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Passage Three
Bows and arrows are one of man's oldest weapons. They gave early man an effective weapon to kill his enemies. The ordinary bow or short bow was used by nearly all early people. This bow had limited power and short range. However, man overcame these faults by learning to track his targets at a close range. The long bow was most likely discovered when someone found out that a five-foot piece of wood made a better bow than a three-foot piece. Hundreds of thou- sands of these bows were made and used for three hundred years. However, not one is known to survive today. We believe that a force of about one hundred pounds was needs to pull the string all the way back on a long bow. For a long time the bow was just a bent stick and string. In fact, more changes have taken place in a bow in the past 25 years than in the last 7 centuries. Today, bow is forceful. It is as exact as a gun. In addition, it requires little strength to draw the string. Modern bows also have precise aiming devices. In indoor contests, perfect scores from 40 yards are common. The invention of the bows itself ranks with discovery of fire and the wheel. It was a great-step-forward for man.
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. Why did man have to track his target at a close range when using a short bow?
19. What does the passage tell us about the long bow?
20. What do we know about modem bows?
Part II Reading Comprehension
Passage One
21. D) 由第一段的前兩句綜合所有的細節(jié)。
22. B) 見第一段的第四句。
23. C) 本題考察利用上下文理解生詞的能力。單詞myograph所在的第二段說，這種儀器make visible through electrical signals the work done by human muscle，與C)基本是同樣的意思。
24. A) 由第三段的第一句中的“…a new design”可知，第二句中提到的a tripod ladder是a new design，相比之下，四條腿的梯子就是an old design了，也就是說，過去的stepladder是四條腿的。
25. D) 本題考察尋找細節(jié)。線索位于倒數(shù)第二段的第二句話。句子中的“Dr. Tichauer’s first thought”對應(yīng)于題干中的initially，后面的句子都是說明為了舒適；本題的另一線索是最后一段的第一句，Efficiency is the by-product of comfort，由此可知，Dr. Tichauer最初關(guān)心的是comfort。
Passage Two
26. D) 本題主要由第一段的內(nèi)容推理出來，同時兼用排除法。由第二段的前兩句話，可知計算機犯罪并非不能查出來，所以A)、C）不對；由第一段的第二句中“for his own purposes”可以排除B)。
27. D) 第三段主要講的是我們還不知道有多少計算機犯罪未被發(fā)現(xiàn)，第二、三兩句說那些被發(fā)現(xiàn)了的都是偶然的，是他們的運氣不好，顯然，沒被發(fā)現(xiàn)的要比已被發(fā)現(xiàn)的數(shù)量要多得多。
28. B) 本題表面要求尋找細節(jié)，但實際仍是一道推斷題，考察考生對最后兩段的理解。為什么計算機犯罪會逃脫懲罰呢？最后一段的前兩句說得很明白，是因為公司的經(jīng)理 們害怕the bad publicity，即是bad reputation之意，所以他們會在揭示計算機犯罪時而猶豫。
29. B) 文章有三處都提到了這個問題的答案，它們分別是第一段的最后一句、第二段的第二句、第四段。最直接的線索是第二段的第二句。
30. D) 這是一道難度較大的主旨題。答案A)和D)很相似，文章的很多地方也都講的是computer criminals escape punishment，但這是表面的，正是因為他們?nèi)菀滋用搼土P，所以文章最后一句說他們可以到一個新地方繼續(xù)從事犯罪活動，其結(jié)果自然是計算機犯罪消除 不了，因此本題選項D)更佳。
Passage Three
31. A) 本題考察對文章主題的理解。文章的最后一段的后半句是本文的主題句，它明確說the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent （相關(guān)的，切題的） not only to a healthy democracy, but also to a healthy family，此處的pertinent與題干中的fundamental在此處的意思是一樣的。
32. A) 本題較難，表面是個細節(jié)題，但實際是推斷題。有兩處線索：第一處是第二段的第一句話，該句承接第一段中談?wù)摰膕haring household，指出如果過分了的話，就會導致男人被認為較不重要，即是選項A)的意思。第二處線索是第三段的倒數(shù)第二句話中“… that he does have a place in it”。
33. D) 線索見第三段的第二句話What we need, rather, is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals.
34. C）本題的線索同31題。
35. A) 本題除了用排除法做以外，仍然考的是主題句。最后一句中的a healthy democracy是從社會的角度來講的。
