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part A
The Greatest Mystery of Whales
The whale is a mammal (哺乳動物) --warm-blooded, air-breathing, giving birth to its young alive, sucking them--and, like all mammals, originated on land. There are many signs of this.
__________ (1) front flippers (鰭肢), used for steering and stability, are traces of feet.
Immense strength is built into the great body of the big whales, and in fact most of a whale's body is one gigantic muscle. The blue whale's pulling __________ (2) has been estimated at 400 horsepower. One specimen was reposed to have __________ (3) a whaling vessel for seven hours at the __________ (4) of eight knots.
An enraged whale will attack a ship. A famous__________(5) of this was the fate of whaler Essex, which was sunk__________(6) the coast of South America early in the last century. More recently, steel ships have had their plates buckled (扭曲變形) in the same way. Sperm whales were known to__________(7) the old-time whaleboats in their jaws and crush them.
The greatest mystery of whales is their diving ability. The sperm whale can __________(8) the bosom for his favorite food, the octopus (章魚). __________(9) that search he is known to go as far down as 3,200 feet, where the pressure is 1,400 pounds to the square inch. Doing__________(10) he will remain submerged (水下的 ) as long as one hour. Two feats (絕技) are involved in this: storing up enough __________ (11) (all whales are air-breathed) and withstanding the great change in pressure. Just__________(12) he does it scientists have not determined. It is believed that some of the oxygen is stored in a special system of blood vessels, rather than just held in the lungs. And__________ (13) is believed that a special kind of oil in his head is some sort of compensating mechanism that automatically adjusts the internal pressure of his body. But __________(14) you can't bring a live whale into the laboratory for study, no one __________(15) just how these things work.
1.A. Their
B. It's
C. Theirs
D. Its
2.A. strength
B. width
C. height
D. length
3.A. eaten
B. crashed
C. towed (拖)
D. lifted
4.A. distance
B. rate
C. voyage
D. sail
5.A. picture
B. film
C. example
D. book
6.A. offB. of C. aboveD. over
7.A. hit
B. seize
C. damage
D. kick
8.A. fly to
B. jump on
C. dive to
D. crawl on
9.A. In
B. On
C. By
D. At
10. A. so
B. such
C. above
D. the same
11. A. water
B. oxygen
C. energy
D. heat
12. A. what
B. who
C. how
D. which
13. A. it
B. he
C. she
D. there
14. A. because of
B. due to
C. since
D. owing to
15. A. communicates
B. knows
C. hears
D. develops
part B
Something Men Do Not Like to Do
Eric Brown hates shopping. "It's just not enjoyable to me," said the 28-year-old Chicago man who was carrying several shopping bags along the city's main street, Michigan Avenue. "When I'm out__________(1), I basically know what I want to get. I rush in. I buy it. I __________ (2). "
Common wisdom says that guys hate to Shop. You can ask generations of men. But people who study shopping say that a number of social, cultural and economic factors are now__________(3) this "men-hate-to-shop" notion.
" __________ (4) social class, ethnicity, age, men say they hate to shop," says Sharon Zukin, a City University of New York sociology professor. "Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they __________ (5) to shop. Men generally like to shop for __________ .(6), music and hardware. But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they'll say "Well, that's not shopping. That's __________ (7)."
In other words, what men and women call "buying things" and how they approach that task are __________ (8).
Women will__________(9) through several 1,000-square-metre stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Intemet sites in search of the__________(10)digital camcorder.
Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a mission or a__________(11) to be won.
"Men are frequently shopping to win," says Mary Ann McGrath, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago. "They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best one. The last one and if they do that it__________(12) them happy."
When women shop, "they're doing it in a way where they want__________(13) to be very happy," says McGrath. "They're kind of shopping for love."
In fact, it is in clothing where we see a male-female__________(14) most clearly. Why,grumble some men, are all male clothes navy, grey, black or brown? But would they wear Light green and pink?
These days, many guys wear a sort of "uniform", says Paco Underhill, author of "Why We Buy", "It's been hard for them to understand what it means to be fashion-conscious in a business way. It becomes much, much easier if you (15) your range of choices."
1.A. playing
B. fishing
C. shopping
D. traveling
2.A. get out
B. stay in
C. look round
D. move about
3.A. confirming
B. challenging
C. proving
D. supporting
4.A. Regardless of
B. Because of
C. Owing to
D. Thanks to
5.A. want
B. like
C. hate
D. hope
6.A. coats
B. pants
C. socks
D. books
7.A. relaxation
B. rest
C. exercise
D. research
8.A. similar
B. inclusive
C. contradictory
D. different
9.A. wander
B. go
C. walk D. run
10. A. cheap
B. fashionable
C. presentable
D. perfect
11. A. task
B. play
C. game
D. destination
12. A. brings
B. causes
C. makes
D. keeps
13. A. everybody
B. nobody
C. anybody
D. no one
14. A. competition
B. comparison
C. division
D. confrontation
15. A. broaden
B. expand
C. extend
D. narrow
