Passage 3

I lose so many things that I was sure they just get up and walk. Perhaps I have never admitted it—even to myself, but I am extremely jealous of people who are so orderly that they never lose anything. Most of my friends always seem to have a place for everything and everything is in its place. I hate comparing myself with them. They have special cupboards for tools, hooks to hang things on and drawers to put things in . It is quite impossible for me to compete.

Some things have a terrible habit of disappearing the moment I need them. Pencils and ballpoint pens are never anywhere near the telephone when it rings, no matter how much care I take. Screw-drivers and tin-openers always manage to walk into the garden and, as a result, screws remain loose, and tins remain unopened. Boxes of matches move under the radio, and needles disappear every time I want to sew a button on a shirt.

The situation was getting so much out of control that I decided to organize myself. I had a large cupboard put into the kitchen. On the shelves I neatly arranged a number of boxes and tins, the contents of which I clearly printed in ink on the outside. I had one box for pins, another for nails, and a special place for screw-drivers. There was a new address book in one corner so that I could make a note of telephone numbers and addresses. Before this I had always written addresses on bits of paper——which I quickly lost. Soon everything was tidily arranged in its place, from pairs of scissors to cakes of soap and spare lamps. Having made such a sincere attempt to prevent things from running away, I felt very proud of myself. But it was not long before the matches disappeared and the hammer decided to hide itself in the waste-paper basket. I soon got my revenge, however. I had a lock fitted to the cupboard and thus made sure that nothing could escape. This was an admirable solution——until I lost the key to the cupboard.

46. This passage is something written to ______.

47. The author loses so many things because ______.

48. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

49. After the author decided to improve the situation, he did everything below except that ______.

50. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

Passage 4

While the history of technology can be traced along many lines, one of the most intriguing （引人入胜的） development is that photo technology, the technology of light. From the prehistoric invention of fire to laser beams （激光束） and fiber optics （光纤）, light has “continually occupied the minds of inventors.” Their inventions fall into two groups: the use of light to aid vision and, more interestingly, the use of light for purposes of communication.

The use of light for communication is one of the major directions that technology has taken ever since the middle of the nineteenth century. From still （静态的）photography to movies to television (with a development from black-and-white to color imagery in each), photo technology has had a great effect upon mass communication and mass education. Unlike the printed word, visual images have more impact because they are more immediate: They copy reality in a way that the printed word cannot. Unlike letter shapes, they are not abstract; unlike words, they require no symbolic interpretation by the mind. Combined with the widespread and uniform spreading of such images, phototechnology affects the thinking of vast audiences and shapes their view of reality.

As the number of commercially available television channels grows, the viewer’s freedom of choice increases, but so does the burden of that choice.

51. It can be learned about the technology of light from the first paragraph that ________.

52. According to the passage, visual images differ from the printed words in that ________.

53. It can be learned from the passage that with the development of phototechnology, ________.

54. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

55. The paragraph following this passage will most probably discuss ________.

Part III   Cloze (10%)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage, and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

What will man be like in the future in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course, but we  56  be sure that he will be different from what he is  57  .For man is  58  changing all the time.

Let us take an obvious example. 59  , even five hundred years ago , was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches   60  . Five hundred years is  61  relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will  62  to grow taller.

Again, in the modern world we use our brains  63  .Even so, 64  still make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity.  65  time goes on , however, we  66  use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones!  67  is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become  68  and we have to wear glasses. But  69  very long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow  70  .

On the other hand, we tend to make  71  use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they  72  a great deal in modern life.

 73  what about hair? This will probably  74  from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a  75  purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.

Part IV   Writing (15%)

Directions: This part is to test your ability in practical writing. Now you are required to write a letter according to the information given in Chinese. Your writing should contain 100 to 120 words and you should write it on the Answer Sheet.

76.你的好朋友王宏（Wang Hong）邀请你和另外几位同学参加在他家里举行的生日聚会。但你在赴会的途中遇上塞车，迟到了半个小时。你的同学高岩（Gao Yan）批评了你几句，你就和他吵了起来。结果，大家不欢而散。回到家里后，你觉得十分内疚，决定以电子邮件的形式给王宏写一封道歉信。信中告诉王宏你与高岩吵架的间接原因，你对此事深感抱歉，请王宏原谅，并表示，你会从此事中吸取教训，今后要尽量避免类似事情的发生。

注意：你只能根据上述提示写一封信，不可直接将上面这段文字翻译成英语。