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Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished ements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
What exactly is a lie? Is it anything we say which we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that? For example, suppose a friend wants to borrow some money from you. You say "I wish I could help you but I’m short of money myself." In fact, you are not short of money but your friend is in the habit of not paying his debt and you don’t want to hurt his feelings by reminding him of this. Is this rally a lie?
Professor Jerald Jellison of the University of Southern California has made a scientific study of lying. (76)According to him, women are better liars than men, particularly when telling a "white lie", such as when a woman at a party tells another woman that she likes her dress when she really thinks it looks awful. However, this is only one side of the story. Other researchers say that men are more likely to tell more serious lies, such as making a promise which they have no intension of fulfilling. This is the kind of lie politicians and businessmen are supposed to be particularly skilled at: the lie from which the liar hopes to profit or gain in some way.
Research has also been done into the way people’s behavior changes in a number of small, apparently unimportant ways when they lie. It has been found that if they are sitting down at the time, they tend to move about in their chairs more than usual. To the trained observer they are saying "I wish I were somewhere else now." They also tend to touch certain parts of the face more often, in particular the nose: One explanation of this may be that lying causes a slight increase in blood pressure. The tip of the nose is very sensitive to such changes and the increased pressures make it itch.
Another gesture which gives liars away is what the writer Desmond Morris in his book Manwatching calls "the mouth cover". (77) He says there are several typical forms of this, such as covering part of the mouth with the fingers, touching the upper—lip or putting a finger of the hand at one side of the mouth. Such a gesture can be understood as an unconscious attempt on the part of the liar to stop himself or herself from lying.
Of course, such gestures as rubbing the nose or covering the mouth, or moving about in a chair cannot be taken as proof that the speaker is lying. They simply tend to occur more frequently in this situation. It is not one gesture alone that gives the liar away but a whole number of things, and in particular the context in which the lie is told.
1. Researchers find that when a person tells lies ______
A his blood pressure increases measurably
B he looks very serious
C he tends to make some small changes in his behavior
D he uses his unconscious mind
答案:C
本題考查的也是考生對細節的把握，答案對應於第三段第一句：Research has also been done into the way people’s behavior changes in a number of small，apparently unimportant ways when they lie同樣有研究側重於當人們說謊時他們行為的一些細小的，明顯的不重要的改變，很容易看出答案C與該句符合。
2. The tone of this passage tells us that the writer ______
A hates to lie
B enjoys lying
C often tells a lie
D tries to analyze lying
答案:D
此題考查的是考生對整篇短文的觀點的理解。文章首先講到男人女人說謊的不同，而後又分析說謊時人們行為方式的變化等等，所以說文章是在分析說謊。其他選項錯誤。
3. According to the passage, a "white lie" seems to be a lie ______
A that other people believe
B that other people don’t believe
C told in order to avoid offending someone
D told in order to take advantage of someone
答案:C
本題考查的是考生對細節的把握，答案對應於文章第一、二段。第一段中“you don’t want to hurt his feelings by re minding him of this.”，第二段又用舉例的方法解釋了white lie 的含義。這個例子就是"such as when a woman at a party tells an other woman that she likes her dress when she really think it looks awful.”
4. One reason people sometimes rub their noses when they lie is that______
A they wish they were somewhere else
B the nose is sensitive to physical changes caused by lying
C they want to cover their mouths
D they are trying to stop themselves from telling lies
答案:B
本題考查的也是考生對細節的把握，答案對應於第三段最後一句：The tip of the nose is very sensitive to such changes and the increased pressures make it itch.鼻尖對這樣的變化非常敏感，血壓的增加使得它發癢，即與B選項吻合。
5. Research suggests that women ______
A are better at telling less serious lies than men are
B generally lie far more than men do
C lie at parties more often than men do
D often make promises they intend to break
答案:A
本題考查的也是考生對細節的把握，答案對應文章的第二段。該段比較了男人和女人說謊的不同，而且男人更可能說更嚴重的謊言。參見第二段中句子“Other researchers say that men are more likely to tell more serious lies，……”這裡的比較就是與前一句中女人撒謊相比。
Passage 2
Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For ex ample, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. It is important to think a bout the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the well—being of local inhabitants.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first—ass roads, and other support facilities needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international—ass tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel lose money.
Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many sup- port facilities as well. , including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.
6. It’s good for local people that they are well aware that tourism will ______
A use up a large amount of water
B weaken their economy
C help establish their traditions
D help improve their life
答案:D
本題考查的也是考生對細節的把握，答案對應於文章第一段最後一句：Tourism should also advance the well—being of local inhabitants.易看出答案為D項。
7. Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT ______
A a bad impact on other industries
B a change of tourists’ customs
C overcrowdness of places of interest
D pressure on traffic
答案:B
本題考查的.是考生對細節的把握，答案對應於文章第一和第二段，其中列舉了過多的觀光旅遊帶來的問題。可以找出對應選項A、C、D，只有答案B在文中沒有對應部分。
8. Which of the following has most probably been discussed in’ the former paragraph of this passage?
A it is extremely important to develop tourism.
B Building roads and hotels is essential
C Support facilities are highly necessary
D Planning is of great importance to tourism
答案:D
本題考查考生對文章結構的理解。文章第一段就說如果不恰當的設定計劃，旅遊業就會帶來很多問題。之後介紹了各種可能的事情。由此獨斷出本文之前的部分是討論了設定計劃的重要性。
9. The word "handle" in the last paragraph most probably means______
A carry away
B pick up
C get in
D take down
答案:A
本題考查的是考生對具體詞彙的把握，sewer是排水溝的意思。應此handle在這裡含義與carry away相同。
10. Not enough tourism can lead to ______
A an increase of unemployment
B a decrease in tourist attractions
C the higher cost of support facilities
D a rise in price and a fall in pay
答案:A
本題考查的也是考生對細節的把握，答案對應於文章在第三段首句。從文章結構來說，第一段說明過多的旅遊帶來的問題;第二段是過渡段;第三段說沒有旅遊業的問題。
Passage 3
Trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him wood and other products, they give him shaded and they help to prevent drought and floods.
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that with them he has lost the friends he had.
Two thousand years ago, a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became bare and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found itself faced by floods and starvation.
Even where a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult sometimes to make the people realize this. They cut down the trees but are too careless to plant and look after new trees. (80)So, unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests slowly disappear.
This does not only mean that there will be fewer trees. The results are even more serious: for where there are trees, their roots break the soil up, allowing the rain to sink in, and also bind the soil. This prevents the soil from being washed away. But where there are on trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, and this causes floods and the rain carries away the rich topsoil in which crops grow. When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.
11. When there is a heavy rain, trees can help to prevent floods, as they can ______
A keep rain from falling down to soft ground
B cause the soil to allow rainwater to sink in
C make the topsoil stick together
D prevent the soil from being washed away
答案:B
本題考查的也是考生對細節的把握，答案對應於文章參見最後一段第二句。
12. It’s very pitiful that ______
A man has cut down too many trees
B man is eager to profit from trees
C man hasn’t realizes the importance of trees to him
D man hasn’t found cut that he has lost all trees
答案:C
本題考查的也是考生對細節的把握，答案對應於文章第二段首句Unfortunately，in many parts of the world，man has not realized that the third“these services is the most pitiful與Unfortunately相對應。
13. Two thousand years ago, a rich and powerful country met with floods and starvation because of ______
A the soil of the country became barren
B its empire fell
C it cut too many trees down
D the conquered land within its empire was poor and barren
答案:C
本題考查的也是考生對細節的把握，答案對應於文章第三段。這段中講述了一個國家過渡砍樹所造成的後果。
14. According to the passage, trees are useful to man mainly in three ways, the most important of which is that they can ______
A keep him from the hot sunshine
B prevent him from floods
C make him draw quick profit from them
D help him to keep from the attack of drought and floods
答案:D
題考查的是考生對細節的把握，答案對應於文章第二段首句，…man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important，答案D項剛好與之符合。
15. Sooner or later the forests will disappear ______
A if people don’t stop cutting trees
B unless a country has a plenty supply of trees
C unless all people the importance of planting trees and the government has good system of control.
D if man doesn’t stop cutting trees carelessly
答案:C
本題考查的也是考生對細節的把握，答案對應於文章第四段最後一句。
