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 on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Section ADirections: 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 on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Just because they can't sing opera or ride a bicycle doesn't mean that animals don't have culture. There's no better example of this than killer whales. As one of the most ______ predators （食肉动物, killer whales may not fit the______ of a cultured creature. However, these beasts of the sea do display a vast range of highly ______ behaviors that appear to be driving their genetic development.The word "culture" comes from the Latin "colere," which ______ means "to cultivate." In other words, it refers to anything that is ______ or learnt, rather than instinctive or natural. Among human populations, culture not only affects the way we live, but also writes itself into our genes, affecting who we are. For instance, having spent many generations hunting the fat marine mammals of the Arctic, the Eskimos of Greenland have developed certain genetic______ that help them digest and utilize this fat- rich diet, thereby allowing them to ______ in their cold climate.Like humans, killer whales have colonized a range of different______ across the globe, occupying every ocean basin on the planet with an empire that ______ from pole to pole. As such, different populations of killer whales have had to learn different hunting techniques in order to gain the upper hand over their local prey （猎物）. This, in turn, has a major effect on their diet, leading scientists to ______ that the ability to learn population-specific hunting methods could be driving the animals, genetic development.A) acquiredB) adaptationsC) brutalD) deliberatelyE) expressedF) extendsG) habitatsH) humbleI) imageJ) literallyK) refinedL) revolvesM) speculateN) structureO) thrive

Banked Cloze (20 points) (Each item: 2 points)Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by using suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.A bird is 1in the sky.A. fly B. flying

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

Part I Banked ClozeDirections: In this part, there are 2 passages, each passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given. Passage 1A<br/>new scholarly study documenting the poor health of southern military<br/>recruits(新兵)has<br/>been much reported. The team of researchers found that male and<br/>female army recruits from ten southern states were ____ less fit … A: account B: broadly C: calculate D: indicators E: injured F: integrate G: interpret H: primary I: related J: relieve K: security L: significantly M: suggest N: surprise O: topping

Fill in the blanks by selecting suitable words from the word bank. You may not use any of the words more than once