阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　The National Weather Science at Ryan Airport announced the following weather report Saturday night for Baton Ronge and the area nearby. It will be partly cloudy through Monday with a chance of afternoon showers. High Sunday and Monday will be in mid 80s, with a low Sunday night in the upper 50s. Winds will be southeastly 10 to 15 miles per hour, getting weak at night, probability of rain will be 20 percent Sunday.

　　On the coast, winds will be southeastly 10 to 15 knots and seas will run 24 feet. Winds and seas will be 3 feet high near a few thunder showers. High tide at 1 : 00 P. M. , low tide at 12 : 24 A.M.

　　Record high for May 22 was 93 posted in 1956 and record low was 51 recorded in 1954.Normally temperatures should be different from 86 to 65 degrees.

　　There will be scattered afternoon thundershowers Tuesday and over the west part of the state Thursday. Tuesday through Thursday, lows will be in the mid to upper 70s, with highs in the mid to upper 80s.

　　High Saturday was 86, with a low of 65.

1．This weather report probably appeared in a ________ .

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2．This report says that ________ .

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A．records will be broken

B．there will be no rain in this period

C．skies will be partially cloudy on Sunday and Monday

D．temperatures will be lower than normal for the time of year

3．Which of the following statements is not false according to the report?

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A．Winds go southeastly 10 to 15 miles per hour.

B．Winds will get weak at night.

C．Winds will increase their speed at night.

D．Winds will be stronger in the daytime than at night.

4．The lowest recorded temperature for the date was ________ .

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第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

If you see a student napping (打瞌睡) in the library, don't roll your eyes. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour's nap can considerably improve and restore your brain power. Indeed, the findings suggest that a nap not only refreshes the mind, but can make you smarter.

"Sleep not only rights the wrong of extended wakefulness but it moves you beyond where you were before you took a nap." said Matthew Walker, an assistant professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and the lead investigator of UC Berkeley sleep studies.

The latest study suggests that the brain may need sleep to process short-term memories, creating "space" for new facts to be learned. In their experiment, 39 healthy adults were given a hard learning task in the morning~~with broadly similar results, before half of them were sent for their nap. When the tests were repeated, the nappers improved their scores by 10 percent on average after sleeping; the scores of those who didn't nap actually dropped by 10 percent.

The results support previous data from the same research team that staying up all night―a common practice at college during midterms and finals―decreases the ability to memorize new facts by nearly 40 percent, due to a shutdown of brain regions for lack of sleep, said Walker.

"Sleep is needed to clear the brain's short-term memory storage and make room for new information." said Walker. "It's as though the e-mail inbox in your brain is full and, until you sleep and clear out those e-mails, you're not going to receive any more mail."

However, Professor Derk Jan Dijk, the director of the Surrey Sleep Research Centre, said that there was no clear evidence that daytime napping offered a distinct advantage over sleeping soundly just once over 24 hours.

"The sleep-wake cycle is not as fixed as we might think―we have the capability to sleep in different ways, "said Professor Derk Jan Djjk.

"The size of these effects is much more difficult to judge―if I have to learn something, for example, it's easier to do this when I'm feeling awake and ready than when I'm sleepy." he added.

56.According to UC Berkeley's new findings, the benefit of a nap is that   .

A.it helps to fix a napper's sleep-wake cycle

B.it makes hard learning tasks not difficult any more

C.it allows the brain to make room for new learning

D.it gives nappers chances to clear out their memory storage

57.Matthew Walker's study shows that___________.

A.learning ability in the morning is usually higher than that in the afternoon

B.extra working hours before an exam can make up for the lack of daily efforts

C.the size of the effects of napping depends on when it is taken

D.staying up late before an exam does not necessarily improve students' exam performance

58.The two research teams mentioned in the text may both agree that_____________      .

A.people's sleep-wake cycle decides the length of midday nap

B.sufficient sleep betters people's learning performance

C.scientific experiments are undependable as the results are often hard to judge

D.the differences in their findings result from different methods applied

59.What can we learn from this passage?

A.Rolling your eyes can stop you from napping.

B.Some people might move themselves when sleeping.

C.College students tend to study late into night before important exams.

D.Sleeping once over 24 hours is much better than daytime napping.

Kabul,Oct.28 (Xinhuanet)--- Unknown armed men in military uniform kidnapped(绑架) three staff of the United Nations in the Afghan capital city at broad daylight Thursday ,Afghan officials confirmed (确认).

“Three armed men in military uniform intercepted a UN car in Baraki area of Kabul city early afternoon and took away three persons including two women with them, “Rohullah, a witness at the site told Xinhua.

The kidnappers also badly beat up the Afghan driver of the UN car, added Rohullah who is a lorry driver in the city. The area has been watched over by UN guards.

UN officials as well as Afghan confirmed the incident but refused to provide further information. The three kidnapped , according to some officials , who are from Britain, Ireland and Kosovo, were working for the UN-sponsored Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) overseeing the first presidential elections held on Oct.9 across Afghanistan and in Iran and Pakistan.

This is the first time that such an incident has taken place in the Afghan capital over the last three years

So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. However, remnants(残余势力) of the former Taliban regime who failed to stop the great presidential elections have promised to continue holy war (圣战) until the US-led troops leave Afghanistan.

46.When did this kidnapping take place?

   A. At night    B. In the daytime    C. Early in the morning    D. at dawn

47. What does the underline word intercepted probably mean ?

   A. destroyed   B. damaged        C. stopped               D. bombed

48. What happened when the kidnapping took place?

   A. A lorry driver was badly beaten up

   B. three men and two women were taken away

   C. No one else witnessed the sudden kidnapping

   D. Two women together with one man was kidnapped

49. Which of the following description is not correct ?

   A. The three kidnapped persons were in Afghan waiting for the coming election.

   B. No UN staff had been kidnapped before this kidnapping

   C. It is still uncertain who started this kidnapping, though there is some clue. 

   D. The US-led troops are disliked by the remnants of the former Taliban regime.

50. What is the best title of the news report ?

A. Successful Presidential Election in Afghan

B. US-led Troops Acting in Afghan

C. Holy War in Afghan

D. 3 UN staff kidnapped in Kabul