第一学期西南交通大学英语III第1次作业答案(4)

he front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect and emotion, and determine the human character. (The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties.)

Contraction of front and side parts was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty-and-seventy-year-olds.

Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with age-using the head.

The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant. Matsuzawa’s findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. ―The best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using the brain,‖ he says. ―Think hard and engage in conversation. Don’t rely on pocket calculators.‖ [共5题]

(1) The team of doctors wanted to find out __________. (A) why certain people age sooner than others (B) how to make people live longer (C) the size of certain people’s brains (D) which people are most intelligent 你选择的答案： A [正确] 正确答案：A

(2) What are their research findings based on? (A) A survey of farmers in northern Japan. (B) Tests performed on a thousand old people. (C) The study of brain volumes of different people. (D) The latest development of computer technology. 你选择的答案： C [正确] 正确答案：C

(3) The doctor’s tests show that __________. (A) our brains shrink as we grow older

(B) the front section of the brain does not shrink (C) sixty-year-olds have better brains than thirty-year-olds

(D) some people’s brains have contracted more than other people’s 你选择的答案： A [正确] 正确答案：A

(4) The word ―subjects‖ in paragraph 5 means__________. (A) something to be considered

(B) branches of knowledge studied

(C) persons chosen to be studied in an experiment (D) any member of a state except the supreme ruler 你选择的答案： C [正确] 正确答案：C

(5) According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others? (A) Lawyers. (B) Farmers. (C) Clerks.

(D) Shop assistants. 你选择的答案： A [正确] 正确答案：A 参考答案：

[第一单元]; 第5小题：A 推断题。根据文章的第七段―Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors.‖可知律师是这几类人中衰老最慢的，所以选A。 45.

Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, but there have only been few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way—was it through training and practice, or are great players born, not made? First, these players came from places that have had famous stars in the past—players that a young boy can look up to and try to imitate. In the history of soccer, only six countries have ever won the World Cup—three from South America and three from Western Europe. There has never been a great national team—or a really great player—from North America or from Asia. Second, these players have all had years of practice in the game. Alfredo Di Stefano was the son of a soccer player, as was Pele. Most players begin playing the game at the age of three or four.

Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood—a poor, crowded area where a boy’s dream is not to be a doctor, lawyer, or businessman, but to become a rich, famous athlete or entertainer. For example, Liverpool which produced the Beatles (甲壳虫乐队)，had one of the best English soccer teams in recent years. Pele practiced in the street with a ―ball‖ made of rags. And George Best learned the tricks that made him famous by bouncing the ball off a wall in the slums (贫民窟)of Belfast.

All great players have a lot in common, but that doesn’t explain why they are great. Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, but only one became Pele. The greatest players are born with some unique quality that sets them apart from all the others. [共5题]

(1) According to the author, which of the following statements is TRUE? (A) Great soccer players are born, not made. (B) Truly great players are rare.

(C) Only six countries have ever had famous soccer stars. (D) Soccer is the least popular sport in North America and Asia

你选择的答案： B [正确] 正确答案：B

(2) The word ―tricks‖ at the end of Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to __________. (A) ―experience‖ (B) ―cheating‖ (C) ―skills‖ (D) ―training‖

你选择的答案： C [正确] 正确答案：C

(3) Pele is cited as an example in the second paragraph to illustrate that __________. (A) famous soccer players live in slum areas

(B) people in poor areas are born with some unique quality

(C) children in poor areas start playing football at the age of 3 or 4 (D) many great soccer players come from poor areas 你选择的答案： D [正确] 正确答案：D

(4) From the statement ―only one became Pele‖ in the last paragraph, we can learn that __________.

(A) Pele is the greatest soccer player

(B) the greatest players are born with some unique quality (C) Pele’s birthplace sets him apart from all the other players (D) the greatest players practice with ―balls‖ made of rags 你选择的答案： B [正确] 正确答案：B

(5) Which of the following is NOT included in the factors of a soccer player’s success? (A) his family background (B) his neighborhood (C) his practice (D) his height

你选择的答案： D [正确] 正确答案：D 参考答案：

[第一单元]; 第5小题：D 细节题。根据文章第一段―these players have all had years of practice in the game.‖（这些球员常年踢球，经验很丰富。）符合C选项，而第二段―many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood—a poor, crowded area‖则告诉读者（很多优秀的足球运动员都来自同样的聚居区——贫困，嘈杂的社会底层），这与A，B两项的内容相吻合，只有D项没有被提及，故只能选D。

46. With 11 Internet courses and three master’s degrees to his credit, 28-year-old Charles Sturek

__(1)__ the panic he felt during his first week of e-class. He graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in May. He said he was __(2)__ overwhelmed __________ any college freshman by the time he ―arrived‖ at his first online session.―I printed out all the course materials, put them in six-ring binders,‖ Sturek said. In a class with few set time constraints, he struggled to understand where to ―be‖ at any given time. It took a face-to-face meeting with the professor to __(3)__ online learning. Anyway, it’s an entirely different medium with few direct connections to the chalk-and-talk set. It has been less than a decade __(4)__ schools first embraced the Internet for distance learning. Now the university is among several colleges that are preparing to take the next big step. Distance learning is the next big thing in education, according to Paul Edelson, Stony Brook’s dean of the School of Professional Development. For several years he has taught graduate-level courses online.―E-learning has many benefits __(5)__ the physical classroom‖, he said. These include a better ability to __(6)__ students in must-participate discussions and media-rich resource materials over the Net. It also gives time-constrained or remotely located part-time students __(7)__ to college level instruction they might otherwise never have.―It fulfills the dream for higher education of improving performance of writing and thinking skills,‖ Edelson said. But __(8)__ as established universities race ahead with online programs, many are urging caution. Critics __(9)__ that dropout rates for e-classes are significantly higher than that for face-to-face classes, in some cases __(10)__ 40 percent. [共10题] (1)

(A) reconsiders (B) recalls (C) reviews (D) remembers 你选择的答案： B [正确] 正确答案：B (2)

(A) as … as (B) so … that (C) such … that (D) such … as 你选择的答案： A [正确] 正确答案：A (3)

(A) get familiar with (B) get adjusted to (C) get to know (D) get to continue 你选择的答案： B [正确] 正确答案：B (4)

(A) because (B) due to (C) since (D) before

你选择的答案： C [正确] 正确答案：C (5) (A) over (B) on (C) from (D) at

你选择的答案： A [正确] 正确答案：A (6) (A) take (B) help (C) engage (D) encourage

你选择的答案： C [正确] 正确答案：C (7)

(A) accident (B) accent (C) accept (D) access

你选择的答案： D [正确] 正确答案：D (8) (A) even (B) if (C) though (D) although

你选择的答案： A [正确] 正确答案：A (9)

(A) point to (B) point at

(C) point out (D) point for

你选择的答案： C [正确] 正确答案：C (10) (A) exceed (B) exceeding (C) exceeded (D) exceedingly 你选择的答案： B [正确] 正确答案：B 参考答案：

[第一单元]; 第10小题：B 分词结构的用法，这句话意为―一些批评者指出，网络课堂的退学率明显高于面对面的现实课堂，有时甚至超过40％。‖在这句话中，分词结构的逻辑主语是―dropout rates for e-classes‖，和―exceed‖是呈主动关系，只能用现在分词，故选B

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