migrations. Researchers had thought that thinner, stronger birds would have the best chance to survive. 　　 The first study suggests that building up fat to be burnt as fuel during the migration is worth more than the energy it takes to carry the additional weight. 　　 In the study, researchers said their learn studied the birds flown at different body weights during 28 simulated(模拟的)flights. They forced a small amount of special water into the birds’ bodies so that they could measure the amount of energy burnt during the flight.

47．The strawberries the children eat serve as　　　 .

A．breakfast B．lunch 　　　 C．vaccines　　　　 D．nutrition

46．How do the shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal ?

A．By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.　　

B．By listening to the doctor’s advice.

C．By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.

D．By checking the nutrition details of the food.

45．What changes the color of your shirt?

A．The mirror.　　　 B．The shirt itself. C．The counter.　　　　　　 D．The medicine.

75．The passage is mainly about　　　　 .

　　　 A．the construction of a road 　　 B．the design of a road

　　　 C．the construction of two tunnels 　　 D．the design of two tunnels

答案　 72.D　 73.C　 74.B　 75.D

Passage 65

(06·浙江B篇)

It’s2035. You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 years old welcome to your future life.

　　 Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red, ”you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You’re not even middle – aged !

As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you bear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that ,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic (电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.

“Ready for your trip to space ?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space – and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you “The doctor said you need these for space travel ” Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids bead for the front door.

It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors “My office. Autopilot,” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e – newspaper. The latest news down loads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages you watch the news as video film rather than read it.

74．Driving in the tunnel , one can know the traffic conditions ahead through　　　　 .

　　　 A．the lights 　　　　　　　 B．the electronic signs

　　　 C．the trucks and cars D．the emergency phones

73．Which part of the tunnel in the diagram is used to pipe out extra water ?

　　　 A．1.　　 B．3.　　　 C．5.　　　 D．6.