2001年同等学力申硕英语真题及答案(3)

D. introduce cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit

62. How long will the Chinese panda-cloning project take according to the passage?

A. 1 year. B. 3 to 5 years. C. 2 years. D. 25 years.

63. The word “groundbreaking” (para.7) can be interpreted as ______.

A. essentially new B. pioneering C. evolutionary D. epoch-making

64. What could be the major problem in cloning pandas according to Professor Kraemer?

A. Lack of available panda eggs. B. Lack of host animals.

C. Lack of qualified researchers. D. Lack of funds.

65. The best title for the passage may be ______.

A. China—the Native Place of Pandas Forever

B. China s Efforts to Clone Pandas

C. China s First Cloned Panda

D. Exploring the Possibility to Clone Pandas

Key: C, D, A, B, B

Passage 5

If there is one thing scientists hate to hear. it is that the game is over. Raised on the belief of an endless voyage of discovery, they recoil (畏缩) from the suggestion that most of the best things have already been located. If they have, today s scientists can hope to contribute no more than a few grace notes to the symphony of science.

A book to be published in Britain this week, The End of Science, argues persuasively that this is the case. Its author, John Horgan, is a senior writer for Scientific American magazine, who has interviewed many of today s leading scientists and science philosophers. The shock of realizing that science might be over came to him, he says, when he was talking to Oxford mathematician and physicist Sir Roger Penrose.

The End of Science provoked a wave of denunciation (谴责) in the United States last year. “The reaction has been one of complete shock and disbelief,” Mr. Horgan says.

The real question is whether any remaining unsolved problems, of which there are plenty, lend themselves to universal solutions. If they do not, then the focus of scientific discovery is already narrowing. Since the triumphs of the 1960s—the genetic code, plate tectonics (板块构造说), and the microwave background radiation that went a long way towards proving the Big Bang ―genuine scientific revolutions have been scarce. More scientists are now alive, spending more money on research, than ever. Yet most of the great discoveries of the 19th and 20th centuries were made before the appearance of state Sponsorship, when the scientific enterprise was a fraction of its present size.

Were the scientists who made these discoveries brighter than today s? That seems unlikely. A far more reasonable explanation is that fundamental science has already entered a period of diminished returns. “Look, don t get me wrong,” says Mr. Horgan. “There are lots of important

things still to study, and applied science and engineering can go on for ever. I hope we get a cure for cancer, and for mental disease though there are few real signs of progress.”

66. The sentence “most of the best things have already been located” could mean ______.

A. most of the best things remain to be changed

B. most of the best things have already been changed

C. most secrets of the world have already been discovered

D. there have never been so many best things waiting to be discovered

67. John Horgan ______.

I. has published a book entitled The End of Science

II. has been working as an editor of Scientific American

Ill. has been working many years as a literary critic

IV. is working as a science writer

A. I only B. I and II C. I, II and IV D. I and IV

68. There have not been many genuine scientific revolutions in the past few decades because

______.

A. there are too many important things for scientists to study

B. there have been decreased returns in the research of fundamental science

C. today s scientists are not as intelligent as those in the past

D. applied science and engineering take up too much time and energy

69. The term “the Big Bang” probably refers to ______.

A. a geological theory

B. the genetic code theory

C. the origin and the power of atomic energy

D. a theory of the origin of the universe

70. The best title of this passage can be ______.

A. The Harsh Challenge Has to Be Met by Modern Scientists

B. Great Scientific Discoveries Will Never Be Possible

C. The Chance for Great Scientific Discoveries Becomes Scarce

D. The State Sponsorship and Scientific Enterprise Are All in Vain

Cloze

There is virtually no limit to how one can serve community interests, from spending a few hours a week with some charitable organization to practically Full-time work For a social agency. Just as there are opportunities For voluntary service 71 (VSO) for young people before they take up Full-time employment, there are opportunities for overseas service For technicians in developing countries. Some people, 74 those who retire early, 75 their technical and business skills in countries there is a special need.

So in considering voluntary or community service there are more opportunities than there were when one first began work. Most voluntary organizations have only a small full-time relationships are different from those in commercial organizations, and values may be different. some ways they may seem more casual and less efficient, but one should not them by commercial criteria. The people who work with them do so for different reasons and with different both personal and . One should not join them to arm them with professional expertise; they must be joined with commitment to the not business efficiency. Because salaries are or non-existent many voluntary bodies offer modest expenses. But many retired people take part in community service for , simply because they enjoy the work.

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