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    PartIII Reading Comprehension (40 Points)Section A (10 Points, 1 Point Each)Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Science is interesting and exciting. Why? Science helps you (31) the world in which you live. For example, science explains how airplanes fly and how birds find their way when they (32) long distances. Besides, people use science to make discoveries that have (33) value. One of these discoveries is the (34) of light to carry telephone messages through a glass wire. (35) is the lengthening of human life through the use of heart pacemakers and other mechanical devices. In the future, there will (36) be an endless number of new discoveries. These discoveries will (37) your career and your daily life. Television, computers, and space shutttles are part of today’s world. Who can imagine what new, yet-to-be-discovered (38) lie ahead? In the future, scientists may discover how to predict earthquakes and how to produce an endless (39) of energy. (40) you may live and work in a space station in orbit around the earth. Scientists will continue to make discoveries that will change the world in which you live.A.developments B. Anyway C. supply D. likely E. urgeF.tackle G. Another H. practical I. Someday J. understandK.severe L. argument M. use N. affect O. travel
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