57．The underlined sentence “you’re half-way there” in the fourth paragraph means that______.

A．you are already successful

B．there’s a long way for you to go to reach your goal.

C．you are left wondering what to do

D．you have been on the way to success

56．According to the passage, writing can help you a lot EXCEPT______.

A．to increase your brain power.

B．to improve the ability to remember.

C．to develop your interest in study.

D．to strengthen the understanding of a topic.

75. The meaning of the underlined word "rejuvenate" in the fourth paragraph is close to　　　

A. make dead　　　　　　 B. make famous　　　　　　　　 C. make known　　　　　　　　　 D. make active

答案　 CBAD

Passage 80

(河南省实验中学2010届高三上学期第二次月考)

A

Have you ever noticed what happens to an idea once you express it? Just talking about it or writing it down causes you to make it clear in your own mind. How can you use this to increase your brain power? Start writing.

By putting thoughts into words, you are telling yourself the logic behind what you think, feel, or only partly understand. Often, explaining a thought is the process of understanding. In other words, you increase your brain power by exercising your “explain power”.

Another benefit of writing is that it helps you remember. Many, if not most, highly productive people are always taking notes. You can try keeping it all in your head, but if you keep a journal of your ideas, the next time you’re working on a big project, you’ll probably have more success.

Want to understand a topic? Write a book about it. That’s an extreme example, but if you are learning something new, write a letter to a friend about it, and you will understand it better. Want to invent something? Write an explanation of the problem-why you want to solve it, and why it is worth solving, and you’re half-way there.

Writers don’t always write because they clearly understand something beforehand. Often, they write about something because they want to understand it. You can do the same. Writing will help bring you to an understanding. Give it a try.

74. We can infer from the passage that semblance of immortality is　　　　　 .

A. to be a reality sooner or later　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. far from certain

C. just an idea that couldn’t t be realized at all　　　　　　 D. a fading hope

73. According to this passage, a Soul Catcher will be　　　　　　　　 .

A. a new machine on which research measures have already made

B. a new invention in order to catch and keep human's thoughts

C. made by British scientists to offer something that looks like living forever

D. made of silicon circuits which can catch people's nervous activity

72. The main idea of this passage is that 　　　　　　　　　 .

A. human beings long for living forever

B. there are many difficulties in making the Soul Catcher

C. people can live forever as technology develops

D. the invention of Soul Catcher has great significance

67．The writer answers the question raised in the first paragraph with 　　　　　.

　　　　 A．stories and explanation　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．examples and conclusion

　　　　 C．evidence and argument　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．explanation and comparison

答案　 CDBD

Passage 79

(贵州省兴义九中09-10学年高三上学期期中考试)

D

Do you want to live forever? By the year 2050, you might actually get your wish--if you are willing to leave your biological body and live in silicon circuits. But long before then, perhaps as early as 2010, some measures will begin offering a semblance of immortality(虚拟的永生).

Researchers are confident that technology will soon be able to track every waking moment of your life. Whatever you see and hear, all that you say and write, can be recorded, analyzed and added to your personal chronicles (履历). By the year 2030, it may be possible to catch your nervous systems electrical activities, which would also keep you thoughts and emotions. Researchers at the laboratories of British Telecommunications have given the name of this idea as Soul Catcher.

Small electronic equipment will make preparations for Soul Catcher. it would use a wearable supercomputer, perhaps in a wristwatch, with wireless links to micro sensors under your scalp(头皮) and in the nerves that carry all five sensory signals. So wearing a video camera would no longer be required.

At first, the Soul Catcher' s companion system-the Soul Reader-might have trouble copying your thoughts in complete details.　 Even in 2030, we may still be struggling to understand how the brain is working inside, so reading your thoughts and understanding your emotions might not be possible. But these signals could be kept for the day when they can be transferred to silicon circuits to revitalize minds everlasting entities (实体). Researchers can only wonder what it will be like to wake up one day and find yourself alive inside a machine.

For people who choose not to live in silicon, semblance of immortality would not be as useless as they thought. People would know their lives would not be forgotten, but would be kept a record of the human race forever. And future generations would have a much fuller understanding of the past. History would not be controlled by just the rich and powerful, Hollywood stars, and a few thinkers in the upper society.

66．We can infer from the last paragraph that mammals　　　　 .

　　　　 A．need to drink more than other animals

　　　　 B．have different ways of keeping their body temperature

　　　　 C．often have fur and fat to prevent heat from escaping

　　　　 D．have sweat glands that take the heat away from the skin

65．When mammals keep their body at a constant temperature, 　　　　　.

　　　　 A．the chemical processes happen more slowly in their bodies

　　　　 B．the chemical processes happen faster in their bodies

　　　　 C．they will use less fuel inside their bodies

　　　　 D．they can live an active life

64．Mammals can adapt to so many habitats because　　　　　 .

　　　　 A．the climate is unchangeable　　　　　　　　　　　　

B．they can regulate their body temperature

　　　　 C．they are “warm-blooded”　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

D．their muscles produce warmth