Part II Reading Comprehension (30 points, 45 minutes) $g/h=w@
Directions: In this part there are several passages. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked (A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. |68k9rq
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Passage 1 nd7g8P9p
Every year scientists open more doors that lead to the secrets of ? Dn}
new beneficent drugs. .t/@d(R
There is bacitracin, which was discovered by two scientists at M|fV7g
Columbia University''s College of Physicians and Surgeons. These two P
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people, Dr. Frank Meleney and Miss Balbina Johnson, knowing that the 0G0(g,3p
human body had some kind of action in itself with which it fights NFKvgd@
infections, began to search for the chemical that does this. In the J0oeCb
hospital they examined badly infected wounds of people who had been -4P `:bF
hurt in accidents and made tests of the blood and the infected tissue. -Mz [S
Finally, in the wound of a girl who had broken a leg bone, they Ez-Q'v(9
found the useful germs which seemed to be fighting the poisonous , 2xv
infection. They took some of these into the laboratory and from them i'4.w?O Z
developed cultures; that is, larger masses of the germs with which to _A])q
experiment. At last, after long and painstaking work, they were able h9#)Eo
to draw from these germs a substance which is a germ destroyer. Dr. ;{q*
Meleney and Miss Johnson named it bacitracin-baci because the germ is, Iy&,1CI"]
in scientific language, a bacillus and tracin for Margaret Tracy, Bv'%$}}-
whose broken leg supplied the germ. v"Ax'()
Bacitracin at first was used only locally; later the drug was :7mHPe}(
developed into a solution that can be used to fight germ through the ^$sqU
blood stream.
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16.Today, the discovery of a new drug occurs . /zoy,t-i
A)very seldom. B)once in a generation. RHMXPsj
C)once every ten years. D)frequently. eZN"t~\rX
17. The scientific term for the action with which the human body [.1MElM
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A)drug. B)biotic. nw0#gDI|
C)not mentioned. D)both A and B. %yu =,J j
18. Searching for the fighting chemical, the scientists examined . rp{|{>'`.q
A)fresh wounds. B)infected wounds. dRnf
C)only infected leg bones. D)only a few wounds. c38XM]Jeq
19. Cultures, as used in this article, are . IA({R
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D)poisonous germs. r
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20. Bacitracin .
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A)is poisonous. B)destroys germs. DQm%=ON7
C)restores broken bones. D)develops germs. So'.QWzX
21. To say that a drug was used locally is to say that it was . >[,
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D)used only in hospitals. E<[
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22. From reading this selection you can infer that yy7(')wKO
A)many scientific discoveries are due to chance. >m,hna]RZ
B)every year scientists discover new beneficent drugs. pUb1#=
C)behind medical discovery there may be a dramatic story. ]myRYb5Z
D)culture are large masses of germs. 8
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Passage 2 zqo0P~
Our echo sounder located the wreck of a French submarine that had MMs~f*
foundered during the war in seventy-five feet of water outside Dakar E,}{ iqAb
harbor. Dumas and I plunged down and found the vessel lying clean and '\tI|
upright, surrounded by such clouds of fish as we had rarely seen-small C,Nf|L((6
silver fingerlings and dark metals. As Dumas swam into the shadow of ]VRa4ZB{u
the port propeller, he came face to face with a gigantic fish, grouper ApXf<MAy
variety, cousin to our familiar Mediterranean meroblast-fish. This &aLTy&8Fv
specimen was ten times the size of our old acquaintances: he weighed m-vn5OX
at least four hundred pounds. The wide, flat head and tiny eyes Mh.1KI[t
advanced on Dumas; the ugly mouth yawned open, wide enough to admit ERpAV-Zf
him. Dumas knew that sedentary groupers have no teeth to speak of; it L7-BuW}&
seemed, however, that this individual might wish to swallow him 6]?mjG6
unmasticated in the fashion of the mero type which swims agape(大张着嘴), E1eGZ&&Gd
taking in whole octopuses(章鱼). #1DEZ4]jjY
The cavernous mouth approached within two feet; Dumas sculled F@i>l{C
backward, watchfully keeping a modest interval as the monster s5nw<V9$]
unhurriedly followed. The knowledge that the species was harmless gave )S g6B;CJ
Dumas little comfort as he gazed into the fish''s mouth; he and the ub-3/T
grouper exchanged mutual stares of revulsion for a seemingly hG?y)g\A
interminable period while Dumas was steadily pressed back. Then the t0m;tb bg
beast lost interest, turned aside, and returned to its dim home under 4>*=q*<V5E
the lost submarine. Dumas surfaced in a reflective mood: "Imagine $[>{s9E
being swallowed by a lousy grouper." qzUiBwUi@
23. Dumas encountered the jewfish while . _O`p (6
A)trying to locate an old wreck. J\L'HIs
B)skin fishing in Dakar harbor. 0)ohab
C)swimming near a foundered submarine. vB8$Qx\J
D)attempting to salvage a submarine. Qn*l,Z]US
24. The gigantic fish was actually . ^k=<+*9
A)an extraordinarily large pomfret. }?s-$@$R
C)a kind of grouper fish. >n"0>[:4
B)a mero. [ohLG_9
D)both B and C.